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Intel's Haswell Architecture Analyzed: Building a New PC and a New Intelby Anand Lal Shimpi on October 5, 2012 2:45 AM EST
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After the show many seemed to feel like Intel short changed us at this year's IDF when it came to architecture details and disclosures. The problem is perspective. Shortly after I returned home from the show I heard an interesting comparison: Intel detailed quite a bit about an architecture that wouldn't be shipping for another 9 months, while Apple wouldn't say a thing about an SoC that was shipping in a week. That's probably an extreme comparison given that Apple has no motivation to share details about A6 (yet), but even if you compare Intel's openness at IDF to the rest of the chip makers we cover - there's a striking contrast. We'll always want more from Intel at IDF, but I do hope that we won't see a retreat as the rest of the industry seems to be ok with non-disclosure as standard practice.
There are three conclusions that have to be made when it comes to Haswell: its CPU architecture, its platform architecture and what it means for Intel's future. Two of the three look good from my perspective. The third one is not so clear.
Intel's execution has been relentless since 2006. That's over half a decade of iterating architectures, as promised, roughly once a year. Little, big, little, big, process, architecture, process, architecture, over and over again. It's a combination of great execution on the architecture side combined with great enabling by Intel's manufacturing group. Haswell will continue to carry the torch in this regard.
The Haswell micro-architecture focuses primarily on widening the execution engine that has been with us, moderately changed, for the past several years. Increasing data structures and buffers inside the processor helps to feed the beast, as does a tremendous increase in cache bandwidth. Support for new instructions in AVX2 via Intel's TSX should also pave the way for some big performance gains going forward. Power consumption is also a serious target for Haswell given that it must improve performance without dramatically increasing TDP. There will be slight TDP increases across the board for traditional form factors, while ultra portables will obviously shift to lower TDPs. Idle power drops while active power should obviously be higher than Ivy Bridge.
You can expect CPU performance to increase by around 5 - 15% at the same clock speed as Ivy Bridge. Graphics performance will see a far larger boost (at least in the high-end GT3 configuration) of up to 2x vs. Intel's HD 4000 in a standard voltage/TDP system. GPU performance in Ultrabooks will increase by up to 30% over HD 4000.
As a desktop or notebook microprocessor, Haswell looks very good. The architecture remains focused and delivers a sensible set of improvements over its predecessor.
As a platform, Haswell looks awesome. While the standard Haswell parts won't drive platform power down considerably, the new Haswell U/ULT parts will. Intel is promising a greater than 20x reduction in platform idle power and it's planning on delivering it by focusing its power reduction efforts beyond Intel manufactured components. Haswell Ultrabooks and tablets will have Intel's influence in many (most?) of the components placed on the motherboard. And honestly, this is something Intel (or one of its OEMs) should have done long ago. Driving down platform power is a problem that extends beyond the CPU or chipset, and it's one that requires a holistic solution. With Haswell, Intel appears committed to delivering that solution. It's not for purely altruistic reasons, but for the survival of the PC. I remember talking to Vivek about an iPad as a notebook replacement piece he was doing a while back. The biggest advantage the iPad offered over a notebook in his eyes? Battery life. Even for light workloads today's most power efficient ultraportable notebooks can't touch a good ARM based tablet. Haswell U/ULT's significant reduction in platform power is intended to fix that. I don't know that we'll get to 10+ hours of battery life on a single charge, but we should be much better off than we are today.
Connected standby is coming to PCs and it's a truly necessary addition. Haswell's support of active idle states (S0ix) is a game changer for the way portable PCs work. The bigger concern is whether or not the OEMs and ISVs will do their best to really take advantage of what Haswell offers. I know one will, but will the rest? Intel's increasingly hands on approach to OEM relations seems to be its way of ensuring we'll see Haswell live up to its potential.
Haswell, on paper, appears to do everything Intel needs to evolve the mobile PC platform. What's unclear is how far down the TDP stack Intel will be able to take the architecture. Intel seems to believe that TDPs below 8W are attainable, but it's too early to tell just how low Haswell can go. It's more than likely that Intel knows and just doesn't want to share at this point. I don't believe we'll see fanless Haswell designs, but Broadwell is another story entirely.
There's no diagram for where we go from here. Intel originally claimed that Atom would service an expanded range of TDPs all the way up to 10W. With Core architectures dipping below 10W, I do wonder if that slide was a bit of misdirection. I wonder if, instead, the real goal is to drive Core well into Atom territory. If Intel wants to solve its ARM problem, that would appear to be a very good solution.
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kylewat - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - linkCompare the amount of space devoted to iOS v. Android. Your critique is not valid. The iPhone launch had a new version of the software, new hardware, new processor, the first apple designed processor, scuff gate, etc.
S III may be a great phone, but it didn't have anywhere near the amount to talk about given it is an android phone (not even Nexus!).
Anyway, Apple if anything is under served when compared to market share, they have a focused product line that doesn't follow trends like the Android Eco system as a whole (krait, jelly bean, etc do not need multiple reviews).
Apple is the biggest company in the world driven by the biggest product in the world. The iPhone. That is just fact. Reply
Kepe - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkAlso look at any other Apple product review. They are all ridiculously in-depth with analysis about almost every single component in the product. Macbook Pro with Retina Display got 18 pages, the 3rd gen iPad got 21 pages. Don't get me wrong, I like a proper review with everything analyzed, but it's only the Apple products that get these huge reviews. But compared to those massive Apple reviews, it's like all other products are just glanced over in a hurry. The new Razer Blade got 9 pages. Asus Transformer Pad Infinity got 8 pages. Reply
Peanutsrevenge - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkWhat the hell are you guys bitching about?
Of course the iPhone articles are going to be longer and more numerous than GS3 articles.
iPhone releases come with new iOS releases and have their own eco-system.
Android phone releases use a common OS across them and therefore much of what's in one article doesn't need repeating in another.
Anand liking Apple is not our problem, I can see why people like them (not so much Anand) and that's fine, personally I dislike them (hate was originally typed, but was edited due to being incorrect), but still respect them and respect people who purchase their products (and pay for their litigation).
An entire page of comments talking about how Anand isn't allowed to like or talk about Apple products because you guys don't like is ridiculous, they're a PC company and should exist on a PC website.
Grow up. Reply
Kepe - Friday, October 05, 2012 - linkSure, but I'm talking about dedicating entire, long articles to such things as the iPhone display or why it doesn't have a certain feature and so on. The SGS III has a very interesting display, too. Still it didn't get nearly as much attention. Of course Anand is allowed to talk about Apple products. What I want, though, is Anand(tech) to be as thorough in reviewing other products, too, or then stop making those huge articles only about Apple products. Because that is biased.
In the Macbook Pro Retina article Anand talked about the cooling system and the fan blades for one page. When I read any other laptop review on Anandtech, cooling is briefly described in a sentence or two.
Dedicating so much attention to just one company's products makes it look like Anandtech is biased. And that is not good. Reply
Magik_Breezy - Sunday, October 14, 2012 - linkHopefully because of these comments they'll finally see what we want, not some Apple crap. Good engineering stupid management Reply
Spunjji - Thursday, October 18, 2012 - linkNailed it. Reply
vFunct - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkAndroid products would get more coverage if they bothered to do any engineering on them. Since they don't push the technology the way Apple does, they don't need a more in-depth review. Reply
StevoLincolnite - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkYou're kidding right? Hardware wise Apple has always been behind the curve compared to the competition in every facet of it's product line-ups or very quickly beaten. Reply
lmcd - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkUmm, I would disagree there. Apple has always been ahead of the curve in GPUs and this is the FIRST TIME SINCE BEFORE THE A-SERIES that Apple has had a GPU without an overwhelming lead on the competition for more than half a year.*
While GPU selection isn't always huge, it's one of the biggest points of differentiation in mobile chips, along with power use.
*excluding the A4 if you count from when it was first in a phone as opposed to in a tablet. Reply
Magik_Breezy - Sunday, October 14, 2012 - linkThe last time I played a game on my phone was about 8 months ago and I'm 15! To say that Apple pushes their hardware is naive as it gets.
The Galaxy S III was the best purchase Ive made, even my mum doesn't like my iPhone 4. Reply


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Investigators: Gregory Gahm, Ph.D. and Greg Reger, Ph.D., National Center for Telehealth and Technology
Gahm: The CDMRP under their PH/TBI Program have funded a formal quite extensive randomized control trial providing what we consider to become the definitive answer regarding whether or not virtual reality adds value to prolonged exposure therapy.
One of the gold standard treatments for PTSD is a treatment called prolonged exposure. It can be done by talking, it can be done imaginally, it can be done by writing; the typical program involves actually an imaginal reliving of the experience, guided by a therapist to help an individual adjust to the experience they had-to readjust and normalize that.
Reger: But there's a couple of challenges with exposure therapy. One is first of all that treatment has never been studied in a well-designed, randomized clinical trial with Active Duty Service members, so we have good reason to think it's an effective treatment with our men and women in uniform but it needs to be studied.
The second question is-is there something unique about a year-long deployment that could create barriers to effective treatment using exposure. Research has shown that exposure works best for those who have a high level of emotional engagement, in other words they're anxious when they revisit these memories. Our guys come home after long deployments, exposure to multiple potentially traumatic events, and I don't wonder if it doesn't create an adaptive emotional disengagement. They can be unplugged just to get through the deployment so that they come home and they tell their story as if it's an after-action review or a police report, really emotionally unplugged. And that could create some barriers to good clinical outcomes in treatment.
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Gahm: Recruiting is always a challenge even for an interesting study like this. Very few people want to brag about needing mental health treatment, and yet a huge percentage of the population would benefit from mental health care. Similarly for our soldiers, the idea of any weakness is not something that they want to show off. So, one of the components of this project is something that's somewhat akin to a game console. So for a patient population that is used to playing video games, this has a certain appeal that's potentially less threatening, less scary, and maybe less perceived by others to be a sign of weakness rather than saying they're sitting down on a couch talking to somebody or sitting in a chair talking to someone for an hour which is not something that a lot of these individuals really look forward to doing.
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Reger: So we're hopeful that this is a treatment that really matches with the interest of this population, it may well be more appealing than traditional forms of psychotherapy and as a result help us get the opportunity to care for some of the warriors who otherwise may not seek treatment.
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MINAYO, Maria Cecília de Souza; CAVALCANTE, Fátima Gonçalves; MANGAS, Raimunda Matilde do Nascimento and SOUZA, Juliana Rangel Alves de. Psychogical autopsies into suicide among the elderly in Rio de Janeiro . Ciênc. saúde coletiva [online]. 2012, vol.17, n.10, pp.2773-2781. ISSN 1413-8123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1413-81232012001000025.
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Israel Justice Minister Pinchas Rosen today presented Parliament with a draft law which lists four specific crimes which–during wartime alone–may be punishable by death.
The measure, intended to replace the obsolete Mandatory "State Secrets Regulations" also lists a number of other crimes against the state which would bring a schedule of punishments ranging from seven years to life imprisonment. The four crimes punishable by death are:
1. Intentionally causing war against Israel; 2. Disclosing state secrets to an enemy, or to somebody who discloses them to an enemy who either wages war against Israel or contemplates such a war; 3. Intentionally endeavoring to cause Israel to cease to exist as a sovereign state or to sever a portion of Israel territory from its sovereignty; and 4. Attempting to change the existing regime in Israel by violence or by a display or demonstration of armed might.


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Between family time (I got home from Alaska just a week before) I managed to complete the construction of the forward deck boards and the windshield, which was just a piece of lexan bolted to a vertically fastened 2×4 that also served as my mast. I swiped the mast light off of the derelict boat in my yard, the earless Fred (the first F fell off), and put some clear red decorative plastic over it for the fishing light. The last dilly-dabble job I fit in was mounting the radios and fathometer.
Then I realized I had to get serious if I was going to get this boat fishing on schedule. My hopes of assembling a simple net guide out of 8-inch PVC pipe was dashed due to unavailability from the limited inventory of the local hardware store on the island, so I opted to fabricate a roller out of fiberglass using a 10-inch 'Sonotube' as a form. I taped the tube into the proper shape and started glassing with glass and resin I had on hand. In the middle of the lay up the tape gave out and the tubes let go at their joints, so my net guide looks a bit freaky, but it still serves its purpose quite effectively.
That glassing project took up a full 1½ days plus another day to get the thing glassed to the boat. Mixed in with this was hooking up the electronics, which no matter how simple the job is, is quite time consuming.
Through all this, my net was still incomplete. I leveraged all my favors to get Wayde sitting on the bench and hanging that net, but even with the lure of booze and food he is still tough to direct toward a task. Even though, he managed to bang out about 75-fathoms of lead line, which turned out to be a huge help. As it was, I was up half the night on Saturday, August 9, working like a goon to get that net hung and ready to fish the next day.
Bruce, the "chaperone" who accompanied Madeline to Bristol Bay, and fished with us for a week during the peak, joined me in the final day's preparation, as he was going to accompany me on the fishing excursion. Bruce helped join together the many loose ends of the project, and built a fine dressing table that slips into a groove on the port rail.
The jobsite looked like a boat had exploded, rather than had been assembled. Power tools, off cuts from the boat, scrap lumber, fiberglass mat and roving, buckets, paint cans, wrenches, screws, ladders, rags, wires, brushes, lost articles of clothing, and just garbage in general all littered the scene of the transformed Lady Ruth. Bruce cleaned up as I ran around slapping together last minute projects.
The final task was to load the net aboard, which we simply hauled right through my newly fabricated net guides, which protruded proudly, yet offset off the front of the boat. With the net occupying the bulk of the deck, we threw all our other necessary gear right on top of it for the time being: life jackets, survival suits, net-light poles, buoy balls, tie-up and extra lines, deck buckets, dry-storage bins, hand tools, cordless power tools (including the sawzall), tarps, ice chests, slush bags, totes, butcher knives, sharpening stones and steels, raingear, boots, extra clothes, grub, and all that last minute random shit that I knew had to come along, but didn't have time to get organized when I was slapping the boat together.
It was a recipe for disaster, but through it all I kept a pretty clear eye on the end goal, which was simply to survive this first night's fishing. Through the week I caught myself contemplating skipping the first opening and rather kick off the season on the August 18 opening in a more organized fashion, but I knew that would just prolong this never ending task of getting this boat in the water.
Ready or not, this boat was ready. We pulled out of my driveway and headed into town to launch the newly transformed Lady Ruth. I knew we were pushin' it, but it was time to go fishing.


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Wish I could find them..:)DeeGeeRNhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-80850315939000540342014-08-30T12:34:45.914-06:002014-08-30T12:34:45.914-06:00And now I saw my note at the bottom of the post an...And now I saw my note at the bottom of the post and I'm not sure if the banned ones are the ones referred to in your post or not. Maybe they don't make them any more?
Kalyn Dennyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-57640367784780470072014-08-30T11:45:45.535-06:002014-08-30T11:45:45.535-06:00So sorry about that K... Was trying to google them...So sorry about that K... Was trying to google them as they sound awesome, but having a hard time finding them..😃DeeGeeRNhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-45161143118581894582014-08-30T06:57:29.353-06:002014-08-30T06:57:29.353-06:00I did check your link, but that doesn't apply ...I did check your link, but that doesn't apply to this brand. If you read the post it says they are EPA-registered and FDA approved.Kalyn Dennyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-76748806976992233692014-08-30T06:35:38.588-06:002014-08-30T06:35:38.588-06:00http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/04/epa-stops-sa...http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/04/epa-stops-sale-of-food-containers-made-with-nano-silver/DeeGeeRNhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-77288302951981198192012-02-12T08:54:43.750-07:002012-02-12T08:54:43.750-07:00I'm glad to hear they are still selling them b...I'm glad to hear they are still selling them because I saw them at my grocery store for a while but now they don't have them. I am still using mine all the time and loving them!Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-11420280411792002792012-02-12T08:47:02.411-07:002012-02-12T08:47:02.411-07:00OK, I am a bit late in discovering these. Could n...OK, I am a bit late in discovering these. Could not find at Costco or anywhere local, so ordered from Amazon. They are amazing. I just checked some green onions I put in one probably two weeks ago and they will be fine for one of your wonderful egg recipes. We put some left-over salad in one and 24 hours later, good as before, even with some tomatoes!dogladydihttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-83045588979134137922008-09-20T18:33:00.000-06:002008-09-20T18:33:00.000-06:00I've been using them for a year. I now own 3 ...I've been using them for a year. I now own 3 sets! First (large set)from Costco, second from BB&B.
I keep all salad veges in one large container - carrots, green onions, Romaine, whatever salad vege I have goes in there. It's really crammed, but the items last Forever. No more throw away foods! I keep blueberries in the quart size. And bananas in a large, on the counter they last 10 days (or until they're eaten).
I give sets for wedding showers. This is a wonderful product!!
Lynn firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-10419330411602613202008-08-17T11:22:00.000-06:002008-08-17T11:22:00.000-06:00Anonymous, thanks for the tip. When I wrote this ...Anonymous, thanks for the tip. When I wrote this my Costco didn't have them any more and they were sold out at Amazon.com. I didn't think about Target, will check there.Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-34415714868979194702008-08-17T11:03:00.000-06:002008-08-17T11:03:00.000-06:00These containers are great. I found them at the f...These containers are great. I found them at the following: Target stores, Target.com, Costco.com, Amazon.com
I alos found the company website oso-fresh.com. I'm afraid that I am getting addicted to firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-41229003388521213382008-05-20T06:30:00.000-06:002008-05-20T06:30:00.000-06:00As I'm the queen of lfetovers, these sound perfect...As I'm the queen of lfetovers, these sound perfect for me. Hurrah - now when US friends ask what they can bring me, I'll know what to request!Jeannehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-30971072122712192972008-05-18T21:47:00.000-06:002008-05-18T21:47:00.000-06:00going to be on the hunt for these now!going to be on the hunt for these now!ashleyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-73808152735731700312008-05-17T20:12:00.000-06:002008-05-17T20:12:00.000-06:00Will definitely be keeping a look out for these - ...Will definitely be keeping a look out for these - thanks!Catehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-86810585533249313562008-05-17T13:24:00.000-06:002008-05-17T13:24:00.000-06:00They sound wonderful - but I'm guessing it will be...They sound wonderful - but I'm guessing it will be years before I see them...
Perhaps my next request for visitors...katiezhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-64114592806034697402008-05-17T09:29:00.000-06:002008-05-17T09:29:00.000-06:00Tanna, I like the re-usable part too. Lots less z...Tanna, I like the re-usable part too. Lots less ziploc bags going into the recycling.

Texmex, these are just for storing food, not for heating foods in.Kalynhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-42277912729482277822008-05-17T08:49:00.000-06:002008-05-17T08:49:00.000-06:00If they have propylene be careful if they have bis...If they have propylene be careful if they have bisphenol A. Don't keep anything hot in there. Be carefull about any plastic container.texmexhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-83546530065709441842008-05-16T19:11:00.000-06:002008-05-16T19:11:00.000-06:00Don't think I've seen these but I may have and bru...Don't think I've seen these but I may have and brushed them off. I think now I'll be looking. You really are giving them a great recommendation. I like that they're re-useable as opposed to one time use as well as keeping thing fresher.MyKitchenInHalfCupshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-53996900775443570872008-05-16T12:15:00.000-06:002008-05-16T12:15:00.000-06:00Lynne, perfect use for them!Shelby, so sorry to he...Lynne, perfect use for them!

Shelby, so sorry to hear that. I think it might be proof of how well they work though, so keep looking for them. I know when I first bought mine they had them at Amazon.com, but they're sold out now too

Your comment did remind me that I had seen them at Bed, Bath, and Beyond so if you have that store you might check there. I will edit the post and add that info too.Kalynhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-6778509054565040492008-05-16T12:05:00.000-06:002008-05-16T12:05:00.000-06:00I got really excited about these... went to the we...I got really excited about these... went to the website you posted, and they're sold out of EVERY PRODUCT. The company itself! :( Guess I'll have to see if Canada's Costcos ever get them.Shelbyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-12411922.post-33364320903225930202008-05-16T08:58:00.000-06:002008-05-16T08:58:00.000-06:00I bought a set of these containers when they first...I bought a set of these containers when they first came on the market. I got them at Sharper Image. I liked them so much I bought a second set! They are amazing. Strawberries do not have to be eaten the same day (or next day at the latest) that they have been purchased. I had some that were perfectly fresh a week firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Mark Twain Papers & Project at the University of California, Berkeley is where Twain's vast published and unpublished materials are archived. The project has published scholarly editions of many of his works and offers extraordinary access to materials, including a searchable database of all known letters to and from Samuel L. Clemens.
The Center for Mark Twain Studies at Elmira College in upstate New York maintains a strong archive, as well as a study center for scholars in the former home of Clemens' sister-in-law, which was a summer retreat for the Clemens family and a workplace for the writer.
Barbara Schmidt's twainquotes.com site is a wealth of information (not only quotes), but also hundreds of primary materials on Mark Twain, such as interviews and articles from the press of the era.
The Mark Twain Forum is a place where scholars and non-scholars swap information, quash myths and trade (sometimes strongly worded) opinions on the great American writer.
Noted Mark Twain scholar Stephen Railton "produces and directs" this delightful, cleverly designed site from the University of Virginia. There are dozens of texts and manuscripts, scores of contemporary reviews and articles, hundreds of images and interactive exhibits.
Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns is a PBS site associated with the much-viewed documentary. It includes a chronology of Twain's life, selected writings, classroom activities for teachers, and other source material, all wrapped up neatly in an elegant design.
...And of course, there are Mark Twain's books themselves, viewable and downloadable on Project Gutenberg.
Our fellow Mark Twain house museums in Missouri are great places to visit, offering a perspective on the writer's formative years and the world portrayed in his most famous books
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Brent Colley, a local historian, has compiled a wealth of information on Twain's last days in his Redding home, Stormfield.
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Washington - Millions of Americans headed for parades and fireworks shows on Wednesday to mark a sweltering Fourth of July holiday, some even celebrating as the nation's founders did - without electricity.
Storm-ravaged states from Indiana to Virginia carried on Independence Day celebrations on Day 5 of a power outage caused by deadly winds ripping through the region. More than one million homes and businesses remained affected and thousands of utility workers stayed on the job in a scramble to restore electricity.
"We still have a tree on the garage. It's been one of those weeks," said Gary Belniak, 57, of Wheaton, Illinois, who has been without power since Sunday when another destructive storm struck, forcing his town to cancel its parade and fireworks display.
Exhausted by three sleepless nights in a house where temperatures hover at about 32 degrees Celsius, Belniak said he had all but given up on the holiday.
"I decided to come to work today. That's basically my Fourth of July. I'm so irritated," he said.
In hard-hit West Virginia, Karen Allen said she planned to spend the holiday - her sixth day without power - hunting for ice.
"I'm going to go look for ice, cold gold is what it is, it's very scarce," said Allen, 43, of Charleston, West Virginia.
Sizzling heat was predicted for much of the nation, with the National Weather Service forecasting temperatures from 32 degrees Celsius to more than 37.7 degrees Celsius from the Midwest to the Atlantic Coast.
Even sweltering temperatures couldn't wilt the patriotic spirit that drew crowds to hometown parades of marching bands, shiny fire trucks and children riding red, white and blue bedecked bicycles.
"America to me is small towns, kids, lollipops thrown from fire engines, balloons, dogs in the parade and hot dogs," said E.B. Kelly, 73, as she watched the 10-minute long procession in tiny Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.
In Washington, President Barack Obama swore in a group of new citizens in a naturalisation ceremony at the White House on Wednesday morning. The president, who later in the day will host a Fourth of July picnic for military service members and their families on the south lawn, welcomed two dozen foreign-born US military personnel who were taking advantage of a programme that offers them citizenship in return for their service.
"What a perfect way to celebrate America's birthday - the world's oldest democracy - with some of our newest citizens," he told the members, who came from countries including Mexico, Ghana, the Philippines, Bolivia, Guatemala, China, and Russia.
In the US West, extreme warmth coupled with dry conditions snuffed out annual firework displays in scores of towns and cities, which are reeling from deadly wildfires that charred hundreds of homes and displaced tens of thousands of people.
On the East Coast, tragedy struck when a cache of fireworks apparently accidentally exploded on the back porch of a family home in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, injuring nine people including two young children whose wounds were life threatening, according to Pelham firefighter Shawn Buckley. The children, both under age four, were airlifted to Boston-area hospitals, according to Buckley.
Elsewhere in the country, the traditional Fourth of July razzle dazzle fell victim to a tepid economy with communities either scaling back fireworks shows or cancelling them altogether.
But it was the very symbol of American independence - the bald eagle - that halted the show in the small New York hamlet of Narrowsburg on the Pennsylvania border. The local fire department cancelled its planned fireworks display after being warned by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that it could face enormous fines and even prison if any nearby bald eagles were harmed.
"We decided we're not going to take the gamble," said Fire Chief George Strumpfler, cancelling the show that began more than 100 years ago. "It doesn't look like it's ever going to happen again."
Bald eagles, the national bird of the United States, were nearly extinct before the government banned the pesticide DDT in 1972 and later brought the bird under federal protections.
One of the biggest US fireworks parties, held on Washington's National Mall, will go ahead as planned on Wednesday, even after preparations on Tuesday night were abruptly interrupted when warnings of a severe thunderstorms forced police to evacuate the grounds of the Capitol.
Hours before all eyes turn to the sky for fireworks, many were focused on Joey "Jaws" Chestnut as he captured his sixth straight win at the annual Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest on the boardwalk at New York's Coney Island.
Chestnut, 28, of San Jose, California, the No. 1-ranked eater in the world, scarfed down 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, enough to win $10 000 and the champion's Mustard Yellow International Belt and to tie his own world record set in 2009.
The women's title was won by Sonia Thomas, 44, of Alexandria, Virginia, dubbed "The Black Widow", who managed to down 45 hot dogs and buns, eclipsing her own world record of 41 hot dogs and buns established in 2009.
"I am going to be 45 years old this year. I wanted to eat my age," she said after the event. - Reuters


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For those who do not watch the show on HBO you are missing out. If you are like me and hate the flashy in your face attitude of ESPN then a classy football driven show like Inside the NFL is great.
Recently the NFL network has been launched and has a fabulous show that rivals Inside the NFL as well. Its called NFL Total Access with Rich Eisen, Darin Woodson, and Lincoln Kennedy. Great show with great guests, nothing but football and substance no stupid gimmicks like PTI or in your face personalities like on ESPN.
Anyways Dan Marino, Cris Carter, and Bob Costas all like the Colts for this weekend. The evil Chris Collinsworth has selected the Pats. Collinsworth seems to always go against the coach.
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Another actor has stepped up to the plate in Warner Brothers' latest terror tale, Seventh Son (formerly The Spook's Apprentice). So who will be joining the show for some demonic mayhem? The power of Christ compels you to read on!
According to Deadline Ben Barnes (pictured right; Dorian Gray, The Chronicles of Narnia) is in negotiations for the starring role opposite Oscar winner Jeff Bridges in Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures' Seventh Son, an adaptation of Joseph Delaney's young-adult series, replacing Sam Claflin, who was previous tapped for the role.
If signed, Barnes will play Tom, the young apprentice to an exorcist (Bridges) who combats ghosts and witches in the 1700s. The pair must battle the queen of evil (Julianne Moore) as Tom falls for a young witch (Alicia Vikander).
Sergei Bodrov is directing; Thunder Road's Basil Iwanyk, Legendary's Thomas Tull and Lionel Wigram are producing; and Jon Jashni and Alysia Cotter are exec producing.
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Scratch Map Travel Edition
- Scratch Map Travel Edition - scratch off a country as you travel around
- In a sturdy tube that fits into a rucksack without taking up too much room
- Features gold foil top layer based on the idea of the scratch card
- Includes travel tips and facts about certain countries and cities
- Dimensions out of the tube: 42 x 29.7cm; in tube: 5 x 13.5cm
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Going travelling? Know someone who is a globetrotter? Then this is a fantastic addition to the luggage. The Scratchmap Travel Edition is a miniature map that comes in a sturdy tube and fits into a rucksack without taking up too much room.
Basically you take it on holiday with you and scratch off where you've been as you continue on your journey. Working like a lottery scratch card, all you do is scratch off the gold top foil layer of the place you have visited to reveal a brand new and wonderful world underneath. The Scratch Map Travel Edition is ideal to keep track of where you've been without recording it in a travel diary. The reverse side of the Scratch Map Travel Edition has a plain white map to allow you the opportunity to plot your route. You can also paste an image of yourself in the 'before' box and then 'after'. The perfect way to assess the tanning progression!
Plus the map also has some top travel tips on it. For instance, did you know that Bulgarians shake their heads from side to side to mean 'yes' and nod up and down to say 'no'? Did you know that cutting down a cactus in America carries a twenty five year prison sentence? Perhaps think twice about bringing home a prickly present for someone. There are also sections to jot down the music you listened to, the best friend you made and the top 10 highlights. Don't leave home without it!


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"More and more people are using smartphones, however, due to the limited storage capacity on the phone, it is impossible to carry all the data users might need on the go," said Ken Cheah, product manager of QNAP. "With Qfile and Qmanager, users can easily control and monitor the Turbo NAS, and enjoy convenient access to all their data and share files with friends and family," Cheah added.
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1. Spider-Man
Spider-Man was the hero in the very first comic I got from my parents years back, thus he has a speciel place in my heart and collection.
2. Batman
As a young boy I did not really like Batman. But as I got older I realized how cool he was, no powers and still he kicks major butt!
3. Kaine
The new Scarlet Spider ongoing has taken me with a storm! One of Marvels best comics atm!
4. Hellboy
Mike Mignolas Hellboy is a fantastic creation everyone should know! Every book is a thrill to read!
5. Wolverine
The most badass mutant ever, Got to know this guy in the Spider-Man Animated series back in 1994. Since then his claws has been stuck in me.
6. Spawn (Simmons)
Spawn is one of the most interresting comicbook heroes in years! The pain and emotion Todd McFarlane created in those very first issues is amazing.
8. Blade
This is one of the coolest guys ever to apear in comics! Both in comics, movies and animated form Blade kicks ass, and he is the best vamp-slayer around.
9. John Constantine
Not you average hero. Constantine is the type of guy you call if somethings demonic is at work. He may be a smart ass, but he gets the job done.
10. Hulk
Hulk is the strongest there is. Not only that, the story about Bruce Banner and the disaster of his lige as he turned into the hulk is just a master piece on comicbook history.
11. Iron Man
Over the past couple of years Iron Man has grown more and more populare and there is a reason! Tony Stark, aka Iron Man is not only a hero but a human with flaws.
He uses his brains as brawn. He even struggeled with a alcohol abuse years back, making him even more human.


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|10th August 2012, 05:59 PM
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Peavey PR series vs. DIY?
I'm considering putting together a low cost portable PA. Does it make any sense to build mains when you can get a clean used pair of PR12's for under $300? Any other options to look at?
|10th August 2012, 11:24 PM
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So often, building your own saves no money. It gives you the pride in a project well done, and an enjoyable effort, but if you just want to have a working PA system, I'd be looking at commercial product. I suppose it also matters how you value your time, building speakers from scratch would take me quite a few hours.
Got a powered mixer to go with? An old Peavey XR series box mixer would be sturdy and flexible, the XR600 series has 8 input channels. That's is enough for a basic PA setup.
I like Peavey gear, usually well built and sturdy, and reasonably priced, and very well supported by the factory. But there are other brands. I always felt the Yorkville stuff was basic, but you got a pretty good value for the price. It usually doesn't command high prices used. Or new for that matter.
I myself would prefer 15s rather than 12s for PA speakers, but it also matters what you plan to amplify. FOlk singers or bluegrass has different needs from rock or metal. Or you may be doing auctions or spoken word performances.
|11th August 2012, 12:17 PM
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PA is a big part of Peavey's business and the PR series are the loss leaders they use to get you hooked for life on the brand name. Better speakers? Sure, if you throw enough time and money into the project. Cheaper speakers that sound as good and are as dependable? Even their well-funded competitors can't do that.
Disclaimer: I've used and sold Peavey gear since the early '70s. I'm strongly biased in favor of Peavey because it's always made my customers happy. But yes, I am biased. (And I think Hartley is cute! (And really, really smart. Just an amazing guy to talk to.))
|11th August 2012, 03:06 PM
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Thanks guys for the great feedback. The pr15's sound awesome, but I would like to be able to transport them in a sedan, and i am also considering making a portable tapped horn sub. The pr15's alone would be about as big as I would want to deal with, and it seems like better bass from a system of a sub with smaller mains.
I actually started out looking for a 10" option, so the pr10. But the size and price difference to the pr12 seemed marginal, for a gain in sensitivity. Any comments about the sensitivity of the various sizes of PR series vs. other budget pa speakers? Do they perform as rated?
Any thoughts about the Impulse 100 or 1012, which seem to be only a bit more expensive used, but harder to find. Are they actually any more efficient than the PR's?
The idea for this project started out as a ~60lb battery powered boombox. Then I figures, well lets make it modular for ease of transport. Now it's a PA system that can be run for several hours outdoors off a deep cycle battery, mainly for playing music. Thinking of a digital car amp with 100w @ 4ohms for the mains, and ~300w @ 4 ohms for the sub. Minidsp to eq and crossover, and a small mixer. 20A power supply and cap to run on AC. Purely amateur use.
|12th August 2012, 02:40 AM
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I think the Peavey specs are pretty accurate. They can't inflate things too much without undercutting their more expensive speakers, and they're serious about those (25% of the NFL stadiums, the Sydney Opera House, and the KGB headquarters, among other customers). And those customers can and do measure their systems.
Thing about sensitivity is, complications of measurement and perception aside, more surface area fills the room better, every time. Look at the huge piles of speakers they used at Woodstock; it was still loud a half mile away. So yeh, I've always felt the PR12s were a no-brainer over the PR10s.
I feel the Impulses are definitely better speakers than the PRs. If you can snag a pair for a few bucks more, do it.
|13th August 2012, 04:54 PM
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PR12s are a good compromise ...
Physics dictate that 1" horns don't do well below 2KHz and 12" drivers beam above 800Hz
The woofer covers the 80-800Hz range well and the horn covers 2KHz and up, and that's
about all you can do with a 2-way. Most people (myself included) ignore the beaming woofer
(800-2KHz). If you add in a subwoofer (50-100Hz) they think it sounds great. Sure, it's not
HiFi, but it'll take a lot of money to sound much better.
If you want 20-20KHz HiFi, you'll need a very expensive 3-way top + subwoofer.
Think Danley's "Jericho Horn"
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But the real draw to the Bourbon Street nightclub was the music: the hair bands, the heavy metal and the Southern rock supergroups who had packed the club known for 12 years to make it one of the biggest names in town.
Its sudden closing Monday — likely for good — shocked fans and promoters who thought the club, "Where Every Night was Mardi Gras," was an untouchable success.
"Every major city has one classic, legendary venue where local bands cut their teeth and where big rock bands hang out," said John "J-Rock" Staffieri, a Lakeland radio DJ whose Rock Solid Pressure show had hosted concerts there. "In Tampa Bay it was Bourbon Street."
Club owner Greg Serio said the poor economy and an occupancy cap killed the club, where organizers of a wet T-shirt contest and members of a church service had set down stakes.
"People can't go out every night. They're broke," said Serio, who showed a tattoo of the club's emblematic jester on his forearm. "Maybe it's just time. Time to move on."
Bourbon Street filled 10,000 square feet in a fluorescent-lit strip mall on U.S. 19 next to a tattoo parlor, a Thai market and a place called Tha Chopp Shop. Inside were two bars, a dance floor, band dressing rooms carpeted with Persian rugs and old showers from the defunct gym next door.
For years it had been a rundown pool hall called Pockets Billiards, and Serio supplied it with vending machines and coin-operated video games. After the owner went broke in 1998, Serio took over the lease to the hall. To save money on signs, he changed its name to Rockets.
A thrash band called Lost Dope, a couple of teenagers sick of playing in a field, convinced Serio to revamp the hall into a concert venue. He started hosting blues pianists, classic rock groups and progressive metal bands, changed its name to that of a defunct club in Safety Harbor, and watched sales explode.
"The money wasn't in pool. It was in music," Serio said. "On our first Fat Tuesdays, we were going through 15 kegs in a night."
Rock groups like Great White, Vanilla Fudge, Less Than Jake and Christian glam metal band Stryper brought big crowds through the doors, though the club found further success with a strange assortment of smaller gigs. Sunday worshippers held a "rock 'n' roll church" near the bar, with bikini posters on the walls taking the place of stained-glass windows. Hype men held "booty shake contests" for women, who danced in panties that advertised, "Auto Corral Inc., Hudson, Fl."
"We had seen something grow from nothing," said "Roughhouse" Ralph Mosca, a wrestler and promoter who ran the club's American Combat Wrestling Underground matches. "It was like a second home to people. It was fun. … It was magic."
The trouble began in February when rapper Snoop Dogg, fresh from a Super Bowl party performance in Miami, booked a number of lower-profile venues like Bourbon Street along his tour route out of Florida. As tickets to the blockbuster show began to sell, Serio said, the Pasco fire marshal said that the club was too small for the concert.
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"That was the death of Bourbon Street," Serio said. "The bigger shows were the ones that footed the bill. You take away the bigger shows, pretty much what you've got is a neighborhood bar that's 10 times the size of anything else down here."
After Sunday night's band, Smile Empty Soul, had boarded its tour bus, Serio told staff the club would be closing. The landlord had sued for back rent, and Serio was being evicted. Messages left for the fire marshal and the landlord's attorney were not returned.
"It was a devastating blow," Staffieri, the Lakeland DJ, said.
Serio said he had no plans to reopen the club and that the last few months of tough decisions had left him exhausted.
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On Wednesday, Mr Ferguson said the government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation is carrying out due diligence on a loan guarantee to support the financing of the pipeline construction.
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I imagine the photos will be turning up on her website around the time Patrick makes her way back to Jefferson, Texas, for her annual "Girlfriend Weekend" book festival—at which, I would be remiss if I failed to point out, I'm scheduled to conduct a workshop on blogging for aspiring (and accomplished) writers. It should be a fun weekend: Featured guests include Adrienne Barbeau, N.M. Kelby, Will Clarke, and Mary Kay Andrews, and something like two dozen other writers.
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Joe Trohman, rocking a therious lithp, explained that Fall Out Boy can't have a reunion because they never really broke up. But in keeping with that theme, he revealed that the reason they kept the band's reunion a secret was because they didn't want anyone breathing down their necks.
"I think if we just announced, 'We're gonna start writing!' that people would be looking over our shoulders, trying to get in the mix," he said. "It's a lot easier to start doing it for the sake of doing it, without people putting their hands in the pot, looking over your shoulder and what not."
The band also explained that they ran into Elton John in the studio, and he endorsed their 'Save Rock and Roll' album title. "He was like, 'You need to stand behind that title!'" Patrick Stump laughed. "'Cause you're gonna p— a lot of people off that you're supposed to p— off."