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Let's begin with a quiz about the Corn Belt. Which state is increasing its corn acreage the most rapidly? Next question. Is the heart of the Corn Belt increasing or decreasing in soybean acreage? And finally, what is the acreage trend for wheat in the western Corn Belt? For extra credit on this pop quiz, what is behind all of the dynamics described by your answers?
The answers to those questions may be quite surprising if you don't already know about the trends in Corn Belt acreage. The recent USDA Projected Plantings report indicated the trends would continue, for the most part.
However, University of Illinois ag economist Gary Schnitkey paints a surprising picture of acreage dynamics in Corn Belt states which has been driven by high prices of corn. And that does not mean corn acreage is increasing in traditional areas. However, the price of corn rose in 2006 along with other commodities and over the period from 2006 to 2012, Schnitkey says some very significant trends occurred. In that period, corn acres increased by 24 percent, soybean acres increased by 2 percent and wheat acres decreased by 4 percent.
Corn acreage generally increased across the Corn Belt, and any counties with a decrease in corn acreage reported on minimal changes. The majority of counties reporting an increase indicated between 5,000 and 30,000 additional acres. About 10 percent of the counties with increased acreage reported increases up to 60,000 additional acres. But that does not reflect the increase in corn acreage in North and South Dakota, which has increased at an exponential rate, of 60,000 acres and more per county.
The 2 percent increase in Corn Belt soybean acreage from 2006 to 2012 is a rather misleading fact. There were areas of substantial increases, but most of the heart of the Corn Belt from Ohio across to Iowa and up to Wisconsin and Minnesota reports a loss of acreage of up to 60,000 acres per county . There were many farmers in the region that opted out of soybeans, while farmers in the Dakotas again ramped up their rate of soybean planting. That trend of increased soybean acreage continued southward through Nebraska and Kansas cutting through the heart of wheat country.
Wheat was being displaced across the Great Plains, in part by corn. The regions of North and South Dakota where corn acreage increased at the more rapid rates, displayed a correlating trend of fewer wheat acres. Many counties indicated losses of 60,000 acres or more. Wheat acreage did find resurgence in southwestern Kansas and in northern Montana. Traditional wheat growing areas of Washington reported a wide variety of acreage trends.
Corn production is occurring in non-traditional areas. To make way, soybean and wheat acres have declined, except more soybeans are being raised in the Dakotas. Traditional wheat areas are declining, except more wheat is being raised in Montana.
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Simultaneously entertaining, enlightening and important—a much-needed antidote to the prevailing plague of desperate (and often groundless) pessimism.
– Michael Medved, Nationally Syndicated Radio Host
Fair disclosure: Chicken Little's author is my dad.
If you've had a son, though—or been one—you'll appreciate that an endorsement from this direction is by no means a guarantee. Still, I can't help it: I'm impressed.
My dad's been writing this book for most of my life. He and I have been around the block once or twice on many of the issues between its covers, and I was pleased to find that the lessons I learned along the way about the real world—you know, this big rock we all live on—translate well into print.
The fundamental thesis here is that there's a real world out there if you're willing to ignore the spin-doctors and go look for it. It's a place whose attributes are measurable, consistent, and—brace yourself—rather encouraging!
I'd recommend my dad's book to anybody who professes to have an open mind. Will you agree with everything he has to say? Maybe not. But since his point is that assertions can be checked, give it a try.
Odds are you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Jason Williscroft
Chicago, IL
The Chicken Little Agenda is loosely organized around seventy columns in the Thrawn Rickle series the author originally wrote in response to his sense that the general public was just not getting it: The guy at the corner gas station, the Idaho lumberjack, the small town school bus driver, and – for that matter – newspaper editors and college professors, were systematically being misled by a Chicken Little mentality that insisted the sky was falling every time the word radiation appeared in print, whenever global warming or the ozone layer was mentioned, or whenever an act of terrorism took place.
The original columns were published in various newspapers and periodicals in the Northwest and Southern California during the late 1980s and early 1990s, although much of it has appeared either updated or as new material within the last few years. Although politically pertinent at the time of its publication, the original material is timeless, as pertinent and fresh today as when written. The current material is, of course, as timely as today's and tomorrow's headlines.
The author's eclectic interests and broad experience have ideally prepared him to drop Chicken Little on the spin doctors who terrify the general public with their dire predictions of immanent disaster. We may no longer huddle in our backyard bomb shelters like our parents during the 1950s, but we spend millions of personal dollars "protecting" ourselves from a vast entourage of things we sincerely believe will harm us (after all, Carl Sagan said…), and we spend billions in tax dollars solving "problems" that exist primarily in the minds of agenda-driven, self-appointed experts who have managed to convince themselves and us that that acorn was a precursor to the fall of heaven itself.
Interview by host Kent Gustavson, PhD, on Sound Authors Radio. Ranges over much of the book, with some special emphasis on Antarctica. This interview has good detail on why current warming is solar-driven. Also a good discussion about terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons.
Discussed global warming and its ramifications. Looked at exceptions to the "predictions" from Gore and friends.
Lauren Stone host. Discussed Nuclear terrorism, Three-Mile Island, Chernobyl, nuclear power in general.
Lauren Stone interviewed Dr. Williscroft about the book in general, and specifically about global warming and Al Gore. They discussed the specifics of why global warming is apparently caused by the 1,500 year solar cycle and by the 11 year sun spot cycle.
Troy Hill covered the waterfront in a full 13 minutes, starting with global warming, talking about the ozone layer, and finishing with nuclear power, including a discussion of Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl.
Short but lively interview that covers Global Warming and both Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. Also includes a short discussion of the IPCC preliminary report and Al Gore.
Set up as a debate between Williscroft and Seattle Peak Oil Awareness, an off-the-wall group that believes the world has passed the midpoint in its oil production capacity, and that wide spread famine and other calamities reside in our future as a direct consequence of our dependence on oil. Williscroft debates their chief engineer directly, and shill callers come on line to make specific points that Williscroft answers. It's a complete rout!
From a Canadian perspective, but asking good questions about global warming. Gary specifically e-mailed me afterward stating that he could have talked with me all day.
Live, in-studio interview covering the environment-related subjects in the book. Lots of give and take with the host.
In-depth interview covering Climate Change, looking at specific information that contradicts the current hysteria. Commences with Medved's description of a new children's book about the polar bears dying in the Arctic. Examines nuclear weapons and nuclear power, as well. Following this interview, the book hit #7 on the Amazon.com Bestseller list for environmental books, and hit #247 overall on Amazon Sales.
Book specific interview, discussing global warming, the ozone hole, nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists and nuclear power, and specifically the lies about Chernobyl and Three Mile Island. Very lively and fun. Interview was taped for broadcast the day after Thanksgiving. Following this interview, the book reached #5 on the Amazon.com Bestseller list for environmental books, and hit #384 overall on Amazon Sales.
What if I told you there was a book that even a person with no scientific knowledge could read and understand that would dispel all your fears about "global warming," nuclear energy, "ozone holes," and much of what the daily media tells you poses a terrible threat to the Earth and you?
What if I told you the book was written by a retired submarine officer with a B.S. in oceanography and meteorology from the University of Washington and a M.S. and Ph.D. in engineering from California Coast University?
What if I told you that, after reading The Chicken Little Agenda you would be the best informed, smartest person in the room when someone began to tell everyone that the Earth was doomed, there's no way to provide electricity without producing greenhouse gases, blah, blah, blah!
This is hands-down the best book I have read in a very long time when it comes to explaining and debunking the kind of nonsense in Al Gore's new film or the cover stories of Time and other so-called news magazines. Do yourself a very big favor and read it.
Alan Caruba

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What is to be done? This question has to be asked of UK economic policy. Only the complacent can be satisfied with what is happening. Yes, the 1 per cent increase in third-quarter gross domestic product is welcome. But GDP stagnated over four quarters and was 3.1 per cent lower than in the first quarter of 2008.
I remain convinced that the decision to move towards fiscal austerity so sharply in 2010 was a huge error. A salient aspect of the mistake was that the UK reinforced the move towards austerity in the EU. In an article entitled "Self-defeating austerity?" published in the October National Institute Economic Review, Dawn Holland and Jonathan Portes argue that UK GDP could well be 4.3 per cent lower this year and 5 per cent lower in 2013 than it would have been without these consolidation programmes, including the UK's. Moreover, in 2013 the UK's ratio of public sector debt to GDP might be 5 percentage points higher than it would have been without the co-ordinated contraction. This is a step forward and maybe two steps back.


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HOUSTON - Some Harris County sheriff's deputies spent Sunday at the Harris County District Attorney's home after Kaufman County's district attorney was killed.
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, were found dead in their house Saturday, two months after an assistant district attorney was gunned down in broad daylight outside the county courthouse. No one is in custody yet.
"I'm concerned because this is not the kind of thing … I've grown up in the law enforcement community. The last 30 years I've worked for either the D.A.'s office or on the bench. You just don't hear about this sort of thing happening," Harris County District Attorney Mike Anderson said.
As a precaution, Anderson and his family are getting extra protection. There will also be heightened security at the Harris County District Attorney's Office until further notice.
"I've seen more security than before," said Ivan Perez, who visited the Harris County Criminal Courthouse on Monday.
"It would be awful if something like that happened here," attorney Matthew Brown said.
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A SPECIAL council meeting is to be held next Tuesday to confirm Lendal Bridge fine refunds.
The city council's cabinet will meet next week to discuss the decision to offer refunds and to withdraw its legal appeal on Lendal Bridge, and the arrangements for drivers to apply for their refunds will be made public shortly afterwards.
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Methodology of Citrate-based Biomaterial Design for Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery, and Bioimaging
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Biomaterials are critical components of biomedical devices and products. A novel biomaterial may create new fields of studies and opportunities to tackle unmet clinical problems. In this seminar, Dr. Yang will discuss a methodology of citrate-based biomaterial design for tissue engineering, drug delivery, and bioimaging. This methodology allows innovative developments of a family of biodegradable polymers (PNAS 2009,106,10086; Biomaterials 2008,29,4637; Soft Matter 2010,6,2449; Biomaterials 2010,31,9092) in Dr. Yang's lab to address the critical needs for versatile biomaterials in biomedical engineering. Based on these new biomaterials, specific applications to be covered in this seminar include new scaffolding strategy for cardiovascular tissue engineering, micro/nano-composites for orthopedic devices and bone regeneration, bioinspired adhesives for wound healing, biodegradable stent for atherosclerosis, cellular and tissue bioimaging, and theranostic nanoparticles for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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LEIPSIC — United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) was in Leipsic
earlier this week, visiting Pro-Tec Coating Company during a swing
through the northern part of the state on Tuesday. Brown discussed his
concerns about, and his plans to support, American manufacturing in a
closed meeting with workers at the steel plant.
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product, while manufacturing provided over 20 percent. Today, those
numbers have almost reversed. He opined that the problem with such a
state is that financial services, while providing some benefit to the
middle class, principally allows the wealthiest to become wealthier.
Manufacturing jobs , on the other hand, provide more opportunities to a
greater percentage of the population.
Pointing to Pro-Tec, Brown said, "This kind of place creates a middle class."
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GIGABYTE BRIX Pro: A First Look at the Intel i7-4770R with Iris Pro HD 5200by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2014 8:00 PM EST
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jabber - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkNice to see more micro systems appearing. Reply
PsychoPif - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThanks for the quick review, can't wait for the last part.
I'm currently looking for a HTPC / casual gaming machine for my home theater and this look like it could be it. Reply
protomech - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI don't think you want server room noise coming from your htpc. Reply
yterbiu - Sunday, January 12, 2014 - linkhah,when you are seeing a movie/playing a game you can hear the noise from that box....you are doing it wrong,mate Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkIf you define "casual" as a graphic quality setting, then this will get 60fps+ at 720p on low settings in modern games. Move to medium-to-high settings or higher resolutions and it will fall apart. You'll be better served by a new AMD Kaveri system... and probably save quite a bit of money while you're at it. Reply
mikk - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI doubt Kaveri is faster than this Iris Pro 65W. Reply
DanNeely - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThe GPU is probably faster, the CPU probably not. In most games the IGP will bottleneck before the CPU does. Reply
Drumsticks - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkGiven that the iris pro is about as powerful as a 640M (a bit more) and the kaveri 7850k targets 7750 levels of performance, which is faster than the desktop 640 and I think possibly the 650, I think it is safe to say that the GPU will be better. I don't expect the CPU to beat 3+ Ghz Haswell, but we we will see! Reply
TeXWiller - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThis thing is about as fast in the 3DMark (2013) Ice Storm and little faster in the Cloud Gate test than my home 1055T with DDR2 800 and 7750. Reply
frozentundra123456 - Saturday, January 11, 2014 - linkNobody really knows the performance of Kaveri yet, but I seriously doubt it will reach even close to HD7750 GDDR5 levels of performance due to bandwidth limitations. And dont forget that is a desktop part. I think 65 watt Kaveri and 65 watt iris pro would be very close in performance, and I actually think the iris pro would be faster. Problem is it is also more expensive, although 529.00 for the 4570R kit is not outrageous. Reply
mfoley93 - Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - linkThe issue with the AMD APUs is that they have used different GPUs accross the line, whereas Intel only has 3 active GPU SKUs. So while the GPU in the 95 Watt A-10 7850 labeled only as R7 would likely smoke Iris Pro/HD 5200, the GPU in the 65 Watt A-8 7600 may only perform similarly to the Iris Pro when it finally launches. AMD using different GPUs may have changed though, since they haven't released the A-4, A-6, and A-8 models yet. Reply
mfoley93 - Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - linkEDIT:
A quick jaunt over to AMD's website shows that their tendency to use different GPUs has not changed. Even though there is no info about the A-8 7600, one can see that the A-10 7700K has two compute units disabled on the GPU compared to the 7850K. Reply
mikk - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThe GPU is probably comparable or maybe slightly slower than this Iiris Pro. It has more Gflops as well as more bandwidth with its edram. Reply
jeffkibuule - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkYou need to go read the Iris Pro graphics review again to see why just measuring GFLOPs doesn't give you the result you seem to expect. Reply
ryrynz - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - linkFunny cos, they're gonna make you wait. Reply
XZerg - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI am waiting to see the Zotac IQ01 availability and benches. 4770T in a small enclosure. Reply
Daisho11 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI really wish they would make one of these with the PSU built in, instead of having a power brick hanging off the back. Reply
patterson32 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkAt least it helps with heat minimization. Positive thoughts. Reply
MikeMurphy - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThis is a tech site. Instead of telling us the cooling is insufficient, I hope you'll show us the config and explore replacement fans etc. Are the cooling mounts LGA standard? Reply
patterson32 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI'd like AT to explore quieter replacement fans as well. Fanless cases might be okay too but they'll probably cost a lot compared to the system just like the NUC ones. Reply
8steve8 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - link+1
if it can be replaced by a better cooler even if it increases size, i'd like to know . there is simply no other way to get iris pro.. (besides macbook pro 15 and imac 21.5).. but those are not the higher end 65W ones... Reply
japtor - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkThe iMac uses the 65W i5-4570R actually. Reply
8steve8 - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkyou're right... so i guess there is one other way on planet earth to get these 65W iris pro parts... but a 21.5" screen is attached... i hope apple makes an imac mini iris pro.
Also it's such an epic fail gigabyte fumbled the fan/noise situation on this... anyone have a photo of what the cooling solution is? or any photos of the cpu area? Reply
JohnHardkiss - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - link(1st post here)
I am suprised it isn't mentioned here that Gigabyte is planning to release BRIXs with mobile dGPUs as well. This is interesting and I hope Anandtech will cover this as well and compare their performance with the 4770r. Obviously, having dGPU in a BRIX format defies the need for 4770R somewhat. the combo-setups will be 1) AMD A8 APU + Radeon HD 8890M, 2) Intel CPU + Radeon HD 8890M, 3) Intel CPU + Nvidia GTX 880M. You can even see the stickers Gigabyte put on their BRIX models showcased at the CES in your own gallery here: http://anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/3311#8 .
A request for the full review is also to please have some clear pictures of the BRIX stripped down. I mean, how is the cpu connected to the heatsink and how is the fan exactly positioned? I can imagine myself building a simple, sleightly larger case with some Vesa compatible holes drilled in it to fix the Brix Pro in. This way one could hopefully exchange the stock fan with some quiet 140mm fan and not have to live with the probably insane amount of stocknoise. (And, i could glue the psu inside this larger case as well ;) - Gigabyte, take note of this idea!)
I would also like to suggest to look at how the dimensions of the Gigabyte Pro motherboard relate to the NUC dimensions. Is it 1:1 as far as size goes? Or 1:1 as far as formfactor goes: are the screwholes dimensioned the same?
Lastly, I would like to suggest this: In a lot of the practical gaming tests that are done with iGPUs, I don't see 1080p resolutions being tested. Today this is becoming outdated, since not only the 4770R in this BRIX Pro unit, but also the Kaveri a10-7850k (as well as the 65W(!) rated a10-7800 which I believe shares the same iGPU but is clocked a bit lower cpu wise) are capable of gaming at these resolutions. I mean, see this for what we have coming our way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axyHkKn_e80 pretty insane.
So, please Anandtech, start incorporating 1080p gaming in your benchmarks. A game like cs:go on 1080p would be awesome. I am planning to use either the new kaveri or this 4770r for this game but I'm not sure it will handle it.
A rather long first post, but you can understand hopefully that I try to bring some free thoughts to this table. I hope you incorporate these in your review Anandtech! Reply
rhx123 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkWow, didn't know about the 880M one.
It looks smaller than this one though, and the TDP of the 880M will probably be arround 100W alone, doesnt really seem to add up to me. Reply
fluxtatic - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkI'll second the call for 1080p benchmarks. 1440p benchmarks are fine, but the latest Steam Hardware Survey has 1440p at less than 1% still. 1080p has 32%. Next down is 1366x768 at 23%.
So, yes, I can get an idea more or less what I can expect at 1080p from 1440p benchmarks, but the picture is less than perfect - 1440p is pushing half again as many pixels as 1080p. Reply
amb9800 - Sunday, January 19, 2014 - linkVery interesting- hadn't seen the dGPU BRIX models. Wonder if they'll ever actually make it to market though- Gigabyte has a pretty poor track record showing things that end up either too late to be relevant, or never. Also wonder how the cooling would work in that footprint, given the GTX 880M would almost double the TDP. Reply
jasonelmore - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkthanks for the review, i would have like to seen at least 2 or 3 gaming benchmarks (non-synthetics).
Battlefield 4
Metro LL
any Valve game Reply
JohnHardkiss - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkanother reason to test cs:go is that it is a steam-released game (by Valve). Seeing how the BRIX Pro is presented at the CES as a steambox as well, testing itt would make sense.
I also would like to +1 the suggestion of JasonElmore above to benchmark Battlefield 4 since it is already benchmarked in the youtube video I linked to in my previous post. a clear comparison could be drawn this way. Reply
patterson32 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkPlease test Linux on this. Use whatever distro you feel is good. Reply
laif - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThis please. Also, please specify the kernel and graphics stack versions. Thank you. Reply
patterson32 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkPlease add LZMA2 compression/decompression tests to your benchmarks. Maybe use Pixz ( https://github.com/vasi/pixz ) for both parallel compression and decompression. I tar.xz often so this would be useful for me. I don't remember the last time I used RAR. Reply
Subyman - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkStrange they would call it the BRIX. Reply
JDG1980 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkThe fan noise is extremely disappointing, since it pretty much rules out using the Brix Pro as a HTPC. I had hoped, especially given the price point, that this system would be fanless. Reply
DIYEyal - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linka 65W TDP part in that size to be fanless?! I don't think so.. I bet you can swap the fan to some aftermarket fan, like a noctua for example (not sure if it's possible without a modding).
Also, gigabyte are the first to use the 4770R and the 4570R, but I bet other OEMs go on board.. Reply
JDG1980 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - link65W fanless in a small case is doable if you design the entire case as a heat sink, with heat pipes attached to the CPU core. This has been done before. Reply
Qwertilot - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkThere's a smallish streamcon one for ~100 pounds even. I'd rather that (and being able to use standard SSD's) than truly tiny and noisy, but I guess it wouldn't fit the theme :)
Although this chip does seem like it might be pushing the limits of what works. Give it a couple more generations of intel ramping up power efficiency and we might really be talking. Reply
MrSpadge - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkDoes this system have a regular Gigabyte BIOS/UEFI with options? If so try to lower the iGPU voltage: about -0.1 V should be possible at ~1.25 GHz from what I've seen from Ivy. The CPU could probably also take some tweaking. This should help noise and drive performance up. I'd be curious how far this could push such a thermally & power constrained system. Reply
Acarney - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI REALLY hope we get a detailed gaming test with this running the fastest ram possible. I thought a decent sized issue with the previous Iris Pro test was that the CPU was a good bit slower then all the recent desktop graphic card reviews AND that the TDP limit of the mobile chip might have been limiting Iris Pro some... Also very curious for a proper HTPC review of this, especially the hardest we can push MadVR with it... Yes people are moaning about fan noise but it's NOT impossible to cool a 65w TDP chip via passive means & I'm sure HDPlex or someone else will retrofit their case to accept the guts of a Brix Pro for passive cooling... Then that chip is a monster! Reply
edbless - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkIntel has made this difficult for system builders.
In reality the i7 4850HQ may be a better CPU option.
It is still Iris 5200, it is 47W, same form factor/mounting, and it does not cost much more.
I agree with many of the comments, if this is noisy it looses almost all value. It must in unobtrusive in all aspects, size and volume in order to fit in to most environments. Reply
DIYEyal - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI could use something like that for editing on the go, much smaller than any mITX system.. Much cheaper than a laptop with similar specs.. I could plug it to the hotel's TV via HDMI and get some editing done (weird configuration, I know) Reply
CharonPDX - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkRe: "One of the interesting aspects in the press release was the reference to 64 MB of eDRAM on the Iris Pro HD 5200.".
Apple doesn't just "imply", they outright state it: "The 15‑inch MacBook Pro has a phenomenal display — with the graphics power to match. Its fourth-generation Intel Core i7 processor features Iris Pro Graphics with 128MB of embedded memory, which accelerates processor- and graphics-intensive tasks by acting as an ultrafast cache. "
But the Retina MacBook Pro uses the mobile chip, not the desktop chip. Maybe the desktop chip only has 64 MB? Reply
JohnHardkiss - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkInteresting. It would be gold if these seemingly contradictory bits of information would be settled. Reply
Daedalus1 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI have been waiting for a NUC or similar to come out with the 5200 Iris Pro graphics for some time. At last. And then disappointment, it only supports 2 monitors not 3.
Oh well maybe I just have to go the AsRock mini iTX route after all.
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kgh00007 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkGreat, I've been waiting for you guys to get a hold if one of these, I'm looking forward to part 2!
I would also like to request a 1080p gaming benchmark, at low or medium details, this thing will likely be connected to a 1080p HDTV afterall, that's what interests me the most!
And maybe a look at the preformance difference between 8GB and 16GB RAM configurations if any! Reply
ryrynz - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkI think you could just look up any review of the difference between 8 and 16, there's not much.. which is why I haven't bothered moving to 16. Reply
DarkXale - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkRAM benefits are binary.
You either have too much, or too little. In the case of games its generally an easy answer; unless you're at 4GB, or rare cases 6GB, you have too much. Its still exceptionally rare for a game to be 64-bit, and they are thus incapable of addressing more than 4GB. The rest is simply up to the system & background tasks.
However, its always preferable to have too much RAM - than too little. Too much generally just means that you ended up paying a bit more - too little means extreme swapping, utterly annihilating performance.
8GB as such is the sweet spot, because its a level which is difficult to reach without the use of specific software - but cheap enough that going down to the 6GB or 4GB levels saves almost no money on a home-build setup. Reply
lco45 - Monday, January 20, 2014 - linkNicely put. Reply
8steve8 - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - link1. gigabytes own specs list 3200x2000 @ 60 Hz the max resolution on the displayport...
why, it's DP 1.2? This would exclude it for use with all the new 4k LCD's coming our soon.
2. a few gaming benchmarks would be appreciated... part of the allure of this is that it's a tiny workstation that can also kind of play games. Reply
Samus - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkWow this little thing is amazing. Reply
gochichi - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkAs was mentioned in the Mac Pro 2013 review, the desktop market needs to evolve to remain viable and relevant. While it's nice to see these NUC systems finally start popping up, I feel like the price just isn't right for these new systems. They are clearly as inexpensive to make as a traditional system and so I don't understand the prices. Shipping costs from China of these tiny machines should represent some sort of savings to the manufacturer.
I'd like to see something actually forward looking come from the PC side. Like a standard external power supply unit that is as standard as ATX PSUs are today. I like the thing, it doesn't have to have the best design on the planet but the price is just so off. $1000 for why? We're not even accounting for a Windows OS (and maybe we shouldn't, Linux is actually viable) but still, Windows is another bill. I get that we could find an mSATA drive for $90 but still, it is just slow progress. I feel like if it's cheap to make (which this thing obviously is), I'd love to see that reflected on the price on day one.
Let me put it another way… I'd like to see a standard that is more or less a laptop without an embedded keyboard, mouse or screen or battery. I see so many laptops that I think, "If this didn't have this crappy screen, if this had NO screen at all" I'd buy it and use it for X. I see $230 laptops with Windows installed and the only problem I see with them is that they are laptops. I know the screens, keyboard and trackpads and batteries on lower end laptops are junk, but are they really next-to-free to include?
Looking at the shape of things, it is genius on Apple's side to make the device circular in order to follow the shape of the gigantic fan. If we boil down the essence of what a desktop is, we say: BIGGER fans= bigger thermal capacity, bring your own monitor, keyboard, and mouse.
The Microsoft Store carries exactly zero desktops. Now it's nice to see what I want become available at all, but it seems strange that it would come at a huge price premium. Apple continues to lead in terms of value and in terms of understand the market (and I find this very frustrating, I wish I could just get my Apple tattoo and "switch" and be done with it, but I keep rooting for open standards that never come.
Call it Ultradesk (vs Ultrabook), I think we're so fantastically overdue a real update on desktops and this device is one that probably after 3-years you'll be glad you didn't look at the price at all but at the same time, the same could be said about a Mac Mini.
I'm talking about a Microsoft Surface minus the touchscreen and battery… just plain desktop in a quiet and versatile format. Reply
JohnHardkiss - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkTotally agree with you, +1. Reply
Qwertilot - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkDesktops do definitely need to sort themselves out. I'm not sure if they should to go outright cheap mind.
Desktops have such a long fully usable life span now - even gaming will give you ~5 years and it could be much more for other uses - so there's arguably actually more incentive than before to get everything 'nice'. Not in power terms as such but monitor, keyboard, form factor, noise etc. Reply
CknSalad - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkThere just needs to be less full and mid-tower PCs and a lot more M-ATX (Silverstone TJ08-E sized) and especially ITX cases like the crowd-funded Ncase M1, SG05 or the antec ISK series (for the less-demanding tasks). I totally agree that the desktop market has been way too slow into moving towards the SFF market. Reply
artemisgoldfish - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkA single eSATA port would be really nice. USB 3.0 is nice and all, but it's just not as compelling as a storage interface. Other than that nit to pick, I think the lesser Gigabyte units would make nice low-power home servers once you connect external bulk storage, and the higher-specced units... Well, I would quite like one in my cubicle at work. Reply
ryrynz - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkWanna see options for making this thing near silent. Reply
ryrynz - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkAny chance of looking into how underclocking and swapping out the fan helps with noise? Reply
ryrynz - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkCan you look into what options are available in the BIOS too? Reply
Zandros - Tuesday, January 07, 2014 - linkInteresting total power consumption numbers and as a proof of concept. 88 W compares with Apple's stated 85 W max (actual power seems to be significantly less though) for the Mac mini. I really think the R-series could work well in a redesigned mini, if only to avoid the exorbitant prices of the mobile Iris Pro parts. Sadly, the list price of the 4570R is still about $50 higher than the current Ivy Bridge in the low end mini. Reply
mofo77 - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkIt seems to be a great combination of size and power but one thing is really disappointing, i.e. mini DP max resolution is 3200x2000 instead of 4k (according to specification found on the Gigabyte web page). It is a huge omission in my opinion. I almost wanted to order this unit but because of that I will not do that. The other consideration is noise. I want my PC to run as quiet as possible. Reply
elian123 - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI wonder whether 3200x2000 may be the max resolution with single stream transport and that multi stream transport does allow for 4K? Reply
Gadgety - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkSo I'm expecting to see a Kaveri APU equivalent available for less. Reply
zodiacfml - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkWow, one powerful machine. I did not consider NUC kits before, until this one.
It's inevitable to see a kit with the heatsink as part of the case which should give better performance or fanless designs. Reply
theuglyman0war - Sunday, February 02, 2014 - linkvesa mounted behind a center monitor the mount/heatsink design dpesn't care how noisey the stock fan is/was! Time to dust off the dremel... Reply
philipma1957 - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkSo it is loud and overheats when maxed. I fail to see the value to a home owner. Business it looks pretty good as many stores have a high sound level. It is pricey. 650 + 200 + 100 + 100 = 1050
I put 200 for the msata 100 for 8gb ram and 100 for a windows 7 / 8 os.
I use pc's and macs for a home owner's ht the quad core mac mini may be a better deal. I still like the idea of a small system pushing limits. Maybe in 3 more generations it will be a lot nicer for home owners vs businesses . Reply
DryAir - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkThe i5-4570R costs only $8 more than the i5-4200U (acording to ARK Intel), but the i5-4570R brix is $140 more expensive than the i5-4200U brix. Why? More plastic? The extra money did not went in the cooling solution, judgind by this results.
Ayway, i think that form factor is the better than the ULV one. Still tiny but with a much better processor and 2.5" HDD option. Reply
philipma1957 - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkwell that is business , you pay more because it is faster and you need the speed. they gouge you because the extra power is worth it to you. I do agree that the small size is nice but I rather it be a little bigger with better cooling. Plus 650 stripped naked is not cheap. The quad mac mini is 679 from apples refurbished store and come with an os 4gb ram and a 1tb hdd. the prcoessor it not far behind the cpu in here. Reply
Wall Street - Monday, January 13, 2014 - linkIt went into the extra 128 MB of cache needed for the graphics, there literally is an additional chip in there for this. If you don't want 'gamer' graphics than don't get the Iris Pro. You are paying for in game FPS, with little benefit from the cache in other uses. If this isn't your use, don't get the Iris Pro, the HD 5000 model for a lot less. Of course this one is louder too because Iris Pro is 35 W instead of the 15 watts for the other models. If you don't need Iris pro, then get the smaller quiet model and don't pay for it. Of course, while Iris Pro is loud during games, the low end NUC computers will be < 20 FPS in a lot of games where Iris Pro is ~40 FPS, so the noise definitely gets you something. Reply
tabkron - Wednesday, January 08, 2014 - linkPlease test Linux on this. Maybe SteamOS, Ubuntu or anything that's using a fairly recent kernel and graphics software. Reply
Galatian - Thursday, January 09, 2014 - linkI wish there would be cases with room for at least a slim line ODD. I mean those things are supposed to be used as HTPCs. For me they completely miss their point by trying to be as small as possible. Reply
johnny_boy - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkNot too interesting really, unless you desperately need something this small with this much power, but I can't imagine who would. It's too loud and throttles. You can get a marginally larger ITX build with far better cooling, much quieter, and never throttles, and doesn't look as cheap. Reply
Laststop311 - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkShame about the noise level. Other than the noise this is an HTPC dream machine. Reply
boto - Friday, January 10, 2014 - linkI like Linux testing to be done. Also, please see how easily the fan can be replaced for a quieter one. I'm not interested in fanless cases since they're often bigger and very expensive. Reply
Andresen - Monday, January 13, 2014 - linkThe homepage for Gigabye.com is not very accurate about the amount of eDRAM. The version for Great Britain says 128 MB (see http://uk.gigabyte.com/press-center/news-page.aspx... and the same announcement on the Danish page says 64 MB ( http://www.gigabyte.dk/media/13441 ).
In any case the unit could be interesting for a small HPC setup. I hope there will be some computational tests that stress the memory bandwidth in the further coverage. Reply
Ktracho - Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - linkIt looks like my comment from a few days ago didn't get posted. I currently have a desktop computer and a small NAS box. Something like this could combine both while drastically reducing physical space and power consumption. Noise wouldn't be as critical as in a HTPC, provided it didn't make a lot of noise while performing light tasks, such as web browsing, e-mail, word processing, etc., which is the bulk of what I would do with it. I don't use my desktop PC very intensively, but there are times when I absolutely need to have it around, and being able to do more than just light tasks is definitely a plus. I'd look into using Windows 8.1 Pro under the included Hyper-V in combination with Linux or a second copy of Windows, with one VM for personal use and the other for the NAS side.
As for HTPC, I'd prefer something that can also be used for gaming, so I'm thinking of taking over my daughter's mini-ITX box when she goes to college, and have one VM for HTPC use, and another VM running Windows with its own dedicated graphics card for gaming. It also has a blu-ray player, so I'd eventually be able to get rid of our PS3. In my situation, this box would not work so well for what I have in mind for HTPC. Reply
oviano - Friday, January 17, 2014 - linkIs the noise really a huge issue I wonder, for HTPC use?
Ok so maybe you need to reencode some video files or whatever from time to time and this will be presumably nice and quick (and noisy) with this vs say the NUC, but for general day-to-day use presumably it's not going to be pushed to the limit? Reply
kgh00007 - Friday, January 17, 2014 - linkAny sign of part II yet? :-) Reply
DriesV - Saturday, January 18, 2014 - linkI just ordered mine. Couldn't wait for a final review. :-)
Thermal performance under combined Prime95 and FurMark load is not very relevant, I think. You just KNOW that these units are not going to have the best cooling. The question is: will the cooling suffice for everyday (non-OC) usage? I strongly believe it will.
I'll be using mine as a networked render node (KeyShot). So I'm interested in thermal performance @ 100% CPU load in a real-life application. Reply
jgstew - Sunday, January 19, 2014 - linkIs there a good reason for intel to release Iris Pro as OEM only? Are they worried about motherboard compatibility / specific tuning to take advantage of it, or perhaps worried about supply issues? I don't see why intel cannot release these parts at retail as well as OEM, at least eventually. Reply
lco45 - Monday, January 20, 2014 - linkShame there's no micro format for graphics cards.
I thought mITX would be a nice size reduction for my new system, but these NUC/BRIX form factor boxes are so much smaller than even the most compact mITX system.
If only there were system builder versions of these tiny pcs, especially with a mini GPU option, such as the mobile GPUs that come on gaming laptops.
Basically I want a gaming laptop without the laptop! Reply
ryrynz - Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - linkWill the Brix be able to run beyond 1600Mhz RAM speeds? Reply
ryrynz - Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - linkSeen on Gigabtyes website the G.skill F3-1866C10D-8GRSL is supported to run at 1866Mhz hope you guys manage to chuck something that speed or 2133Mhz in for testing. Reply
dwade123 - Thursday, January 23, 2014 - linkYeah... I rather get a PS4 for less the price. Reply
ryrynz - Monday, January 27, 2014 - linkPlease test the AMD based GB-BXA8G-8890 as well. Reply
luukp - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkWhat I'm interested in is the difference in performance and noise between the 4570r and the 4770r. I notice that they have the same TDP, but the 4570R has lower clock speed, less features (no hyperthreading) and a higher maximum operating temperature. Based on that, in my mind the 4570r should be able to run much quieter and also be much less likely to throttle. Does that make sense, or am I missing something? Reply
ibex333 - Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - linkummm... lol? For this much money I can build a computer that is only slightly larger and heavier but which will completely obliterate these boxes in gaming performance. Do you want to pay several hundred more just for smaller size and less weight or do you want to have MUCH more performance instead? Is that even a hard decision? Reply
DriesV - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkI'm interested in CPU performance only.
I need another quad core render node, but my office is cluttered as it is. I don't like to put systems on the floor and I don't have a spare 'server room'.
Then the Brix Pro is an extremely compelling solution. I'd happily pay (I already did actually...) for the much smaller desk real estate required. Reply
DriesV - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkThere's always a market for everything. :-) Reply
Andresen - Friday, January 31, 2014 - link"In the second part towards the end of the month...."
I'm holding my breath now! Reply
ryrynz - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - linkAnd.. you're dead. Reply
kgh00007 - Friday, January 31, 2014 - linkCome on its been 3 weeks now, us this going to be like the Galaxy S4 where part two of the review just never happened? Reply
ryrynz - Saturday, February 01, 2014 - linkTaking far too long to get this second bit out. One word. SLACK. Reply
kgh00007 - Tuesday, February 04, 2014 - linkHi, if you are still testing this system, could you please check if Hyperthreading can be switched off in the BIOS? Cheers! Reply
AngryCorgi - Saturday, February 08, 2014 - linkThe reviewer ponders the logic of maybe using the 4950hq cpu instead. The problem being that the 4950hq retails at roughly twice the cost of the 4770r. So, no, I don't think that would make sense. Anandtech needs to review the new brix 8890 with dedicated R9 m275x GPU as soon as it's available. That could be a far wiser direction for gamers and potential steam box usage. Reply
funtasticguy - Monday, February 10, 2014 - linkWhen is the rest of the review coming? I have been eagerly anticipating the second half since early January. Reply
Antronman - Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - linkStill more expensive than configuring a better PC build, that runs way quieter. When I say better, I mean better performance in videogames, as I could include a pretty good GPU for the same price. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2RH3z <- the only reason it is more expensive is because it includes the cost of the OS and a CPU cooler. Factor that out, and you get a much better machine. CPU computing power equal to an i5 for 50USD less, OC capability with the H100i. Wayy better graphics that can run almost every modern game with the exception of a small handful (not BF4) on max settings at 60+ fps. Only disadvantage is the lack of an SSD. Reply
ryrynz - Saturday, February 15, 2014 - linkThing is you can't factor those things out, its oart of the build. The great thing about this is portability.. the size for the performance is phenomenal. You don't need to splash out on a good cooler (though you might have to to get the nosie down...) No PSU.. No case. I'd actually save money buying one of these over the usual upgrade.. but it's noisy.. so meh.
Gigabyte dropped the ball, they should have given this a silent option. Reply
alpha754293 - Monday, June 16, 2014 - linkI'm using a Mac Mini to drive my 55" TV right now and it works REALLY, REALLY well. And as HTPC system, other than I can't do BluRay (which I've been told that there are workarounds for that) - it's cheaper and smaller and consumes less power than these systems. Reply


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Candidates interested in teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses in local school districts may earn their teaching licensure for free through a new program at William Carey University.
William Carey News
Monday, June 1, 2015
Friday, May 29, 2015
Twenty-three William Carey University student-athletes have been recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics as Daktronics Scholar-Athletes with the Carey softball program coming in ahead of its sister softball programs in the United States.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Officials from William Carey University and the New Hope Foundation have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a center that will provide specialized educational services for youth with autism and training for local teachers on the Tradition campus in Biloxi.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Officials from Linyi University in Linyi, China, visited and toured the William Carey University Hattiesburg campus on May 19 as part of an ongoing relationship between the two universities.
During the visit, the Linyi delegation toured multiple campus attractions, including the Center for the Study of the Life and Work of William Carey and the College of Osteopathic Medicine, and met with university officials to affirm and discuss the universities' continuing partnership.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
William Carey University has been recognized by a national college matching platform as the state of Mississippi's "Hidden Gem" in a recent list of 49 best colleges and universities from across the United States.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
The second class of the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, the second medical school in the state of Mississippi and the first school of osteopathic medicine, graduated during commencement exercises in Smith Auditorium on the Hattiesburg campus on May 23.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
William Carey University Athletics will host summer camps that are open to the public beginning in June. For more information or to register, visit www.careyathletics.com.
• June 8-11: Coach Bobby Halford Baseball Day Camp for ages 7-12; cost is $140 and includes camp insurance, T-shirt and lunch.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
William K. "Bill" Ray, a Hattiesburg businessman and community leader, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during William Carey University commencement exercises on May 16.
The honorary doctorate, awarded by the Carey Board of Trustees at their May 7 meeting, was presented to Ray by Dr. Tommy King, university president. Ray was assisted in his doctoral hooding by Charles Pickering Sr., a retired federal judge and chairman of the Carey Board of Trustees, and Dr. Scott Hummel, university provost.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
William Carey University will hold General Registration Day for summer and fall classes at both the Hattiesburg campus and the Tradition campus in Biloxi from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on May 29.
Students will be able to register for classes, meet with academic advisors and tour their respective campus. In addition to General Registration Day, students may also register by appointment Monday through Friday by contacting their campus admissions office.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
William Carey University offices will be closed and day classes will not meet in observance of Memorial Day on May 25. Offices will reopen and all classes will resume the normal schedule on May 26. For more information, call (601) 318-6051.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Carey Dinner Theatre, "Mississippi's unique dinner theatre," celebrates its 40th season in 2015 with two musicals in June and July at the Joe and Virginia Tatum Theatre on the Hattiesburg campus of William Carey University.
Friday, May 15, 2015
The William Carey University School of Education is offering a free ACT camp for area high school students from June 1-5 at the Hattiesburg campus.
The camp, which is sponsored by Mississippi Power Company, The First Bank and the Hattiesburg High School Athletic Booster Club, has 50 available slots. Students are expected to attend the entire camp, which will meet from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day during the week.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Dr. Robert Bateman Jr., professor of biomedical sciences and associate dean for research at the William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, has been elected to a four-year term on the executive board of the Association of Biochemistry Course Directors.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
The Pine Belt chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, a professional organization for educators, recognized area Teachers of the Year during a Cinco de Mayo-themed dinner on May 5 at the William Carey University Hattiesburg campus.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Four William Carey University students were inducted into Alpha Gamma Gamma, the William Carey University chapter of the Sigma Tau Delta English honor society, on May 1.
Inductees include Alyssa Ward of Hattiesburg; Hailey Nowell of Hattiesburg; Marissa James of Hattiesburg; and Nicole Carr of Taylorsville.


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Issue of the Week: So Why Was Sue Black Fired?
The residents of Milwaukee County appreciated what she did for them, and many encouraged her to run for county executive in 2011. She respectfully declined to toss her hat in the ring and supported Chris Abele. After Abele won, he kept Black in her position, praised her work and gave her significant raises. Then he suddenly fired her—giving her no reason for the firing—and had his staff confiscate all of her personal belongings in her office. Black then hired prominent attorney Frank Gimbel to pursue some semblance of justice.
Black was obviously shocked and hurt by this firing. Many residents of the county, from Charlie Sykes on the right to County Supervisor and Parks Committee Chair Gerry Broderick on the left, are appalled and angry. Black seems to transcend politics, even while the state is going through a very divisive period. She has been beloved across the political spectrum because she is sincere, committed to her work and a very decent human being. Many leaders in the business community who worked with Black are also looking for answers, but Abele is not returning their calls.
Potential Explanations
So why summarily fire one of the most successful, knowledgeable and beloved county employees? To be fair, the county executive has the right to fire any department head, even if it is not a smart thing to do. After spending the weekend talking to people close to the issue about why this may have happened, there are a couple of explanations—variations of which came up often—that seem feasible.
One explanation is that Abele wants to make major changes in the parks system—changes that could put Milwaukee's top-rated parks system, which is known as the "Emerald Necklace," at some peril. Since Black has spent the past 10 years of her career fighting to preserve and build the parks system, Abele needed to get her out of the way so he could move forward with his plans. Black would always fight for excellence in the parks system, subject to her budget constraints, so from Abele's point of view, she may have just been in his way.
One of the apparent plans that had been discussed was a modified effort to commercialize and privatize the parks. In that plan, fast-food chains would have a field day dividing up the parks system. If you think this is far-fetched, ask Abele and let him state very clearly and categorically that he will not commercialize the parks. Make sure he answers unequivocally and does not provide answers full of weasel words.
The other very feasible explanation that people point out is that Abele is a very insecure man, which they say is understandable since he has no significant accomplishments in his life that weren't somehow attained without the help of his family's money. Black is the opposite. She did it largely on her own, listened and learned along the way and became very successful. Abele, they say, is very threatened by capable people around him since "the insecure man needs to be the center of attention." People must be thinking: Abele, who knows very little about parks, is seeking to make changes to a world-class parks system. Instead of getting advice from one of America's leading parks managers, he fires her.
Is There a Pattern?
There appears to be a general pattern to Abele's actions. Before getting elected, Abele ran his family's foundation, through which he would use grant money to get a seat on the boards of various nonprofit corporations, often where he had limited understanding of their mission or management in general. (Some consider the county executive position to be the first real job Abele has ever had.) Then he would push these nonprofits to pursue programs that he liked and that he would fund in part. After the organizations pursued the programs he wanted and became fairly dependent on his financial commitment, he could threaten to pull his money if they didn't do his bidding. Some have accused him of killing organizations by withdrawing his contributions after he had pushed organizations to expand and encumber themselves with greater costs. They felt he did a variation of this with Milwaukee Shakespeare and Bialystock & Bloom. Now it appears that he is taking this same mentality to our public resources.
Abele may well try to accuse Black of things that are just not true. We are already hearing questions about a county contract at Crystal Ridge ski hill, even though county supervisors who were intimately involved with the project state that it was properly vetted and reviewed. Another tactic could be responding to questions about Black in such a way that it leaves the impression of some kind of impropriety. This is just nasty and unfortunate. Now, all of a sudden, questions arise about Black's management style. But if you talk to parks employees, as well as the vast majority of people who either work for the parks or organizations that care about the parks, they have always appreciated her style, honesty and commitment. So beware of any nasty and personal rumors.
Finally, many people would love to see Black stay in Milwaukee and continue to work on behalf of the county parks, even if she is not parks director. Abele may have fired one of the best county administrators, but we hope she decides to stay.
Heroes of the Week: LifeStriders Therapeutic Riding Center Staff and Volunteers
LifeStriders Therapeutic Riding Center S11 W29667 Summit Ave. (U.S. Highway 18), Waukesha] combines therapeutic riding with mental wellness activities and programs for all individuals with physical and psychological special needs. Founded in 2004, this volunteer-driven organization
"LifeStriders can offer so much to so many people, thanks to the community support," says Veronica Sosa Agnoli, executive director of LifeStriders. "It blows me away how many incredible young people come out and give their time. We are so grateful to work with such an amazing community."
The organization is currently seeking volunteers 13 and older who can help with riding instruction and side-walking (it takes three volunteers for each riding session), stable management and grant writing. Donations such as saddles and tack (good condition), recently old computers/laptops and money to help cover handicap-accessible remodeling costs are needed as well. For more information about donations or LifeStriders' programs and volunteer opportunities, visit www.lifestriders.org or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This just in from the Rangers: Chris Drury had arthroscopic knee surgery today and will miss six weeks.
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New York, February 11, 2011 – New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that Chris Drury underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on his left knee today, and will be sidelined for six weeks. The procedure was performed by Dr. Andrew Feldman at the NYU Langone Medical Center's Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan.
Drury has missed 33 games to injury this season, including a 29-game absence from October 18 to December 12 due to a fractured finger sustained vs. Toronto on October 15. He had skated in 22 consecutive games before missing the last two contests with the knee injury. The 13-year veteran has registered 254 goals and 360 assists for 614 points, along with 468 penalty minutes in 891 career regular season games.


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The lazy, hazy days of summer are on the horizon, and with the season comes plans for travel. CBS travel editor Peter Greenberg recently compiled a list of cities that are affordable summer vacations (based on travel costs, accommodations, etc.) and also within driving distance. But just what can you do in the five cities on the list Greenberg cultivated? We're glad you asked, because these destinations are brimming with potential for any vacation-goer. We've done a little digging to give you a brief overview of what you can expect when you load up the car and hit the road to one of these great holiday spots.
1. Richmond, Virginia
For half of the U.S. population, Richmond is just a day's drive (or less) away. That accessibility remains once you're actually in the city, too, according to Visit Richmond VA. As the seat of the Confederate government, Civil War history lovers will delight in battlefield tours, museums catering to life during the war, trails, cemeteries, and more than 500 historic markers explaining the city's Civil War past. Special events also take place throughout the year, so you'll want to check out what is going on around your dates of travel.
But don't think the best that Richmond has to offer comes from pieces of the past. Outdoor concerts are held from May to September, and the city has a thriving arts scene. Museums aren't solely for the Civil War; you can peruse a number of galleries. Since it is summer, you'll want to spend at least some of your time outside, and Richmond's gardens provide a picturesque setting for your fresh-air needs. You could also spend your days wandering around the unique shops of Richmond, viewing antiques and Virginia-made goods.
The city has several farmers markets, or you could wind your way down the Canal Walk, which will give you a taste of history and spectacular views of the city. Nearby, the Metro Richmond Zoo, Rockwood Nature Center, and Three Lakes Nature Center are great options for kids and adults alike, promising that no one will be bored on this trip. With all of those activities, you'll have worked up a massive appetite: Richmond has over 900 restaurants you can choose from. A mix of local restaurants and well-known chains serve every type of cuisine imaginable, including traditional Southern and international dishes.