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The Chromebook Pixel Reviewby Jason Inofuentes on 5/31/2013 8:00 AM EST
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cjb110 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkExcellent review, would be perfect for my intend usage...just need to be able to afford one:) Reply
Adhib - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWhy don't you just get one of the Samsung Chromebooks? Reply
jeffkro - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkThey're ok, but the screen resolution kind of stinks. Reply
xyzzy1 - Friday, June 14, 2013 - linkI'd rather buy the mackbook and run windows on it. Overall better specs and better overall build quality. Reply
Belard - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWow... I know I read it before... but still... the thing has far higher resolution than my 24" display.
Even thou its a desktop and twice the distance away from my eyes... I can see the jaggy pixels on my 24" monitor that I cannot see with my Android phone or a modern tablet.
Its good to see something going against the dead-end Windows platform.
Interesting thou... and funny in a way, Dailytech is a malware site? Reply
damianrobertjones - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWhat? 'Dead-end windows platform'? Yeah ok.
This might have a higher resolution than your 24" screen but which has more 'working' space... Reply
Alexvrb - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkThis might compete with expensive Apple hardware, but it's not a direct competitor to Windows-based Ultrabooks/Ultrathins. Maybe if it was $500 cheaper. The display is awesome, the chassis is pretty, but that's it. The memory is on the low side, and is not upgradeable. The internal storage (fairly fast) is very limited and also not replaceable. The CPU is inferior even to the one in the Air. Etc.
There's little chance anyone who has the word "affordable" in their vernacular would buy this over an Ultrabook. I don't personally think browserOS is all that great anyway, but if you're going to buy a Chromebook the cheap ones are the way to go. If Google was really out to help the open source community (like they pretend to be, meanwhile using them like any other tool), they would have built their own flavor of Linux with Google Happyware integrated and would use that instead. Reply
Selden - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkAlexrvb: The CPU spec is identical to that in the 13" Macbook Air: 1.8 i5 @ 1.7gHz, with Intel® HD Graphics 4000. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkHave you used chrome OS? Its extremely lightweight and doesn't need much in the way of cpu and memory. Its even blazing fast on a celeron 847. Reply
JDG1980 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - link"So, how do you cope 4 million pixels and just 4GB RAM? In this case, the first step is to render all pages at 1280 x 800, unless HiDPI assets are available. The final product is upscaled to the full 2560 x 1600, but the memory doesn't take nearly the punishing you might expect; unless, of course, every site you visit has HiDPI assets."
So you're not even getting sharper text, just blurry low-res text upscaled? That sucks. What's the point of having a HiDPI display at all?
I'm not at all impressed with the notion of a browser-only OS. It is not and never will be enough for serious users. And I don't want Google to be monitoring every single thing I do on my local PC. "The cloud" can go take a flying leap. Reply
Spoony - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkNo way. It must render the page at 1280x800, scale it up, then over the top draw native text. There is simply no way Jason wouldn't have complained bitterly if all of the text was jaggy. Reply
lmcd - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkYou realize that text is always available at high DPI as they're usually scalable vectors, right? But regardless of rendered size they're the same size, right?
Oh. Yeah, don't forget that! Reply
tuxRoller - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkAlways love hearing what will never be the case for things that don't involve tautologies:) Reply
Selden - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkText is razor sharp. Reply
jeffkro - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkYou miss the point of the OS, its a no fuss more secure OS. Sure you can do more with windows but for some people its to complicated. I also don't like the idea of some hacker in Russia hacking into windows and getting all my banking info. Reply
Selden - Wednesday, August 07, 2013 - link@JDG1980 : No, you get razor-sharp text, as shown in a screenshot. I just went through cataract surgery, and I have been able to go down a few points in text sizes, and 10-20% on screen magnification with the Pixel, also lower brightness, which increases battery life. Reply
cjb110 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkOne thing they should port is their new Android Studio! Reply
lmcd - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWell, that's dependent on the moment on their work with NaCl. Hopefully PNaCl final comes out soon (with the performance promised). That, and I hope Dart turns out. Dart + PNaCl looks promising enough to deliver an Android Studio experience. Reply
shompa - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI try to think of one single reason to buy Chromebook instead of a rMBP (beside the stupid "I hate Apple").
Apple have an OS that is designed for retina displays. Apple have solved the issue with non native resolution by render the original screen at 4 times its pixel count and downscale it make it look good on a 2880x1440 screen.
Why have tons of specs when it cant be used? And 4 gig memory?
I hope that Google releases an Android version of Chroomebook. The same day Android can/is preinstalled on PCs, thats the same day that MSFT for the first time have had competition. Something that all consumers would win by. Reply
mavere - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI think they should have went with a slightly slower, cheaper Intel chip and spent that extra money on more RAM. It seems like the software offers the expectation of multitasking that the hardware fails to meet.
The Chromebook design screams "I do one thing but I do it well". Uhh not at 4GB RAM, you don't. Reply
jeffkibuule - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThere aren't any slower, cheaper ULV chips. Reply
Guspaz - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThere are definitely slower ULV chips. Some of the i3 ULV chips are slower, and one is lower power. They're not any cheaper, though; they are all the same price or more than the $225 i5-3337U. Reply
Flying Goat - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI think they should have increased the RAM to 8GB...And increased the price by $25. At its price, $25 isn't going to make a huge difference, but the extra RAM will. Reply
robco - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkI would guess that they chose to keep the RAM low because currently Chrome is 32-bit. It can't make use of more than 2GB of RAM anyway. Chrome is 32-bit because most web plug-ins are 32-bit - like Flash. I would imagine that Google would love to drop Flash support in the near future, but for now, there are plenty of sites that still rely on it. Reply
zogus - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkChrome attaches a separate 32 bit process to each tab, so each tab is limited to 2GB of RAM, but the application as a whole can use a lot more than that. Reply
csxcsx - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkwhat is there to rave about an OS that updates often? linux does this, updates roll around very often, it is free and nobody raves about it. if you need a GUI, just use ubuntu or something. also it can be installed on most machines and can be ran pretty well on older hardware Reply
lmcd - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThis is basically a Linux distro with constant updates but no supported apps except a browser. And, well, there's never dependency conflicts, no malicious app sources (affecting the kernel, anyway), and a lot less bloat. Reply
jigglywiggly - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkwonderful
beautiful laptop ruined by chrome os, low memory, and bad battery life Reply
Calinou__ - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkLow memory isn't a problem, this laptop is mostly intended for web browsing.
Chrome OS? Fun fact: you can install Linux. Reply
makerofthegames - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI was thinking just that - if this were less expensive, it would make a great Linux machine. I'd buy it at maybe $1000 or so, but not at $1500. Reply
augustofretes - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkWow, people can get deeply unrealistic. Please, could you show me a comparable machine (build quality, screen resolution, touchscreen) that costs $1,000? Oh? You can't? That's because that machine doesn't exist.
My only problem is Google's insistence on shipping devices with less drive space than they need, the 32GB Pixel shouldn't exist, just like the 8GB Nexus 4 shouldn't. If the 1,300 USD Pixel had 64GB of storage it would be no brainer (I can install Linux on it, which I already use as my main OS). Reply
jeffkro - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkI only have a 64GB hard drive on my windows laptop, its good enough for me. I basically use my windows laptop the same way you use a chrome book. I browse the internet with chrome browser, email with gmail, use google docs, and use google drive as a replacement for window's my documents folder. Reply
ExarKun333 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThis thing is horrible. You would be better-off getting a Chrome book AND an Ultrabook and just use one or the other when appropriate. Junk... Reply
Dentons - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkA product isn't applicable to your needs, so it's horrible for everyone?
We can only be glad you're not a review writer. Reply
bleh0 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWhat I get from this is:
"It is pretty, really pretty"
"The screen is nice but not perfect"
"The OS is limited and performance isn't that good"
"Battery life is below average to say the least"
The next generation of laptop/tablet/hybrids are going to be high resolution and pack Hasewell there is no reason to get this. Reply
hughlle - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI can't really for a second see why I would buy this over the mac, even being an apple hater, let alone just buying a good quality ultra book. Chrome os does nothing for me at this price bracket. To me chrome os belongs in the net book market, not the, in my view, higher end price bracket.
I'll stick to looking at the Samsung 5 series ultra books I think. Other than the screen, which for the size is tbh, fine for me given its for web and typing, the Samsung seems the much better deal. Reply
inighthawki - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkNow if only it had a 256GB SSD and Windows on it... Reply
hughlle - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkIndeed.
Although I have to say, as a user with up to 6tb of storage per computer, for an ultra book form factor computer, a 128gb ssd is more than sufficient for my needs. Reply
Crono - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkNo offense to the writer, but is there really a page titled "Status" in an AnandTech article?
I was hoping that would be the name of a feature, but unfortunately I was wrong. When did we sink to the level of talking about computers as status symbols on one of the leading enthusiast computer hardware sites? I mean I expect the discussion in forums, but it's not something that deserves an entire page in a review. Reply
lmcd - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI don't know, it's a big factor in sales. And volume is supposedly an issue with this product, so I think it's relevant. Reply
Crono - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI don't mind when reviews talk about design aspects or aesthetics. But the focus on the subjective seems out of place on AnandTech. It's not a bad review overall, and I don't want to sound too negative (I appreciate the effort it takes to write reviews), but when we start to factor in whether a piece of hardware or a computer is a "status symbol" or not into review, I think we're in danger of losing sight of the tangible, quantifiable elements of computing and well-built machines. Reply
themossie - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - link"Status" is the only way to judge this computer - that and a premium (albeit minimalist) experience.
Judging the Chromebook Pixel from a purely technical standpoint would be silly - it's not based on offering superior value for money or superior functionality. There is no direct economic justification to buy this computer.
But some will buy it anyways. It's all about 'feel' - the OS as much as the physical machine itself. If a consumer can live with the pure web functionality, you get a bulletproof OS with a gorgeous screen and case - for a pricetag which can only be justified by "status" and a luxury experience.
For the right person, this could be the ultimate minimalist laptop.
I'm sure Google doesn't expect this to be a high-volume product; if they did, they would have cut the price significantly. Instead, they were looking for a truly premium halo product to - a nice looking piece of kit which puts Chrome OS out there as something other than a cheap, crappy modernized netbook. Reply
SomeNiceGuy - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkIt would be nice to know the latency and the accuracy of the touch screen. iOS devices excel at this, others don't. Even if you haven't measured it, do you experience the touch screen laggy compared to an ipad? I think this can make or brake a touch centric device. Reply
mfenn - Friday, May 31, 2013 - link"Once revealed, the grey slab is irresistible. It wins you over before it does anything but sit there. The exposed hinges are masked by a silver barrel that runs the width of the device. The aluminum is cold to the touch, and the only flourish is the LED strip lower down the lid, dormant, but nonetheless exciting for its potential. It's lighter than you expect when you lift it, and feels solid; not simply in the sense of its rigidity, it feels like a block of aluminum weighing just north of 3 pounds. Right angles abound but are softened with chamfered edges making it comfortable to hold and touch. Its meager thickness is uniform across its length, and the weight is similarly balanced, avoiding the rearward bias of other notebooks. Almost without thought I find myself torquing and flexing against the device; my hands struggling to elicit a single creak or bend from the frame. Setting it down and lifting the lid, it boots in a breath, and reveals an image so rich with detail I'm drawn closer to get a better look. Chromebook or not, the Pixel is a status symbol. And I want it."
Is Engadget or Anandtech? Reply
neo_1221 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - link"50 shades of Chrome" Reply
themossie - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkMade my day! Reply
lmcd - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkChrome is great, but...
The biggest problem is Java. There haven't been efforts to put Java on Chrome. Android, ironically (and expectedly), is holding Chrome OS back. Hopefully efforts are made to replicate Android's provided resources with Dart or C++, then bindings added for Java.
Google is currently its own devil. Dalvik needs to become an extension to PNaCl, or needs to move towards it. If Google doesn't have a hidden repository where they're pushing to this (regardless of their short-term plans and their visible work) they are risking their whole web business model. Reply
wffurr - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkAre you talking about Java applets? Aren't those dead by now?
Or do you mean running Java desktop apps like Eclipse? There are no desktop apps on Chrome OS except Chrome. Reply
bji - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThe review had alot of good detail but too much superfluous chatter. I think you need to work on understanding when brevity is more appropriate than verbosity. You'd do better to use the florid language as a highlight where needed instead of being present in nearly every sentence in the article. Just sayin' ... Reply
bji - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkForgot to mention - the review should be more objective and less subjective as well. This is a tech review site, and I think the numerous comments about how enamored the reviewer is over subjective qualities of the laptop are out of place. Reply
karasaj - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkWhat other objectivity can you have than display analysis, battery life, build quality (even still moderately subjective), and performance? Heat and noise I guess, which is normally included in laptop reviews, but considering he can't actually run HWmonitor, and it's also probably hard to actually load up the machine with a super heavy workload, there's not much he left out.
If you don't like the subjective parts, skip them. Subjective qualities at the expense of objectivity can be bad, but he hasn't sacrificed that really. Reply
nunomoreira10 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThose color (target and actual) diagrams are great!
Please do so again on future displays reviews Reply
frakkel - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkFinally - Someone who understands that we are not using our notebooks for watching 16:9 movies day long. To see a more square format is very much welcome. Now I will just wait for Haswell and then I will buy. Reply
internetf1fan - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkWider screens are better for productivity as you can fit multiple documents side by side. Going back to 4:3 displays really hurts how I work because of lack of space. Reply
leexgx - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkwe are not talking going back to 4:3 that would be silly, we are talking about website friendly 16:10 screens
not many people use the side by side feature in windows 7 Reply
seapeople - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkNot many people use graphics cards, either, so why not just get rid of all those? Reply
twtech - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkRemember the dot-com boom of the '90s, when the internet was supposed to take over everything? And then it didn't, and all these startups went bust, but it still had a significant impact, which continues to grow today?
Right now, people are saying, the PC is dead, tablets are the new king. We've heard this mantra before. Notebooks, netbooks, consoles vs. PC gaming, everything new was supposed to kill the desktop PC. And along the way, those things have taken some marketshare when those devices were actually the more appropriate tool for the job.
If all you had was a hammer and nails, but now you have a screwdriver and screws as well, some of the times when you previously used nails, now you'll use screws instead. If you put the usage of nails on a chart, maybe you'd say that they were "dying", and that usage of screws is the future, since of course it was growing from zero. Well, we know that both types of fasteners have their preferred uses. And tablets may replace PCs for certain uses - the use cases in which they are genuinely better. But there would be no sense in trying to use a tablet for things the PC is naturally better at. Reply
Crono - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkThe PC isn't dead. We're just in a transition period where tablets are becoming a very popular form factor of PCs. Anyone who wants to create content knows that a base iPad isn;t going to do you much good unless you have the right apps and preferably a physical keyboard. That's why the Surface and Surface Pro are the right direction, I think, though everyone agrees Haswell is needed to bring better battery life. Hybrid and convertible tablets or ultrabooks - whether they are Android, Windows, or iOS - will be key for the next few years... until we start getting scrolls. ;)
Personally, I would love a 10" x 12" x 0.2" OLED flexible scroll computer with a display that can become rigid when completely unfurled from a thin computer core/column. Reply
rwei - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkOdd that you yourself note the unfavorable comparison to the 13" rMBP, yet your review gushes with enthusiasm for the Pixel. I love shiny, beautiful new gadgets as much as or more than the next guy, but your praise seems excessive.
I more or less took away from this is that the Pixel is cool because it makes for a really nice and shiny typewriter, and wow look it's evolving really quickly to the point where it's slowly approaching the level of basic functionality that other systems already deliver. Reply
Arbie - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkrwei - I agree with you completely.
And there is a weird parallel between the design effort put into this overdone $1400 browser box and the writing effort put into this overblown, wordy, and just so artfully crafted treatise on it. Is this all a joke of some kind? I got through a couple of pages and couldn't take it any more. If you gave the author an enema he could fit in a shoebox.
As for the computer, the only thing it's ideal for is to make the Surface RT look like a success. Maybe it makes sense as an investment collectible, considering that they're only going to sell two or three. Nothing worthwhile here. Reply
8steve8 - Friday, May 31, 2013 - linkI like how you compare it to both laptops and tablets in performance charts, but I'm disappointed that the battery life charts didn't include other laptops. Reply
Nimer55 - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkI got a chromebook (non-LTE) at I/O, and have been using it instead of my Vizio 14 as my primary machine, and I've gotten the "So it's like an iPad" question a few times, and I've been absolutely clueless as to how this was like an iPad. To me, it appeared to be the opposite of a iPad; you only get websites, where as iOS is all about using an app for everything. Not the mention I get a keyboard to type on. Thank you for clearing that up.
Overall, I felt the review was well done; I agree with the 4gb of ram not being enough. I feel performance degrading as I get to few dozen tabs. I really love this laptop, but I would never buy it; it's out of my price range.
The non-tapered edges to make the device appear thicker than it is, but it also makes it feel higher-quality. Having an edge that becomes really thin gives it a "toy-esk" feeling. (My Vizio 14 has it, it makes it feel less premium... Though it's non-aluminum back could be a good cost saving technique if Google were to decide to create one for under a $1000...That and a 1080p-ish resolution would be the most logical cost saving tools to me. Those and a cheaper, but next-gen CPU would be way of getting the price to around $750). Reply
jabber - Sunday, June 02, 2013 - link"a few dozen tabs".....
Wow...what exactly are you doing that requires 24+ browser tabs open?
I have the Samsung 11" Chromebook and use it a lot but usually sits around half a dozen open max. Reply
Selden - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkExcellent review, as I expect from Anandtech. I agree with you fully about memory management, which is an Achilles heel for Chrome OS. ZRAM definitely helps, but the file manager, even on the latest beta (Version 28.0.1500.20), is an utter pig. I'm on an extended trip to Alaska, taking a lot of photos, and copying, let alone viewing/editing photos quickly runs free memory down below 100 mb. Pushed hard enough, the image viewer will start behaving erratically; the only option then is to restart — fortunately, a rapid process, but it shouldn't be necessary. Reply
leexgx - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkfor the price of the new chromebook 8gb of ram should be very easy Reply
nerdstalker - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkFor a device that promises mostly web browsing and integration with the cloud services, WiFi performance of Pixel is not stellar. It has 2x2 MIMO (2 dual band antennas) that is comparable to Macbook Air. However, WiFi performance is not as good as MBA, especially 5 GHz. rMBP models on the other hand (both 13" and 15") have top notch 3x3 MIMO (3 dual band antennas) with pretty good throughputs. Reply
internetf1fan - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkFew things about your review.
#1) Why did you use sunspider 0.9.1 when V1 was just recently released?
#2) Since you are comparing hardware, it would be best to use the same software where possible. Chrome OS the chrome browser, so instead of using stock browser on other OS, you should have installed chrome on Mac and Surface Pro as well so that the hardware comparison would be consistend. Reply
leexgx - Saturday, June 01, 2013 - linkall other tests was done with 0.9.1
at least test stock and chrome on sunspider Reply
ECIT - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkI must admit that I was a bit sceptical when the Pixel was announced. Google has enough work convincing people to buy into the whole Chromebook concept even with low-cost versions, let alone at Pixel's price.
On the other hand, the Pixel does look pretty cool. And I do think that Chromebooks in general have their place in the market, especially as a second home device. Most people spend a lot of their time on the Internet anyway, and there are more and more web apps out there.
For those that are considering Chromebooks but still need to access Windows applications, they can look at Ericom AccessNow, an HTML5 RDP client that enables Chromebook users to connect to Terminal Server or VDI virtual desktops, and run Windows applications or even full desktops in a browser tab.
Click here for more information:
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jeffkro - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkWow, way to expensive and an overkill display for the screen size. I would like to see a 14-15" 1080p chromebook in the $500-600 range, no laptops should have less than 1080p these days. Also since chrome OS is so lightweight you really only need a 1.5ghz celeron processor. Reply
Bobs_Your_Uncle - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkA good review. Also, I thoroughly enjoyed reading various drafts of various segments in the "Why Not Android" segment! Reply
seapeople - Monday, June 03, 2013 - linkCertainly this is a review, that, upon revealing itself to me on my computer, it exerts a judgement of thought immediately as it just sits there. Beyond reproach due to a quirky optimism and ostensibly modulated restraint, I find it best to reflect upon this review only as an afterthought, being intertwined betwixt moments of time, as though one instantaneous occurrence is immediately transcended by the jolt of the next occurrence, and occurring not simultaneously, but nearly so as to appear so. Therefore, I follow this review with one of my own, a review of the review, that being so similar in style, serves through ironic prose to indicate the true nature of that which we have been so wonderfully graced with via the AnandTech homepage. Reply
wffurr - Wednesday, June 05, 2013 - linkFor web development, just hit ctrl-alt-t and then ssh into your server and edit there with vim. Problem solved. Chromebooks are perfect for LAMP/Java/Node/etc. web development. Not so much with the .NET web stack. If my work had an OpenVPN or IPSec endpoint instead of Juniper SSL VPN, I would use one instead of a Macbook. Reply
rabbit212 - Thursday, August 01, 2013 - linkI purchased a chromebook pixel and it's touchscreen didn't work. The customer service was horrible. I was told that I needed to wait a week for a replacement chromebook pixel LTE. I was forced to wait 48 hours for an RMA due to the Nexus 7 launch. I will never purchase another Google Play device. Apple is more responsive and get's the concept of customer satisfaction. Reply


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Officials with the Obama administration announced today that Janice Langbehn, the Lacey, Wash., lesbian who was denied access to her dying wife by hospital officials in Miami, is one of 13 people who will receive the 2011 Presidential Citizens Medal during a ceremony Oct. 20 at the White House.
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The CNG trucks are set to replace Testa's existing biodiesel fleet and lower its carbon footprint. The addition helps bring the company closer to its goal of zero dependence on foreign oil within five years, according to a news release.
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The new trucks run on fuel costing around $2.60 per gallon compared to the $4.30-$4.89 per gallon cost of biodiesel, Stephanie Testa, distribution manager, said in the release.
Testa received its first trucks in late June and plans to take delivery of nine more over the summer as leases on existing trucks expire, according to the release.
Adding the vehicles is keeping with Testa's commitment to increase sustainability in foodservice distribution, according to the release.
Founded in 1912, the company says it was the first U.S. perishable food distributor to earn LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), the highest certification available from the U.S. Green Building Council, for its distribution center, according to the release.


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Marlins slow down after milestone steal
Pierre swipes 600th, scores in first; Ruggiano shot lone run after that
PHILADELPHIA -- When Juan Pierre stole third base and scored in the first inning on Thursday night, it appeared the Marlins would be off and running. Instead, some defensive miscues and missed chances led to another disheartening loss.
Domonic Brown and Ryan Howard each homered, and behind Kyle Kendrick's efficient seven innings, the Phillies defeated the Marlins, 7-2, before 36,978 at Citizens Bank Park.
The Marlins opened their four-game series -- and 10-game road trip -- with a frustrating setback. They've now dropped two in a row after winning three straight at home.
"We had a couple of opportunities and we weren't able to punch many runs across," manager Mike Redmond said. "We don't have much home run power, but they do. They can put a couple of big numbers up there quickly. We have to capitalize on the opportunities that we have. We weren't able to do that."
Justin Ruggiano homered off Kendrick, who gave up two runs in seven innings. And Alex Sanabia worked five innings, giving up four runs, with two earned.
The first inning had some historical importance, as Pierre became the 14th player in MLB history to reach 600 stolen bases.
"It was great, we got the base for him and gave it to him," Redmond said. "He's a tremendous competitor and teammate. What he's done over his career is just amazing. When he stole that base, I thought at least they'd flash that on the Jumbotron. It was crickets up there. I'm not sure if the word got out."
It also had significance on the game, because it positioned Pierre to score a run. After drawing a leadoff walk and taking second on Donovan Solano's single to center, Pierre used a headfirst slide to swipe third.
With runners on the corners, he scored on Placido Polanco's 5-4-3 double play.
"That's the whole goal to stealing bases," Pierre said. "I never go out and say I want to steal 80 bases this year, or 70. It was always in the context of the game. That's how I try to steal bases, to score runs. To be in a better situation for the hitter.
"In the first inning, getting to third right there ... if I stay on second and maybe he hits the same ball and it's a double play. I'm right there at third, and we don't score a run."
Redmond formerly was a teammate of Pierre in 2003-04 with the Marlins, and he appreciates that the veteran swiped the bag with it meaning something at the time in the game.
"That's JP," Redmond said. "He's a team player. He's the type of guy, his 600th stolen base wasn't going to be a two-out, free steal of third base. It was going to be a big one, and it was. He got himself in scoring position. That's the kind of guy he is. He's a great teammate, and he goes out there and plays the game the right way. He's a hard worker and he deserves everything that he gets in this game."
After getting that early lead, the rest of the night was a struggle.
In each of the first four innings, the Marlins had runners in scoring position, yet they managed just one run.
"I felt like they hit some balls hard on him," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said of Kendrick. "He made pitches when he had to."
The Phillies, meanwhile, countered with the long ball to claim the lead.
Brown belted a solo home run in the second inning, and Howard homered in the fourth.
Howard now has 35 homers in his career against the Marlins, and 98 RBIs.
"Long at-bat," Sanabia said of his full-count showdown with Howard. "A lot of pitches, and finally, I made a mistake, I left a pitch over the plate, and he did what he does best. He hit it out."
Sloppy defense resulted in Miami allowing two unearned runs in the fifth inning. Solano made an error at second on Jimmy Rollins' grounder, putting runners on first and third. Chase Utley followed with a sacrifice fly to right. And with two outs, Rob Brantly's passed ball brought home Rollins.
Ruggiano's home run to open the sixth inning closed Miami's gap to 4-2.
"Those guys can still hit the ball out of this ballpark," Redmond said. "[Howard] has that opposite-field power. That was a wall-scraper, but at the same time, I've seen him do that many times. Those guys, they grind you out. They give you a professional at-bat. If you don't make your pitches, they'll make you pay. They'll foul balls off to try to get their pitch. They've done that for a long time."
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE Review: One Alternativeby Jason Inofuentes on 7/13/2012 9:24 PM EST
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aNYthing24 - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkThe One S has a Super AMOLED display, not a Super LCD. Reply
Omega215D - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkKind of strange how battery life differs from other reviews. So far only a couple have said subpar life while more have gotten good to very good usage time. Could it be a problem with the phone itself? Well, it's nice to know my Rezound isn't too bad but I do like the designs of both the Incredible and Rezound. Reply
pikahatonjon - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkwhat is with the differences with the EVO 4G LTE & the Htc One X (att) in the contrast test.
also, is the Tmobile Galaxy S 3 actually brighter than the At&t galaxy s 3. arent the 4 phones listed above pretty much identical to each other( one series & galaxy s series) what is with the huge diference in the brightness/contrast test Reply
Rockmandash12 - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkThe One X has a Super LCD 2 display, not a TFT display. Reply
JimmiG - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkHow many more years until Android phones can match the iPhone 4S in terms of 3G web browsing battery life?
The Nexus One got 3.77 hours back in 2010 vs 4.5 hours for the iPhone 3G. Fast forward to 2012, and the iPhone 4S has more than doubled the battery life to 9.85 hours, while most Android devices have just barely caught up with the iPhone 3G.
Clearly Apple uses the same batteries as everyone else, so it must come down to incredibly lazy programming and poor power use optimization on the Android side. Some OEMs have apparently taken it in their own hands to optimize battery usage (Samsung, HTC), but this should really be something provided by the core Android OS. Battery life should be the main focus on for the next version of Android! Reply
zorxd - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkThe iPhone has a small display. It consume a lot less. AMOLED displays are also not very efficient for displaying white backgrounds found on many web sites.
Android's battery life isn't bad. Just look at the cellular talk time. Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkWhat zorx said. You can't compare the iPhone and most Android phones Apples to Apples because of design differences. I'd be willing to bet money that if you had identical devices, the only difference being that one has an A5 and one has an S4, the S4 would wipe the floor with the A5 in every category except for maybe GPU performance.
Not only is the S4 almost certainly more energy efficient due to be being a newer architecture, but it will also smoke it in terms of performance per watt.
A5= Dual Cortex A9's @ 800 MHz
S4= Dual Krait Snapdragons @ 1.5 GHz
On top of clock speed Krait is the ONLY ARM based CPU on the market with out of order execution which is why it is faster than Quad Core CPU's (Exynos 4 and Tegra 3).
Jimmi, I would recommend that you learn a bit about how all of this works before you comment again. The iPhone is a good device (although you couldn't pay me to use one), but in terms of theoretical performance it was out-dated before it was ever even announced. Reply
Phasenoise - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkHe indicated, as the article states, that the iphone has superior 3g web browsing battery life.
So, for him, perhaps picking display or CPU technologies which consume more power is a poor trade off. He doesn't appear to be interested in theoretical performance, just actual real world browsing usage which as we know is generally not Incredibly taxing (pun intended). Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkThe reason I brought up performance, was to illustrate my point that Apple doesn't necessarily make a more efficient product as much as they use low power components. I'll admit that I did get a little lost in my own argument. Oops. Reply
JimmiG - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkWe will see when the next iPhone comes out with a much bigger display and higher clock speeds but still better battery life. The same thing can be seen with Windows vs OSX on laptops with similar specs - Apple simply spends more time optimizing the software side of their mobile devices.
It's not limited to just AMOLED displays, and secondly, the CPU should not spend a lot of time at the highest clockspeed and voltage when you're browsing, especially with 3G which should be bandwidth limited. Unless of course the system is poorly optimized.
I'm an Android user myself, and battery life is the Achilles heel of the system. At the end of the day, my Optimus 2X is down to ~15% of battery while coworkers' iPhones last for two days without charging. It was the same with the Nexus One before that.
Just like the unresponsive and choppy user interface, it's important to realize when there's a problem that needs to be fixed. Reply
lunarx3dfx - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkIt will be interesting to see what happens with the new iPhone, but just like Mac vs. Windows, Google and Microsoft can only do so much to optimize for devices considering how varied they all are. Throw in some LTE radios and things get even more interesting. On that point though, I have a Galaxy Nexus and a Focus Flash, and I was completely impressed by the battery life Microsoft was able to squeeze out of Windows Phone. Of course, they restrict what SoC's manufacturers are allowed to use.
As far as Android is concerned, I don't know which phone you have, but my Galaxy Nexus running the stock rom but rooted outlasts my girlfriends iPhone 4S in battery life. With Android devices, it has been my experience that battery life truly varies device to device.
As far as UI responsiveness, Google started to fix that with ICS and have made it almost perfect if not perfect on Jellybean. However, you can't really blame them yet again for how laggy Android has been in the past considering the fact that hardware acceleration for the UI was pretty much not an option until ICS was released. Anything running ICS or higher has to be designed to a standard, meaning a GPU that can handle hardware acceleration.
Microsoft and Google have a much more difficult task than Apple when it comes to designing, maintaining, and improving their mobile OSes because of how varied the hardware is. They don't have the option to optimize to the extent that Apple does. Considering that I think they have both done a fantastic job so far, and it is only getting better. Reply
sssbbb - Thursday, July 26, 2012 - linkWhat's 3G? Reply
legoman666 - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkHow is that a $150 phone + 2 year contract is considered budget whereas a $200 phone + contract is not? The difference after 2 years is a whole $50 out of approximately $2300.
Please stop ignoring the cost of contracts in your consideration. Reply
MrSpadge - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkDoesn't he say clearly enough that the difference is just 50$, and this is not very much - from where ever you look at it. And that difference remains, whatever else you're spending on the phone, contract etc. Reply
tbutler - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkExcept that the contract cost is going to be the same no matter which phone you choose. So by reductio ad absurdum, phone cost should never matter, because it will always be a small fraction of the contract cost.... right?
But, y'know, people do care about these things for some strange reason. Reply
bill4 - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkWith these absolute garbage Motorola and HTC droid phones-usually incredibly overpriced too boot-, being their "flagships".
I mean this thing is pathetic by todays standards, 960X540? I'm not surprised it's overpriced too, Verizon phones always are. I'm actually shocked they only charge 199 for the GS3 instead of 299 like they usually charge for top phones, but I think they just didnt want to look horrible compared to the other carriers on that one, if they could have gotten away with it they probably would have priced the GS3 at 399 on contract.
I still remember when Verizon had the "HTC Thunderbolt" and everybody thought it was so awesome, ATT got the same phone a little later called the inspire for $100 less and nobody cared, because ATT customers dont have nothing but garbage to choose from on a regular basis.. I think Verizon customers rival Apple for their love of being overcharged.
Verizon is absolutely awful. Reply
danjw - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkSo Verizon made HTC nerf their version of the HTC One XL? Most of the benchmarks seem to come in worse then her counter parts on AT&T and Sprint. Epic fail Verizon! Reply
chrnochime - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkI'd be happy with a 4" screen phone instead of something even larger. I don't use the phone to play games and nurture my fb page every 10 minutes like a lot of people do or even browse that often, so anything larger is just too bulky to carry around.
Looks like I'd end up with an iphone, if there's nothing that's not huge running android in a few months... Reply
geniekid - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkToo bad about the battery life. I really want a 4 to 4.3" phone, but form is secondary to battery life for me. As it stands, I'll probably give up one-handed usability for battery life by getting the SGS3. Reply
amdwilliam1985 - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkOne-handed usability with SGS3 is very possible. Don't get fool by the Apple cool-aids about 3.5" one-handed and >3.5" 2-handed.
I'm surprise to see a lot of girls in the NYC subway using SGS3 with 1 hand, if they can do it you can too. It just takes some time to get use to it. But once you got used to it, you can't look at or type on a puny 3.5" anymore. Trust me, I went from 3.5"(iPhone 3gs) to 4.5"(TMobile SGS2) and I can't go back anymore. Reply
lookit77 - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkApple???
" Certainly Jelly Bean should have the potential to be just as smooth on other hardware when the update gets distributed, but with Apple that's the eternal question." Reply
JasonInofuentes - Thursday, July 26, 2012 - linkOops. Sorry. Fixed. Reply
americandigitalmedia - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - linkI like this HTC Droid also compared to iPhone. They have common similarity too. Most of the features compared to iPhone, HTC droid has advance a bit. Reply
subs - Sunday, July 29, 2012 - linkQuick question- I'll get right to it. On this phone (or most any HTC that I find at AT&T or Verizon, for that matter) when I go to the installed applications in the app drawer, I can't figure out how to change the view to be an alphabetical list. How is this done- or is it that it can't be done on the new version of Sense on ICS on these phones? I'm not a big fan of everything being pages of icons, I'd like to get to an app drawer view which is a list of installed apps.
Is there a way to get a list view of the app drawer? Come on.
Help? Reply


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Photography has inspired and fascinated me since I first realized my father taught photography. Over the years, I've found myself constantly drawn to images with elements of fashion and spontaneity. At MOPA, we've been bringing together all sorts of amazing work for the inaugural launch of our Photo Auction, taking place on Wednesday, October 5th. One donation in particular comes from Autumn de Wilde, a photographer whose work I've admired for some time.
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Howdy, I'm new in this forum and want to learn web designing and developing. Please you guys explain designing and developing. I have searched it from google but when I type designing, google open developing material. Are both terms having the same meaning? Thanks
Hi Egil65. Welcome to the forums.
Designing is more to do with the look and layout, while developing is more about the code and functioning of the site.
Thank you very much.
Everything related to server side programming using PHP or ASP.net is development. Designing include user interface development including client side scripting using javascript too.
It's hard to divide up these disciplines. I don't think a JS programmer would like to be called a 'designer'. That's why I prefer to have three categories:
Designer: visual/layout design etc.
Front-end developer: HTML, CSS & JS etc.
Back-end developer: programmer using server-side technologies like PHP, .NET etc.
What a 'web designer' is in this context is debatable, but it's up to the individual to decide. It most commonly refers to a designer who perhaps does a bit of coding like HTML and CSS.
However we in the business may define Web Designer and Web Developer, for the average SME client the terms are interchangeable.
I think a typical Google search to find someone to build a website is more likely to be web designer hicksville, than web developer hicksville, and that might influence what you call yourself, regardless of your skill set.
But don't call yourself Web Developer if you can't provide advanced coding skills, or you might get caught out by the potential clients who do understand the difference.
That is a GREAT point and elaboration. Keep in ind many client also use this as a lowball technique too! I think if you are both list yourself as both, if the client doesn't understand the difference then he will compelled to ask. at which point not only do do you educate the client but also make it clear the different functions you are performing as such the difference in cost, lest the client try to lump you in with the designers manning copiers at Kinkos.. after all 'they are designers too.. why do you cost more?'
In simple words designing means working with look and feel of the website (front-end) and development means adding functionality to the website.
Something new I learnt today. Glad that I came on this forums
web designing meas your wen sites lay out related your domain name or url and web developing means adding functionality like button, drop down menu, admin panal use etc...to the website.
Designing for me is everything including the look and how it feels. Developing is putting that look and feel into action. You can be a web designer but only use photoshop, you're still a webdesigner even though you haven't coded anything, it's the development after in your website development program where your develop the design and bring it to life.
I agree with you.
After read this thread, I just know that I also web developer :lol::lol:


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Grape growers and winemakers in Paso started trying out a few different wine styles, including Rhône and Bordeaux. This meant, basically, syrah-based wines and cabernet-based wines. Then some mavericks came in and mixed the two, creating cabernet-syrah blends. Traditionalists cringed, but people started trying the wines and found they were pretty darn good.


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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Gary Harris scored 15 points and Keith Appling added 14 points before leaving the game with an injury to help No. 12 Michigan State bounce back from a poor first half to beat No. 18 Minnesota 61-50 Wednesday night.
Appling left the court with 1:17 left, holding his right shoulder after getting tied up with Joe Coleman. He returned to the bench in the final minute.
The Spartans (19-4 8-2 Big Ten) moved into a second-place tie with No. 3 Michigan, whom they host Tuesday night. They picked up their eighth win in nine games since losing the conference opener against the Golden Gophers (17-6, 5-5) on the road.
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SAINT LEO, Fla. – The Saint Leo baseball team continued to impress as they defeated visiting Saint Anselm 12-1 in NCAA Division II action at Southard Stadium on Thursday afternoon.
In notching their 10th win of 2012, the Lions (10-4) blasted 12 hits, including two doubles, three triples and a home run en route to the victory. Scoring 12 runs in the game, the Lions reached the double-digit run total for the eighth time in 10 victories. The 12-spot continues to push Saint Leo's offensive production to an average of 9.64 runs per game so far this season.
The game, serving as a perfect winning setup for the following Hall of Fame Ceremony that evening, featured Saint Leo runs in each of the first six innings, with the highlight hit coming from senior Anthony Santa in the fourth when he stroked a three-run homer to the deepest part of the park. The shot was a wild-pitch shy of another Saint Leo grand slam when a Chris Newcomb scored two pitches prior to the blast.
Junior Ryan Sadler (2-1) tossed seven complete innings, only surrendering a run on three hits. He managed to strike out six Hawks in 26 batters faced. Fellow juniors Austin Buck and Adam Albers combined for mop-up duties, splitting the final two innings to solidify the win.
Six Lions posted multiple hits with Michael Revell going 2-for-3 and Santa going 2-for-4 with five RBI.
Saint Anselm (3-6) finished with five hits and only one run, which crossed in the fifth inning.
The Lions now turn their attention to an old-fashioned three-game series with Young Harris College from Saturday through Monday. The first game will get underway at 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions' Baseball, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Sen. Bill Nelson spent his last morning before heading back to Washington helping serve breakfast at Jacksonville's Clara White mission.
Between fiscal cliff negotiations and spending time with his family during the holidays, Nelson made time Wednesday to hand out hot meals to the homeless at the mission that means a lot to him.
"It's a special place that does a lot of good for this community, and I just want to lend what moral support I can to them and this great community service that they provide," Nelson said.
Clara White has been serving meals to the homeless for over 100 years. They serve breakfast 365 days a year and many who come in over the holidays wouldn't get a Christmas meal if it weren't for charities like this.
"To have someone such as Sen. Bill Nelson come in, it helps to add more insight to the people to know what's going on here," said Ken Covington, Clara White's housing case manager.
Nelson, who served in the military during the Vietnam era, said another great thing about Clara White is they reach out to veterans, to help steer them in the right direction.
"Try to provide them with some normalcy. with some love," Nelson told Channel 4's Elizabeth Campbell. "Some good food, some nourishment, and for an avenue of hope.
Nelson heads back to the nation's capital to face year-end deadline for automatic tax hikes and spending cuts. He said an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff will be simple if lawmakers come back to town with a spirit of compromise.
"All you have to do is have a willingness in a bipartisan way, in a non-ideological way, to come together in agreement," Nelson said. "There's a group of about 60 or 70 in the House of Representatives who said they wanted it their way or no way. Well, you can't govern this country that way."
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The Court Martial of William Walker
November 19, 1863 — Hilton Head, South Carolina
On November 19, 1863 led by a Sgt William Walker, Samson Read and the members of the 3rd Regiment; United States Colored Troops, stacked their arms and accouterments in the tent of Colonel Augustus Bennett. This was done in protest to the unfair wages the colored troops received. Upon enlisting into the USCT, the men were promised thirteen dollars per month plus food and clothing. Instead, they were given ten dollars minus three dollars for clothing which left them with seven dollars a month. Sgt Walker informed Colonel Bennett that the men, "would not do duty any longer for seven dollars per month".
January 1864, Sgt. Walker was tried for leading an alleged mutiny in his company. On January 12, 1864 Samson Read testified for the Defense in William Walker's court martial. Reading the transcript Samson's statements was an effort to save his Sgt, an effort that was of no avail. William Walker was found guilty of mutiny and was executed on February 29,1864. Four months after his execution Congress passed a law giving the USCT $13 a month retroactive to December 1863, but this law only pertained to men who were freed before April 19, 1861and enlisted and mustered into military service between December 1862 and June 1864. Since most of the men in the USCT were not freed before April 19, 1861 protest throughout different troops continued. On March 3, 1865 Congress finally put the equal pay issue to rest by authorizing equal pay for all black soldiers retroactive to their enlistment date. There is no documentation in Samson's Descriptive Book stating that he received the retroactive pay.


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09 May 2012
It's tough to catch all the action when the Tigers are out west due to the late start times, but MLB.com does a decent job of making highlight videos available. Here are some quick links to get you caught up if you missed portions of the game.
Dirks' RBI single – Austin Jackson lead off the game with a double, and Andy Dirks immediately knocked him home with a base hit to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
Dirks' two-run double – Andy was back at it the very next inning, lacing a double down the right field line plating Brennan Boesch and Gerald Laird to extend the lead to 3-0.
Young's two-run double – Delmon Young joined the fray two batters later with a double of his own. Dirks and Prince Fielder came around to score to make it 5-0.Ichiro's RBI single – Ichiro Suzuki pulled a line drive single to right field with runners on the corners and two outs in the third inning to get the Mariners on the scoreboard for the first time making it 5-1 Tigers.
Seager's two-run single – The MLB.com video title calls this one a double, but it was really a two-run single for Kyle Seager off Justin Verlander with runners at second and third and in the third inning. The two-out knock brought the score to 5-3.
Leyland, Verlander confront ump – The strike zone was an adventure for most of the night, and Leyland and Verlander both exchanged some words with the home plate umpire. Leyland was tossed for his part, but Verlander was able to keep himself in check (with help from catcher Gerald Laird) before things could escalate much further.
Prince's solo jack – The bats for both teams were silent from the third inning to the seventh when Prince Fielder blasted one over the fence in right field to stretch the Tigers' lead to 6-3.
Ryan's RBI single – Brendan Ryan looped a single into center field to plate a run for the Mariners off of Phil Coke who came in to pitch the seventh in relief of Verlander. The run cut Detroit's lead to 6-4.
Kelly's leaping catch – Closer Jose Valverde walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth (the third walk being intentional to Ichiro Suzuki), but he escaped the inning and recorded the save thanks to a nice grab by Don Kelly in foul territory. 6-4 was the final score.
Recap: DET 6, SEA 4 – Here's the full studio recap (2:28) of the game. It's mostly a mix of the above clips, but there are a few new frames thrown in there.
Verlander's six strikeouts – A nice video montage showing Verlander's work on the mound. It wasn't the best version of Verlander we've seen, but he still managed to strike out a batter per inning and record a quality start.
Matt Snyder is the editor of The Tigers Den. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.


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Note 3 and Galaxy S4 won't be getting the full eight core Exynos performance patch, says Samsung
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1. tiara6918 (Posts: 2111; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
And they won't get lte and cyanogenmod support either, poor Sammy
14. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
AOKP, AOSP along with custom Kernel, also other ROMS are available to download and Root!
And who the hell cares if it heats up! What's the big deal? Every electric devices heat up! Just ignore touching that part, or use a case.
Dimwits complaining about heats, no one says jack about PCs, Laptops and etc.....Temperature reaching 45 degrees, so what?
I've overclocked my S4 Exynos, not the the kalf cooked A9 halfbaked A15 to 2.1Ghz, and GPU raised to 688Mhz, voltage settings have been raised.
2. RebelwithoutaClue (Posts: 3584; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
They won't unlock it due to heat issues. Except when a benchmark app is run ;)
4. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
You are aware that the small increase it would do from overclocking itself like 100mhz is almost nothing added to the scores right? 100mhz is better but only a small amount that is negligible in real world performance. A real performance gain is like overclocked a 4670k from 3.4ghz to 4.5ghz, you would see around a 20-25% performance gain.
If I go an raise my Nexus 4s clocks a couple hundred mhzthe difference in benchmarks like antutu is only 50-100 points.
7. giani (Posts: 269; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
Shatter... have $5 from me...take a day off..u deserve it..i ll tell sammy u did good.
9. RebelwithoutaClue (Posts: 3584; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Dude, it was a joke, you're way too serious.
18. JC557 (Posts: 1794; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
Depends on what's being overclocked. GPUs actually make good use of a 100MHz bump. Just look at the desktop GPUs. It also depends on the CPU architecture. Sometimes 100Mhz can make a noticeable difference like on my AMD desktop processor.
17. Long1 (banned) (Posts: 399; Member since: 18 May 2013)
Stop with this iBS(benchmark gate)
Everybody see that this was iAttack against Note 3 (same iBS like the "region lock gate". All iboys fear of Note 3. LOL
All power devices are optimized like that (not only Note 3). They should recognize the power hungry apps and give them as much as they can.
3. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Poor heating issues. Come over this problem soon. :)
If you don't mind the risk of frying your handset then you can ask to Sammy for full octa core at once.
5. Martin_Cooper (Posts: 1615; Member since: 30 Jul 2013)
Why would they do it anyway? They designed the phone to run on certain speeds, with specific hardware and on specific temperatures. Why risk the hardware with something it wasnt initially designed for. Its like overclocking your desktop PC cpu and leaving it with stock fan..
6. Tuxedo (Posts: 356; Member since: 19 Mar 2013)
Wow, Exynos 5 Octa has been quite a disappointment.
11. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
It's the fastest processor available today, then again, what is your disappointment? It was never said to be an all-8-core performer.
15. Martin_Cooper (Posts: 1615; Member since: 30 Jul 2013)
800 is the fastest currently. Yes octa beats it in few tests but overall 800 is the king.
27. Ronny666 (Posts: 126; Member since: 08 Jun 2013)
Yeah it is a big disappointment for those who never had the chance to use it or own it like yourself.
Those who owned it know how well it performs when the A15 cores start kicking in.
8. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 1043; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
They are still beastly chips in their current setup, so it's all good. :)
10. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
The A15s are already beating out the CPU of Tegra 4 and Qualcomm's SD800, there is no need for extra power, there is the need of proper core migration to up battery life.
19. picka_vi_materina (Posts: 174; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)
So....what you're saying is that the Tegra 4 doesn't use A15s?
12. jibraihimi (Posts: 770; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
Of late samsung is on self-destruct mode, first regional lock for Note 3, then chafing with benchmarking apps in S4 and Note 3, and now backtracking on their true octa-core performance for Note3 and S4........ With success comes arrogance.........
13. jibraihimi (Posts: 770; Member since: 29 Nov 2011)
I meant 'cheating with benchmarking apps'......
16. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Head down to XDA to gain Root access! Simple! At least on Android there a options viable! Unlike other platforms that totally restricts you!
25. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Yes they are really slacking off being the only company to offer a phone with 8 cores in it with a tablet level powervr GPU.......how dare they give us that for how much Apple charges for a dual core....
Jeez people are stupid when they let their biases mess up logic.
20. Cyberchum (Posts: 753; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
After my experience with SGS2 international version, I'm never going to buy any Samsung with exynos chipset. For me, battery performance comes first or how can I enjoy the beasty performance when the phone is always plugged to a wall socket.
24. Ant34 (Posts: 193; Member since: 10 Aug 2013)
Right now my exynos S4 is at 52% with 1hr 32min screen time with it being off the charger for 11hrs 38min and I have a spare battery that's fully charged. I have issues with the phone but not its battery life.
28. Ronny666 (Posts: 126; Member since: 08 Jun 2013)
LOL! Do u remember how bad was the Sony Xperia S's battery life compared to S2? International version of S2 had better battery life and performance than the Snapdragon processor during that period especially after updating to Android 4.0
21. twens (Posts: 1064; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
who needs all 8 cores? I get 2990 on geekbench 3 with my international note3. stock rom,if that isn't fast for you guys then i don't know what fast is. Last i checked even the iphone 5s only gets 2500
22. aco96 (Posts: 242; Member since: 12 Oct 2012)
Exynos sucks. Snapdragon FTW! :D
23. Sondae (Posts: 291; Member since: 02 Jan 2013)
Sounds like the octa core isnt really a octa since you cant use the whole core.


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EMMANUEL Holcombe Church of England Primary has been given a glowing report by education watchdogs.
The school on Helmshore Road was visited in early October and Ofsted inspectors found the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of pupils to be excellent. According to the report, a strong Christian ethos ensures all members of the school community feel valued and special while a high quality of teaching engages and inspires pupils to be reflective and thoughtful. The school is regarded as outstanding in meeting the requirements of all learners and, as a result, pupils 'thrive in the nuturing and caring environment taking responsibility for both themselves and others'.
Inspectors described the behaviour and personal development of the children as 'excellent' and said they are keen to contribute to school, church and local events.
Some pupils, however, show 'inconsistent' progress in writing and mathematics and should be given greater challenges to improve in the future.
The impact of collective worship is also described as 'outstanding' and the report highlights the commitment of staff and governors to build links with parents and the church.
It states: "All stakeholders in the school feel that it is at the very heart of the community it serves. This is clearly demonstrated in the way both the school and the church reach out to include the community in parish events and Christian festivals."
Religious education is fundamental at the school and Key Stage 2 pupils have a good understanding of other religions, which develops strong community cohesion.
Despite being smaller than most schools, Emmanuel Holcombe overcomes space limitations through effective organisation and pupil management.
Headteacher Mr Tim Power has received praise for his leadership skills and support of the school's Christian character.
Mr Power said: "It's a really good report and a true reflection of the school. I'm especially pleased that the personal development and well-being of our pupils is regarded as outstanding. I'm very proud of everyone; the staff and the governors and, more importantly, the children."
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WWSD Blog 3 - Armageddon for Team Hell No!
by, 11-19-2012 at 08:28 PM (3506 Views)
Hey Guys! It feels like I wrote my last blog many, many years ago now, and I apologise that it has been such a delay in getting here. I'm currently a screenwriting student, and as such film and TV have been taking allof my creative writing time! But I have a few spare moments now, and I felt inspired to write so here goes – hope you enjoy!
Over the past year, I have to say I have been pretty frustrated with the short-sightedness of WWE storylines. Brock Lesnar's return has ultimately been disappointing thanks to the short term decision to have him lose to Cena (see my previous blog for my more detailed thoughts on that :P),and Ryback's push has been weakened by the short term decision to put him into the WWE Championship picture that had a conflicting, long-term storyline (maybe I'll blog about that later!). However, I don't think it's all doom and gloom at Titan Towers just yet, and one of the major things that has made me think that is the emergence of the tag team division once again, and more importantly the creation of one of the funniest double acts in WWE, maybe even television, history - Daniel Bryan and Kane, Team Hell No!
When it started out, I was sceptical, but the chemistry and the skill of both men has made this one of the most refreshing story-lines in along time. But, like all good things, it has to come to an end sometime, and this is how I, in my purely hypothetical role as a WWE writer, would go about doing that...
It is no secret that, whilst they are effective and get the job done, Kane and Daniel Bryan do not get along. For weeks now, both of themhave proclaimed 'I am the Tag Team Champions', and there is a clear lack ofcohesion between them. This continues to escalate until TLC, where they retain their tag team titles in a tables match thanks to Daniel Bryan putting (forsake of argument) Darren Young through a table before being put through a table by Kane for good measure.
The following night on Raw, Bryan comes to the ring and tells us he's had enough. He's fed up with Kane, he's fed up with Team Hell No,and he's fed up of sharing the belts with Kane. Since he is the Tag Team Champions, he wants Kane stripped of his half of the title, and wants it to go to a partner of his choice. This brings out Kane, who initially says he is hurt by Daniel's comments, before saying that he is the Tag Team Champions, and that he wants Bryan's half of the title to give to a partner of his choice. They argue back and forth until Vickie Guerrero comes out to regain order. She tells them that both have claimed to be the Tag Team Champions, but neither one has proved it. Now, both men will compete to win the other partner's belt to give to another superstar of their choosing. They won't compete against each otherthough – they will compete with each other. The first person to get 10 'falls'in tag team matches will be declared the winner, and the true Tag Team Champions, starting tonight with a Tag Team Championship match. Both men agree to the challenge, and the hunt is on.
Later that night, Team Hell No defends the titles against The Usos, with Bryan and Kane both jockeying to be the man who gets the pin-fall or submission. In the end, Kane chokeslams Bryan and pins an Uso to go 1-0 up. Bryan looks pissed off, Kane looks triumphant.
Backstage, the next week on Raw, Daniel Bryan is seen talking to William Regal, when they are interrupted by Kane. It is revealed that, should Bryan win the contest, Regal will be his new partner, and they will be the Tag Team Champions. They ask who Kane has picked, and he introduces...Tony Chimel! Bryan and Regal are in disbelief, but according to Kane, 'Tony has a mean right hand'. Tony looks a little scared, not really having much choice as Kane has made up his mind. Later that night, Hell No compete again, and once again Kane beats Bryan to the fall – 2-0 Kane.
Another week and another tag team match for Hell No. Kane is winding up for the chokeslam, but as he does so, Regal pops up on the apron, brass-knuckles in hand and hits Kane, allowing Bryan to get the tag and the pin-fall to bring him back into the game – 2-1 Kane. Kane is enraged backstage,and since he is not able to find a hiding Bryan and Regal, he takes out his frustration on Chimel – 'Where were you Tony?!' Tony can't speak he's so terrified, and Kane storms out through a hole he's made in the wall.
The last Raw before the Royal Rumble and we have another Hell No tag team match. As the match draws to its conclusion, Regal once again hops up on the apron with a loaded right hand to repeat last week's winning antics. However, this time, a ringside Tony Chimel jumps onto the apron and rather awkwardly pulls Regal down, foiling Bryan and Regal's plan and handing Kane the pin-fall – 3-1 Kane. Bryan and Regal are furious, but Kane is delighted, and rather impressed with Chimel, who looks suitably pleased with himself as well. Maybe he could be a champion after all...
At Royal Rumble, Hell No defend the Tag Team Titles in afour team, elimination tag team match (so 3 falls up for grabs). Withsurprising speed, Bryan manages to eliminate the first team, much to the shock of Kane who couldn't move fast enough to prevent it – 3-2 Kane. Bryan tries his hardest to avoid tagging in Kane, knowing he could get the next fall, but eventually he finds himself in the corner and Kane tags himself in. Regal and Bryan do their best to distract Kane, but he doesn't buy into their ploy and he easily eliminates the second team – 4-2 Kane. A member of the final team charges in to try and catch Kane off guard, but he in turn eats a rather quick chokeslam. Bryan charges the ring, seeing that Kane could get the final fall, but Tony Chimel stands in his path, bouncing him away from the ring and allowing Kane to get the 3-count and retain the titles – 5-2 Kane. Bryan and Regal have once again been frustrated by the quickly gelling duo of Kane and Chimel.
The night after on Raw, Hell No face another challenge, andonce again Kane looks to be in control. However, with both Regal and Chimel inHell No's corner, Regal grabs Chimel and threatens to hit him with the brassknuckles. This draws a rather protective Kane over to his corner to tell Regalto back off, but this only allows Bryan to make the blind tag. He dropkicksKane out of the ring, nails the No! Lock on his unwitting opponent and gets thefall – 5-3 Kane. Kane quickly returns to the ring, but Bryan and Regal havescarpered looking pretty pleased with themselves. Kane is angry, but he makes sure to leave with his new best friend Tony Chimel.
Later that week on Main Event, a tag team match is announced as The Miz and Kofi Kingston vs. Wade Barrett and Antonio Cesaro. Backstage, Regal is seen talking to Cesaro about European culture, and Regal tells him of a 'cracking Swiss cheese shop' nearby that they should look at. Cesaro leaves with Regal before his match, seemingly leaving Wade Barrett partner-less for the night. When the match starts, Daniel Bryan comes to the ring and announces that he will step in to take Cesaro's place and help Barrett in the match. It's a back and forth encounter, and just as Barrett is setting up for the finish, Bryan tags himself in and gets the fall, much to Barrett's confusion. As Bryan explains – there is a loophole in the Tag Team Title contest between himself and Kane. The contract states that the person with 10 tag team falls will win the titles, not exclusively tag team matches including Hell No. So, importantly, his victory tonight earns him a point in the contest – 5-4 Kane. On Smackdown that same week, Bryan repeats the trick and ends up in a random tag team match, waiting on the apron the whole match until his partner hits his finisher where he tags in and takes the fall – 5-5.
Monday night again, and this time Vickie decides that she wants to see how well the 'new teams' work together in a match. She sets Daniel Bryan & William Regal vs. Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel, and Kane & Tony Chimel vs. Primo and Epico. In the first match, as Kane and Chimel watch on, Regal manages to gain the upper hand, landing a running knee. He goes to tag in Bryan so he can get the pin, but before he can get there Tony Chimel begins to choke on a hot-dog he's eating on the outside. This is enough to distract the referee, allowing Kane into the ring to chokeslam both Regal and Bryan. With both out cold, Kane goes to drag Gabriel over Regal, but has second thoughts and ends up dragging Regal over Gabriel before leaving the ring. With Chimel 'ok', the referee turns into the pin and counts the fall, with Regal getting it instead of Bryan. Kane laughs devilishly as he leaves with Chimel. Chimel giggles.
Later, in Chimel's first ever WWE match, Kane tags in Chimel who manages to somehow keep Epico at bay, more through luck than judgement. Fed up, Kane gets in and chokeslams Epico before returning to the corner, awaiting the tag. Chimel on the other hand, lets his imagination get the better of him, and seeing that he could get his first ever pin-fall, goes for the cover. Kane immediately gets in the ring and pulls him off, telling Tony to 'remember the plan'. After getting a little over—excited, Chimel tags in Kane who delivers one last chokeslam and gets the definitive 3-count – 6-5 Kane.
On NXT, Bryan offers to mentor one of the young superstars, even going so far as to tag with him later in the show. The match is set, and Bryan gets the fall – 6-6. He repeats the trick again on Main Event to make it 7-6 Bryan, but when he goes to repeat it on Smackdown, it is revealed that the opposing team has a late replacement – Kane! With both men on opposite teams now, they fight back and forth until eventually Kane hits the chokeslam on Bryan's partner and gets the fall – 7-7 at the end of an action-packed week for Bryan!
The next week on Raw, Vickie is concerned that she's seen enough of Hell No fighting against each other, and that from now on they will compete together until the contest is over. That starts tonight, when they face the team of... William Regal & Tony Chimel! The match is filled with inter-team collaboration, as Regal 'lies down' for Bryan only to be interrupted by Kane, and for Chimel to do the same for Kane only to be interrupted by Bryan. It goes back and forth until Kane throws Chimel onto both Regal and Bryan on the outside, brings him back into the ring and pins him for the fall – 8-7 Kane. Chimel is hailed a hero for being so brave, but he is so dazed and confused he doesn't really know what's going on. In the back, it turns out that Tony Chimel suffered a concussion after being thrown over the ropes onto Bryan and Regal, and as such needs to take time off to recover, leaving Kane isolated and alone.
On Main Event and Smackdown later that week, the Tag Team Champions are again in action, but in both situations Regal and Bryan manage to work together to get the better of Kane and get the falls in both matches – 9-8 Bryan.
The last Raw before Elimination Chamber, and Bryan is on the cusp of winning the Tag Team Championships. Hell No are scheduled for tag team action, and sure enough Bryan and Regal once again double team Kane in an attempt to distract him into losing the fall. However, just as it looks like Bryan is going to win, Tony Chimel appears from out of nowhere and stops him, distracting him long enough for Kane to make the tag, get the pin and level the scores at 9-9. Bryan is furious, but Kane is delighted that Chimel is back and celebrates with him in the ring.
With the scores tied at 9-9, we head into Elimination Chamber, where the Tag Team Titles are on the line against No. 1 Contenders The Prime-Time Players. No matter what happens tonight, we will see new Tag Team Champions crowned and it will be the end of Hell No. It's a back and forth match, and one which Bryan and Kane both come close to winning on a number of occasions. Regal and Chimel both try to help their partners, but with no luck. Chimel's concussion seemingly comes back to haunt him, which is enough time for Kane to become distracted and allow Bryan into the match. It looks as if Bryan is about to cover Darren Young to get the last fall when suddenly, from out of nowhere, Titus O'Neill drops him with a chair, Darren Young springs up from 'playing possum' and he covers Daniel Bryan to get the 3 count and win the Tag Team Titles! Stunned, dazed and confused, Kane, Bryan, Regal and Chimel can't quite believe what they are seeing. All of the bickering and in-fighting between themselves has cost them everything, with The Prime-Time Players wisely capitalising on this discord with a smart strategy. Both Kane and Bryan snap, destroying the ringside area in a display that even concerns their partners, who make their exit and leave them to it. United in their rage, Bryan and Kane share one last moment in the ring, before each storming off in different ways either side of the ramp.
The following night on Raw, Bryan blames Kane for the loss, saying that he got distracted by his 'pet' Tony Chimel and that cost them the match. Kane claims it was Bryan who cost them the match by being pinned. Vickie suggests that after their loss of temper, she has brought back Dr. Shelby for some more anger management lessons. Bryan and Kane refuse to go that week, but the next week on Raw, Vickie threatens to fire both of them if they don't attend. Reluctantly they agree, but both don't do well. In fact, in the session the week after, both snap again and destroy the meeting room.
The next week on Raw, Bryan and Kane finally agree on something. They agree that the only way to settle this once and for all is with a one-on-one match at Wrestlemania XXIX.
At the big event itself, Kane and Bryan have a back and forth match, with both men pushing each other to the limit. Both Regal and Chimel attempt early on to get involved, but both are neutralised and quickly forgotten about as this is about Kane and Bryan finally settling a near year-long rivalry. At the end, Kane refuses to tap out to the No! Lock, before picking Bryan up and chokeslamming him for the 3-count and the win. Post-match, Bryan looks annoyed with himself, but he also has to respect his worthy opponent. He offers the handshake to Kane, who looks at the hand for a moment before opening up his arms for a hug. Reluctantly, Bryan gives Kane one last hug for the 'Wrestlemania moment' to end this rivalry on the grandest stage of them all.
So there we have it. As with all of my blogs so far it seems, I apologise for the marathon read. If you've made it this far, I thank you wholeheartedly for giving me your time. Any comments, criticisms or opinions are welcomed below. Until next time, take care but more importantly have fun! Hwyl!


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Town Mountain performs at The Woods
October 2nd, 2012 | SMWC
Thanks to their relatable, unforgettable lyrics and their impressive stage presence and swagger, Town Mountain manages to rise above many of bluegrass bands touring today. Town Mountain will perform their distinctive sound at the Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Four-Star Series on October 23, 2012, at 7:30 p.m., in the Cecilian Auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public.
Town Mountain recently released their fourth album, "Leave the Bottle." On the album, the band presents 11 original band-member written tunes and one cover. The repertoire showcases the band's unique harmonic sounds of surf-rock, gospel and honky-tonk country. The title track "Leave the Bottle" was written by band member Jesse Langlais about being away from home, family and friends and, more importantly, being away from the one you love for long periods of time while on the road.
"Often times you'll find solace in the strangest places," explained Langlais. "This situation finds it in the bottom of the bottle. A very real situation for lots of musicians."
Banding together in 2005, Town Mountain is Phil Barker on mandolin and vocals, Robert Greer on lead vocals and guitar, Jesse Langlais on banjo and vocals, Bobby Britt on fiddle, and Jon Stickley rounds them out with his steady bass and rock-solid guitar and vocals.
Town Mountain has collaborated and/or performed with Doc Watson, Jim Lauderdale, Steep Canyon Rangers, Acoustic Syndicate, Keller Williams, Larry Keel, David Grisman and The Infamous Stringdusters. The band expanded their reach as teachers, making their first international trip to Finland in the spring of 2012 and holding court at workshops in Canada as well as in many U.S. cities. The prestigious International Bluegrass Music Association has twice selected Barker for its songwriting showcase (2010 and 2011), and the band was part of the official showcase in 2011.
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