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That's Amaury's News and Commentary podcast with Barbara Mason: A's try to figure how to snap out of funk; Keuchel's the hot commodity as free agent; plus more
Published on June 4, 2019 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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Barbara Mason is filling in for Amaury Pi Gonzalez:
#1 The A's are in the middle of a five-game losing streak. They took Monday off and open up a road trip in Anaheim and Texas after getting swept by Houston. Is this a laundry list of things that manager Bob Melvin has to be concerned about?
#2 Frankie Montas will start on Tuesday night and has pretty much been the bright note in the A's pitching rotation at 6-2, 2.81 ERA. Sometimes, it takes a spark to get things going again and Montas has had some games where he has been lights out.
#3 Free agent Dallas Keuchel is still up for grabs. He hasn't pitched all season. Once signed, could he jump right in and help a ball club right away?
#4 Another free agent is the former Boston Red Sox pitcher Craig Kimbrel, who can also help a club. He hasn't thrown a pitch since the World Series. Could Kimbrel be ready once he's called on.
#5 The Giants are playing on the road this past week against two last place clubs, including the Baltimore Orioles. What does getting a couple win off the Orioles mean for the Giants after struggling much of this season and opened up the series in New York with a 9-3 win over the Mets ?
Barbara Mason is filling in for Amaury Pi Gonzalez this week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories MLB, Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, That's Amaury's News and Commentary•Tags A's, Amaury Pi Gonzalez, Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Bob Melvin, Boston Red Sox, Craig Kimbrel, Dallas Keuchel, Frankie Montas, Houston Astros, mlb, Oakland A's, San Francisco Giants, Sports radio
Headline Sports with London Marq: Machado locked in, will Pads shop for more big signings?; Donaghy uncovered fixed NBA games; Baseball superstars still unsigned; plus more
Published on February 20, 2019 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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On Headline Sports with London Marq:
#1 Manny Machado signed baseball's biggest contract with the San Diego Padres on Tuesday for 10 years and $300 million. What does this do for the Padres and how does someone like Machado get away from the Dodgers?
#2 Former NBA official Tim Donaghy was accused of betting on basketball, but it was never really revealed how he fixed games until an ESPN report saying that Donaghy was paid to fix games and got paid to do it. Some of the top NBA officials came from Philadelphia and Donaghy was from those parts. The influence as to why was simple…money!
#3 Baseball superstars Dallas Keuchel, Bryce Harper and Craig Kimbrell are still free agents looking for that longterm lucrative contract and all three are not in a MLB spring training camp holding out until some big league team comes calling with boatloads of money in the neighborhood of $300 million. At this early stage of spring training, are they fooling themselves or are they onto something?
#4 One of the first African American pitchers in baseball history, Dan Newcombe passed away on Tuesday at age 92. Newcombe joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1949. He finished his ten-year career with the Dodgers at 149-90 and an ERA of 3.56. Former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda said he was the best hitting pitcher he ever saw.
#5 Knowing that San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy, who has announced his retirement after this season, was it a matter of Bochy losing his magical touch in the last few seasons or he just simply doesn't have the talent on the Giants roster to win a World Series again–much like he did previously?
London Marq does the Sports Headlines podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories MLB, NBA•Tags Baseball, Bruce Bochy, Bryce Harper, Craig Krimbrell, Dallas Keuchel, Dan Newcombe, ESPN report, Los Angeles Dodgers, Manny Machado, mlb, NBA, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Sports radio, Tim Donaghy, Tommy Lasorda
That's Amaury's News and Commentary podcast: Can Nats re-sign Harper?; Brewers reach out to Giants for Bumgarner; Mets get Davis from Astros; plus more
Published on January 8, 2019 January 8, 2019 by Sports Radio ServiceLeave a comment
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On That's Amaury's News and Commentary podcast:
#1 What would it mean for the Washington Nationals in 2019 if they were able to re-sign Bryce Harper?
#2 Would the Dodger Manny Machado be in a deal for Bryce Harper seem possible or practical for both Dodgers and Nats?
#3 The Milwaukee Brewers have expressed interest in San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner. Will the Giants part with the lefty who was a big part of their World Series success?
#4 The New York Mets get JD Davis from Houston, sending catcher Kevin Palwecki to Houston who turned around and later got dealt to Cleveland. Palwecki will get more time behind the plate in Cleveland. As the Mets signed catcher Wilson Ramon to a two-year, $19 million deal.
#5 The Astros' Dallas Keuchel is being floated on the free agency market. It shouldn't take long before a team goes out and signs him.
Amaury Pi-Gonzalez is the Spanish play-by-play voice for the Oakland A's and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
Categories MLB•Tags Amaury Pi Gonzalez, Bryce Harper, Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, madison bum, Manny Machado, mlb, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants, Sports radio, Washington Nationals
A's are "double trouble" for Astros as they win 7-1 and tie Houston for first place
Published on August 18, 2018 August 18, 2018 by Charlie O. MalloneeLeave a comment
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By Charlie O. Mallonee
OAKLAND — The Oakland Athletics beat the Houston Astros 7-1 at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday afternoon and are now tied for first place in the American League West. Fans were in disbelief that the A's (74-49) were in contention for the Wild Card in the AL, but now, the Green and Gold are fighting to win their division. Virtually none of those fans thought that was a possibility before the season began.
Strong starting pitching and power hitting was the key to the A's win on Saturday.
Trevor Cahill (5-2) started the game for Oakland. He has been pitching the lights out in the Coliseum with an ERA under one at home. Cahill continued his mastery of opponents in his home stadium as pitched seven innings of shutout baseball, allowing the Astros just one hit. The right-hander struck out seven batters and walked just one. Cahill threw 100 (62 strikes).
Bob Melvin talks about starter Trevor Cahill who won his 5th game of the year for #RootedinOakland on Sat afternoon. Cahill led #Athletics to a 7-1 victory & a tie for 1st place in the AL West with #Astros. #MLB. pic.twitter.com/Eff1DzEl0D
— Sports Radio Service (@SportsRadioSrvc) August 18, 2018
The A's also went on another power surge on Saturday as they hit eight doubles which tied an Oakland single-game record, but you were not allowed to hit just one double – you had to hit two. All of the extra base hits were recorded by four A's hitters. Khris Davis (24), Stephen Piscotty (33), Matt Olson (26) and Josh Phegley (6) hit all of the "two-baggers" for Oakland versus Houston. The A's posted a total of 11 hits in the contest.
One of the fun things about a win is you get more time with Bob Melvin to hear him analyze the game & how his team is playing. #Athletics beat #Astros 7-1 on Sat to earn a piece of 1st place in AL West. #RootedinOakland #MLB pic.twitter.com/nYjYsplBTh
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The A's were trailing the Astros by 12 games back on June 18. Today they are tied for first place.
Oakland's 74-69 (.602) record is tied for third best in the majors. It is tied for fourth place in A's history after 123 games.
Khris Davis' double in the first inning snapped a 0-13 hitless streak.
Matt Olson's two doubles extended his hitting streak to six games.
Matt Chapman's 14 game hitting streak and 30 game on-base streak came to an end on Saturday when he went 0-for-4 in the game.
Add on Trevor Cahill: he retired 20 of the 22 batters he faced in the game. The A's have won Cahill's last seven starts.
Astros' notes
The A's scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning which means the Astros opponents have now outscored them 56-55 in the first inning.
Alex Bregman's road on-base streak continues as he picked up a base-on-balls on Saturday. His streak currently stands at 38 games.
The 'Stros recorded just two hits in their loss on Saturday. It was just the third time this season they posted two or fewer hits in a game.
Dallas Keuchel (9-10)–who was charged with the loss–saw his four-game road winning streak come to an end.
The A's and Astros wrap up the three game series on Sunday at 1:05 pm PDT on Sunday.
The Astros will send RHP Justin Verlander (11-8, 2.52) to the mound in an attempt to salvage one win in the series. The A's will go with their ace LHP Sean Manaea (11-8, 3.44). Manaea won his last start on Monday in Oakland over the Mariners 7-6. He is 1-1 in three starts versus the Astros this season.
Categories MLB, Oakland Athletics•Tags AL West, Bob Melvin, Dallas Keuchel, Houston Astros, Josh Phegley, Khris Davis, Matt Olson, mlb, Oakland A's, Stephen Piscotty, Trevor Cahill, Wild Card
Not enough runs or hits, too many errors lead to 2-1 A's loss
Published on July 10, 2016 July 10, 2016 by Charlie O. MalloneeLeave a comment
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Heading into the game on Sunday with the Astros, the Oakland Athletics had gone 15 consecutive games without committing an error – a franchise record. On Sunday, the A's committed four errors and one of those errors literally cost them the game as they lost the series finale 2-1 in 10 innings to the Astros in Houston.
In the bottom of the 10th inning with two out and runners at the corners, Carlos Correa hit a hard grounder down the third base line that Danny Valencia fielded 10 feet behind the bag. Valencia's throw pulled first baseman Yonder Alonso off the base allowing Carlos Correa to reach safely. The Astros Jake Marisnick took off from third with the crack of the bat and he scored easily to give Houston its second walk-off victory of the four-game series.
The win gave the Astros a 2-2 split in the final series before the All-Star Break. The A's finish their seven-game road trip with 3-4 record. Oakland finishes "the unofficial first-half of the season" with a record of 38-51 in fourth place in the American League West 15.5 games behind division leading Texas.
Beyond the tragedy of losing an extra-inning game on an error, the A's wasted a great outing by rookie starting pitcher Sean Manaea. Manaea who was roughed up in his last start really rebounded on Sunday. He worked 7.0 innings on Sunday giving up no runs on just five hits. Manaea walked none and struck out six Astro batters. He threw 106 pitches (72 strikes) in his seven innings of work. Manaea wound up with a no decision for his start on Sunday.
On the Bump
The A's used a total of four pitchers on Sunday. John Axford pitched one scoreless inning and struck out two taking over for Manaea in the eighth inning. Ryan Madson was brought in to close out the game out in the ninth inning. Madson gave up a one-out infield single to Carlos Gomez who then advanced to second on a stolen base. With two out, Evan Gattis lined a double to left that drove Gomez home to tie the game at 1-1. It was Madson's second blown save of the series and his fifth of the season.
Liam Hendricks was on the mound in the bottom of the 10th when the winning run crossed the plate so he is hung with the loss and his record falls to 0-2.
Dallas Keuchel started the game for Houston. Last year's Cy Young Award winner has really struggled this season. He worked seven innings against the A's giving up one run (earned) on four hits. Keuchel struck out five and walked two. Keuchel (6-9, 4.80) ended up with a no decision despite turning in one of his better performances of the seasons.
Astros reliever Will Harris gets the win as he was pitcher of record in the 10th inning.
In the Batter's Box
There are not many highlights to talk about for the A's at the plate. The Athletics managed to accumulate just four hits on Sunday afternoon. All of their hits were singles.
The A's scored their lone run by putting two of those singles together in the sixth inning. Catcher Matt McBride led the inning off with a grounder to left field. McBride moved up to second on a sacrifice bunt by Coco Crisp. Marcus Semien then hit a sharp line drive to left that allowed McBride to score from second.
Oakland went 1-for-3 with runners in scoring position and left four runners on base.
The Astros strung together eight hits in the game. The RBI-double by Evan Gattis in the ninth was the only extra-base hit of the game for either side. Gattis also had the only multi-hit day going 2-for-4 at the plate.
Houston left nine men on base and went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
Defense (or lack there of)
Danny Valencia not only had to deal with the anguish of giving up the winning run on error producing throw in the bottom of the 10th inning, he had to deal with the fact it was his second error of the game. He had a fielding error earlier in the contest. Valencia has now committed 13 errors on the season.
Marcus Semien committed his ninth error of the year in the bottom of the sixth inning when he had trouble fielding a ball off the bat of Marwin Gonzalez.
Coco Crisp committed his second error of the season in the bottom of the seventh inning.
The A's have now committed 57 errors on the season – fourth most in the American League.
For most of the A's the next few days mean some much needed rest and escape from the pressures of a season gone awry. Only Stephen Vogt is heading to San Diego for the All-Star festivities.
For the A's management and coaching staff, the four days are going to have to be ones of real reflection, honest evaluation and decision making about the future.
On the field, only one goal makes any sense right now and that is getting to .500. Being 13 games under .500 at the All-Star Break creates an incredible uphill climb for the A's. Getting to .500 will take a Herculean effort and then it may be too late to contend even for a Wild Card spot. But getting to .500 is the only goal that makes sense for A's on the field right now.
In the front offices, the questions are all about what does the team do between now and the August 1st trade deadline. Oakland has some players that contenders have to be interested in for the stretch run to the postseason. Hitters like Valencia, Davis and Reddick will always be in demand. A veteran utility guy like Jed Lowrie who comes with a decent bat is a desired piece in the postseason. Teams cannot have enough pitching so Rich Hill, Ryan Madson, John Axford, Sean Doolittle (if healthy) and even Sonny Gray may be players being sought after by contending clubs.
What will the A's want in return? Prospects is what it will be all about. Think Manea, Mengden and there are more players in Triple-A and Double-A from recent trades that are showing true potential to be big league material.
The one thing that is a given for A's fans in the second half is it will not be boring. It never is.
Categories MLB, Oakland Athletics•Tags Coco Crisp, Dallas Keuchel, Danny Valencia, Evan Gattis, Houston Astros, John Axford, marcus semien, Oakland Athletics, Ryan Madson, Sean Manaea
A's survive Astros' assault, 7-5
By George Devine, Sr.
Despite Oakland's being in contention all season, and Houston's doing the opposite, an A's-Astros game is frequently hard-fought, and tonight's was no exception. An announced attendance of just over 15,000 went to enjoy a balmy (80 degree) evening at O.co Coliseum and saw a competitive game that had the fourth inning beginning well after the hour-and-a-quarter mark.
The A's scored first in the second inning when Yoenis Cespedes singled to center, reached second on Nate Freiman's base hit past shortstop Jonathan Villar, and third on a fielder's choice, scoring on Chris Young's bunt back towards Houston pitcher Dallas Keuchel. In the third, the Astros' first three batters – Villar, Jose Altuve and Trevor Crowe – all hit Oakland starter A.J. Griffin (with a double for Villar) and all scored, the latter two on Matt Dominguez' single. That made it 3-1 for the visitors. But in the bottom of the frame, The Athletics' first two batters – Josh Donaldson and Jed Lowrie – followed a similar pattern. both hitting doubles, to tie it at 3. In the next inning Villar bunted for a single and brought Brett Wallace home from third. Advantage Houston, 4-3. But the Oaks scored two runs in the bottom of the inning, on a hit by Lowrie and a groundout by Cespedes. Donaldson's two-run homer to left in the sixth broke the game open.
Houston added a run in the ninth when Villar singled to short and Altuve to right, with Crowe reaching on a force attempt with an error by second baseman Eric Sogard; Villar scored.
Keuchel took the loss (5-9; 3.1 ip, 10 h, 5 er, 2 w, 3 k) and Oakland starter A.J. Griffin is the winner (13-9; 7 ip, 4 er, 1 w, 9 k). Grant Balfour got his 37th save.
The A's are once again in the lead for the AL West. The two teams meet again at 1:05 p.m. on Saturday, September 7 with RHP Dan Straily (8-7, 4.38 ERA) opposing LHP Brett Oberholtzer (4-4, 5.91).
Categories Oakland Athletics•Tags Dallas Keuchel, Dan Straily, Eric Sogard, Houston, Jed Lowrie, José Altuve, Josh Donaldson, Matt Dominguez


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Jeremy Kyle guest death: Show not at fault for man's death, says fiancee's family | UK News
The family of the fiancee of a man who died a week after appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show has defended the programme's producers.
Steve Dymond's body was found in a rented room in a Portsmouth flat last week.
On the show, Mr Dymond took a lie-detector test to convince fiancee Jane Callaghan he had not cheated but failed it, reports said.
The Jeremy Kyle Show has been axed permanently following Mr Dymond's death
The episode has not been aired and ITV has now cancelled the show permanently amid criticism from MPs that it was failing to look after its guests.
Ms Callaghan's daughter Amy Turner told Sky News that Jeremy Kyle and the producers should not be blamed for his death and "should not be punished for trying to help".
She said the programme's makers "do not deserve this, it was not their fault".
Ms Turner said: "They were in constant contact with us all including Steve. He even told the team he was feeling very positive and that he really wanted the help.
"He was accepting all the help they offered until he just started to ignore their phone calls. They were persistent on trying to contact him, and we also tried to contact him but got no answer.
"The team have gone above and beyond to help us all. It was his choice, no one else's and Jeremy and the team shouldn't be punished for trying to help someone."
Ms Turner said her mother had been told of Mr Dymond's death by the police on the evening of 9 May but she was sceptical because it appeared he had been active on WhatsApp that afternoon and also two days later.
On 11 May, the family was contacted by the show's producers and aftercare team to check on their well-being and offer any help they needed.
Ms Turner said: "This is when we told them that we didn't think he was dead and he was faking it to hurt Jane and to try and hide from his lies, and informed them that there was still some online activity from him.
"We were very confused and wanted to just find out if it really was true. So the team flew down that evening and saw us with our permission."
She added: "They were lovely and made us feel comfortable and relaxed."
My Dymond reportedly failed a lie-detector test on the programme
The following day, producers accompanied Ms Callaghan and Ms Turner to Portsmouth Central Police Station to get confirmation that Mr Dymond had died.
Ms Turner told Sky News: "We are so glad we had them with us for the support", and then later the team members took the pair back to Ms Callaghan's home and stayed with them all evening.
On 13 May, a family group were accompanied by producers to the coroner's office.
Later one of the team "fought for so long on the phone" for the family to be able to see Mr Dymond's body at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Cosham, Portsmouth.
Ms Turner claimed they had originally been told this was not possible as it was now more than 48 hours since his body was discovered.
She added that the unnamed producer provided emotional support.
"I was comforting her as well as she was very emotional. It must have been traumatic for her too but she was staying strong for us at the same time."
Ms Turner continued: "The team protected us and put us up in a hotel, they were there 24/7 and always keeping us updated with what was going on. When we saw all our stories come out it was very emotional but they were there to reassure us this won't be for ever.
"They stayed in the same hotels as us and were close by if we ever needed anything at all. They were supporting us to the early hours of the morning while everything was blowing up in the media.
"I felt like all the team members we met were there for us not just for a duty of care, but because they were feeling all the emotions with us and became part of our lives."
Following Mr Dymond's death, ITV issued a statement about the support in place for guests on the programme. "Prior to the show a comprehensive assessment is carried out by the guest welfare team on all potential contributors," it said.
"The guests are interviewed by guest welfare face-to-face at studios and prior to filming. Throughout filming, the participants are supported by the guest welfare team.
"After filming has ended, all guests are seen by a member of the guest welfare team."
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Think tank warns of power imbalance with Dr M in Khazanah
PETALING JAYA: A think tank has expressed reservations about Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad being the chairman of sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional.
Speaking to FMT, Aira Azhari, coordinator of the Democracy and Governance Unit of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) said the "overwhelming" power of the prime minister might cause other board members to hold back from going against him in crucial decisions.
"There is an inherent power imbalance with the prime minister there. As an alternative, perhaps a civil servant such as a representative from the Prime Minister's Department can sit on the board."
Mahathir yesterday defended his appointment as Khazanah chairman, saying it was his duty to put the sovereign wealth fund back on track.
But Aira said parliamentary checks and balances for bodies such as Khazanah would also ensure a high level of transparency and accountability. She gave the example of Norway's government pension fund, known as the "Oil Fund", managed by the finance ministry which ultimately answers to the Norwegian Parliament.
"With the Oil Fund, everyone can view and scrutinise every single one of its investments on its website.
"Everything is laid out in the open, true to its mandate of being a fund for the benefit of the Norwegian people. Malaysia should try to emulate this."
Universiti Malaya academic Edmund Terence Gomez however said by convention, the finance minister and the prime minister are on Khazanah's board. Gomez, who is an expert on corporate Malaysia and politics, said the inclusion of Economic Affairs Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali as a director was curious but not "completely out of play" given that Khazanah deals with matters related to the economy.
He said it was possible for Khazanah to be transferred out from the Ministry of Finance Inc (MoF Inc) and placed under a different ministry.
"As it stands, Khazanah is still under MoF Inc. If the finance minister is not sitting on the Khazanah board, then in all likelihood he won't be privy to what the Khazanah board is doing."
Gomez said he believes however this convention must be reviewed as board members will not dispute the prime minister or ministers at meetings. Gomez had previously opposed politicians leading statutory bodies and government-linked companies (GLCs) unless they did so in a ministerial or government capacity.
The Centre For A Better Tomorrow (Cenbet) said while the new Khazanah board members were "men of calibre", they shouldn't comprise politicians or Cabinet members as it would unnecessarily expose them to liabilities best shouldered by corporate leaders.
"Sovereign wealth funds should be run like any other corporation and this means political considerations should be excluded from the boardroom," Cenbet said in a statement to FMT.
It said if there was a specific political purpose for the fund, it should be made clear as part of its mission statement for its management to know and follow, and be held accountable to the public.
"By having professionals on the board, the government can bring the board to task in the event of mismanagement," it added.
Cenbet said matured democracies around the world shunned the practice of having politicians manage public-funded investments and that Malaysia must avoid another failure or bail-out caused by political interference.
"This would also be consistent with institutional reforms which the new government advocates."
On Monday, the Prime Minister's Department announced the appointment of five board members: Mahathir as chairman and Azmin, former Petronas CEO and president Mohd Hassan Marican, former Bank Negara Malaysia deputy governor Dr Sukhdave Singh and former Securities Commission executive director of market development Goh Ching Yin as directors.
First published in http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com, August 3, 2018.
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By David Whisler
Here we bring you all the information on Naomi Osaka, a Japanese professional tennis player and also the first Asian player to hold the top ranking in singles.
Basic Information Of Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka Personal & Professional Life
2011–2015: WTA Tour Match Win At 16, And Also Top 150
2016: First WTA Final, Newcomer and Also Top 50
The Year Of 2017
2018: Two Titles, And World No. 4
2019: World No. 1, And Australian Open Champion
2020: Second Time US Open Champion
The Year Of The Second Australian Open Title: 2021
Naomi Osaka Career Statistics
Country (sports) Japan
Residence Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Born October 16, 1997 (age 23)
Chūō-Ku, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro September 2013
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career record 246–136 (64.4%)
Career titles 7
Highest ranking No. 1 (January 28, 2019)
Current ranking No. 2 (February 22, 2021)
Australian Open W (2019, 2021)
French Open 3R (2016, 2018, 2019)
Wimbledon 3R (2017, 2018)
US Open W (2018, 2020)
Tour Finals RR (2018, 2019)
Career record 2–14 (12.5%)
Highest ranking No. 324 (April 3, 2017)
Australian Open 1R (2017)
French Open 2R (2016)
Wimbledon 1R (2017)
US Open 1R (2016, 2017)
Fed Cup WG II PO (2018)
Hopman Cup RR (2018)
Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Chūō-Ku, Osaka in Japan to Tamaki Osaka and Leonard François. Her mother is from Hokkaido, Japan, and her father is from Jacmel, Haiti. She has an older sister named Mari who is a former professional tennis player. The two girls were given their mother's family name for practical reasons when the family lived in Japan. Osaka's parents met when her father was visiting Hokkaido while he was a college student in New York.
When Osaka was three years old, her family moved from Japan to Valley Stream, New York on Long Island to live with her father's parents. Her father was inspired to teach his daughters how to play tennis by watching the Williams sisters compete at the 1999 French Open. Having little experience as a tennis player himself, he sought to emulate how Richard Williams trained his daughters to become two of the best players in the world, despite having never played the sport. François remarked that "the blueprint was already there. I just had to follow it," with regard to the detailed plan Richard had developed for his daughters. He began coaching Naomi and Mari once they settled in the United States.
In 2006, her family moved to Florida when she was eight or nine years old so that they would have better opportunities to train. She practiced on the Pembroke Pines public courts. When she was 15 years old, she began working with Patrick Tauma at the ISP Academy. In 2014, Naomi Osaka moved to the Harold Solomon Tennis Academy, and later trained at the ProWorld Tennis Academy.
Osaka had a shy, reserved personality in her early years on the WTA Tour.[139] Her former coach Sascha Bajin was initially confused by her personality, saying, "I thought she was a little bit more of a diva because she didn't talk much.
She doesn't really look at someone's eyes, but that's just because she was always so shy … Back then I didn't know for what reason."Osaka is also very frank and is regarded as having a dry sense of humor.
During her 2018 Indian Wells Open victory speech, she began by saying "Um, hello … I'm Naom … oh never mind" and later noted, "This is probably going to be the worst acceptance speech of all time" after being worried about forgetting whom to thank, and appearing to nearly forget to thank her opponent, Daria Kasatkina as well as one of her sponsors, Yonex.
So let us know more about the debut and the journey from there.
Osaka never competed on the ITF Junior Circuit, the premier international junior tour, and only played in a small number of junior tournaments at any age level.
Naomi Osaka played her first qualifying match in October 2011 on her 14th birthday. She then made her professional main draw debut in doubles at her next tournament in March with her sister Mari. Meanwhile, she did not qualify for her first singles the main draw until July in her seventh such attempt. Her best result of the 2012 season came at the ITF $10K event in Amelia Island, where she lost to her sister in the semifinals.
Osaka has never won a title at the ITF level, only managing to finish runner-up on four occasions. Her first two finals came at the $25K level, one of which was in June 2013 in El Paso, Texas. The other was in March 2014 in Irapuato, Mexico, and included a victory over her sister.
In September 2013, Osaka turned professional shortly before turning 16 years old. She entered her first two qualifying draws on the WTA Tour that same month at the Challenge Bell in Québec and the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. The latter event was her first opportunity to compete professionally in Japan.
The following summer, Osaka qualified for her first WTA main draw at the 2014 Stanford Classic. In her tour-level debut, she upset world No. 19 Samantha Stosur in a tight match where she saved a match point in the second set tiebreak and came back from a 5–3 deficit in the third set.
She was still just 16 years old and ranked No. 406 at the time. Osaka also won a match as a wild card at the Japan Women's Open, her only other WTA main draw of the year. These victories helped her progress into the top 250 of the WTA rankings before the end of the season.
Despite not winning another WTA main draw singles match in 2015, Osaka continued to climb up the rankings. She reached her two highest level ITF finals, the first at the $75K Kangaroo Cup in Japan and the second at the $50K Surbiton Trophy in the United Kingdom.
Following these runner-up results, Osaka was ranked high enough to enter qualifying at the last two Grand Slam singles events of the year, Wimbledon and the US Open. She won her first match at the US Open but was unable to qualify for either main draw. Nonetheless, Osaka had a strong finish to the year.
In October during the WTA Finals, she won the Rising Stars Invitational four-player exhibition tournament, defeating heavy favorite and world No. 35 Caroline Garcia in the final. Continuing to play in November, Osaka then reached the biggest final of her career at the WTA 125K Hua Hin Championships in Thailand. After a semifinal at a $75K event in Japan, she finished the year ranked No. 144.
Osaka began the season playing three tournaments in Australia. Her results during this stretch were good enough to bring her near the top 100, which allowed her to play in WTA Tour-level events all year. Most notably, Naomi Osaka qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open and made it to the third round. In particular, she upset No. 21 Elina Svitolina in straight sets in the second round before losing to No. 16 Victoria Azarenka. Back in the United States, Osaka received a wild card into the Miami Open, her first Premier Mandatory main draw. During the event, she won two matches including a victory over No. 18 Sara Errani. With this success, she progressed into the top 100 of the WTA rankings for the first time.
In the clay-court events leading up to the French Open, Osaka needed to qualify for every event she entered. She only managed to do so at a single event, the Charleston Open, where she lost her only match in the main draw. Nonetheless, Osaka was ranked high enough to be directly accepted into the main draw of the French Open. In her debut at the tournament, she recorded her only two clay-court match wins of the season. She also won the first set against No. 6 Simona Halep, but ultimately lost the match. She then did not play the grass-court season after suffering an injury shortly after the French Open.
Osaka returned to tennis in the middle of July. At the US Open in August, she reached the third round at a Grand Slam event for the third time that year. She upset No. 30 CoCo Vandeweghe in the first round before losing to No. 9 Madison Keys in three sets.
During her match against Keys, she had a 5–1 lead in the third set before ultimately losing in a tiebreak. After the tournament, Osaka began the Asian hard court season with two tournaments in Tokyo, first losing in the second round at the Japan Women's Open.
Having already reached her first two career WTA quarterfinals earlier in the year, she then made her breakthrough as a wild card at the Premier level Pan Pacific Open. She upset No. 12 Dominika Cibulková and No. 20 Svitolina on the road to making her first WTA final at the age of 18.
At the time, Cibulkova was the highest-ranked player she ever defeated. Additionally, she was the first Japanese player to contest the final at the event since Kimiko Date in 1995, Osaka ultimately finished runner-up to Caroline Wozniacki. Nonetheless, she entered the top 50 of the WTA rankings for the first time. At the end of the season, she was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year.
After her huge improvement the previous year, Osaka was unable to set a new career-high ranking in 2017. Nonetheless, Naomi maintained a steady ranking throughout the season, rising no higher than No. 44 while falling no lower than No. 68, her year-end ranking. She did not win more than two main draw matches at any event all year.
Osaka's best tournament result of the season came at the Canadian Open, where she reached the round of sixteen as a qualifier. During the event, she upset No. 16 Anastasija Sevastova before needing to retire against world No. 1 Karolína Plíšková due to an abdominal injury. Naomi Osaka had won the second set against Plíšková.
Her next best results of the year came at the last two Grand Slam events of the season, where she made it to the third round at each of Wimbledon and the US Open. She had a strong debut at Wimbledon, upsetting No. 23 Barbora Strýcová before losing to No. 11 Venus Williams.
Her US Open was then highlighted by her first-round win against defending champion and No. 6 Angelique Kerber, the first top ten victory of Osaka's career. However, her run was ended by veteran qualifier Kaia Kanepi. This was the second consecutive year she lost in the third round of the US Open after having at least a one-break lead in the third set.
Osaka in particular struggled to play on clay courts. After winning her first two matches at the Charleston Open, she did not win another main draw match on clay for the remainder of the season.
Osaka did well in her first full grass-court season on the WTA Tour, going 4–4 behind her performance at Wimbledon. Her biggest wins of the year all came on hard court. In addition to her results at the Canadian Open and the US Open, she also recorded a second top ten victory over No. 5, Venus Williams, at the Hong Kong Open, her last tournament of the year.
Following her lack of improvement in 2017, Osaka hired Sascha Bajin to be her coach in the offseason. In their second tournament together, Osaka produced her career-best result at a Grand Slam event. At the Australian Open, she reached the fourth round after defeating two top-twenty players in Elena Vesnina and hometown favorite Ashleigh Barty, ultimately losing to world No. 1 Simona Halep. This result helped her return to the top 50 within the next month.
At the Indian Wells Open, Osaka had the next big breakthrough of her career. Having never won a professional title or made it past the third round at a Premier Mandatory event, she won the tournament convincingly, only dropping one set in the middle round of the tournament, making her the youngest champion at the event in ten years. With her first title, she surged past her previous career-high ranking to No. 22 in the world.
After her success in the early months of the season, Osaka had a relatively quiet middle of the year. She reached the third round at both the French Open and Wimbledon, matching her best performance at each tournament. The closest she came to winning another tournament was on grass at the Nottingham Open, where she lost to top seed Barty in the semifinals.
Osaka did not have another breakthrough result until the US Open, where she won her second title of the year. Like at Indian Wells, she only dropped one set in the middle round of the event. In the final, she defeated Serena Williams for the second time in 2018 to win her first grand slam title. She became the first Japanese woman to contest a Grand Slam singles final and the first Japanese Grand Slam singles champion.
With her consecutive deep run, she rose to a career-best ranking of world No. 4, matching the record of Kimiko Date and Kei Nishikori for the highest-ranking held by a Japanese player in history.
Osaka entered the Australian Open as the fourth seed and also one of eleven players in contention for the world No. 1 ranking. She made it to the final against Petra Kvitová, after Osaka won the first set in the final, Kvitová saved three championship break points before breaking Osaka in back-to-back service games to win the second set.
Nonetheless, Osaka recovered to win the championship, and became the first woman to win consecutive Grand Slam singles titles since Serena Williams in 2015 and was the first player to follow up her first Grand Slam singles title with another at the next such event since Jennifer Capriati in 2001. She also became the first Asian player to be ranked No. 1 in the world in singles.
Osaka only played four tournaments in 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the tour shutdown, she lost to No. 2 Karolína Plíšková in a semifinal at the Brisbane International and Coco Gauff in the third round of the Australian Open, squandering a chance to serve for the match in the former.
When the tour resumed, Osaka played the Cincinnati Open and the US Open, which were held in back-to-back weeks in New York. Osaka did not lose a match at either event. At the Cincinnati Open, she defeated four players ranked in the 20s before defaulting in the final against Victoria Azarenka due to a hamstring injury.
Both Osaka and Azarenka reached the final again at the US Open, where Osaka became the first player to win a US Open women's singles final by coming from a set down since 1994. This was her second US Open title in three years.
Osaka was seeded third at the Australian Open. She recorded straight-set wins over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Caroline Garcia, and Ons Jabeur, before defeating Garbiñe Muguruza in three sets in the fourth round despite facing match points during the third set (the only match in which she lost a set during the tournament). She went on to defeat Hsieh Su-Wei in the quarterfinals, Serena Williams in the semifinals, and 22nd seed Jennifer Brady in the final to claim her second Australian Open title. Naomi Osaka became one of only three players in the Open Era to win her first four Grand Slam finals, alongside Roger Federer and Monica Seles.
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Australian Open A 3R 2R 4R W 3R W
French Open A 3R 1R 3R 3R A 2R
Wimbledon Q1 A 3R 3R 1R NH A
US Open Q2 3R 3R W 4R W
Fed Cup W
Hopman Cup W
Titles 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 Career total: 7
Finals 0 1 0 3 3 2 1 Career total: 10
Year-end ranking 203 40 68 5 3 3 $17,770,234
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Anticholinergic burden and 1-year mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospital
Fabrizia Lattanzio, Francesco Corica, Roberto Schepisi, Diana Amantea, Francesco Bruno, Annalisa Cozza, Graziano Onder, Stefano Volpato, Antonio Cherubini, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Marcello G Maggio, Andrea Corsonello
Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani V.E. II
IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
AIM: The association between anticholinergic burden and mortality is controversial. We aimed to investigate whether the anticholinergic cognitive burden (ACB) score predicts 1-year mortality in older patients discharged from acute care hospitals.
METHODS: Our series consisted of 807 hospitalized patients aged ≥65 years. Patients were followed up for 12 months after discharge. All-cause mortality was the outcome of the study. The ACB score at discharge (0, 1, ≥2) and increasing ACB score from admission to discharge (no increase, +1, +2 or more) were calculated and used as exposure variables. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for potential confounders were used for the analysis. Interactions between the ACB score and cognitive impairment or history of falls were also investigated.
RESULTS: During the follow-up period, 177 out of 807 participants (21.9%) died. After adjusting for potential confounders, a discharge ACB score of ≥2 (HR 1.69, 95% CI 1.09-2.65) was significantly associated with the outcome, whereas the association between increasing ACB score of +2 or more and mortality was weaker (HR 1.30, 95% CI 0.95-1.92). The interaction between the ACB score at discharge or increasing ACB score and cognitive impairment was statistically significant (P = 0.003 and P = 0.004, respectively), whereas that between the ACB score and falls was not.
CONCLUSIONS: The ACB score at discharge and, to a lesser extent, an increasing ACB score during hospital stay are associated with an increased risk of 1-year mortality in older patients discharged from hospital. Such an association is stronger among patients with cognitive impairment. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 705-713.
Geriatrics and Gerontology International
https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13234
Cholinergic Antagonists
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Lattanzio, F., Corica, F., Schepisi, R., Amantea, D., Bruno, F., Cozza, A., ... Corsonello, A. (2018). Anticholinergic burden and 1-year mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospital. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 18(5), 705-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13234
Anticholinergic burden and 1-year mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospital. / Lattanzio, Fabrizia; Corica, Francesco; Schepisi, Roberto; Amantea, Diana; Bruno, Francesco; Cozza, Annalisa; Onder, Graziano; Volpato, Stefano; Cherubini, Antonio; Ruggiero, Carmelinda; Maggio, Marcello G; Corsonello, Andrea.
In: Geriatrics and Gerontology International, Vol. 18, No. 5, 05.2018, p. 705-713.
Lattanzio, F, Corica, F, Schepisi, R, Amantea, D, Bruno, F, Cozza, A, Onder, G, Volpato, S, Cherubini, A, Ruggiero, C, Maggio, MG & Corsonello, A 2018, 'Anticholinergic burden and 1-year mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospital', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 705-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13234
Lattanzio F, Corica F, Schepisi R, Amantea D, Bruno F, Cozza A et al. Anticholinergic burden and 1-year mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospital. Geriatrics and Gerontology International. 2018 May;18(5):705-713. https://doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13234
Lattanzio, Fabrizia ; Corica, Francesco ; Schepisi, Roberto ; Amantea, Diana ; Bruno, Francesco ; Cozza, Annalisa ; Onder, Graziano ; Volpato, Stefano ; Cherubini, Antonio ; Ruggiero, Carmelinda ; Maggio, Marcello G ; Corsonello, Andrea. / Anticholinergic burden and 1-year mortality among older patients discharged from acute care hospital. In: Geriatrics and Gerontology International. 2018 ; Vol. 18, No. 5. pp. 705-713.
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10월 23일 낮 12시 B.A.P 3RD SINGLE ALBUM <하지마> 전곡이 각 음원 사이트에 공개됩니다.
ENG> We're very happy to announce that B.A.P's 3rd single album <STOP IT> will be unveiled via. every music website at noon of October 23rd, Korean time.
*Also be noted that the physical CDs B.A.P's 3rd single album <STOP IT> will be out on October 25th.


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The number one thing I have heard from people is, " I wish I would have."
Life is not perfect nor or people. Waiting for everything to be perfect will have you looking back saying the same thing. "I wish I would have."
Forget about getting to the perfect weight, waiting for your son to have children, or the stars to align.
Use this guide as a target, the action of doing is the success.
Do it because time doesn't wait and love means everything!
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Li Ching-Yuen, lived most of his life in the mountains collecting herbs either to eat (that said helped him stay young and healthy) or to medicine. He served in the Chinese army as a teacher of martial arts and as a tactical advisor, but it is really incredible that he has joined the army at the age of 51 years. He retired at the age of 78 after fighting a battle at Golden River.
According to an article in the New York Times in 1933, Wu Chung-Chieh, a professor of the Chengdu University, discovered an imperial government record in 1827 wishing Li on his 150th birthdays and another record wishing his 200th birthday. Some researchers are perceived that "256 years" is a multiple of 8, and eight is considered as good luck in China, so the whole claim of Li is a myth.
The article "Tortoise-Pigeon-Dog," from the 15 May 1933 issue of Time reports on his history and includes Li's answer to the secret of a long life.


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ESP ALL ACCESS COMMUNITY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT! While most of the videos we see uploaded by ESP All Access members are pretty simple pieces shot in someone's bedroom (word to the wise... try and make your bed before filming), Allen Izzy Isbell from Zagreb, Croatia took things a step further by giving us this fully produced video that's pretty impressive! More importantly, his melodic playing and tones on his LTD EC-1000 Vintage Black are excellent. Keep in mind that you don't need to make your video uploads as detailed as Allen's, but as long as your playing is tight and your ESP sounds great, we're appreciative for anything that you All Access people submit. Check out more of Allen's music at his Facebook page.


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Dalton launches new Open 60
While his brother is fighting for a top position in the VOR, Graham Dalton has just launched his new Open 60 design for the Around Alone Race
Graham Dalton's new open 60, designed specifically for the Around Alone Race, has been launched and HSBC is the named sponsor.
Dalton, who's the brother of Volvo skipper, Grant Dalton, commissioned the UK-based design office, the Owen Clark Design Group, to design the boat last July giving them just five weeks to come up with a drawing before building commenced.
With many of the ideas from Kingfisher, one of the company's previous successful designs, incorporated in the new Open 60 project, there is no doubt that this boat has a successful career ahead of her.
Unlike Kingfisher she has an articulating bowsprit, single daggerboard, twin wheels and a VO60-style trench cockpit. She also sports a relatively small coachroof which is a result of a serious weight-saving agenda.
While this new boat has been designed principally for the Around Alone Race, it's one that could easily been seen on the VOR circuit should the race move away from the Volvo 60 rule.


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The newest entrant in a growing Prius family of hybrid vehicles, the Prius v delivers an unparalleled blend of versatility and fuel efficiency in a comfortable, mid-size package. A new evolution in hybrid vehicles with excellent cargo space and Prius' heritage of environmental performance and fuel economy, the 2012 Prius v will go on sale in Fall 2011.
2012 Toyota Prius V.
The new Prius v, with "v" expressing the vehicle's versatility, will meet the needs of growing families with active lifestyles while providing the same attributes traditionally found in the Prius DNA. Despite the spaciousness of a family friendly midsize vehicle, the Prius v will deliver estimated EPA fuel economy ratings of 44 mpg city, 40 mpg highway and 42 mpg combined.
"The Prius v brings leading-edge hybrid technology to customers who need more room and provides more cargo space than 80 percent of all small SUVs," said Toyota Division Group Vice President and General Manager Bob Carter. "And because it's a Prius, it produces 66 percent fewer smog-forming emissions than the average new vehicle and will have the best mileage ratings of any SUV, crossover, or wagon sold in America. We think that's a win-win for everybody."
The Prius v will be utilizing the same proven Hybrid Synergy Drive system as the third-generation Prius, with the advantages of high mileage, low emissions, and never needing to be recharged.
A product of the same culture of innovation that spawned the original Prius 14 years and two-million units ago, the Prius v follows family tradition with new technologies and equipment advances that continues to raise the bar on the cutting edge automotive science.
Big Enough For Families and Cargo.
The Prius v emphasizes overall proportion with spaciousness and flexibility for active families. Comfortable interior space and good visibility have been assisted by a high seating position, ample head room, and an impressive 38-inch couple distance, providing generous rear legroom. A low, wide-opening rear hatch reveals 34.3 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seats, making it the most spacious dedicated hybrid vehicle on the market.
Comfortable seating for five is specifically designed for young families. Sliding second row seats allow for easier ingress and egress and rear-storage flexibility, with a 45-degree recline for greater comfort. The 60/40 split, folding rear seats present four different seat arrangements that provide excellent usability for passengers and luggage, while a fold-flat front-passenger seat allows for extremely long cargo.
The driver is kept informed via a center-mounted instrument panel, a visually succinct, space-efficient design that is also exceptionally user-friendly. As with other Prius models, the driving controls including Push Button Start, parking switch, drive-by-wire shift toggle, and driving mode buttons are immediately at hand. Each of these driving control features are distinguished by silver trim. Instrument-panel controls, including a single dial automatic climate control, provide an advanced look and user-friendly command.
The center console is accessible from both the driver side and rear seats. The console is big enough to hold 23 CD cases, yet low enough so that lines of sight and conversation between passengers can be relaxed and natural. The console design helps make the cabin a human-friendly space, and a low-fatigue environment for long rides.
A wide variety of engineered storage spaces are located throughout the cabin. These include dual glove boxes, a center console utility tray and five cup holders in large and medium sizes. Bottle holders are built into the front and rear door pockets, while most models will feature an overhead storage space suitable for sunglasses. In addition to the larger main luggage compartment, there are storage units built into the sides and under the cargo platform for storing equipment such as car wash items or gloves. Even a special space for umbrellas is located under the second row of seats.
Rear seats fold, slide and recline to configure for any mix of passengers and cargo, and operation switches are located conveniently close to the occupants. New for Toyota, an available seat material called SofTex is designed for easy cleaning, resisting spills and wear in a family vehicle that could see heavy use on a daily basis. Soft to the touch, SofTex's attributes as compared to leather and other traditional leatherette-type materials include a weight reduction of 50 percent, a manufacturing process with approximately 99 percent fewer volatile organic compounds (VOCs) than conventional synthetic leather, and it's water and stain resistant. It also does not include any animal-based material.
Advanced Connectivity.
Seamlessly integrated into the Prius v are state-of-the-art electronics and enhanced connectivity features. A Bluetooth wireless connection for compatible hands-free phone calls is standard, now improved by an automatic phone book transfer function. Also standard is a USB port that allows playing of music and video from portable audio devices, using the vehicle sound system and in-dash display screen, including full iPod integration.
The standard audio system has a 6.1-inch screen and six speakers. The screen also displays the energy monitor and fuel consumption data, and functions as the monitor for the integrated back-up camera and the Display Audio System. The screen also offers a new value-driven navigation system and serves as a portal for Entune. An available HD Radio system enables CD sound quality from digital FM broadcasts, and has features that maximize analog and AM broadcast sound quality. The system will include HD Radio with iTunes tagging for future purchase and SiriusXM Satellite Radio™.
The top-of-the-line audio is equipped with a new seven-inch Premium HDD Navigation system with Entune and JBL. This system offers a new split-screen feature that allows for simultaneously displaying navigation and audio information and full iPod video integration.
The premium system adds a new JBL GreenEdge™ audio system that combines an eight-channel amplifier and door-mounted "acoustic lens" speakers, to provide a high-quality sound. The GreenEdge amplifier achieves a 66-percent reduction in overall mass and a 50-percent enhancement in sound efficiency. The GreenEdge speakers produce a higher output of sound with the same power or less consumption of conventional models.
Entune Multimedia System.
Prius v will be one of the first Toyotas to offer the Entune™ multimedia system. For the first time ever in a Toyota automobile, this innovative new system leverages the mobile smartphone to provide a richer in-vehicle experience with fully integrated access to navigation, entertainment and information services.
Toyota Entune debuts the first-ever support for engaging mobile apps, such as Bing, OpenTable, and movietickets.com, along with accessing useful travel-related services, such as live weather, traffic, fuel information (location and price), stocks, and sports. Toyota Entune brings the largest selection of music options available to a vehicle, including iheartradio's 750+ stations, and Pandora's personalized music service.
The audio systems combined with Entune feature a best-in-class, advanced conversational voice recognition system that helps the driver to stay focused on the road by eliminating the need to memorize thousands of voice commands. The system will also allow for audio read-back and replay capabilities for text messages, with the ability to respond by pre-set "Quick Reply Messages" such as: "I'm driving and will reply later."
Sleek, Aerodynamic and Efficient.
With a balance between outstanding spaciousness, refined style, and smooth aerodynamics, Prius v has a low 0.29 coefficient of drag, which does not inhibit the vehicle's convenient packaging. It is a new vehicle designed from the ground up, with a shape that evolved from Prius rather than being an elongated version.
Keeping air resistance low is the familiar triangular Prius silhouette, adapted to a larger size. A flush surface from the front of the vehicle through the front pillar works with side "aerocorners" for exceptionally clean airflow. The smooth front sheetmetal blends into a carefully designed roof and cabin, leading to an optimized cabin-end shape that acts to converge side and roof airflow. Wheels and wheel caps are designed with aerodynamic effects in mind. These measures and others also have the beneficial effect of suppressing wind noise.
Enhancing the clean, low wind-resistance design are materials that keep the Prius v relatively light and easy to move. The door panels are foam-injected with polypropylene and the deck board with light-weight urethane to produce a weight savings of approximately 20 percent. Significant weight reduction is also achieved through the use of high-tensile grades of steel throughout the body along with aluminum in key body panels and systems.
High-strength steel sheets and bars used throughout the body to ensure a light, yet highly rigid platform structure.
Also available, and a Toyota-first, is a resin Panoramic View Moonroof with power retractable sun shades that provides an open atmosphere in the cabin with a 40-percent reduction in weight as compared to conventional glass roofs of the same size, and excellent heat insulation performance. This improved thermal resistance means the engine needs to run less to preserve comfortable ambient temperatures, which in turn enhances fuel efficiency. The moonroof has an electrically operated shade system with a jam protection function.
Available LED headlamps work to improve visibility while reducing current draw. They use projector lenses to offer long-range visibility and are designed to be virtually maintenance free for the expected life of the vehicle.
Prius v features a climate control system with enhanced cooling capability to cope with a larger cabin. The system uses an electric compressor, so the air conditioning can run without depending on the engine, and improved component design for better maximum-demand cooling performance.
Proven Hybrid Synergy Drive System Now More Versatile.
The Hybrid Synergy Drive system in the Prius v is essentially the same as the current third-generation Prius. The system uses two high-output motors, one 60kw (80 hp) unit that mainly works to power the compact, lightweight transaxle and another smaller motor that mainly works as the electric power source. Maximum motor drive voltage is 650 volts DC. The proven and practical nickel-metal hydride battery pack is the same as on the third-generation Prius liftback, but with a cooling duct located under the rear seat.
As with current-generation Prius cars, Hybrid Synergy Drive is a series-parallel hybrid system that can provide power either from the engine alone, or the motor alone, or any mix of both. A hybrid control computer manages the system so that optimum power is delivered according to driver demand. It uses a start/stop system and regenerative braking to conserve fuel and recharge the battery upon deceleration.
Hybrid Synergy Drive is built around a specially adapted, efficient 98-horsepower 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine that runs on the Atkinson cycle and contributes to a total system horsepower of 134. Key components include an electric water pump that requires no belts, and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system that helps warm the engine quickly, reducing fuel consumption when the engine is cold. Compact and light weight, the engine produces minimal noise and vibration. Sophisticated valve control, injector design, and other technologies reduce emissions to allow the Prius v to qualify for SULEV and Tier2 Bin3 emissions standards.
Four Driving Modes.
In addition to the standard driving mode, Prius v drive system also includes an Eco driving mode, an EV driving mode, and a Power mode. In Power mode, enhanced mid-range response enables easier coping with slopes and mountainous terrain. In EV mode, the Prius v can run on battery power alone for short distances and lower speeds, up to about a mile. In Eco driving mode, the engine management system prioritizes fuel economy, managing throttle response and limiting power consumption from the air conditioning.
Pitch and Bounce Control; Better Ride, Better Handling.
A new feature, Pitch and Bounce Control, works with suspension enhancements to improve ride comfort and control. Because the Prius v is a larger vehicle more likely to carry loads and passengers, front and rear suspension components have been redesigned to improve handling and ride quality. Front coil-over spring and damper capacities have been significantly increased and a new upper support has been designed. The steering gear has been attached to the front suspension member, and the stabilizer bar repositioned for more responsive steering feel and enhanced ride comfort.
In the rear, a torsion-beam suspension design has been fitted with appropriately tuned springs and dampers. The new rear-suspension system is designed to help ensure stability and ride comfort, and it has a lower mounting point to improve luggage space.
Pitch and Bounce Control uses the torque of the hybrid motor to enhance ride comfort and control. The system, working with wheel-speed sensors and in tune with the suspension, helps suppress bounce and toss motions to improve comfort for occupants. Because it helps control the balance and posture of the vehicle as a whole, it also functions to improve handling response.
Standard wheels are 16 inches in diameter, with 17-inch wheels available as an option.
Cutting Edge Safety and Security.
A variety of available and standard features maintain the Prius tradition of premium-level equipment packaging. Not least among them is a broad suite of advanced features, both active and passive, that are designed to help maximize occupant safety.
The all-new Prius v platform is designed with a force-absorbing body structure. Increased use of high-strength steel, notably in the front frame members, is a key part of providing a strong body structure without increasing weight. Helping to protect the cabin from side and rear intrusions are similarly engineered reinforcements using high tensile steels, all designed to disperse energy strategically throughout the vehicle to help protect passengers.
Like all Toyota models, the Prius v will feature Toyota's Star Safety System™ standard, which includes Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), Traction Control (TRAC), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist. It also features the standard Smart Stop Technology brake-override system.
An electronic tire pressure monitoring system is standard equipment, and there are seven airbags strategically located about the cabin, including a knee airbag for the driver. New driver and front-passenger seat design helps lessen the possibility of whiplash injury during certain types of collisions while minimizing weight. A new Vehicle Proximity Notification System helps alert pedestrians and cyclists of an oncoming vehicle under certain conditions by emitting a small warning sound.
An available Pre-Collision System (PCS) retracts seatbelts and applies the brakes in certain conditions when a frontal crash is unavoidable. It is paired with Dynamic Radar Cruise Control.
Another available safety system, Safety Connect, can access a call center with a live operator who can dispatch police and emergency vehicles. The system combines automatic collision notification and a stolen vehicle locator feature, which can track the location of the stolen vehicle via GPS and help guide police to recover it.
Peace of Mind Warranty Protection.
Toyota's 36-month/36,000 mile basic new-vehicle warranty applies to all components other than normal wear and maintenance items. Additional 60-month warranties cover the powertrain for 60,000 miles and against corrosion with no mileage limitation. The hybrid-related components, including the HV battery, battery control module, hybrid control module and inverter with converter, are covered for eight years/100,000 miles.
The Prius v will also come standard with Toyota Care, a complimentary plan covering normal factory-scheduled maintenance and 24-hour roadside assistance for two years or 25,000 miles, whichever comes first.
(source: Toyota)
2012 Toyota Prius V interior.
2012 Toyota Prius V sun-roof.
2012 Toyota Prius V emblem.
Carlos's comments
I hate the interior of this thing. It looks like a dated Sony Boom Box, and the cluster is in the center of the cabin, instead of where it should be... in front of the driver.
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