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Samsung Galaxy S II graphics processor found to be fastest among current smartphones
0. phoneArena posted on 19 Sep 2011, 05:27
The Samsung Exynos ARM Mali-400 GPU performance was found to be better than the rest of the graphics chips in current high-end smartphones, but worse than the PowerVR SGX543MP2 in the Apple A5 dual-core silicon, as found in the iPad 2, just as expected...
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1. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
It wasn't really a surprise that Samsungs Exynos has the best graphics...
12. Rimm-Jobs (unregistered)
Fastest graphics, slowest updates. That's always been Samsung's modus operandi - great hardware, piss-poor software/firmware.
14. ToneDef (Posts: 39; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
I have read this comment before but no-one has ever provided a table comparison to say what they're comparing it to, and the actual dates when those comparators were updated. Perosnally, I don't mind about how often I get updates - I just want software that is stable and works.
15. Rimm-Jobs (unregistered)
Have you tried TouchWIZ? Can you really say that prior to 1.2GHz dual core CPUs, it works? It's laggy as all hell.
Anyway, since you asked, here's a link to an article with facts about updating to newer versions of Android amongst the major manufacturers. It's from January of this year - it's the most recent I could find. (Also, remember, it's not taking into account phones Samsung promised updates to Froyo, then went back on their word)
16. Rimm-Jobs (unregistered)
Sorry, must have accidentally hit submit. Anywho, the charts show that at that time, HTC had updated 50% of it's smartphones to Froyo in an average time of 56 days. Moto had updated 15.4% of it's phones in 54.5 days. Samsung, 11.1% in an average of 159 days.
17. p0rkguy (Posts: 685; Member since: 23 Nov 2010)
Blame the carriers not the manufacturer.
21. Leftheodo (unregistered)
HTC's phones are branded too you know! Anyway Samsung is a great manufacturer and i hope they do smth about their updates
27. RIMM-Jobs (unregistered)
It's not the carriers, or all phones would be slow on the updates. There's a huge difference between frequency of updates from Samsung and HTC. Verizon carries many of each manufacturer. The HTC phones are updated three times as often, three times as quickly.
24. sgogeta4 (Posts: 394; Member since: 02 Feb 2011)
Samsung openly acknowledges their weaknesses and they know their limitations in the smartphone world. They are actively improving their software and firmware division by hiring many of the best programmers, such as the CyanogenMod team and will definitely have great future products. As stated, it's not how often updates are given but the stability, and I believe the next TouchWiz will be amazing with their current programming team.
2. CX3NT3_713 (Posts: 2314; Member since: 18 Apr 2011)
DEAR PHONEAREANA, get rid of thoes annoying pop up ad's
4. nastynaps (Posts: 93; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
Get adblock, don't surf the net without it.
10. Junglejoe (unregistered)
you got adblock on your mobile device?
22. Leftheodo (unregistered)
I do, on opera mobile!
3. som (Posts: 768; Member since: 10 Nov 2009)
Rotten Apple have to go down to hell with other chips.
5. rasnicki (unregistered)
This has to be some kind of a joke, right?!
Why is there no mention that the Mali-400 GPU doesn't support texture compression formats such as PVR, ATITC, DXT...
As a result, many games aren't supported on GS2 so you have to root the phone, install Chainfire 3D and tinker with the settings to make it work.
Just one of the many issues with this phone and one of the reasons I already sold my GS2.
11. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
What are you on about....so far every game I have tried works perfectly...the only games that don't work are the tegra versions and we all know why...but if yo want to okay them then you need chainfire
6. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
ha, i guess a few of us constantly linking to this Anandtech article got PA's attention. :)
7. HTCiscool (Posts: 449; Member since: 16 Jul 2011)
Who didn't already know this?
8. bada_slave (unregistered)
Hey Peter, what are you doing here man!!!!
The BADA PARTY has been delayed since you went underground. Come on man, the BADA COCKTAIL is desperately awaiting the touch of your divine lips.
13. PotDragon (banned) (Posts: 214; Member since: 22 Jul 2011)
Slight differences in processor speed...shrug.
Rather see a phone with 2 gigs or more of RAM.
Of course....no 4g in 2011 makes an instant fail device. Like the X2 and the iphoneANY.
18. Tmachaveli (Posts: 425; Member since: 01 Apr 2011)
Bad ass phone
19. anirudhshirsat97 (Posts: 408; Member since: 24 May 2011)
That's one good slap integrated devices..!
20. KingK (unregistered)
Not the fastest, bunch of those tests it loses and the ones it wins they are compared to qhd resolutions. Pointless comparison.
Mali is actually weak and slow.
Where's smartbench gaming at??? lol
23. BrockSamson (unregistered)
Anandtech does not make pointless comparisons. If you think so then you failed to read the entire article or at the very least missed some of the obvious yet important bits of information, like how some of the benchmarks were run at 720p off-screen to prevent the native device resolution from influencing the results.... and the GS2 still smoked them all.
The only area where the Mali-400 GPU sucks is vertex performance (and it does suck at it) and that doesn't matter because mobile games and apps are not demanding when it comes to vertex performance, nor will they be for the moderately foreseeable future. So even though the performance of the chip is skewed fairly heavily to one kind of rendering, it just so happens that this is exactly the kind of rendering done on mobile devices today, which is why the real world performance is so much higher than all the other devices.
26. BK (unregistered)
PhoneArena tried to place IPhone 4 on those charts to compare it with Galaxy S II but failed. Overshadowed by its main competitor and many many other competitors. Not to mentioned the IPhone 3GS.
So they used the IPad 2 instead. Get the logic?
Should they edit the chart to include Galaxy Tab 10.1?

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Mary Smith, a 2003 graduate of DePauw University, has been promoted to director, event services at SmithBucklin. Smith joined the firm, the world's largest association management company, in 2003 as an associate.
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I'm 80 years old and I've been an oilman for almost 60 years. I've drilled more dry holes and also found more oil than just about anyone in the industry. With all my experience, I've never been as worried about our energy security as I am now. Like many of us, I ignored what was happening. Now our country faces what I believe is the most serious situation since World War II.Read more In the Wall Street Journal.
If we don't do anything about this problem, over the next 10 years we will spend around $10 trillion importing foreign oil. That is $10 trillion leaving the U.S. and going to foreign nations, making it what I certainly believe will be the single largest transfer of wealth in human history.
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Michele Boldrin and David Levine , two well-known economists, argue that patents and copyrights aren't needed for economic innovation. At first glance, the thesis sounds odd. If inventors can profit by getting a patent, won't that encourage people to innovate? Boldrin and Levine don't deny this, but they show that this isn't the full story. Even if an inventor benefits from a patent, his monopoly position restricts the ability of other inventors to modify and improve his product. They illustrate their claim through a discussion of James Watt, whose patents on the steam engine restricted innovation.
The authors show other problems with the patent system. People have to spend a great deal of time and energy dealing with patents. Often years of litigation result from a patent claim, and the others show in great detail the waste that results from our present monopolistic arrangements. They explain, e.g., the dire effects of the submarine patent, in which someone patents a general idea, unworkable as it stands. The holder of the patent can then block other inventors.
Surely, though, authors and publishers need copyright protection? How could a book earn a profit without copyright? Boldrin and Levine maintain that this claim is unproved. Authors, like inventors, benefit from being first in the field. Authors made money from their work long before copyright protection was established. This book contains a profusion of arguments and is must reading for anyone interested in the economic effects of patents and copyrights.


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// August 8, 2007, 4:12 AM PST
At Apple's headquarters, Steve Jobs introduced three new iMacs and updated iLife software. He touted the iMacs' high quality glass, plastics and aluminum, as a way to give them a more professional look.The new iMac comes in two sizes: 20 and 24-inch, both displays have a glossy finish.
The 20-inch comes with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB of memory, a 320GB hard drive and an ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro for $1499. There is also a 20-inch model that comes 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo chip and a 250GB hard drive and will cost $1199.
The 24-inch model comes with a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB memory, a 320GB hard drive and an ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro. It will cost $1799.
For more details read Dan Farber's blog and Jason D. O'Grady's blog
iMac photos courtesy of Apple.
This chart summarizes features on the new iMacs.
The iMac from the side.
From the back
A look at the multiple input and output jacks on Apple's new iMacs. Jobs said it was the first time ever Apple had put the FireWire 800 jack on an iMac.
Dan Farber took this photo of the new iMac at the announcement.
Apple compares its new iMac to a comparable desktop PC from Dell.
From left to right: Apple COO Tim Cook, Steve Jobs and marketing chief Phil Schiller announce the new Apple gear.
Apple has also redesigned the keyboard.
The left side
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The iMacs have a built-in camera for video conferencing or just having fun.
Almost getting lost in the Apple announcements was a new Mac Mini. It's getting a faster processor, the 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. The 1GB memory, 80GB hard drive configuration is selling for $599. The 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1/120GB configuration sells for $799. See Jason D. O'Grady's blog.
Photos courtesy of Apple.
At 6.5-inches square and 2-inches deep, the Mac Mini fits into your hands.
Here's a look at some of the Mac Mini peripherals
Jobs also introduced a major revision to iLife, the company's suite of home media software. The new version, iLife '08, will cost $79 and come with new versions of iPhoto, iMovie, iWeb, iDVD and GarageBand, the five applications in the iLife suite.
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The most significant upgrade to the iLife suite was to the iMovie application, which changed so much the company decided to give it a new icon, Jobs said. Mac users can create short movies of their home videos with iMovie, but before this new version came out, it was very hard to create a short movie in a short amount of time, he said. The new version lets users drag and drop video clips into a movie template, where transitions and a soundtrack can be added.
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It's english Jim, but not as we know it
perpetuity in microspeak clearly means "until we decide otherwise".
Microsoft has decided to charge annual fees to all users of its domain renewal service on the Office Live Small Business (OLSB) site. The company told early adopter customers of the service, who had previously been promised free website registrations for life, that from 1 October it would begin charging them a $14.95 a year …
perpetuity in microspeak clearly means "until we decide otherwise".
...and find us the clause that specifically states that Microsoft reserves the right to do such a thing? Otherwise, could this not be considered breach of contract?
Is this some sort of joke? Still I guess MS are trying to work out where to get money from and milking a captive customer is pretty much how they've always done it anyway.
A turtle was happily swimming along a river when a scorpion hailed it from the shore.
"Dear friend turtle!" called the scorpion. "Please let me climb upon your back and swim me to the other side of the river!"
"No," replied the turtle, "for if I do, you shall sting me, and I shall die."
"Nonsense!" replied the scorpion. "If I kill you in the middle of the river, you shall sink, and I shall drown and die with you."
The turtle thought this over, and saw the truth of the scorpion's statement. He let it upon his back and began swimming towards the other side of the river. Halfway across, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck.
"Why have you stung me?!" cried the turtle as his body began to stiffen. "Now you shall die as well!"
The scorpion simply replied, "Because it is in my nature".
Is this not breaking the contract terms,
do they have the equivalent of a small claims court for small business's ?
What I would really like to know is why *anyone* would be surprised by this. This is the kind of stunt they pull all the time (remember education? "Would never happen" they say, "MS is committed to support education". Whoehahaha - and Gordon Brown knows something about economics, LOL).
I hope every single user moves to Google or maybe gets hold of OpenOffice. Not that it replaces Outlook (THE biggest lock-in on the desktop, and no summer of code has ever done anything to address it), but for what the average office needs, OOo is good enough.
And it supports domain names.
An elementary point of law. If I agree with you to do X for no charge, then change my mind, I haven't broken a contract: there never was one. The phrase is "valuable consideration" in exchange for goods or services, and it can be nothing more than a token sum, but without it our agreement is no contract.
Just Google "evolution for windows", job done.
As for them charging... they're M$, of course they're going to milk you for $, the scorpion & turtle fable is appropriate.
How much wreckage does there have to be strewn all around the IT world before some people learn that *any* agreement with MS is a disaster waiting to happen?
I know a few small business owners who were suckered into this arrangement. Each of them has said they will no longer use their sites and will let them expire rather than deal with Microsoft again.
Since Dell pushed this "free" service on them whenever they bought PCs through their small business division, Dell may be losing a few customers also.
Someone actually USES that piece of carp??
You'd think that the goodwill is worth $15 to MS...
When the salestards are having a hard time keeping everyone buying MS products, surely MS need all the goodwill they can get.
This sort of action only needs to result in a small amount of backlash (a lost Windows license here, a lost Word license there) to lose them lots more than this will actually bring in.
But MS is comprised of many distinct business units that compete within the corporation. The Office Live crew will grab their $15 even if it costs other business units $50+ in lost revenues.
Did it ever occur to you that MS got in trouble with the lawyers exactly because it gave this away for free?
As a market dominant company it cannot do things that are perceived as anti-competitive, and has a lot of internal policies to insure market level pricing is always in place.
It's a weird world , post anti trust. Do you really think if this was the case that MS would announce to the world , ooops we forgot we were not allowed to give things away to gain an advantage in the market.
Take note of this, when MS releases things with a 'community promise' or 'covenant not to sue'...
Free for life ... until we change our mind, in which case what we say actually means fuck all!
A contract requires that a something of value be delivered in return for "a consideration". It's well known that "a consideration" need not be monetary - "a peppercorn" is sometimes used by lawyers, when both parties wish to create a contract, and it's not necessary for the peppercorn to be delivered if it's not demanded.
In this case Microsoft has obtained your sign-up details and (possibly) permission to use them in the course of its business and to sell them on to third parties. That could surely be held to be a consideration, in which case a contract might exist. Although given the army of lawyers that MS supports, I expect that there's some other sort of get-out for MIcrosoft.
Also, what is the applicable law? In the UK, there is legislation outlawing unfair contract terms. Saying "in perpetuity" up front and defining that to mean "until we change our mind" in the small print legalese is almost certainly unfair and therefore unenforcible.
thought it was to good to be true when it first came out.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.—When it comes to a 2014 corporate assessment, NCUA Board Member Rick Metsger said he doesn't yet have a position on an estimated range, which the regulator has traditionally revealed in November.
However, while Metsger said he wants to keep any future assessments as low as possible, reducing the outstanding $4 billion owed to the U.S. Treasury line is in the best interest of the industry.
"The debt to Treasury is a known, and I think it's important to deal with known deficits as opposed to the unknown," Metsger said Tuesday in an interview at NCUA headquarters.
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Weissmies Climber's Log
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|Route Climbed: Normal from Hohsaas Date Climbed: 2001
|After a week of illness I tried to climb again. Used more than 3 hours, and I was exhausted!!!!!!!!!!!
|Posted Feb 16, 2004 1:53 pm
|Route Climbed: Normal Route from Hohsaas Date Climbed: 26-07-2001
|Beautiful climb!
|Posted Jan 22, 2004 1:57 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse via SSE Ridge to NW Flank / North Ridge / Traverse via North Ridge to SSE Ridge Date Climbed: august 2003 / july 2006 / august 2009
|2003: Nice climb in rather bad conditions, but not that difficult and with an amazing sunrise. Great beginning of our vacation.
2006: Made an attempt on the North Ridge. Reached the Lagginjoch around 6 o'clock and then decided to turn back because weather didn't look nice at all and, I must admit, the view on the ridge up there is rather frightening...
2009: After 3 years I was back for a second attempt on the North Ridge. The weather was good and I was mentally ready for the climb. Without any problems we reached the summit after 6 hours of climbing on a splendid ridge. Not willing to search our way between the hordes of people and the crevasses on the NW Flank, we descended easily and alone via the SSE Ridge to the Almagellerhütte.
|Posted Dec 6, 2003 11:39 am
|Mathias Zehring
|Route Climbed: various Date Climbed: 1991 - 2004
|August 6th 1991 - normal route from Weissmies hut:
The glacier had quite good conditions. It was a beautiful day, so calm that we could watch someone start with his parachute from the summit. But the day ended sadly as we had to watch a climber fall to death from Weisskugel north ridge.
July 28th 2004
traverse from Almageler hut to Weissmies hut.
Beautiful day. From Zwischenbergen pass we stayed on the rocky ridge though following the snow fields on the east side might be shorter. Climbing was amusing and not difficult. Descent on the glacier to Hohsass had still good conditions.
|Posted Dec 4, 2003 1:48 pm
|Route Climbed: SSE-ridge ascent, descending NW-route Date Climbed: August 12 2003
|Great weather, nice route, what could you want more? Plus a "playground" in the mid-section of the NW-face: for a breef moment we could really feel like the guys in the Khumbu. But it has to be said: this is not normal!! When are people going to realize we are really ruining our planet with our industries etc. (Start rating Kyoto-protocol, ALL OF U!)
|Posted Aug 29, 2003 1:29 pm
|Route Climbed: Travers of the Weissmies Date Climbed: 20 Aug 2003
|We started from the Almagellerhut and climbed solo over the SSE-ridge and went down over the NW-flank of the mountain. It was great to start our vacation with in Wallis this year. Nice views over the Monta rosa area !
|Posted Aug 29, 2003 5:16 am
|Route Climbed: Normal route from Hohsaas Date Climbed: August 13th, 2003
|Thanks to the abnormal glacierconditions it was a very exciting ascent. We had to cross ladders, boards and everything else you can imagine on a glacier, this year Weissmies was a little Kumbu. Made it in one day, which was not such a good idea, going down with this temperature and those countless crevasses was really dangerous!
|Posted Aug 21, 2003 3:25 am
|andre hangaard
|Route Climbed: Weissmies hut-Hoh Saas-Trift Glacier-Weissmies Date Climbed: 31 August 2002
|Doing Weissmies solo.
Rain in the evening. 4.00am bad weather conditions.
Although clearing up. Late start. 6.00am Easy but steep track. Three hours to summit. No view. Need to return someday.... great mountain!
|Posted Mar 13, 2003 3:30 pm
|Route Climbed: South ridge - traverse to Weissmieshut Date Climbed: Juli 95
|Nice tour from Almagellerhut, not difficult just fun. II max. Glacier is tricky to -or from the Weissmieshut to summit. Many accidents occer here!
|Posted Oct 5, 2002 1:23 am
|Route Climbed: Regular from Hohsaas Date Climbed: 15 september 2002
|On the top in three hours from Hohsaas through the Triftgletscher and the icefall . On the topridge, a strong northwind decorated the corniced summit with a huge snowwreath.
|Posted Sep 16, 2002 1:22 pm
|Route Climbed: North Ridge & Trift Glacier / Triftgrat Date Climbed: 1 Aug 1983 & 10 Aug 1995
|Climbed with Dres Schild in 1983.
A fun climb of about 5.1 to 5.4 rock up to the final snow ridge. Descended the normal route.
With Fred Spicker the second time
|Posted Aug 13, 2002 8:17 am
|Fred Spicker
|Route Climbed: Trift Glacier / Triftgrat Date Climbed: 10 Aug 1995
|Climbed with Monica Spicker.
|Posted Jul 25, 2002 1:55 pm
|Enrico iammaria
|Route Climbed: Normal route (triftgletscher) Date Climbed: 18/jul/2002
|Easy and good ascent.The snow are hard.
|Posted Jul 24, 2002 10:52 am
|Route Climbed: West Route Date Climbed: June 2001
|The route snakes its way through some impressive crevasses, but it took our group too long.
It was a fun day out from the Weissmies hut with Beni, Geraldine and Robin, but we were too late in getting to the final shrund at 3800m. It was also impressively wide, nobody had passed up it but a couple had jumped over it from above. I was impressed.
The Jagihorn offers a fun Kletterstieg reachable from the hut in one hour. Almost like the Dolomites!
Oh well.
|Posted Jun 28, 2002 7:35 am
|Henning Lege
|Route Climbed: SE-ridge from Almageller hut Date Climbed: 10-September-2000
|Excellent enjoyable ridge climbing!
|Posted Jun 13, 2002 5:48 am
|Route Climbed: Normal way Date Climbed: July 21th 2000
|My first 4000
|Posted May 22, 2002 4:34 am
|Route Climbed: SE ridge Date Climbed: November 1988
|Very quiet night in the Almagellerhut. Easy climb. Ideal for soloing.
|Posted Dec 29, 2001 2:06 pm
|Route Climbed: South flank and Triftgrat Date Climbed: August 1997
|Bivouac beneath the south flank. Easy climb.
|Posted Dec 29, 2001 2:03 pm
|Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: 2001
|great acclimatization peak.
|Posted Nov 25, 2001 6:18 am
|Route Climbed: From Almageller Hut Date Climbed: 29.7.2001
|Changing weather conditions.
More than 100 mountaineers on the summit today (Sunday).
Almageller Hut was absolutely stuffed, but a really nice place to stay.
|Posted Jul 29, 2001 12:06 pm


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GARDEN GROVE The city moved this week toward the development of new hotels on Harbor Boulevard – projects officials hope will lure more tourist money.
The City Council took steps on two projects:
•A $180 million three-hotel project that includes retail, restaurant and entertainment venues on the northeast corner of Harbor Boulevard and Twintree Lane
•A $300 million, 600-room water-park-resort hotel on Harbor Boulevard that operator Great Wolf Lodge has said would be the Wisconsin's company largest indoor-outdoor water park in the United States.
When the projects got underway, officials earmarked redevelopment money for them, bought parcels in the area and agreed to convey the land to the developers. But with the dissolution of redevelopment agencies, the projects entered iffy financial waters, according to City Manager Matt Fertal.
The state Department of Finance in September gave Garden Grove's successor agency the go-ahead for the water park hotel resort, but not for the three-hotel project. To assist both development firms, the city took additional steps Tuesday.
On the three-hotel project, which will include one upscale hotel and two other hotels on the east side of Harbor Boulevard, the City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to approve an agreement that would give back to the developer 50 percent to 60 percent of the sales tax revenue and the transient occupancy tax the hotels generate once they're open. The assistance to developer Land & Design Inc. would last 20 years and is estimated to be total about $17.6 million, according to a city staff report.
On the water park project, officials voted 5-0 for a resolution in support of a financing concept that includes raising $42 million in bonds now, rather than at the opening of the hotel. This will help developers, Colorado-based McWhinney, attain financing, Fertal said.
In return, city officials said, the hotels will create jobs, eliminate blight on Harbor Boulevard and increase revenue for Garden Grove.
In recent years, residents have expressed concern about the projects, including their impact on traffic and parking. Some residents also have questioned whether the city is giving away too much in its incentives, from free land to financial assistance.
With the council's votes Tuesday, the next step includes securing financing for the projects. The hotels could be completed by 2015, Fertal said.
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Alicia Keys has given fans the key to her secret vault that holds much of her unreleased, archived and rarely seen music, videos, photos and more on a new interactive website called the AK Vault.
Keys told fans yesterday (Dec. 5) that she giving them access to her "big steel fortress at my studio that holds my secret treasure-trove where everything unreleased resides." After signing up for an account, fans can peruse through years of Keys' music, live shows, videos, blog posts, photos and much more.
In a note accompanying the site, Keys writes that the vault contains "many unheard tunes written that have been locked away and protected. Songs, Expressions, Anthems, Poems, Melodies and Lyrics that sparked the legions of ideas that will have a place in my heart forever!"
The AK Vault allows fans to browse through material either by album era or by clicking on an animated icon that whisks you away to a collection of rare photos, videos and unreleased material. Though some material on the site remains locked at this point, including 2012's Girl On Fire album, there's plenty to discover and satisfy the biggest fan.
Unreleased songs featured on the site include a cover of PM Dawn's 1992 hit "Die Without You" and a somber never-before-heard balled titled "Golden Child,"which had been included in her 2004 lyric/poetry book Tears For Water.
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For the musically inclined, Keys will also release downloads of unreleased material and offer them up for users to remix and submit on the site.
Listen to the clip of her unreleased song "Golden Child" below.
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This is pretty aus-some.
Consumers want to know where their food comes from, and – in Australia at least – McDonald's is utilizing technology to tell them.
In Australia, McDonald's is commonly called Macca's, so McDonald's has launched a free iPhone app called TrackMyMacca's that can be downloaded via Facebook or iTunes. It uses the GPS in a smart phone to find out what restaurant you're in, image recognition to see what you're eating, and the date and time to track the exact ingredients that went into your food.
'TrackMyMacca's' works with food that comes in specially marked boxes, including the McChicken burger, Big Mac, Filet-O-Fish, and Chicken McNuggets. Augmented reality is used to provide interactive information about McDonald's and its supply chain, turning the iPhone into an ingredient tracker.
Image-activation software identifies the specific food purchased and all this info, combined with the date and time, is cross-referenced with McDonald's supply-chain data.
The app then pinpoints where (the bakery, ranch, farm, canner, etc., often by name) the ingredients in the food about to be consumed originated.
The app can supply the name and photo of the farmer, rancher or fisherman by whom a product is supplied. Choose an ingredient and sourcing details—customized to the location, product and date—are offered. For example: "To make great Chicken McNuggets we need great chicken morsels. So we got ours from Eagle Farm, Queensland." A sourcing message for a burger bun might be "Fresh buns are the building blocks of a good burger. That's why our Martin Place restaurant could have up to three deliveries a week. You'll find our bakers at the Fresh Start Bakery, not far away in Liverpool, New South Wales."
The TrackMyMacca's app will track selected menu items in all Australian McDonald's restaurants from Jan. 16, 2013, through June 30, 2013.
McDonald's also announced it is changing the signage to "Macca's" on 13 selected restaurants across Australia in honor of Australia Day on January 26. McDonald's opened its first restaurant down under in Sydney in 1971.
Now for the first time, McDonald's is making its much-loved Aussie nickname "Macca's" official. Chief marketing officer Mark Lollback said, "We've been a part of Australia for over 40 years now and we're incredibly proud to embrace our 'Australian-only' nickname."


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Discussion in 'Racquets' started by AREYOUOUTOFYOURVULCANMIND, Aug 19, 2012.
Lets start a new thread. "We want PT630 CAP" and how many you would like from TW
I don't think the country of manufacture is the issue for people who long for the Austrian frames; the issue is that many people feel that the composition of those frames was superior. The PT630/280 is one of the best frames I have played with, and anything close to the original frame would interest me.
It is probably not possible to match the composition of the original racquet. I would test the racquet, and if it played close to the original PT630/280s, I would probably buy three.
A PT630 with twaron and 16x19?
Please no, I'd have to spend all of my savings to get as many as possible...
i would be happy with the layup that they are currently offering to murray and Djok
^^^ what if they feel completely different from each other? How do you know you'll even like them?
Count me in for four 280/630's.
If this happens count on grown men (myself included) weeping openly in the streets.
offer one of each???
What I was getting at was that it's strange to request the layups of 2 rackets you've never hit with before that you may not even like. Dont get me wrong, I hope TW brings back every racket. More options for us, but the PC600 or PT630 makes more sense than some random lay-ups nobody has ever used.
Murray and Djokovic play with tow different racquets.
I almost bought a PS85 reissue even though I've never used the racket before (just demo'd it) and I KNOW it's not the right racket for me. haha
If the 280/630 was reissued, I'd probably buy 4.
If it had a 16x19 pattern, I'd honestly buy as many as I can.
In fact, I'm going to start selling of some rackets asap just in case this actually happens (I want the money ready, in hand).
Would get 2 racquets
I don't have any interest in the PT 280 or PT630, but I would definitely get a few PC 600s.
bring back the Prestige 600
Lets bring back the 600! If it's Antartica or China in origin, who cares?
to me the country of origin isn't important as long as the spec & cosmetic is exact. i'd pick up a few of these as well as a few PC600s.
Either the PC600 or the 280/630 would be great. I mainly use the 600, but have a 280. I'd add more of either as long as they were the same comp/specs. Not overly concerned with origin as long as the quality is same.
Maybe the origin of where it is manufactured matters to some extent?
Reason being, I offered 4 of my Austrian-made Liquidmetal Prestige mid (the latter batches are China made) for sale in pristine condition and it was snapped all at once by the same guy (no time for a rethink...and they are not even PC600s or PC630s).
I think the guy just wanted consistency. What's being discussed here is the origin does not matter, as long as the entire batch/order is coming from the same origin.
Probably the same thing with guy who bought your LM Prestige Mid, Austrian or China made, he wanted it to be consistent.
I don't have any evidence to back whether there are difference between the two origins, but if these were my sticks, I too want them all to be from one origin. Antarctica or not, I want them to be the same as much as possible.
I would have to agree because it was the momentary shock that hit me; not expecting for it to go that fast. Therefore leaving me thinking, was I wrong to unload my Austrian made sticks? Just can't help but wonder if there is a correlation.
Anyways, back to PC600, imo the majority (bar some) of folks here won't find the country of origin from where the sticks are made so long it maintains the same consistency to it.
I might pick up a few for fun. REISSUE!
I love the Green & Silver Pretisge 600 and I wish to see the Prestige S in that cosmetic.
This thread is seriously goating. I think everyone would buy at least one of these sticks. I bought the Donnay Agassi Reissue, and that thing felt like butter.
The LM Prestige was NEVER made in China. The later batches were finished in the Czech Republic but were still manufactured in Austria. The first Prestige to be made in China was the Flexpoint Prestige.
So that's why the Flexpoint crap sucked?
The PT280 would be an awesome racquet for you guys to bring back Chris.
I have another questions for you. What would be the chance of getting PT57A's, or having the PT280 made to a lighter and more customizable weight? Think that would be awesome if we could get a pro stock type frame that we can make our own.
But the liquidmetal Prestige sucked and was crap too.
Honestly, I think all Prestige Mid after the i.Prestige Mid were disappointing.
5 years with the i.Prestige Mid, then another 5 years with the PC600. Maybe I got used to that old-school solid feel of the PC600 (i.Prestige Mid too), but all the rest felt more flimsy compared to the PC600.
But of course, any Prestige Mid is still more solid than 90% of the frames out there today. :twisted:
What do you think of the newest IG Prestige mid? It felt a lot like my PC600 when I took a few hits with it.
They sure dont make them like the I.prestige and pc600 anymore. I actually like the I.prestige mid and midPlus more than the pc600 or pt630. With that being said, I haven't tried the newest prestige though I've
Heard good things and out of the recent ones I've tried, I liked the microgel (I actually own one).
The IG Prestige Mid is the closet to the Prestige Classic 600 that I have ever hit with.
That is great to hear you felt the same.
If TW was to reissue the 630, it probably would not have twaron and I wonder if it would feel the same as the old one as well?
The greatest thing would be to rerelease the 630 with a 16x19 drill pattern. Wow.
You see since the IG Prestige Mid felt so much like the Prestige Classic 600 I was so hopeful that the IG Prestige MP would feel like the Pro Tour 630. But was disappointed. If HEAD can do it with the Mid why could they have not done it with the MP. HEAD got the feel perfect with the MID and missed the mark with the MP.
I should rephrase my previous post. I've tried every "modern" Prestige Mid except for the IG variant.
I have let a local 5.0, who uses the YOUTEK version of Prestige Mid try my PC600. He summed it up by saying: "This takes a lot of work (compared to his YOUTEK version)"
I want to try the IG. I really do. But something about the stupid looking, hipster-wanna-be clear CAP. I can swap out the clear CAPS, but I cannot swap out the circuit-board designs make me want to puke. It's tennis racquet, not a motherboard!
To me, a Prestige Mid should always be stealthy, simple, unassuming. It's even better if it comes in sparkly candy red, and DARK CAPS.
i'd buy 2. please reissue. either the red or black/green cosmetics.
I stand corrected, the latter batches were indeed finished in the Czech Republic. Same with my LM Radical MP.
Sorry but can you tell me about the Prestige with Intelligence Fiber; did I really missed it? I mean, was it even a 600/93 sq. in.?
stealthy, simple, unassuming ==> sparkly
kidding.. i have a pc600 MIA and those sparkly flecks look pretty good on the frame
Yep, there definitely was an i.Prestige mid (600); I had one about 10 yrs ago... one of the better versions of this racquet ever produced. Also one of the only Prestiges that didn't use the candy apple red color scheme. I really wish I hadn't sold mine, but I had a lust for more power and a larger headsize at the time.
If you want to see one, there are a few for sale on the big auction site. Sellers are asking far too much for these though, IMO.
Okay, thanks for the info. Not really looking to acquire one, tend to skip in-between iterations but totally lost track or was away from tennis around the time of Intelligence Fibers...it must be the black with a little yellow I see being lugged around by coaches but it is evidently in bigger head size.
Also, it was a nice change in color scheme. Looked like a Terminator would use it.
I agree, but if you have guys like VSB saying it plays like the PC600, then who cares how it looks? I appreciate a good PJ as much as the next guy, but when I find a great stick I dont care how it looks. I know my yonex's are not the sexiest, but they look fine and more importantly feel like a million $$s.
PJs are really no big deal..no one notices that much out on the courts.
I say release the Sloane Stephens GROAT! 16/19 Prestige Mid. Have her endorse it. With that sweet face, ladies and gents will then not be threatened by playing with a mid anymore. Boom.
And of all the paintjobs out there to bash, the IG Prestiges are not one of them. They look great compared to 90 percent of what comes out lately, and the caps can be switched to the black if you so choose. And like PP and Vs said, they play like pure beauties. Control and feel is epic.
Agree..a 16x19 prestige needs to happen, as does the 16x19 MP, which they should just reissue as a "remastered" PT630 and please a large portion of tennis players.
In all honesty, as VSB has said many times, the best pro stock stick has been sold on TW for a long time - it is the dunlop 4d/AG 300 tour and it has classic feel and is light enough to be modded.
they called it the Head Premier
The Premier Tour 600 was a different animal. It was a true 600cm2 head size with 20mm beam width and 16x19 string pattern. It played nothing payed nothing like the Pro Tour 630 or a Prestige Classic 600 with a open string pattern. It was pretty bad. It was brassy and unstable. Nobody that I knew liked them. The guys I knew that were playing Pro Tour 630 and could not get paint jobs all switched to the Radical Tour TwinTube 630 candy cane.
Why re-release the Prestige Classic? The YT IG Prestige Mid is a very good racket and much better suited to the modern game. Of course the Prestige Classic is atill a great racket but things have moved on. Now, the RD7 would be another matter...
What can you do with the IG and the PC600 can't?
The IG swings lighter, has more pop and retains most of the feel. Frankly, it's still not enough power for me anymore but I'm an aging 5.0 who never was a very clean hitter anyhow (for a 5.0).
You put it very well. The IG YT feels as if the head is bigger and the string pattern more forgiving without losing anything in touch or precision.
Let's not let this thread die! We must show our support for the reissue of the PC600 and PT630!
I would buy at least two of the 600 and four of the 630 in either 3/8 or 1/2 grip depending on the specs.
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Any reason I shouldn't drive my S with the hatch up?
Any reason I shouldn't drive my S with the hatch up?
I've never seen a Model S in person, but it seems so smart part of me wonders if it would let you.
The car works fine with the hatch open except for that annoying indicator/warning light. You should drive with the frunk lid up with a couple of kids in there.
I've done it in my Prius and other hatchbacks when hauling a load. My only real concern is the hatch bouncing and hitting the stuff you're hauling or being pushed down by wind resistance. Neither of which seem like a problem at 8 mph. You certainly won't have to worry about exhaust fumes. ...except for the car in front of you.
If you do this make sure you have the windows open so you don't suck up the exhaust through the open hatch.... oh, wait, nevermind :).
It should be fine.
I can only think of two potential issues, but they probably won't be a concern in a parade with a slow speed on smooth pavement.
The hatch components are probably not meant to take the usual jolts and such of driving when the hatch is open, and also, it's possible the car may not be as safe and may not perform as intended if it was rear-ended since designed to be driven with the hatch closed. However, that's just my own speculation.
;) Rear-ended by a speeding 9 mph car?
I drove 160 miles with the hatch up for a chair transport requirement last week. It had no noticeable affect on range, and was safer that an ICE car, which can experience exhaust encroachment into the cabin.


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Feldman to start Wednesday in rotation shuffle
By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- New Oriole Scott Feldman is expected to join the team in Chicago on Tuesday night and make his debut for Baltimore on Wednesday as part of a rotation shuffle.
Lefty Zach Britton will now pitch Thursday's series finale, which pushes right-hander Miguel Gonzalez --originally slated for Wednesday-- to Friday's series opener in New York.
"He always seems to benefit from some extra rest," Showalter said of Gonzalez. "And it fits well. I just didn't want Scotty to sit around for a week between pitching. He's already working on some extra time."
The O's will have to clear a 25-man roster spot for Feldman, and rookie Kevin Gausman could be the guy to go. Gausman is currently in the bullpen in long relief and the O's could opt to send him to Norfolk to have him consistently start. They could also opt to send down a position player and, with a roster that closely resembles Opening Day, Chris Dickerson or Danny Valencia are two possibilities. Valencia has an option, while Dickerson does not, so he would have to clear waivers.
Feldman last pitched on June 26, and he is 4-2 with a 4.20 ERA in 14 career games (eight starts) against the White Sox. He is 2-1 with a 6.23 ERA in six games (three starts) at U.S. Cellular Field.
"He's a guy with some American League background," Showalter said of Feldman, who pitched for him with the Rangers. "Scotty is what he is. He's a competitive guy. Haven't seen him in a while. He's had a couple things in his arsenal that are a little different than when I had him. He was more of a relief pitcher there, had a little different arm angle. There's a lot of things that work in his favor. He's been in the American League. Should be a pretty seamless transition to the locker room."
Reimold activated from DL, inserted into lineup
CHICAGO -- The Orioles activated Nolan Reimold from the disabled list prior to Tuesday's game against the White Sox and inserted him into the starting lineup, batting eighth and playing left field.
Reimold last played for Baltimore on May 11 and had been on the DL with a right hamstring strain that had hampered him since Spring Training.
"I expected it to take a little bit of time to heal up and then get the at-bats that I needed," said the 29-year-old Reimold, who posted a .196/.255/.304 line in 12 games for Double-A Bowie. "The team was playing well, guys were hitting, playing well, when I wasn't here. So there wasn't a huge rush to get back. Just wanted to make sure everything was good to go before I came here."
Reimold, a right-handed hitter, could get a few starts this week with the Orioles slated to face lefty starters John Danks, Hector Santiago and Jose Quintana in the White Sox series.
Before going on the DL, Reimold appeared in 31 games for the Orioles, batting .188/.257/.327 with a .242/.265/.424 line against left-handed pitching.
"I want Nolan to get his feet wet, just like [Brian Roberts] did DH-ing and now he's going to play second," manager Buck Showalter said. "I just want to go into the All-Star break with a good idea of what we have and what we don't have and what we can expect from these guys. It's encouraging to be getting some of these guys back."
Reimold finished Tuesday's 5-2 loss 1-for-3 with a single and a strikeout.
Chen to make rehab start Thursday at Double-A Bowie
CHICAGO -- Orioles pitcher Wei-Yin Chen will make one more rehab start, for Double-A Bowie on Thursday, and the organization hopes to have him back within a week or so.
"I want to be fair to him and to our team in the bullpen," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of the decision to have Chen pitch another rehab game.
"Billy [Castro, bullpen coach] knows him real well and Rick [Adair, pitching coach] does, and that played a big part. Billy thought he was really close and needed one more start to be sure. … The last thing I told him was, 'Go down there and win. Go down there and pitch like you're trying to win that game for Bowie.'"
Chen, who has been on the disabled list with a left oblique strain, pitched for Bowie on Saturday night and went five innings, allowing four runs on five hits and two walks. All four of his runs came in the fifth. Showalter said the plan is to get Chen to go around 90 pitches on Thursday.
"I'm hoping that's his last start there," Showalter said of Chen, who will help stabilize a rotation that added Scott Feldman on Tuesday in a trade from the Cubs. "That kind of figures into some things we're doing, too. We had to get through his first outing there to see where we were in order to push the timeline a little bit up on this trade."
Chen has been sidelined since sustaining injury his May 12 start against Minnesota. He is 3-3 with a 3.04 ERA in eight starts this season.
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Where do you find designs for large areas of quilting? Do you design everything as you go, or make decisions along the way? How do you "audition" quilting motifs?
Today, I am joining some UFO Dresden Plate blocks that I made several years ago from 1930's prints. I have ten 14" blank blocks made from the same Kona "Snow" solid color that is the background for the 24 Dresden Plate blocks. I have no sashing, just the setting triangles in a dense 30's print, which surround the central block area. By tomorrow night, the top should completed and basted, so I'm thinking about quilting motifs right now.
I am going to hand-quilt this quilt so I don't want to use an all-over design.
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SA Barbarians 26-54 England, Kimberley
Lancaster demands England raise the bar
ESPN Staff
June 13, 2012
England's George Lowe receives some attention during his side's victory in Kimberley © Getty Images
England head coach Stuart Lancaster has urged his side to raise their game ahead of Saturday's second Test clash with South Africa in Johannesburg.
The tourists warmed up for their latest outing against the Springboks with a 54-26 victory over the South African Barbarians in Kimberley on Wednesday and Lancaster is hoping that the win can serve as a springboard to a series-levelling result at the weekend.
"I'm delighted to get the win and eight tries," he said having watched his second-string notch a morale-boosting win, "but the boys know they have been in a game. Credit to the Barbarians side, they worked for everything.
"There are one or two lessons we learnt along the way and a lot of positives to take from it but, equally, there are areas we all recognise we need to work on. It is the first time a lot of them have had a hit-out and for them to come up here and play, they will be better for it next time around."
Looking ahead to the showdown with the Boks, he added: "Ellis Park on Saturday is a truly formidable challenge but it is one we are excited about. We felt we pushed the Springboks close on Saturday and we have got to raise that by another 10 or 15% at least."
Today's game at the GWK Stadium was billed as an opportunity for some of the fringe players to force their way into the Test reckoning and with fullback Mike Brown and centre Brad Barritt both sidelined in the wake of the first Test, at least two changes to the side will need to be made.
Fullback Alex Goode was withdrawn at half-time suggesting he could be in the squad for the second Test due to be announced tomorrow while winger David Strettle was withdrawn before today's game he game to keep him fresh for the weekend with fellow winger Ugo Monye battling a tight hamstring.
One player to press his claims was scrum-half Danny Care in his first England appearance since his return to the international ranks after a troubled few months off the field. "I think he did well," said Lancaster. "He set up Christian for a great try in the first half, he has that intuitive sense of where space is and he got over himself. He lasted the full 80 and I am pleased he has got that game under his belt. It has been a while since he played."
England also suffered a fresh injury blow with centre George Lowe struck down by an ankle injury. "You could see from the tackle it was an awkward injury," said Lancaster. "I don't know the prognosis but I know he has had an ankle injury before. I think he will be struggling to be fit for next Tuesday."
Ben Foden, who featured on the wing in Durban last weekend, did not travel with the rest of the squad to Kimberley but Lancaster revealed that was just a precaution. "Ben stayed behind. He got a knock on Saturday, so rather than bring him on the flight he stayed behind, but he is fine. We have got a Test on Saturday and we didn't want to compromise our Test side by playing everyone in the midweek side."
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Admit it -- you'd never heard of NZ First MP Richard Prosser till the Wogistan debacle. Now he is a household name. Plus Ralph Stewart's payout and Novopay.
A week ago I wrote a blog about Parliament, noting that what went on there was mostly theatre – a "game" – and the content of what was said there was not to be taken too seriously. In one sense what Richard Prosser MP said last week confirmed this; the content of his statement about young Muslim males and "Wogistan" was such nonsense that only a fool could take this guy seriously.


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Davis among Crew's absences vs. righty Lynn
By Adam McCalvy / MLB.com
MILWAUKEE -- Slugging left fielder Khris Davis was absent from the Brewers lineup Monday for a second straight day, causing a slight stir around Miller Park. Manager Ron Roenicke said it was merely a matter of matchups.
With right-hander Lance Lynn on the mound for the Cardinals, Roenicke stacked his lineup with left-handed bats, meaning a start in left field for Logan Schafer, at first base for Lyle Overbay and at second base for Scooter Gennett.
"It's a toss-up on who we're playing," Roenicke said. "I don't want to sit guys too long, especially Davis. If there's an opportunity to get left-handers in, if there's a matchup, we're going to do that."
Of those three positions, only second base remains a true platoon. Davis is the regular left fielder, and Mark Reynolds the regular first baseman, based in part on their early-season play. But second base remains up for grabs between Gennett, who hit .276/.300/.345 over the Brewers' first four series, and Rickie Weeks, who hit .158/.158/.211.
"I'm fine with platooning until one of them gets so hot that he's going to play almost all the time," Roenicke said. "That's fine with me. We'll go this way for a while and see where we are. Scooter has been swinging the bat pretty good, and Rickie has been better the last couple of games, so hopefully we can get him going.
"I think it can be a nice combination. It can be a really good offensive combination, and then they split the time out there on defense."
With Davis and Schafer in left field, "I'm liking it from both of them," Roenicke said. "It's hard to take Davis out with the way he's swinging the bat, and he's playing good defense. I think it's just really today is the pitcher; I'm trying to match-up [Schafer] with him."
After getting paycheck, Wang makes debut
MILWAUKEE -- Left-hander Wei-Chung Wang received his first Major League paycheck on Monday afternoon, and then the Brewers made him earn it.
It was a day of firsts for Wang, a 21-year-old Rule 5 Draft pick who is rated the Brewers' No. 11 prospect by MLB.com. He saw snow for the first time thanks to a rare April dusting in Wisconsin, then he received his pay in front of teammates, who were so delighted they gave Wang an ovation while he held the envelope in the air.
Hours later, with the Brewers trailing the Cardinals by four runs in the ninth inning, he made his long-awaited big league debut. Wang surrendered a two-out single to Pete Kozma, but he retired the other three hitters he faced on flyouts.
"I tried to pretend I'm not nervous," Wang said through his translator, Jay Hsu.
Was he nervous?
"I was nervous inside," Wang said. "First time, [one is] always nervous."
Manager Ron Roenicke had been seeking a low-pressure situation for Wang's Major League debut, but he could not find one before Monday because the Brewers had been playing -- and winning -- so many close games. The best opportunity came after the Brewers built a 10-4 lead last week in Philadelphia, but the ninth inning of that win went to right-hander Jim Henderson. Roenicke had prioritized getting Henderson on track after a slow start.
While waiting to pitch, Wang shadowed Tyler Thornburg, who began the season as the Brewers' long man, as well as fellow left-handers Zach Duke and Will Smith.
On Monday, he finally joined them on the stat sheet. Wang became the 11th Taiwanese player to appear in the Major Leagues, including eight pitchers. He is the first Taiwan-born player in Brewers history.
"That's pretty impressive at his age, to go that long without pitching and come in and do the same thing he was doing for us in Spring Training," Roenicke said. "That's pretty good."
Back home in Taiwan, Wang's family and friends were eagerly awaiting his debut. Taipei is 13 hours ahead of Milwaukee.
"They are texting me, 'When will you pitch?'" Wang said. "I say, 'You guys can go to sleep.' I'm afraid they stay up so late; it's bad for their health."
Monday's snowfall was a surprise. Wang told reporters that when he walked outside to catch his ride to the ballpark on Monday, a few flakes fell on his iPad. He looked up and said he wondered, "Is this snow? Wow!"
"I have seen it on TV," Wang said. "I'm wishing it was heavier. I know everybody doesn't like it, but I just want to see it."
Coulter recognized for offense in Class A
MILWAUKEE -- Former first-round Draft pick Clint Coulter was named player of the week in the Class A Midwest League on Monday after a two-game stretch in which he hit three home runs and drove in eight.
Coulter remains raw behind the plate, but the Brewers are still committed to him at that position.
"He has a lot of the tools you need to be successful there," pro scouting director Zach Minasian said of Coulter, rated the Brewers' No. 12 prospect by MLB.com. "He throws really well. He works really hard. I think it's still a long process for him, but my philosophy on it is if you have a guy with physical ability who wants to catch, you might as well let him. At that position particularly, if you don't have someone who enjoys doing it, you're not going to get out of him what you need to get out of him. I think he still wants to do it."
Ever since he was drafted 27th overall in 2012, Coulter has faced speculation he would eventually be moved to first base or one of the outfield corners. If he makes it to the Major Leagues, it will be his bat that gets him there; so far he is a .268 hitter with 16 home runs and 81 RBIs in 128 Minor League games.
Coulter celebrated his weekly award with a day off; the Timber Rattlers were snowed out.
Last call
• To "celebrate" Tax Day, Brewers tickets will be available for $4.15 on Tuesday at Brewers.com/taxday. Beginning at 9 a.m. CT, fans can purchase tickets in the Loge Bleachers, Loge Outfield and Terrace Levels for the April 21, 22 and 23 games vs. the Padres with the password TAXDAY (all letters uppercase). There is a limit of eight tickets per game.
• Second baseman Weeks and Brewers Community Foundation executive director Cecelia Gore will present a $50,000 gift to The Center for Resilient Cities on Tuesday to fund the restoration of a tee ball field at Johnsons Park, 1919 W. Fond Du Lac Ave., in Milwaukee.
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Australian arrest of war crimes fugitive wanted by Croatia praised by INTERPOL
LYON, France – The arrest by the Australian Federal Police of a war crimes suspect wanted by Croatia and subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice, or international wanted persons notice, has been welcomed by the world's police body.
Dragan Vasiljkovic, aged 55, disappeared in March after the Australian High Court approved his extradition for trial to Croatia to face charges of war crimes against the civilian population and prisoners of war allegedly committed in Croatia in the 1990s.
To help locate Vasiljkovic, INTERPOL's Fugitive Investigative Support (FIS) unit liaised closely with the National Central Bureaus (NCBs) in Canberra and Zagreb and issued an alert to all possible destination countries, including information such as fingerprints and pictures to assist in the fugitive's identification.
Vasiljkovic, also known as 'Captain Dragan' was arrested by the AFP in New South Wales on Wednesday.
"The arrest of this individual again clearly demonstrates the commitment by law enforcement worldwide to bring all fugitives to justice, no matter where or when their crime was committed," said INTERPOL's Executive Director of Police Services, Jean-Michel Louboutin.
"Croatia's request for an INTERPOL Red Notice to be issued for this war crimes suspect ensured that his wanted status was known to law enforcement in each of INTERPOL's 188 member countries significantly reducing his ability to travel.
"Australia's and Croatia's co-operation with law enforcement worldwide through INTERPOL which resulted in this successful arrest, is to be commended," added Mr Louboutin.
INTERPOL's Fugitive Investigative Support Unit at the General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France has been supporting investigations by member countries and International Criminal Tribunals and Courts into war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity since 1994, liaising closely with its network of specialist investigators and National Central Bureaus in the exchange of information and leads.
Its co-operation with the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (UN-ICTY) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UN-ICTR) as well as with the International Criminal Court and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, has led to a number of arrests worldwide.
In addition, a recommendation by INTERPOL's European Regional Conference in May 2008 called on all member countries to provide full assistance to locate and arrest the four remaining fugitives wanted by the ICTY. Since then, two of the four (Stojan Zupljanin and Radovan Karadzic) have been arrested.


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Maria Sharapova: Search Engine Sweetheart
So, who was the most popular athlete of 2011? If internet searches are any indication, it's Maria Sharapova. According to Bing, the twenty-four year old tennis phenom beat out other athletes such as LeBron James and Tiger Woods to become the most searched athlete of the year. It's not a big surprise since the Russian hottie looks way better than either of those guys. It's also no wonder she beat out Brett Favre. There's no telling what kind of pictures you might pull up during a search of him. Maria is so famous online, that she has a sports blog named after her thigh! If you want to see what everyone is searching for you can like Maria Sharapova on Facebook and check out her hot gallery below.


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'Cursed' Ortiz jersey goes for $175,100
Proceeds from winning bid going to Jimmy Fund charity
By Mike Petraglia / Special to MLB.com
Kevin Meehan, the owner of Imperialcars.com in Mendon, Mass., won the jersey in the week-long auction on eBay that ended on Thursday at 12:30 p.m. ET. A construction worker buried the shirt under what will be the visitors' clubhouse in the new Yankee Stadium.
"I actually thought it was going to sell for more money," Meehan, who beat out 281 other bidders for the jersey, told The Associated Press.
Meehan also said his donation to the Jimmy Fund goes "a lot deeper than just the shirt," as his father died of cancer.
"We are grateful for the generous bid and extend our deep gratitude to the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox for coming together again in the fight against cancer," Jimmy Fund chairman Mike Andrews said in a statement. "We are absolutely thrilled."
"Really?" said Ortiz, when told of the amount his jersey fetched. "Wow! That's a lot of cash. Cool. Good for them."
Meehan, who also gets two tickets to a Red Sox home game and an authentic Ortiz jersey, added, "It was just a win-win all the way around."
Mike Petraglia is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This tree starting growing a few years ago. My wife asked me to remove it as we already have alot of trees in our yard.
But if this is a unique tree I would like to keep it. I was ripped down by some bad winds and I cut it to the ground.
It's growing well again more like a clump now.
Thank your for your help - it's a strange leaf an not sure what to make of it.
It is white mulberry, Morus alba.
The leaf shapes are quite varied, as shown by the 3rd photo here
- http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/moralb01.htm
From that page note also:
"The younger trees and especially sprouts and trees in full sun tend to have a high proportion of deeply lobed leaves. Fully mature trees, especially under canopy where growth is slow, tend to have more (rarely all) unlobed leaves."
See also the photo here for variation in lobing
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morus_alba
The other tree that has similarly-varied lobing is Sassafras
(Yours is definitely not that.)
Yes.. agreed with the White Mulberry identification. I just wanted to say that I have a White Mulberry myself that came from a pack of mixed tree seed a few years back. Its leaves are identical to the one above, so pretty. It fruits, but the white fruits are a bit sickly (sweet but not much flavour).


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The welterweight semifinals for Bellator's eight-man season-two tournament have been announced, and the pairings feature a grudge match between Ben Askren and Ryan Thomas, as well as Steve Carl vs. Dan Hornbuckle.
Both fights take place at Bellator 19, which is scheduled for May 20 at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Bellator 19 also features a non-title "super fight" between featherweight champ Joe Soto and former UFC fighter Diego Saraiva.
As with all Bellator shows, Bellator 19 airs live on FOX Sports Net, and highlights packages from the show air the following weekend on NBC and Telemundo.
Askren (4-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC) and Thomas (11-4 MMA, 1-1 BFC) faced each other in the quarterfinals of the tournament at Bellator 14 on April 15. Askren was awarded a technical-submission victory when the referee called a halt to the contest despite the fact that Thomas had yet to tap from the hold.
Thomas instantly protested the decision, and through a twist of fate, Brit "Judo" Jim Wallhead was forced out of the bracket when volcanic ash prevented him from traveling to the U.S. for the following week's Bellator 15 event. Thomas stepped in and defeated Jacob McClintock by TKO to qualify for the semifinals.
Askren and Thomas have been vocal about their willingness to fight again, and now they will do so for the second time in five weeks.
Carl (10-1 MMA, 1-0 BFC) qualified for the semifinals with a hard-fought split-decision win over Brett Cooper in the opening round of the tournament. Carl, a 25-year-old U.S. Army sergeant who served in the Iraq War, owns an eight-fight win streak overall.
Meanwhile, Hornbuckle (20-2 MMA, 1-0 BFC) earned his spot in the semifinals with a triangle-choke victory over Tyler Stinson at Bellator 15 on April 22. The win was Hornbuckle's fifth-straight victory, and "The Handler" has now won 18 of his past 19 bouts overall.
For more Bellator 19, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com).
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"If you look at zombies in the data center, they're after the people," explained Kripa Krishnan, technical program manager at Google. "So it becomes less of a machine's problem and becomes more of a people problem..."
The zombie invasion occurred back in 2007. It was one of the first Disaster Recovery Testing (DiRT) events created to evaluate Google's operational resilience in a crisis. This was before Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began warning about zombies because storms, pandemics and earthquakes don't get people's attention anymore.
Although heroism has played a central role in saving Google more than once -- another scenario involved an executive wielding the teleportation gun from Valve's Portal -- it's not something that can be relied on when disaster strikes, just like any IT system or business process at a time of crisis. Google as a company promotes the perception that its employees are exceptionally talented. But when it comes to preparing for the worst, the company can't simply assume that exceptional skills will save the day.
[ Could what you wear be used to identify you in the future? Read Google Funds Fashion Recognition Research. ]
"We find that people are people, and they burn out if they work insane hours and long shifts," said Krishnan. "Heroic tactics are not a sustainable model if you're in a disaster."
The DiRT program was created seven years ago and Krishnan began managing DiRT events a year after that. Genial and sharp, with a penchant for using the word "goodness" to emphasize a point, her background recalls the famously overachieving Buckaroo Banzai, depicted in the 1984 movie that bears his name as a neurosurgeon, physicist, rock musician and test pilot.
Hyperbole perhaps, but it's a necessary element in a story about heroism. Krishnan was studying medicine over a decade ago when her interests took her to music and theater. Three years in, she decided to study performance arts, and eventually came to the U.S. to focus on theater. Then a professor convinced her to take a computer science course. Having left science for the arts, Krishnan finally emerged from graduate school with a degree in Management Information Systems. Thereafter, she became involved with telemedicine networking in Kosovo and later landed at Google.
Now her job is to break things, as Krishnan explained in an interview at Google's Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
"Sometimes we will bring in someone to write something that will cause a failure in some underneath layer and it will manifest itself as cascading failures in some front-end facing product," Krishnan said. Other times, she says, her team might direct someone to introduce corrupt data into a system, to see how long it takes to find the problem.
DiRT is an annual exercise. Although various Google product groups conduct their own internal stress tests, DiRT's scope is companywide. DiRT scenarios challenge both technical infrastructure and organizational dynamics. Initially, the tests were restricted to user-facing systems, but they have been expanded to cover the full range of Google operations. Beyond data centers, DiRT testing might include systems used by facilities, finance, human resources and security, among other business groups. More recently, as the company's enterprise business has become more successful, customer support systems were added to the tests.
DiRT exercises require the work of hundreds of engineering and operations employees for several days, which means they're not inexpensive to run. They can affect live systems and have even resulted in revenue loss. But the price is deemed to be worth it.
Sanjay Jain, associate industry professor in the department of decision sciences at George Washington University, said in an email that the apparent increase in manmade and natural disasters around the globe demands more active continuity planning.
"Recently, companies have had to face major issues due to disasters including the loss of operations in New York and New Jersey area following Hurricane Sandy a few months ago, and the major impact on supply chains following the tsunami in Japan in 2011," he said in an email. "Companies need to be more thorough in planning for safety of their personnel and maintaining business continuity in face of such eventualities. Such efforts have to go beyond duplicating data servers (that is of course needed) to employing live and computer simulations of potential disaster scenarios and their impact on companies' personnel, operations, and assets, and testing of measures to eliminate or substantially reduce the negative impacts."
In case of emergency, Google has a war room. DiRT tests are run from a simulated war room, which can be one of the company's many conference rooms.


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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club will host San Luis FC of the Mexican Primera Division in an international friendly on Thursday, Sept. 6 at Buck Shaw Stadium at 7:30 p.m. PT. The Quakes also announced that their match against the LA Galaxy on Oct. 21 at Buck Shaw Stadium is now sold out.
Season ticket holders should use their Bonus Game "B" ticket for the San Luis match. Season ticket holders will also be able to purchase additional individual and group tickets starting Tuesday, Aug. 7 until the public on-sale date by calling their fan relations specialist. Individual tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, Aug. 9 at 10 a.m. PT and can be purchased by visiting www.sjearthquakes.com or by calling tickets.com at (800) 225-2277. Prices for individual tickets range from $20 to $53.
"Our club is excited to welcome San Luis FC to Buck Shaw Stadium for an international friendly," said Earthquakes Club President Dave Kaval. "We have not played a team from Mexico since 2003 and San Luis is building something exciting. We are looking forward to the match."
The Earthquakes have played 10 games against Mexican competition, eight exhibition games and two CONCACAF Champions Cup matches. The Quakes have played UNAM Pumas (twice), Atlas, Chivas de Guadalajara (twice), Monarcas Morelia, Toluca and Club America in exhibitions. In 2002, the Quakes fell 3-1 on aggregate in a two-leg quarterfinal series in the Champions Cup to Pachuca CF.
Founded in 1957, San Luis has been in the Primera Division for the majority of its history and finished runner up in 2006, falling to Pachuca CF in the final. Los Reales return a strong squad from last season's Torneo Clausura, including Peruvian striker Wilmer Aguirre who scored four goals last season. Another player worth noting is American defender Michael Orozco Fiscal. Orozco Fiscal has four caps for the U.S. Men's National Team, his most recent coming on Oct. 8, 2011 against Honduras. The squad also boasts Mexican National Team goalkeeper Oscar Perez, Mexico's starter at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Forward Santiago Trellez (Colombia) and midfielder Sebastian Fernandez (Uruguay) have gotten off to strong starts in this year's Liga MX and Copa MX. Los Reales tied 3-3 over the weekend against Monarcas Morelia with two goals from Fernandez and one from Trellez. For more information about San Luis FC, visit www.clubsanluis.com.mx.
The Earthquakes have six remaining MLS regular season home games in 2012. The lineup starts with Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday, Aug. 11 and ends with the LA Galaxy on Sunday, Oct. 21. The final installment of the California Clasico is already sold out, but tickets are still on sale for the club's five other home dates on the schedule.


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The holidays are officially behind us, and so, we're turning our attention to healthy eating and culinary resolutions. We're determined to cook more vegetarian cuisine, while learning more about the wines of the world. Since a new year is all about fresh starts, we're also focusing on fabulous breakfast suggestions. Here are five items that will help us reach our goals in 2011.
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