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The MCW Strategic Direction represents a planning process that rapidly and rigorously assesses newly proposed strategic initiatives and results in a rolling five-year forecast.
Approximately 1,540 Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) physicians and more than 600 nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health care practitioners provide adult patient care as the Medical College Physicians and pediatric patient care through Children's Specialty Group, a joint venture with Children's Hospital and Health System. The Medical College of Wisconsin physician practice includes doctors in every specialty and subspecialty of medicine.
Each year, MCW providers, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and psychologists care for more than 430,000 patients, representing more than 1.6 million patient visits.
MCW providers practice at three major affiliates - Froedtert Hospital, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and the Zablocki VA Medical Center - and many other hospitals and clinics in the Milwaukee area.
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Jennifer Lopez, American Idol's sweetest judge, also has an envious shoe collection.
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Jennifer Lopez, recently crowned the "Most Beautiful Woman" by People, spent some time with hubby, Marc Anthony in Puerto Rico.
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Sandusky trial can start a conversation
By Grace Mattern
I have spent more than three decades working to stop sexual violence. I did this difficult work by advocating for victims - girls, boys, women and men who have been sexually abused - and often by people they love and trust. When I read about Jerry Sandusky, it showed me people continue to have stereotypes about individuals who sexually abuse, and the characteristics of this case really challenge those stereotypes.
As the country watches the case unfold, I urge parents, families and organizations to talk about what they need to do to make our communities safer for children. I urge adults to find ways to get involved and learn the scope of sexual abuse. We know it takes a lot of strength to come forward. We can imagine that we would have done everything we could to protect these children. Now we have the opportunity to learn from this experience.
We don't have to wait.
Start with opening the lines of communication. We can ask our church, synagogue, schools and other organizations if they have policies to protect children, if staff is aware of these policies, and if they know how to implement them on a day-to-day basis. Let's use the Sandusky trial as a rallying point to act and to begin conversations with every local organization about what we can all do to make our communities safer for our children and teens.
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TALLAHASSEE — Florida lawmakers are rejecting calls to scrap the death penalty in the state.
A Florida House panel on Thursday voted down a bill that called for the end of capital punishment. Florida currently has more than 400 inmates on Death Row - the second highest total in the nation.
Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee, and sponsor of the bill (HB 4005) said the death penalty is too costly and is wrong for moral and ethical reasons. She also questioned whether it is a crime deterrent.
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Walkers Competes for National Championships in Texas
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. - Saint Leo women's swimmer Maggie Walker and Head Coach Paul Mangen have successfully made it to the NCAA Division II Swim Championships in San Antonio. Walker qualified in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 51.62 which she set while winning the Sunshine State Conference's individual championship in that race last month.Mangen is keeping the Lions abreast of the events surrounding Walker's competition in the NCAA's highest championships.
Day 1, Tuesday, March 8th - We started things off tonight with the NCAA Recognition Banquet in Sunset Station's Pavilion at St.Paul Square. Maggie and I have adjusted to Central Time. Maggie is enjoying San Antonio with its mixture of history and comfort-class feel along the river-walk. She's looking sharp in the water and has been able to make some minor, but significant adjustments with her breakouts and wall timing. Tomorrow is the first day of competition where Maggie is seeded 22nd nationally and our first step this week is to get her into one of the two finals heats.
She's excited and I'm anxious!
Day 2, Wednesday, March 9th – Maggie did not advance to the finals tonight but did have an impressive showing. We have two more events in the tournament when she swims the 100 fly tomorrow and the 100 free on Saturday where she's ranked 15th nationally.(Walker finished 15th in the 100 freestyle preliminary swim with a time of 51.62 and did not advance to the finals.)
Day 3, Thursday, March 10th - Some quick research and I realized that Maggie went :58.38 in the 100 fly, .02 better than her previous mark to set a new Saint Leo program record. She also competed in the 50 yard freestyle where she finished 34th swimming against the nation's best competition with a time of 24.08. Her next event is Saturday, Event #34, where she is currently 15th in the Nation.


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Grapevine, Texas, GameStop Corp. today said its quarterly revenue rose 13%, to $708.7 million from $625.4 million in the prior year. Net income for the fiscal fourth quarter ended in January fell to $34.5 million, or 64? a share, from $39.6 million, or 67? a share, in the year-ago period. The company attributed the decline in net income to charges related to lease accounting.
The Grapevine, Texas-based video-game retailer said it expects to open 370 to 400 new stores this year, as sales get a boost from demand for Sony's PlayStation 2 and the PlayStation Portable (PSP) game consoles.


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Oh Mighty Wing
Now that I can see it...it does look familiar. I wish I could run that much. This person must be planning to win the Monkey or something.
doesn't the lab just change to whomever is looking at it?
I don't know, but it has changed now and isn't mine anymore. How would you know this - can you see my screen? Can you see me? How many fingers am I holding up?
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
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Dragon's Race Report. Seriously.
I wasn't going to post one of these. I really wasn't. But then I thought it might amuse Tanya for a couple of minutes, so here we go.
Back in April, I thought it would be fun to sign up with three other girls for the Nike Women's Marathon. There would be free manicures! Free foot massages! Free chocolate! And best of all, Tiffany finisher medals given to us by firefighters in tuxedos! The date was far enough in the future that it seemed reasonable enough.
I remained blissfully unworried until a couple of weeks ago, when a nice, caring friend gently suggested that I had better get my ass in gear if I wanted to cross that finish in less than six hours and thirty minutes. He pointed out that Nike would not inconvenience the good people of San Francisco for the entire day. Based on my most recent half marathon time, he predicted that I would be coming in just under the deadline. If I missed it, the Nike paddy wagon, not a handsome young San Francisco firefighter, would be picking me up. I got a little concerned, but not enough to do anything crazy like, you know, run.
We had perfect weather for race day: 55 degrees, overcast, no wind. The first 4 hours or so were fun. It was like being in a big estrogen-charged parade. But by about mile 20, I was bored. We had already gone past the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, and were plodding around the surprisingly un-scenic Lake Merced. People who had been singing Whitesnake lyrics loudly and off-key at Mile 6 were no longer interested in entertaining me. On closer inspection, some of them appeared to be crying.
I began to see the value in following a structured training schedule. Not that I would ever do that, but I bet it makes the end of the race more fun.
Looking back, my biggest regret is that I missed the mylar blanket handout table at the end of the race. It got kinda cold waiting around for the shuttle back to Union Square.
The End.
P.S. I'm so completely screwed for the Monkey.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
Did you start with the elites?
It was like being in a big estrogen-charged parade.
50,000 Miles Later
The Greatest of All Time
You should be comforted in knowing that it's really no different near the back of the pack with Trent and JK at the Monkey.
Or so I hear.
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I am seriously amused! Great report--packed with indifference, laconic attitude, and ambivalence. You've really outdone yourself, Dragon.
I know you're a little (very little) concerned about the Monkey, but I did notice this:
You should be comforted in knowing that it's really no different near the back of the pack with Trent and JK at the Monkey.
Or so I hear.
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T/Sgt John W "JACK" Cahill, R/G KIA Nov. '44- 445thBG, 706thBS
1944 — Germany
JACK was residing in Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA when he enlisted on 28 Sept. 1942 directly into the AAC. He was born in 1923 in New Hampshire, he is White, a Citizen, completer 3 years of high-school and he was employed as a flame cutter/ welder and was still single at enlistment.
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T/Sgt John W "JACK" Cahill was a B-24 Radio Operator. JACK was flying a Combat Mission to Hamburg, Germany when the B-24 #42-95180 was hit dierctly between the two engines on one side and was seen to fall out of formation, having feathered an engine but went out of sight as the Group Mission went on.
B-24 Loss "Satan's Little Sister" 42-95180 on 21 November, 1944 445th Bomb Group (Heavy- B'24's) and the 706th Bomb Squadron out of AAF Station 125 UK ....
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Touching Base: A Message from the Chief August 25, 2013@PPDChiefSanchez
Dear Community Members and Department Personnel:
Over the last year, the Pasadena Police Department received several personnel complaints brought forth primarily by a sole source. The complaints were received during trial proceedings related to a 2010 aggravated assault (the victim was so severely beaten by two suspects that he required multiple reconstructive surgeries). Suspect De Los Santos was convicted by a jury and suspect Dumas took a plea deal in court. At my request, the string of 11 complaints was investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's and the Pasadena Police Department. Ten of the investigations are concluded and the outcomes can now be shared publically.
On August 22, the Pasadena Police Department sent out a news release outlining the allegations and findings. The entire news release can be found at: (cityofpasadena.net/EkContent.aspx?theme=Navy&id=6442470869&bid=0&style=news&bid=0s). The local media covered the administrative reviews; however there were several key points missing from their articles. I feel it is important to share additional details regarding these complaints to present a clearer picture.
As outlined in the news release, three allegations were unfounded. That means the investigations proved the allegations never occurred. In one case, the subject officer was not on-duty and was many miles away from Pasadena when the factious incident reportedly happened. Four cases were exonerated as the investigations determined the officers' actions were proper and within departmental policy and the law. At least one complainant alleged the police department was corrupt and he/she was personally targeted by the Pasadena Police Department. However, the complaint failed to support the allegations when investigators produced an audio recording (captured at the time of the alleged misconduct) disproving the assertions. Two complaints were sustained for policy violations (an inappropriate comment verbalized over six years ago, and the second determined the officer's performance was below department standards). The involved officers were subsequently disciplined.
The police department's Internal Affairs process is structured to investigate allegations of misconduct. Moreover, when violations of department policy, procedures, or the law, are deemed to have occurred, the employee is held accountable. However, if the personnel investigation determines the employee's actions were appropriate (within policies, procedures, or the law); the involved employee will be exonerated.
Given the litigious environment associated with law enforcement, I anticipate there will be future personnel complaints, claims, and law suits against the Pasadena Police Department and its employees. Personnel investigations may require an extended period of time to complete depending on the allegations and the complexity of the case. When the department receives complaints, I ask that you don't rush to judgment during the investigation and await the outcome, which will be based on evidence.
The Pasadena Police Department and our community will face future challenges – this fact is undisputed. Crime is relatively low in Pasadena, in part because of increased community awareness, collaborative partnerships, and exceptional law enforcement services. Together we can overcome any obstacles and continue to maintain a safe city for all who live in, work, or visit Pasadena.
I am proud of the men and women of this great organization. They are exceptional employees who are dedicated, courageous, and talented. They strive daily to mitigate crime and provide a high quality of service throughout our community. The Pasadena Police Department will continue to safeguard our community regardless of the origin of the threat, be it local, regional, or national, as we follow our mantra: Mission First, People Always.
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A BOGEY-RIDDEN second round saw David Howell crash out of the Volvo China Open yesterday.
Howell needed to improve on a three-over-par first round of 75 to stand any chance of making the cut at Genzon Golf Club in Shenzhen but fell significantly short, as he carded a five-over-par 77 to finish on eight-over for the tournament.
All that came after an excellent start for the Broome Manor pro, who shave a shot off his score at the par-five second and the par-three third but a nightmare seven at the par-four fifth kick-started a miserable run of seven dropped shots in seven holes for the Swindonian.
Howell bogeyed eight, nine, 10 and 11, leaving him with a mammoth task after completing the turn.
While he did enjoy some respite with a birdie two on the par-three 13th, that was cancelled out by a bogey on 16.
The seventeenth was birdied but by now Howell was substantially below the cut line and a dropped shot on the final hole did him no favours, either.
Frenchman Alexander Levy led the field after two rounds, with a score of 14-under-par. Spaniard Adrian Otaegui was four shots behind on 10-under, while his fellow countryman Alvaro Quiros was close behind on nine-under.
Howell's attentions will now turn to The Championship at Laguna National in Singapore, which begins on Thursday.


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Commercial Recap: #SB48
Like many others, I spent a good chunk of my Sunday evening eating really good food and tuning in to my first football game of the season. After very scientifically using my baby's preference for one of two toys set out in front of her on the living room floor to pick my team, I happily cheered for this year's champions. Go Seattle! Also like many others, I settled in to consume some very expensive media. For your reading pleasure, I now offer my feminist recap of commercials from Super Bowl Weekend.
#DidntMaketheCut but #MadeMyCut
First, I am very pleased to share that orgs and activists who can't afford to purchase air time during the big game still gave it a whirl. My favorite commercial from this weekend was one that you wouldn't have seen on the air, but that made a lasting impression. From the National Congress of American Indians, it will blow you away, and hopefully change some minds and hearts in the process.
During the game the twitterverse shared their reactions to the commercials using hashtags. If you thought a commercial got it right, represented ideas and values that you could get behind, and probably made you smile in the process, you gave it a thumbs-up with #MediaWeLike. Cheerios picked up some major racist flack for featuring a biracial family in an ad. So what did they do? Brought them back for the Big Game! And come on people. How cute is Gracie?! This wasn't the only commercial either. The general tone that I saw from folks practicing critical media literacy this year was that they thought lots of advertisers picked up on the #NotBuyingIt message from last year and really cleaned up their acts.
But, for every company that "got it right" there were still two that didn't get the message. So there were still a whole lot of #NotBuyingIt reactions. Overall, I felt that the tone of #SB48 advertising was heteronormative, gender-biased, and very White.
So far the ads aren't so degrading to women...women are just absent.Good thing we don't buy sodas, snack foods, or cars. #52% #NotBuyingIt— Heather Arnet (@heatherarnet) February 2, 2014
.@BudLight featuring Ah-nuld calling a guy a "little girl" bc he can't play sports. #NotBuyingIt pic.twitter.com/xAdRXeo0js
— Rebecca Eisenberg (@ryeisenberg) February 3, 2014
I think we can do better! Let's hope for a #MediaWeLike: #NotBuyingIt ratio of 2:1 for next year.
#LoveHate, #Torn, & #AlmostThere
Some ads were trying so hard to get it right, but didn't quite make it in my opinion. I had to create an "Other" category to cover some of them, and would love to keep the conversation going about them. First, there was the car commercial about a caring and attentive dad who swooped in to save his son from destruction. Love the caring and attentive dad part, got annoyed when ultimately they portrayed a teenage boy not being able to control his urge to give a pretty girl a once over while driving a car. I give Hyundai an #AlmostThere.
Then, there was Chevy. The first one I saw was titled Bovine Romance, and left something (many things) to be desired. Men drive trucks, women are cows just waiting for the right stud the make his way into their lives. Then the next Chevy ad was about hope, healing, and support in honor of World Cancer Day. What can I say, I liked it. #Torn.
This brings me to Coca-Cola. Their America the Beautiful ad made an effort to incorporate the diversity and multiculturalism that the United States is made of and proud of. There was some interesting response to this ad, ranging from happy reactions (#AmericaIsBeautiful) to outraged backlash to an ad about the United States that featured 8 languages. This commercial is fascinating, and the response even more so. First of all, I liked the commercial. That said, I don't think a well-made commercial negates the fact that Coke routinely exploits people and resources around the world.
Second, can we talk about the #SpeakAmerican twitterstorm?? It started out as racist, bigoted commentary on the fact that the ad featured multiple languages, identities, and cultures. It grew into pointed commentary on the cultural appropriation and exploitation of Native Americans. There was smart commentary on calling America a nation of immigrants. Liked the ad. Hate the company's practices. Love the conversations that grew out of it. #LoveHate.
What did you think of the #SB48 ads? Were you #NotBuyingIt? Was there #MediaWeLike mixed in? Do you have a #LoveHate relationship with some of them?


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Price, Rays off their game in loss to Rockies
Left-hander tagged for nine runs, including grand slam in seventh
DENVER -- The Rays' seventh inning on Saturday in a 9-3 loss to the Rockies epitomized an early season out of sync.
With reigning American League Cy Young Award winner David Price on the mound, the Rays turned two outs and nobody on into a five-run Rockies rally -- capped when rookie Nolan Arenado turned on a 76-mph hanging curveball from Price and drilled it over the left-center-field fence for a grand slam.
It's been that kind of season for the Rays' ace, who squandered a lead and lost the fourth of his last five games.
"That's very frustrating," Price said. "When you get the lead, you obviously want to hold on to it so your team can win. I'm not doing that. It's rough, it is. It's got to get better."
Price was an out away from escaping the seventh unscathed until Carlos Gonzalez singled to left. Troy Tulowitzki reached base for the fourth time when he beat out an infield single to third and forced a throwing error from Evan Longoria, which allowed Gonzalez and Tulowitzki to advance. Michael Cuddyer than reached first on an errant throw from double-clutching shortstop Ben Zobrist.
Zobrist's play was initially ruled an error, but the official scorer changed his ruling, giving Cuddyer a hit and adding five earned runs to Price's line. Either way, the normally solid Rays defense knew that was a play that should have been made.
"Of course, and he knows that," manager Joe Maddon said of Zobrist's play. "Even the play with Longo before that. There were a couple plays we could have made that we normally do make, and this is all moot."
The back-to-back missed plays in the infield led to 14 extra pitches from Price, who could have been out of the inning with 90 pitches thrown. But he walked Wilin Rosario to load the bases, then yielded the slam to Arenado on a 1-1 count, giving the 22-year-old his first slam and second homer since being called up for his big league debut last Sunday.
"We all know he wasn't on his 'A' game," Arenado said. "We all know he's an unbelievable pitcher, and luckily he hung one."
The slam ended Price's evening as he left with nine runs on his line, along with 11 hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings.
"I felt fine," Price said. "I just have to make better pitches, especially in those big spots. That's not what I'm doing right now. It's frustrating."
Price had reversed a trend that saw teams hitting .367 (18-for-49) against him with two outs, retiring all five Rockies he faced with two outs until he got to the seventh, when five-of-five reach with two outs.
"He didn't have his normal velocity, no question," Madden said. "Nothing was normal. He was uncomfortable I think with the grip on the balls. Here in this [climate] it can be different, your hands get dry. It's not about the balls, it's about your hands getting dry and slick. I think that was a problem with him for a while, but he worked through that."
The Rockies executed first-inning damage for the second night in a row to take an early lead. Eric Young Jr. singled to center to leadoff, and two batters later, Tulowitzki singled to right to bring Young home and put the Rockies on the scoreboard.
It was Tulowitzki's first of three hits and three RBIs after only being available to pinch-hit in the series opener on Friday. Price also hit him with a pitch in the fifth.
"Having him in the middle of the lineup is huge for us," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He came up big once again, been doing it the whole first month of the season."
All of Colorado starter Jon Garland's runs came in a three-run third. Matt Joyce sparked the rally with a one-out walk, and after Zobrist followed with a fielder's choice, the Rays' Nos. 4, 5, and 6 hitters logged three hits in a row. Longoria singled to center and Loney doubled to left to bring Zobrist home. Kelly Johnson capped the spree with a two-run single to right to give the Rays a 3-1 lead.
"Garland was tough," Joyce said. "I thought we did a great job of working the counts. He was really nibbling. He was hitting his spots really well. We did a pretty good job of trying to be patient with it. We just didn't really put a bunch of hits together and score a lot of runs, and obviously when the pitcher's making good pitches, that tends to happen."
Tulowitzki pulled the Rockies even in the same inning with a two-run double, and Gonzalez gave the Rockies the lead in the fifth, lining a leadoff shot into the evergreens beyond the center-field fence.
"David's been such a dominant pitcher over the years that it's definitely weird to see that he's struggling so much," Joyce said. "I don't think any of us have any lack of confidence in him whatsoever. Once he gets that confidence or that feeling or what he's looking for, things are going to take off."
In the meantime, Price and his teammates were left scratching their heads over an ace and a team out of sync 29 games into the season.
"We're not used to that with David," Maddon said of Price's recent pattern of losing leads. "If anything the velocity's down just a click, and with that the other pitches just aren't playing the same off of that.
"The last game he did touch 95 several times in Chicago, and I didn't see that today. The big thing about the velocity component is the effectiveness of the other pitches by the differential between his speeds. [As a result] what you're seeing somewhat, is the maybe the deception isn't good. It's just an equation we have to work through and see.
Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A rare honor
With the announcement of the Medal of Honor for former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, 11 service members — seven of them soldiers — have received the nation's highest award for valor for actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The first seven were awarded posthumously. Spc. Ross McGinnis, Sgt. 1st Class Paul Smith, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor and Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham were honored posthumously for their actions in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Robert Miller, Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti and Navy Lt. Michael Murphy were honored posthumously for their actions in Afghanistan. Former Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor from these wars. Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry and Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer also received the Medal of Honor. All three men were honored for their actions in Afghanistan.
Remember the fallen
Eight soldiers were killed in the Oct. 3, 2009, attack on Combat Outpost Keating in northeastern Afghanistan. They were:
Staff Sgt. Vernon W. Martin, 25, of Savannah, Ga.
Staff Sgt. Justin T. Gallegos, 27, of Tucson, Ariz.
Sgt. Joshua M. Hardt, 24, of Applegate, Calif.
Sgt. Joshua J. Kirk, 30, of South Portland, Maine
Sgt. Michael P. Scusa, 22, of Villas, N.J.
Spc. Christopher T. Griffin, 24, of Kincheloe, Mich.
Spc. Stephan L. Mace, 21, of Lovettsville, Va.
Pfc. Kevin C. Thomson, 22, of Reno, Nev.
A former staff sergeant who helped repel one of the largest, most vicious battles against U.S. forces in Afghanistan will receive the Medal of Honor, the White House announced Friday.
Clinton L. Romesha, 31, will be the fourth living service member to receive the nation's highest award for valor for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq. Seven other service members have posthumously been awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions in those wars.
Romesha will be awarded the medal Feb. 11 at the White House.
Romesha was a section leader in B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division during the Oct. 3, 2009, attack on Combat Outpost Keating in eastern Afghanistan.
Eight American soldiers were killed and two dozen others wounded in the battle as the troop-sized element fought against an overwhelming enemy force that launched a brazen attack to overrun the COP.
The attack on COP Keating remains one of the deadliest attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan and is chronicled in the book "The Outpost" by Jake Tapper.
Several other soldiers at COP Keating that day have been honored for their actions. According to Army Times' reporting and "The Outpost," at least nine soldiers — including the platoon leader who ran operations that day and the physician assistant who treated numerous casualties and gave his own blood to keep one of his patients alive — were awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest award for valor.
In "The Outpost," Tapper outlines Romesha's unwavering courage and determination as the vastly outnumbered American troops and their Latvian partners battled an enemy force numbering more than 300.
Romesha is described as intense, short and wiry.
"The son of a leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church in Cedarville, California … his parents had hoped he would follow his father into the church leadership, and Romesha had in fact gone to seminary for four years during high school — from five till seven every morning — but ultimately it just wasn't for him. He didn't even go on a mission, a regular rite for young Mormon men. Romesha was better suited to this kind of mission, with guns and joes under his command."
At 5:58 a.m. Oct. 3, 2009, the enemy launched its attack from all four sides of the small COP, which was nestled in the bottom of a valley surrounded by towering mountains.
About 50 American, 20 Afghan and two Latvian soldiers were stationed at COP Keating, along with about a dozen Afghan Security Guards. Nearby, the 19 American and 10 Afghan soldiers at Observation Post Fritsche also came under heavy fire.
Firing a recoilless rifle, rocket-propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns and rifles, the enemy quickly wreaked havoc on the two positions.
In two minutes, the first U.S. soldier was killed as the enemy targeted the COP's mortar pit and pinned down the soldiers at OP Fritsche, preventing them from providing supporting fire to COP Keating.
The Afghan troops and security guards reportedly quickly abandoned their posts, leaving the Americans and Latvians to fight alone.
During the first three hours of the battle, mortars hit the COP and OP every 15 seconds, and in less than an hour, the enemy swarmed the COP, breaching the Afghan army side of the compound. The enemy eventually set fire to the small outpost, destroying almost 70 percent of it.
Romesha and his fellow soldiers immediately fought back — and continued to fight for hours — as heavy enemy fire rained down on them from all directions.
According to the citation accompanying Romesha's Medal of Honor, the staff sergeant moved under intense enemy fire to reconnoiter the battlefield and seek reinforcements from the barracks before returning to action with the support of an assistant gunner, who is identified in "The Outpost" as Cpl. Justin Gregory.
Romesha "took out an enemy machine gun team and, while engaging a second, the generator he was using for cover was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, inflicting him with shrapnel wounds," according to the citation.
Undeterred by his injuries, Romesha continued to fight, and upon the arrival of another soldier to aid him and with the assistant gunner, Romesha again "rushed through the exposed avenue to assemble additional soldiers."
Romesha then mobilized and led a five-man team and returned to the fight.
"With complete disregard for his own safety, Romesha continually exposed himself to heavy enemy fire as he moved confidently about the battlefield, engaging and destroying multiple enemy targets, including three Taliban fighters who had breached the combat outpost's perimeter," according to the citation.
As the enemy attacked the COP with even "greater ferocity, unleashing a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades and recoilless rifle rounds," Romesha "identified the point of attack and directed air support to destroy over 30 enemy fighters."
When he learned that other soldiers at a distant battle position were still alive, Romesha and his team provided covering fire, allowing three of their wounded comrades to reach the aid station, according to the citation.
Romesha and his team also moved 100 meters under "withering fire" to recover the bodies of their fallen comrades.
Romesha's calm — and sense of humor — under fire is described in "The Outpost."
During the battle, Romesha tries to rally Spc. Zach Koppes, who was pinned down in a Humvee.
As recounted in "The Outpost":
Romesha ran up to the vehicle under enemy fire.
"This doesn't look good," Romesha said. "We're all going to die."
He laughed — he had a pretty dark sense of humor, Romesha. "You okay?"
Koppes looked at him. Bullets were ricocheting off the truck right next to him, but the staff sergeant just stood there looking back at Koppes, smiling the whole time.
Holy shit, he's lost his mind, the specialist thought.
"Yeah, I'm good," Koppes finally replied. "I still got this sniper behind me."
"Okay, stay low and hang tight," Romesha told him.
At that moment, the sniper shot at Romesha, who then ducked behind the Humvee and began playing peekaboo with the enemy, trying to draw him out so he could see exactly where he was firing from. He decided that the Taliban fighter was midway up on the Northface, so he fired the Dragunov [rifle] at the spot.
Then he turned and airily announced to Koppes, "All right, I'm going to head out."
Romesha's actions "throughout the day-long battle were critical in suppressing an enemy that had far greater numbers," according to the citation accompanying his award. "His extraordinary efforts gave Bravo Troop the opportunity to regroup, reorganize and prepare for the counter-attack that allowed the troop to account for its personnel and secure Combat Outpost Keating."
After the battle, COP Keating, which had been slated for months to close but had remained open because of continual delays, was shut down and destroyed.
Romesha, of Lake City, Calif., is married and has three children. He enlisted in the Army in September 1999 as an M1 armor crewman, and deployed to Kosovo and twice to Iraq before serving in Afghanistan.
Romesha left the Army in April 2011 and currently lives with his family in Minot, N.D., where he works as a field safety specialist for an oil field construction firm.
In addition to the Medal of Honor, Romesha's awards and decorations include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Action Badge.


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Ratification of IEEE 802.11n allows the technology to achieve good growth in commercial environments as it helps businesses to cope with challenges from increasingly complicated and bandwidth-hungry applications. In addition to enhancing throughput and coverage, the IEEE 802.11n standard offers the following benefits: elimination of bandwidth contention, future-proof support as well as accommodation for more users and floor space.
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orset Police's summer drink drive crackdown has come to an end with 87 people charged in total.
And in a bid to continue the clampdown, the public is being urged to continue to report anyone they suspect of drink-driving.
- 84 charged so far in police drink drive crackdown - see the latest 13 to face court
- 14 more motorists named and shamed in police drink driving crackdown
- Revealed: 12 motorists caught drink driving in police crackdown
The force highlights the issue twice a year - at Christmas and in the summer - with the summer crackdown running throughout July.
In all, 87 people were charged with drink or drug-driving offences - 64 men and 23 women.
Those charged continue to face magistrates and will appear in ongoing coverage.
Sgt Nikki Burt, of Dorset Police's Traffic Unit, said: "Unfortunately there are still some drivers in Dorset who are not getting the message that drinking and driving is dangerous and is simply not worth the risk."
Anyone caught drink-driving faces a minimum 12-month driving ban, up to six months in prison and a fine of up to £5,000.
Sgt Burt added: "I would like to thank those members of the public who called us to report a drink driver. I'd continue to urge anyone who suspects someone is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol to call us so we can take action."
Urgent information about someone driving under the influence should be reported by dialling 999.
Non-urgent information should be reported on 101 or by ringing Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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There's so much going on in Talk week to week that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.
Talk: All out American Meal
"If apple pie is too challenging for you... like it is for me, I create a fake-out version with puffed pastry sometimes, creating applie pies like the ones they make in fast food places, or you can make an apple crisp, that has all the flavors of a pie, without the dough!!!
" —KarmaFreeCooking
Talk: Easy Eggs with Melted Cheese Croissant in 10 mins!!!
"graded? Do you mean grated? I have no clue what graded cheese means." —missmochi
"C'mon Missmochi. Graded, as in cheddAr. Mild, medium, sharp, and extra shrap. Yes?
Hey, that's the best I can come up wit." —boobird
The Food Lab Lite: Five Minute Miso-Glazed Toaster Oven Salmon
"Oh you are just the best for posting this!! : ) Thank you so much!! I can't express how many times I have ruined salmon with my poor cooking skills! Now I can have my salmon and eat it too." — Starfoxx28
Talk: Ways to Expand the Palate of Picky Eaters?
"I realize that's what they say. That's what I told my mom about asparagus. But she kept making it despite my protests.
She made it roasted with olive oil, salt, and pepper. The rule was, I had to try a bite every time. I thought it was dumb, but that was the rule. She tried it breaded and fried. She tried it with bacon. She tried it with a yogurt sauce...etc, etc. etc. Eventually, I found that I started to develop a taste for asparagus. Now I simply roast it with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Had I not "tried a bite" 20 times over the years, I would have just assumed asparagus was "off limits" for me.
Palates are developed, not discovered." — lawofmurphy
Serious Entertaining: A Higgs Boson Discovery Party
"Well since we are talking particles here, I don't think a crumble cake would be out of place for dessert.
Is it bad if I think poutine with little particle cheese curds and the gravy that holds them all together would make an absolutely awesome main? Like these collisions it only lasts about a zillionth of a second anyways (at least in front of most people I know)
And of course, because nobody has said the classic Einstein joke yet. It is imperative that everyone have a relatively good time at this party, so you should leave nothing to chance." — jareddee


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I scratch the belly of a Guinea Hog lying down on his side while zookeeper Liz trains him to accept a blood draw. The Oakland Zoo's Veterinary Care Center wants a blood sample to determine if the animals' new diet has the proper nutrients. To prepare the two Guinea Hogs for an actual blood draw, they first have to become tolerant about a person holding off their leg to find the vein. Due to their excellent sense of smell, Jason and Sara initially were nervous about the rubbing alcohol on their legs. Also, the zookeeper practiced touching their legs with a blunted needle to accustom them to the motions of a blood draw. Some of the zoo's visitors who saw us practicing in the exhibit appeared surprised that the pigs were so tolerant and even asked if the Guinea Hogs were sedated. Nope, they weren't. They simply enjoy their belly rubs and are willing to lie down on the grass.
The less glamorous aspects of my internship are the routine cleaning and disinfecting of the animals' exhibits and night houses. I completely gutted and disinfected the rabbits' night house, and then I filled it would fresh shavings and grass hay. The other intern and I also scrubbed the pools in the pigs' exhibit along with disinfecting their night house and service area.
The past few days have been warm and sunny – the perfect opportunity for making popsicles for the lemurs! A lemur enrichment popsicle consists of fruit chucks (usually grapes, watermelon, strawberries and cantaloupe) frozen in ice.
Besides continuing to conduct lemur observations for an intern project, I attended an intern class about zoological population management. This class concludes the series of intern classes and explained how zoos determine which animals to breed and to whom to breed them. The class covered what is included in a stud book and general population management concepts, like avoidance of inbreeding. I learned the founding populations in a stud book are animals directly from the wild.
Another guideline was not to keep all animals of one species concentrated in one zoo. In case of an emergency, zoos would not want all the animals of a particular species to die.


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This week, Statistics Canada released their January 1 inventory numbers for livestock. Their hog inventory was down 0.5% compared to a year ago. Their sheep and lamb inventory was up 0.7%. Canada's total cattle inventory on January 1 was up 0.5%. Beef cow numbers were down 1.0% and milk cow numbers up 0.1%. The number of heifers being kept for breeding herd replacement was up 3.4%. The 2012 calf crop in Canada was 2.5% smaller than the year before.
Thus far in 2013, futures market prices for both cattle and hogs have been trending lower. In part this is due to more meat. For the third consecutive month, USDA has increased their estimate of 2013 production of red meat and poultry. The latest number is up 0.8% from their February forecast and up 3.3% from the December prediction. Today's update for 2013 has production of beef up 0.1%, chicken up 1.7%, and turkey production up 2.5%. But, USDA reduced expected pork production by 0.2%. They are now predicting combined red meat and poultry production will 0.4% greater than in 2012. In December they were predicting meat and poultry production would be 2.6% lower this year than last.
Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $127.72/cwt, down 12 cents from the prior week, but up 95 cents from a year ago. On a dressed weight basis, steers averaged $203.26/cwt this week, down 4 cents from the week before.
Beef carcass cutout values took a big jump this week. On Friday morning, the choice boxed beef carcass cutout value was $197.72/cwt, up $10.23 from last Friday and the highest since the end of October. The select carcass cutout was $195.10/cwt, up $9.85 for the week.
This week's cattle slaughter totaled 595,000 head, up 5.7% from the week before, but down 5.9% from the same week last year. The average steer dressed weight for the week ending on February 23 was 867 pounds, down 3 pounds from the week before, but up 13 pounds from a year ago. This was the 59th consecutive week with steer weights above the year-earlier level.
Feeder cattle prices at this week's Oklahoma City auction rebounded from the previous week's weather disrupted lows. The price ranges for medium and large frame #1 steers were: 400-450# $175-$200.50, 450-500# $174-$191, 500-550# $169-$182.50, 550-600# $163-$173, 600-650# $153.25-$165, 650-700# $146-$157.75, 700-750# $135.75-$145.85, 750-800# $135.75-$142, 800-900# $130.75-$139, and 900-1000# $127-$131.50.
The April fed cattle futures contract ended the week at $127.55, down $2.40 from the week before. The June contract lost $1.73 this week to settle at $123.37 on Friday. August fed cattle ended the week at $124.27/cwt. March feeder cattle futures ended the week $2.58 lower at $138.97/cwt. April feeders closed out the week at $141.35.


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A SCHOOL is to launch a major multi-venue arts festival across the North West.
Accrington Academy is poised to bring together a festival which is being supported by the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, actress Julie Hesmondhalgh and national DJ Adam Caterall.
The Access All Areas Arts Festival events will take place in Manchester and Accrington with everything from Shakespearean street theatre to art displays and talks from inspirational speakers.
The Queens Road West academy has teamed up with leading figures from the arts community to deliver a range of events and attractions.
Kicking off the festival is a series of inspirational talks at Manchester's National Football Museum next week.
Taking the stage will be Rock FM and Radio 1 DJ Adam Cattarall, sixth form student Mehvish Mansha and Church actress Julie.
Also appearing is research scientist Professor Hugh Coe and former commando Ben McBean, a double amputee who recovered from horrific injuries to run the London Marathon.
There will also be a special appearance by the school's own percussion band Drum Machine Accrington.
The school will round up the week with a sessions by the Parrabbola Theatre – working with students and staff on a performance of the classic love story Romeo and Juliet in Accrington town centre.
The town will also be invited to take part in Accrington Reads, a project bringing the community together to read, share and enjoy books. Reading events will take place around the academy including 'The Reading World Cup' and a visit from acclaimed children's author Cathy Cassidy.
Principal Andy O'Brien said: "Creative learning and thinking is at the heart of everything we do at the academy and we are thrilled to be working again with a variety of agencies and artists to present a festival that appeals to all of Accrington's diverse communities."
Accrington Library will be hosting Thinking Beyond, the first Accrington Open Contemporary Art exhibition, which runs until June 20 and has been organised by Accrington Academy students, supported by artist Jez Dolan and Manchester City Art Gallery.
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Mix and match the season's freshest neutrals for a look as light and airy as the weather. We've found 10 of the hottest pieces.
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Neutrals in nude tones were all over the spring runways, and we couldn't be more excited! This trend is super easy to wear. Toss on a taupe-colored top with your favorite jeans, wrap a subdued scarf over a brightly colored sweater, or dress yourself in neutrals from top to toe (as Kelly Ripa did for her appearance on The Late Show) — these shades are flattering, and can be worn together or paired with brights.
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It's a lesson of what not to do when selling items on Craigslist, as a couple was robbed and pepper sprayed on Jan. 27.
A couple selling jewelry on Craigslist arranged to meet the buyers at 1 a.m. at the parking lot of Colossus.
The male and female victims met the potential female buyer in the parking lot near Montana's.
The female buyer arrived in a light grey, older model pick up truck with an extended cab. She came with a male.
The victim offered the chain for viewing, the suspect male grabbed the chain and pepper sprayed both victims.
The suspects jumped into their vehicle and fled.
The male suspect is described at approximately 23 years old, 5'8", 170 lbs., with short light brown hair, a very short beard, and wearing black pants and hoody.
The female was also in her early 20s, approximately 5'6", 135 lbs., bleach blond hair, wearing blue jeans and a hoody with a yellow logo.
Subsequently, the victims have worked with a sketch artist and a composite drawing of the male suspect has been released.
Police are asking that the public study the composite and photographs and call Langley RCMP if you are able to assist with this investigation at 604-532-3200.
Langley RCMP want to remind people to always be careful when selling on websites like Craiglist. Make sure to meet in public places like cafes, to arrive with a friend or family member, to let people know where you are going. Be extra vigilant when selling high priced items, said police.


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Even in his last days, Dad and I shared a fleeting moment. It was the eve of my birthday. I was at the hospital to see my dad. knowing he wasn't much longer on this earth. Kevin and I drove up in a hurry from New York and it was after 11PM. My ever caring mom was at his bedside. Dad wasn't his usual self, his health clearly on a sharp decline. Yet, when he came to as I kissed him on the cheek, I told him how beautiful the stars were that night. His pale blue eyes smiled into mine, understanding.
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I'm really interested in politics (don't worry, I'm not going to start bashing politicians and hammering you with political rage). The point is when the U.S. FY11 Omnibus Spending Bill (the bill to fund the U.S. Government for another year) was announced it piqued my interest. I'm fascinated by "earmarks" (also affectionally known as "pork"). For those who aren't familiar with U.S. politics, "earmark" is a slang term for "Congressionally Directed Spending". It's basically the set of provisions added to bills by Senators and Representatives in the U.S. Congress, directing money to be spent on certain programs or projects without all the hassle of introducing a separate bill, sending it through umpteen committees, and getting enough supporters in both chambers to vote it up. Most of the time Senators and Representatives introduce earmarks that send money back to their home states (see this guy for details).Now it looks like the Omnibus Bill is dead for now, but the record of the earmarks is still available at http://appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm in PDF format (no, you don't have to visit Wikileaks). Just look for the "Earmarks" links at the bottom of the page under "All News Items". So what I have been doing the past few days, since the bill was announced, is loading the earmarks into a SQL database. It turned out to be a little more complex than it should have been. There was the issue of extracting the data out of the PDF files, normalizing it, ETLing it into SQL Server, cleaning it up (a *lot* of manual cleanup required), adding and cleaning up reference data, and finally linking the earmarks to the reference data.You can download the resulting SQL 2008 database backup file from this post and restore it to your test server to play around with. Here are some sample queries I ran:SELECT SUM(e.Amount)FROM dbo.Earmark e;Result:8313820025(That's $8.3 Billion dollars in earmarks -- note that some earmarks did not specify $ amounts, so this number is low)Want to see total earmarks requested by party affiliation?WITH CTEAS( SELECT DISTINCT e.EarmarkID, e.Amount, c.Party FROM dbo.Earmark e INNER JOIN dbo.EarmarkCongress ec ON e.EarmarkID = ec.EarmarkID INNER JOIN dbo.Congress c ON ec.CongressID = c.CongressID)SELECT Party, SUM(Amount)FROM CTEGROUP BY Party;Results:D, 6779032457R, 2933829318I, 216149500This one actually double-counts some items since the same earmark can be sponsored by a Democrat (D), a Republican (R), and/or an Independent (I) all at the same time.And if you want to see how much was requested by your Senators and Representatives:SELECT c.Chamber, c.LastName, c.FirstName, c.Party, SUM(e.Amount)FROM dbo.Earmark eINNER JOIN dbo.EarmarkCongress ec ON e.EarmarkID = ec.EarmarkIDINNER JOIN dbo.Congress c ON ec.CongressID = c.CongressIDWHERE c.State = 'NJ'GROUP BY c.Chamber, c.LastName, c.FirstName, c.Party;Results:House, Adler, John D, 23848125House, Andrews, Rob D, 27710000House, Holt, Rush D, 103953000House, Pallone, Frank D, 21810000House, Pascrell, Bill D, 15143000House, Payne, Donald D, 52908000House, Rothman, Steven D, 107153000House, Sires, Albio D, 120141000Senate, Lautenberg, Frank D, 239061125Senate, Menendez, Bob D, 243982125Again there can be double-counting since an earmark can have multiple sponsors (very likely when you're talking about Senators and Representatives from the same state).Also note that I had to add in the non-voting Congressional delegates from U.S. territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, etc.) and Washington, D.C. to the reference data. They don't vote, but they're allowed to attach earmarks to bills to bring some cash back home.I'd love to see what others are able to do with this data. Some ideas -- use Reporting Services to map earmarks across the country; come up with clever queries to allocate earmarks equally across sponsors to avoid the double-counting issues; some Top n style queries by amounts, counts, etc.; combine it with spatial data and other reference data out there; compare things like # of sponsors for an earmark vs. the amount of the earmark, or seniority of sponsors vs. the amount of the earmark; maybe do something clever with it in PowerPivot. If you find this type of data interesting and you download the database to play with, let us know the results and what you come up with.


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Apple iPhone 5: Announcedby Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2012 3:23 PM EST
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MrPhilo - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkIf it was the Cortex A15, I'm sure Apple will include that in its presentation since it'll be the first company to launch a A15, it is just a rebranded Exynos chip IMO, and a higher clocked GPU. Reply
EnzoFX - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI don't think so. However if it were quad core, that's easy to sell, "4 cores" is simple and easy. A15 doesn't mean a whole lot to the average user. Reply
pravin_tavagad - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkA15 is much better and advanced architecture than A9.
It is very power efficient and fast that event dual core A15 can easily beat quad core A9 in every aspect.
TI launched video comparing A15 and quad A9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neayNcAQIXY Reply
Gich - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkQualcomm does SoCs its own way, but at the end of the day isn't Krait an A15? Reply
lowlymarine - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkNot quite. It's somewhere between A9 and A15, much like Scorpion was somewhere between A8 and A9. That said, dual-core Krait @ 1.5 GHz is still much more than twice as fast as dual-core A9 @ 800 MHz, so even taking Apple's statements at face value, this isn't going to top the frustratingly ubiquitous. MSM8960. Reply
Aenean144 - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkExynos GPUs will not have 2x the GPU power of the A5 GPU. It's either a SGX543MP4 or a Rogue 6x00 of some sort.
This is an Apple SoC through and through, not a rebrand. Reply
glenns - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI would be surprised if it is a15 bit we'll soon see Reply
1008anan - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkLook forward to frequent updates Anand and Brian.
Unrelated, how does Apple keep some of their SoC tech from being stolen by their fab Samsung? Strictly as a practical matter?
Any word yet that Apple might split SoC production between Samsung's 32nm LP HK+MG process and another foundry?
single-chip 28nm MDM9615 LTE baseband. What is the TDP on it? Reply
lowlymarine - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkWhat's to steal? Apple is a fabless licensee. They buy pre-designed CPU cores from ARM and pre-designed GPU cores from Imagination Technologies and slap them together. They aren't like Qualcomm, who design their own architecture that implements the ARMv7 instruction set; all they "design" is the interconnects.
Or as I saw it put once: they don't "design" the Ax SoCs, they just create "layouts." The same is true of Samsung and TI, of course. Reply
1008anan - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkThis is true of previous A series designs by AAPL. But Apple's ambition is to increasingly add their own customized IP.
Let us see if A6 turns out to be rebranded A-15 Cortex designs almost straight from Arm without customization.
Brian and Anand, any comments?
I think you underestimate the amount of hardware customization that TXN does with OMAP that doesn't come from ARM. Not enough customization IMHO, but still. Reply
raptorious - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkAnand, the Cortex A15 is significantly larger than A9 (it's out-of-order after all). Even with the shrink to 32nm, I don't see how Apple could double graphics perf (almost always leads to roughly double the transistor count of the graphics) AND move to Cortex A15, all while making the die _22%_ smaller. Not possible. Reply
Godofmosquitos - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkThe A9 is also out-of-order. That's not what differentiates them. Reply
raptorious - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkA9 is very limited out-of-order, not even close to the degree that A15 is.In any case, that is beside the point, A15 is a much beefier core, power and area wise. Reply
smartypnt4 - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkThey were unclear on the 22% figure. It could be the package or the die that has shrunk, or both. All they said was that the "chip" is 22% smaller. We won't know for a while yet. Chipworks needs to get one to tear the A6 out and analyze.
However, just a shrink would lead to a 28.9% reduction in two dimensions (assuming the architecture is identical). With die sizes, the die shrink will be pretty much linear in both directions, for a difference of 50.5% total. See the iPad 2,4 review: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5789/the-ipad-24-rev...
Given that, SOMETHING got way bigger here if we're talking about a 22% smaller die. Either the GPU exploded, which is possible if they used an SGX543MP4 like the iPad 3, or the A15 cores are far larger than the A9's. I can't venture a guess on which of those is correct since we know nothing about the GPU yet.
So, basically: yes, it's entirely possible the cores are A15's. Anand wouldn't have said they were A15's unless he was sure; he doesn't make a habit of speculating on anything. Reply
raptorious - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkI looked the iPad 2,4 review just before you posted this, and given that the 32 nm A5 is about 57% the size of the 45nm, it does seem plausible that this is both dual-A15 and an upgrade to SGX543MP4. Reply
smartypnt4 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkBrian just said on his twitter that he's pretty sure it's an SGX 543MP3. Which actually makes a lot of sense. Saves on die area and idle power, and you can clock the GPU higher to reach the 2x performance claim. Makes a lot of sense. I'd never thought of using a 3-core GPU. It's not that far-fetched an idea, though. Very plausible. Reply
lukarak - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - link2GB in an S3?
Also, with the iP4 and iP4S you have the horizontal resolution first, and with the iP5 and S3 you have the vertical first? Reply
lukarak - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkNVM, that's the US one, not International which has 1 GB Reply
cspan123 - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkIt's a Samsung made chip. I think much much is undisputed. It's worth noting then that even Samsung hasn't yet announced (let alone shipped) a product with Cortex A-15 processors in it. The Galaxy Note II is quad core A9.
In this article, it was written:
"The GPU side isn't entirely clear at this point, but the 2x gains could be had through a move to 4 PowerVR SGX543 cores up from 2 in the iPhone 4S."
Well, the same logic could be applied to a move to quad core Cortex A9s, which is exactly what the Exynos 4412 is. Apple didn't give the benchmarks used for their 2x claim and have been known to fudge things in their favor. Maybe they claim 4 cores is douple the speed of 2?
Finally, xbitlabs.com is claiming the A6 processor is "ARM Cortex-A9 cores with NEON SIMD accelerators, quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics adapter." Reply
Aenean144 - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkApple quoted app launch times that were 1.5 to 1.9 times faster. You don't get that with more cores. You only get that with a higher performance core or faster storage. Reply
lowlymarine - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkApplication launch times are 95% about the speed of your storage and memory, which makes it a fantastically bullshit benchmark to talk about CPU performance with. A 1.5x increase in app launch speed could easily be accomplished by improvements in NAND and controller performance. You don't buy a faster CPU to make your programs launch faster, you buy a faster SSD. While I realize that current ARM CPUs are dog slow compared to even the lowest of low-end current x86 CPUs, I'm not going to believe the marketing noise until actual fully-CPU-dependent benchmarks can be run. Reply
mavere - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkIn terms of marketing speak, "quad core" is a more impressive selling line than "2x faster". I think Apple would have specifically wrote quad core for any promotional materials if they could have.
Also, I was gonna mention something about preferring to defer to Anand over Xbit, but I looked at Xbit's article and they wrote:
"iPhone sports brand-new Apple A6 system-on-chip with two ARM Cortex-A15 cores with NEON SIMD accelerators, quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics adapter"
They too are jumping on the A15 bandwagon. Reply
lowlymarine - Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - linkThen again the presence of "quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics adapter" doesn't inspire confidence in their sources. Reply
zzing123 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - linkWith Passbook but no NFC in the iPhone 5 causes a massive set back to NFC adoption. The problem is that for retailers to make use of NFC, they need a large install base of phones, and if the iPhone began to support it, it becomes a viable solution.
Apple could also gain, because they could create a Google Wallet-style service on the back of iTunes that allows Apple to control the NFC transactions.
Nevertheless the lack of NFC is a feature that the iPhone 5 should have had, and it's pretty stupid that it doesn't, as it's to everyone's detriment, including Apple.
As for the rest of the iPhone 5? Beyond the A6 and LTE, it's rather underwhelming, and iOS6 really only serves to lock in customers even more, tbh.
I also think that the new iPod touch should have had the full 8MP camera as the iPhone at the very least, if not have *a better* camera than the iPhone to make it a defacto point and shoot device that also is a gaming platform. I don't understand why Apple continues to make the iPhone the 'better' device and not allow the iPod touch to carve out it's own niche as a fully-enabled device.
Missed opportunities and underwhelming. Reply
name99 - Thursday, September 13, 2012 - link"Apple could also gain, because they could create a Google Wallet-style service on the back of iTunes that allows Apple to control the NFC transactions."
Let's live in the real world here, as opposed to fairy land.
The credit card companies (which is all the banks) make money off transactions right now. They aren't willing to give up that control and reduce their take by helping NFC move forward.
The phone companies aren't interested in NFC and would rather implement their own half-assed unsuccessful solutions (see how VZW has treated Google Wallet).
So how do you move forward? Either Apple
- works through credit card companies and makes no money on the transactions (so why bother?) OR
- Apple makes money on the transactions (so they cost more than credit card transactions)
Neither of these seem like a particularly winning strategy. Google may be willing to lose a little money on Google Wallet because it fits in with their model of learning everything about everyone (in this case their financial transactions) so they can sell more targeted advertising, but that doesn't fit Apple's business model.
Their are alternative models.
* Apple could essentially become a bank --- you deposit some amount with them, and then use NFC as a debit card against that amount. Yeah, you think Apple want's all the hassle and regulatory scrutiny that will invite to get into a low-margin business?
* Apple works with money-market companies to withdraw money from those accounts rather than bank accounts. MIGHT work, but
(a) only a fraction of the population have money market accounts AND
(b) many of those are held either AT banks, or at institutions with such close ties to/dependencies on banks that they aren't going to go against the banks' wishes. Reply
Impulses - Friday, September 14, 2012 - linkLast I checked the credit card companies AND the carriers have mostly lined up behind the ISIS initiative to push NFC... It's taking forever but it's got the most backers AFAIK. Then there's Google Wallet and half a dozen other competing players because apparently we enjoy birthing new products and standards in the most painful and competitive way possible! Reply
orresearch - Sunday, September 23, 2012 - linkAnyone has any insight into the 3 microphone noise reduction usage on the iPhone 5?
Since 1 of the microphones is located so close to the earpiece, I believe that one is being used for ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) function and uses the earpiece to cancel some of that ambience noise. The remaining two microphones are for voice communications beamforming type of usages.
Normally, you do not put a microphone so close to the earpiece due to acoustic coupling of the earpiece signal back into the microphone and the acoustic echo is then difficult to cancel. Reply


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It's one of the biggest parties of the year and everyone and their dog is invited.
The Winnipeg Humane Society is shooting for an attendance record at this year's Fairmont Winnipeg Paws in Motion pet walkathon, the society's biggest fundraiser, being unleashed Sunday in Assiniboine Park in front of the Lyric Theatre.
Last summer, the annual walkathon drew about 1,200 owners and 900 dogs, raising $234,000, with all the cash going to the society's spay and neuter program, an effort to curb the rapidly rising number of stray pets in the city.
This year, the humane society's sights are set a little higher.
"We're challenging all Winnipeggers to come out this year," Christine Stoesz, the society's event officer for Paws in Motion, declared in a recent chat at their shelter at 45 Hurst Way. "We want 2,000 owners and 1,500 dogs all walking in unison.
"We're hoping to raise $250,000 this year. It's our biggest fundraiser. It all goes to our spay and neuter program. We wouldn't be able to fund our spay and neuter program without this."
The society's communications director, Aileen White, said the program is vital for reducing the number of homeless, unwanted pets the shelter ends up caring for each year.
"It's huge," White told me. "I don't think people realize we take in up to 9,000 animals every year, so there's enough animals out there. It's vital for the humane society to make low-cost spay and neuter accessible."
The society expects to conduct about 6,000 spay and neuter surgeries this year alone.
"We typically do 30 to 40 spay and neuters every day," White noted. "It costs about $30 for people with fixed incomes. In some neighbourhoods, there are outrageous numbers of stray animals wandering around the streets without a home.
"That's not a good life for them and it it's not the kind of community we should live in."
This Sunday will mark the third year cash from the walkathon has been earmarked for the spay and neuter program. In-person registration starts at 8 a.m. and the walk begins at 10:30 a.m. The registration fee is $20, up from $10 last year.
The full walkathon is three kilometres, but for pet owners like me with older or smaller dogs, there's a 1.5-kilometre shortcut. You and your best friend can walk alone, in a team, or just show up to watch all the fun.
Speaking of fun, organizers promise Sunday's event will be a howl, featuring a live band for the adults, mascots and face-painting for the kids and more goofy stuff than your dog can wag its tail at, such as:
-- An agility course so your hound can try its paw at darting through a tube or jumping over hurdles.
-- Doggie baths -- a network of about 20 plastic kiddie pools so overheated canines will have a chance to cool down along the route.
-- And what dog party would be complete without "bobbing for wieners"? Stoesz describes it as follows: "It's like bobbing for apples, but instead of apples, it's cut-up hotdogs, so your dog can bob for wieners out of a kiddie pool. We have to pull the dogs back because they don't want to stop. They love it! We have to make sure to save some wieners for the other, 1,199 dogs."
While the humane society handles pets of every political stripe, the walkathon is intended strictly as a dog party.
"We don't encourage other animals, but we have seen a few cats and ferrets and other critters," Stoesz confessed. "You don't want to stress out a ferret or a cat when there's 1,000 dogs there."
One thing you shouldn't expect to see at the party is a bunch of canine guests getting into a scrap. "I haven't heard of any instances (of fighting) at all," said Stoesz. "It's amazing how well all the dogs get along. They're so excited to be at the park."
Along with being on their best behaviour, dogs are expected to be on a leash. And it wouldn't be a party without a few embarrassing contests, including:
-- Sounds Like a Hound: Owners and their mutts climb on stage and attempt to howl in unison. The winner is determined by crowd applause.
-- Pet-owner look-alike: Having a face like a dog is an absolute asset. "There was a guy and his bulldog last year and he was in a muscle shirt and they looked really similar," Stoesz recalled.
-- Best Dressed: The prize goes to the walker(s) and dog(s) sporting the most outrageous costumes on the day. "There was one team that was dressed in Bomber jerseys and hats and all their dogs were in Bomber gear," noted Stoesz. "It was really eye-catching."
If walkers have any energy left, they can also shop until they drop at a market area featuring 20 different tents with vendors selling dog-themed products, including treats and toys and artwork.
At one tent, a humane society veterinarian will, for a $25 fee, install a microchip in your dog containing identity information making it easier to reunite lost dogs with their owners.
Best of all, you can stock up on road tunes for your next trip to the cottage. This is because, when I popped into the shelter last week, I spotted hundreds and hundreds of CDs leftover from the society's annual CD, DVD and book sale.
"You should sell these at Paws in Motion," I barked as loudly as I could.
"That's a great idea," chirped Sarah Smith, another society event officer. "We'll set up a table and sell them for a buck apiece. So people should bring cash because there's fun stuff to buy."
What more do you want, pet lovers? A good walk with your best friend. Contests. Music. It will be the best party ever, because no one will mind when a guest pees on the carpet.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The head of the Pittsburgh Zoo says a medical examiner has concluded that a toddler who fell into an African painted dog exhibit was killed by the animals, not by the fall.
Barbara Baker, CEO and president of the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, said she received that information from the medical examiner's office Monday.
Officials say the child's mother had placed the boy on a wooden rail above the exhibit. There is a net below the rail, but Baker says the boy bounced off it and into the enclosure.
She says the animals attacked the child so quickly that by the time a veterinarian and other zoo staffers arrived seconds later, they determined it would have been futile to try to rescue the child.


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I smoked some pork chops yesterday, using Steve's Bourbon-brine recipe. I smoked them indirect over hickory for 20 min, then direct for about 8 min.
In the end they were very good, but the smoke flavor that was imparted, which was very good, eliminated the rest of the marinade flavors. Moreover, I couldn't help but think that the pork now tasted like just about any other cut of meat that was smoked.
Is this just me? Is it just the hickory that I used? Any other thoughts on this subject?