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Faster Graphics For Lower Prices: ATI Radeon HD 4770by Derek Wilson on 4/28/2009 5:15 AM EST
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SiliconDoc - Sunday, June 07, 2009 - linkthe usual red rooster line I see:
" It's all about cost benefit. Certainly it's a benefit to have smaller GPUs as they cost less to make. "
That means if you buy a $200 lovely driver corrupted red rooster card, ATI loses $66 for AMD and themselves !
WHAT a great advantage they have in that die size !
Oh well, nice BS anyway Derek ! Hope it makes all your fantasies real for you, because that's the only place they are real, in your head. Reply
srikar115 - Saturday, May 30, 2009 - linkon stock its same performer to 4850,cheaper,cooler nore ociable,this will defently hamper the sales of 4850.
clocks reached as high as 1000/1200 with voltage adjustments...i jus love this card
http://pcgamersera.com/forum/topic.php?id=16">http://pcgamersera.com/forum/topic.php?id=16 Reply
PC Reviewer - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI believe that the newer 4890's are better performance for the cost...
its only marginally more yet offers more ram for larger resolutions and more power..
Sunsmasher - Saturday, May 02, 2009 - linkIt quite apparent that the manufacturers are TRYING to create confusion for less sophisticated buyers so that they cannot easily
compare price/performance factors of cards.
This is especially true of Nvidia. (Can anybody explain why the 8800 magically became the 9800?)
Obviously an attempt to create a "new" card without really changing anything. Reply
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link[quote]The fact that the AMD hardware is leading here is not unexpected. But we do see that the NVIDIA GTS 250 looks a little bit CPU bound at lower resolutions.[/quote]
I wouldn't say it is CPU bound as the AMD cards are not at all CPU bound at considerably higher framerates. Rather the nVidia card is for some reason being capped at 60fps, almost probably by its driver (or possibly some setting in it). Most LCD displays are capable of accepting a refresh rate of 75hz (at certain resolutions) as well as 60hz, so you could always try doing that to see if the driver is limiting the framerate to the refresh-rate. Reply
rickshaw - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkThis card look amazing for the price. I am wondering now if this card is any better than the HD 3870? Should I get this card to replace the HD 3870?
Any comments for the experts? Reply
Lummox - Thursday, May 07, 2009 - linkwith two of these cards for $220 = rebate you will smoke anything else at this price including a 280. see toms for review Reply
VooDooAddict - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkI'm drooling over the power usage.
Top end i7
6 dimms
under 220w
I think I found the new Crossfire setup for my Shuttle! Reply
Wreckage - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkHow come the 4770 does so much better in the Anandtech review than in the Guru3D, HardOCP, Xbit Labs, Tom's Hardware and several other reviews? Reply
mmpalmeira - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkI guess it is because of the games they tested with that favors the ATI hardware. Specialy GRID and AoC. The cards performance is very similar, so the games choosen to performe the test will define with card is better. Reply
iwodo - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkThe GTS 250 is not doing too bad at all. It is an 55nm part and many years old.
I am sure if Nvidia did some small tweaks to it and shrink it to 40nm and add GDDR5, it would be much more competitive if not better then 4770. Reply
Veteran - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkThen it would be even more expensive.... + power consumption wouldn't change much because of GDDR5
quanta - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkAccording to PC Perspective review[1], it has only 8 ROPs, and would only have 16 texturing units instead of 32.
[1] http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=700&type=expe...">http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=700&type=expe... Reply
kevinkreiser - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkwith the die shrink i was really hoping for a single slot card this time. seriously will we ever see decent single slot cards again? i know the other manufacturers like gigabyte and his have their designs slightly slimmer but the coolers are still too big to fit in a single slot. Reply
frowny - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI imagine it's because the number of people that hate dual slot GPUs is so miniscule that it doesn't make sense to cripple your card's factory clocks just to cater to them. You can always get a 4670 or other low-end card if you want one that's a single slot. Reply
kmmatney - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkWell, after reading the reviews, I don't find the card terribly exciting, except for the low power levels. At $110, this card is more of a triumph for ATi than it is consumers. It is very cheap to make, with fewer pins for the 128-bit memory bus, and cheaper power circuitry. It's a nice card, and overall the best card at it's price point, but just barely. The main prupose of this card was to be more profitable for ATi, and it's done a great job at that.
A low cost HD4830 is a better deal for many people. It can easily overclock to HD4850 speeds (you have to go higher than actual HD4850 speeds to get the same perforamnce, due to the lower number of shaders). Also, there are 800SP HD4830 cards out there (or so I've heard).
The mood I get from the AT article - ho hum, and that's my impression as well. The low power draw is very nice, though (see the XbitLabs article for the actual power draw of the card, instead of the whole system). It's very impressive in the power dept., but that's about it. Reply
frozentundra123456 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkgood post. This is pretty much my feeling also, but you explained it better. Reply
tomoyo - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI think there's too much focus on the name of the video card. It's honestly perfect for the situation. They didn't rename an old gpu and it's obviously not the same type of chip as a 48xx. Also it's most certainly targeted for the midrange, which a 47xx sounds like a perfect name for. I'd say amd is doing a much, much better job at naming chips than nvidia, which has done far too many renames of the same chip. Reply
Liujia - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkHi,everyone,I come from China-mainland, nice to "meet" u all. Although I know anandtech for a long time, this's my first message in Anandtech. ^_^
I'm glad to see that ATI becomes more and more stronger, she brings benign market competition,and gives us good performance/price low-end cards(actually not only card). that's really good for most chinese,because most young guys'earning ain't very much, just like me.....
Due to previous high cost,not everybody owns PC in china, especially in rural areas,where occupy 80% population of china.....oh,god, can u image that how many computers we still need? We must energetically promote IT application and use IT to propel and accelerate industrialization & multi-media education in backward areas. Mr.Obama said:you still have a lot of work to do.
so do we ^_^
fortunately, right now:
$20LE-1150+$30 690G(or maybe $50 780G)= waht a perfect entry level, for us.
$50 4600+ $55 770 + $55 HD4650 = what a perfect middle level,for us.
$120 X3 710 + $90 790GX + $95~120 HD4830/4850 = what a perfect player level, for us.
Here,I'd like to give my full support to HD4770.
BTW,go~houston rocket~! haha
armandbr - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkTo me the biggest issue with this card is the memory size.
I heard there are going to be cards with 1 Gb of ram.
I hope there will be. Reply
Luminair - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkwhose power readings are correct, anandtech or hardocp Reply
tomoyo - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkYa the power readings are all over the map here. Xbitlabs has the 4770 with MUCH lower idle power than the 4830. While Anandtech shows the 4770 consuming more at idle. Something is strange with the power measurements of this graphics card. Reply
RagingDragon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkEverbody is measuring system power consumption at the wall socket instead of GPU power consumption; therefore, power comsumption varies since each site uses different CPU's, motherboards, powersupplies, etc. Reply
kmmatney - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI haven;t read the XBitLab article yet, but they normally use a technique where they directly measure the power draw of the card, rather than the entire system. I believe they are more accurate. I'll read their article now, since it probably has OVERCLOCKING!!! How could AT miss that - at least OC and run one benchmark so we can see the percentage gain. Reply
tomoyo - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkLooking at HARDocp's power results, they don't make sense. Supposedly their system without video card is 46 watts from the wall and system with 4770 is 53 watts? There's no way the idle is 7 watts for the video card including psu inefficiencies. This contradicts greatly with xbitlabs and anandtech...which already both contradict each other regarding power usage. Basically none of the power results can be trusted which is really annoying. Reply
Korr - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkWhat a terrible piece. This is the exact reason why I rarely visit AT anymore. One resolution per game tested? No overclocking? One page of text to whine about the name?
Please never review computer hardware again. Reply
aeternitas - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - linkI guess simple graphs are still too complex for some people to understand. lol Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkDon't know about you, but I see resolution scaling charts showing 1280x1024, 1680x1050, and 1920x1200. Reply
7Enigma - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkB...B...But the other resolutions don't have pretty bar graphs! Seriously don't feed these trolls. If they can't even READ the review before blasting it for things included, they don't deserve to get answered.
AtenRa - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkPersonally I don't mind about the naming of the card.
Although this card is the first 0.40nm and it's the first time the GPUs are manufactured using a smaller process than CPUs, I don't see the reviewers to be exited for this product. I mean this review feels like it was made in 15 minutes just for having it in the site. No O/C and no CrossFire results. Have you ever wandered if 2 x 4770 are faster than a 4890?? how about 3 x 4770 ??
coldpower27 - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkYeah, it's kinda odd how GPU's simply skipped the 45nm base node this time around. I guess it's good in away quicker progress. Also much needed considering how much MORE core logic GPU's have then CPU's which over 50% of the transistor budget is cache.
This is only a test shuttle basically for the 40nm process small simple part, for high yields and to work out the kinks before deploying complex parts on this new process.
Sorta like G92b for Nvidia Reply
RagingDragon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkAMD and Nvidia GPU's are fabbed by TSMC. I don't think TSMC have a 45nm process - they jumped to 40nm instead, which seems sensible to me: timewise TSMC's 40nm process is entering production almost halfway between Intel's 45nm and 32nm processes. Reply
armandbr - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkhere are crossfire numbers
http://www.matbe.com/articles/lire/1421/radeon-hd-...">http://www.matbe.com/articles/lire/1421...4770-per... Reply
Exar3342 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI see no reason why this couldn't be in a single-slot solution. That is what everyone really wants...I would grab 3 of these if they were available in such a way. Reply
AmazighQ - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkreally dont post a review as bad as this
you make the 4770 look like any other card while its performance to price ratio is even greater then the 4850
final point this review failed miserably Reply
frowny - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkWhy are you guys focusing on 4770 vs GTS250? The correct comparison is 4770 vs 9800GT since those are the same price points. Reply
frozentundra123456 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkThis card seems to be kind of in limbo to me. It isnt a performance leader, but still is not particularly low in power consumption. It still requires a power connector and is dual slot (dual slot ???). In performance it is also bracketed by the 4830 and 4850. Price is also not outstanding.
To showcase 40nm architecture, I would have thought that AMD would have had either a higher performance card or an improved performance 4670 type card that required no power connector and was single slot.
At this point, I would choose a 4670 for low power and no connector required or go with a 4850 or 4870 for better performance. Reply
FireSnake - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - link"or go with a 4850 for better performance"
Read the article first, and stop writing nonsense! Reply
frozentundra123456 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkDon't be rude. I did read the article. It states that the 4770 is faster than the 4830. I took this to mean that the 4850 was faster than the 4770. Looking closely at the graphs, it is faster in some games, but not in others. I don't mind people pointing out mistakes, but you can be nice about it. Reply
RagingDragon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkThe 4770 is going to replace the 4830, which will be (or has been?) phased out of production. The card is intened for gamers wanting more performance than a 4670 but who don't want to pay for a 4850. Looks to me like the target market is gamers with 1680x1050 panels. For lower resolutions less expensive cards would make more sense, for 1920x1080 and 1920x1200 the 4850, 4870 or 4890 makes more sense, and if you want to game at 2560x1600 you'll probably want a dual-GPU solution.... Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkA 256-bit version (and thus able to run lower clockspeeds but get the same performance) would make a great passively-cooled GPU. Reply
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkBy 256-bit version, do you mean the memory-bus width? All that would achieve is allow them to use slower memory (GDDR3 instead of GDDR5) and would have no effect on the speed the GPU itself needs to be clocked at, and therefore the temperature it would run at.
Speaking of which, I don't think temperatures were mentioned in the article (goes to check). Reply
Veteran - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI read the review completely and i clearly saw the 4770 leading the GTS 250 in most games. After reading the conclusion i was a little bit dissapointed at Anandtech. The 4770 which costs around 100$ clearly outperforms a 130$+ part while consuming lower power. Still the conclusion is not very positive... How can this happen?
This is on of the best cards at the moment price/performance wise, so why doesn't Anandtech recommend this card? Scared to loose good relationships with nVidia? The last couple of months you can clearly see where anandtech is going to... It's really sad, since this was one of the best around. Reply
crimson117 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkYou don't think this is a AMD-supportive conclusion?
"It isn't clear when NVIDIA will have a part in this generation of their architecture that competes in the near $100 market, but in the meantime the option is certainly clear: the Radeon HD 4770 is the way to go for now." Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkMaybe you're high? Read:
"As for the competition, the 4770 comes out on top in the games we tested."
"the option is certainly clear: the Radeon HD 4770 is the way to go for now."
What more do you want? A all out denouncement of Nvidia? Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkWell, checking Newegg right now, there are 4 4770 options available (interestingly enough, all using the same non-reference cooler) all at 109.99. There are 12 GTS250 512 cards, one of which is 120 shipped, and three others at 110, 115, and 120 with rebates. Given the relatively small performance difference and the relatively small price difference, a relatively mild recommendation seems warranted. I'd imagine this will end up becoming a case of "Pick whichever brand you like better or whoever has the better price at the moment." I personally would pick an nvidia card for an extra $10 just due to the driver issues I have experienced with AMD. Reply
aapocketz - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - link[quote]interestingly enough, all using the same non-reference cooler[/quote]
yeah I cant find any that use the reference cooler reviewed in the articles on this site or others. I would prefer if its going to have a dual slot solution, that it vents the exhaust outside the case! The cooler thats on newegg is ugly too... I would have picked one up today if it looked like the ones in the article!
balancedthinking - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkDo not forget the 10$ mail in rebates @ newegg, so the 4770 IS cheaper.
The 4770 also uses way less power and it is even more more strange to see Derek bitching about the naming of the card instead of looking at the OC ability.
The German site pcgameshardware.de was able to reach a massive overlock, leading to a stunning 25% performance improvement. Reply
RagingDragon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI guess the reviewer didn't have time for OC testing, and thus chose to fill the space with ranting instead. Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkThose $10 MIRs were not there when I checked before writing that. I also wouldn't be surprised to see bigger rebates on the nvidia hardware within a day or two. Reply
balancedthinking - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkhttp://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,682645/Test-Ati-...">http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,68264...force-98... Reply
Zstream - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkIt is because Derek wrote the article. As long as he is benchmarking and testing the AMD bashing will continue. Just get used to it. Reply
Jamahl - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkThe important thing here is there is no attempt by ATI to deceive the public.
All the 48xx cards have 256-bit buses, and they also have higher bandwith than the 4770. However, the 4770 has much more in common with a 4870 than it does a 4830 or 4850, namely clock speeds and DDR5. It just so happens that its peformance level drops in at the 4850 mark due to the smaller 128 bit bus and a few less shaders.
If you look at it logically, it's a cut down 4870. 4770 is the best name that could have been chosen for it taking everything into consideration. Reply
coldpower27 - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkI think it kinda makes sense.
The first digit explains the generation of technology.
4 = RV7xx Series with DX10.1 Technology. (Current)
3 = RV6xx Series with DX10.0 Refresh Line
2 = R600 Series with DX10 Original Line
The second digit explains where the product Series slots in with regard to everything else...
8 = Performance
7 = Mainstream Refresh
6 = Mainstream
5-3 = Budget...(this should be consolidated)
The Third digit is an isolated variable and explains where it slots within this particular series..
7 = Top Card.
5 = Middle Card.
3 = Low Card.
The Last digit current serves no purpose...
it's a bit more simple I will admit then Nvidia's nomentclature.
With ATI having 7,5,3 for defining top, middle and low of a particular range.
I will try to insert an analgous numbering concept for Nvidia.
Nvidia has GTX+ = 8 GTX = 7 GTS = 6, GT = 5, GS = 3, GSO = 2
I think... very complicated conmpared to 3 SKU's for ATi. At least Nvidia is trying to make some headway into making a unified product line with the GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 275, GTX 285...
GTX 260 Core 216, should have been GTX 265 for simplicity sake...
flipmode - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI agree with the author in his criticism of the name chosen for the product.
4845 if you want to end odd
4840 if you do not care
Naming these products should not be this hard. What AMD and Nvidia need to be passionate about is helping the buyer make sense of it all.
Also - like the author said - why the hell bother with the 4th digit if it is just going to be -0- all the time. Put that son of a bizzle to work. Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkUm yeah, the author seems to think the dual slot cooler is an inconvenience, but I'd LOVE to have a dual slot cooler that pumps the hotness outside of the case for me. Most mobo makers are careful enough about the slot below the PCIe16 slot because, believe it or not, they've thought about the fact that a dual slot graphics card might be put in there. Reply
JimmiG - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkMany who buy these lower-end cards have more compact systems, sometimes with m-ATX boards.
When I got my 4850 last year I had such a board, meaning a dual slot card would have blocked one of the two PCI slots, and made the last one nearly useless since the PCI card would sit right against the videocard, possibly blocking the fan.
Even though I've got a full ATX board now, the lack of hot air exhaust doesn't bother me. The two 80mm fan+PSU fan take care of getting the hot air out of the case. In fact they move much more hot air than the small GPU fan.
There will probably be variations just like with all other cards so those who want single slot will be able to find one. Prices will also go below $100 in a matter of weeks, IMO. Reply
Griswold - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkThis isnt a lower-end card. Its a mid-range card. Low-end is often passive cooled. The single slot cooler on the 3850 and 4850 are misserable for this type of GPU. But i'm sure there will be single slot models of the 4770 as well... Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI've got mATX too. AMD needs to focus on providing the best possible cooling and not make compromises for mATX. And when these cards arrive with bad ass coolers that keep the chips cool, the noise down, and the case temps down, it is too bad they get looked on with scorn. The consumer made his/her bed when choosing a motherboard and case. And even still, this card, dual slot and all, will fit in an mATX setup.
That's just my feeling. I am thrilled to see high quality coolers attached to a $100 card. That's wonderful! Reply
PrinceGaz - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkI agree. Far from not liking a dual-slot cooler, I love them. Not only do they keep the GPU itself cooler, but they also improve the overall system airflow. Given the choice, I'd always pick a dual-slot cooler over a same priced card with a single-slot cooler.
The only possible reason for choosing a single-slot cooler would be if you wanted to use the slot right next to the gfx-card, which means the already inferior single-slot cooler is made even worse because there is now another card sitting millimetres from the GPU fan. Reply
Proteusza - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkLooks like a good card. Hopefully the lessons learnt from this 40nm process will enable future AMD graphics cards (or even the 4870) to use it.
One thing though - in light of the fact that the 4830 will be dropped, the naming scheme makes sense.
Relative performance is now:
4830 -> 4770 -> 4850 -> 4870
It will become
4770 -> 4850 -> 4870
And everyone is happy again. At least its not misleading - I mean the 4770 really is a different card altogether to the 4800 series, so its good that its name reflects that. Pity it requires an external power connector, but at least it isnt very power hungry. Reply
AmazighQ - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkand the fact that the 4830 was only a temporarily solution to fill up the 100 dollar gap, is and was very well known
here a beter review of the HD 4770 :http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/rad...">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/rad... Reply
Amiga500 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkIf AMD had named it the 4750 we'd all be happy.
4750 -> 4850 -> 4870 Reply
Griswold - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkWhy? There will be a 4750 with GDDR3 and lower core clock speed... Reply
wit p - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkit seems that power management in these 40nm parts is completely redesigned. Could we (readers, of course) know more on this? TDP of about 80W versus delta (full load - idle) of just above 40W? I wonder if this PCIe power connector and two-slot cooling aren't just a precautionary features... Maybe at AMD/ATI they couldn't approximate properly new parts' power consumption?
IMO: the perfect first hit, I even don't regret these famous 10$ ;) 48xx must be sold ;) Reply
Zoomer - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkThere were many issues regarding TSMC's 40nm node. Apparently, there were many issues with leakage. ATi probably wanted to err on the side of caution after the adequate but much maligned 4850 cooler. Reply
FireSnake - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - link.... it is excellent part.
And, I don't know, how you talk about 110$, when this part is available in Europe (which tends to be more expensive, I don't know why) for 89€ (Listed for 87)!
And bitching about name ..... you would rather test overclocking capabilities. Reply
evilspoons - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkMaybe because 89€ is $115 USD when you apply the exhange rate. Just a thought. Reply
Griswold - Wednesday, April 29, 2009 - linkJust that you didnt include (or rather subtract) the 19% VAT they pay in germany in your equation, which is included in the 89€. Reply
balancedthinking - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI agree, this seems very try hard by Derek to criticize at least something.
It is even more funny to lash out at AMD for using a lower number for a better performing card. Compare that to the competition which renames with higher and higher numbers and the performance does not change. Talk about "understatement" versus "deceiving". Reply
JPForums - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI second the naming bashing. You spent a lot of time bashing a naming system that makes things short and simple. Frankly it makes a lot more sense than the previous standard of stringing along an ever increasing number of words.
You would never expect a 43xx series card to beat a 38xx series card. Even though it has a higher number, it simply isn't going to happen. However, it is ludicrous to expect ATI to keep numbering their low end cards in the 3xxxs until the low end performance can match the highest end 3xxx cards performance. Even if they did, given the different architectures, you just complain that what they deem better doesn't match up with what you do. Further, it would quickly get very confusing trying to pick out the new cards from the old.
Categorizing the cards by architecture, then performance, makes much more sense than categorizing them by performance alone. This automatically distinguishes newer cards from older ones. This also tells you a little about where the card might be strong/weak and what you stand to gain by overclocking. (A card with twice the hardware will gain much more per MHz overclock than the already higher clock one with half the hardware assuming similar architecture)
That all said, there are some things ATI could do to make the current scheme better. I.E. Delegate x2xx, x5xx, and x8xx as the low, medium, and high end (Assuming 3 basic architectures are used). Then use x3xx, x6xx, and x9xx for the same purpose on the refresh.
Hopefully ATI can refine their naming scheme to address both architecture and performance considerations equally as you wish. However, to say that the current naming scheme is in the same class as GeForce GTX260 Core 216 is going overboard. Until they get a scheme that can address both considerations equally, I'd prefer the current architecture based distinctions over a simple performance only scheme.
Oh, and did you really that much time complaining about a such a minor issue. Address the issue, then move on to something more interesting like overclocking.
Alternately, address other naming scheme issues in equal length. nVidia's GeForce GTX260 Core 216 comes to mind. How about the GeForce 9800GTX that was slower than the 8800GTX. Or maybe the 9800GT that was slower than the 8800GTS. I always hate having to explain to people what the difference between my GTX260 Core 216 and the regular GTX260 is (especially when they don't remember the next time around). Also, try explaining to an average Joe that the second highest end of the current generation (at the time) is slower than the second highest end of the previous generation.
Personally, I wouldn't even put it in a review, but rather, I'd send my concerns directly to the company and let them work it out. If that didn't work, I'd put it in a rant not a review. Reply
Seramics - Thursday, April 30, 2009 - linkvery well said... i juz duno why this article spent so much time criticizing the 4770 name which i tink is completely fine. Whts wrong wif a 70 series of a 700 family outperforming a 30 series in the 800 family in the same 4000 generation? It is completely inadequate to base naming on purely performance aspect alone as the reasons mentioned above. If anything, they would be better off starting a flaming articles about nvidia naming scheme which is very very deceiving... how about G92 designated as GTX 280M i nthe mobile sector? Not to mention GTS250 being a renamed 9800GTX+. The + is a weird symbol in the naming in the first place. For generations its been jus suffixes n now theres a "+" sign. Why isnt there a "-" sign then for lower end product? How about 8800GS being a 8800GT-? Sounds good? And wht about GTX260 Core 216? WHy not GTX280 core 240? GTS250 core 128? So confusing n no standardization. Nvidia naming is all the place, nonsensical. It doesnt even sound good. Reply
RagingDragon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - linkI wish Nvidia had named the GTX260 respin GTX270 instead of "GTX260 Core 216". And I agree that the mobile names are downright deceptive.
But a new 4770 (slightly) outperforming an end of life 4830 doesn't really bother me. I could see it being a bit annoying if the 4830 wasn't phased out, but as it is the naming complaint is trivial and petty - not worth wasting so much space in a review. Besides if AMD did call it 4840 instead of 4770 many people (though perhaps not AT) would accuse AMD of deceptively passing off the cheaper RV740 as an RV770. Furthermore, it's probably possible to concoct benchmarks which "prove" the 4830 (with sligly more memory bandwidth) is faster than the 4770.
Besides, I always thought the second digit in the AMD naming scheme to represent the GPU architechure - while increasing numbers would indicate faster architectures, the mid and high end RV770 cards (4850 and 4870) are faster than any 47xx card. In this case to top of the 47xx line overlaped the bottom of the 48xx - a problem AMD are sensibly correcting by dropping the more expensive to manufacture 4830... Reply
Zoomer - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI think the name makes sense and is completely reasonable. IMO, ATi should not attempt to change something that works.
It's far better than the nVidia fiasco. Imagine a 4500Pro XT+ that is nothing more than a rebranded 2900XT.
Or a Radeon 4000 MX 400 that is based off the GF2 MX, erm, I mean Radeon 32MB DDR. Reply
Seramics - Thursday, April 30, 2009 - linktrue...nvidia naming schemes is despicable Reply
bogda - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI agree completely. "Naming issue" is one of the most pointless pieces of writing on anandtech ever. Reply
crimson117 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI find it very useful.
Although the current state sure beats the terminally meaningless "GT, GS, GTS, GTX, GTX-S, GT+, GTX+" naming scheme.
It's a battle between graphics vendors priorities...
They have to choose between:
- Being accurate for informed users (the type who read anandtech)
- Marketing poorly performing, high-margin/high-volume cards to uninformed users
This is even more evident with their mobile parts. Why the hell would you (nVidia) call something a Mobile 9800M GT if it only performs like a desktop 9600GT? Why not call it a "mobile 9600 GT" so people know at a glance it's got 9600 GT performance with laptop-friendly power consumption? Is it really considered more important to communicate that it falls in the same relative position to other nVidia mobile parts as the 9800 falls into among other desktop parts? Reply
RagingDragon - Wednesday, May 13, 2009 - link++
Nvidia's mobile GPU naming really annoys me. Reply
flipmode - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI find the writing on this issue to be highly valuable. Why should the naming not make sense, be understandable, and do a good job of conveying relative performance? Why is a 47xx faster than a 48xx? Why would you ever complain about the author "going to bat" for the consumer for sensible product naming? The author is trying to help you and me! Reply
ssj4Gogeta - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkI too find it useful. Companies like Nvidia will always try to deceive the customers. (8800->9800->9800+ ->GTS250) Reply
- Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkATI will discontinue the 4830 cards in favour of the 4770.
http://www.dailytech.com/ATI+Launches+Radeon+HD+47...">http://www.dailytech.com/ATI+Launches+R...+Using+4... Reply
Zingam - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - link60+ fps at resolutions above 3000x2000 for $150-200 that I would call modern and good graphics until then I'd rather wait. It's about time for that to happen! Reply
strikeback03 - Tuesday, April 28, 2009 - linkWhy? Is there even 0.01% of the possible market with a display of that kind of resolution? Reply
SiliconDoc - Sunday, June 07, 2009 - linkATI IS LOSING M0NEY ON EVERY CARD THEY SELL - SO MUCH FOR PROFIT FROM TINY GPU CORES! GREAT LIE THO RED ROOSTERS AND BOOSTERS... GOSH YER SO DANG SMART !
" AMD's graphics division (ATI) reported net revenue of $248 million (PDF, page 3) and an operating loss of $38 million in Q2. Revenue fell $14 million from Q1, but was up 17.5 percent compared to the equivalent period in 2007. For the six months ended June 28, 2008, graphics revenue was $510 million with an operating loss of $25 million, compared to revenue of $422 million and an operating loss of $65 million through the same period in 2007. "
" For the three months that ended October 26, profit sank 74 percent to $61.7 million, or 11 cents a share, from $235.7 million a year earlier. Excluding costs from stock compensation and other expenses, earnings were 20 cents a share. This exceeded the average estimate of 11 cents projected by First Call. "
Better make that tiny overheating core MUCH MUCH SMALLER !
philosofool - Thursday, September 03, 2009 - linkI never read anything in all caps. Reply
Fluxzx - Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - linkAmen. Reply
SiliconDoc - Monday, June 08, 2009 - linkDon't you love it - the paper launch with just a tiny trickle of 4770's for sale - you still can't get any at newegg and the parts rans out initially with 2-5 reviews (meaning a tiny part supply).
Same at Tigerdirect - NOT AVAILABLE
Same at Amazon - NOT AVAILABLE
The greatest paper launch scandal ever - and NOT A WORD OF COMPLAINT FROM ANANDTECH BECAUSE IT'S ATI AND NOT NVIDIA !
Welcome to the ultimate BIAS.
aeternitas - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - linkMy friend got his and loves it. Best deal since Voodoo II.
Maybe you just suck? Reply


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Four Generations December 2012
Edward "Mr. Ed" Dugan of Seattle, WA passed very peacefully on April 4, 2014 at the Nordic Woods Adult Family Home in Lake Forest Park, WA. He had spent a "glorious" day as he reported to one of the caregivers, walking with his daughter on the Burke-Gilman Trail, enjoying the rare Seattle sun and singing, "Ramblin Rose" with his Nordic Woods Family after dinner. Ed had a beautiful voice and in his younger days, loved to play his recorder and hum a tune.
He was born on August 4, 1926 in Hellertown, PA to Harry and Mary Dugan. During the war, he was stationed at Keesler Field, Mississippi and Williams Air Force Base in Arizona. In 1945, he married Marie K Nagy who survives him and lives in Mesa, Arizona. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1949 with a BS in Industrial Engineering where he later also received his MBA. Ed worked at the Bethlehem Steel Company for 30 years doing what today is defined by businesses as "process optimization". He was a master of efficiency and getting the job done.
Ed loved to garden in the Rodale organic way and produced a prolific bounty for his family every summer. He was a gifted craftsman, building much of the furniture in the family home himself from his own black walnut trees.
Four Generations
His life exemplified his love for helping others. He had a strong sense of the goodness in people. Ed was active as a Boy Scout troop scoutmaster from 1952 until 1960. During the 70's he served in the Peace Corps stationed in Sogamoso, Colombia advising small businesses on how to expand their industry, train staff and how to create more jobs. He participated in Earth Watch Expeditions in several countries and loved to travel. Over a period of 20 years, he did volunteer work helping the elderly with their income taxes.
Ed and his sisters
In 1989, Ed moved to Seattle, WA. He loved to bike on the Burke-Gilman Trail, always having a smile and wave for all. He was a continuous learner, loved a good game of cards, bowling at Kenmore Bowling and reading about global finance and geopolitics. Ed will always be remembered for his friendly smile and love of good food and being with family.
In addition to Marie Dugan, he is survived by his son Edward T and daughter-in-law, Kathy Dugan residing in Gainesville, Fla.; his daughter Kathlyn M and son-in-law Ken Simkins of Lake Forest Park, WA; and his four granddaughters: Marie K Robinson of Woodinville,WA; Roselea T. Duffy-Kosusko of Newberg, OR; Ellenmarie Dugan of Seattle, WA; Rosanna Dugan of Denver, CO; two great-granddaughters Ciara and Olivia Robinson and one great-grandson, Colin Robinson. Ed is also survived by four sisters: Frances Schrantz of Alexandria, VA; Genevieve Goff of Branford, CT; and Dixie White and Catherine Barrett both of Bethlehem, PA.
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Meatless Monday is a global movement, a way of life. It's not a campaign to turn everyone in the world vegetarian or vegan; in fact, many involved are meat-lovers. Eating less meat has been proven to reduce the risk of disease, curb obesity and has important environmental impacts, too. Will you join us in giving up meat, just for one day a week?
Grilled vegetables, like whipped cream, is one of those ideas where the recipe, complete with ingredients, is right in the name. You whip some cream. You grill some vegetables. You may not need much more instruction than that. But I think it's better to look at grilled vegetables as a strategy rather than just a recipe. If you grill some vegetables tonight, you'll have your meals set for a week.
Throw whatever you've got in the garden on the grill, brushed with a bit of olive oil — peppers, zucchini, squash, eggplant, onions — season with some herbs and vinegar once they're done and you have not just a meal for tonight, but the basis for several meals for the rest of the week. The key is leaving the vegetables on the hot grill long enough for them to get those fabulous grill marks, and also to make enough to last you a few days.
Once you have a big batch of grilled veggies, you can chop some up in to smaller bits and add them to omelets, frittatas or quiche for breakfast. For lunch or dinner, simply toss grilled vegetables with pasta and bocconcini, or layer the vegetables with hummus or soft cheese on ciabatta to make a better-than-any-restaurant meat-free meal. Add the grilled vegetables to greens for a hearty salad, or add some herbs and feta to make Ellie Krieger's minted vegetable salad. Top pizza with grilled vegetables, layer some into lasagna or stuff them into quesadillas or burritos. The vegetables you grilled at the start of the week can be used to make a quick meal any time of day, save for dessert (try grilling fruit for that instead).
3 yellow squash (about 1 pound total), sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick rectangles
3 zucchini (about 12 ounces total), sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick rectangles
3 Japanese eggplant (12 ounces total), sliced lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick rectangles
12 cremini mushrooms
1 bunch (1-pound) asparagus, trimmed
12 green onions, roots cut off
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil leaves
1/2 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary leaves
Place a grill pan over medium-high heat or prepare the barbecue (medium-high heat). Brush the vegetables with 1/4 cup of the oil to coat lightly. Sprinkle the vegetables with salt and pepper. Working in batches, grill the vegetables until tender and lightly charred all over, about 8 to 10 minutes for the bell peppers; 7 minutes for the yellow squash, zucchini, eggplant, and mushrooms; 4 minutes for the asparagus and green onions. Arrange the vegetables on a platter. The key to getting those great grill marks is to not shift the vegetables too frequently once they've been placed on the hot grill.
Meanwhile, whisk the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, balsamic vinegar, garlic, parsley, basil, and rosemary in a small bowl to blend. Add salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle the herb mixture over the vegetables. Serve the vegetables, warm or at room temperature.
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Nothing is going to stop Katy-Ann McDonald's domination of cross country competition – not even a bout of flu.
The 12-year-old Herne Hill Harrier belied her fragile state to beat all comers to claim a U15s Surrey Schools' Cross Country Championship gold medal on Saturday.
In the week before the meeting in Reigate, Katy-Ann struggled with illness, and her coach Phillip Kissi was uncertain his protege would be able to compete.
But, after a successful January saw the youngster win the U13s McCain UK Cross Challenge Series in Antrim and crowned U13s county champion, McDonald wanted to race in Reigate to complete a fine hat-trick, and claim a place in the England Schools Championship on March 16.
Coach Kissi said: "I was going to pull her out of the race, and it was touch and go right up to the day.
"She was not feeling great, but she said 'If I don't finish in the first six, I'll miss out on the England Schools, and that is my dream', so she went for it.
"We decided she should go out hard and if the pack caught up with her, chances are she'd be in the top six, and so it proved, in some style."
He added: "Katy-Ann said it was one of her hardest races because she was breathing heavily, but she remained in full control of the race.
"Considering her condition and what was riding on the race, I believe it was her best performance so far."
McDonald now has the English National Championships, the Inter-Counties Championship and, of course, the ESAA English Schools Championship to prepare for.
Should the pupil of Ursuline High School in Wimbledon finish in the top eight at the English Schools in March, her cross country season will end with the SIAB Schools International Championship on March 23.
Kissi said: "Katy-Ann has a big future ahead of her. She is competing in age groups above her own and winning.
"She only started running seriously in July last year, and has achieved so much in such a small amount of time."
Those achievements include winning the SEAA cross country relays in October, winning her first McCain UK Cross Challenge Series outing in Bristol, also in October, and following it up with a second place in Liverpool in November.
She also won the Herne Hill Harriers Open, the Hercules Wimbledon Open competition, the Woking Athletic Club's Young Athletes Championship, as well as the Lily B Girls' League Cup Final.


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Commentary, observations and musings about the outdoors, life in general and maybe Tosa politics and personalities will be the order of the day. He savors a lively debate as much as terrific cooking.
Kiss Your Ash Goodbye
Emerald ash borer (EAB) is knocking on my door just about everywhere it counts.
Waukesha County to the west of Tosa and Brown County just southwest of our tree farm.
Note the extent of the infestation and the quarantined areas.
I've pretty much resigned myself to the ultimate fate of the Tosa ash trees on my block and the thousands of ash that make up so much of the wildlife habitat on the farm. Nevertheless, it doesn't make it any easier recognizing that - in all likelihood - they've been sentenced to death.
It's a slow death as the larvae of the beetle feed on the cambial layer of the inner bark of a tree. The extensive tunneling of their galleries eventually stops the flow of nutrients and water - with fatal consequences.
With an estimated mortality of twenty five million ash trees already - the economic consequences of this is significant. Both to homeowners, municipalities and commercial producers.
This is going to cost homeowners a chunk of change attempting to save or remove a dead tree. For municipalities with parks and forestry departments the cost will be tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. For big cities millions of dollars. The forest products industry will be impacted to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. In aggregate - the economic impact of this borer has been estimated to ultimately cost billions of dollars.
It is noteworthy to know that this unwelcome Asian import doesn't fly very far or very quickly. It actually prefers to hitchhike. The beetle can leap longer distances than it ordinarily would when it travels on wheels.
Just like this snowmobile trailer packed with firewood.
Last week I followed this Flatlander from downtown Milwaukee north on I-43 to a Sheboygan exit were we parted company.
I sure hope he wasn't hauling an infested cargo.
Even the manufacturer of baseball bats has asked the public to stop moving firewood. Please honor the quarantine and halt the transportation of firewood. Haul your sleds on that trailer and purchase your firewood from a local source. Slow the spread of Emerald Ash Borer.
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This article was published 13/11/2012 (1744 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Lloyd Robertson hasn't seen it all, but he's pretty close.
The veteran news anchor stopped by the Winnipeg Free Press News Café this afternoon to talk about his more than half-century of bringing the news to Canadians.
He's also on a book tour promoting his autobiography, The Kind of Life It's Been.
He covered such world-changing events as the first moon landing, John F. Kennedy's assassination, Trudeaumania, Terry Fox's attempt to run across Canada and 9/11.
He still recalls the morning of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 as he received a phone call from his newsroom after a late night at the office.
"I'm being wakened up in the middle of a nightmare," he said. "Most people had seen this event from the outside in, so I decided to do it from the inside out (in the book)."
He'll be at McNally Robinson Booksellers at Grant Park Shopping Centre at 7:30 p.m. tonight.


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This page is about the idiom beat the rapINFORMAL
Meaning: If someone beats the rap, they avoid being found guilty of a crime.
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- Henry was charged with drunk driving, but his lawyer helped him beat the rap on some technical detail.
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Content We Love: AOA Sends Kids to Med School!
"Content We Love" is a weekly feature written by a team of our content specialists. We're showcasing some of the great content distributed through our channels, and our content specialists are up for the task: they spend a lot of time with the press releases and other content our customers create, proof reading and formatting it, suggesting targeted distribution strategy and offering SEO advice. In Content We Love, we're going to shine the spotlight on the press releases and other messages that stood out to us, and we'll tell you why. We hope you find the releases enjoyable and the insights gained from discussing them enlightening.
The holidays. Ahhh. It's a magical time of year if you ask me. Yet it can be a huge challenge to stay relevant and current while the world as we know it is very distracted by tinsel.
Much to my delight, the release by the American Osteopathic Association about a mini-medical school stopped me in my sleigh-tracks!
Kids Bored at Home Over the Holidays? Send Them to Medical School
Headlines are paramount in press releases. Sometimes the headline is the only thing visible to an audience, not the entire release. Insert hook, line, and sinker. Therefore, a headline needs to not only explain the release, but connect with the audience!
This release very well could have read, "New online school for children to learn of anatomy and physiology"– but AOA took what is on our minds most right now (the holidays) and made it relevant!*
Now that the release has our attention…
What before my eyes did appear?
A bulleted-list, something I hold so dear!
Bulleted lists are important in a release because it breaks up the massive blocks of text. Text is required to tell the story. But we must never forget of the visual world we live in. The bolding with the bulleted list puts information in bite-sized pieces. Only way to finish the feast is one bite at a time. Bon Appetite!
So whether you're making a list (and double-checking it), making a holiday meal, or looking for med schools to enroll your children in for the holidays, deck your halls and arm your releases with components that stand out. Tell your story to the world– with great headlines and wonderful bullets!
Big thanks to American Osteopathic Association for providing a great release for us all to read!
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Cross-linked source code for these examples is also in doxygen documentation (in a new window).
Hello world!
This simple example illustrates most of the basic Wt concepts:
- How to make a minimal Wt application, using WRun() to start the web server, and a function to create a new WApplication, corresponding to a new session.
- Creating widgets, and adding them to the widget tree.
- Reacting to events using the signal/slot mechanism.
- Reading user input and updating widgets.
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Tillman twirls gem as O's cruise vs. Angels
California native goes eight scoreless in front of family and friends
ANAHEIM -- Despite spending parts of five seasons in the Major Leagues, Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman had never pitched in Anaheim, as the native of Fountain Valley, Calif., faced the Angels just once in 56 career starts.
The homecoming was worth the wait. Tillman fired a season-high eight scoreless innings, becoming just the second Orioles starter to make it that far this year in a dominant 114-pitch effort that highlighted Baltimore's 5-1 win in front of 35,118 at Angel Stadium.
With 25 tickets left at the gate and double that figure arriving on their own through the same turnstiles Tillman came through when he made the short -- and frequent -- drive to see his hometown club, the 25-year-old righty put on a show for his family and friends. Tillman overcame a rocky first inning that included a pair of walks and held a listless Angels lineup to just three hits as Anaheim suffered its seventh loss in nine games.
"I remember sitting there, and it looked like it was going to be a 20-pitch-an-inning outing," manager Buck Showalter said of Tillman, who breezed through the middle innings to ensure a long stay. "Pitching that eighth inning was huge. I know there's about seven guys down in the bullpen who really liked it."
Tillman's superb performance, which improved the Orioles to 5-3 on a three-city West Coast trip, also gave an overworked bullpen -- that entered Thursday with 42 1/3 innings thrown in 12 days -- some rare reprieve.
"We had a talk before: We need to give those guys a rest," said Tillman, who joins Wei-Yin Chen as the only Orioles starter to complete seven innings so far this season. "They've been throwing a lot. It's big to have a start like that. Guys deserve the rest, they've been pitching their butts off for us."
How did Tillman do it? He got ahead. Following a stellar inning-ending putout from right fielder Nick Markakis, who threw out Mike Trout at home plate in the first, Tillman took over and pounded the zone. He didn't issue a walk after the first inning and struck out three, retiring 20 of the final 21 batters he faced.
"I'm sure he was going to hear about it from his family and friends if he didn't go out and do what he did," said Orioles center fielder Adam Jones. "He had his fastball command, his changeup command and his curveball command and he worked quick. He threw strikes, and most importantly, he threw strike one."
Tillman needed 77 pitches to get through five innings and was on cruise control for most of the evening, retiring 11 straight before Erick Aybar's single to start the sixth. He then plowed through the middle of the order, retiring Trout and Albert Pujols on a pair of flyouts and getting Mark Trumbo to pop up.
"It was a tough lineup, so we knew we'd have to mix a lot of pitches to keep them off balance," catcher Matt Wieters said. "The biggest thing was that Tillman was able to control the ball in tonight. He was able to back them off the plate a little bit and throw some strikes in where you couldn't just lean out there. That made his offspeed stuff even better."
"We didn't get too many good looks at him, and when we did they made strong defensive plays," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Obviously [he's] a young pitcher that's coming into his own and starting to understand his stuff, but he hit both sides of the plate today, threw some good breaking balls. He pitched a strong game. He sure did."
The Orioles scored three runs off struggling Angels starter Joe Blanton, with the first coming when Manny Machado, who has a team-high 11-game hitting streak, hit an RBI single in the third. Chris Davis, who was named the American League Player of the Month earlier in the day, drove in Jones in the sixth and the O's capitalized on a two-base error to push the lead to three in the seventh.
Nolan Reimold reached second on third baseman Brendan Harris' errant throw and moved to third on Nate McLouth's groundout. After Machado walked, Markakis drilled a ball into right field for an RBI double, with McLouth adding a two-run ninth-inning homer for the team's final score. Blanton, who entered the game 0-4 with a 7.09 ERA, had his first 1-2-3 inning this season in the fifth inning of his sixth game and turned in his best start of 2013 in going eight.
But the night belong to Tillman, who improved to 2-0 with a 1.84 ERA against the Angels and 9-1 with a 2.10 ERA in 11 starts against the AL West. Tillman, who had his highest pitch count since July 21, 2012, handed the ball off to closer Jim Johnson, who allowed a solo homer to Pujols before wrapping up the team's 17th win.
"It's special," Tillman said. "I think it's always fun to pitch in front of your family and friends, especially to pitch a good one like that. I was happy with it."
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A FESTIVAL of fun in the heart of Worcester will celebrate the county's ability to bounce back after devastating floods.
The 'SOSFEST14' will take place on Pitchcroft in Worcester between 11am and 3pm on Saturday, July 12 as a way of celebrating the county's efforts for pulling together during the floods.
At a meeting at Worcester Police Station on Wednesday, organisers discussed some of the exciting features planned for the event which is led by police but involves a host of other partners, including the fire service, the Environment Agency, Neighbourhood Watch, trading standards, Safer Worcester, the British Red Cross and various search and rescue teams. Plans for the festival are still being finalised but a whole raft of ideas were discussed at the meeting. The festival is expected to bring in crowds of between 2,000 and 3,000 people but could attract as many as 5,000.
Chief inspector Adam Thomas said he hoped the event would be a "celebration of Worcestershire" and in particular how it endured during recent flooding.
But he also said he wanted the event, which is about promoting community safety, to be fun with 'as much of our toy box on show as we can do'.
He said: "We want to make it a really great event and we really want to trumpet this one loud. It is about community safety but also about the resilience and recovery of Worcestershire as well. It is about Worcestershire rising from the depths."
The meeting was held in the same room that was at the hub of flood relief efforts across the county in February, which involved various groups, including the army.
The festival is funded by the office of West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner and goodie bags will be handed out to visitors containing crime prevention materials.
The police dog section may also be present and a sniffer dog used by trading standards. Authorised firearms officers could also be present with all the latest kit. Trading standards also aim to get out messages about ways to tackle and spot rogue traders and dodgy dealers.
Graham Houghton of West Side Neighbourhood Watch said he hoped he could use the day to showcase all the latest technologies including anti-theft devices which spray attackers, alarms and kit to track a stolen mobile phone. It is expected Police Cadets will also be involved and there will be a VIP who has yet to be confirmed. Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service will be providing a a fire engine for display and urban search and rescue are also expected to be present.
The Environment Agency will show dramatic photographs of previous flooding events and there may even be some eye-catching 6ft by 4ft big blue wellies. Rescue crews including West Midlands search and rescue Mercia Inshore Rescue will show off the type of boat used with such success in the recent floods. The Safer Roads Partnership will also be present with one of their enforcement vehicles and there is talk of there being a SOCO (scenes of crime officer ) tent to bring a corner of CSI to Worcestershire with clues for budding PIs to follow, an army recruitment stand and a police helicopter flyover. The festival is also set to include competitions, prizes, food vans and a bar. Other features may include face-painting, a climbing wall, wanted posters where the public have to close in on a target and possibly an inflatable army assault course.


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"You cannot solve a debt crisis by creating more debt." As Martin Wolf reminds us, this disarmingly simple statement has been of profound importance in shaping public attitudes to the economic crisis. The failure to make a compelling political argument against this proposition has been crucial in limiting the feasible scale of the fiscal response to the crisis.
Whether one looks at the US, the UK or the eurozone, an aversion to "more debt" has become a dominant political theme, as it did in the 1930s. Richard Koo, a leading student of the debt crisis in Japan, has even argued recently that it is impossible to respond adequately to a balance sheet recession in a democracy because the public dislike of "more debt" becomes so profound. Read more


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Sarah Murnaghan's lung transplant a success [updated]
The 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated has had a successful double-lung transplant.
A family spokeswoman said Sarah, who suffered from cystic fibrosis, received the new lungs from an adult donor at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
"We are thrilled to share that Sarah is out of surgery," said her family in a statement released Wednesday shortly after 8 p.m. "Her doctors are very pleased with both her progress during the procedure and her prognosis for recovery."
Before the surgery began, Sarah's mother, Janet, said the family was "overwhelmed with emotions" and thanked all her supporters. "Today is the start of Sarah's new beginning and new life."
Following the six-hour operation, Sarah "was in the process of getting settled in the ICU, and now her recovery begins," the familiy statement continued. "We expect it will be a long road, but we're not going for easy, we're going for possible. And an organ donor has made this possible for her."
The family launched a highly public and successful battle to change a rule that prevented Sarah from receiving an adult lung. Pediatric donor organs are very rare and wait times are long.
The family's quest and eventual intervention by a federal judge on behalf of Sarah and another child waiting for a lung have sparked a national debate over how organs are allocated. A court hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Experts say Sarah should regain normal lung function after she heals from the surgery, being able to take deep breaths and breathe without the help of a ventilator.
The case could bring changes for other children, as another cystic fibrosis patient at the same hospital has also gone to court to be added to the adult donor list. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network says 31 children under 11 are on the waiting list for a lung transplant.
It was not immediately clear where Sarah's donation came from. A message was left for a hospital representative. Janet Murnaghan said the donor's family "has experienced a tremendous loss, may God grant them a peace that surpasses understanding."
Critics warn there could be a downside to having judges intervene in the organ transplant system's established procedures. Lung transplants are difficult procedures and some say child patients tend to have more trouble with them than adults. Outcomes from transplant patients are mixed. About 50 percent are still alive five years after the surgery. In many cases, the body slowly rejects the organ over the course of several years, and infections are another major challenge.
The national organization that manages organ transplants this week resisted making emergency rule changes for children under 12 who are waiting on lungs but created a special appeal and review system to hear such cases.
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2012 Honda Prices & Values: For 2012, Honda has created an updated lineup by refreshing the Pilot, the Accord sedan, its Ridgeline, the compact Fit and re-designing (thoroughly) the CR-V and Civic hybrid. The 2012 Honda Hybrids included both the Civic and Insight.
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2012 Honda Accord Cpe
A mid-size car available with an economical 4-cylinder engine or performance based V6, the 2012 Honda Accord coupe is practical and stylish, making it an overall winner.
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A mid-size car with seating for five, the 2012 Honda Accord sedan utilizes voice recognition and can achieve up to 34 miles per gallon.
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An economical small car which also presents a strong sense of sporty styling, the Honda Civic Coupe's appearance and mechanics have been greatly improved in a 2012 redesign.
2012 Honda Civic Hybrid
Celebrating 10 years of being sold in North America, the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid is completely revamped with new styling and a more efficient gasoline/electric powertrain.
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A popular four-door returning as a 9th generation model, the 2012 Honda Civic Sedan enters the market with a brand new appearance and mechanical refreshes.
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A full-size hatchback available with 4WD, the Honda Crosstour is a modified Accord that offers the driver maximized interior space.
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A compact hybrid with seating for five, the 2012 Honda Insight offers superior fuel mileage, achieving up to 44 mpg.
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This amendment applies to businesses and would allow for an enhancement of the tangible personal property tax exemption. The exemption would apply to property, such as equipment or furniture, with an assessed value that runs up to $50,000. Currently, the first $25,000 of assessed value of tangible personal property is exempt from ad valorem taxes levied by counties, cities, school districts and other local governments.
Ballot Summary
Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to:
(1) Provide an exemption from ad valorem taxes levied by counties, municipalities, school districts, and other local governments on tangible personal property if the assessed value of an owner's tangible personal property is greater than $25,000 but less than $50,000. This new exemption, if approved by the voters, will take effect on January 1, 2013, and apply to the 2013 tax roll and subsequent tax rolls.
(2) Authorize a county or municipality for the purpose of its respective levy, and as provided by general law, to provide tangible personal property tax exemptions by ordinance. This is in addition to other statewide tangible personal property tax exemptions provided by the Constitution and this amendment.
If enacted this amendment would provide an exemption from ad valorem taxes levied by local governments on tangible personal property that's value is greater than $25,000 but less than $50,000. It doubles the current exemption on tangible personal property taxes to $50,000. This could impact your business if you have tangible personal property like machinery of between $25,000 and $50,000. Expected revenue loss to local governments is $20.1 million beginning in 13-14.
Supporters argue that the amendment will give tax relief to small businesses and help grow the economy. They add that it provides a way for local governments to offer further reductions in the business tax.
Opponents allege that the measure is a manifestation of an ineffective trickle-down economic theory. They argue that it will drastically reduce the tax base local governments depend on to provide provide basic services.


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Alfie plays the brunette and brooding Theon Greyjoy, heir of Lord Balon Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, but off-screen, he's nearly unrecognizable with his blonde 'do. Is it just us, or does Allen sorta look like Brienne of Tarth with his lighter locks?
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Thank you for participating in the session. The below is a rough outline and resource links to serve as a launch point for the activities we will be getting into today. This session focused on eBooks, their applications for your classroom & creating and distributing powerful digital content.
- What is the difference between ePub, eBooks, PDF's, and iTextbook
- Introduction to using iBooks Author
- How to publish and share iTextBooks you have created
- Introduction to using Pages to create epub files
- Overview of how to use tools and widgets within that application
- How to publish and share eBooks you have created
- Introduction to KET and KET TD media resources that are available to help create iText Books and eBooks
- Samples of ebooks created by students using these resources–could be used as a form of assessment
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- iBooks textbook of material presented in the session along with a step-by-step guide to using the tools and widgets
- Sample of student-created ebooks
- Links to KET resources (embedded within the textbook and ebook)
- eBook manual of material presented in the session, along with a step-by-step guide to using the tools and widgets
- http://www.ket.org/download/DownloadsforKETMMebooksession.zip (198 MB download)
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Sheffield Jelly: Casual Co-Working at the GIST Lab
The GIST Foundation
Monday, July 23, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM (BST)
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The GIST Lab opens its doors at the start of the week for casual co-working.
Folks come to Jelly for fresh ideas, a change of pace and scene, and to energise their working week.
Join us at Jelly to work alongside other creative people in a welcoming environment and to kick-start your week of working adventures.
What is Jelly? It's a casual working event that takes place in hundreds of cities where people come together to work for the day. We provide wifi, chairs, sofas, surfaces and an environment for interesting people to make their ideas and projects happen.
Who can come to Jelly at the GIST Lab? Anyone!
Maybe you're a freelancer, a researcher or an entrepreneur. You might have no fixed abode for working, or you could have an office space elsewhere (in or out of town or maybe even at home).
Perhaps you miss the creative brainstorming, sharing and teamwork of a traditional workplace environment but want to leave office politics outside the door.
What does it cost? It's free to attend Jelly, but a £5 donation to the GIST Lab is extremely appreciated for bottomless drinks and use of the flipcharts, post-its, whiteboards and other facilities.
Bring your laptop, sketchbook, moleskine or other notepad (or whatever else you might need to get your work done), a friendly disposition and maybe some packed lunch.
The GIST Lab is a community collaboration space fuelled by coffee, wifi and goodwill. It is operated by The GIST Foundation in partnership with the Showroom Workstation. Find directions here.
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Ilkley now know just how tough a test awaits them in North East Division One after the publication of the 2014-15 fixtures.
The Dalesmen will start their season with a visit to Pocklington on September 6 and they will also round off their campaign at home to the East Yorkshire side.
Ilkley, who won the Yorkshire Division One title and Yorkshire Shield last season, will entertain Percy Park in their first home game on September 13.
One of the most attractive fixtures for Ilkley will be the visit of Bradford & Bingley to Stacks Field on November 1. The return is at Wagon Lane on February 28.
Ilkley coach Rhys Morgan said: "If we didn't know before how good this league is we do now. Every game looks to be a real test.
"There's some long trips to the North East and also a good number of Yorkshire derbies. It is going to be great to play clubs like Bradford & Bingley.
"In a way it is an indication of how far we have come as a club. It is going to be a step up for us and we are looking forward to it."
With Ilkley second team being promoted to the Yorkshire Merit Table's Premier Division, the demands on the players will be greater.
Rugby chairman Tom Gillon said: "There will be a lot more travelling for both our teams and that is going to be a challenge.
"It will involve a lot of commitment from everybody, but we are determined to build on the success we enjoyed last season.
"I believe the challenge facing the second team will be every bit as tough as the test facing the first team.
"It is a real step up to be facing the second teams of National League clubs like Wharfedale, Otley and Hull Ionians.
"The quality of the opposition will be different to what we are used to so our squad will be really tested next season."


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Last night, Minnesota Twins' pitcher Francisco Liriano threw the first no-hitter of the 2011 Major League Baseball season. No-nos are so rare that they are entrenched in baseball lore alongside the perfect game. With new statistics developed over the last twenty years, the no-hitters value is changing.
Famous baseball statistician Bill James created the GameScore. The tool seeks to measure a pitcher's value over the course of a single game. The GameScore has since been translated to position players under a different formula and name, but James' formula remains the go-to for evaluating a pitcher's performance.
Warning: some math will follow. The formula itself begins with the number 50. 50 represents the average score of a single game. Any final score above 50 is an above average performance, while anything below 50 is sub-average. Then outs, innings pitched, and strikeouts are added to the number while hits, earned runs, unearned runs, and walks are subtracted from the number. All put together, the formula = 50 + 1* Outs (recorded) + 2*IP after the 4th + 1*K – 2*H – 4*ER – 2*Unearned Runs – 1*BB.
Liriano's no-hitter scored an 83 on James' formula. An 83 doesn't sound too bad, right? That's good enough for a B in grade school and college. But it's only the fourteenth best game pitched this season. Four pitchers have scored 90 or above this season: Cliff Lee with the season's best (to date) 92, Dan Haren and Ian Kennedy each with a 91 score game, and Tim Hudson with a 90 (he just finished that game about an hour ago).
Other pitchers ahead of Liriano include Anibal Sanchez (89), Josh Beckett (87), Kyle Lohse (87), Dice-K Matsuzaka (86), Jaime Garcia (86), Carlos Zambrano (85), Chad Billingsley (85), Jason Marquis (84), James Shields (84), Roy Halladay (83), Shields again (83), and Yovani Gallardo (83). Obviously, Liriano is in a four-way ties for fourteenth, but the fact remains that his no-hitter is not worth as much as the aura that surrounds the unique feat.
So what brought down Liriano's score? Obviously it wasn't the outs recorded or the number of innings pitched past the fourth inning. His low strikeout total (2 for the game) hurt. In fact, of the twenty best games pitched this season, only Gallardo had an equally low strikeout total. No other pitcher in the top twenty games struck out less than six. Another element that doomed Liriano was his high walk total. He issued six free passes to the White Sox in the game which accounted for twice as much as any other pitcher in the the top twenty games.
In 2010, there were five no-hitters (not counting Halladay's post-season no-no). Ubaldo Jimenez, Roy Halladay, Dallas Braden, Edwin Jackson, and Matt Garza each accomplished the feat during MLB's 162 game season. Yet, only three of those fantastic performances made the top twenty pitched games according to GameScore: Halladay second with a 98, Braden tied for fourth with a 93, and Garza tied for seventh with a 92. Halladay's playoff no-hitter scored a 94. The very next day, Giants' ace Tim Lincecum scored a 96 for a two-hit shutout over the Atlanta Braves.
Avoiding the GameScore metric for just a second, all of these games are well-pitched and deserve recognition. However, if you asked the average fan, which of the games is better, I'm betting they'd pick the no-hitter 99 times out of 100. And their choice may be justified. Then again, they may be choosing the worse performance (I know, really nit-picking here).
The point, though, is that baseball fans and statisticians have introduced interesting new measures of a player's effectiveness over the last two decades. Tradition will continue to favor the no-hitter. Baseball has been around for nearly 150 years, and that doesn't go away over a single game or twenty years of new formulas.
No-hitters are great to watch. They have everything a fan wants: heart-pounding excitement, anticipation, a great defensive play or two saving the game, etc. Just know, they're not the only way to gauge a pitcher's performance.
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The military must shift its focus to the future and beyond the hard-won lessons of the past decade, the Army's training commander said at a joint conference May 15.
That future should put soldiers in a new Cyber Center of Excellence and a cyber career branch, place iPads in barracks for soldiers to train on, and turn a new focus on the human dimension of conflict, said Gen. Robert Cone, commander of Training and Doctrine Command. He spoke in a keynote address at the EAST: Joint Warfighting 2013 conference here.
"The Army has been comfortable in the last few years in taking lessons from Afghanistan and Iraq," he said. "It's time to shift our focus to the future."
He described a wide range of ideas for the way ahead to an audience of military and industry professionals.
A major new effort to preserve lessons and invest in the future, Cone said, is the initiative to set up the Office of Strategic Landpower, a joint organization being formed by three principal components of landpower.
He said the three components have signed off on the project: Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos and the chief of U.S. Special Operations Command, Adm. William McRaven. A related white paper is available, which Cone encouraged his audience to read.
The Strategic Landpower initiative is, in part, a response to discussions with Special Operations Forces counterparts and a concern that "we're really afraid what's going to happen when budgets get tight and you guys go back to your corner and we go back to our corner," primary lessons will be lost, Cone said.
The intent now is "to prepare the land force and develop the sort of subsystems that ensure we have a sophisticated understanding of the human domain," Cone said. "The fear I have is unless we pick this up as a key lesson, and put in the energy necessary, we're going to come apart."
That understanding of the human dimension was largely missing in the last decade, Cone said. When the U.S. went to war in Iraq, its forces had an order of battle and a target, but "we really didn't have enough knowledge of the culture, the language, the networks, the tribes," and the Iraqi will in the face of the American forces' "capitulation" mission, Cone said.
In Iraq, " our special forces brethren ... really understood that and gained a much more comprehensive understanding of where we were headed," Cone said.
The relevance for war fighters in a future that may bring "loose" weapons of mass destruction, cyber threats and unknown enemies is that conflict will be "driven by the nature of human interaction," he said.
The future for soldiers
The Army needs a cyber career specialty, Cone said.
"The strength of the Army is in longstanding programs, where a young soldier goes into a specific occupational specialty and understands where he will go for the next 25 years," he said. "Right now in the cyber realm, I'm not sure we have that kind of career progression, and career path. We've got to establish that."
The Army also needs a Cyber Center of Excellence, Cone said, and the current proposal is to put it at Fort Gordon, Ga., because that post has the Signal Center of Excellence.
"We have got to shift resources in the U.S. Army … to put more effort into cyber," Cone said.
One question for the post-Afghanistan future is how to keep "the most digitally enabled generation of youngsters we have ever had" involved and energized.
"The challenge we have is this is a generation of young war fighters who can solve real-world problems and they do not want to sit out … at Fort Hood and Fort Bragg, etc., and solve pretend problems in a training environment," Cone said.
The Army must "leverage the power of the digital revolution to deliver low-overhead, easy-to-use training solutions," Cone said. "Why can't I have iPads for soldiers in the barracks and have squad leaders lead them?"
The big area of investment for the future is shifting "from the paradigm of big physical [training] structures to smaller handheld applications, where commanders can design their own training objectives and soldiers can execute wherever they are," Cone said.
One real-world mission for soldiers will arrive in the concept of regionally aligned forces.
"They get deployments downrange into these theaters where they've never been before," Cone said, citing the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, which is heading for dozens of missions in Africa.
These missions will put soldiers on the ground to get familiar with the kinds of networks involved, he said.
In a separate panel discussion, the head of the Army Combined Arms Center echoed the theme of preparing for the future, saying he was asked to peer 45 years into the future and predict what U.S. forces will encounter.
Lt. Gen. Dave Perkins said that to put that challenge in perspective, he looked 45 years into the past to come up with this hard-to-predict scenario: In five years, two big buildings would be built in Manhattan, and 20-something years after that two guys would destroy them and because of that, the U.S. would get involved in large armed conflicts around the world. What were the two guys armed with? Box cutters. What was the command and control? A guy in a cave in Afghanistan. What did we do about it? We invaded Iraq.
"If I had laid that out 45 years ago that that was the future, I'm sure I would be accused of taking advantage of happy hour a little too early," Perkins said, who quoted Yogi Berra as saying "predictions are difficult, especially about the future."


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Four-run first does in CC against Rays
Ace completes seven, but Cano's two hits all Yanks manage
ST. PETERSBURG -- There has been a great deal of attention paid to CC Sabathia's diminished radar-gun readings, and the left-hander has essentially responded with a shrug. As he reasons, veteran power pitchers are supposed to lose a few ticks of velocity sooner or later.
But Sabathia was taking angry cracks at himself in front of his locker on Monday, about two hours after a few of the Rays also got in their share of good swings. He wasn't pitching with fire out of the gate and the results showed, as the Yankees took a 5-1 loss at Tropicana Field.
"I think it was just not being aggressive from the start," Sabathia said. "I was just telling myself to be nice and easy, and I think that took some of my aggressiveness away in coming after guys and letting the ball go."
Sabathia served up three homers -- two off the bat of Ryan Roberts, who cleared the fences in the first and third innings. The Rays' four-run first was plenty, as Matt Moore held the Yankees to a run on two hits over eight frames.
"CC's been a guy that seems to get stronger as the game goes on," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He kept us in the game. We just weren't able to do much off Moore."
Robinson Cano's fourth-inning homer accounted for New York's only run of the contest, as Moore became the first pitcher in Rays history to win his first four starts of a season.
"Matt was really the story of the night," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Stuff-wise, that's what we've been looking for -- the good delivery, the command of the fastball. Everything else is working off the fact that the fastball is being thrown for a strike."
Cano also had an infield single in the sixth inning as he claimed both of the Yanks' hits of the evening against Moore, who walked three and struck out nine.
"He was good -- he gave you opportunities to hit a pitch, and if you missed it, you were going to be walking back to the dugout," Yankees outfielder Vernon Wells said of Moore. "He's got great stuff, a quality arm, can overpower you, can beat you with his offspeed stuff. He's good."
The commanding performance ensured that the Yankees would not be able to take Sabathia off the hook from his shaky first inning.
Fielding a lineup that lost Kevin Youkilis approximately 50 minutes before first pitch due to lingering back pain, the Yankees went quietly against the 23-year-old Moore, who received a standing ovation as he ended his fifth career start against New York.
"This is nice," Moore said. "It's definitely something. I can't say enough about the defense and the run support that I've been getting."
Riding a three-start winning streak, Sabathia came out flat in the first inning, according to catcher Francisco Cervelli, and Sabathia agreed that he wasn't able to lock in.
"I felt like I was trying to place the ball and be too fluid, and worrying about my delivery," Sabathia said. "That's for the work days, side days. When I go out there and pitch, I need to let everything out of my mind and just go out there and battle and worry about the other team."
Sabathia grooved an 0-2 slider that Roberts belted into the left-field seats to put Tampa Bay on the board.
With Evan Longoria aboard, Sean Rodriguez ripped a run-scoring triple into the gap in right-center field, setting up Yunel Escobar to jump on a first-pitch fastball for a two-run homer into the right-field seats.
"He wasn't aggressive," Cervelli said of Sabathia. "When you fall behind in the count, like ball one, it's hard to go in. When he started mixing pitches, and showed pitches in, he was better."
If there was one positive to take from the outing for Sabathia, it was that his velocity -- mostly 89-90 mph in his first four starts of the season -- kicked up a bit against the Rays, sitting around 91 mph with his four-seam fastball and topping out at 93 mph.
"That is encouraging," Girardi said. "We feel that it's going to go up some. We're not going to see 96 and 97, but it's going to go up."
Sabathia saved the bullpen by providing seven innings of work, but he has never enjoyed much success under The Trop's white roof and catwalks, which created an odd moment in the sixth when Cervelli caught a Shelley Duncan popup that struck a walkway -- ruled a dead ball under the building's ground rules.
Sabathia rallied to strike Duncan out, rendering that incident a footnote, but the lefty now owns a 3-6 record and a 4.07 ERA in 15 career starts at Tropicana Field -- his lowest winning percentage of any current Major League ballpark.
"We talked about it last year; I don't [know why]," Sabathia said. "It's a different lineup every time. It's just one of those things where I haven't pitched really good against them."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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August 7th, 2013 | by Christopher DeMorro
More than two years ago, Korean tech company LG Chem opened a battery plant in Holland, Michigan, with a deal to produce batteries for the Chevy Volt. But slow sales have meant not enough work for the plant, which finally went online this month. The first Volts sporting American-made LG chem batteries will hit streets sometime this fall


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Start of a three-game trip through that goes through Minnesota and Winnipeg Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Rangers have lost one in a row (PANIC!).
But they have won two of three. But they have lost three of five. But they have won four of seven. But they have lost 6 of 10. But they have won eight of 15.
Anyway, they're a win or a Bettman Bonus Point away from the seventh 100-point season in franchise history.
They lead fourth-seed Pittsburgh by a single point for first place in the Patrick Division and the Prince of Wales Conference. The ice birds have a game in hand … and might never, ever, ever lose again for as long as any of us live. They're in the same province tonight, playing the Senators in the nation's capital.
Assuming that Ruslan Fedotenko returns to the lineup in place of injured Mats Zuccarello, and that Martin Biron starts in goal, which would be his 500th NHL game.


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PHILADELPHIA - A season of preparation has led to this weekend as the University of Pennsylvania track & field teams set out for the 2014 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships on Saturday and Sunday in New Haven, Conn.
The Ivy League championship meet kicks off at 11 a.m. with the decathlon and several field events as both the men and the women will have finals on the first day of competition in the javelin, hammer, long jump and pole vault. Saturday's track events begin at 1 p.m. with the 110-meter hurdles and conclude with the 10,000 meters at 5:45 p.m. Championship Sunday begins with the resumption of the dectathlon and heptathlon plus the finals for the triple jump, high jump, discus and shot put. The 2014 Heptagonal team champion will be announced around 4:15 p.m.
At Heps, only the top-six finishers score in each event and Penn will be counting on points from a variety of its athletes. Entering this weekend's competition, Penn has a combined 32 marks ranking in the top six of the Ivy League.
Sophomore Thomas Awad is tops among Ivy Leaguers in the 1,500 meters after he became the second man in school history to break four minutes in the mile. Awad won the Olympic Development mile at the Penn Relays with a time of 3:58.34 which converts to a 3:40.68 in the 1,500 meters. He is also second in the Ivies in the 5,000 meters with a school-record time of 13:48.90.
Classmates Brendan Smith, Kelsey Hay and Sam Mattis are also Heps favorites. Smith has the league's best time in the steeplechase so far of 8:53.42 and Mattis ranks among the national leaders with a school-record toss in the discus of 61.87 meters (203 feet). Hay has bested the rest of the Ivy League by no less than 11 feet with her best toss of the year - a school-record 48.78 meters (160-00 ft.).
Last year, sophomore Heather Bong earned a pair of second-team All-Ivy accolades, while junior Gabrielle Piper and freshman Kelsey Hay also earned second-team status for the women. On the men's side, Mattis won the Heps title with a meet-record toss in the discus and earned first-team All-Ivy status, while Maalik Reynolds garnered his sixth career All-Ivy accolade.
A full recap of the 2014 Outdoor Heptagonal Championships will be available at PennAthletics.com shortly after the completion of each day's events.