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Intel executive says 14nm Bay Trail chip provides more power and energy efficiency than Apple's A7
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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich took some time during Tuesday's conference call with the media, to answer a question posed by an inquiring mind; the analyst wanted to know what the advantages were of Intel going to a 14nm process versus the 28nm process used for the Apple A7 chip. The analyst noted that Apple was able to score good benchmark results with its silicon...
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1. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
The a7 is weak with apples ios7 being used to fake benchmarks. Intel is about to begin its invasion into mobile, the snapdragon 800 is horrible compared to a quad core baytrail.
2. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
No way man. A7 is a great mobile processor. It was nothing to do with the fact that it's 64 bit either. Unfortunately it's trapped inside a tiny phony who's restricted OS doesn't make use of it at all other than one or two games.
12. user996 (Posts: 215; Member since: 25 Feb 2013)
that restricted OS with A7 has beaten S800 with 2x more FPS in graphics benchmarks and almost same results for cpu scores and S800 is 2.3 GHz monster but A7 is 1.3 as i remember. what is main reason for that? yes sir, main reason is OS. may be iOS7 is not the best but anyway it can beat quad core 2.3 ghz cpu with android 4.2.x running on it. i'm not apple fan. i'm nokia fan (not MS) optimization and once again optimization makes those miracles out of those "slow" CPUs. on of the first was ARM11 on nokia 808 and 701 not even minimal lag on a single core that was optimized symbian doing that job.
22. Finalflash (Posts: 3085; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)
Yea, because graphics heavy games are all played on the CPU, and really that is the only thing that is running in the system at all. /sarcasm
You have to be pretty retarded to peg FPS to the cpu in any high detail gaming environment. Hats off to PowerVR for their excellent design and optimizations. Though the A7 does get thrashed in pure core heavy benchmarks such as the physics test in 3d mark. Otherwise the A7 only wins when single or dual core tests are conducted and it doesn't even win them all. Not that the A7 is a bad chip, its is an amazing good cpu, but over blown in its reputation by people who know little about how tech actually functions. Just like the idiot analyst who asked about the process shrink, there is no question about it. The process shrink is advantageous whether you like it or not, less power and cheaper to produce. They don't shrink the die so they can increase performance, they do it for economics and power reasons.
23. brrunopt (Posts: 742; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
, the cores on the A7 are massive.. each core is a lot bigger than the rest (about 2x or more the size). The A7 its actually the largest ARM chip on a phone.. That why it gets that great performance with 2 cores at those frequencies...
and on the GPU its nowhere near 2x the performance of the s800, it's barely better...
26. ahomad (Posts: 175; Member since: 15 May 2012)
2X more FBS isn't accurate at all, yes the A7 Gpu more powerful than S800 but only because it has 1/3 amount of pixels compared to what S800 phones have
31. saffant (Posts: 274; Member since: 04 Jul 2011)
2x more FPS? Are you naively counting the on-screen GFX benchmarks of each of the phones? Cuz you know they're different resolutions.
Main reason for the great performance is the architecture. The ARMv8 64bit architecture is outstanding.
13. Reality_Check (Posts: 277; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
S800 is an SoC that provides power, performance, efficiency, connectivity, antenna and other benefits for the OEMs in one place thus reducing cost of production and increasing profit margins. When Intel's BayTrail starts offering this and more, OEMs will start to include Intel made SoCs. Till then Qualcomm will rule.
15. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
For gosh sake, when will you stop spewing this deluded crap of yours??
Intel whore, get a freking clue for once.
And get this through your skull - at the very least, Snapdragon 800 is comparable to a TABLET version quad core Bay Trail in terms of CPU, and clearly superior in terms of GPU.
Add an integrated LTE modem, dedicated motion and imaging processing units, all packed into a 50$ piece of sillicon and you get a product that rightfully dominates the SoC space.
Again, Bay Trail wins in JS browser benchmarks but those are heavily software based, single threaded tests that show next to nothing on raw processing potential.
The only cross platform benchmark that is trying to measure raw processing is Geekbench.
And there, a phone Snapdragon 800 actually smokes Intel's tablet BT chip.
3. TheLolGuy (Posts: 483; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)
At more than a 10 nanometer advantage I would certainly hope that is the case...
Their chips on a similar process seems to at best match the top offerings which would seem to indicate that their designs aren't all that better than the competition.
4. hboy857 (Posts: 349; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
Hey, Alan Bay Trail is build on 22-nanometer technology not 14 nm, you should correct your title.
5. Champion (Posts: 12; Member since: 14 Oct 2013)
Apple will die one day
8. Sauce (unregistered)
I sure hope not. When Apple does die, the competition rate between companies will go down, and phones won't continue to grow as fast with pushed ideas and tech. Think about it, rather than replying with an easy to say "fanboy" response.
21. darkkjedii (Posts: 21211; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Well said, why would you want any of these companies to die? He just wants some green thumbs.
39. Sauce (unregistered)
Anyway, love or hate Apple, you can thank them for your innovative Samsungs and other flagships that keep getting rushed out to keep up with the popularity and drive that Apple holds.
11. power_x (Posts: 264; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)
everyone will die one day my friend , everyone will .
16. Kalevro (Posts: 56; Member since: 11 Sep 2011)
Well What will Newton rely on then ? Grape..
19. noler (Posts: 322; Member since: 19 Aug 2013)
And also you will die one day.
41. sarge77 (Posts: 202; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Not likely they have to many partnerships for any of there partners to let this giant die.
6. ajonly (Posts: 16; Member since: 25 May 2013)
wow.. the most stupid title i had read in PA (And i wrote this before the author edited the title.... just in case he cared to )
7. twens (Posts: 978; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Hehehe, the iPhone and Apple are already dying. Where do you think samsung,htc,LG and other OEM's are getting their sales from?.....lol
9. Ninetysix (Posts: 2380; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)
LOL....What does this graph tell you?
Do you see a negative number next to Apple? You just went full potato bro.
27. EclipseGSX (Posts: 1717; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
LOL unit shipments (not sales) are up but market share is down from 2012 which is where it really counts. Truth hurts
29. Ninetysix (Posts: 2380; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)
LOL yeah. Apple is dying even if they're selling more phones now vs last year.
33. Napalm_3nema (Posts: 2183; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Really? I didn't realize market share had finally been monetized. So, I guess all that market share has rescued HTC, LG, Motorola, and the rest from their slide toward insolvency?
I know, you will say that having dominant market share will finally tip developers toward thinking Android first, leaving iOS to pick up dev scraps like WP8.
Wait, that hasn't happened? You said "market share...is where it really counts," right? How can this be that NOTHING has changed? Apple still makes truckloads of money AND gets all the great apps first? Insanity, I tell you, insanity.
40. Googler (Posts: 813; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
All that market share doesn't belong to HTC, LG, and Motorola, it belongs mostly to Samsung. Last I read, Samsung is dominating on many fronts.
42. sarge77 (Posts: 202; Member since: 14 Mar 2013)
Their ahead mostly in the US not across the globe.
10. ZeroCide (Posts: 773; Member since: 09 Jan 2013)
x86 FTW!!!!
14. bigstrudel (Posts: 518; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
Anandtech showed the A7 in a dead heat with Bay Trail even with the more advanced fab process.
18. brrunopt (Posts: 742; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
the A7 only won on the benchs running on safari (witch is way more lightweight than others), so not really comparable...
32. bigstrudel (Posts: 518; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
I dont see how this is not fair seeing that Chrome is Google's official and flagship browser. It should also represent the best performance available on the the platform.
35. brrunopt (Posts: 742; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
you can say that the iphone 5S will be faster, but you can't say that the A7 is more powerfull.
Also the test on baytrail where on chrome too, afterwards tests on IE (still a desktop browser) surpassed Safari on the 5S by a good margin...
17. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
The obvious and embarassing(for Intel) truth is that A7 utterly demolished BayTrail per core/clock.
You have a 28nm dual core 1.3ghz beating /rivaling the 2.3ghz quad core 22nm TABLET chip in every CPU test published so far..with a GPU being at least a good 50% better.
Also an integrated 4G modem and a motion processing unit.
Overall Intel is just laughably underachieved, in comparison.
The reason for this Apple's superiority is in ARM v8 architecture which is a stupendous improvement over the v7.
If Samsung really outs the 14nm full octa core ARM v8 early next year, we will see a phone chip about 3-4 times more powerful than this Apple A7!
It is a staggering prospect.
20. brrunopt (Posts: 742; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
except you forgot 1 thing, the cores on the A7 are massive.. each core is a lot bigger than the ones inside the baytrail SOC's.
And get your facts straight,
the A7 didn't won on the CPU side, and on the GPU side it doesn't get anywhere near 50% , it's a bit better but not that near that much (the A7 has good graphic scores but miserable physics and medium triangle output)
28. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
You pretend to have some clue but that was just weak and ignorant twisting of my facts that remain firm.
- what does a die area have to do with my points?
What does it matter for performance and power envelope?
Intel chip doesn't beat A7 in the former and fails to fit in the same power envelope - otherwise Bay Trail would be made for phones and not tablets only.
Also, what is the die area of quad core BT?(22nm vs 28nm mind you )
A7 CPU performance is indeed overall rivaling that of the BT, like I said.
I didnt said it won, just that it has beaten it in some areas.
The Rogue in A7 is rated at about 76(even well over 100, by some sources)GFLOPS vs ~50GFLOPS in BT GPU.
And in the few tests where two get compared, that difference looks like about right.
And even you know triangle and physics tests are completely irrelevant and meaningless..just look at how iPhone 5 blows the 5S in that regard, and then get back to me.
30. brrunopt (Posts: 742; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
"- what does a die area have to do with my points? "
everything.. more area -> more transistors -> more performance .
You refered that the A7 achives the same performance with only 2 cores instead of 4 like it's due of "magic". While it happens because instead of dividing the transitors into more cores (for better multitasking) they choose to make bigger cores (a A7 core has the same size or even bigger than 2 cores on BT , or a S800).
Smartphone SOC's based on the same cores inside baytrail are coming early 2014.
"You have a 28nm dual core 1.3ghz beating /rivaling"
And no , its not rivaling, it falls a reasonable amount short..
since when does GFLOPS translate into real world performance and quality ?
" And even you know triangle and physics tests are completely irrelevant and meaningless.. "
irrelevant and meaningless ?? LOL ?
You migh get very high frame rates an/or at high resolutions due to the raw power of the GPU but you get weaker details .
Things like curve surface smoothness, multiple edges details , water detail, landscape smoothness, etc (things improved by the higher number of triangles generated) .
Things like crash damage calculations, water movement, rain, leafes , interactive and destructible worlds (particle calculations)
34. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
Now please, read and learn something.
Again, every single of my points still holds true.
CPU tests of A7 compared to Bay Trail:
Now pay attention to the GPU test results:
..and compare them to Bay Trail GPU results:
..clearly a good 50 % superior overall, with some results being over 100% ahead!
And again, the triangle output means virtually nothing in practice.
Judging by your notion, the iPhone 5 (FAR grrater triangle output than iPhone 5S) would be graphically superior to iPhone 5S! I told you to think about it before replying but no, you proved to be unable to think rationally and objectively.
Oh and btw, the BT triangle output is horrible.
And finally, the core die size means nothing, what matters is the end result comparison.
The A7 is a phone chip, get it?
When the A7X comes out in a few weeks it will be a tablet chip in the same class with the Intel's offering(regardless of the die area) and will certainly blow Bay Trail out of the water.
36. brrunopt (Posts: 742; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)
the A7 wins on bench with stock browser test , witch is complete BS of a comparative.. Safari is a lot more lightweight
Also " Update: Intel responded with a Bay Trail run under IE11, which comes in at 329.6 ms. "
some it has a big advantage but other are completly miserable with BT having more than 2x the power too..
And more triangle output means virtualy nothing ?
" the iPhone 5 (FAR grrater triangle output than iPhone 5S) would be graphically superior to iPhone 5S! I told you to think about it before replying but no,
triangle output is important but it's not everything , i never said it was. And on the rest the A6 lacks a big part..
37. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
You troll!
Again, here are the CPU comparisons!
Please tell me in which ones Bay Trail won and in which the A7!
And answer me does the statement - the A7 CPU is overall rivaling the Bay Trail CPU - holds true??
The fact Apple used a mobile safari shouldn't count as an advantage, on contrary - desktop IE has a lot more room for JS optimization!
Now the GPU. Again!
T Rex HD offscreen:
Bay Trail - 16fps
A7 - 25fps
..thats more than 50 percent advantage for the A7
AND again, your famous triangle throughput(even if it mattered)
Triangle throughput offscreen T Rex HD:
Bay Trail 70M/s
A7 68M/s
Looks like you ran out of material for trolling!
38. pulkit.tyagi (banned) (Posts: 35; Member since: 15 Nov 2012)
stop being a fanboy and except the facts !
24. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
well...comparing soc fabricated with 28nm vs 14nm...doesn't make much sense...and every one knows 14nm fabrication produces more efficient soc than 28nm!
25. Jimstar (Posts: 259; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
14nm better than 22nm? Naaaaah you don't say?
Question for me is when am I going to see it in something I'd be interested in buying? Laptops are cool, but not my thing.


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This chapter reviews the epidemiology of biliary tract cancer. Many etiologic leads for biliary tract cancer have come from clinical observations, autopsy series, and descriptive epidemiologic studies. While a significant fraction of these tumors are related to gallstones (cholelithiasis), information on other risk factors is limited, due to the rarity of the tumors, the often rapidly fatal course, and the small number of epidemiologic studies conducted to date. Because the three anatomic categories of biliary tract cancer have distinct epidemiologic patterns and molecular changes, including somatic mutations and loss of heterozygosity (LOH), it has been suggested that the causal factors vary by subsite.
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Deliberate suggestion and how we behave
Deliberate suggestion has the capacity to affect how a person behaves, new research has suggested. Published by the Association for Psychological Science in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, the study found the impact of this power is often farther-reaching than many people think.
Maryanne Garry and Robert Michael, Psychological Scientists from the Victoria University of Wellington, teamed up with Irving King of Harvard Medical School and Plymouth University and discovered suggestion - which might relate to the effect of lucky charms on test scores or alcohol intake on social interaction - can be based on 'response expectancies'.
These relate to the ways in which people anticipate they will react in various situations, with these expectancies setting people up for automatic responses that influence how the outcome will be arrived at.
The authors gave the example of a shy individual becoming more outgoing at a party because he expects the alcohol he consumes to loosen his inhibitions.
Ms Garry noted scientific findings might therefore be driven partly by suggestion and expectancies, adding: "A scientist who knows what the hypothesis of an experiment is might unwittingly lead subjects to produce the hypothesised effect."
Chartered Psychologist Dr Jane McCartney comments:
"There is a huge difference between asking someone if they'd like a something such as a drink, cigarette, loan or advice and telling them that they would like it. By telling instead of asking you are deliberately suggesting that they do in fact need it.
"However people on the end of such suggestions do need to be mindful of not just what's being suggested, but importantly why it's being suggested, is there and element of self interest from the wise sage telling you what you need to do, because it ultimately suits them for their own benefit, or are they just trying to convince you that their way is the right way out of their own steadfast belief.
"From a psychological point of view we all need to be able to give and receive sound advice and suggestions, but taking a few moment to look at any motivations, that may not suit the recipient or not be that obvious to start with, will give the recipient of any suggestion time to consider whether or not they need to take it."
Dr Saima Latif, Chartered Psychologist, adds:
"This study is a clear example of how deliberate suggestions can be powerful and far reaching in our lives, much more than we thought previously. this study gives us some insight into how for instance advertisers able to manipulate and exploit the general public into going for certain brands because of our need to achieve a certain response expectancy. As some people are more highly suggestible than others, it is likely that some individuals will be much more influenced by suggestion and their cognitions and behaviours will also be related."


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Man shoots himself, sets home on fire in NC
ELONA - Burke County deputies responding to a fire Saturday afternoon said the man told them he was shot by a neighbor. The house near Elona burned down to the ground because officers wouldn't let fire crews near because they thought they had an armed suspect.
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Well, here we are, folks! The nominees for Snee's 2012 Imaginary Game of the Year. There's a lot of tough competition this year.... who will win??????
It's hard to fuck with this behemoth of a game. Finally, Revan and the Exile's paths meet, leading to possibilities the human mind can barely comprehend. Sith and Jedi, blaster and lightsaber, meet.
We can dream of this game—unfortunately dreams are all we'll ever get. A sequel to two of the best games ever made? You'd think it'd be a no-brainer. But corporations are better at convincing us we need things we don't want than giving us the things we actually do want.
There's nothing I would like more than boot up KOTOR 3, but it will probably never happen. But dammit, I've still got my imagination, and in my imagination, Carth and Canderous live on.
Where in Time is Robocop?
When I was a kid I played a game called "Where in Time is Carmen San Diego?" It was a pretty crappy game, but it came with an encyclopedia that I still have to this day. The game would give you clues and you would look them up in the encyclopedia and decide where in time to travel to, all on the hunt for this bitch Carmen San Diego.
So when thinking of my imaginary games this year, I came up with "Where in Time is Robocop?" where the cyborg policeman chases some criminal screwing up the time space continuum. The problem with the new Robocop movie is there's just not enough time travel, and I think in a video game we could change this.
Imagine Robocop killing dinosaurs, hanging out during the French revolution, killing Germans in World War One trenches. Man, what a game this would be! Along the way, Robocop could learn to love again, with a child sidekick akin to the Walking Dead, and maybe even a romantic interest who doesn't care that he doesn't have the right equipment anymore (I surmise).
Damn, this would be one hell of a game!
Every group of game of the year nominees needs a fantasy action RPG, so we'll have "Lancelot." In it, players will be able to take command of the semi-virtuous knight as he ventures across Europe, questing for the grail and being seduced by Guinevere. There's really not a lot of games about "The Grail", which defies imagination in its meaning, and I think it would be cool where a player would have to make choices in the attempt to find such a thing.
Lancelot isn't the most virtuous knight, but he tried very hard to be the best (I am using the "Once and Future King" version of him in my imagination – read it!) I think Lancelot is a very underappreciated character, and I think he is pretty misunderstood by a lot of people. This could be his time to shine.
Of course, the game would also include mad beheadings, maid bosoms, and all sorts of wizards, fairies, and demons.
Dark Souls: Future Sword
While my brother has been playing Dark Souls these past couple days, he and I have been discussing what it would be like to play a futuristic version of it, with lasers, electric swords, robots, and of course, techno-magic powers. So for this year's imaginary games, I decide I would throw in an insanely cool sci-fi version of Dark Souls, where you can upgrade your cyborg how you want.
It would kind of be like Doom meets Dark souls, and maybe it would take place on various planets like Mars and a ravaged Earth where you would teleport between locales though some sort of central gate system, and you would fight artificial intelligences, aliens, and space-demons, all of which would be insanely difficult to defeat.
The battle system of course would be deep as hell, allowing for all sorts of customization with techno-gear. You could put points into your nanotech, or your steroid power. And finally, you could die, die, die…..
So, there we have it. This year's nominations. Which one should win? Let me know in the comments below, or tell me what imaginary games got the shaft this year.


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Boeing gained 0.5% after the aerospace giant's Washington state-based machinists' union agreed to vote on a revised contract on Jan. 3. The revisions would reportedly require Boeing to keep production of the new 777X aircraft within the state. Given that Boeing has considered offers from states across the nation that are interested in having Boeing move production out of Washington, the deal could help union representatives avoid what could become a major defeat.
Verizon jumped 1%, despite most of the attention in telecom focusing outside the U.S. today. China Mobile's (NYSE: CHL ) deal to offer iPhones is making a big splash given its huge ramifications for the Chinese smartphone market, and the deal could also have ripple effects internationally. Nevertheless, Verizon remains razor-focused on its U.S. business, with its full takeover of Verizon Wireless indicating confidence that the best prospects in telecom are close to home.
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New rule demands parity for mental health coverage
WASHINGTON -- It's final: Health insurance companies must cover mental illness and substance abuse just as they cover physical diseases.
The Obama administration issued new regulations Friday that spell out how a 5-year-old mental health parity law will be administered.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the rule should put an end to discrimination faced by some mental health patients through higher out-of-pocket costs or stricter limits on hospital stays or visits to the doctor.
The law, signed by President George W. Bush, was designed to prevent that. But mental health advocates said health insurers at times sidestepped lawmakers' intentions by delaying requests for care and putting in place other bureaucratic hurdles. They described the new rule as necessary to ensure patients get benefits they are entitled to receive.
The administration had pledged to issue a final mental health parity rule as part of an effort to reduce gun violence. Officials said they have now completed or made significant progress on 23 executive actions that were part of a plan announced in response to the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., in December.


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Special Feature: How Samsung went beyond window dressing with POS
Samsung is realising the benefits of innovative point of sale, both in the direct selling space and in retail stores, picking up a number of awards at the Australia & New Zealand POPAI Retail and Shopper Marketing awards.
Entries open for POPAI Marketing at Retail Awards
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And the POPAI winner is....
The industry's 'best of the best' were honoured at 2012 POPAI Marketing at Retail Awards.
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2012 POPAI Marketing at Retail Awards just got a whole lot bigger; with entries at an all-time high for the event, now in its 12th year.
POPAI calls for entries
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Retail marketing winners announced
Visy Glama, Creative Instore Solutions and 5P Group were each awarded the Display of the Year award at the 2010 POPAI Marketing at Retail Awards.


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i keep a bottle of good probiotics on hand for times that i'm feeling a little off...nauseated, rumbling stomach, or i ate some crappy foods. i don't take them every day, but i do drink some kombucha just about every day. so, guy health is a daily thing for me, but that doesn't mean taking a probiotic pill, and it seems to be doing me good.
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March 4, 2013 BY Aaron Hope / 7
The Air Jordan 1 has been very busy in early 2013, with everything from 'NIKE AIR'-branded OGs to hybridized versions that one-up the AJF series. One key theme of late has been team-oriented colorways both college and pro, and the latest is a 'Lakers' Air Jordan 1 Mid. Bridging the first Jordans with the first foe Michael vanquished the NBA Finals, this 'Showtime' yellow look is considerably bolder than 2009's LA-themed AJ1 Phat Lows. There's a Pistons edition on tap as well as a reminder that MJ pushed aside both of the late '80s powerhouses on his way to the top, so click through to see the Lake Show and stick with Sneaker News for more info on the pack.
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Not bad
Enough with all the garbage color ways, and Hybrids, for the 1's... Keep it OG. My Opinion,...what's next? SMH, a fucking Charlotte Bobcats color way? Hahahahah. Whatever.....
I recently bought the AJ1 "Hoyas" and i love them, they're the only 1s i own
Haha....lakers......not bad for a one.....i dont own any..but not bad !
I will own these
hey if you want to complain, go cry to yo mama. Keeping it og wont last forever.
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They say when it comes to the qualities of Cheap, Fast, and Good, you can only pick two. But when it comes to dessert, the Strawberry Cheesecake Parfait allows you to have all three! It's not only quick and easy to make, but it combines sweet flavors with soft and crunchy textures for an after meal treat that's almost as pretty as it is tasty!
Strawberry Cheesecake Parfait Recipe
You will need:
- 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
- 2 T. sugar
- 1/2 C. vanilla yogurt
- 2 C. sliced fresh strawberries, divided
- 4 chocolate or regular graham crackers, crushed, divided
- 4 wine glasses (adjust recipe as required for more or less servings)
Slice 2 cups strawberries. The Rada Granny Paring knife features a reverse-curve blade that is perfect for slicing small fruits such as strawberries.
In a bowl, combine 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese and 2 T. sugar. Once combined, add 1/2 C. vanilla yogurt and mix.
Evenly distribute 1/4 C. strawberries to the bottom of each wine glass.
Place an eighth of yogurt mixture on top of the strawberries.
Evenly spread the graham crackers among the glasses.
Distribute remaining yogurt mixture on top of graham crackers.
Place remaining strawberries on top of last yogurt layer.
Serve this elegant dessert to grateful friends and family. Enjoy!
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Hi, Kristy in the Rada kitchen, today I'm sharing a recipe for Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits. This is out of our Quickies in the Kitchen: 30 Minute Meals cookbook. Actually, you can probably make this in way less than 30 minutes. All you need are strawberries, some sugar, vanilla yogurt, graham crackers, and cream cheese, and some wine glasses, and it makes a beautiful desert in just minutes, so lets get started.
So you need two cups of strawberries that have been sliced. I love using this Rada Granny Paring knife, it gets the stem of that strawberry out, and it's really easy if you like cutting towards yourself to slice a strawberry or the little bent tip. It makes it easy to slice them on a cutting board, too. You need two cups of fresh strawberries, and here we have 8 ounces of softened cream cheese, and to that we're going to add 2 tablespoons of sugar. Now to blend this cream cheese and sugar and I'm using this Rada Serverspoon, it works as a spatula, it works as a spoon to stir, you can strain, it has the holes to strain, it's got like 50 uses.
Alright, so once you've got that sugar mixed in, we're going to add half a cup of vanilla yogurt. And you just want to gently mix that in, and now it's ready to be dished up. You'll want to have ready 4 graham crackers that have been crushed, I'm using the regular ones, but you can also use chocolate graham crackers.
So now we're going to make layers in our wine glasses. In the bottom you're going to put about a fourth cup of the strawberries and then an eighth of your yogurt mixture, which is more or less just a little dollop. Then you'll take a little tablespoon or teaspoon and just kind of flatten that out a little bit. Then you're going to take a fourth of the graham crackers and then the yogurt mixture again, just an eighth of it, and this will actually be your last layer of the yogurt, so you can use it up. And then you'll add another fourth cup of strawberries which will be your last layer. And there you'll have a quick, elegant dessert in just a couple minutes. And that's just one of the recipes in our Quickies in the Kitchen cookbook.
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July 2011 Michael Pekovich, writer for Fine Wood Working writes
"I've never been a fan of water-based finishes, but a new wiping varnish from General Finishes has me excited to give them another try. Wood Turners Finish, available soon from Woodcraft and Rockler, combines the best of oil and water based finishes.
In order to create a finish that is compliant with VOC regulations, they've taken the same alkyd urethane varnish typically found in oil-based finishes and wrapped it in a water-based delivery system. The result is a finish with the warm tone and feel of an oil-based finish, but with the fast dry time of a water-based finish. It's fast dry time and it's ability to be rubbed out to a high gloss is the reason it's being marketed as a finish for turning, but there's no reason to think that it wouldn't be great for other furniture projects as well. A maple sample board rubbed to a satin sheen had a great, warm look that would compliment any project. The finish should be available within the next month and will retail for about $28/quart."


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Predicting Premature Birth: New Gene DiscoveredMonica Bielanko
Most pregnancies last around 40 weeks. Babies born between 37 and 42 completed weeks of pregnancy are called full term. Babies born before 37 completed weeks of pregnancy are called premature.
In the United States, about 12.8 percent of babies (more than half a million a year) are born prematurely. The rate of premature birth has increased by 36 percent since the early 1980s.
Premature babies are at increased risk for newborn health complications and lasting disabilities such as mental retardation, learning and behavioral problems, cerebral palsy, lung problems and vision and hearing loss. According to the March of Dimes website, two recent studies suggest that premature babies may be at an increased risk of symptoms associated with autism, social, behavioral and speech problems. Studies also suggest that babies born very prematurely may be at an increased risk of certain adult health problems, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Now, an international team of researchers believes that by studying human evolution they may have discovered a gene linked to premature births.
In comparison to other primates and mammals, humans have relatively large heads and narrow birth canals. The researchers, at Vanderbilt University, Washington University and the University of Helsinki, believed there must have been an evolutionary pressure to "adapt and shift the time of birth" to produce a smaller baby.
They looked for DNA which showed evidence of "accelerated evolution" – genes which have mutated more in humans than in other primates. They identified 150 genes. The next step was to look for an association with premature births, so the researchers compared those 150 genes in 328 Finnish mothers, some of whom had premature births. A strong association to pre-term births was found in variants of the FSHR – or follicle stimulating hormone receptor – gene. Follicle stimulating hormone acts on receptors in the ovaries to encourage follicle (a sphere of cells containing an egg) development and production of the hormone oestrogen.
The hope is to predict which women are at greatest risk for having pre-term birth and will be able to prevent it. That would really have an impact on infant mortality and the long-term complications of being born prematurely."
Professor Ronald Lamont, spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, says the riks of premature birth is likely to be a mix of genetic and environmental factors but the study could help immensely: "In the future we will be able to identify a percentage of people at risk. It won't be the be all and end all, but it will contribute to our knowledge."
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De Beers, the company that had a near-monopoly on jewelry-quality diamonds for much of the 20th century, has a problem. Synthetic diamonds (or "lab-created," as their marketers would prefer that you call them) have made amazing progress in the last few years, and now can be grown faster, better, and colorless. You need special equipment to tell the difference between a diamond made in a lab and a diamond made deep underground. Why should consumers pay more for a difference they can't see? [More]
How Can De Beers Market Diamonds When Beautiful Lab-Made Stones Exist?
9 Things We Learned About Lab-Grown Diamonds
Sellers of synthetic diamonds don't like when you use that word, but that is what they are: the stones are 100% real diamonds, but are created from carbon, heat, and pressure in a lab instead of deep underground. Now labs all over the world are growing their own diamonds, which could be excellent for lovers of shiny objects, and a potential disaster for the diamond industry. [More]
Non-Diamond Engagement Rings Becoming More Popular
Diamond solitaires as engagement rings are what seems like an ancient tradition, but they're more of a 20th-century invention. While consumers are largely sticking with the whole "ring" idea, jewelry stores have noticed that people are exploring ideas other than diamond solitaires. [More]
Apparently, Someone Wants A Sterling Silver Starbucks Card Keychain
Are you a Starbucks super-fan, or is someone you know? If so, consider this year's Starbucks super-fan gift, which goes on sale next Wednesday. Depending on how you look at it, it's either a Starbucks gift card with a 400% markup, or a $150 silver keychain that also requires a $50 Starbucks gift card purchase. [More]
Perhaps You Need Some Underpants Made Of Real Gold
Have you always dreamed of lounging in bed in soft, silky clothes made of precious metal? No, you probably haven't. Most people wouldn't. Very rich women, however, have apparently been missing sparkly lingerie in their lives, and now there's a company prepared to give it to them. [More]
Finally, A Use For Pennies: Glued To A Billboard
Finally, a use for those copper-colored zinc discs of filth: decoration! For a promotional campaign they're calling "penny-a-print," printer/copier leasing company Zeno Office Solutions put up a billboard in Winter Park, Florida decorated with 120,000 hand-polished actual pennies. [More]
Guaranteed Christmas Delivery At Zales Leads To Panicked Boyfriend
Maybe Derek shouldn't have waited until last week to order a bracelet for his girlfriend as a Christmas gift, or maybe he should have gone to a brick-and-mortar Zales store to buy it. But he didn't, and their site guaranteed delivery by Christmas if he ordered at that point. It turns out that "guaranteed Christmas delivery" actually means "we might get around to shipping it by the 22nd."
There Is No Good Reason To Buy These 9/11 Commemorative Coins
If you enjoy commemorative coinage, and want something tangible and shiny to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, wait for the official coin coming from the U.S. Mint later this year. Skip the neat-looking coin currently being hawked on cable TV. That coin comes from a company with an untrustworthy past when it comes to 9/11 coinage, headed by the same man who brought us the Bedazzler.
This Is A $300,000 Barbie Doll
A Barbie doll dressed in a black cocktail dress, pink heels, and a sparkly pink necklace sold at auction at Christie's yesterday for $302,500. Well, perhaps it's not a Barbie doll so much as some plastic and fabric that happens to be attached to a custom-designed Cubist pink and white diamond necklace made by Australian jewelry designer Stefano Canturi.
Faberge.com Sells $7 Mil Baubles To Special People Only
The reborn Faberge has decided that the rich don't shop online like the rest of us.
$220,000 Diamond Ring Gets Rave Reviews On Amazon, Sort Of
We're no fans of fake customer reviews here at Consumerist, it's true, but obviously goofy reviews are one of my very favorite things. (The reviews for this gallon of milk are an Internet classic.)


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Strategy formulation and implementation
Dr. Kijewski's research on the dynamic structure of share movement in competitive markets was hailed throughout the U.S. and Europe as groundbreaking, and resulting in the term "K ratio" being applied to the phenomena by business strategists. Among her clients were/are M&M/Mars, Kal Kan Pet Care, Keebler, duPont, Medtronic, Nestle, Hillenbrand Industries, General Electric and National Technical Systems. Professor Kijewski was honored as the 'Cahners Publishing Company Research Fellow' by the prestigious Institute for the Study of Business Markets at Pennsylvania State University for her work in industrial marketing. Among her extensive publications in the field of marketing communications, her articles on "Advertising and Promotion - How Much Should You Spend?" "Advertising in a Recession" and "How Advertising Drives Profitability" have been requested by over 50,000 marketing executives. Her research has appeared in such journals as the Journal of Business, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Pricing, Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing and the International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management.
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Valerie Kijewski is an associate professor of management (marketing and management groups). Her current teaching responsibility in the undergraduate and M.B.A. programs is in strategy formulation and implementation. She is also co-director of the Intellectual Property Commercialization Laboratory whose mission is to cultivate the multidisciplinary expertise necessary for developing state-of-the-art practices and tools for converting intellectual property into sustainable businesses.
Professor Kijewski has over 25 years of experience in the fields of business and market strategy where she has assisted companies in the development and testing of new venture and new product concepts; helped management understanding and adjust strategy to accommodate structural changes in the market arising from technology or buyer behavior; developed value-pricing models; supported firm growth and profit initiatives through the development and installation of Balanced Scorecard strategic management systems; and has assisted companies in organizing their marketing operations. Professor Kijewski is a former Vice President of the Strategic Planning Institute (The PIMS Program), and while there led a research and consulting practice in market share strategies and industrial marketing.


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The only thing I can figure out here is that the filmmakers were sitting around a table banging out conceptual ideas for this film, and one guy mentioned he liked haunted house movies. Then another guy said, "Yeah, let's make a haunted house movie." So they had a simple, sound premise: a haunted house. Then, at some point during this whole process, another one of the filmmakers jumped up and screamed, "Let out the chimps!" who then proceeded to write the rest of the script.
The premise has five people going to a house. If they survive the night, they'll get a million dollars each. They're invited by theme-park mogul Steven Price (Geoffrey Rush), who's holding a birthday party for his wife (Famke Janssen). The five people who show up are Eddie (Taye Diggs), Dr. Blackburn (Peter Gallagher), Sara (Ali Larter), Melissa (Bridgette Wilson) and Pritchett (Chris Kattan).
First of all, I don't know who accepts an invitation that states: "Come spend a night in a house. If you're not dead in the morning, you'll get a million dollars," but whatever logic they use to justify the risk is good reason to root for the house. That's like getting an invitation to stand in the middle of the freeway. If you don't get hit in twelve hours, you get a million bucks.
The contribution of the chimps comes in the film's second half. After the people realize something is afoot in the house, the film becomes psychotic. Essentially, the concept of a haunted house becomes an excuse for somebody to show off a big, black cloud effect which terrorizes the survivors. It reminded me of accidentally walking into the smoking section of my favorite local restaurant.
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Onondaga County has extended the deadline to apply to take the written firefighter civil service examination by a week, to May 10, Personnel Commissioner Elaine Walter said. The exam date remains the same — June 3.
Firefighter openings currently exist in Syracuse, the village of Manlius, the DeWitt Fire District and the town of Tully, according to the county's employment Web site.
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ALMOST EVERY WEEK, TRASH PICK UP. BUT THE WINTER WEATHER IS SLOWING THINGS DOWN AND LEAVING SOME PEOPLE WITH GARBAGE CANS PILED HIGH. 40/29's EMILY MAHER TELLS US WHEN SOME NEIGHBORS WILL FINALLY GET THEIR CANS CLEARED. SHE'S CONTINUES TEAM COVERAGE LIVE IN BENTONVILLE. IN FRONT OF ALMOST EVERY HOUSE HERE IN THIS BENTONVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD STANDS A TRASH CAN, OR TWO, JUST LIKE THESE - PILED HIGH WITH ALMOST TWO WEEKS WORTH OF TRASH. AND CITY LEADERS SAY IT'S GOING TO BE A FEW MORE DAYS BEFORE IT'S COLLECTED. (nats trash) TRASH CANS SITTING IN SNOW COVERED DRIVEWAYS. (nats car driving by trash) THIS IS WHAT IT'S LOOKED LIKE FOR ALMOST A WEEK. (SOT Jimmy Willis, Neighbor) "we put it out sundat night and its picked up early Monday morning" JIMMY WILLIS'S TRASH CAN IS JAM-PACKED THIS WEEK. (nats throwing it in) CITY LEADERS CANCELED TRASH PICKUP ON MONDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. (SOT Jimmy Willis, Neighbor) "I thought that would probably be the case because this is the second time it's happened" BENTONVILLE CANCELED TRASH PICKUP DURING THE WINTER BLAST LAST MONTH. (SOT Jimmy Willis, Neighbor) "it makes it kind of unhandy because of the holidays, the extra people into the house things like that. We just kind of take a bag at a time and put it on top." BRIDGE: "but who's flipping the bill? We found out if neighbors are still going to have to pay even if their trash, isn't being picked up" CITY LEADERS TELL 40/29 NEWS NEIGHBORS WON'T BE GETTING A BREAK ON THEIR NEXT BILL. THEY SAY THEIR CREWS WILL BE WORKING DOUBLE DUTY NEXT WEEK TO PICK UP ALL THE TRASH. (SOT Jimmy Willis, Neighbor) "if it's more than a couple of weeks, then you know, it could get to become a problem. But the way it is now, as long as they pick it up we kind of control our trash to a degree and that'll be okay" CITY LEADERS IN BENTONVILLE SAY THEY WILL NOT BE CREDITING ANYONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE THE TRASH PICKED UP - THEY SAY THEY NEVER GIVE CREDIT ON BILLS FOR THAT KIND OF THING. REPORTING LIVE IN BENTONVILLE, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. AND NEIGHBORS TELL 40/29 NEWS WITH IT BEING JUST AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, THEIR TRASH CANS ARE A LITTLE EXTRA FULL, BUT SAY THEY'D RATHER PEOPLE STAY SAFE THAN RISK IT ON THE ROADS TO PICK UP THEIR TRASH. IN FORT SMITH, ALL TRASH COLLECTION WAS POSTPONED TODAY BECAUSE OF SLICK ROADS. BUT TRASH WILL BE PICKED UP BY SATURDAY. TRASH PICK-UP WILL RUN AS USUAL TOMORROW.
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2008 Forefather Wines Lone Tree Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
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Taste – Rich, layered and bold, with concentrated flavors of black cherry, spiced blackberry candy, tobacco leaf, dark plum, cocoa powder, dried fall leaves, brown spice and dark leather.
Finish – Very long and very flavorful, sweet and then softly tart as fruit flavors slowly transition into more earthen flavors of spice, leather, dried leaves and cocoa. At the very end, black pepper accompanies a soft slate mineral dryness.
Conclusion – This is a truly fantastic wine! And, at today's price, we encourage you to stock up. Once again, Nick Goldschmidt blows us away with his winemaking prowess. His 2008 Forefathers Lone Tree Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is a true Alexander Valley gem. Bold but balanced, this wine delivers a powerful, concentrated, full-bodied drinking experience that is full of flavor, deep aromatics and plenty of character. We'll be stocking up on this wine, which will certainly continue to improve over the next decade. Pair this food friendly wine with a hearty steak or a herb-rubbed grilled chicken.
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A recent Gallup poll reveals fewer Americans identify themselves as "pro-choice" in the abortion debate.
Currently, about 41 percent of the nation supports abortion -- down from 47 percent last July and just one percentage point below the previous record low in May 2009.
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Mississippi State may have lost more than a defensive coordinator when Manny Diaz announced Wednesday he was leaving for Texas.
Philadelphia High linebacker C.J. Johnson, the top prospect in the state according to the Mississippi Press Fantastic 15, de-committed from the Bulldogs on Wednesday. He said the departures of Diaz and Mark Hudspeth, who had recruited Johnson and has since left to take the head job at Louisiana-Lafayette, were the main factors in his decision.
"It started off that Mark Hudspeth was recruiting me, and he left and went to Louisiana-Lafayette, and then coach Diaz left and went to Texas," Johnson told Rivals.com Wednesday. "So it kind of got me thinking about some things and I don't feel as comfortable as I did."
After talking with MSU coaches about his de-commitment, Johnson said he talked with Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt. He has official visits slated this month for MSU, Ole Miss and LSU, and told Rivals those are the only three schools he'll consider.
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Monday, November 25th, 2013
Best Christmas trees around
If a driver on Washington Pike has a second to take his eyes off the narrow curving road, at the intersection with Childs Road, he'll see acres of finely trimmed Christmas trees.
That's just one of the rolling fields of House Mountain Christmas Tree Farm, begun in the early 1990s by my uncle and aunt, Zach and Norma Henry. This video and article from early November, when people were already starting to come to Childs Road to cut their own trees, give an idea of some of the connection and memories that make the farm so much more than just a business.
Some people even make 2-day journeys to get their trees. One year 2 families from the same county in Mississippi showed up in the same field, neither knowing the other was coming.
Beginning this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, Aunt Norma will have free cookies, hot cider, and hot chocolate out for tree shoppers at:
6300 Childs Road, Corryton, Tennessee, 865-687-0324
(Note: Google maps is wacky on this one. On Google, you need to search 6280 Childs Road–that puts you at what's really 6300. Other maps may be correct.) Childs road isn't long; look for the big red mailbox on the north side of the road–or just follow the other cars to the most beautiful trees around.
If you're in the neighborhood (or wanting an enjoyable drive), stop by and Aunt Norma will point you in the right direction for the tree you want. Pick up a saw, pick out a tree, cut it down, and come back to pay for it and enjoy the goodies. Tell her her favorite niece Noël sent you. Maybe that will get you a couple of extra cookies.
Weekends, just down the road, in the field near Washington Pike and Childs Road, there'll be a tent where I'll have out some items for sale: hand-knitted cotton dishcloths, decorative eyeglass chains, and Christmas star ornaments. Ask Aunt Norma how to get there.
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That's my sweet sister Norma Henry, and House Mountain Christmas Tree Farm.Love you Sister Gloria
Hi, Noel
A new friend here in KH wondered if she could get one of your advent calendars. Sorry to find out the answer is 'no'. She is very creative though so I am sure she will come up with something. Ours is 17 yrs old but we use it every year as the children insist on it! If I ever lost the script, either Evan or Emily could write it down word for word. It has become a treasured tradition.
Blessings to you and your family this CHRISTmas. love, Robin
Hi Noel! I just called Desiring God to inquire about an advent calendar for a friend and she told me they hadn't sold them for 7 YEARS!!! I didn't know you hand made them! Wow!! It is so much a part of our celebration that I don't think my kids would consider it Christmas without it. My daughter (oldest) is now 10 and we've used it since she was 2. My other kids don't know of Christmas without it. We've always loved it but now I really see it as a treasure!! Thank you for the time you put into it! Our family has been extremely blessed for years!!
Are you still selling the dishcloths? My wife and I would love to come get some for a gift.
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A Decade of Research and Practice of Diaspora Philanthropy in the Asia Pacific Region: The State of the Field
Mark Sidel
University of Iowa
May 2008
U Iowa Legal Studies Research Paper No. 08-09
This paper provides an overview of research on diaspora philanthropy to the Asia Pacific region over the past ten years (1997-2008), with a focus on diaspora giving to China, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, and other countries in the Asia Pacific region. It identifies practices in social investment and social entrepreneurship through strategic philanthropy by migrants and discusses how these may have facilitated sustainable social change and development in the diasporas' communities of origin; analyzes the enabling environment for diaspora philanthropy in the key countries of the region with respect to its degree of conduciveness in allowing or encouraging diaspora giving; and focuses on identifying and analyzing the gaps in research on diaspora philanthropy in Asia. The paper was prepared for presentation to the international conference on diaspora philanthropy convened by the Asia Pacific Philanthropy Consortium in Hanoi, Vietnam in May 2008.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 47
Keywords: philanthropy, nonprofit organizations, diaspora, Asia, China, India, Vietnam, giving, remittances
JEL Classification: D64, L3, L30, L31, F22, N25, O53
Date posted: May 6, 2008
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