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Please review plan and save our ugly Guest Bathroom
We have a long, narrow, dark guest bathroom with dysfunctional floor plan. The first diagram is the current configuration:
1. A wall with a pocket door separates vanity and toilet/bathtub areas.
2. A long narrow window is up on the wall of long side of bath tub.
3. Vanity has two sinks. Notice how long the vanity is, the entire room is narrow, dreary and ugly.
We are making some changes, here is the plan:
- Remove wall and pocket door to open up the room.
2. Remove bath tub and put in a walk in shower with frameless glass enclosure.
3. Next to the toilet put a 27" wide, tall linen cabinet. The top part of cabinet has double doors with selves inside. The lower cabinet has 3 drawers.
4. Remove one sink, and center a larger sink on the vanity with a 30" two-door cabinet beneath it to access the plumbing.
5. Put two banks of drawers under the counter of both sides of the sink.
I need your help with a few questions I have:
1. Are the sizes of the linen cabinet and sink cabinets adquate? Do we need to change their sizes?
2. Should we place the linen cabinet next to the door instead of next to the toilet?
I worry if it is next to the toilet, the room would feel suffocate that defeats the intention of removing wall and pocket door to make the room more open.
3. Is there any way we can make the room looks less narrow and long? In other words, can we use tiles or paint to create "Optical illusions" that makes the room seems a little wider?
I hate this bathroom, but due to budget cocern, we cannot make any big changes, such as moving walls. I am so looking forward to your suggestions that would help us to make the room more normal and pleasant.
Thank you in advance for the feedback and help.
This post was edited by azmom on Mon, Jul 8, 13 at 0:28
You didn't say what your flooring would be, but I'd think of doing a larger format tile on the diagonal to stretch the space side to side. I also would put the linen closet next to the door instead of the toilet. While it won't be as handy for towels for the shower, if you use it for other linens, i.e. for the bedrooms, it will be handier.
Also, depending on the sink and faucets you use, you might be able to get away with a less deep vanity, which will also widen your space.
Here is a link that might be useful: flooring ideas
This post was edited by olychick on Mon, Jul 8, 13 at 2:41
Could you put a window in the long wall to bring light into the room. Maybe over the vanity in some way. I think olychick has a good thought about a shallower vanity. I have 18" vanity and it is fine for my needs. the sink will be more specific and may be more difficult to find.
Your shower looks too narrow at 28" and you have the room to make wider. I believe there are codes to the size of showers and 32" minimum across in any direction, without obstruction, is the size if I remember correctly. Anyway, you have the room.
The window in the shower will need to be treated in a manner so it is protected from water. Is it very high on the wall?
What about a curbless shower, one that doesn't need a door either? I know Elphaba's shower is curbless and doorless. I think it is about 5' square. I'll link it below. AND LOOK, she even has a window in her shower!
Here is a link that might be useful: Elphaba's bathroom reveal
You don't need a 30" sink cabinet, unless your sink is unusually large. I'd make that smaller and give more space for storage. Do you really need a linen tower? You have a lot of undercounter storage space available. Eliminating the tower would help it feel less closed in. At the very least, put it down by the door. I would put a taller cabinet (maybe about 42" high, 12" wide) at the end of the cabinet run next to the toilet to provide a sense of privacy. You can make it a pullout cabinet or put shelving on the toilet side, or some combination of that.
You show a 20" deep vanity. I wouldn't go any shallower than that.
Can you move the toilet? You don't show the distance between the toilet and the end wall. The tub you show looks much larger than 28", though. Code requires 30" minimum inside dimension for a shower. I wouldn't want less than 36", though, and 42" would be better if you can move the toilet over. Don't forget you need a minimum of 15" from the center of the toilet to any obstruction on each side.
Thanks enduring for referring to my shower. And yes, that was the first thing I thought of here because of the 5 ft width of the bathroom. Put in a 5X5 shower WITHOUT door - you can have the toilet adjacent - would make it a wet room. If you can swing the cost, I strongly recommend wall mounted toilet which is something else that will open up the space.
Put in a floating vanity which will also open up the space - definitely no shower door but if you must, you can put in a short pony wall and still not close it in too much. Use vanity depth of 18 inches - I really like the narrow depth on our cabinets because you can get closer to the mirror - a little less counter space isn't impacting our enjoyment of the bathroom one bit.
p.s. if you look up the rules for home decorating, one says that if you can keep as much of the floor showing beneath furniture, it will give a more spacious feel.
You won't be able to put a wall mount toilet on that wall if you live in a cold climate. At least, I wouldn't risk the supply pipes freezing. The only way you would get benefit from a floating vanity is if it's really short. Then you give up a lot of storage. If it's not short, then you'd never be able to see under it (because of the room size), which is a major reason for having one.
I agree that a short floating vanity gives a more spacious feel than a taller floating vanity but still not seeing the "feet", giving the illusion of space beneath still contributes a fair amount to an open feel that you wouldn't get had you had the vanity on the floor. YMMV (plus easier to mop and clean).
I also want to stress that an 18 inch deep vanity works quite well - of course may be easier if your faucets are wall mounted. The wider the aisle, the more open the feel. Definitely the case in our hall bath.
Since it is a guest bath, probably not needing much counter space, what about leaving the toilet wall and door, rotating the vanity and putting in a 24" wide vanity against that wall? You could have storage below, or float it for more visual openness. Then you could build a similar width tall linen closet against the hallway wall. That would leave you a good deal of floor space with the 6' width. I'd put in an obscured glass door to the toilet/shower area, to capture the light from the window.
My hall bath is 5 feet wide and 14 feet long. I also have the shower (it is also a bath) at the end with a tall, narrow window in it. I also have my toilet and vanity in your approximate places. I did a vanity with feet to make it lighter. It is about six inches off the ground and it makes a difference. I would definitely ditch the tall linen tower and make the shower bigger. I might also mirror the entire toilet/sink wall to open the space. Height is your enemy. I should know. My master bath is also five feet wide and 17.5 feet long. I did two towers on either end of the double vanity, but they were really necessary for my space. I should have done a 22" deep vanity rather than a 24". However, I think you will be fine with 22" if you make the vanity shorter and lose the tower. You should have plenty of storage in the vanity for linens, given that this is just a guest bath.
I think Olychick's idea could work but I wouldn't do it because it would make the counter area really small and you don't need to do it. You can have a luxuriously long counter space. You just need to lose that tower.
Hello olychick, enduring, catbuilder, elphaba, terriks, nycbluedevil, you are so wonderful. I am so grateful for your quick responses and advice.
Here are the changes I am considering based on the suggestions:
1. Limit the counter top dept to 22 inches. Keep double door plumbing closet to 24".
2. Remove linen tower and only use vanity cabinet. Keep it to 36 inches tall. Length is TBD based on how to handle toilet.
Catbuilder, we raised the end run of the vanity to 45" in the hall bath, later we realized that 36" tall cabinet is sufficient to provide height privacy (not length privacy) for a toilet.
3. Olychick, I hear you, but would it be better to use small mosaic tiles like Nycbluedevil's bathroom floor? May be small repeated pattern would make the space bigger?
Nycbluedevil, I love your bathrooms. Love the brilliant designs and the "tone on tone" color. May I ask what is the material and the name of the tiles?
4. Enduring, the window is high up on the long wall of the tub, it is narrow and long. Since our exterior wall is made of block, DH is firmly against enlarging the window.
5. Elphaba, your bathroom is wonderful. In fact I thought about using curbless shower, but I thought our bathroom is too small for the application.
Elphaba and Catbuilder, How big of a space do we need to have for a curbless shower?
6. Catbuilder, we want counter and storage space. We are in Arizona, so freezing pipe will not be a concern. We can use a wall mount toilet.
7. Terriks, we removed the bathroom partition and pocket door from hall bath, it made a huge difference. We never use bathroom at the same time, including our guests. In addition, we have 3 bathrooms in the house, there would be another one available.
Below are detailed measurements surrounding the current toilet.
Here is the measurement after removing the wall and pocket door.
After the wall/door are removed, do we have sufficient space for a curbless shower?
It seems the best way is to move the toilet, and make the current toilet/tub area a big shower, or a wet room. Is it a good idea? should we move the toilet or use a wall mount at current postion? if we move the toilet, how far should it be moved?
DH will resist moving the toilet, but if it is the best solution, we have to do what we have to do.
Please make suggestions. I am so overwhelming with the ideas, really need your inputs and help.
Thank you again.
Both of our bathrooms were done in the same material. It is botticino marble. We used 12 x 12 tiles on the walls and floor (we did not use mosaics on the floor), mosaics on the shower floor and trim and slab for the counters. I think going with one material helps open the space. I think it is important to use large tiles on the floor. And the less grout, the better, in my opinion. I am not a fan of diagonal tile placement. I had it in my old bathroom and did not like it very much. It also wastes a fair amount of tile.
Did you look at the pictures of our master bathroom in that thread? We have no shower door although we do have a curb. The shower is about 4 feet wide and 5 feet long (with some of the 5 foot length interrupted by a column). As you can see, we were able to go with very little glass, so the shower is pretty much open. Also, you can't see it in the pictures of the hall bathroom, but that tub also serves as a shower. You will notice that there is no door or curtain, but nothing gets wet, except maybe a bit of water on the step. The key to this is the rainhead. If you would be willing to make your shower bigger by moving the toilet, I don't see any reason why you couldn't do an open shower. A curbless shower is probably not going to work because you need to slope the floor and I am not sure you have that much room. But you could achieve the open look with a small curb (ours is 4" max). Doing a larger shower would make the bathroom seem so much squarer and larger. That was the thinking behind our master bath and hall bath configuration. In the hall bath, the tub/shower used to be along the toilet/sink wall which made the room seem like a tunnel. By putting the shower in the back in each room and making that space large, the rooms just really opened up (would have been even better if I had not done the 24" vanity in the master.
Also, we did a wall mount faucet in the hall bath. Not for space, because we have a 24" vanity but because I liked the look. It could really help with a 22" vanity because cleaning behind the faucet in a 22" vanity is not that easy. (Our old master bath had a 22" vanity.) The only downside to a wall mount faucet is that you have to really have your act together with measurements because the rough-in for the plumbing needs to be done first.
azmom - I think you are doing exactly what you need to be doing and that is entertaining all possibilities. I'm having some difficulty with suggesting options because I don't remember if you said you were more traditional or contemporary in your style preference.
Here's a drawing - pardon the stuff that I used because I am familiar due to my recent remodel. I also reversed the walls, before I learned you were in Arizona. That's a horizontal Ikea upper cabinet in lower right hand corner. I still think you would like 18 inch depth - would give wider aisle and also allow a 36 inch door to be used that is great for ADA requirements (and resale?). Guess I've written a book below. I'm still in a philosophical mode about how much I'm enjoying our new bath. Hope you get to that point to. (Also, my husband is out of town so I have more time, LOL). Sorry image is a bit light.
The curbless shower will put you in the direction of contemporary but of course by your choice of vanity and accessories, that can modify things some.
5X5 is standard ADA size and ADA definitely supports curbless - rules are even more lenient for curbless if you do 5X5 or at least is parts of the county according to Mongo (see other threads on this subject). Lot of people think they are going to feel the slant, (my girlfriends were surprised that the whole floor wasn't slanted, LOL). It really isn't a significant slant yet, the water drains quite well even with all three fixtures running.
That said, I'm pretty sure I would know exactly what I would want with your bath but then I'm not you, am I? I'm kind of new at this suggesting part in case it isn't obvious. Hard for me to remember this is someone else's bathroom. LOL
I also am having some trouble because I don't think you mentioned your budget. On our bathroom, I had decided from the beginning that I was willing to spend on structural changes because these would be much more difficult to change later. So lots of things were moved at least a foot or two one way or the other. I was lucky my DH didn't object - he was so glad to finally be getting a bathroom - it had been in a demolished state for some time. I also was lucky with my contractor, I would suggest things and most of the time, he would say something like "that's easy". I've NEVER had a contractor like that so I can't expect others to have a contractor like this.
For example, on our tiny master bath he is doing now, we were talking about the tile floor. We'll be doing porcelain plank again and I asked if slanting the tile took more tile. He said no, he thought a minute and said actually it took less, LOL. I have heard many opinions to the opposite of this, perhaps because this is "plank", it might make a difference but what I'm beginning to understand is that my contractor is exceptional and seems to minimize the work rather than exagerate and charge me more - and I am more and more grateful every day.
So, my next point is about going with a curbless shower. I live in a major metropolitan area but I would not have considered this curbless shower without having a lot of confidence in my contractor. So if there is a possibility of your not having a skilled contractor with previous experience doing this kind of work, you might consider hesitating.
The size of our shower is 5X5 which is perfect IMO. We have a fixed shower head one side and hand held on the other which can be reached easily. (rain shower in the middle which we do use occasionally but it was more for fun than practicality). The footprint size minimizes the spillage outside the door.
What I have prized the most about our bath is in priority order:
1. the light color of wall tile and therefore spa-like ambience
2. not having a shower door - this is more wonderful than I could have possibily imagined. And my husband loves it too. Saves quite a bit of money too - not spending on the glass probably covered the extra cost of the wall mounted toilet. But we weren't sure so we had wall built such that we could add door later. Not going to happen now that we have enjoyed it without door.
3. And what I get most compliments from others about the bathroom is the floor - they like the plank and they like the slant and they like the color - think it adds a little subtle drama. But I heard my contractor talking (not to me) about the floor and because our house is pier and beam it was VERY important that the floor tile be VERY flat. He didn't want me ordering tile on the web for delivery because he wanted to check it out before it was paid for.
4. I like feeling somewhat prepared for the future if one of us is wheelchair bound or disabled (hopefully temporarily). I have broken my foot three times in my life time and wish I could have had this shower then.
5. I really like the wall mounted toilet brush. What I like least about our bathroom is the wall mounted toilet. I find it necessary to use the brush a lot more often than I did with our old floor mounted toilet. The brand we purchased is Toto but I have read complaints on the web about Duravit also. Apparently, somehow the structure of the bowl (not width but depth) is more narrow because it is wall-mount and allows for less water to be in the bowl between uses - thus causing the wall to be drier (this is my conclusion, I haven't read this part). But I and do love being able to clean the floor beneath the toilet and I'm having another one put in for the remodel of our master bath so I'm not so disatisfied that I regret.
6. FYI - 5'X 5' is the standard Size for ADA - it allows for different rules concerning floor slant if you go with this size. We have a linear drain and there is no problem with slant. Here it is in progress of being tiled. Doing a linear drain costs a little more than a center drain. But the sleekness of having the drain not obvious is quite nice. I'm not sure functionally, that it contributes except if you were in a wheelchair, my contractor tells me you don't have to "fight" the floor when turning the wheel chair. I wouldn't know.
p.s. don't forget to have a large mirror (or two cabinets side by side) - great way to open up space and give more storage if medicine cabinets.
Nyc, elphaba,
Thank you so much for the inputs. I apologize for the late reply. I have been putting in long hours at work to take care of crisis.
I want to create a clean, streamline, calm and contemporary bathroom. You gave me hope that this goal is achievable.
I have decided to move the linen tower next to the entrance and reduce its depth. I will keep the regular cabinets instead of floating one to gain more storage space. We put a Toto Ultramax in the hall bath, I just love love the toilet ( doesn't it sound strange? LOL). We plan to install another one in the guest bathroom.
Nyc, I finally found your bathroom reveals through the Google search. Both of your bathrooms are just stunning.
You are right; using one type of material with less grout lines will open the space. I want to take your "tone on tone" approach that I believe is the trick to make the room spacious, calm and spa like.
From your description, your hall bathroom has the same dimension as mine, but why yours look so nice and sqauish? Could you please post the floor plan since it is hard for me to see the tub, toilet and vanity placement from the photos. I want to show your floor plan to the GC (hope this is the one we would sign a contract), and get his inputs.
elphaba, The curbless shower in your bathroom is wonderful. May I ask if pony wall next to the shower necessary? Would a glass penal be sufficient to prevent splash if we enlarge the shower to 68 x 60?
The "GC to be" said they have done quite a few curbless showers, so skill and experience wise, it would not be a concern. I will need to meet with him to figure out cost impact of moving toilet, and enlarge shower to make it curbless.
Since this is the guest bathroom, cutting cost by using chrome fixtures instead of brush nickels, porcelain tiles instead of marbles may offset the increase scope, we will see.
I will report back after meeting with the "GC to be".
Could you please share more tricks you used to creat optical illusion? This is the next subject I need to focus on.
Thank you again for your help.
I don't have a floor plan to post but I can try to walk you through it. The space is 5 x 14.25. Draw a rectangle that is vertical, like the letter I. The door is in the center of the bottom wall. Now block out a 2 foot square plumbing column on the bottom right and another plumbing column on the top right. These are not exact measurements but you get the idea. I have two intrusions into my rectangle caused by these columns that I had to work around. So the column at the bottom sort of creates an entry way. The column at the top required me to turn the tub sideways. The tub is 32 x 48. I have a few inches on the right side of the tub for a tall niche with baskets attached to the wall. You can see the step in front of the tub, I think. That was to cut down the visual height of this tub, which is 24" deep. The step continues to the right all the way to the right wall. That was something that helped the room feel more square.
So that's the tub shower. On to the vanity and toilet. The vanity is about 36" wide. It sits flush against the column I mentioned above. I used a Jado New Haven wallmount faucet. The vanity sits about six inches off the floor. It was custom made. Three drawers with just enough space cut out for the sink. Two shallow drawers and one 12" deep drawer.
The toilet (Toto Ultramax) sits halfway between the left side of the vanity and the step I mentioned. It is a nice low toilet, which helps visually.
I mirrored the whole right hand wall over the vanity and toilet with a thick border of mosaic marble on all four sides to create a frame.
So, bottom line, my room looks square because I minimized the straight line of objects on the right, I made the tub area feel like its own space, I used one light color and I mirrored the wall.
Once you move the toilet and enlarge your shower, the entire feel of the room will change, I believe.
Got it. Thank you so much.
You and your designer are genius. You turned the two columns from challenges into great assets. The design broke the tunnel shape and made the room architecturally interesting. Brilliant!!!
No shower door is another great feature of your bathroom.
I try to reduce cleaning effort, such as using single faucet, hand hold shower head (to make cleaning tub and shower easier), and easily maintained surface. I know mirrors make a room appears larger, but really want to limit the usage to reduce the cleaning effort.
BTW, Saw your children's photos from the photobucket, you have BEAUTIFUL daughers. Congratulations to the new graduate!
I had a chuckle when you mentioned my designer. I sort of used one--he is a friend and he took me tile shopping but I determined the design myself. As a matter of fact, he kept insisting that moving the tub to the back wall under the window (where the toilet used to be) would be "quirky." I didn't listen and was determined to move it back there. I was right! My girls had to get used to the room. Stepping up and into a really deep tub (and a short one at that) to shower and not having a door was quite different. But now they are used to it. And besides, the two younger ones went off to college last year, so what they wanted wasn't really going to drive my decisions, if you get my drift! And thanks for the compliment on the girls' photo--I posted it accidentally. It's about six or seven years old.
Cleaning the mirror is no big deal. To the extent it gets messy, it happens over the sink. You would likely have a mirror there anyway.
azmom - you ask:
"elphaba, The curbless shower in your bathroom is wonderful. May I ask if pony wall next to the shower necessary? Would a glass penal be sufficient to prevent splash if we enlarge the shower to 68 x 60?"
Your question is similar to another thread somewhere here. They didn't want a pony wall. Responders basically said that the pony wall is useful is preventing a space that will collect mold if glass shower wall is closely adjacent but not butted up against vanity, keeping it clean and preventing it from being dirty and "unsightful" (am I using that right?) can be difficult.
But if the partial glass shower wall is a standalone (attached to ceiling for stability maybe?) and not butted against a pony wall, but at least far enough from adjacent wall so you can fit your hand through easy enough to clean, I think most thought that would work though might be a pain if space too small.
Also, Fyi - Currently, our Greek Kohler tub is being installed - it is 48X32. I had some concerns because in our new bath (second one) - it will be part of a tub/shower combo. The issue is about it being a top down drop in tub but my contractor has a plan. I hope to post within a couple weeks how it will look.
If you plan to do a shower/drop in tub combination, there are definitely issues which many here think are too difficult to surmount. Here is a recent thread :
Drop In Bathtub leakage
Good luck. Sounds like your bathroom will be stunning.
LOL! So glad you insisted to go with your own design.
It happened to me during the hall bath remodeling. I insisted on many decisions. DH and the contractors later agreed the decisions I made all turned out great.
Same thing happened when we remodeled landscape. The designs from the reputable landscape designers were not inspiring and did not consider the strength and weakness of our yards. Finally spent a fraction of what was wasted on the landscape designers, I purchased landscape design books and studied; DH and I came up with our own design. It has been 9 years, the yard is still pleasant to look at, and live with.
I have been wondering may be the "professionals" are so used to what they do; they are stuck in their regular track for general public, or by "conventional wisdom" or by the concers of "dealing liability issues" instead of being ingenious. As an amateur, we bring in fresh aspects. We also have more stakes in the project since we are the ones who pay for it and will live with the consequences.
Unfortunately, it seems as a homeowner, we have to do a lot of independent study and work before finding a good designer or a contractor assume we are lucky enough even to find one.
For lower priced home improvement projects as ours (hopefully below $150K), I realize that it is a fantasy that we could be worry free and completely hand over a project to a professional.
"it is a fantasy that we could be worry free and completely hand over a project to a professional."
azmom - I TOTALLY agree with your comment. Once I learned google sketchup and could do my own drawings, that was all I needed to understand that it would be a big mistake to put this remodeling design and planning in the hands of anyone except myself. Luckily I am retired - couldn't have done this before or at least it would have been so much harder.
Now we aren't DIY (though wish we were ) but once planning is done, and more research on options to get assistance from experts (example: I am going for Ikea in my kitchen and I have taken advantage of their design service to get list of cabinets...) and more paying attention to this forum (for longer than I care to admit) and other forums on the web - John Bridge forum is great source of information - I think I have a chance at ending up with something we truly love.


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Some top Republican lawmakers suggested Sunday the White House played down the role of al Qaeda in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya because it would have undermined a core part of President Barack Obama's re-election pitch. The rumbling political issue was animated last week after David Petraeus, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, gave lawmakers closed-door briefings on the intelligence community's assessment of the attack, in which he said he told Congress in the days after the attack there was a "significant terrorist involvement." WSJ's Devlin Barrett has the latest.
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Key improvements from Smartbench 2011:
- Heavier load on each tests.
- A new 3D test (Shark)
- Introduction of high polygon count objects in some tests
- Detects high resolution screens and uses them appropriately.
Smartbench 2012 will be better prepared for the quad-core world. Unfortunately this also means it will run slower on older devices.
Smartbench 2012 will run slower on high-resolution tablet devices. All 3D tests are now rendered in full native resolutions so naturally it will stress hardware harder on these devices. This also applies to higher resolution hand-held devices.
New and existing Smartbench Donate users will continue to benefit in Smartbench 2012:
- No ads
- Results History
- See rsult chart without running the test first
Smartbench 2012 results are hosted at: http://smartphonebenchmarks.com
Bug reports and suggestions should be reported in:
What's New
Quadrant Standard Edition
The application does not work on devices with no GPU (Spica, Tattoo).
This edition may not be used for commercial purposes.
Geekbench 3
Geekbench 3 includes several new tests designed to simulate real-world scenarios. These new tests are designed to quickly and accurately measure mobile processor performance.
Every test included with Geekbench 3 is multi-core aware. This allows Geekbench 3 to measure the full potential of your device's processor. Geekbench 3 also reports performance as separate single-core and multi-core scores, making it easier to figure out how your device will handle your apps.
AnTuTu Benchmark
☆ Over 100,000,000 users
☆ Benchmark app used during Google I/O 2014
☆ No.1 benchmark app, used as an industry standard by leading technology companies and hardware review sites.
With the Click and Go test suite, Antutu will comprehensively test all aspects of a device, including UX, GPU, RAM, CPU, I/O and more. Each item is individually assessed and given a score. These scores can be uploaded to the Antutu database, and then used to rank your device among all other Android devices.
Benchmark Items:
☆ User Experience (UX) – Overall device performance with detailed scores.
☆ CPU Tests – Measures the power of the CPU, and gives hard numbers for its actual performance.
☆ CPU Single Test-- Measures the power of CPU by running CPU single test algorithms.
☆ RAM Tests – Investigate the real processing capability of the RAM.
☆ GPU Tests – Measure the performance of real graphics processing, 3D effects, games, and video playing.
☆ I/O Tests – A direct score that reflects on the actual input/output (I/O) performance your system permits.
Get your Antutu benchmark score and ranking! Compare and share with your friends!
For secial version (Antutu X version),please find it on our website:
The Antutu benchmark score of your device is mainly defined by your hardware configuration, but can also be influenced by other elements, including system mode, current device temperature, running apps and more. The score may be vary slightly every time you test.
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/antutulabs
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For any suggestions or feedback, we hope to get your great ideas via email : email@example.com
It tests specific device properties you do not regularly see tested by other benchmarks, and runs in a set timeframe.
It does produce some "final" scores, but as with every benchmark, you should take those with a grain of salt. It is simply not theoretically possible to produce a single number that accurately describes a device's performance.
More information and discussion is available at this application's thread at XDA-Developers:
You can view results from many devices at:
Note that that page is still under development.
3DMark Ice Storm Benchmark
3DMark - The Gamer's Benchmark
3DMark is a graphics benchmark used by millions of people, hundreds of hardware review sites and many of the world's leading technology companies. It's the industry standard gaming performance benchmark, a professional-grade testing tool available to you for free.
• The world's most popular benchmark test since 1997.
• Developed by Futuremark, the benchmark experts.
• Test your device's GPU and CPU performance.
• Compare the fastest Android, iOS, Windows and Windows RT devices.
• 100% free. No ads. No in-app purchases. No restrictions.
Accurate and impartial benchmark tests
Use 3DMark Ice Storm for device-to-device comparisons of mainstream mobile devices. Ice Storm is an OpenGL ES 2.0 benchmark test that uses fixed off-screen rendering at 720p then scales the output to fit the native display resolution of your device. Ice Storm includes two graphics tests designed to stress the GPU performance of your device and a physics test to stress its CPU performance.
Use 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme for device-to-device comparisons of high performance mobile devices. Ice Storm Extreme raises the off-screen rendering resolution to 1080p and uses higher quality textures and post-processing effects in the graphics tests to create a more demanding load for the latest smartphones and tablets.
Use 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited for chip-to-chip comparisons of the hardware inside your device without vertical sync, display resolution scaling and other operating system factors affecting the result. In Unlimited mode the rendering engine uses a fixed time step between frames and renders exactly the same frames in every run on every device. The frames are rendered in 720p resolution "offscreen" while the display is updated with small frame thumbnails every 100 frames to show progress.
Benchmarks you can trust
3DMark and PCMark are the only mobile benchmarks protected by rules for manufacturers. What's more, all our benchmarks are supported by detailed technical guides that explain exactly what's being measured and how the scores are calculated. Better benchmarking starts here.
3DMark technical guide:
Futuremark benchmark rules:
Minimum Requirments
OS: Android 4.0 or later
Memory: 1 GB (1024 MB)
Graphics: OpenGL ES 2.0 compatible
Storage: 33 MB app, 206 MB app + tests
3DMark app is 33 MB. The Ice Storm benchmarks are a further 173 MB download, installed when you first run the app. You can uninstall benchmarks to free up storage space, while leaving 3DMark installed and available to browse your saved scores and the Best Devices list.
This app is for non-commercial use only
• Business users contact firstname.lastname@example.com for licensing.
• Members of the press please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
GFXBench GL Benchmark 3.0
GFXBench 3.0 adds advanced OpenGL ES 3-features and new special tests to the popular GFXBench 3D graphics benchmark.
New features:
Manhattan test: GPU-intensive OpenGL ES 3 test using advanced API-features for testing the latest high-end mobile devices (Features: multiple render target for deferred rendering, geometry instancing and transform feedback, etc.)
Battery and Stability test: Measures the device's battery life and performance stability by logging frames-per-second (FPS) and expected battery running while running sustained game-like animations (the T-Rex scene).
Render quality test: Measures the visual fidelity provided by the device in the high-end gaming-like scene
Fully redesigned, multi-lingual, easy-to-use user interface: device comparison within the application by downloading the complete GFXBench database, extensive system information
Please note: The benchmark needs at least 300 MB free space on the device.
You can compare your benchmark results with all the other uploaded results at our website: www.gfxbench.com.
If you need any help, please contact us via email at firstname.lastname@example.com!
A1 SD Bench
Use A1 SD Bench - free tool to benchmark your phone & tablet SD card, RAM and memory, to test IO read / write speed (Quick, Long, Random I/O and Accurate) and check media performance, and compare your benchmark results online.
★ Free
★ Four benchmark modes - Quick, Longer, Accurate and Random I/O
★ Built-in compare results online (anonymous)
★ Built-in view statistics online
★ SD card speed test, or multiple SD cards
★ Speed test any Android storage including RAM and USB
★ Nice looking, clean, fast, responsive & intuitive UI (User Interface)
★ Measure both read and write speeds to find out how fast is your SD card
★ Quick and Accurate benchmark (to reduce caching effects)
★ Check your speed-test results with other devices
★ Speed categories: Class 2, Class 4, Class 6, Class 10, UHS-I, UHS-II and UHS-III
★ Custom location option to test any device directory
★ Shows total and free memory for all media including RAM
Supported devices:
• Internal memory
• Internal SD cards
• External SD cards
• System RAM (Random access memory)
• USB flash drive (including, NAND flash, USB 1.0, USB 2.0, USB 3.0)
• Up to 6 USB flash drives (connected simultaneously via USB hub)
• USB HDD (Hard drives)
Supported memory cards:
• SD Cards
• Micro SD
• Micro SDHC
• Micro SDXC
• Phone's built-in memory (card)
• Problem? Please, send us your feedback using Send Feedback feature from the Settings screen, or http://a1dev.com/feedback/
• We can not test all Android devices, so if your device's memory / SD card / USB is not detected correctly, use Send Feedback feature from the Settings screen, specifying path to your storage, e.g. /mnt/sdcard/, /mnt/usb_drive;
• NTFS and other non-native file systems is supported as far as your Android device is compatible with a such FS.
• Your device needs enough free (100 MB and up, depending on media speed, and up to few GB if using longer test option) space for benchmarks to work;
• More: http://a1dev.com/sd-bench/notes/
• From the application itself
• http://a1dev.com/feedback/
• http://twitter.com/A1_dev
• http://facebook.com/A1dev.apps
• Google+: http://a1dev.com/g+
More info on permissions:
• "Storage" & "Media" is used to benchmark your device storage, SD cards and USB attached drives.
• "Internet" is used to access and submit online scores and for anonymous usage statistics (both can be enabled and disabled).
WiFi Connect
1. Signal strengh
2. Channel number
3. Security type
4. Link speed
5. Hardware vendor
6. IP number, and etc.
You can see which one is good and bad intuitively, and it is very easy to use.
Also, this application provides "Query nearby network devices" feature.
It scans all connected devices to your AP.
WiFi Picker also supports notification feature with various network information.
(Link speed, IP etc)
1) the 5000 digits of the constant PI using native code (x86, Arm or Arm7)
2) the same PI calculation using the Java Dalvik interpreter
3) An algorithm that use a lot of double in Native code
4) the same algorithm in java Dalvik
5) the same algorithm using the trigonometric fonctions provided by the Floating Point Unit in native code
6) the same algorithm in java Dalvik
The application executes one, two, three or four tasks simultaneously. This shows the performance gain in multiple core configuration. For exemple it shows the benefit of the HTC One X (quad core) over the HTC One S (dual core) when running 3 or 4 processes at the same time.
Results are given in milliseconds (1000 ms equal one second).
When a bench is done by pressing the "Go Bench" button, the results can be sent by mail, or paste into a note. The Bench application copy the last result in the clipboard.
The bench program also gives the relative speed of your device compared to the speed of the Galaxy Nexus (dual core, 1.2 Ghz ARM-7 architecture). 100% means that you device has the same performance as the Galaxy Nexus, 200 % means that your device has twice the performance of the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7 tablet.
The menu button gives access to my web page, where some results are given.
AnTuTu Tester
-- Battery Test: Let the phone run for several hours, through the consumption of battery power to calculate your score.
Note: The battery test takes a long time, you may need to wait 5 hours to complete the test
-- Multi Touch Test: Shows your touch points and keeps the maximum count on screen.
-- System information: Including info for CPU, GPU, Memory, SD Card, Screen, WiFi, GPS.
-- LCD Test: Dead Pixel Test
Root Checker
*Feel free to email me with any questions. I always reply!*
This application provides even the newest Android user with a simple method to check their device for root (administrator or superuser) access. The application provides a very simple user interface that easily notifies the user whether or not they have properly setup root access.
This application will test the device for root access using a very simple, quick, and reliable method. The su binary is the most common binary used on Android devices to grant and manage root access. Root Checker will check and verify that the su binary is located in a standard location on the device. In addition, Root Checker will verify that the su binary is properly functioning in granting root access.
Many times users experience issues along the path of installing, configuring, and gaining root access. For some users the process can seem complex while for others the process can seem simple. Regardless of the user's technical skill set, Root Checker, will quickly and correctly verify whether or not root access is 100% functioning. The process of confirming root access is sometimes known by other terms such as, gaining superuser access or gaining administrator access. Root Checker covers all these terms as they relate to one core function, being able to execute commands through the su binary with root access.
If the Superuser management applications (SuperSU, etc.) are installed and working properly, these applications will prompt the user to accept or deny the root access request from Root Checker. Accepting the request will allow Root Checker to check for root access. Denying the request will result in Root Checker reporting no root access.
Please don't leave negative feedback about a concern, bug or issue! Instead, please email me, tweet me, contact me on my web site - https://joeykrim.com/contact, IRC, or on the forums (XDA, RootzWiki, SDX, etc.) with your feedback, suggestions and comments!
I do my best to assist as many people as possible and appreciate all the support that has made this application successful! Thank you!
Multi-core Task Manager (MTM)
● Touch the graph!
You can see detailed informations about all of the process. Quick task management can be used immediately.
● Stability and Performance benchmarking
See the Rankings of your device and other informations.
3C CPU Manager
3C CPU Manager requires a rooted device to offer a simple yet powerful interface to control your CPU and GPU configurations.
You can remove ads and unlock all features using in-app purchase inside 3C CPU Manager.
Control single, dual, quad, hexa and octa-core CPU settings.
- Set frequencies, governor and voltages *
- Configure thermal and mp-decision deamons
- Set SD read cache size to boost read performance
- Set IO scheduler to optimize multi-task
- Set fsync to improve write performance*
- View frequency usage table
- Control cores separately*
Set screen on or off configurations of all above settings.
Control GPU configuration *
- Set max frequency, governor and votlages *
- View frequency usage table
* Support depends on kernel
Core2 Management
!- This app is only for dual core devices made by Samsung -!
This app should work on most android dual core devices from Samsung (maybe also on others but these are untested!). Please report on which devices the app works and on which it doesnt. You have to be rooted!
Tested devices:
* Galaxy S2 I9100
* Galaxy S2 I9100G
* Galaxy S3
* Galaxy S1
* Galaxy R I9103
* Galaxy Nexus
* Nexus S
Every time you reboot you need to redisable second core! If the second core starts again at some time use another governor. Not working with hotplug!
This tool helps to identify some inaccuracies with the Rockchip RK3288 SoC which is marketed to be based on ARM Cortex A17 architecture while it appears to be technically based on ARM Cortex A12. (more information on our blog: http://www.arctablet.com/blog/featured/rockchip-rk3288-soc-is-arm-cortex-a12-not-a17/)
Please report any problem with the application and let us know if your processor is not identified by the application.
Graphic credits: CPU icon by Double-J Design http://www.doublejdesign.co.uk under CC Attribution 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
PowerDROID (Bench your DROID)
PowerDROID let you find out the CPU frequency of your android device and his computation power quickly.
Developed to users that want to test the performance of the ROM installed or the OverClock (OC) realized is working, with PowerDROID you will get scores that you can consult and compare.
Furthermore, you'll be able to share your scores with every social apps installed on your droid.
Feedback is welcome!
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Smartbench 2011
NEW UPDATE (Jan 28, 2012): The server now holds more than 2 million test results and tens of thousands of unique entries in the chart. Smartbench 2011 v1.0 was released about a year ago.
NEW UPDATE (Mar 6, 2011): There was a server-side bug that caused scores to not display correctly. This has been fixed. Android app does not need to be updated - v1.1 will work as is.
Here are some of the new features introduced for 2011:
1. Smartbench 2011 is now multi-core ready. Dual-core phones are becoming popular and is clearly the future of Android platform. Unfortunately, most of the current Android applications cannot utilize more than one core at a time even when they are available. Smartbench 2011 will detect and use them when Android OS is configured properly.
2. Some of the test suits have been revamped from Smartbench 2010. File IO tests have proven to be somewhat inconsistent on some manufacturers' phones. Instead, another test has been introduced that will further stress the CPU.
3. Test scores are now automatically submitted! Smartbench 2011 will automatically collect test results and store them in the server DB so that you can view them at a later time.
4. Result chart now fetches data directly from the server! You can now filter and sort results based on your own needs. You will soon have tens of thousands of results to compare against your own!
5. If you are already a donated user of Smartbench 2010, Smartbench 2011 will continue to respect them by removing ads and offering some premium features.
IMPORTANT: Do NOT compare results of Smartbench 2010 against Smartbench 2011 - they are not equvalent! A new baseline has been created, so the scores may appear lower than before.
Note: You will need a working internet connectivity to submit and view other results.
Donated users will benefit with the following:
- No ads
- Results for individual test applications.
- Results history.
- View result chart without needing to run test first.
- (and more later on)
Known Issues:
- Some tests may not render correctly on some Honeycomb based tablets. This issue is being looked into.
Smartbench 2011 results are hosted at http://smartphonebenchmarks.com
Smartbench Donate
Smartbench 2010
NEW: "Smartbench Donate" is now available. By purchasing "Smartbench Donate", you will no longer see any ads and also new features will become accessible in "Smartbench 2010" (v1.5+).
Premium features for donated users:
- No ads
- Results for individual test applications.
- Results history.
- (more to come)
Submit and compare your results at http://smartphonebenchmarks.com
Warning: this application will NOT work on smartphones that do not have a GPU.
Known issue: On some Samsung Galaxy S based devices, you may experience very low benchmark numbers. This issue is still being looked into.


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Final Score: Boston 8, New York 5
Bronx, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - David Ortiz belted a three-run homer, Dustin Pedroia went 3-for-3 with three RBI and the Boston Red Sox took the rubber match of a three-game set against the rival New York Yankees, 8-5, on Sunday.
The Red Sox finished up a tough road trip with a series win even though John Lackey (9-5) was reached for five runs -- four earned -- over five innings.
That's because Boston chased rookie starter Chase Whitley (3-2) early and got four scoreless innings from its bullpen, culminated in Koji Uehara pitching a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his 18th save.
Whitley surrendered five runs on eight hits over four-plus innings for New York, which has dropped six of its last eight games.
Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran each hit solo homers in defeat.
Boston's Stephen Drew recorded just his second RBI of the season in the second inning as he followed up Mike Napoli's leadoff double with a single to right.
Ortiz's 450th career home run was a no-doubter, as he annihilated a Whitley offering deep into the seats in right-center in the third inning. Brock Holt walked and Pedroia singled ahead of the blast.
The Yankees began chipping away at the 4-0 deficit, as Derek Jeter singled in Ichiro Suzuki in the third frame, while Teixeira and Beltran took Lackey deep in the fourth.
Boston, though, extended its lead with three runs in the fifth.
Joe Girardi yanked Whitley after he walked the leadoff hitter, and the manager's first option out of the bullpen, Shawn Kelley, was even more ineffective. Kelley walked the first two batters he faced and gave up a two- run single to Pedroia before hitting the showers.
David Huff limited the damage to only one more run, and a Brett Gardner RBI double and a Jacoby Ellsbury run-scoring groundout in the fifth pulled the Yankees within 7-5.
After Pedroia tacked on a sacrifice fly in the sixth, center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. threw out Beltran trying to score in the bottom half.
Game Notes
Boston went 4-6 on its road trip ... Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts made his MLB debut and singled in his second at-bat ... Beltran recorded three of New York's nine hits ... Bradley has nine outfield assists this season.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - It is not money but the big challenge in an unfamiliar land that lured Didier Drogba to China, the Ivory Coast striker said on Saturday.
More than 300 fans gathered at the Shanghai airport to welcome Drogba on his much-anticipated arrival to join Chinese Super League strugglers Shanghai Shenhua.
Drogba has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the big-spending club for a reported salary of $300,000 a week, ending weeks of speculation on his future after he announced his decision to leave Champions League winners Chelsea.
"I decided to come here because when the club and the president approached me, I looked at the project and it came with ambitious ideas and he wants to ... help football develop in China," Drogba told reporters after his unveiling.
"I know China is a great sports country so for me it was also a big challenge because it could have been easy for me to stay in Europe and go to another team, another big team.
"Really, I didn't come here with the idea of making a lot of money. I come here because it is a completely different challenge from what I have seen in Europe before.
"And that's the idea, there are many challenges but this one is a big one."
Drogba's arrival is the latest in a long list of high-profile names who have made the move to China in recent months.
Italian World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi is in charge of a Guangzhou Evergrande side packed full of skilful South American talent.
Drogba, who scored 157 times in 341 appearances for Chelsea making him the club's fourth all-time leading scorer, is the biggest catch of them all.
The 34-year old striker will join former Chelsea team mate Nicolas Anelka at the club struggling at the 13th spot in the 16-club Chinese Super League. Shanghai Shenhua is coached by former Argentina boss Sergio Batista.
"The results of my new team, they are not so good, not so great. But you know, the second part of the season just started and I think we have time to make some better results and to bring the club to a better place," Drogba said.
"With my team mates, we are going to perform as much as we can. And I came here to win the league, I am not coming here as the beginning of the retirement or something like this.
"I want people to make sure and to understand that I am here to win. I am not here to sit and relax."
The fans arrived in the early hours of the morning at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, many dressed in the club's blue jersey bearing "Drogba 11", and their hopes were also pinned on the Drogba-Anelka strike force.
"I believe that with his arrival, our results will improve significantly, because he has a good rapport with Anelka," 23-year-old Zhu Hongbo said.
"Also, we have brought in a midfield player in (Giovanni) Moreno. I think for the second half of the year, our results will improve and we can be in the top three."
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)
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Rookie DE Chris Smith has "speed to power" transition as pass rusher. The test will be his ability to stop the run on early downs. His ability to combine quickness with strength off the edge is obvious necessity for any outside rusher. RB Storm Johnson is a natural for third-down position. He's small (6'-209 lbs) and the guy is lightning fast. However, Johnson struggles in his pass protection so that is something he needs to work on.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014 06:10
CAPITOL CITY TRIATHLON - The MTN Guys think that it's a major bummer that last weekend's racing calendar was so light--three races in which less than 200 Minnesota athletes raced. (A large percentage of those that raced at Fairmont and Canby were from South Dakota and Iowa.) Next weekend there are EIGHT multis, only one of which--Lake Minnetonka--will pull in the numbers of prior years.
The new Capitol City race (Sunday) will not be large, perhaps 200-250 entrants, but organizers are confident that it's execution, courses and amenities will make the event an "Instant Classic." ...
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LAKE MINNETONKA PREVIEW - With 600+ entrants, the LMT will be the best-attended of the EIGHT Minnesota multis that are slated for next weekend. A consistently outstanding race at a premier venue (Excelsior Commons on Lake Minnetonka), the 11-year-old event is one of a child's handful of races that appears to be impervious to the current trends that affect race attendance, things like long course popularity and that newer triathletes, i.e. those who have come into the lifestyle in the last 6-7 years, race less frequently than their more grizzled veteran counterparts.
Also in LMT's favor is its astonishing recidivism rate. A higher than normal percentage of its participants return to this race year after year.
This is certainly apparent when you look at its list of past champions. Saturday's event will feature eight of them, four men--Brooks Grossinger (2013, 2012), Brett Lovaas (2009, 2006, 2006-BOUS, 2005), Steve Sander (2011, 2010) and Tony Schiller (2008)--and four women--Heather...
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RACE PREVE - Can you believe it? The New Bri Tri will celebrate its 9th anniversary this Saturday. Despite the fact that it shares the weekend with a pair of perennially well-attended races--Liberty and Trinona--it will, as always, have a nice turnout (400+) thanks to its high percentage of annual recidivists.
High recidivism rates means that the organizers are doing something right.
Last week, we peeked at New Bri's registration list. No favorites on the men's side leapt out at us. We suspect that several local eite males have since sign-up up, or will do so this week.
The women's field, on the other hand, is deep and has probably gotten even deeper since we looked at last week's list. Based on what we saw, we are willing to make the following predictions:
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RACE PREVIEW - Since its inauguration in '09, TRINONA has been a Top 5 finalist for "Triathletes Choice Race of the Year." In 2010 and 2011 it actually won the award....
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LIBERTY HALF PREVE - We're really excited about next Saturday's Liberty Half, which will be celebrating its 9th anniversary and its fourth year at the Lake Rebecca venue. The field is strong and, weather permitting, we could see overall and several AG course records fall.
There are at least five registered guys that can dip under 4:10, a feat that has never been accomplished at Liberty. In fact, only one dude, Matt Payne (4:07:39 - 2013), has cracked the 250-minute mark in the past. This year, however, we wouldn't be surprised to see Matt, former Canadian pro Danny Morwood (PR-4:07), four-time IM winner Dan Arlandson (PR - 4:06), 2013 Libert Runner-up Patrick Peacock (4:12:06) of Winnipeg, and Brian Sames (PR - 4:16 on a long course), who almost caught amateur champ Payne last year at Chisago, do that.
Jason Crisp, Kyle Serreyn, Justin Manning, John Heinlein and Chap Achen will provide a sturdy push. If all goes well, these guys should post times in the 4:11 - 4:20-range.
We don't expect to anyone to break Kortney Haag's CR-4:35:45, but we do expect a great race with a record number of women breaking 5-hours, which is to say, we think that more than six women will dip under the...
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Kids for a Cause Kids Triathlon in Fourth Year, Growing to Support Local, National and Global Causes
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Kids for a Cause is hosting it's fourth annual kids triathlon. The kids triathlon was started by Barb and Avesh Thukral, in honor of the Thukral's son, Julius, who was born with bilateral clubfeet and has received therapy treatment at Gillette Hospital in St. Paul and Clubfoot Solutions in Iowa City. The kids triathlon will be held on June 14 in St. Paul. Inspired by the resilience and positive attitude of her son Julius, Barb Thukral founded the kids triathlon as a way to demonstrate to children their strength and ability to make a difference, and as an expression of gratitude to those organizations, like Gillette and Clubfoot Solutions, that have helped her son Julius swim, bike, and run with his peers. ..
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As you may know, in addition to my duties here at Mentor, I'm also the General Chair of DVCon 2010. So it is with two hats on that I encourage you to check out the DVCon website.
With my "General Chair hat" on, I'd like to point out that we've actually expanded the conference to add an extra set of half-day tutorials on Monday afternoon, Feb. 22. That's right! While other conferences are shrinking or disbanding altogether, DVCon is growing! You can see the full technical program on the DVCon site as well.
With my "Mentor hat" on, I draw your attention to Mentor's half-day tutorial, "A Step-by-step Guide to Advanced Verification" on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 23. In this tutorial, we're going to walk you through all the steps of assembling a verification environment, from verification planning to partitioning and assembling your OVM environment at the block, subsystem and system levels. We'll also show how to take advantage of our other advanced technologies within the OVM framework, like our inFact Intelligent Testbench Automation tool and Questa MVCs for protocol verification. We'll also discuss low-power and clock-domain crossing verification, processor-based verification and emulation. This tutorial will walk through an actual example that you'll be able to download and play with yourself after the conference.
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Whiskey Train, the band named Best New Act at the 2011 RAMI Awards, will officially release its debut CD, For Pete's Sake, Friday, June 8, at Kryptonite.
Led by singer Steve Lindsay, Whiskey Train's 10-track debut features songs that are being considered for movies, TV, international ad campaigns and other projects. Lindsay's work also has been included on several Nintendo Wii games.
Described at CD Baby as a "blue collar, rock and roll band from the heart of the industrial Midwest influenced by the joys and pains of booze, babes and the blues," Whiskey Train has shared stages with the Rolling Stones' Bernard Fowler, Mathew Santos and 500 Miles to Memphis.
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EDC has received a four-year, $6.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead a partnership that will adapt the University of California, Berkeley's Beauty and Joy of Computing college course for high school students and bring it to New York City (NYC) public schools.
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Science and mathematics experts meet to discuss the future of STEM education.
K-12 schools need to do more to teach students the critical skills needed to work with big data, says EDC's Ruth Krumhansl, who heads the Oceans of Data Institute.
EDC's Oceans of Data Institute has created an first-of-its-kind occupational profile for careers in big data. The profile was compiled by a panel of experts and validated by more than 100 big data professionals.
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Boston's NPR news station interviews EDC's Lisa Hartenberger Toby on EDC's use of radio to keep students learning during the Ebola crisis.
Over the past five years, EDC's Possible Worlds project has explored the intersection of science, gaming, and the classroom.
EDC radio programs are enabling learning to continue in Liberia, despite the Ebola crisis. The radio lessons are also helping boost students' morale, especially in areas hit hardest. EDC's Lisa Hartenberger Toby describes the program for the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
EDC's work in Liberia was featured during a recent BBC broadcast on education during the Ebola crisis. The segment highlighted ways in which the USAID-funded Advancing Youth Project is bringing education to learners through interactive audio instruction broadcast on local radio stations. It begins at 39:00.
As Ebola rages across West Africa, nongovernmental organizations such as EDC are finding creative ways to continue to deliver programming. Lisa Hartenberger Toby discusses the importance of education and how radio can be used as a teaching tool when it is unsafe to gather in classrooms.
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Investigating computer science at the mall "takes the mystery out of what computer science looks like today," says EDC's Kelly Powers of MassCAN, the Massachusetts Computer Access Network.
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This project has researched, designed, and developed the SolveMe Mobiles app, a digital learning environment using specific mathematical puzzles to support the transition from arithmetic to algebra for middle school students. The app is designed to support logical thinking in a social environment by allowing users not only to solve puzzles but also to build and share them as well. The project team has prototyped several additional apps that could support solving, building, and sharing mathematics puzzles.
What does the future of learning and teaching look like? For one morning, it was on display at EDC.
A panel of STEM, education, and industry experts from across the country will gather at EDC to define the skills and knowledge needed to compete in a big-data-centered economy. The resulting occupational profile will serve to inform conversations about K–16 STEM education and college and career readiness. Hosted by EDC's Oceans of Data Institute, the meeting will take place August 15–16 in Waltham.
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EDC's SolveMe Mobiles app uses puzzles to promote mathematical thinking. Initial user reviews? All positive.
EDC has launched a new website for teachers who are interested in learning how to use digital games to enhance classroom learning. Called "Possible Worlds," the website was developed by EDC's Center for Children and Technology for teachers who may not be "gamers" but would like to facilitate science learning for their middle grade students.
EDC's Daniel Pier urges the Ministry of Education in Guyana to sustain the gains made through an EDC-supported interactive radio instruction program by investing in education.
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