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Today's article I'll show you the Installation and configuration of the latest Openfiler. In fact, few days ago, a new build – 2.99 has been released. This is after very long period where no updates to Openfiler were made.
I did again choose NFS as an access protocol, since in my earlier post with FreeNAS I also used NFS. I found it easier (in FreeNAS) to configure NFS than iSCSI.. .-:) So with that said, let start the configuration process. At first again configured my home made NAS box to boot from CD/DVD rom drive and boot on the installation CD which I already burned from an ISO image I downloaded earlier from the Openfiler's website here.
The installation process isn't difficult to follow as you can choose the graphic or text only installation. During the installation process you choose your default language, location, DHCP (if you're having a DHCP server or router) or fill in a static IP address, and you can choose the installation disk.
In my case I wanted too to install the Openfiler distro to my USB thumb, but unfortunately there was not enough space on that 2 Gigs USB stick and I haven't got any other with larger capacity. So that's why I put in my Kingston 64Gb SSD drive and I chosed this drive as an installation drive, with automatic partitioning scheme.
Here are some screenshots from the installation process (shooted from within VMware Workstation ….)
As you can see, the installation graphics got some face lift… -:)
Now, when the installation is done, to be able to connect via your Web browser through GUI you must use different login/password combination than you filled in during the installation process. The default login/password combinations are:
Management Interface: https://<ip of openfiler host>:446
Administrator Username: openfiler
Administrator Password: password
Ti means that only through the console you'll use your root password which you did setup during the installation steps.
Now when the system is up and running you must configure the RAID 5 and format a volume.
To achieve that you should follow those steps:
01. At first you should go to the volumes > block devices management (on the right). This should show you an image like this. In the image below I already repeated this for my first 2 disks of my future RAID 5 array.
When clicking on the disk as showed on the top image, you should obtain a screen like the one below, where you can add the disk to the RAID 5 array.
Read the rest of the tutorial on next page.
Great post. Looking forward to reading your benchmark test results.
The test results with the FreeNAS were a bit disappointing in my opinion…
I've been running Openfiler 2.3 for a few years now and like it very much. I've gone the iSCSI route with a dedicated 1Gb link between my esxi server and Openfiler.
Never did any benchmarks with the config i have so i'm curious as well what the difference between NFS and iSCSI connection would be.
Nice post
I will power up my Openfiler 2.99 machine tonight and run the same tests as you and publish them over on my site in the next day or so because I certainly didn't see such a drop in performance doing the testing I did.
I will only run the 4k tests but run them twice to get the average score from both runs.
good Idea. I forgot to mention that I used the fix to the mdadm in openfiler you announced in this article on your blog: http://www.everything-virtual.com/?p=349
Vladan, additional testing carried out. http://www.everything-virtual.com/?p=378
Now testing Open-E DSS v6 using the same script as before, will do additional testing using the suggestion from Didier over on my site (as well as IOzone).
Vladan, DSS v6 testing carried out, this has been done using the original test script you used, I am currently re-testing using 32 outstanding IO's.
Testing with IOzone to occur over the weekend but DSS definitely shows ALOT more performance gains over Openfiler.
Vladan, I have now carried out testing using Didiers original IOmeter script but using 32 outstanding IOs instead of the default 1, results over on my site. To make things comprehensive I will also re-run the Openfiler test using the same settings but what we can definitely see from the runs using a single outstanding IO is that DSS far outperforms Openfiler and if you're using NFS as your storage solution then DSS is definitely the way to go.
Thnks for the great post
Vladan I tried the setup in the sameway ……everything went fine till end…….but at last when i added nfs share in ESX i am receiving the error message as
"Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateNasDatastore" for object "datastoreSystem-10″ on vCenter Server "vc.lab.dom" failed.
Operation failed, diagnostics report: Unable to complete Sysinfo operation. Please see the VMkernel log file for more details." Kindly help me on this…
Its not supported. Sure, OpenFiler will work (until it breaks). Then you gotta reboot everything (esx, then openfiler, then bring esx back online).
It doesnt handle SCSI reservations properly and if you have more then 1 esx host connected, you might find your storage disappearing or locking up due to this issue.
There are lots of unsupported alternatives but stay clear from openfiler unless you dont care about hard stopping VMs.
The only vmware-supported (free) NFS solution for ESX4.x is Fedora Core (if memory serves me correct, i think version 8)
Has anyone gotten FC working? This is my status on that project http://realworlducs.com/?p=84
The performance figures are about what I'd expect. You're running OpenFiler *inside* of a virtualized environment (VMware Workstation), which is pretty sucky at IO in the first place. Then you use SATA 1 TB disks – probably 5400 rpm no less. Lets be generous … maybe 7200 rpm (doubtful). Then you're layering software based RAID over that?
It's going to suck big time for performance. NFS is NOT a great protocol for performance either… This comes from 20 years of industry experience with it…
Some precisions: When the installation has been done (the 19.th of April 2011), the setup was on physical box with 7200RPM SATA Drives. No VMware Workstation.
There is a hardware RAID card used in the setup – the
That's for sure that the NFS protocol cannot deliver satisfying performance on the box that I tried the install.
The gear has an Atom CPU, so I use it for sharing ISOs via the NFS mostly.
There is one 128Gb SSD in the box as an iSCSI target for my vSphere Cluster.
I shall build more powerfull gear for storage, with probably SATA III 6gb/s SSD later this year….
You need a controller for the SATA physical disks, or everything is virtual in Openfiler?
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A third teen hit by a car while walking along Ga. 138 East in Stockbridge Thursday afternoon died over the weekend.
Timothy Aaron, 17, died Saturday after suffering head injuries and multiple hip fractures. Antonious Bishop, 16, died at the scene. Octavius Sorrells, 17, died at Grady Memorial Hospital less than two hours after the crash, said Clayton County police Officer John Schneller.
The three friends were walking along Ga. 138 near I-675 when a car plowed into them, said police.
Police charged driver Priscilla Dianne Johnson, 48, of Lithonia with first degree vehicular homicide, serious injury by vehicle, driving under the influence, suspended license, no insurance, unlawful use of a cell phone, hit and run, obstruction of an officer and reckless driving.
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They had a good rebate deal at the time. They were quick they worked well. they software works the hdd case works. What has happened is 64gb ssds are too small. Try to find this in the 128gb size the price will be close and it will work better. I no longer tell people to buy 64gb size. I push 128gb and up.
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I have purchased dozens of these drives to gradually replace mechnical drives that we were using. What happened was that we had WD drives with FFS on new Dell E6400 ATG ... all of which eventually failed within a few months. Replaced the 80 GB WD with 64 GB Kingston SSD. Been running for a year and a half without a single failure. And these computers, they get used sometimes 16+ hours a day. And the speed improvement was tremendous. We have an application which leverages a local SQL database (local to the hard drive). That app literally executes millions of transactions over a one week period (crazy, I know). Anyways, with the WD drives, those suckers were spinning constantly and were very slow. Performance would quickly degrade over time due to fragmentation on the WD's. But with Solid State Drives, you don't need to worry about fragmentation, because Read and Write times are the same, regardless of where on the drive the data is being read or written, so there is no degradation in performance, further you can fill up the drive to 100% with out impact to performance, unlike the mechanical drives, where once you go over 80 to 90% things start to go downhill fast. Anyways, I'm really happy, no problems at all, no failures and I've probably bought about 50 of these so far. Glad to see that the prices have been dropping on them as well. Much cheaper than the ones I was buying in Jan 2010.
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Okay, First off, I've always been a huge Alpha Flight fanboy. Byrne did himself proud with these guys. And I'm not just saying that because I'm Canadian.
But I do notice that no one really seems to know what to do with them after Byrne left them. And the continuity surrounding them is so messed up.
So, after reading the latest issue of Hercules, featuring none other than Alpha Flight's own Snowbird, I have one big question regarding current continuity.
Who's alive, and who's not?
First off, the classic team, including Guardian, Vindicator, Puck, Shaman and possibly Earthmover left earth to take a ship full of Plodex eggs back to their homeworld, leaving Sasquatch behind to lead an all new team.
During their adventures, they traveled through time, and brought an incarnation of Alpha Flight back from the past -- if I'm not mistaken, being Guardian, Vindicator, Puck, Shaman and Snowbird -- who set themselves up as Alpha Flight of the present, adding Sasquatch (from the present), Puck's daughter, and Major Maple Leaf to their ranks, while Snowbird leaves the team and marries Yukon Jack.
Then came the Collective, and Brian Bendis kills them off (with the exception of Sasquatch), and tells everyone it was the actual Alpha Flight, not the time displaced ones, without explaining when the originals came back. In the Omega Flight limited series, Sasquatch and Talisman seem to think it's the originals, since they are so broken up about it.
And then we get to Incredible Hercules #117. Snowbird is kicking the crap out of the new Guardian, Michael Pointer, formerly the Collective that killed the team. She is upset with him for asking if she would join Omega Flight, one reason being him killing her teammates. But this has to be the Snowbird from the past! She's stated that her marriage is over, and the original Snowbird not only was never married, but was dead long before! So this has to be the past Snowbird! So, her teammates would have been the past versions of them?
Can another, smarter, Alpha Flight fan help me?
By the way, Hercules was great.


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measuring tension
is there any device other than the string meter that measures the tension of the strings on a racquet?
Babolat RDC
As Rich said, the Babolat RDC is used to do this, but it isn't measuring the actual tension on the strings. It's measuring the force it takes to deflect the strings in the middle of the string bed by about 1/2." Recently, when I strung a Prince Graphite Michael Chang OS at 60 lbs. with a nat gut/syn gut hybrid the RDC rating was over 70 right after the job was finished. The RDC can also be used to measure total racquet weight, swingweight and frame flex. Laserfibre also makes a device called an ERT700. It also measures the force required to deflect the string a preset distance to determine stringbed stiffness.
do you guys have a website with info about it, it seems like it costs a ton of money. do you got any more info
You might try a search on google and also the Babolat website. The stringway website has some pix and descriptions on the ERT 700.
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Arches frame your panoramic view. MBR, lanai and gallery open onto the infinity-edge pool (with its lap lane, frolic area and pina colada bench). Caribbean architectural elements throughout: mahogany cabinets in kitchen and bathrooms, Spanish cedar window frames, cypress ceilings, and coral stone floors.
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Villa Papaya is conveniently located, a 5-minute drive from St. Thomas airport, 7-minute ferry ride from Crown Bay.
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Gwendolyn and I are retired academics, now dividing our time between three residences and traveling the world as time permits. Our four year old Yorkshire Terrier accompanies us almost everywhere.
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On retiring, we decided we wanted to enjoy the warmth and sunshine, warm water and warm people of the Virgin Islands. It is a little more complicated than that, but look for the details in Gwendolyn's upcoming Virgin Islands counterpart to A Year in Provence!
We enjoy the peace and quiet, the lovely beach, the private pool, the breathtaking sight of the world's largest cruise ships slipping by at dinner time on the gallery. We will take a drive up to Fort Segarra for moonlit romance on the cliff overlooking the southern side of Water Island. But most of all we enjoy our friends and neighbors and the easy-going ambience of life on Water Island. The Monday Night Movie on the Beach, Heidi's gourmet dinners on the beach on Saturday nights, midnight dips in our private, lighted pool, and morning showers in the two-person show stalls with a view of turquoise waters. Once or twice a week we will take in a restaurant, regatta, or West Indian celebration for a little spice in our lives.
Nature here is more welcoming than in the Midwest. We've explored the blue Caribbean so thoroughly, stared down fish of many bright colors..and yet each time we return, we're excited by a new discovery…So we've enjoyed both stays--in February for our own daughter's destination wedding and for this "snorkeling experience." Both were wonderful, exciting, healing excursions with the beauty of these islands.
We visited Water Island and stayed in Villa Papaya in June 2014. What a beautiful home and an outstanding pool. We had a wonderful time on the secluded beach, snorkeling with so many tropical fish, exploring the island via golf cart and swimming with the sea turtles. Katie was a wonderful liaison for the house and the island. We would go back to the house/island in a second.
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Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad took to Twitter to comment on the Railway Budget presented by Railway Minister Sadanda Gowda today.
I took up the "Challenge" of making Railways a profitable venture at a time when it was mired in huge debts.I didn't increase the fares1/4
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) July 8, 2014
I did not retrench employees.Instead I gave them a bonus.I took the traders into confidence.I also took the employees into confidence 2/4
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) July 8, 2014
I sat with officers,allocated thm tasks n targets,keenly followed every progress,minutely studied & evaluated ambiguities,worked day in&out
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) July 8, 2014
Earlier in the day, Prasad had questioned where the money for the PPP schemes was coming from. "Who will invest in the railways?" he said.
Prasad said he feared the Railways was moving towards being privatised.
He had slammed the Railways Ministry's move to hike rail fare last month.


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Palace FOI bill won't require 'pork barrel' info
MANILA, Philippines—How lawmakers utilize their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel isn't on the list of public interest documents required to be disclosed on the Aquino administration's version of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill.
Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, a member of the good governance cluster of the Cabinet, said this was because the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) was already disclosing PDAF-related information of House members on its website.
Abad nonetheless said the administration would welcome an amendment to the bill for a more explicit disclosure requirement of the lawmakers' pork barrel.
Undersecretary Abigail Valte, President Benigno Aquino III's deputy spokesperson, for her part, maintained that the Palace FOI bill still wouldn't exempt members of Congress from having to reveal online their use of their PDAF as the pertinent provisions of the proposed transparency measure would still require them to do so.
"The disclosure of PDAF allotments, obligations and disbursements would fall under the information that the DBM is mandatorily obliged to disclose, as we are in fact already doing under our e-tails program," Abad said in a text message to the Inquirer.
"But we welcome, as an amendment to the Palace-endorsed FOI bill, a more explicit disclosure requirement on PDAF allocations and uses for the DBM and Congress," he said.
Both Abad and Valte are members of the administration's study group that conducted discussions with government executives, security officials, media professionals and other stakeholders to come up with a generally accepted version of the transparency measure.
Online posting
Valte said disclosure on the use of pork barrel funds under the Palace's FOI bill fell under the item on annual procurement plans and procurement lists that would have to be posted online.
"It should fall under the general provision for the items in the public interest documents enumeration," Valte said.
Valte, a lawyer, said the mandatory disclosure provisions would require all government agencies to upload on their websites public interest documents or records that include the agencies' annual procurement plans and annual procurement lists.
She added that the proposed bill's definition of government agencies included those in all the branches of government, including the legislature.
Part of a legacy
"Right now, the web site of the (DBM) already has this function," Valte said.
In revealing his submission to Congress of his administration's version of the FOI bill, President Aquino indicated that he wanted the FOI's transparency provisions to be a part of his legacy.
"We want every other administration voted into power to work under the same standard of transparency and accountability that we have set for ourselves. This is a significant step toward achieving that goal," President Aquino said on Thursday.
Section 7 of the Palace version of the FOI bill provides for the mandatory disclosure on government web sites of the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth of the President, Vice President, members of the Cabinet, Congress, the Supreme Court, constitutional commissions and other constitutional offices, and officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines with general or flag rank.
Unlike the lawmakers' use of their PDAF, Section 7 explicitly mentions internal revenue allotment (IRA) utilization on the list of public interest documents that must be uploaded to the government websites.
The IRA is the share of local government units of taxes collected in their respective areas by the government.
Use of public funds
Under the FOI's mandatory disclosure provision, documents involving the use of public funds would also be required to be uploaded on government websites.
These include the annual budgets of government agencies; itemized monthly collections and disbursements; summary of incomes and expenditures; use of the internal revenue allotments of local governments; annual procurement plans and procurement lists; items to bid; bid results on civil works, goods and services; abstract of bids as calculated; procurement contracts; construction or concession agreements; private sector participation in agreements or contracts; public funding to a private entity;
Bilateral and multilateral agreements and treaties in trade, economic partnership, investments, cooperation, and similar binding commitments; lists of persons or entities given licenses, permits or agreements for the use of natural resources; statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) of public officials; and guarantees given by any government agency to government-owned and controlled corporations, private corporations, persons or entities.
Meanwhile, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño said on Saturday Malacañang's much-ballyhooed FOI bill was nothing but a watered-down version of the FOI measures pending in Congress.
Casiño, principal author of one of the FOI bills filed in the House of Representatives, said the Palace did not offer any new provisions that would strengthen the measure which would ensure the public's right to government information.
He cited for example a provision on the publication of the SALN of all public officials that was already provided for in House Bill No. 133 which he authored and filed on the first day of the 15th Congress in July 2010.
Already included
Casiño said this provision, along with another on the mandatory posting on the web sites of government agencies of all documents of public interest and concern, was already included in the FOI bills pending in the House committee on public information chaired by Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone.
"What is really significant in the Palace version is its watering down of the FOI by including a long list of 16 exceptions to the measure to include 'records of minutes and advice given and opinions expressed during decision-making or policy formulation, invoked by the Chief Executive to be privileged…,'" he said.
The lawmaker also said that in the Palace version, information relating to law enforcement and defense had six exceptions, giving police and defense officials very wide leeway in hiding information on violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. With a report from Cynthia D. Balana
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What anchors to carry? The issue is that different anchors have different strengths. From what I've seen there are three overall types with variations.
Plow/delta/bruce etc. These anchors work in a variety of bottoms and reset more quickly than other types.
Danforth/Fortress etc. These have, by far, the greatest holding power for their weight but need to be in sand or mud bottoms.
Fishermans/Northhill These anchors can set in a rocky bottom and punch into kelp. They tend to be heavy and run the risk of the anchor line wrapping the anchor stock when the boat swings.
You can find anchors cheaply at consignment places.
I carry one of each type. My regular hook is a Bruce which I use in anchorages at shorter scopes. My Fortress is also on the bow as a ready stand-by and for sandy bottoms. Stowed away is a folding Northill if I have to anchor in a rocky bottom. I also carry an old Danforth which I can hook in series with the fortress if I ever get stuck in reeeeely high winds. I think it's important to look at the rode and the cleating so that they are all up to what load the anchor can carry. I did the numbers and found the deck cleat wasn't up to what it would take in a blow.
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Fort Wayne-based Sweetwater Sound has announced the hiring of eight new employees. The new hires include five full-time and three part-time positions. Sweetwater says its workforce should exceed 300 employees by the end of the year.
Source: Inside INdiana Business
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Fort Wayne, Ind. -- Sweetwater, the fourth-largest music instrument and pro audio retailer in the world, according to Music Trades magazine, has hired 8 new employees, 5 full-time and 3 part-time, in the month of November. With 298 total employees, up from 257 at the beginning of 2007, Sweetwater is on track to exceed 300 total employees by the end of the year. Three of the new employees have relocated to Fort Wayne.
Sales Engineer Trent Thompson is a Deland, Florida native with a recording degree from Full Sail recording school. He has eight years of experience as a recording engineer, the last three with his own studio.
Sales Engineer Evan Gilmore hails from Noblesville, Indiana and is a recent graduate with a degree in Music Business from Anderson University.
Sales Engineer Mac McDonough is a Fort Wayne native. In addition to considerable experience recording and making music, he has been a probation office for the Allen County Probation Department. He holds a degree from I.U. South Bend in Psychology and a certificate from the Audio Institute of America.
Assistant Chef Marc Robinson holds a degree from Vincennes University and is a graduate of the Culinary Arts program at Ivy Tech. He has worked in catering in Fort Wayne and as a chef at The Summit Club.
Tech Support Technician Dave Askew is from Binghamton, New York and is an Army School of Music graduate. His most recent position was with Guitar Center as a sales associate in Pro Audio.
Three new part-time shipping specialists include:
Ryan Hoffman is a Fort Wayne native and has warehouse experience from Target and Quality on Site.
Bryan Gripp is a Fort Wayne resident and most recently worked for Kitty Hawk.
Mike Hoffman is from Fort Wayne and has been a parts inspection specialist in the automotive industry.
Sweetwater Founder and President Chuck Surack remarked, �Sweetwater continues to hire high-quality individuals from throughout the country, as well as locally, as we near completion of our new $34 million campus on US Highway 30 West.�
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Sweetwater began business 28 years ago in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is the country�s most respected dealer in high-technology equipment for musicians, recording studios, and broadcasters � from microphones and digital recording systems to electric guitars to electronic keyboards and electronic drums. Sweetwater customers range from beginners to rock stars. The company�s equipment can be found in Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville recording studios, TV and radio stations all across the country, as well as in tens of thousands of home recording studios nationwide. Sweetwater is built on a commitment to the highest level of customer service in the music technology industry. For further information visit www.sweetwater.com.
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Good morning. I'm Renée Montagne with a new invention for the lonely diner - a ramen bowl with a built-in iPhone dock. Eating the popular noodle dish normally requires two hands - one for chopsticks, the other for a spoon. Designers at a Taiwanese company noticed a guy trying to do that while juggling his cell phone. So they came up with a way to slurp it up while watching videos or reading emails hands free.
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President Jacob Zuma took a break from government business on Thursday to field a battery of questions from about 30 schoolgirls.
As part of 'Take a Girl Child to Work' Day, President Zuma hosted the girls at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, where he was taken to task on what his new administration was going to do to address some of the challenges that the country faces, and his job.
Looking relaxed, President Zuma sat in a chair flanked by the new Minister of Women, Susan Shabangu, and put the girls at ease with humour.
The girls had question after question for the President, but were most keen to find out what his day-to-day work entailed. He detailed his schedule and explained what it took to be the President of the country.
"It's a huge task," he said, explaining that a President had to understand the country's people and its needs.
"Understand what leadership is. Join a party and work with it. Join a party that has a clear understanding of its policies. Be knowledgeable. Educate yourself - it is every important," President Zuma said.
Asked how he deals with doomsayers, the President encouraged the girls to never be discouraged by criticism and instead build themselves from lessons learnt.
Another learner asked what it takes from a child to rise from humble beginnings in the rural areas to become President.
"It is very possible. It depends how you view society. I come from a rural area... but as a young person, I took a decision to educate myself. In the end, I was given this serious job by the ruling party. So, it doesn't matter where you come from."
One of the girls told President Zuma she was very honoured to meet him, but said she was concerned that South Africa had a high crime rate. The President assured her that crime was high on the list of priorities of the new administration.
"Already we have a plan, and there has been progress. But going forward, you will see major improvements," he said.
Two girls used the opportunity to pour out their hearts about their daily struggles -- from living in an orphanage home, to one family's battle to keep their daughter in university.
The stories touched the President's heart, as he promised them that his office would intervene. With many questions still on their lips, after over an hour President Zuma was forced to end the chat, saying he had to get back to the business of running the country.
The event was clearly a highlight for the girls from schools around Pretoria, as they were beaming after the experience.
"At first I had butterflies... It was great and I was honoured to meet him, because it's not likely for anybody to just sit down with the President and ask him questions," said Ignatia Mabelane (14) from Birchleigh Hoerskool.
Portia Kudobane from Bokgone Technical High School said she was humbled by how the President joked with them.
"He is really a people's President. I have also learnt a lot from him, such as not letting my background or what people say about me define me."
'Take a Girl Child to Work' is an annual event initiated by cell phone company Cell C, to give young girls a chance to spend a day in different career environments to see what options are open to them.


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Forget the Fierce Five. Aly Raisman has made the final five of Dancing with the Stars and is one step closer to the Mirrorball trophy. "It feels awesome. I can't believe how fast the competition has been," she tells TVGuide.com. "Week 1 feels like it was forever ago, but at the same time, the finals are only a week away." The Olympic champ will have two chances to make her case for the finals on Monday with a rumba and a Twitter-voted Afro-jazz. Find out what she and Mark Ballas have planned, why they wanted Afro-jazz and what she thinks of Len Goodman's outburst at Kellie Pickler and Derek Hough last week.
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Palermo 5 piece modular set LOVE LOVE LOVE this group! The quality is outstanding, the look is beautiful and the gracious size and comfort is NOTHING like the "stuff" you will find elsewhere. This purchase was part of a large outdoor redo for us and we could not be happier. August 27, 2013
very nice addition to our patio There needs to be 2 clips for each section for both front and back to hold them together. Other than that, very nice............. August 22, 2013
Outdoor furnature Love it!!! Couldn't be nicer!! Great cust rep on the phone answering questions and looks beautiful on my lake house deck! July 1, 2013
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The BJP will win 18 out of the 28 seats in Karnataka, while the Congress will get just 10, says the Times Now exit poll.
According to C Voter, BJP will get 18 seats in Karnataka and the Congress gets 7 seats, a similar performance from 2009 when BJP won 19 seats and Congress just 6.
CNN-IBN has predicted 12-16 seats for Congress in Karnataka, and 10-14 seats for BJP. The JD(S) will get 1-3 seats. This shows a double consolidation for Congress and BJP in Karnataka according to CNN-IBN.
Karnataka- Total 28 seat projections by five different exit polls. pic.twitter.com/2z1R7Y9Hwi
— TheNewsMinute (@thenewsminute) May 12, 2014
In Seemandhra, the BJP-TDP alliance is set to win 17 out of the 25 seats, according to the Times Now. In Telangana, BJP-TDP is projected to win just 2 seats. The Congress will win 5 seats, and the YSRCP 9 seats.
CNN-IBN has predicted 11-15 seats for the BJP-TDP alliance in Andhra Pradesh and the YSR Congress will get 11-15 also, mostly in Telangana. In Seemandhra, Congress will not win a single seat.
C Voter has done a combined exit poll for Seemandhra and Telangana. C Voter says the Congress wins 7 seats in Andhra Pradesh, the TDP wins 9 seats, the BJP wins 3 seats, the TRS 8 seats and the YSRCP 14 seats.
Seemandhra Projections by three exit polls. Total seats- 25 pic.twitter.com/RzB9N9W0GU
— TheNewsMinute (@thenewsminute) May 12, 2014
In Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa's AIADMK will win 31 of 39 seats according to the Times Now survey. C Voter pegs this figure at 27. CNN-IBN predicts 22 to 28 seats for AIADMK. The DMK is projected to win 7 seats according to Times Now, and 6 seats according to C Voter. CNN-IBN pegs this figure at 7-11 seats, and also says BJP alliance will get 4-6 seats. C Voter predicts 2 seats for BJP while Times Now says 0.
Projections for Tamil Nadu by five exit polls predict Jayalalithaa doing better than 2009 pic.twitter.com/mEdBDI1gvN
— TheNewsMinute (@thenewsminute) May 12, 2014
Kerala has always been a stronghold of the Congress-led UDF, but this time the alliance wins 16 seats according to the Times Now survey. According to C Voter, the alliance wins 11 seats and the Left Front (LDF) 9 seats. According to CNN-IBN, Congress-led UDF will get 11-14 seats in Kerala and the LDF will win 6-9 seats. The BJP will increase its vote share but not get any seats.
Kerala total 20 seats, projections by 5 polls. ABP gives one seat to BJP. pic.twitter.com/f7UJFfKifw
— TheNewsMinute (@thenewsminute) May 12, 2014
Thus, Jayalalithaa is set to become a major player in national politics post the election, and might be a crucial ally if she decides to join the NDA. The municipal elections in Seemandhra led to a BJP-TDP sweep, and this will continue in the general elections.


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Samsung announces their Exynos 5 Octa processor, sports 8 cores!!
CES 2013 - Here I am thinking Samsung would save the bigger announcements for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month, but the South Korean electronics giant has unveiled their 8-core processor known as Exynos 5 Octa.
Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa is based on ARM's new big.LITTLE technology which switches between two clusters of four cores each. The two clusters come in the form of an ARM Cortex-A15 processor used for performance, and a Cortex-A7 which will handle the common tasks which will provide better battery life.
At the moment, processors can change frequency and voltage on-the-fly, which provides better battery life, or higher performance depending on the task at hand. This new Exynos 5 Octa isn't the first chip that sports separate cores for heavy and light workloads, but the South Korean company are saying that they can cut power consumption by up to 70% compared to their Exynos 5 Dual, all by being able to take on common jobs with the lower-voltage A7 cores.
Continue reading 'Samsung announces their Exynos 5 Octa processor, sports 8 cores!!' (full post)
Broadcom's new chip supports H.265, UltraHD
CES 2013 - Broadcom announced something that most people would usually look past thanks to its name, but the BCM7445 features some very impressive abilities.
The new processor from Broadcom is designed for Internet-connected video devices, and is one of the first to support the new video compression technology otherwise known as H.265, MPEG-5 and HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding). The new chip is the successor to the hugely popular H.264 standard, also known as AVC and MPEG-4 Part 10.
H.265 brings some cool new tech, where it can firstly match the quality of H.265 yet use just half the network bandwidth - which will improve streaming video at the same data rate or reduce network usage at the same quality. The Broadcom BCM7445 also supports UltraHD video, which pushes four times as many pixels onto displays without even getting into image quality improvements through the roof.
Continue reading 'Broadcom's new chip supports H.265, UltraHD' (full post)
Intel confirms 7w Ivy Bridge Core chip at CES press conference, avoids giving any sort of detail
CES 2013 - Intel, at their press conference, confirmed the existence of 7 watt TDP Ivy Bridge Core chips, as we previously reported they would. The chips are shipping and Lenovo and others have agreed to use them in upcoming designs.
Intel really provided no other details than the fact that they were aiming for a 10 watt TDP and managed to get down to 7 watts instead.
Qualcomm's CES unveilings include Snapdragon 800 and 600, provides up to 2.3GHz quad-core, 4K video - due mid-2013
CES 2013 - Alright, Qualcomm - settle down, you're blowing me away here, ok? Most people expected Qualcomm to release the Snapdragon S5 at CES, but it looks like that won't be happening.
Don't be upset, though, because we still have some new chips to get all hot and bothered over - with the new SoCs arriving as the Snapdragon 600 and 800. These new SoCs will be baked into future high-end smart devices, such as Smart TVs, smartphones and tablets. We should expect the new Snapdragon 600 and 800 SoCs in the next three-to-six months, with both of the new chips sporting some pretty incredible specifications.
The Snapdragon 800 is claiming that it is 75% faster than the Snapdragon S4 Pro, which is quite the claim. If we do see these types of performance gains, it'll be thanks to a shift to 28nm HPm (High Performance for mobile) fabrication process, an upgraded Hexagon V5 digital signal processor, a shift over to 800MHz LPDDR3 memory which should compete against the PC-like bandwidth that Samsung will enjoy with Exynos 5, an all-new Krait 400 architecture which will offer clock speeds ramping up to 2.3GHz and an all-new Adreno 330 GPU that will sport double the computer power.
Continue reading 'Qualcomm's CES unveilings include Snapdragon 800 and 600, provides up to 2.3GHz quad-core, 4K video - due mid-2013' (full post)
Intel pushing into the value smartphone market with new Atom Z2420
CES 2013 - Intel is currently using the Atom processor in the performance market of smartphones, and is deciding to push into the value market for emerging markets with the new Atom Z2420 processor and platform. It was codenamed "Lexington" and Intel joked about how you might have seen some info in leaks.
Acer, Lava, and Safaricom have announced designs based upon the new processor and platform. "The addition of the low-power Atom platform enables Intel to address new market segments and further rounds out our expanding portfolio of smartphone offerings," said Bell.
It has the normal features: HyperThreading, support for two cameras, and dual SIMs. It will deliver two times the performance of the current Z2460 platform.
SuperRumorTT: NVIDIA to unveil their first desktop SoC at CES
CES 2013 - This is a huge rumor right now, and I'm just the messenger so holster your weapons, please. According to FanlessTech's sources, NVIDIA could unveil their first desktop SoC (system on a chip) at CES.
NVIDIA's "Project Denver" could be announced, with multiple reference designs to be shown off tomorrow night, reports FanlessTech. I would not be surprised, and I've said it before that NVIDIA should enter the desktop CPU game in some form - it's one of the biggest markets right now.
Does this news surprise you? Excite you? Personally, it excites me - I think years from now the CPU as we know it will be vastly different, as they're already doing so now - APUs and the such. A SoC that could be built into a motherboard would only cost $20-$50 (in that range) more and could give users a huge upgrade in terms of graphics performance out-of-the-box.
Intel to talk low-power Ivy Bridge at CES
A leaked Intel image late last year seemed to detail plans to reduce the power consumption of the existing Ivy Bridge chips down to a 10W TDP. Intel has finally confirmed that these chips are coming and they say they will be talking more about these at CES 2013, where at we will get the full scoop.
"Limited SKUs" of Ivy Bridge will be rated at 10W, which means it will be able to use less than that during most use. This is an important metric as current Ivy Bridge CPUs are rated only as low as 17W, which is 70 percent higher. These new low-power chips will enable Ivy Bridge chips to be used in smaller and lighter devices, such as tablets and super-thin Ultrabooks.
The current 17W crop of chips are already used in the MacBook Air and many different Ultrabooks. A lower-powered chip will enable longer battery life in these same machines. Haswell will also be talked about at CES because it is coming later this year and will offer even greater power savings.
NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor details leaked: 4-plus-1 cores, 28nm, six times the power of Tegra 3
NVIDIA's next mobile processor the Tegra 4 (codenamed Wayne) has been leaked and it packs a punch powerful enough to possibly deliver a knock out punch to its Snapdragon rival.
Built on a 28nm process, the Tegra 4 will feature a 72 core graphics setup which will be able to support a resolution of 2,560 x 1600 with 1080p output at 120Hz.
Unfortunately the Tegra 4 will not see a gain in CPU cores, as it will be keeping the current 4+1 setup. A move to ARM's new Cortex-A15 is all but certain though. One major improvement is the move to USB 3.0 and will be NVIDIA's first mobile chip to do so. Rounding things out is dual channel DDR3L memory which will definitely speed things up. Expect release sometime in early 2013.
Intel Haswell CPU lineup leaked, Core i7-4770K to be the new champion
Thanks to a new leaked lineup that VR-Zone has gotten their hands on, we should expect no less than 14 different Haswell CPUs from Intel next year. Intel's next-generation of CPUs will be yet another socket, meaning that your existing motherboards will have to be departed if you wish to upgrade. This new socket will be Socket 1150.
The new motherboards will need to sport a Lynx Point chipset in order to support the new Haswell-based offerings. Intel are set to launch six new standard CPUs and eight low-power CPUs. The best of the best will be the Core i7-4770K which will sport four cores with hyper-threading, all churning away at 3.5GHz. Turbo Boost will be on offer to boost the cores up to 3.9GHz, with 8MB of cache backing it up. Intel HD 4600 graphics will be included, with a 1250MHz clock speed.
There will only be one other K series chip in the new Intel Haswell Socket 1150 lineup will be the Core i5 variant, the Core i5-4670K. This chip will be a quad-core chip, sans Hyper-Threading. It will be clocked at 3.4GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.8GHz. The Core i5-4670K will also have Intel HD 4600 graphics, but have a very slight reduction in speed to 1200MHz.
Continue reading 'Intel Haswell CPU lineup leaked, Core i7-4770K to be the new champion' (full post)
Intel wants to move into 2013 and lose some weight, will shrink down to 22nm tech
Next year is going to be a huge year for smartphones, we should see a next-gen iPhone, Galaxy S IV, Nexus device and many others. Intel is hoping to be a much bigger player in the market and wants to shift from their 32nm technology to 22nm.
Intel are already powering some smartphones, such as Motorola's RAZR i, but they haven't taken much more of the market pie just yet. One of the problems right now is the power consumption numbers, which can't compete with ARM counterparts.
Intel's TriGate technology uses three-dimensional transistor structures that are built to save critical space on the chip, and increase efficiency. Intel have claimed that a 22% to 65% performance increase will be at play when their 22nm chips are compared to their current 32nm offerings.


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Tenyu in Kyoto – a must try for fried seafood lovers
I cannot emphasise how much I love fried food. And tempura in Japan just ticks all the right boxes for me. If you are visiting Kyoto, I would heartily recommend Tenyu. Situated near the Sanjyo train station, it's easily accessible and the quality of food is beyond reproach. Just check out the Uni tempura. Cooked on a sea of bubbling blended oil, the thin layer of seaweed protects the sashimi grade uni (sea urchin) from being overcooked. It beautifully retained all the yummy creaminess despite being gently steamed by the oil. Continue Reading →


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Cartex Add to Cart Module Documentation
This is an old revision of the document!
Add to Cart Promo Rules Module Documentation and Help
Submitted by Brent W Peterson firstname.lastname@example.com
Cartex is at version 1.0.3. In now includes all the admin support and installer. You simply drop your files into your local folder and you are ready to go. Newest version includes
- Add to cart X for Y
- Add to cart X for Y + Value
- Add to cart X for Y + Value + Coupon
- Add to cart X get discount on Y
- and More!
Coming soon - Buy X get cheapest free! Last update was July 23, 2010.
How to use
After you install you will the new tab under promo
The Promo Name and Promo Code are for your reference, the code is there if we need to create a promo that is out side of the scope of the program and I need some way of referencing it.
The Promo Type will grow as I add new features. The following are enabled
- Value based. Works with "From → To" value based exception. They must be entered directly into the database as of June 2010.
- Entity based exception (X for Y) This will lookup a product in the Group table and insert the product form the item_entity table into the cart
- Promo Code - This one will look up a coupon and either add a product based on the coupon, or even apply the coupon code!
Attribute_set based. This has been started, but not implemented.
- Product Attribute based. Discussion is underway to implement this. It will require entering the Attribute_Code somewhere. The code would be looked up and the item would be inserted.
- Excepted exceptions. I am going to make provisions for excepted exceptions. AT the moment there is a hard code for Gift Certifications to be excepted on all rules
Use Rules Dates: This will use the dates from the rules table. I can also use other items from these rules as time and needs prescribe. (Not implemented)
Associated Rule: This is a drop down of all the active rules. This will connect the promo with the Magento rule. The "Rules" on the Magento Rules are ignored.
Enabled: This will turn on and off the promotion
wdc_cartex_exception_entity (WORKS IN ADMIN)
This is the key table for the other tables, the cartex_id is the id that gets inserted in the wdc_attribute_id field on the other tables. I have another modules called attributes that used to be associated with this module, but this is easier.
wdc_cartex_exception_groups (DOES NOT WORK IN ADMIN) This will set the item to be excepted (If is it not Value based) The attribute_set_id and the Entity_id fields are the only one used at the moment. I have had a request for a attribute based exception. Basically after you create a promo, you can insert the items you want to except here. The entity_id is the product_id (and I can do category_ids in the future). The wdc_attribute_id is the cartex_id.
wdc_cartex_exception_item_entity (DOES NOT WORK IN ADMIN)
This is the table that stores the values to be inserted on a given exception. I have provisions to insert multiple items but it has not been completed yet
wdc_cartex_exception_value (DOES NOT WORK IN ADMIN) The wdc_exception_item_id is the item to be inserted (I know I could have named it something much better!) Value can be anything, it is a open field. Min and Max val are the new fields that will control the way it works along with qual_statement.


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Film Title: Monsters
Dir: Gareth Edwards
Genre: Sci Fi Drama
Year: 2010
Godzilla starring Bryan Cranston is one of the most anticipated movies of the year, and is a milestone of a motion picture. For one it's a Godzilla movie, and secondly it's the first Godzilla movie following the epic disaster of 1997's Roland Emmerich film. The trailers have been making a huge buzz, the scale looks massive and it seems to be different and much darker and scarier than any popcorn monster movie Hollywood has ever made. At 300 feet in height, it features the biggest Godzilla to grace the screens, and there are other Kaiju involved as well. It's going to make huge numbers — analysts are projecting a $600+ million gross for the film. But the focal point of the film isn't the monster, it's the director Gareth Edwards, who has made only one film prior to this, at a cost of a few hundred dollars. It was called Monsters.
Why would a Hollywood studio give the keys of one of the biggest movie franchises of all time to Edwards, a filmmaker who has zero experience of working in a big studio film? The answer is simply this:
Monsters was a masterpiece. It was a landmark film not just in visual effects but also in filmmaking. It was a science fiction movie featuring CGI creatures, but was made for a paltry $200,000 by Edwards on his bedroom computer. You'd think that at that kind of budget a film would look worse than an Asylum movie like Sharknado. Edwards was aware of stuff like Sharknado and did the unthinkable — the CGI in Monsters looks as realistic and fluid as a $100 million movie. There were giant squid-like creatures, and they looked pretty incredible to say the least.
But the computer trickery wasn't what made Monsters great. We've seen so many films with great CGI that turned out to be terrible because of the lack of a good story and characters (I'm looking at you, Transformers). Edwards was well aware of this problem. So he made Monsters a road trip love story drama, with the sci-fi elements used only as a backdrop to the story. We follow two characters (played by Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able) who backpack across a war torn, alien infested America to get back home. However, they don't evade aliens blasting laser guns. The film spends time chronicling their chatter, their dramatic beats and eventually the tinge of romantic spark between them. If District 9 made mech suits look cool and brought grittiness back in fashion, Monsters made character development its crowning glory.
The film itself was shot in just three weeks with a crew of seven people including the two actors. Most of the scenes and lines are improvised by the actors and Edwards utilised extremely low-fi means of shooting. One big reason why the film works so well is that it doesn't make its protagonist into a heroic American superman, the pyrrhic ending establishes how rooted to reality the film is. It makes Edwards a gifted filmmaker, joining the pantheon of Duncan Jones and Neil Blomkamp. And that is why I'll be in the front row of Godzilla — to not just relish the eye candy on screen, but to invest myself in characters I care about. And with Cranston, Aaron Taylor, Juliet Binoche and Ken Watanabe cast in the film, I suspect my expectations will be matched.


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Coastal Bend's windy conditions just right for windsport athletes
CORPUS CHRISTI - If you're a cyclist or a runner, you may have found the wind cramping your style this year.
Already known as a windy city, particularly in the spring, Corpus Christi gets even breezier during the warm, dry weather pattern we have experienced lately.
However, at least one group isn't complaining: windsports athletes. All spring, Corpus Christi Bay, the Laguna Madre, and the Gulf of Mexico have been playgrounds for windsurfers and kiteboarders.
If you've ever watched from shore and daydreamed about trying either of these sports, this is the year and the place to try it. Corpus Christi is known nationally as one of the top windsports sites in the nation. This playground is right in our backyards. And as the weather heats up, it's a super fun way to cool off.
Both windsurfing and kiteboarding develop excellent strength and balance skills that will help you cross train for any other sports you practice. But the honest, guilty truth is that they are also pure fun. So much fun, in fact, that you barely realize you're getting a workout. Until your sore muscles remind you later.
As a lifelong sailor and windsurfer, I can vouch for this. I've never done another sport with as much speed and excitement, yet as few consequences: you get all the adrenaline of flying along at 20 to 40 miles per hour and catching major air, yet a crash landing normally means a forgiving splash into water. You wipe your eyes, get reoriented, and pop up for more.
Windsurfing and kiteboarding each have a local shop providing lessons, rentals, and gear. The first lesson provides beginners with enough skills to practice and advance on their own thereafter.
If you've always wanted to try windsurfing or kiteboarding, here are details on the beginner packages offered locally:
n Worldwinds Windsurfing: Bird Island Basin, Padre Island National Seashore. Introduction to Windsurfing class includes gear rental, a one-hour group lesson, and two additional hours of practice. Lessons begin at 11:30 a.m. daily. Reservations are encouraged because classes fill up. Cost: $60. More information: 949-7472 or http://worldwinds.net/.
n Prokitesurf: 623 N. Chaparral St. Beginner lesson includes gear rental and three hours of one-on-one instruction. Lessons available daily by appointment. Cost: $255. More information: 883-1473 or http://www.kiteboarding.com.
Following are details on some upcoming local run and walk events. For more information, including registration, visit the races/fun runs page on the Corpus Christi Roadrunners at http://corpusroadrunners.com
- Get Fit Padre Island 5K; June 4; Windward Beach access parking lot.
- Scleroderma Walk-a-thon; June 11; Sunrise Mall.
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Modern day battle of the sexes
I stumbled upon this video of Jimmy Connors taking on Martina Navratilova in a exhibition where Connors was only allowed one serve and Navratilova was given extra space to hit into (about half the size of regulation doubles alleys). Jimmy won pretty handily.
But just a curious thought...
What do you think would be Serena Williams chances against a top 10 ATP player today if he were only given one serve and she were allowed to hit into the doubles alleys? And I'm talking about the standard sized doubles alleys and not the half sized ones in the video above. Do you think she'd be able to run away with at least a set?
But if it's Isner or Federer....:lol: Those guys would probably hold easy even with only one serve.
Absolutely ridiculous that she got the doubles alley to play in. I know women should get some advantage, but these players are used to thinking that, when playing singles, the doubles alley is out. You can see that Connors is having trouble with running for the balls that Navratilova hits in those alleys because they are supposed to be out. And it's pretty easy to hit passing shots like this.. look at the passing shot in the first game at 15-30 for example. She could barely reach the ball there and just tried to get it into the court. Normally she wouldn't have made it but now it counts as an amazing passing shot?
You have to remember, a lot of the top ten's second serves are as good as Serena's first serve.
Here are the top 10 and what I think:
1. Roger Federer- No
2. Novak Djokovic- No
3. Andy Murray- No
4. Rafael Nadal- No
5. David Ferrer- No, the doubles alley rule won't help her much against a great defender like Ferrer.
6. Tomas Berdych- Very little chance, but Berdych is prone to choking. This can show in the one serve rule.
7. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga- No, too much game for Serena IMO. The doubles alley would help with the passing shots though.
8. Juan Martin del Potro- No, would overpower Serena easily.
9. Janko Tipseravic- No
10. Juan Monaco- Very little chance, but her best shot aside from Berdych on an off day.
Any man in the top 50 would DESTROY any woman, Anytime, Any surface! Would be a waste of the mans time.
Anyone remember Karsten Braasch? At the 1998 Aussie Open, the Williams sisters bragged that they could beat any guy ranked around 200 on the tour. Braasch took the challenge, after playing 18 holes of golf, downing a few beers, and having a few cigarettes. He beat Serena 6-1, and then Venus 6-2. Then, the sisters said they could beat any guy ranked around 350....
This thread is insulting for the top 10.
Connors seemed to be making intentional errors for most of the match.
Important parts bolded. :lol:
Seriously though, Serena and Venus around 2002-2003 would have a decent chance of being ranked insice 400-500.
Btw, you mentioned him playing 18 holes of Golf. I never really played Golf: is that exhausting enough for you to mention it here?
Braasch said that the sisters weren't used to a male player's spin (much more than a female pro), and also weren't used to someone tracking down and returning all the shots they hit in the corners.
Speaking of golf, the only thing I find exhausting about it is the sport of Speed Golf, where you run to the ball after each shot. Plus, the last time I played regular golf, it was 36 holes, and afterwards, my feet were sore for days. I never played again.
Also, don't you feel it's a little bit insulting to a legend like Navratilova to be given those advantages? This is what you would see when a 16 year old boy plays his 12 year old little brother. He would jokingly say: You can use the doubles alleys and I'll only use one serve, haha, even then I'll beat you.
It's a bit degrading, don't you think? Yes, I know Connors beat her easily. Yes, I know men are better than women at tennis and at sports in general. I know women's tennis is a joke. I know I only watch women's football whenever I need a good laugh. I know men and women shouldn't get equal prize money. But these kind of matches are just.. rubbing it in..
And to finally answer the OP's question: Connors beat possibly the GOAT female tennis player easily, in 1992. In modern tennis, power is much more important than back then. Male tennis players would now completely overpower the females.
^^ I think it would be the complete opposite now. Having the doubles court available to hit into would be just too big of an advantage for even the top male tennis players to over come.
Even though Queen Serena for me is the greatest woman player ever, she would not stand a chance against a 1000 ranked male pro :(
even if she gets the double lanes and had a partner no wta pro can beat a top 10
Juan Monaco is in the top 10? Good grief.
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This milestone is the feature complete milestone for Service Manager. From here on out we will only be fixing bugs and responding to customer feedback. The end is in sight!!
What's new in Beta 2?
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