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several japanese sites have reported amd athlon 1.4s hitting the streets
between us$284 to us$317. this will probably be the last incarnation of the now famous thunderbird core, as any future speed releases this year will likely be based on the slightly larger, yet greatly enhanced, palomino core now available in mobile offerings. what a successful life the athlon has had thus far. the original athlon, released nearly two years ago, was introduced at a whopping 600mhz! and today, 24 months later, we see the athlon routinely overclocked to 1.5ghz, 1.6ghz, and beyond without any ill side effects. and now, as if telling the world how solid the thunderbird core really is, amd is officially offering one clocked at 1.4ghz directly from the factory. the register also mentions articles showing a 950mhz duron for all the duron fans out there.
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|yay (3:27pm est fri jun 01 2001)
durons rock, im sad to see the t-birds go, first post, i rock, nuff said. – by 700duronguy
|2ghz amd cpu's already exist! (4:23pm est fri jun 01 2001)
i see amd has paired with sony and linux to work on playstation 3 with a 2ghz cpu of which is in beta testing now! i'm even more curious to see athlon 4's running at 2.5ghz! for now though i can't wait to get my 1.4 i have on order with 512megs of pc2400! – by hyattart.com
|dunno… i'm not all that impressed… (7:51pm est fri jun 01 2001)
1.333 @ 266 vs. 1.400 @ 266. really, its 1333 mhz on a double pumped 133 mhz bus (10x) and correspondingly 1400 mhz (10.5x).
sorry, goats. 4.9% improvement doesn't shake me at all.
50%… now that would be something to talk about. even 25% or 30%. but not 5%.
the new athlon4 architecture has at most 25% watt-for-watt advantage over the older tbird. watt-use doesn't go up linearly with mhz. more like the 1.5 power if you look at the data sheets.
so, at 180 nanometers, the athlon4 has probably 1400 mhz * 1.25 * 0.9 or 1700 mhz at the upper radiation limit. process improvements ought to get them to 1800 mhz. dropping down to 130 nanometers will get them another 75% improvement to say 3000 mhz. however, if they're stuck at 200 mhz bus (dubbapumped to 400 mhz), then the multiplier will be 15x, which really really starts to make l3 external cache both a necessity and "the saviour" for the architecture.
meanwhile… intel (and you gotta love them for this) has reinvented their own wheel so that out of the hopper its getting 1300-thru-1700 mhz at 180 nanos. they haven't even gone "round 2" on its architecture in 180 nanos to prove what 130 nanos will bear.
wanna guess out loud? my guess:
1700 * 1.2 (180 nm process) * 1.25 (redesign, 180) * 0.9 (power derating) * 1.75 (130 nanos) = 4000 mhz.
4 ghz while athlon does 3 ghz. now, granted, the athlon4 probably has a 15% speed advantage over the tbird mhz-for-mhz, and the athlon4 is probably 25% faster than the p4 (mhz-for-mhz), so these chips will actually be very very comparable in the real world.
p4 will have big win's in scientific computing, sse2 optimized code, and the like. a4 will swing with the big goats for "da cheap desktop".
so, bring it on intel+amd!!! i'd love to have a 4 gb, 4 ghz, 4 gbit, 4 gtriangle (quad processor, yessiree) system. then, my povray program would only be 100x slower than realtime. (right now it is 700x slower).
have a nice goatish weekend, folks
– by goatguy
|stupid (8:08pm est fri jun 01 2001)
ok..for the moron who said amd and sony are already in beta testing with a 2ghz chip for the ps3…the only thing i have to say is that you are so freaking stupid. its a rumor..never ever believe a rumor, and never ever ever! spread the rumors..what the hell is wrong with u? do u actually think they would release a 2ghz chip for the ps3 when the ps3 is rumored (key word there) to release between 2005-2007. chips will be well over the 8ghz mark by then..so why would they stick a slow 2ghz chip in there.
its amazing to see how people will believe anything they see on the internet..please, think before you post.
and as for the "first post..woohoo!" give me a break..act a little mature at least. people like you ruin good posts. – by steamed
|mistake (8:20pm est fri jun 01 2001)
classic athlons debut at 600mhz? i think not. i have a 500 in the other room! ooops =p – by skyrat
|ps3 (9:39pm est fri jun 01 2001)
isnt sony working with ibm and toshiba for playstation 3 for their "cell" architecture. i like amd but it wouldn't make sence for them to be used when they have 2 chipmakers right there(toshiba & ibm). yea 2ghz probably already exist in the labs but they wont be out till next year. – by jason
|drugs (10:09pm est fri jun 01 2001)
goatguy, what the hell do u do fer a living?????????? – by porn loader
|edit (10:09pm est fri jun 01 2001)
pleaase dont tell me ura plumber……. – by porn loader
|yeah (12:30am est sat jun 02 2001)
i'm running on a 550 classic right now as a matter of fact. – by steamed
|over clocking (2:28am est sat jun 02 2001)
ok guys being a very new owner of a 1gig athlon with an asus 200mhz socketa a7v mobo i am completely lost abot over clocking this bird. every timei try to alter the bios settings it refuses to bot and then defaults to 100 mhz onthefollowing boot for both ramand processor, and 33 mhz forth pci bus . i knwoit can be greatly modified but i have no clue as my last unit was a socket 7 with an overdrive upgrade to 400mhz and a 66 mhz bus . hheellppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!! – by busydood
|overclocking records (6:12am est sat jun 02 2001)
amd duron 900mhz: overclocked to 1.4ghz and was very stable at this speed and behaved like an athlon 1.1ghz ddr and scored better than p3 1000mhz by 9%.
celeron 850mhz: it was overclocked to 1.05ghz performing 87% the performance of p3 1000mhz in my some of my tests
amd 1ghz:i overclock it to 1.5ghz and 1.6ghz without doing more
intel p3 1ghz mobile: overclocked to 1.266ghz and 1.332 ghz with stability and to wasn't reliable at 1.45ghz
p4 1.5ghz:overclocked to 2.13ghz
amd 1.33ghz: i over clocked it to 1.466 ghz, then 1.533 ghz, 1.733ghz, and easilly to 1.933ghz proving that it's not sutable to be overclocked more than that after having problems @ 2.06ghz.
p4 1.7ghz: the p4 has a quad pumped 100mhz & maximum multiplier is 17 i overclocked it 1.92 ghz with bus speed of 112 & multiplier of 16, then to 1.952ghz with 122 system bus & 16 multiplier &, then 2ghz which was my target with 16x multiplier & 125mhz bus it was still behaving well. and behaved likewise at 2.38ghz when the bus speed was 140mhz& multiplier @ 17.
but on 2.4ghz it couldn't run some of my tests & thats because i didn't have a suitable heatsink and fan. anyway, i was forced to underclock it back to 2.38ghz.
the p4 2.38ghz scored very well in benchmark tests and was %48 better than 1.933ghz athlon.
i advice chipgeek to try overclocking the p4 to 2.38ghz or more because its so easy to do so, & if you can get better chipcooler try overclocking more than that.
note: that all the systems i overclocked cpu's on had 384mb ram(256 + 128) except for the duron and celeron.which ran on 160ram(128 + 32).
so what's the point of buying an athlon while it can only be overclocked to 1.933ghz while p4's can be overclocked to 2.38ghz which can be doubled to 4.76ghz. – by "chipmaster"
|hmmm busy (7:54am est sat jun 02 2001)
you need to fill in the jumpers on the chip – by yep
|600mhz classic athlon (8:33am est sat jun 02 2001)
you're right, 500mhz was the first athlon! – by rick c. hodgin
|overclocking & the big goats… (9:22am est sat jun 02 2001)
your notes on overclocking are amazing, and yet they point out exactly why we won't see commercial speeds approaching your results: too much heat.
bottom line is, that amd/cyrix/intel/everyone have to release their chips so that they "work" in an enviroment that can get up to 50c case-internal, with mediocre heat sinks. sure, with enough fans for a 747 jet, liquid cooking, peltier cooling, and 3 sympathetic goats you can overclock any chip to outrageously good performance.
but not for "them commercial releasees".
also, wasn't the "real world" performance of the 1.933 ghz a4 almost identical to the 2.38 ghz p4? or are you only interested in mhz? i'll stick to the 20% mhz-mhz advantage of a4 over p4… which makes these two speeds virtually identical (performance wise).
[ps: pleader… it would be great to be a plumber! at least they get paid pretty well!!! ]
– by goatguy
|hey steamed! (11:18am est sat jun 02 2001)
in your reply 'stupid' ~ you asked why they would put a 2gig cpu in when faster will be around?.. well, why not ask bill gates (xbox 733mhz), sony (ps2 294.912mhz), nintendo (gamecube 405mhz), indrema (iea 600mhz), or even sega (dreamcast 200mhz risc) ~ why use these slow cpu�s when there were over 1gig processors at their release? it's not just the core speed of the cpu that makes up a console ~ video output and many other factors also back it. getting the fastest cpu isn't the answer ~ especially when you have software designed for specific hardware. unlike the pc world, where one program has to run on 1000's of different system configurations. (imagine if you would, you were a tire manufacturer, and you only made one tire, and that tire had to fit on every car/truck/sub/van/whatever in the world. that tire wouldn't really be all it could be, but if you made just one tire, for one vehicle, you could put all kinds of 'extras' on it) ~ that's your console market
now, not that i'm backing the 'rumors' of the ps3, i'm just saying step back and take a look around the world before you put your foot in your mouth again :)
– by viper
|stupid who is really the stupid one (11:03pm est sat jun 02 2001)
hey kid u do think right that if there will be 8ghz then why will p3 use 2ghz, but agian as "viper" said having the, cpu wont make the game system the best there are whole lot more stuff to it!!!!
and i saw on tv spoke man for soney saying that they are working with athlon at a cpu that doubles todays cpu speed so it will be about 2ghz – by email@example.com
|dell and amd (1:32am est sun jun 03 2001)
i heard that dell will be using amd processors in their systems.
that is super!!!!! – by analdude
|what does it mean in terms of gigops? (6:09pm est sun jun 03 2001)
the consumer does not need to be fooled with useless gigahertz. he needs benchmarks in terms of floating-point and integer calculations. if there is no significant floating-point calculation difference between 1.4ghz and the previous versions why bother? – by makgeek
|byebye tbird? (1:07am est mon jun 04 2001)
to the first post: just because amd is adopting the new palomino core doesn't mean that the "thunderbird" name will disappear. look at the current thunderbird…its core is based on the processor code-named "mustang," not the original t-bird. thunderbird has become as much of a brand name as athlon itself, and i personally wouldn't be surprised if the new palomino's aren't simply referred to as thunderbirds as well. in fact, amd's "morgan" chip will be released under the duron name as published on amd's site…so why wouldn't they do the same w/ palomino/thunderbird? – by mateo5478
|reply to goatguy (5:59am est mon jun 04 2001)
thank for giving an answer for the article "overclocking records". as i said that the amd thunderbird was overclocked to 1.933ghz & p4 to 2.38ghz.
and your question was:
also, wasn't the "real world" performance of the 1.933 ghz a4 almost identical to the 2.38 ghz p4? or are you only interested in mhz? i'll stick to the 20% mhz-mhz advantage of a4 over p4… which makes these two speeds virtually identical (performance wise).
and my answer is that p4 has a very high advantage about %55 in quake2&3 demos as usual. in 3dmark99max they were almost identical with only %9 advantage for intel's p4. in 3dmark2000, the advantage for p4 grew up quickly to %22, and to %37 in the new 3dmark2001 yesterday. in 2d applications they were almost the same with only %4 for p4. in expendable time demo you can say results were identical in this test because the only difference was in decimals. in internet performance p4 had a very great advantage %41 which was expected for the p4 referring that internet needs clock speed proving that if i double the speed of the p4 to 4.76ghz performance on a 56k modem will act like a 121k lan connection. whick will suit an internet freak.
performance was almost identical when p4 was at 1.92ghz and amd @ 1.933ghz
anyway with the athlon4 coming noone knows what its results will be.
– by "chipmaster"
|1.93ghz athlon & 1.4ghz duron exist (6:08am est mon jun 04 2001)
forget that amd athlon is overclocked to 1.5 & 1.6ghz chipmaster overclocked it to 1933mhz , and duron to 1400mhz and duron performed better than piii
'amazing' i bet noone has got the computer peripherals as chipmaster.
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|800 athlon…. (12:28pm est mon jun 25 2001)
why dont amd think of a way to support ddr in a older system motherboard,by adding pci card??everytime they came out new thing, u hv to change the hold motherboard or so other – by cada
|pah! amd! (11:06am est tue jun 26 2001)
well… actually… i overclocked a 486 dx80 to a whooping 5.6777 ghz! now thats super!! which can also be doubled to a crazy 11.3554 ghz!!! – by mista
|reply to mista's 486 overclock (7:54am est thu jun 28 2001)
yeah idiot, sure u overclocked an 80mhz piece of shit to 5.7ghz……..my ass.
shut ur hole up! as for the rest of you……amd 1.4 ghz is stable when overclocked to speeds of 2ghz and up when combined with vapochill cooling system, replacing shoddy heatsinks brought on by amd themselves…. – by vengagirl
|re: reply to goatguy (7:27pm est sun jul 01 2001)
"….proving that if i double the speed of the p4 to 4.76ghz performance on a 56k modem will act like a 121k lan connection."
lol… ummm you ever check cpu usage when using a softmodem with compression turned on? its somewhere around 5%… so an old pentium is about all you really need to get 112k throughput (1:2 maximum compression on v.90). i wonder where you got that 41% diff in internet performance… wtf does internet performance mean anyway?
oh and tell me how you would go about doubling the clock speed of a p4. – by hungryjoe
|to vengagirl (8:55pm est sun jul 01 2001)
mista was just making fun out of all of ya. the room is filled with crazy nuts trying to intimidate each other. it was so funny!!! (unless of course, in case u didn't get the punchline) what is vapochill anyway? can u pls. tell me what diff it has over other coolers? – by philippmagne
|overclocking (5:44pm est wed jul 04 2001)
i dont understand do you overclock this high for the pleasure. can you even keep up with this system. what exactly does 2 ghz do for you i meen the game quake you can only run so fast cpu doesnt do a hill of bean yes more power cleaner graphics higher fps but dude 2 ghz exxplain to me why we need it i am not downing anything i just dont understand thats all ps i am really behind for the last year so much has happened to pc's lookking for a new cpu i have decided amd for price reasons
help me out with the board asus or abit is the kt7 raid still hot or am i really behind – by kwazo
|yu are all teh stupidast peiple (3:21am est sat jul 07 2001)
why du yu all jest go teh hell. you sound lke idjuts takling like yu no wat you r talking aboot. i overclucked by systm whic ws a 486 pentum 5 million to 4.8 lickmeithurtz with 5 googs of rdam and dvr-rum drive. i evven hve plyed pitfall on it with it!!!! lorl! i stuck teh hole thing in the fridedator so not to undercool it! i drulled wholes in it to stik teh wires throug and got a miller at teh same time…myebee yu guys shuld turn off teh free porn and get sum sun on you're pasty faces and leve teh real overclowcking to teh profesionals. – by name
|hey name get a life (3:23am est sat jul 07 2001)
what do you think you are doing!!! this is a forum for guys who like to talk pcs leave this forum you moron! – by chipmaster
|i cant wait to get my 1.4 (3:25am est sat jul 07 2001)
my dream pc is almost here, 1.4ghz, 256 ddr ram…..oooo i cant wait….not too sure of what i am going to do about overclocking… does anyone have a link to a page where i can start to learn about tweaking this up a bit.. any help would be appreciated. – by gamegod
|hey chipmster btie me you muron (3:29am est sat jul 07 2001)
i got yur number now studmen! i used my gigerflopper stowage device to backflash yur link and now will rain trror on yu! dont yu evr tell me i can leave cus u arnt teh best no more. i build pcs when u still plying transformers with teh boxes. i tink everone on this inter-site page sux and i have it on good authority that u suck too. – by name
|reply to you all wankers (not really just sum of ya) (8:44pm est sat jul 07 2001)
ohh i overclocked my intel pentium 733mhz to an amd athlon 1.4ghz – by javamann()
|ohh forgot one thing about the above post (8:46pm est sat jul 07 2001)
and yes i had to get one of those special water cooled fans. – by javamann()
|ohh last thing i promise (8:56pm est sat jul 07 2001)
ohh and before you guys bring on the flames on to me i would just like you say that if that happens (duh!) you just prove yourself to be an immature bunch of 14-17 yr old kiddies who dont know a decent way to express their disagreement or anger thus using unnecessary abbusive language and various forms of curse words which real ladies and gentlemen do not use.
bring it on
kindest regards
| . . (8:58pm est sat jul 07 2001)
now tell me who's the king here
kindest regards – by javamann()
|dream pc? (11:18pm est sat jul 07 2001)
"my dream pc is almost here, 1.4ghz, 256 ddr ram….."
i wonder what his dream pc will be 3 weeks from now? (sarcasm) – by axiom
|shit (8:28am est mon jul 09 2001)
i just wana say that intel is makin a fool out of itself by fooling the ppl
– by smith
|oveclowning (4:44pm est mon jul 09 2001)
i overclowned my pc. i got it up to 3.3 bozohertz. it starting raining shoes and red noses. i was in heaven. – by firstname.lastname@example.com
|asus a7a266 (5:06pm est wed jul 11 2001)
just got this mb and a 1.4 ghz chip w/ 512 mb ddr… having all sorts of trouble with it hanging – i've tried all flavours of bios – anyone out there run into anything similar?
– by emmdeekay
|sledghammer (1:23pm est thu jul 12 2001)
sledgehammer is going to be awesome. – by unknown
|amd athlon 1.4ghz -to- 3.6ghz (8:45am est mon jul 16 2001)
i bought an asus a7v-133 and an athlon4 1.4ghz
i played around for many hours trying to get it to stay stable when clocked.. i clocked it to 1.5, , 1.6, 1.7 and more.. as the multiplier on the board is at 18x maximum (without bios upgrade)
i stuck a heat sink on it and a fan and also put a chasis fan in the case blowing on the cpu and managed to get it to a tempreture of 29 at normal speed (1.4ghz) i then put the bus on 150 (pci 35mhz, +0.25% and multiplier on 18x and it was at (roughly) 2.6ghz, i then remembered my old k6 day's when i clocked a amd 350 to 466 by upping the voltage by 0.5 volts..
i did the same on this cpu and it touched 3.59ghz stable.. and ran at a tempreture of between 47 ( or power on ) and 52 just b4 shut down (on for a total of 6 hours constant) and i thougfht this is a rather large advancement as i diddnt even jump the level 1 cache spots.. imagine what i would get it to if i did that :)
i did the useual benchmarks, quake3, 3dmark 2000 and i did a sandra benchmarks.. it seemed to me that a 3dmark score of 6343 in software on 1024×768-16bit was quite good (seen as i used to get 3050 max – hardware) that's over a 100% change..
any way's… e-mail me your thoughts and tips.. let me know..
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|disgustingly stupid question (8:17am est fri jul 20 2001)
hi geeks,
ummmmmmmmm i know nothing about computers and was just wondering- should i get an amd 1400 or a p4 1.7? and how do they differ?
thanx – by flakey girl
|questions questions questions (4:13pm est sat jul 21 2001)
i've been looking around for a brand new pc now and can't make the choice between a 1.4ghz athlon or a 1.7ghz pentium 4… i looked at some of the site's benchmark testings and they said that both are good processors. well wtf does that tell me???!!! i'm buying the computer for gaming like quake, unreal tournement, and tribe 2. also i'll do a little programming.
and another thing which speakers should i get for my system: klipsch 5.1, cambridge 5.1, or s4 midiland 5.1?
and don't lie about your overclocking crap… if you overclock beyond 2.4ghz, you'll be able to cook eggs and ham on your mobo ).
thanks for the help. – by a person.
|girl who asked that questio (11:43pm est sat jul 21 2001)
get a athlon 1.4 ghz. it is way better. however if u are a gamer, look into the p4. anthing else, stick with the athlon. – by some body
|all of you (1:13pm est sun jul 22 2001)
i just got my 1.4 amd, and it is the shit with everything… i overclocked it with a water cooling system that i build myself to 1933mhz running at 90 degrees f, everything is running stable as hell and no hardware crashes ever!! – by alfa ownz
|amd ram speed @ 720 marks using hotcpu (12:50pm est thu jul 26 2001)
i got a tbird 1.4ghz running an an asus a7a266ddr with 256mb of ddr ram and i ran hotcpu and got a shock of my life, i kick all the p4s butt on everything but ram speed.. i got only 720 and my moms celeron 633@790mhz had a ram speed of 1016marks ..shes using pc133 sdram!! – by athlon duh
|amd tb1.4 65degreesc (12:57pm est thu jul 26 2001)
out of curiousity, i have a thunderbird 1.4ghz non-overclocked, running on an asus a7a266ddr and my running temperature is at 65degrees even though i have a cooler master on it, running at 7500rpm.. my duron runs at 26 degreesc on a normal taisol hsf, question is.. is the tbird running too hot??
ow yeah my ram speed on hot cpu is at 720 too!
|1.333 amd athlon tbird coming (12:03am est sat jul 28 2001)
i ordered an athlon 1.333ghz thunderbird on the recommendation of a friend, and through the experience i've had with my k6 500mhz. i've been running the k6 at factory settings, and was looking for help or suggestions on overclocking the 1.333ghz tbird, so i came here., but all i see is selective responses, condesendance, sarcasm, and a few really obnoxious displays of ignorance and stupidity. it appears this is a site for braggarts and egomaniacs. if you really want to make something useful of this site, why don't some of you with genuine ability and intelligence offer up some solid advice to the concerns expressed by people who have a sincere desire to learn from you, and save your narcissism for a therapist! there's nothing wrong with sharing your successes, but how about helping those who ask for advice, as you once did, or were all of you born with this inate ability to be both proficient with computer building and obnixiousness? why don't some of you "experts" answer some of the questions posed to you from those of us who'd like to learn, instead of spitting out insults and numbers at each other? why am i wasting my time? i'll go somewhere else where the focus is on helping each other, not the "look at me, you're so stupid" show. – by whattha…
|l1 cache… (1:21am est mon oct 08 2001)
i have a quick question. why is intel only running 16kb of trace cache (l1)?!?!?! i think that if they were to increase the l1 closer to the 128kb that amd is using, then the p1.4 would run faster than an a1.4. anybody disagree with this? it just seems to me that the l1 is the reason pentium 4's don't run the same as amd's at the same speed (ie 1.33a vs 1.3p4, or 1.4a vs 1.4p). anybody have any input on this?
both are running 256kb of l2 i think aren't they? – by dragiiisi
|registration code (12:17pm est sun dec 21 2003)
what is the registration code of 3dmark 99max for free – by simran


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Le Souk silenced
After countless noise complaints from residential neighbors and a long legal battle involving the State Liquor Authority, Le Souk, the club at 47 Avenue B at E. Fourth St., has gone mute since Feb. 12. According to a note posted on its door, the club shuttered for emergency repairs, despite operating without a liquor license for months leading up to the closure.
This development is very good news for those of us who live in the immediate vicinity, said Mark Hannay, one of the leaders of the E. Fourth St. Avenues A to B Block Association.
However, the disco nights have merely moved across the street to the basement of 50 Avenue B, where China 1 has expanded its themed nights from Fridays and Saturdays to include Thursdays and Sundays, Hannay said.
Le Souk first received its liquor license eight years ago and soon made weekends intolerable for neighbors. In April 2006, the S.L.A. fined the club $7,000 on 26 disciplinary charges, according to William Crowley, the agencys spokesperson.
A year later, the club paid a $12,000 fine and accepted a 10-day liquor license suspension. Then, on March 20 of last year, the S.L.A. heard five more disciplinary charges and voted to cancel Le Souks liquor license. But the club operators went to State Supreme Court and won a stay of the cancellation, and the case moved on to the Appellate Division.
The stay expired on July 1, with the case still pending in the Appellate Division so the club, in effect, was operating without a license until closing this month. A cancellation, as opposed to a license revocation, means that the operators could apply for a new liquor license for the premises. A revocation means there could be no liquor license for the location for two years. (By Albert Amateau)
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In an effort to encourage more start-up businesses in the Hudson Square area, Trinity Real Estate has donated 16,000 square feet of office space for new entrepreneurs looking to gain a foothold in the city.
The new business incubator, located at 160 Varick St. at Vandam St., will be operated by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University under a three-year lease with Trinity.
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The start-ups will pay a monthly rent of $200 per person to cover expenses. Both Bloomberg LP and Thomson Reuters have agreed to provide data feeds at no cost, and N.Y.U. partners will offer mentoring services, business seminars and networking opportunities for tenants.
N.Y.U.-Poly is committed to using applied science and technology to create new services, companies and jobs in this time of economic distress, said Jerry Hultin, president of N.Y.U.-Poly, in a statement.
A second business incubator is also scheduled to open elsewhere in Lower Manhattan later in the year.
Hudson Square is home to a vibrant and dynamic cross section of creative companies and is an ideal location for new entrepreneurs to test their ideas and cultivate their talents, added Carl Weisbrod, Trinity Real Estate president.
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Led by Councilmember Gale Brewer, the measures primary sponsor, the Councils Committees on Consumer Affairs, Sanitation and Health met Feb. 24 to discuss the citys mechanisms for increasing public education, resources and consumer awareness in choosing informed exterminating services.
The trio of bills recommend creating a Bedbug Task Force; prohibiting the sale of reconditioned mattress; creating a protocol for the proper disposal of infected mattresses, and requiring the Department of Health to establish a bedbug-technique training program for pest-control professionals and building owners.
Last year, Brewer worked with the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development to hold a series of bedbug public-education seminars.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Bait and Barbed Hooks on the Clearwater, COMMENT TODAY
IDFG is accepting comments through today Sept 30th regarding steelhead fishing regulations on the Clearwater River. Comment today and tell IDFG that you support reduced harvest of wild trout as well as a ban on bait and barbless hooks on the Clearwater and other local rivers. Follow the link and select both "Clearwater Region" and "Steelhead" surveys.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
California's Lost Salmon
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Thursday, September 16, 2010
A Little Perspective on Huge Sockeye Returns
After a controversial and disappointing return last year, when runs fell short of the preseason forecast by almost 10 million fish the system is seeing one of the best returns of sockeye in recent memory. To date DFO estimates that around 34 million sockeye are returning to the Fraser. Better news yet, the river is relatively cool this year reducing the risk that the fish will experience high prespawn mortality which has plagued the run in recent years. Society and the media tend to have short memories, particularly when it comes biological system and while last years collapse led to calls for reform to fisheries management, salmon farming and forecasting models, this year the otherside is shooting back arguing that the large return means nothing is wrong with the Fraser.
When considering a record return like this, it is important to put it in context. Yes, this large run is encouraging and is worth celebrating. But before we get too ahead of ourselves let us consider a few facts. This run isn't actually that big when compared to historic runsizes. At the beginning to the 20th century the Fraser annually recieved returns ranging from 60-100 million fish meaning this years record return is only about half of historic abundance, if that. The productivity of Fraser Sockeye has been declining steadily since the 1990s. That means for every individual that returns fewer offspring are surviving to adulthood. Some are quick to blame fish farms, others point to climate change. Whatever the cause, and there are likely many, the productivity of a run can only decline so far before they are below replacement and sprial towards extinction. Less productive runs means less abundance for harvest, fewer marine derived nutrients reaching the river systems of the Fraser and less resilience in sockeye populations.
This years banner return is worth celebrating. It means for one more generation, sockeye remain abundant in the Fraser. Still the future remains uncertain and it is essential that we as a public take the long view of salmon populations, demanding action from our governments that will protect the fundemental ecosystem properties which support abundant salmon.
Good perspective on the Fraser in the High Country News:
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Puget Sound Steelhead Continue Freefall
For the second straight year Puget Sound steelhead returns hovered near record lows. Despite excellent returns on the Columbia River and modest improvements in run sizes on the coast, escapement estimates recently released by WDFW show a bleak picture in Puget Sound. Puget Sound steelhead were listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2007 and since that time runs have continued their freefall. While declines are still poorly understood, indications are that poor marine survival is largely driving declines in steelhead abundance. As recently as the 1980s a number of Puget Sound rivers supported "healthy" populations of steelhead. During the 1980's the Skagit routinely saw returns in excess of 10,000 fish. While overharvest and habitat loss have certainly contributed to these declines, habitat conditions during the 1980s were no better than they are at present and in some cases freshwater has recovered dramatically after intensive logging in the 20th century. Last year the estimated escapement on the Skagit was around 4000 fish, well short of the escapement goal of 6700 fish. Last year, every major Puget Sound River fell short of its escapement. The Snohomish system is estimated to have received fewer than 2000 fish, more than 4500 fish short of its escapement goal. The Snohomish has not met its escapement goal since 1994. Equally troubling are dramatic down turns in returns to the Green River which had, until the middle of this decade been faring better than other Puget Sound Rivers. WDFW estimates that last year only 435 fish returned to the Green, its escapment goal is over 2000.
Despite the dire situation, WDFW has taken almost no action other than closing all rivers to fishing February 15th. The department has yet to establish Wild Fish Management Zones promised in the steelhead management plan and hatchery releases into the sound continue to be more or less business as usual, further crowding an already unproductive ecosystem with millions of hatchery reared smolts each spring. With such poor survival, many of WDFW's hatchery programs are utter failures and a state auditors report last year found that on average Puget Sound blackmouth cost nearly $800. Surely there is a better use of these funds? Why not set aside some of the more productive watersheds in the sound for the production of wild fish and seek to limit competition and other ecological interactions between hatchery fish and wild in these systems?
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Labels: marine survival, Puget Sound, Steelhead, WDFW
Monday, September 13, 2010
Powerdale Dam on the Way Out
Powerdale Dam on the Hood River will soon be nothing but a memory. Work began in April and is expected to continue through September demolishing and removing the dam which has been in place since 1923. The Dam, which is currently owned by PacifiCorp sits at river mile 4.3 of the Hood River, home to ESA listed runs of summer and winter steelhead. PacifiCorp operates a number of dams throughout the region including dams on the White Salmon and Klamath which are slated for removal.
More information at the Hood River Soil and Water Conservation District
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Labels: Dam Removal, Hood River, Powerdale Dam
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Big Numbers of Steelhead Returning to Skeena
Steelhead populations on the Skeena River are seeing what appears to be an excellent return this summer and fall. The Tyee test fishery which runs at the mouth of the river during the summer and fall run season has seen exceptionally high numbers of steelhead and to date the run appears to be about 185% of the long term average. While the test fishery is a good indication of the overall runsize, year to year variation in flow conditions can lead to changes in the catch efficiency and low water this year is probably increasing the catch. There is also some evidence that the Tyee test fishery has become more efficient at catching steelhead overtime, leading to overestimations of the run size. Scientists have speculated that this may be due to lower flows on the Skeena, causing steelhead to spend more time staging in the lower river. More information at the Skeena Fisheries Blog:
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Labels: Skeena River, Steelhead, Tyee Test Fishery
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Bakke in the Oregonian
Check out this great editorial in the Oregonian by Bill Bakke who is a long time fish advocate and the Executive Director of the Native Fish Society. In it Bakke eloquently lays out the bioligical, economic and social shortcomings of our hatchery system in terms that non-biologists will find informative and interesting. The piece is particularly timely given NMFS current hatchery reform efforts on the Columbia River system. Read more here:
More information about hatchery reform on the Columbia:
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Elwha Contracts Granted
With the dam removal process on the Elwha River scheduled to start in September 2011, the National Park Service last week granted contracts worth $27 million to do the removal to a Montana company.The Elwha once supported all five species of pacific salmon and was home to some of the largest Chinook in the world, however since 1910 Elwha dam has blocked anadromous access to over 72 miles of habitat since 1910 all but exterminating once abundant wild salmon. Most of the Elwha system is protected within the Olympic National Park and biologists are optimistic that, given time the rivers once abundant salmon will return.
More in the Seattle Times:
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Rome, Sept 10, 2017 (AFP) - At least six people have died in violent rainstorms sweeping across Italy on Sunday, with the Tuscan city of Livorno taking the brunt of the flooding, fire services said. Four people from the same family were found dead in a flooded house in the city, where 40 centimetres (16 inches) of rainfall in four hours transformed streets into rivers and washed away cars. The dead were a little boy, his parents and his grandfather, all found in a basement apartment, local daily Il Tirreno said. The grandfather, who lived on first floor, had managed to rescue a three-year-old girl from the basement but died when he went back to try and save a four-year-old boy, it said. A fifth body was found in an area devastated by landslides, while a sixth was found in a nearby hilltop neighbourhood. A seventh person was killed in a road accident, though it was not yet clear whether it was due to the weather.
Two other people were still believed to be missing, the fire brigade said. "The situation is very difficult, it's critical. The city is on its knees," Livorno mayor Filippo Nogarin said. He said the government had underestimated the danger, issuing a code orange alert for the region rather than red. "We didn't expect this because the alert was orange. Then we woke up to this," he said adding that the death toll "may still rise" and could have been avoided entirely if they had known what was coming. Italy's civil protection service said the code orange alert for Florence was still in place as the storms, which began in northern Italy overnight, swept down the country towards the south. Underpasses were closed in parts of the capital Rome, and seven tube stations were shut due to flooding. "What's happening in Rome right now is unheard of... with a storm unleashing chaos. Once more the city has proved itself to be completely unprepared for rain," said Italian consumer association Codacons. Coldiretti, Italy's main agricultural organisation, said the bad weather was aggravated by coming hard on the heels of a drought which had left the land drier than usual and unable to soak up the rains. Rainfall in Tuscany in particular had been down 57 percent this summer, it said. "The tropicalisation of the climate is causing an increase in extreme weather events, with heat waves, heavy cloud bursts and violent hailstorms which are damaging the national agricultural production," Coldiretti said. It put the cost of the damage at over 14 billion euros ($16.8 billion) in the last 10 years.
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The Zumo™ Learning System makes learning fun and engaging for young children and children with special needs!
The Zumo Learning System combines a 7″ Tablet, Math Games, and a Wireless Smart Toy, named Zumo, to create an engaging and educational experience for children. This accessible tool enables tactile-based interaction using technology kids already enjoy – a tablet. Included with the learning system is a unique set of fun educational play apps for K-3rd graders that uses proven educational techniques to maximize learning. Each app is switch-accessible and fully customizable based on the special needs of each child.
Zyrobotics has done it again: created another great app for young elementary students that makes practicing math facts a little more fun.Smart Apps for Kids,
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Roman is best known for his classes and blog, Massive Voodoo. He also co-authored the miniature artbook, "Figure Art." This internationally recognized German artist is also renowned by many in the hobby for the amazing diorama he created for Slayer Sword in 2013 (VIDEO).
Roman shared some thoughts with us: "My hobby of Miniature Painting became my full-time day job in 2009. Since then, I am following my path of passion, painting mainly display pieces for collectors and teaching miniature painting classes all over the globe. I have taken part in many top tier miniature art competitions all over Europe, proudly winning an assortment of medals, including a few "Best of Shows." I have also been invited to participate on judging teams for several worldwide events, including the NOVA Open's Capital Palette.
"The fuel for my passion to still enjoy this as a daily job is the great numbers of wonderful people I meet during my journeys and the joy of happy painting I find when sitting at my workbench. When I was asked if I would like to paint for the cause of the NOVA Open Charitable Foundation, I did not need a second thought. What is better than to paint and fundraise for a charity like Doctors Without Borders?!"
Roman will be judging the Capital Palette again in 2017, his third year in a row. His classes are often the first to sell out.
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The Entrepreneur Lifestyle
|English: Dennis Crowley in Foursquare's New York office, USA. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Crowley says it's been "super-stressful" on his relationship, too, but Skees, his fiancee, knows this life. They've been together since shortly before Foursquare's founding, and friends describe her as his rock--one that has tamed his out-all-night lifestyle while still supporting his dreams. They're currently planning their October wedding. A friend recently told Crowley that if he could go back in time, he wouldn't have put off having kids to do a startup. And Crowley is well aware of what's become of him: His identity is his company; he is only as mature as it is. "I've thought about it for a while, and to me it's like I've got to close this chapter in my life before I can go on to the next one," Crowley admits over beers in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, one Saturday afternoon, as parents stroll by with baby carriages. Earlier that day, we bumped into Alex Rainert, Foursquare's current head of product (and his Dodgeball cofounder), who was taking his daughter to ballet. "It's like arrested development--when you're stuck in the same place where you were at 26," Crowley continues. "My mind-set is of the person who is still unsure whether they have enough money in their ATM to go to another bar. I lived that way when I was unemployed, when I was a snowboard instructor, and when I was at NYU. A lot of my personality is stuck in those five years, and I don't know if that's ever gonna change."


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New Zealand in Zimbabwe 2016-17
Thumb injury rules Mawoyo out of first Test
Jul 27, 2016: Tino Mawoyo has been ruled out of the first Test against New Zealand due to a right thumb injury he picked up in the warm-up match for the series
Zimbabwe A v South Africa A, 1st unofficial Test, Harare
Gritty Mawoyo, Masvaure bat Zimbabwe A to a draw
Jul 12, 2016: A stubborn batting performance from Zimbabwe A ensured they held their own against a South Africa A attack headlined by Vernon Philander
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare, 3rd day
A birthday present for Rahat Ali
Sep 12, 2013: Plays of the day for the third day of the second Test in Harare
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 2nd Test, Harare, 3rd day
Pakistan claw back with late strikes
Sep 12, 2013: Pakistan's collapse against the second new ball and determined batting from Tino Mawoyo and Hamilton Masakadza put Zimbabwe slightly ahead in the second and final Test
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, 1st Test, Bulawayo
Mawoyo eyes Test return against Pakistan
Sep 1, 2013: Tino Mawoyo, the Zimbabwe opening batsman, has been working toward his return for the Tests against Pakistan after five months out of cricket recovering from groin surgery
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Harare, 2nd day
Apr 26, 2013: Their weakness at the top of the order is obvious but few solutions are forthcoming
Bangladesh in Zimbabwe 2013
Mawoyo patience provides example
Apr 23, 2013: Tino Mawoyo will not play against Bangladesh due to injury but the openers should heed his approach as they look to secure the series 2-0
Zimbabwe A v South Africa A, 3rd match, Harare
Ingram, Kleinveldt pull off tight chase
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Zimbabwe A v Sri Lanka A, 2nd match, Harare
Vitori, Mawoyo star for Zimbabwe A
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New Zealand outlast Brendan Taylor to win thriller
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Zimbabwe v Pakistan, only Test, Bulawayo, 2nd day
Mawoyo and Hafeez provide a study in contrasts
Sep 2, 2011: In cricket, a combination of opposites is usually the most pleasing one and the differences are often best expressed when they come up against each other
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, only Test, Bulawayo, 2nd day
'I perform well under pressure' - Mawoyo
Sep 2, 2011: Tino Mawoyo was not outwardly excited about his unbeaten 163. It was this composure that helped him survive Saeed Ajmal's doosras, which he could not read
Zimbabwe v Pakistan, only Test, Bulawayo, 1st day
Passing the doosra test, barely
Sep 1, 2011: Tino Mawoyo could not read Saeed Ajmal's doosra, from the hand or off the pitch, but managed to survive several of them and steer Zimbabwe through the first day
Pakistan in Zimbabwe 2011
Mawoyo gains from losing weight
Aug 31, 2011: Despite scoring plenty of runs in domestic cricket, Tino Mawoyo's weight kept him out of the national side. Three and a half months after committing to a new fitness plan, Mawoyo is ready to cement his place in the team
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Zimbabwe make progress with small victories
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Injury rules Mawoyo out of World Cup
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KLUANG – Malaysia's effort in helping convicts through rehabilitation process in prison, especially in reducing the rate of recidivists is recognised by the international community, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
He said the rate of recidivists, or people who continued to commit crimes even after being caught and punished, in the country last year was at 8.59 per cent.
"Although we are still not satisfied with this achievement, it is recognised by the international community.
"There are several developed countries where their recidivist rate are more than 50 per cent, meaning convicts who left the prison after going through rehabilitation and punishment continue to commit crimes after that, not in Malaysia, Alhamdulillah," he said.
Ahmad Zahid said efforts would continue to be made to further reduce the recidivist rate by improving existing rehabilitation modules.
He said this when opening the National Prisons and Anti-Drug Day at the Simpang Renggam Prison near here today. – BERNAMA


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A Home Office fast-track visa scheme to attract foreign workers has cost thousands of British IT specialists their jobs, it is claimed.
Entry barriers for skilled IT workers were lowered three years ago at the height of the dotcom boom when companies were desperate for staff. But thousands of non-EU workers are continuing to obtain permits despite a dramatic contraction in the industry since the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
An estimated 100,000 British IT specialists were looking for work last year. At the same time the Home Office issued a record number of work permits in the sector.
It is issuing between 1,500 and 2,000 a month and there are thought to be 50,000 overseas IT workers in the country.
The work permit system has expanded rapidly from 30,000 in the early 1990s to about 130,000 in 2002.
This year David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, has set a target of 175,000 permits. The scheme has become a key part of the Government's programme for curbing asylum seekers through a policy of managed migration.
But IT specialists say that the scheme has succeeded only in putting them out of work. BT, for instance, is employing several hundred software developers from the Indian company Mahindra BT, in which it has a 43 per cent stake.
They are brought to Britain on a sub-contracting basis to maintain BT's systems. The company denies claims that the Indian employees are being paid substantially less than British workers.
It says its policy ensures that the Indian workers gain "excellent experience and a chance to work abroad". Customers benefit from "outsourcing" and the scheme is also good for shareholders.
The Professional Contractors Group, which represents IT specialists, has identified several major companies that it says are abusing the system.
Gurdial Rai represents the group on a Government panel that monitors the operation of the work permit scheme in the IT sector.
He said: "In spite of the very bad market conditions, a record number of permits is being issued - around 20,000 last year. The scheme is being used to bring in cheap labour and the Government is not enforcing the rules."
Under the fast-track system, companies in sectors with a skills shortage can bring in foreign employees without checking whether British workers are available. Season ticket work permits are available for employees who need to work for short periods on a regular basis.
However, the IT sector was removed from the skills shortage list last autumn when it became clear that thousands of British staff were being laid off.
Firms are now meant to advertise for vacancies before seeking work permits. But campaigners claim that many fail to do so or ignore the CVs of British workers who apply.
Others are exploiting an in-house transfer scheme that allows a British-based company to bring in foreign employees from a subsidiary without having to advertise. Few applications are refused and 34,000 IT workers have come to Britain under what campaigners consider to be a loophole.
Mr Rai said: "There is evidence that workers are coming to Britain without company-specific skills. Indeed, they are often trained after arriving - and are replacing contractors and employees resident in Britain."
He added: "While the work permits route provides a source of cheap labour, there will be little incentive for British employers to provide the necessary investment in training. This will have serious long-term consequences for the IT industry. It also means the British taxpayer is subsidising the profits of those companies who are abusing the system."
The scheme is being investigated by the National Audit Office, the Government spending watchdog.
The Conservatives have called on the Government to curb the fast-track visa system to ensure that it is not used to undercut domestic contractors.
Ruth Lea, the policy director of the Institute of Directors, condemned the Government's approach to work permits as "cynical and wrong".
She said: "Permits have exploded in recent years but we are not convinced of the need for large scale immigration to overcome skill shortages that simply does not exist. We must make more use of the people who are unemployed in this country."
The Government says it is trying to "strike the right balance between safeguarding the interests of the resident workforce and enabling British employers to recruit or transfer skilled people from abroad to enable them to compete effectively in an international market".
Lord Filkin, the Home Office minister, told an objector recently: "When an employer makes a work permit application, it is required to sign a declaration which states that resident workers will not be displaced as a result of the company employing a non-resident worker."
• A record 1,833 Indian-trained nurses and midwives have been registered to work in Britain in the past year, figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council show today.
That is almost double the number during the previous year.


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The mass of the neutron star in Vela X-1 and tidally induced non-radial oscillations in GP Vel
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
2 Kildrummy Technologies Ltd, 1 Mill Lane, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0AZ, UK
3 Earth and Space Sciences, School of Applied Sciences, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd CF37 1DL, UK
4 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wales, Cardiff CF24 3YB, UK
5 School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
6 Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218-2686, USA
7 Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek", Kruislaan 403, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Corresponding author: A. J. Norton, email@example.com
Accepted: 20 January 2003
We report new radial velocity observations of GP Vel / HD 77581, the optical companion to the eclipsing X-ray pulsar Vela X-1. Using data spanning more than two complete orbits of the system, we detect evidence for tidally induced non-radial oscillations on the surface of GP Vel, apparent as peaks in the power spectrum of the residuals to the radial velocity curve fit. By removing the effect of these oscillations (to first order) and binning the radial velocities, we have determined the semi-amplitude of the radial velocity curve of GP Vel to be km s-1. Given the accurately measured semi-amplitude of the pulsar's orbit, the mass ratio of the system is . We are able to set upper and lower limits on the masses of the component stars as follows. Assuming GP Vel fills its Roche lobe then the inclination angle of the system, i, is . In this case we obtain the masses of the two stars as for the neutron star and for GP Vel. Conversely, assuming the inclination angle is , the ratio of the radius of GP Vel to the radius of its Roche lobe is and the masses of the two stars are and . A range of solutions between these two sets of limits is also possible, corresponding to other combinations of i and β. In addition, we note that if the zero phase of the radial velocity curve is allowed as a free parameter, rather than constrained by the X-ray ephemeris, a significantly improved fit is obtained with an amplitude of km s-1 and a phase shift of in true anomaly. The apparent shift in the zero phase of the radial velocity curve may indicate the presence of an additional radial velocity component at the orbital period. This may be another manifestation of the tidally induced non-radial oscillations and provides an additional source of uncertainty in the determination of the orbital radial velocity amplitude.
Key words: binaries: close / stars: neutron / stars: individual: Vela X-1 / stars: individual: GP Vel / stars: individual: HD 77581 / stars: fundamental parameters


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by Eric Stashin (aka The Rotoprofessor)
It wasn't a bad day for Jordan Howard, who averaged 4.0 yards per carry (13 carries for 52 yards) and scored a TD. However the story of the backfield was clearly fourth round rookie Tarik Cohen, who stepped in for the injured Josh Bellamy and made a significant impact both running and catching the football:
- Rushing – 5 carries for 66 yards (13.2 YPC)
- Receiving – 8 receptions (on 12 targets) for 47 yards and 1 TD
It's not like the team was facing a significant deficit, so the fact that Howard had 16 touches compared to the 13 for Cohen is extremely interesting and tells us that the rookie could significantly impact the outlook for the "top" running back in Chicago. Of course we can't expect Howard to simply disappear from the game plan himself, coming off a rookie season where he averaged 5.2 yards per carry (1,313 yards). Cohen's rushing numbers were also inflated by one huge run (he had a 46 yard scamper).
Instead this is likely to fall into a committee approach, with Howard handling the bulk of the early down/short yardage work and Cohen being the passing down player. Remember, before you go all in on Cohen he is listed at 5'6" and 181 lbs, making it hard to imagine him being handed a full workload with concerns that he's unable to hold up. Prior to the draft NFL.com gave the perfect description of him and his projected usage:
Cohen uses a bounding, bouncing approach to the line of scrimmage reminiscent of Le'Veon Bell, but he's far less likely to finish downhill and instead looks to break it wide and out-race defenders. He's an electric playmaker who needs touches, but he's too small and unpredictable to handle much of an NFL carry count. Cohen gets easy separation as a receiver out of the backfield or from the slot and he will likely be used as an updated version of Darren Sproles 2.0.
The potential injury to Kevin White does likely open up a bigger role for Cohen and the running game in general, but proceed with caution before simply going all in and thinking he will be a must own option. A great fit for those in PPR formats, he likely will see his role determined more by game flow and should be viewed as a potential FLEX option as a opposed to a RB2 for now.
Sources – ESPN, NFL.com
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text: Sony launch uses Submedia channel By Normandy Madden. Published on November 15, 2004. [Hong Kong] In the competitive world of high-tech cellphone launches, Sony Ericsson is introducing its K700i cellphone in Hong Kong through an innovative media channel in the lobby of four local cinemas. The ads are implanted in Asia's first motion-picture walking displays, developed by Submedia Advertising. The interactive motion displays transfer the U.S.-based company's light-box technology into a walking-speed experience. Images within the back-lit displays appear to move when people walk past them. The content is synchronized with the viewer's eyes, so the images move in either direction to match the viewer's moves. Submedia worked with UA Cinemas and WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia. Douglas Woodring, Submedia's Hong Kong-based CEO, Asia, said, "We now have other clients who are interested to use these displays, in Hong Kong as well as other Asian countries." Most Popular In this article: The World: Ad Age Global News & Data


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The amended proposal was considered by Sub-Committee
E (Law and Institutions) at its meeting on 4 December. The Committee
was content to clear the proposal from scrutiny on the basis of
the statement in your Explanatory Memorandum that the Directive
had been blocked and would not be adopted. The Explanatory Memorandum
also refers to the Framework Decision on the protection of the
environment through criminal law "being adopted at Council
in the near future". It is some time since the Committee
last considered that proposal and we would be grateful if you
could confirm that no material changes have been made since the
text was examined in March 2001. If a new text has to be deposited
for scrutiny we expect it (together with a new Explanatory Memorandum)
to be supplied promptly and in good time so as to permit its full
examination by Parliament.
5 December 2002
I am writing in response to your letter of 5
December regarding the amended proposal for a Directive on the
Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law.
In your letter you asked for confirmation that
there have been no changes to the draft Framework Decision on
the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law since March
2001. I can confirm that there have been no material amendments
made to the text since the Committees last examined it. We expect
that the Framework Decision will be adopted early in the Greek
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New York has officially passed a bill making it easier to prosecute individuals who release "revenge porn," defined by Council-member Rory Lancman as the "leaking intimate images of people without their consent." This new law labels revenge porn as a misdemeanor, that can be punished by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Revenge porn has been known for its difficulty to prosecute, and while speaking on the issue to New York Daily News, Lancman highlighted the importance of this new bill: "Leaking naked pictures of someone without their permission is despicable, but our laws haven't caught up with technology to make 'revenge porn' a crime," he said. "This legislation takes a stand against this disgusting violation of privacy and sends a strong message that this behavior is unacceptable in New York City."
This news comes right after a 14-year-old girl from Ireland decided to sue Facebook, accusing the site of allowing private photos of her to be posted on the platform on several different occasions.
Hopefully more states will follow in New York's footsteps.


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Toy Fair 2008 kicked off today at the Javits Center, in midtown Manhattan, showcasing everything from little ponies, to giant robots, to punk rock-themed board games. I hate to play favorites, but I'd be lying if I said that Lego and Indiana Jones didn't hold a special place in my heart.
I've got a lot more cool stuff to show you from the convention's first day, but I couldn't resist getting up a post about Lego's new line of Indiana Jones playsets ASAP. The sets follow our hero through the original trilogy and onto to this year's long-awaited Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The sets from the classic films are available now. The ones that tie in with the forthcoming installment will drop closer to the movie's release date, which is set to hit theaters in May.
More images and a video, after the jump, and stay tuned, because there's plenty more Toy Fair coverage to come on Gearlog, including lots more from the awesome Lego booth.


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A goodly amount of crap has happened in the Flashlight household since the end of last year. A lot of time, I've just been paralyzed by the drama. Now that it seems to be (mostly) resolved, I may be able to write coherently about it.
Back when I was in the hospital in November/December, one of the things they told me was that they "caught sight of something in my lung" when they did the scan of my abdomen. "Probably nothing," they said. "We'll check it again in four months." Cue me, worrying. Because we've certainly been told "probably nothing" about other issues that have turned out to be Something.
Also, when the IV pole fell on me, it caused a deep muscle bruise on my left shoulder. I'm left-handed, and I carry the kids in my left arm. No strain there. I also managed to catch my foot trying to step over a baby gate, and fell… onto that arm. "Probably a torn rotator cuff. Probably needs physical therapy."
During the winter break, we finally got notification that we could get some other "out of school" help/therapy for the J-man, because for a while now, home time has been difficult. Number of therapy visits are dependent on my health insurance.
Then, in the beginning of January, my team at TCTSNBN was informed that layoffs were coming. We got 2 weeks to stress about whether we were chosen, and then those who were chosen were told. I was one of the chosen. No stress there, right? I mean, I'm just the primary breadwinner AND the holder of health insurance. Not like I could need either of those things!
TCTSNBN, in their infinite wisdom of this round of layoffs (and this round for my team involved THIRTY PERCENT of our US based employees), gave us 60 days on payroll to find another job within the company – or without the company, but 60 days either way before severance kicked in. The severance package was also pretty good, but GAH – health insurance!
I immediately sent individual emails to everyone I'd ever worked for within the company – or even people I peripherally worked for. I readied my resume over that first weekend, and eventually applied for 48 different jobs within the company. I had some immediate rejections (always good when a script tells you "Not Qualified") but also a good number of "Resume Forwarded to Hiring Manager" replies. One of those jobs was one I probably wouldn't have applied for because I didn't really meet the written qualifications, but one of my contacts had sent my resume to the hiring manager, who asked me to apply.
There followed a round of interviews – many of which stopped after the first question of "Why do you want to relocate to random-very-cold-Midwest-city?" – and an interview with the hiring manager who had asked me to apply. THAT one went very well, and at times I felt like I was interviewing the manager instead of the other way around. I felt pretty confident, but it was OVER A MONTH after that interview before I got an official offer letter… and only 6 days before I would have gone off-payroll. Whew!
I started physical therapy 2 weeks ago, because my shoulder had gotten so bad that I couldn't take a deep breath without wincing. The J-man's getting 12 hours a week of developmental therapy, at our home, and the lady is awesome with a side of awesomesauce. I had my 4-month follow-up CT scan, and the place in my lung is actually getting smaller.
Included in the results was the comment that the bilateral atelectasis (essentially, it means I couldn't take a deep breath, probably from the pain) noted before was now resolved.
Resolved indeed. Deep breath in. Deep breath out.