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Celebrating the Life of Gotham's Caped CrusaderBy Allen KesingerSince his creation by Bob Kane, Batman has since become a cultural icon. From comics and television to movies and video games, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know about the Dark Knight. Batman was different from other comic book heroes, who have been endowed with god-like powers at their disposal, in that he's just a man driven by his pursuit of justice. This week's Check It Out, which highlights some of the classic Batman graphic novels and films available at the Newport Beach Public Library, celebrates Bob Kane's legacy.
"The Long Halloween" by Tim Sale and Jeff Loeb: Part of the Sale/Loeb Batman trilogy, "The Long Halloween" tells the story of Batman's toughest investigation as high-ranking members of Gotham City's organized crime ring are being murdered by a serial killer who strikes on holidays. Leading the case is Dist. Atty. Harvey Dent, whose intensity and dedication will strain his marriage and test friendships. Ultimately, Dent will discover that not even he is immune from Gotham's cancer of crime.
"Batman: The Killing Joke": Comic writer extraordinaire Alan Moore ("Watchmen") pens this popular Batman story. In order to prove that anyone can go mad from a really bad day, the Joker kidnaps Commissioner Gordon and forces him to endure psychological traumas. This comic is notable for several reasons. Moore presents an original story that paints the Joker as a near-tragic figure (but is it real or just another one of the madman's tricks?) and impacts Barbara Gordon, secretly known as Batgirl.
"The Dark Knight": After a series of poor quality Batman films by Joel Schumacher, Christopher Nolan took over and rebooted the Batman franchise, focusing on a young Bruce Wayne living in a realistic world. As a sequel, "The Dark Knight" topped "Batman Begins" in every conceivable way. Heath Ledger portrays Batman's longtime nemesis the Joker, bringing a dark and incredible intensity to the role (it would also be his final film). Aaron Eckhart's fantastic performance as Harvey Dent/Two Face will erase from memory Tommy Lee Jones' version of the character in "Batman Forever."
"Batman: The Movie": Before Christian Bale, before George Clooney, before Michael Keaton, there was Adam West. For 120 episodes, Adam West wore the cowl as he and his partner Robin (played by Burt Ward) defended Gotham City in his custom 1955 Lincoln Futura. In this feature-length film, Batman's entire rogue's gallery band together in a plot to take down the United Nations. Bursting at the seams with camp, "Batman: The Movie" is a fun film that can appeal to fans of any age.
"Gotham City Sirens" by Paul Dini and Guillem March: You can't talk about Batman without mentioning Paul Dini who has held a special place in the hearts of Batman fans for his work on the critically acclaimed television series "Batman: The Animated Series." "Gotham City Sirens" presents a world where Bruce Wayne is missing and presumed dead. As Dick Grayson (formerly Robin) prepares to step in as the Dark Knight, three of Gotham City's loveliest villains, Poison Ivy, Catwoman and Harley Quinn (Dini's popular creation from the cartoon series) team up to take on young upstarts who seek control of the criminal underworld.
CHECK IT OUT is written by the staff of the Newport Beach Public Library. All titles may be reserved from home or office computers by accessing the catalog at http://www.newportbeachlibrary.org. For more information on the Central Library or any of the branches, please contact the Newport Beach Public Library at (949) 717-3800, option 2.


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One of our long-time readers, who lives in Massachusetts, has been campaigning for Mitt Romney and Republican congressional candidates in Southern New Hampshire. His efforts include door-to-door visits of voters.
The first report he sent me was not upbeat. He found little enthusiasm, whether measured by yard signs or reaction to his door-to-door campaigning, for either side.
But that was before the first presidential debate. At the beginning of this week, but before the second debate, he sent a much more encouraging report, excerpts of which I would like to share:
I was door to door again in Nashua. Things are going well, good response from people door to door. In the office Saturday they had an event for the 1 millionth contact this cycle. NH Sen Kelly Ayotte, RNC Chair Reince Priebus and Mitt's oldest Tagg Romney were there. Kelly and Reince gave short speeches to rally the crowd.
That event was at 2pm. When I arrived at the office at 10:30 there was the largest group calling and getting materials to go door to door. The enthusiasm is very high and the numbers of volunteers is growing day by day. There are many people who are volunteers for the office who are doing it for their first time. When Reince and Kelly gave their short pep talk later the crowd was roaring. People are very excited.
A few weeks ago. . .the media blitz of bad polling ha[d] enthusiasm down. They were working for the cause but they thought the odds were long. That is gone, people feel the wind at their backs and they have received a big shot of energy.
[This is] still a battleground state which will be tight, but things are going in the right direction. . . .There were two polls in NH last week. ARG had Romney up 50-46 with a margin of error of 4% and Rasmussen had it [48-48]. It's hard to tell since there are so many tv stations (cable and local) but it seems like there is an increase in the ad buys. . . .
I can tell you, people in the state know about the election. NH is smaller than Iowa, the population is 1.3 million and the 2008 vote count was 700,000. So people are being contacted often by many different groups. I met one guy last week who said he has received at least 2 calls per day for the last month.
There are still undecideds though, but not not many. I would say there are probably 8% who are truly undecided in my contacts but there are soft leaners. The soft people are much more Obama people in my contacts. Romney people are solid in my contacts.
There have been two reported New Hampshire polls since our reader's correspondence. Suffolk shows the race deadlocked at 47-47. And a new Rasmussen poll has Obama insignificantly ahead by 50-49.
New Hampshire has only 4 electoral votes. Yet, Team Obama reportedly includes it in the campaign's four-state firewall (the other states, as I understand it, are Ohio, Nevada, and Iowa), as Florida and Virginia continue to trend towards Romney.
Whatever is true in the other three states, the New Hampshire portion of the firewall looks like if can be breached.

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Levein - Fletcher return a big boost
Scotland manager Craig Levein believes the dramatic return of Steven Fletcher is a major boost for himself and the rest of the national team.
The Sunderland striker was a shock inclusion in the 25-man squad named at Hampden for this month's World Cup qualifiers against Wales and Belgium. The moves ends an international exile stretching back to February 2011, when Fletcher informed the SFA by text message that he did not wish to be selected for a game against Northern Ireland.
What followed was a lengthy stand-off between manager and player until Levein picked up the phone this week. The Scotland boss said: "We went through a number of things and I plan on making an appointment for us to see each other later this week as well so we will go into it a little bit further then. It was great to have a chat with him. It went very well."
Levein added: "He just said he was desperate to play and, if he was named in the squad, he would be here and he would be doing his best for us. It's a big plus for me and the rest of the team for him to be involved."
The Tartan Army could be treated to the sight of a £20million strike partnership in the Cardiff clash if Levein opts to play both Fletcher and Jordan Rhodes but the manager was giving nothing away.
He said: "Well, we've got loads of possibilities with this squad that we've got together.
"At this minute in time, I'm not anywhere near picking the starting line-up.
"But there are so many different combinations in there and that excites me.
"Looking at the list of players, Steven Fletcher is back, our captain Darren Fletcher is back and I've got Scott Brown, probably one of our most influential players, back as well.
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PRESSURE is growing on an MSP to step down from Holyrood after he was kicked out of the SNP following allegations of domestic abuse.
The Nationalists confirmed yesterday that Dunfermline West MSP Bill Walker had been expelled following his suspension last month.
Mr Walker, who has the right to appeal against the decision, was not available for comment on the issue yesterday.
But the Conservatives say he can no longer continue as an MSP after being elected less than a year ago on the back of the Nationalists' landslide victory.
A Tory spokesman said: "The SNP have taken the correct decision in pursuing this course of action, and the MSP concerned must now examine his conscience on whether he thinks it's right to continue taking thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money for the next four years.
"The honourable thing would be for him to step down from his role as a member of the Scottish Parliament."
An investigation was launched by the Scottish National Party, following allegations concerning his three former wives.
An SNP spokesman said: "Bill Walker has been informed of the decision by the SNP's disciplinary committee to expel him from the party, and of his right under the rules to appeal this decision within the next 21 days.
"It would be inappropriate to comment further until this process is at an end."
Mr Walker resigned his membership of both the local government and public petitions committees at Holyrood last month.
At the time, Mr Walker issued a statement through his Dunfermline constituency office, saying "it was only right" that he resigned from the committees during his suspension.
Last month, Labour called for clarification of the SNP's reasons for suspending him.
The call was in response to comments by Mr Walker in a newspaper column in which he said he had been "temporarily" excluded while an investigation was carried out into his selection by the party.
He wrote: "This is due to an examination of the vetting procedures regarding my selection as an MSP candidate for the Scottish elections last year and not because of any malicious allegations made about me in respect of former private relationships."
Mr Walker has been a controversial figure since he arrived in Holyrood, provoking the ire of gay marriage campaigners when he backed a motion by fellow Nationalist John Mason demanding that churches should not be forced to take part in ceremonies if they don't want to.
The Scottish Government is currently consulting on plans to possibly introduce same-sex marriage north of the Border.
Mr Walker claimed he suffered a campaign of online "abuse and intimidation" in the aftermath of the row over a string of e-mails he had received from supporters of the change.
Mr Walker said at the time he believed marriage was the relationship between a man and a woman.
"That's the way I look at it –that's what marriage is. That just released a fury," he said. "To me, it's a moral, ethical and even a practical issue from the point of view of the structure of society."
But Labour branded him anti-gay and called on First Minister Alex Salmond to intervene.
Mr Walker married his fourth wife, June, in July last year at Culross Abbey. The couple have been together for 16 years.
He won the Dunfermline seat – previously held by Liberal Democrat Jim Tolson – at the Scottish Parliament in last year's election. In a result that surprised political observers, Mr Walker capitalised on a large national swing to the SNP to edge victory over Labour's Alex Rowley by 590 votes.


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Russell Brand to Host 2012 MTV Movie Awards
Russell Brand famously hooked up with Katy Perry during his 2009 stint hosting the MTV Video Music Awards. That relationship resulted in a short-lived marriage, but single ladies, take note: Brand has just been tapped to host this year's MTV Movie Awards, so maybe you'll have your shot, too.
It'll be Brand's third time emceeing an MTV awards show, and the 36-year-old British actor and comedian never fails to make a splash. During his 2008 VMAs gig, which took place several months before the U.S. presidential election, he implored the audience to vote for Barack Obama, calling then-President George W. Bush "a retarded cowboy fella" who "wouldn't be trusted with scissors" in England.
Those remarks were rewarded with death threats by some offended viewers, but since MTV has never been one to shy away from controversy, it's no surprise that the network has continued its relationship with Brand.
"This MTV Movie Awards will be more impressive than 'The Avengers,' and you won't have to wait an hour for someone to Hulk out," he said on Thursday. "MTV Movie Awards incorporates two of my favorite things: movies and awards. If somehow group sex could be involved it would be the greatest night of my life."
Other presenters at the upcoming telecast include Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Mark Wahlberg, and the top award contenders this year are 'The Hunger Games' and 'Bridesmaids.' They both have eight nominations including nods for best cast, breakthrough performance and movie of the year.
And unlike those stuffy old Oscars, you'll also see awards handed out in other categories like best kiss, best fight, and best on-screen dirtbag — all voted on by viewers.
The 21st annual MTV Movie Awards will be presented live on MTV on June 3.


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Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey gets the start today against St. Louis, and Jason Bay, David Wright and Jeff Francoeur will make their spring training debuts, but arguably the most interesting moment of the day could be the appearance of 20-year-old prospect Jennry Mejia, whom manager Jerry Manuel admits is raw, but is also making noises about using him as a reliever.
And, in a comment that will do nothing but add pressure and expectations, Darryl Strawberry said his cutter reminded him of Mariano Rivera. Easy Darryl, easy Darryl.
Mejia has electric stuff, the kind scouts drool over and makes one wonder about future dominance as a starter. Mejia doesn't have the command or pitch variety to be a starter now, but he could be a one-trick pony out of the pen. However, command is still command, and that's important in any role and right now he's more a thrower than a pitcher.
I saw how the Mets rushed Eddie Kunz – who is still struggling – and Bobby Parnell and I don't want the same thing to happen to Mejia. If Mejia is to make the major league roster, he needs a defined role and a manager with the patience not to yank him out of a role with the first sign of struggle.
It's easy to get seduced by a high-90s fastball, but most scouts say Mejia is not ready for prime time. Sure, it would be nice to fast forward a year or two, but that's not realistic.
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The dilapidated bleachers at Marshall High School in Silver Lake have been in such a sorry state for so long, I stopped noticing until recently, when I saw a grandfather teeter as he stepped over a sinkhole in the floorboards.
That made me really look around, as my daughter played in a city recreation league basketball game. It wasn't pretty.
I saw jutting metal stumps where seats used to be. Entire rows of seats were missing, traffic cones and yellow caution tape were used to cordon off particularly dangerous sections, and a folding chair was planted over a hole to keep people from tumbling into it.
Why do deplorable conditions like this exist, in one of L.A. Unified's most highly regarded high schools, for years on end?
Part of the answer can be found in numbers. In the last five years, the district has lost about 500 custodians and plant managers, along with about 650 carpenters, electricians and plumbers, according to chief facilities executive Mark Hovatter.


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Talk about bad timing.
On the same weekend that the US forgave $1 billion of Egyptian debt, the Washington Post published a Q+A with Cairo's new Foreign Minister that won't help Egypt's relations with the US – never mind Israel.
Here's Nabil Elaraby's response to Lally Weymouth's point about Hamas:
Hamas is on the U.S. terrorist list.
You want my answer? So was George Washington for the British. So was Nelson Mandela in South Africa. So were Menachem Begin and Yitzhak Shamir. Begin was one of the biggest terrorists and was responsible for the bombing of the King David Hotel. Shamir was responsible for the assassination of Count Bernadotte. And they worked for peace after that. Allow someone who is fighting for a cause to see the light of day at the end of the tunnel and to enter into peace. That is the history of the world.
Should I feel flattered that an Arab leader compared Begin and Shamir to Washington and Mandela? You don't see that everyday.
Nah. Elaraby's trying to give Hamas some cheap, unwarranted legitimacy. It's the same "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" garbage Stephen Jukes told his Reuters staff after 9/11.
Insulted US lawmakers now have 1 billion reasons – all resembling George Washington – not to forgive Elaraby or his country's debt.
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Witness the end of civilization unfold as hostile alien invaders attack the planet. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. Now it's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered in this epic sci-fi action film.
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A friend recently shared some news: His youngest child, a successful professional, was getting married in September, finally. Did he approve of the nuptials? "She's 32," he answered in a deadpan manner. "I'm just happy she's getting married." While the boomer father liked his future son-in-law, the young couple had been living together for a few years. Dad had expected them to get married a lot sooner. What were they waiting for?
The couple was following the path taken by many others: A new Pew Research survey, titled "Millennials: Unmoored from Institutions," found this generation is "in no rush to get married." Just 26 percent of millennials are married, compared with almost half of their boomer parents at the same age. The average age of marriage – 27 for women, 29 for men – is at a historical high and still climbing. While Dad was exasperated, his daughter may have actually increased her chances of financial and marital success by waiting. Another report, "Why Knot?" by the National Marriage Project, found that college-educated women in their mid-30s enjoy an annual income premium of almost $19,000 if they wait until 30 or later to marry. And couples who marry older are less likely to divorce than couples who marry in their early 20s.
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The decision to marry later doesn't mean that our adult children are rejecting the institution; it means a different attitude toward the timing. Marriage was once seen as a marker of adulthood, like a job and living independently. As we all know, the recession pushed those markers into the late 20s for many young adults. Marriage has become the last item on millennials' "to do" list: career started with a good job, check; apartment or condo, check; far-flung vacations, check; nice furniture and household stuff, check; significant other, check. Marriage is now considered a capstone at the end of this "emerging adult" period rather than a cornerstone at the beginning.
Still, the delay leaves many parents puzzled. We all know couples who have gone as far as buying a condo or a house together and still not married. What's a parent to do? Are we allowed to ask questions? Send a text? For advice, we turned to Ruth Nemzoff, author "Don't Bite Your Tongue."
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She suggests engaging in some soul searching about why marriage is important before launching into a discussion. "I call marriage the first line against depression," she says. "I'd talk to adult children about having someone to share with the minutiae and wonders of daily life." Of course, there are also the legal protections of marriage, especially when it comes to health decisions.
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Chino police and firefighters issued 81 citations for fireworks violations during the holiday weekend, more than double the tickets issued the previous year.
Firefighters with the Chino Valley Independent Fire District and police worked together to enforce city fireworks ordinances.
They issued 78 tickets worth $1,000 each for use of illegal fireworks and three $500 tickets for inappropriately using Safe and Sane fireworks.
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The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) is offering a comprehensive educational series at PACK EXPO, presenting six sessions on topics ranging from intelligent shipping to driving measurable environmental results with reusable packaging.
"The sessions offer content and best practices for those who are new to the concept of reusables as well as for veteran users who want to increase their return on their investment," said Jerry Welcome, President, RPA.
In addition to the sessions, the RPA is hosting its Reusable Packaging Pavilion which will include the largest number of exhibitors to date: 26. The exhibitors include manufacturers, material suppliers, providers of washing and other specialty equipment, and poolers and service providers of reusable packaging systems and solutions.
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- Driving Measurable Environmental Results with Reusable Packaging/
As companies drive sustainability and efficiency, they scrutinize their entire supply chain for opportunities to reduce their environmental impact. In this session, attendees will learn how to analyze their system to accurately compare and evaluate packaging options, and learn best practices in reporting and measuring the environmental impact of reusable packaging.
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Attendees will learn how Alameda County's StopWaste program has helped area businesses make the switch to reusable packaging solutions, benefiting the community and making a positive contribution to the Bay Area's environmental sustainability efforts.
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Reusable packaging allows for automation and the ability to capture information required for HACCP programs. The linking and sharing of supplier and end-user data is necessary to monitor product quality in the container throughout all stages of the supply chain. Increased government regulations will soon force a product assurance mandate. This session will explain HACCP and GFSI certification processes and principles, as well as how to implement and maintain these quality plans. The presentation will include a firsthand customer account of what it's like to implement these programs.
- Returnable Container Selection Criteria
The content of the presentation will provide attendees with tools to make informed decisions regarding the type, size and density (parts per container) of returnable containers in their operations. The focus of the talk will be on determining the most effective container for an operation's parameters, including operational constraints such as ergonomics, available storage space and space in the manufacturing operations, inventory policies, and operator efficiency.
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Lightweight pallet systems provide benefits such as weight reduction, uniformity, advanced technology, and increased food safety. With each weight savings, more fuel is saved and greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. Not only does this minimize the impact of the supply chain on the environment, it enables financial savings as well. A lighter pallet also means improved safety for workers and decreased work related injury cost. In addition, uniformity in a shipping platform equates into reduced and more accurate projection of shipping.


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Lititz, Pa.: Rock Concert Capital of the World?
The Amish-country town of Lititz, Pa., has turned into an unlikely power hub of the live entertainment industry. A $100 million campus, called Rock Lititz, will allow bands to fine-tune their increasingly big-spectacle shows on site. John Jurgensen reports on Lunch Break with Lee Hawkins. Photo: Eli Meir Kaplan for The Wall Street Journal
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... I ... in an era of music file sharing ... Tori has become the highest grossing segment of the music industry forcing today's emerging and top artists to perfect their live shows more than ever ... and a small town in Pennsylvania of ninety three hundred people is the nation's hope for that year that helps America's biggest that's put on the highest grossing shows ... the WSJ's John Jurgensen is here to discuss that ... John ... how are you ... don't Wealth X ... This time it's co-op and its ... is well out of the things you see at major shows I actually dreamt up in Maine there are more than a dozen companies ... that make up this cottage industry that you describe can you explain what they do ... well think about some of the biggest concerts going on in the industry are in our year Katy Perry's or Justin Timberlake said Cetera ... these companies that are based in Pennsylvania and let its provide the much everything except for the music stays designs ... the sound the lighting ... um and and pre much love of the big spectacle they aren't the only one of the business to do this job but the irresponsible for a good part of what we see a major tours and there's a building there that's designed to bring some of the biggest acts ... to town is the largest rehearsal space in the world wide with these bands travel all the way to Pennsylvania just for rehearsal states have had ... their teams will counterintuitive um this is a direct result of these concert or is becoming more and more complicated complex ... very high tech ... so it takes anywhere from three to six to eight weeks even to rehearsal before before goes on the road that's without the Bay and showing up ... the production rehearsals the technical rehearsals ... take this this long just to get all the pieces rated working and sank ... his big video screens the sound of everything the year in a sea of state after work very precisely together ... facilitates the many many weeks just to get these out the show's right ... I needed a space to do that and all from one times in what happens has to happen ... is the stores have to read Korean is or big studio spaces in big cities there either expensive one being used by other US sports teams and other bands and so the the ... the the production staff to clear out the way in the mode back and so what's up what with its is now offering ... is a big dedicated rehearsal space with a come in for a few weeks and just sit down and work out the kinks ... I they do expect this to show there are these commercials at the end of the use of these tech rehearsals ... maybe get the band onstage working with the Kia but that's not the principal motivation for the rehearsal space and that being said they are trying to prepare for the rock stars to show up in whole or some other people that will be taking advantage of it ... well of the ... because of their arrive the secrecy of the industry they're very much to say who's going to be coming to ... to this to your soul because lobbyist worse not been announced yet ... but new to is expected to be one of the first bands to be in there ... um and have agreed to come to America to live it's to reverse the the stage show ... however due to score an album got postponed till next year so they're likely to be showing up much later when there's only a handful of people that are really doing concerts of this scale so we can probably figure them out between the two of us are ... on the fact that ... the owners ... still have a problem though because of the town isn't really equipped ... with the kind of accommodation center rock stars mind expect what are they going to remedy that ... well I think it is a bit of an open question you know where that will rock star stay with the Cubs to win the Cup the limits of me that being said Lancaster Zwerner biomass of nice hotels ... and a lot of nice restaurants in the area but this is Amish country where you see of course among these moving on the road very frequently ... um so they're they're likely to either open to the tracks of some high end hotel chains to cover the areas of that this need ... but as one of the production and he pointed out ... New York is a short helicopter ride away so ... the biggest ours never mind that you still might just settle back for the baby to our rights and another cool story we really think you for that thanks alot but


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Audie's dead.
Audie Mickens, that is. Name doesn't ring a bell?
Mickens gained his 15 minutes of fame four years ago, when the Home Box Office documentary "Hard Times at Douglass High" was released. Actually, it was more like 15 seconds of infamy.
At the time the documentary was made, Douglass, yes, it's named for the famed 19th century African-American abolitionist, journalist and statesman Frederick Douglass, was one of the many Baltimore schools where the majority of students routinely failed to cut the mustard academically.
A man identified in the documentary as Mr. Connally, then the head of the English department at Douglass, probably best summed up the reason why.
When "Hard Times at Douglass High" was being filmed, Connally said, only three out of 300-400 incoming freshmen at the school for the academic year 2004-2005 tested at grade level in reading.
You read that right: THREE, out of a total of 300 to 400. Most of the incoming class read at the fourth- or fifth-grade level, Connally said, then he added this comment:
"It's almost as if no one wanted to admit that students were passed to high schools with third- and fourth-grade reading levels. And I'm not talking about special education students either. I'm talking about regular students in regular classes. It's a crime. Been one for years."
Mickens was a student at Douglass and, some 25 minutes into the film, gave the world his philosophy of education. Long story short: he was agin it.
"This what we do," the ebonically-gifted Mickens said, cheesing into the camera as he and other Douglass students aimlessly walked the halls. "Just walking the halls all day, baby. (Bleep) class. That (bleep's) for clowns, man. Don't nobody go to class around here, man. Man, (bleep) academics. Academics? We gon' leave that to them nerd-(bleep) (bleep) (bleeps). We gon' keep (bleep) straight 'hood. All my (bleeps) out here, we gon' keep it gutter."
According to a report in a Baltimore newspaper, Mickens hadn't exactly distinguished himself – academically, professionally or otherwise – since he was filmed in 2004.
On Sept. 20, Mickens was standing on a street around 2 p.m. with a bunch of other guys. A man approached the group and pulled out a gun.
From the police account, it's reasonable to surmise that the gunman had beef with Mickens. And we all know how way too many beefs in the city known as Bodymore, Murderland get settled.
Mickens went instantly into "Feets, don't fail me now" mode. He took off running. But not even Usain Bolt could outrun bullets.
The gunman fired, striking Mickens. An off-duty lieutenant in the Baltimore Police Department witnessed the incident and saw Mickens run down one street, shed some clothes and then take off down a side street before collapsing.
The lieutenant stayed with Mickens until paramedics arrived. About 95 minutes after the shooting, the short life of Audie Mickens came to an end. He was only 24 years old.
Audie Mickens did indeed "keep it gutter." Then he died in one.
Is that too harsh? Am I blaming the victim? If I were to dare suggest that Mickens might have done well to go to class, to learn those academics that he dissed so cavalierly when he was at Douglass, would I be "demonizing" him?
We hear that assertion all the time, don't we? About how we mean, old conservatives and Republicans like to "demonize" poor black folks?
Let me tell you something, as a former poor black person who was probably much poorer than Mickens, and who grew up in an era when ALL black folks were demonized, regardless of class.
I'd rather be demonized and well educated, than patronized and poorly educated.
According to court records – yes, Mickens was what they call "familiar with the system," running up an arrest record for drug possession, distribution and attempted murder – the young man was born in 1988.
So he grew up in an era when it came to be fashionable, and the very essence of political correctness, to patronize poor black folks.
Let an Audie Mickens show his ignorance on film for all the world to see? Well, that's the system's fault. A by-product of "systemic racism."
All those black parents who, in "Hard Times at Douglass High" failed to show up on back-to-school night and get involved in their children's education?
"Systemic racism" again. They certainly aren't to be blamed for not being fully vested in their children's education.
There are many who are guilty of patronizing Audie Mickens. They now have themselves to blame for patronizing the young man right into his grave.
One thought on "Student Featured in HBO Education Documentary Killed"
How many more Audie Mickens have to die before parents wake up and realize that change begins in the home period. Yes systemic racism exists, but WE can change our communities because WE live in those communities and WE know better what goes on that anyone won the outside.
RIP to the young man who though it was cool to skip school.
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Don't miss this scathing portrait of an urgent new American crisis.
In his last book, Griftopia, Matt Taibbi detailed the multiple ways the financial sector has manipulated the economy for its own profit. This resulted in the fleecing of ordinary Americans in ways they might never have realized. Such unregulated behavior has only served to widen the gap between the rich and poor.
In his new book, The Divide, Taibbi explores what this widening means. He discusses how, in the aftermath of the criminal behavior that resulted in the 2008 economic crash, hardly any of the executives who directly caused the crash have been punished in any real way. However, more and more Americans at the other end of the economic spectrum are tossed around by our legal system for minor offenses and petty frauds. The wealth gap, Taibbi contends, is creating a justice gap where wealthy Americans receive little or no punishment for their crimes, but poor Americans face harsh penalties – ones with greater life repercussions – for their relatively smaller-scale offenses.
If this is the kind of thing that makes you angry, you need to read Taibbi's book.
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I also don't get any talk of how popular a Twilight would be...it was in what two or three episodes in season 1?
As for prospects for a big MTT? Let's wait and see. The thing is, if Hasbro really wants to capitalize on the TPM 3D release, then this thing needs to be out soon. How soon? How about next month. It needs to be fresh in the minds of movie-goers and parents.
A big mistake of the collecting community in these discussions is that we continue to underestimate the purchase power of parents.
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Sweet Puff Pastry Twists
I love living in Southern Oregon but sometimes the weather can be cold and drab at times… Rain, fog and snow are not uncommon during the cold winter months. Many of the wild birds that chose to spend their winters here in the Rogue Valley rely on backyard bird feeders for their food sources. That's precisely why I always make sure that my bird feeders are stocked with thistle seed, suet and sunflower seeds and that my hummingbird feeder is filled with sweet nectar.
While preparing my Sweet Puff Pastry Twists this morning, I noticed a flurry of activity outside my kitchen window. Several species of birds were visiting the feeders that I have placed out in our backyard. The usual visitors that show up every winter are dark-eyed juncos, house finches, scrub jays, black capped chickadees, lesser goldfinches and spotted towhees. Sometimes I am treated to less common birds to my feeder such as California quail, red breasted nuthatches, and evening grosbeaks. Then there are birds that I would rather not have visit at all… Sharp shinned hawks, great blue herons and great egrets. Sharp shinned hawks hunt the little birds that frequent my feeders. The herons and egrets try to make a fish dinner of my koi in my pond… Don't get me wrong, I think that they are all beautiful but I'd rather not observe their eating habits in my yard.
A female dark eyed junco. The males have darker heads and rusty backs.
A female lesser goldfinch. The males are bright yellow and have a black cap on the tops of their heads.
A ruby crowned kinglet zipping through the air towards the suet feeder. This bird constantly is moving back and forth so it was hard to snap a picture of him. It seemed that every time I would focus, he would pop out of the frame. His face looks so intent as he bounced his way to the feeder. I see this bird nearly every winter. Whenever he would get excited, he would display a large red crown of feathers on his head. What a cool little bird!
A female house finch. The males are brightly colored with a purplish red breast. Do you see the sunflower seed in her bill?
A sharp shinned hawk in the tree above my feeders. When he is around, all the little birds quickly fly away and hide… When there is no activity at my bird feeders, you can bet he is the reason why. This little hawk is lightning fast and even tries to take down birds his own size! He is such a beautiful and skillful hunter. I like him better when he stays away from my
hawk bird feeders :).
Back to the cookies… My Sweet Puff Pastry Twists are reminiscent of a cookie that I used to purchase years ago at the old Harry and David country store here in Southern Oregon. They called their cookies "Croustilles". Unfortunately, they don't sell them anymore but I think my cookies are a pretty good "knock off". They're easy to make, light and airy, crispy and delicious. They taste wonderful with a hot cup of coffee or your favorite tea. Makes about 5 dozen cookies. Enjoy! Tessa
- 1 sheet puff pastry (thawed)
- 1/4 cup turbinado sugar
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 egg (beaten)
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees farenheit. Begin by rolling out the puff pastry into a 12″ square. Combine both sugars in a small bowl. Sprinkle half of the sugar on the puff pastry dough. Be sure to cover it evenly with the sugar. Take a rolling pin and lightly press the sugar into the dough. Gently, flip the dough and repeat on the other side. On one side of the dough, lightly brush with the egg.
Take a pizza cutter or knife and slice the puff pastry down the middle. Do the same for the remaining two halves. You should have four rectangles… Each 12″ by 3″.
Now, slice each rectangle into 3″ by 3/4″ strips. You should now have about 64 puff pastry strips.
On a silpat or silicone lined baking sheet place each strip about 1 1/4″ apart. Twist each strip 360 degrees in the middle, making sure the egg brushed side is up. They should all look like little bow ties. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until a golden brown. Remove from oven and immediately place the twists on a wire rack to cool. Makes about 5 dozen Sweet Puff Pastry Twists.
*** Note: This recipe is not rocket science. Not all brands of puff pastry are the same size when you unroll it out of the package. Some puff pastries are larger that what I described. The key to this recipe is even coverage of sugar and uniformity in size and twists of the dough strips. And of course, keeping an eye on the twists while baking is also important. They do brown quickly!


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Next for Texai: 25 to be Built
In the past month or so, work has progressed on the Texai. We've decided to build 25 "Texas Alpha versions", or "TA" for short, to use for ourselves as well as studies on telepresence. Over the past month, we've been working with our design partner, Function, to make this happen.
One of the important aspects of this project has been to ensure that the TAs were seen as modifiable -- allowing anyone with an allen wrench and some confidence to switch out parts. We want to see what users will do with the robot, given the source code and the physical system.
The build of the subassemblies has been fast and furious. As you can see from the slideshow, we have at least two of the TAs built and are replicating them quite rapidly. We might not have enough storage for all 25 of the TAs at Willow Garage, but we'll be sending them out the door soon to various sites to test their remote capabilities.
Dallas, Curt and our intern Tom Grimes (from Purdue), along with the other members of the Texai/WG/Function team, have been cranking the allen wrenches, and building parts left and right. The software is also starting to take shape and is building on top of the capabilities developed for the PR2 robot. We're looking forward to getting the TAs back in the office and taking them for their first test drive.
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When it comes to the fitness of body, mind, or spirit, the editors of American Health are there, staying on top of the latest in medical research, separating fad from fact, and helping you preserve and improve life's most precious gift, your good health. Yet, despite a wealth of information on living a healthier life, many Americans seem to be missing the point.
American Physical Activity Statistics
"The United States has failed in fulfilling its fitness goals and expectations," concludes Krys Spain, research and program development specialist for the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, who has been monitoring the nation's progress in meeting objectives set by health experts in 1979. Two of these goals were to have 60% of children aged 10 to 17 participating daily in school physical education programs and 60% of adults participating in regular vigorous physical activity.
Perhaps the most serious failure involves children. In 1984 the Department of Health and Human Services found that only 36% of children aged 10 to 17 had daily physical education classes available to them—a marginal 3% increase over 1975 statistics. "One of the factors is money," Spain comments. "When federal and state education budgets are cut, the first thing to go is gym class." Only one state—Illinois—requires daily physical education classes for children.
As for adults, data from studies done between 1984 and 1987 indicate that only 8% of the total population participates in regular vigorous physical exercise. That number doesn't jibe with other studies that show well over half the nation's population get some kind of regular exercise. Why the discrepancy?
"A lot of the problem may be in definition," says Spain. "What we define as regular vigorous activity—three times a week for 20 minutes a session, at 60% of maximum aerobic capacity—may be much more than what most people think of as 'regular vigorous activity.' " They may be playing softball, taking walks, or simply mowing the lawn or climbing a few flights of stairs.
Spain also points out that most people who do exercise on a regular basis are in the middle-income sector and are well educated.
"We need to put more effort and more resources into educating the public—through schools, churches, civic groups, and other social organizations."
Rowing Machines: The Best Aerobic Exercise
Once you decide to become a vigorous exerciser, which aerobic workout is best? According to a new study from Ohio University in Athens, if the choice is between a rowing machine or an exercise bike, you'll get the best cardiovascular exercise on the rowing machine.
Fredrick C. Hagerman, director of the university's Work Physiology Lab, and graduate student Sheila Marks studied 170 men and women aged 20 to 74 as they biked and rowed. When they rowed, they not only burned more calories but also used more large muscle groups. That means they required more oxygen to fuel their workouts, so they breathed more deeply, which in turn promoted better cardiovascular fitness.
Biking and Prostate Health
Harin Padma-Nathan, assistant professor of urology at the USC School of Medicine, who specializes in sexual disorders, finds many of his young male patients have something in common: They ride a bike at least 100 miles a week.
Biker's impotence is caused when the legs repeatedly thrust down on the pedals, banging the groin on the seat and damaging critical arteries and nerves. A hard, narrow seat, long distances, a lean body, and an aggressive riding style can worsen damage.
The first warnings are numbness in the seat-of the-pants area and difficulty in having an erection for a day or two. Unfortunately, says Padma-Nathan, many riders react to the sexual stress by biking more. To male bikers who want to avoid trouble, he recommends that you first invest in a padded bike seat. If you don't want a large seat, try a U-shaped one. Second, rise off the seat occasionally, especially when sprinting. Third, make sure your bike frame fits you well. Position the seat so that you don't have to shift your body on the downstroke. And, fourth, keep in mind that damage may not be apparent for years. See your doctor early if problems develop, since bike-related impotence doesn't always reverse itself, and treatment may not be available for advanced cases.
Vitamins for Physical Activity
If when you exercise you tire more easily than usual, you could be deficient in vitamins B1, B2, B6, and C. Why are these vitamins so crucial to physical performance? They help the body use fatty acids.
"A well-nourished person derives 60% of his energy from fatty acids in foods, and 40% from glycogen, the stored form of carbohydrates," says nutrition and sports-medicine expert Erik Van der Beek. "If fatty acids can't be used, the body has to draw on glycogen stores. This causes a more rapid buildup of lactic acid and, in turn, fatigue."
These four vitamins must be replenished daily, he adds, because they can't be stored. Van der Beek's advice: "If you exercise and you're not sure your diet supplies the RDA of these vitamins, or you feel more fatigued after exercise than you used to, consider taking a multivitamin supplement."
PMS and Caffeine
The causes of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) are not completely understood. But the caffeine in beverages such as coffee and cola is one suspect, fingered several years ago by a study at Oregon State University (OSU). Dr. Annette MacKay Rossignol, chair of OSU's department of public health, recently studied women who indulged in only one type of caffeine drink—tea.
Of Rossignol's 188 tea-drinking subjects, 52% experienced premenstrual symptoms, including anxiety, fatigue, and tender breasts. She found that women who sipped four and a half to eight cups a day suffered almost five times the PMS symptoms of those who drank less.
Despite accumulating evidence, a cause-and-effect relationship between caffeine and PMS has not been firmly established. Factors such as a possible link between PMS and the total amount of fluids consumed must be ruled out first.
"There's more than one cause of PMS—many women with severe symptoms may not even touch caffeine," says Rossignol. "But since caffeine is not a nutrient, there's no harm in eliminating it from your diet or cutting back your intake."
The AHA Consumer Health Information Program
"We'll soon launch the Consumer Health Information Program—CHIP—which may change the way Americans shop for food," says Myron L. Weisfeldt, director of cardiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, who has just begun a one-year term as president of the American Heart Association (AHA).
"CHIP is exciting," he notes, "because consumers will be able to walk into any store and quickly identify a product that meets the AHA standards for dietary intake of cholesterol, salt, and saturated fat. Such packaged and processed foods will have an AHA seal signifying that they are recommended as part of a heart-healthy diet.
"The American public has been begging for this. They're bombarded with all kinds of information about dietary guidelines, but complex labeling and misleading advertising have made it difficult to figure out how a particular food fits in. We hope CHIP will clear this up."
CHIP, however, has drawn fire from government food regulators who suggest the AHA shouldn't be in the business of rating foods, to which Weisfeldt replies: "We're sensitive to the concerns of government but also to the concerns of the public. And the public looks to the AHA to take the lead in providing simple and accurate information about which foods are better for their diet. The AHA has a tradition of going after issues—as we did with smoking and high blood pressure—and going after them well. In the past, we've also been accused of overstepping our bounds, and yet the credibility of the AHA has improved. We think this will be the same with this program. We have a large staff and are spending a good deal of money to do this right."


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The board voted to repeal the $10 per capita tax it currently levies on district residents effective July 1, 2013, at its Thursday night meeting in a 6 to 2 vote.
GREENCASTLE — The Greencastle-Antrim School Board voted to repeal the $10 per capita tax it currently levies on district residents effective July 1, 2013, at its Thursday night meeting. The idea of repealing the tax has been discussed over the past several meetings, prompted by a request from the district's tax collectors for a raise.
Not all board members supported the repeal, as shown in the vote's 6 to 2 tally. Joel Fridgen and Mike Still voted against the repeal. Board members Mike Shindle, Dr. G. William Thorne, Melinda Cordell, Ken Haines, Brian Hissong, and Eric Holtzman voted for the repeal. Tracy Baer was not present at Thursday's meeting.
Dollar figures
The district spends $31,000 per year to collect $134,000 in per capita taxes, or 12.5 percent of the total revenue, according to figures presented by district business manager Jolinda C. Wilson in January.
By comparison, the district spends .064 percent of its total real estate tax revenue in collection costs.
Eliminating the tax equates to a .55-mill increase in the real estate tax to keep the $103,000 in revenue currently brought in by the per capita tax.
It was that shift of the tax burden that did not sit well with Fridgen, who voiced his opposition to eliminating the tax from the beginning of discussions.
"It is the one tax that everyone in the community participates in to support the school. To me, there is value in recognizing that," he said.
Connie Slye, a resident within the school district, echoed a similar opinion when she addressed the board Thursday night.
"I see the per capita tax as a way for non-property owners to contribute. Why should the burden be passed on to me just because I own property?" she asked.
For those in favor of repealing the tax, the argument weighed on the side of what they considered to be an "inefficient" process in its collection.
"The thing that's taken me over the top is the inefficiency of it," said Hissong, board president. "As a property owner, I understand your points. But as a business owner, I have to be as efficient as possible."
Holtzman reiterated his stance that the tax is outdated.
"It made sense when it was enacted in the '60s. The purchasing power of $10 has eroded since then," he said.
By law, the board is not allowed to raise the $10 per person rate of the tax, he added.
Tax collectors' rate
In January, tax collectors sent a written request to Wilson for a raise in their collection rates to the district. At that time, they had been earning $1.40 for each real estate tax collected and $1.25 for each per capita tax they collected.
The collectors had requested a raise to $3 per real estate tax collected. Wilson, who noted the collectors for the district had received a 5 cent raise over the past 13 years, recommended a raise to $2 per real estate tax collected.
Following its decision to eliminate the per capita tax, the board voted to raise the collector's rate of the real estate tax to $2.
Fridgen noted that the elimination of the per capita tax equated to a revenue loss for the district's collectors.
"Can they survive on two dollars?" he questioned Wilson.
"I did not ask them that," she responded.
Public response
Fridgen voiced his concern of the public's negative response to eliminating the tax.
"I think the public is really not truly aware of this," he said, adding the citizens he had talked to were not in favor of repealing the tax.
"You're going to hear about it from the community, and they're not going to tie it to the 10 dollars," he said.
Slye said that she was "disappointed" with the board's decision to repeal the tax.
"In this community, I'm sure there are a lot of property owners on a fixed income," she added. "It's an issue of fairness."


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Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge LGA1155 Processor Review
HD 4000 Processor Graphics and Quick Sync Performance
Obviously with the jump from HD 3000 to HD 4000 graphics on the new Ivy Bridge desktop processor we were curious to see how the new integrated graphics update performs in real-world gaming. To test it, we pit the Core i7-3770K against the Core i7-2600K (sporting the HD 3000 graphics system) and also included a discrete graphics solution to mix things up. I chose to test these CPUs against AMD's Radeon HD 5570/6570 card that you can currently find on the market for $50-60.
I had some requests to include another discrete level card like the GTX 560 Ti in these graphs, but in truth, it skewed the results so heavily that seeing the performance differences between the HD 4000 and HD 3000 graphics pretty difficult.
A pretty impressive first result here as the new i7-3770K is able to outperform the Core i7-2600K by more than 80% and stay within 19% of the discrete HD 6570 card.
In Left 4 Dead 2 the new HD 4000 solution is about 50% faster than the HD 3000 graphics running on the same platform and using the same driver. The HD 6570 though is able to maintain a sizeable 35% advantage in average frame rate.
The performance lead in Deus Ex: Human Revolution has dropped to 37% here for the HD 4000 and it is even further behind the Radeon HD 6570.
DiRT 3 sees another healthy 45% performance jump on the HD 4000 compared to Intel's previous generation though it is still about 42% slower than the HD 6570.
Without a doubt the new Intel HD 4000 graphics are a big step up in performance for integrated graphics gaming. Seeing nearly 50% gains in L4D2 and DiRT 3 really show us that the Ivy Bridge processors could be competent enough to be the sole gaming solution for the casual gamer. However, the need for discrete cards hasn't got away as we were still unable to play Deus Ex at 1080p even at Low image quality settings without the HD 6570.
Should AMD and NVIDIA being worried about the discrete market on the mobile front? Probably. But Intel still has a ways to go to push them out.
Quick Sync Performance
For our basic Quick Sync testing we used the latest version of Cyberlink's MediaShow Espresso to convert a 1.8GB 720p H.264 video file down to a more reasonable size for an iPod.
The results are pretty damn impressive:
We knew that Intel's fixed function hardware was fast at this kind of thing but I honestly didn't expect Ivy Bridge to be this much faster; the conversion time has basically been cut in half!
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Mind doing some power consumption tests on the overclocking tests you do over the next few days? I'd be interested to see how much more power it uses when OCed with those temperatures!
Very nice! Answered any question I might have had. Well worth the upgrade for me just in power savings alone for my Folding@Home rigs. And you're right, It is time to retire my P4 rigs/heaters. (Got three to melt down for the metals, not wishing these on anybody!)
See you at QuakeCon!
On the HD4000 Graphics page, the picture of the discreet GPU has an "Asus HD 5570 1GB" sticker on it, but all of the graphs state it as being a HD6570. Might wanna clarify that.
Ah yes, will do. It is definitely a 5570.
like Sandy Bridge before Intel has screwed up virtualisation features on Ivy-Bridge as well. No Vt-D(or even vPro, TXT, and SIPP) on any of the 'k' wtf intel?
Those features are on the Xeon E3 v2 line, and the prices fit right in with the consumer Ivy Bridge processors.
What's missing is any chip that combines those features with an unlocked multiplier. But there isn't much overlap in customer base between overclockers and virtual machine servers.
Hello guys thx for the review!!
I goin to buy a new pc this week i cant deside
is 3930k worth the 200+ USD in performance?
the pc is for gaming and 3d software
Under power consumption, both graphs are labelled "Idle" even though the second one was tested under full load, right? Great to see these reviews, and I look forward to hearing about Ivy Bridge in the podcast this week.
Doh, thanks!
Nice review, going to be a good upgrade from my E8400 C2D
@Corrections - "will you please save us all the early death of global warming and upgrade?"
You probably meant ...from global....
As an early death "of" global warming is something we all want.
Hey Ryan,
For the idle/load power tests, was a GPU plugged into the board at all or are those numbers simply the MB/DIMMs/CPU power draw? Is your cooling solution factored into the power there as well? Since you seem to have used a couple of memory configurations, 560 Ti for some tests but not others, etc. it's hard for me to tell exactly what was being powered.
I'm trying to compare idle power to my current i7-920 + GTX 580 system to see just how much money I'd save per year, powered 24x7 if I upgraded to IVB + 680, as idle power draws are insanely lower these days.
Yes, my power numbers were WITH the GTX 560 Ti installed.
For a desktop gamer these numbers really show that the i5-2500k @ $180 (microcenter.com for the past year, price match at your local frys) is a great bang for the buck. Seems that the changes from SNB to IVB shows the most promise for notebook computers, not for desktop gamers/power users (better battery life and better integrated graphics).
Great Review, thanks Ryan.
Glad to see that this new idea worked out. Even though the temps are a bit disappointing, it clearly compensates with power consumption. I'ts also kinda freaky that such a small part with such low power consumption can get so hot.
Due to the high temperatures even with the water cooling, it would be appreciated if you guys did a comparison review of various cooling solutions.
Did this come with the usual stock cooler?
I'm also curious to know how the benchmark automation is going?
Intel did not include a cooler - we used the Corsair H80 for our testing.
Automation is going - but still requires a lot of hands on time.
overall good review, but why didn't you put the heating problem in note for your conclusion? i would think if you,re going to get a cpu to overclock on air, then the 2600k would be the better route for longevity and performance wise.
Well, I guess we could have, but I think we noted them pretty well in the OC page directly.
I don't think the typical user needs to worry about CPU longevity even with Ivy Bridge.
"It only falls behind the 3960X in raw performance but we would only recommend paying that price difference if you simply MUST have that added boost or have money falling out of your pockets."
What about the price difference on a 3930k which could be had for $499? With a Z77 v X79 build difference of $272.
For me, personally, I lean towards IVB still.
Wow....I did know the 920's idled that high.
I need 1155....NOW.
Awesome review!
Maybe time My i7 920 became my new sever the Core i7-3700K - $313 is looking real good to me at that price.
just need to work out which what MB too us and just get a load of RAM
Nothing for the enthusiast to see here, please move along to X79.
Is an enthusiast now simply someone who goes for the max overclock possible with every CPU they run? Because if that's the case, I don't think I can call myself an enthusiast any longer.
You can still get a solid 4.5ghz overclock at 1.1V with Ivy and draw less power than SB, plus get the benefits of 5-10% performance per clock with the architecture tweaks, more PCI-E lanes, better quicksync performance etc. I don't see why this isn't an enthusiast part just because its max OC isn't quite as high.
Sure it's not a big leap forward, but it's a solid refresh IMO.
That being said I think I'll probably wait for Haswell to upgrade my 920, simply because I'm waiting for a chipset with thunderbolt standard and more integrated USB3 ports. Maybe with the second wave of 7 series motherboards and some maturity in the 22nm process we'll see some nicer IVB solutions in the 2nd half of the year though.
I looked at all these reviews for this chip but non of them say when I can BUY it...
When can I buy a Core i7 3770 ???? The K version may have an unlocked mult but I am not going to overclock anyway. The K version also has lacking features that the non K versions have.. No Vt-D(or even vPro, TXT, and SIPP)
Honestly I thought the answer would be Monday, but Tuesday is here and still no go. I'll check!
From what I just found out as of today. Sunday April 29th these processors will be available.
Should I be sad, that I recently bought Lenovo X220 with i7-2640M?
Althought 4 Windows Server 2008R2 Virtual Machines can run at the same time without any hiccups, which is still impressive for that small 12" notebook, gaming performance could be much better.
Also note, that even with new Intel HD4000 graphics, their drivers are (gaming wise) are far behind AMD/NVidia ones.
Hey, great review. It does look like the CPU portion of IB isn't that much of a speedup over SB, but then again Intel didn't have to try any harder. Hope they manage to get the 22nm leakage issue sorted and cram even more transistors in the next generation! This makes me wonder what power consumption numbers they could achieve on 22nm with a single in-order Atom core.
The HD4000 iGPU seems to be pretty fast, fast enough to be taken seriously. Would it be possible to test the HD4000 like you would test a real GPU: performance, overclocking, image quality, game compatibility, maybe even a closer look at the underlying architecture.
lol my Sandy Bridge system sits next to a Pentium 4 system. I actually own two Pentium 4 systems, freshly installed copies of Windows XP and all hardware upgraded.
Now that HD4000 has arrived, can OpenCL be used to enhance the performance of the Ivy Bridge processor while simultaneously using a discrete graphics processor? If OpenCL can utilize GPU cycles for general purpose compute tasks then It should be able to utilize the Intel integrated GPU for more general purpose processing power in addition to the Ivy bridge's other CPU cores, while the discrete GPU uses its resources for the graphics. OpenCL should see all the hardware on the computer as an available resource and It should be able to do this? If not then what is described as Heterogeneous computing has not completely arrived yet! Or is it just a matter of waiting for the software to catch up?
OpenCL does not apply to "general purpose" compute tasks. OpenCL applications are extremely parallel algorithms for specialized data sets, there's nothing general purpose about it.
The "general purpose" in GPGPU simply means "not limited to graphics rendering".
OpenCL does not apply to "general purpose" compute tasks. OpenCL applications are extremely parallel algorithms for specialized data sets, there's nothing general purpose about it.
The "general purpose" in GPGPU simply means "not limited to graphics rendering".
OpenCL does not apply to "general purpose" compute tasks. OpenCL applications are extremely parallel algorithms for specialized data sets, there's nothing general purpose about it.
The "general purpose" in GPGPU simply means "not limited to graphics rendering". It's not even close to the same type of "general purpose processing power" as what a CPU provides.
This is a true technical review of Ivy Bridge graphics! with some jucy details about Haswell!
"And if you happen to be one of those poor fools still using a Pentium 4 processor - will you please save us all the early death of global warming and upgrade?"
Well, i still have one. I'm a PIV (with HT) big fan (smile*).
I recently got a i7 2600k PC with a GTX 680 graphics card. My motherboard is a Z77. Should I upgrade to the i7 3770k ? is the 10-15% worth the money ?
I got a 3770 and I love it!
I take pleasure in, result in I discovered just what I was having a look for.
You have ended my 4 day long hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day.


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Father Laurence's Lent Reflections, year 2012
The sea offers the seafarer two delights: the delight of leaving land, launching out towards an ever-receding horizon, riding the waves over the mysterious and dangerous depths. And the delight of homecoming, entering the safe harbour, treading familiar ground and returning to the security of community after the solitude of the sea.
Each of these delights is full of truth about ourselves and the human journey. We learn through delight. Joy is the great teacher for which suffering is a preparation, an excavation of our capacity for being.
Much of life, from the beating of the heart to our cycle of sleep and rising is repetitive. Perhaps that is why humans become creative and restless, to escape from natural rhythms that seem to entrap us. However, unlike frogs or mushrooms we are aware of the repetitive nature of life and can name it. That awareness itself is our escape beyond the karmic cycle into a different kind of existence characterised by limitless freedom.
There was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. And at his gate there lay a poor man called Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to fill himself with the scraps that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs even came and licked his sores. Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.
Jesus liked to teach by parables no doubt because they are like a passkey that lets you into any room. We read them and make sense of them to the degree that we can let them read us and make sense of our own experience.
The greatest among you must be your servant. Anyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.
What a ridiculous and unworkable ideal. How could any system of government or organisation really operate on this principle?
Of course, everyone entrusted with power and authority claims to be serving the people. We all pretend to be more humble than we actually are. But in all relationships there are projections, role-playing and the games that people play with or against each other. In most games, too, people like to win.
Give, and there will be gifts for you: a full measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be poured into your lap; because the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given back.
John Main loved this image and would read it with the kind of exuberance and delight that the truly contemplative person feels about life even with all its sufferings and losses.
Someone who caught this wisdom and breathed it deeply into her own life was Rosie Lovat, the first oblate of our community, who died peacefully at home in London on Saturday night at the age of 93.
God put Abraham to the test. 'Abraham, Abraham' he called. 'Here I am' he replied. 'Take your son,' God said 'your only child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him as a burnt offering, on a mountain I will point out to you.' (Genesis 22:1)
Not a nice story we feel. A God we would prefer to throw on the rubbish heap of anthropological waste. Yet the land of Moriah is a reality in the deeper, inner realms of our being. It is where, as the mystics of all traditions, remind us, we have to surrender ('sacrifice') everything to which we are attached. And what human being is not attached to what they love?
'You must therefore be perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect.'
With such a challenge how did Christianity ever dwindle, as it often does, to being a mere morality or another ideology competing for world domination or even worse, a refuge for those fearful of the revolution of the spirit?
It is not just that 'perfection' is off-putting. In context the word refers to God's boundless, non-judgmental love that is tested in human affairs by our capacity to love those who do us harm or reject us.
Come to terms with your opponent in good time ( Mt 5:25)
Time is the problem but it also holds the solution. The question is always what is 'good time' and how long does it take?
Perhaps the ambiguous nature of time is why it is so easy for us to postpone the necessary and deny the inevitable. We think there will always be more time to do what we have to do. Then we realise at the last moment, when it is too late because time is running out, that we can no longer reconcile with our opponents
Ask and you will receive..
If we receive this encouragement at the magical stage of our development we will either become very disappointed very quickly; or we will be forced into metaphysical gymnastics that mess up our minds.
Even the rational mind cannot make much sense of this affirmation that our spiritual practice is worthwhile. To ask.. but for what? And how often? What are we supposed to offer in return? A thousand rosaries, giving up drink for Lent? To the contemplative mind, however, where paradox and subtlety are more at home these words of Jesus make perfect sense.
Relaxation and calmness is a by-product of good work. Obviously if you try hard to relax the effort to do so will only create more tension. Give meditation all you've got but don't try too hard. Meditation is good work and leads to a kind of rest that is not passive and dopey but clear, alert and dynamic. It is called peace.


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I woke up with an idea buzzing around my head. How many quarterbacks in the NFL are capable of making the 49ers offense better than it is with Alex Smith in charge? And who are they? Here are 15 off the top of my head – i.e. almost half the starters in the league in sort of an order:
Aaron Rodgers
Drew Brees
Tom Brady
Peyton Manning
Eli Manning
Ben Roethlisberger
Tony Romo
Philip Rivers
Cam Newton
Andrew Luck
Matthew Stafford
Joe Flacco
Michael Vick
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Secker & Warburg, 1994 - American fiction - 323 pages
"This utterly unexpected book dives straight into the chaos of an American adolescence, echoing the infernal laughter of William S. Burroughs as it probes the messier forms of sexual awakenings."-"Details" ""House Rules" . . . ventures off the map into an uncharted, quite terrifying strip of psychological badlands."-"The Village Voice" The narrator of Lewis' amazing first novel is 15-year-old Lee, whose story is both a fascinating and disturbing look at the dark side of show horse riding. With extraordinary insight, Heather Lewis describes a world she knew from the inside. Since its first publication 10 years ago, "House Rules" has established itself as a classic of lesbian literature. Heather Lewis is the author of two other novels, "Notice" and "The Second Suspect," In 2002, she took her own life at the age of 40.
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Charlotte, NC - Four members of the nationally-ranked and Atlantic 10 Champion Charlotte 49ers men's soccer team earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Scholar honors. Midfielders junior Tyler Gibson and senior Donnie Smith were named first-team NSCAA Scholar All-Americans. Gibson, Smith and defender junior Thomas Allen were named first-team Scholar All-South Region. Midfielder junior Aidan Kirkbride was named second-team Scholar All-South Region.
Smith and Gibson are the first Niners to earn Scholar All-American honors since Ian Dennis was named to Scholar All-America in 1992. Smith and Gibson are the fourth and fifth different Niner to earn NSCAA Scholar All-American honors. For the first time in school history, the 49ers had four players earn NSCAA Scholar All-South Region honors.
Allen, Gibson, Kirkbride and Smith played an integral role in helping the 49ers reach the 2011 College Cup Final, earn two NCAA Tournament bids and two Atlantic 10 regular-season titles. Smith helped the 49ers reach the NCAA Tournament three times in his career.
Smith and Gibson were also named first-team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region for their performance on the field. Allen was named to the second-team All-Mid-Atlantic Region.
Gibson, who earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors for the third straight season, was named first-team All-Region for the second straight year. Gibson was also a member of the Hermann Award watch list. This season, Gibson finished tied for second on the team with six assists. He also scored three goals including game-winning goals against Stony Brook and Duquesne.
Gibson, who has a 3.84 GPA in Marketing, has been a two-time A-10 All-Academic team selection as well as a two-time NSCAA Scholar All-South Region selection. This past November, he was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Three team.
Smith, who earned All-Atlantic 10 honors three times in his career, was named Atlantic 10 Midfielder of the Year this past season. Smith earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors in 2012 and 2010. He was a second-team All-Atlantic 10 selection in 2011. Smith scored four goals and recorded four assists this past season. Smith scored game-winning goals against South Carolina, Richmond and Saint Louis.
Smith, who has a 3.51 GPA in Marketing, has been invited to the Major League Soccer's Combine in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, January 11-15. Smith finished his career at Charlotte with 18 goals, 10 assists and 46 points.
Allen, who earned first-team All-Atlantic 10 honors this season, along with Davis anchored a 49ers defense which recorded nine shutouts and limited 18 foes to a goal or less. Allen, who earned several National Team of the Week honors, finished the season with two goals and one assist. He scored the game-winning goal in the 49ers' 1-0 double overtime win over #14 Coastal Carolina, August 27. Allen earned UK Invitational All-Tournament honors after helping the 49ers capture the tournament title with wins over Stony Brook and Kentucky.
Allen, who has a 3.36 GPA in Civil Engineering Technology, was named to the Capital One Academic All-District Three team as well.
Kirkbride has been an anchor in the 49ers midfield since he arrived at Charlotte in 2010. Kirkbride was named to Soccer America and College Soccer News' National Team of the Week after scoring both of Charlotte's goals in the 49ers season-opening 2-1 double overtime win over Denver this past season. Kirkbride earned UK Invitational All-Tournament honors after helping the 49ers capture the tournament title with wins over Stony Brook and Kentucky.
Kirkbride, who has a 3.81 GPA in Accounting, earned Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team honors in 2011.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—State and local officials say they're worried the scorched hillsides left by the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs last summer could mean intense flash flooding this spring and summer.
Gary Heller, maintenance foreman for the Colorado Department of Transportation, tells The Gazette ( http://bit.ly/WZe5c5) that "before the fire, it was like we had a golf course on the side of the hill and it absorbed water. Now it's like a parking lot and absorbs nothing."
Some worry the waterways in the burn area will pick up debris that could damage homes, bridges, culverts and streets.
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