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Kids Talk to Debbie
Kids here is your chance to write to Debbie where Debbie and everyone else can read it!
Press the "Post Your Message" button below. A new page will open with a form where you can post your message to Debbie. Inappropriate language will be deleted or blocked. She will answer you on "Debbie Talks."
"debbie hi why dident you write me. I asked you if you lived in las vegas here.what kind of book store can I go to to buy your books.can you make a book about you for kids. like about you your life how did you start writing books and like that about you and nathan and books. p.s.well I gotta get going take care,vivian the great."
" Thanks! I'm so glad you can answer some questions! * I know I could have found some of the answers on biographies, but we had to do an "live" interview, so some are just repeats :] 1. How did you and Mrs. Jones meet? 2. What city and state does she live in? 3. Do you know any childhood struggles she had? 4. How do you two come up with ideas for the books? 5. How often do you two meet up to write books? 6. Who are some authors that you two looked up to when you were young? 7. What keeps you two attached to writing? What makes reading and writing so fun? Thanks for your time! This will help greatly for my report! :]"
" Dear Debbie Dadey: I love your book called Aliens Don't Wear Braces. And I want to read all your books, and I also love the cover of Dracula doesn't rock and roll. Sincerely, Colin."
" Debbie i luv u u rock!"
" awwww littel kids wiritng to debie that is so cute hehe seriosuly u rock debbie u are so lucky to have this much fansss"
"dEAR DEBBIE I already read lots of books of urs i want to read everone of ur book can u write a book about tennage girls turning into bad girls well thats how my sis is so please i want u to write a book and the title should be teenage girl please i want my sista to improve socan u like write how teenage girls feel about there life iwanna know wehat is happening wid her sio please thanu i luv u bie oie "
"Hey Debbie what inspired you to right these books"
" dear debbie i see u deleted the email addres amyway how are u??????? Note to Nikki from the Webmaster: For safety reasons no personal information is allowed to be posted by readers on this website. The Webmaster deletes it. But ... Debbie Dadey does answer questions on "Debbie Talks to Kids!" "
" debbie thanks for writting. this time when you write to me ask me a question. and answer this. do you live in las vegas.wher do you live. so please answer and ask me thos two things thank you. well I gotta get reading so by by. to debbie the funny book writer. p.s. I love your books."
" and dark purple jeans for the fairy. oh and a short sleeve girlscout vest. and the fairy's name is Cleo. Now the devil insted of a hockey stick have a pitch fork. and little horns and a devil tail. And a red halo. and his name is Mr.Red... Write Back!"
"Dear, Debbie Dadey & Marica Thorton. My name is Riley. My Friend is Kendra. We love Your Books! I have 3 ideas for books for you to write. Like The Devil Doesen't Play Hockey, Princesses Don't play tennis, and Fairies Don't Do GirlScouts. I'm 8 years old and a big fan...so is Kendra. For the fairy light purple hair in curls and for the length of the hair is medium. now the shirt long sleeves and on the shirt a pitchure of a fairy on it. and "
"dear debbie u rock like i told ya please send message to (e-mail address removed)just that is my dad email addres and i want u to send how u go the ideas and those stuff and u can write to nikki and u can tell me about u and also one more thing u rock. Note to Nikki from Webmaster: Personal information, such as e-mail addresses, are not allowed. But Debbie Dadey answers questions she receives here on the "Debbie Talks to Kids" page - she likes to communicate with her readers. Be sure to look there!"
" I love your books sooooooooooo much. I almost read every single one ! I hope you write back to me."
" oh my god i wonder why people dont come here anyways i love u debbie hehehhehehhe anyways evry1 heure hello and thanky uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
" dear author i am nikki i live in canada(ontario)and i love u and ur books i just love howie,melody and liza i am reading wizards dont need computer heheh i love ur books and i was thinking if u can come in canada (ontARIO) cause i love u and ur books and i want to here abt how u got this all ideas i study in school anyways thanku for writing books it rocks!!!!!!!(L)u bie from ur #1 fan nikki"
" Could you please send me your mailing address. You are my favorite author and we are learning how to write to various authors. Thanks so much, Michelle"
" I have not read one of your books but,I'm setting a goal to."
"Did you try the fried pickles yet? Guess what, I'm going on vacation where I can go sleding, drink hot choclate and eat fried pickles, and do my favorite thing SNOWBOARDING!!! You should try that. I know your kids do it, but I think you should try too. Ya know I haven't read "Giants Don't Go Snowbaording" yet, I'm going to have to read it soon. I like to write and I have read your pages on it, do you know if Scholastic excepts storys from teens??? If you know of some publishers to do would you please let me know. I haven't completed any books as of yet but I'm trying. I have about 7 books started, lol, you think I could finish one. Well I have to go, but you can bet I'll be back on again soon. Your Fan, Courtney"
" hi debbie. thank you for sending me messages and sending me your e mail address Im going to write to you in your e mail adress. your pretty I printed a pictur of you and I have it hanged up in my room.if I send you a message in your e mail adress can you answer it please but if your going to answer it I have to give you my e mail adress but when I do please answer it . the nick last name you put me vivian the great thank you I love that nick last name. your great too. your debbie the funny book writer. when you write to me can you please put vivian the great.when I give you my e mail adress when I have it Ill send you a pictur of me so you can know what I look like. love vivian the great. p.s. I dont know if that is your e mail adress or not but Ill go to it."
"I am doing a book report on Ogres Don't Hunt Easter Eggs. If I send a copy of my letter to you, I will get extra credit. :-) Can I get your mailing address? I LOVE YOUR BOOKS! Veronica"
"Me again, I had another question. What is the exact day in Feb that Leprechauns Don't Play Basketball was first printed? Thanks for your time!"
" i love your books! My favorite one is wizards dont need computers. "
" Hi Debbie my name is Lola and I love your chapter books. Please write a story about a girl and her dogs. p.s. I love my dogs"
" what is your favorite book that you have writtin"
" Hey we have a Wii too, I play the yoga and do running on the WiiFit. I decided to make a new person on the Wii, his name is Eddie...sounds fimiler...wonder why. Lol. He actualy looks like him. Maybe late I'll make the rest of the gang...even Carey. Mrs. Jeepers would be kind of fun too, exept theres no brooch...bummer. But I can make glowing green eyes! Okay well I just thought I would clue you in, hope your having fun on your Wii. Do you do Island run? Its the longest run you can do on it. I enjoy doing that. If you ever do it let me know, and tell me what you burn rate it. I think my heighest is 116. Well got to go, bye!"
"Hi Debbie, I LOVED your books as a child, and was recently reminded of "Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots" when I walked into my English class last week to discover that the Professor bares an uncanny resemblance to Mrs. Jeepers! I hope this isn't an omen that this semseter will, well... "s" word. (Keeping it PC for the kids!) Anyway, glad to see that there is a new generation of kids out there who can appreciate the many adventures of the Bailey school kids as much as I did. Cheers"
"hello i like toread the baily school kids my favoritebook is the brie of frankeinstein doesn't bake cookies "
"Ladies, I compliment you on your wonderful books. My son came home with "Werewolves Don't Run For President" from the school library and tonight my second grader said he had to return it to the library tomorrow. So after I put them to sleep by page 50, I thought, " I've just got to know how this book ends. So whether or not they keep the book another day and they find out the ending, I've just got to know for myself, what is the deal with Mr. Youngblood." So I stayed right there in my director's chair and finished the last 30 pages with satisfaction. Then I was pleasantly suprised to read that the authors were from my town, here in Lexington, Ky. After searching on Marcia's website for an extended period of time and having no luck to leaving a message, I finally found relief in finding your talk site. I just want to say, congratulations on your successful books and my children and I will be continuing to read them in the years to come. I've always wanted to publish a book. Who knows, maybe I'll get out my old rough drafts and continue to type them up to send to publishers. Thanks to your website, I'm re-inspired!"
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaahhh im screaming i cant anymore i need your ataghraph please text me back please. by by"
" Hey question...Why does Carey like Eddie??? Is it because he hates her or something? Oh and I thought of a weird title idea something doesn't eat fried pickles. Or Angels don't like Eddie, which they really shouldn't, cause Eddie is kind of a monster. Which kind of makes to title funny."
" Bailey School kids rule!"
" Hi Debbie! Thanks for the contest thumbs-up! Writing is well, finished a fantasy book for kids, and Random Hosue has expressed some interest in it. "
" Hey, they are dill pickels...not those sweet ones. They also need to be the sandwhich pickles...like the round ones. We use Vlasic pickles. Okay I'll be on the look out for the play next year then. Got to go just got a shipment of Bailey School Kids books...lol. Bye!"
"Oops, my email is (deleted by the Webmaster - sorry, no personal information is allowed. You can snail-mail the author via the publisher or ask your questions here and she will answer on "Debbie Talks to Kids"). Thanks for taking your time to read this! "
" Hi, I want to begin by saying I love how you and Mrs. Jones wrote the Bailey School Kids Series. I have loved them ever since I picked one of the books (I don't recall which one). I know this probably won't happen, but I'm doing an English project that requires you to pick one person that greatly influenced you and write about it. I wanted to ask if you can ask Mrs. Jones to answer a few questions over email, or even you can answer it since you are one of the authors. If you can, I would GREATLY appreciate that. But don't worry if you can't, I'm sure there's lots of other fans out there who know a lot about you guys. "
" hi debbie you know the 2009 letter you sent to kids at the end you put my name vivian that yes you can come to my school but you know ther can be a diffrent girl named vivian so next time you send me a text message can you please put my name vivian (deleted last name) becase my last name is (deleted last name) so i can make share its me. anyway when i sall that you can come to my school and i sall my name i was SO exited becase i love your books and im a big fan of yours and i love reading books. mabey i can send you a pictur of me and you can send me a pictur of you. thank you for writting back to me that you can go to my school. you rock. sincerly vivian (deleted last name) your number 1 fhan. ps. i dont know if i spelled fhan writ but it dosent matter and i love your books. NOTE to Vivian from Webmaster: We do not allow last names of students to be published on this website; we must delete them. It is for your own safety. We suggest writing to Debbie Dadey via snail-mail through her publisher for direct contact."
" Hi Debbie Dadey my name is Sara. I just wanted to tell you that you're one of my favorite arthors in the world!I can't stop reading The Baily School Kids Series!Also last year you came to talk with the classes in my school. And I was in the fourth grade,I bought two books for you to sign,they were:Seamonsters Don't Ride Motercycles'and Mermaids Don't Run Track.I still have them even know I finished them last year.I read them over and over.Thancks for everything and most importenly being my favorite/hero arthor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Sara "
"I want you to know how much I love your books. I read your books all the time. do you believe in bigfoot? how do you know so much about monsters? my favorite book was leprechauns don't play basketball. got to go bye! "
" Just in case you want to make them the recipe is below: 1 cup flour 1/4 cup cornstarch 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup ice cold water 1 egg yolk 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice After mixing these together cover it and let them sit for 30 min in fridge. When ready just fry them in at least 2 inches of oil. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Oil temp should be 375. Hope that if you make them you enjoy them!"
" Me again! Wow soon you'll be sick of hearing from me, and I do have a life I promise!!! Anyway one more question. I read there was going to be a play.. which book is it on, and do you know where it is going? Because I would love to see it. Still Eddie's Number One Fan, Courtney p.s.I'm a lot lie Eddie, that's why he has always been my favorite."
" A fried pickle is just a pickle dipped into a certain batter (not sure what my mom uses) and then fried in a deep frier, I highly recomend them!!"
" hi debbie i love your books"
" Hi Deb, Just wondering if your editor had said anything about my idea for a book about Bridget Butt in 4th Grade? Brenton"
" reply please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! p.s.do not change"
" Hi Debbie whats up i love your books your awsome i love your books exspesaley the one with new lunchlady!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
" i luv the bailey school kids books they're so awsome!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Me again, I just thought of another question...do think you will ever make some of these into movies or like 30 min episodes and stuff? Oh and if you ever do figure out what Mrs.Jeepers said to Eddie, please let me know. And will any new books written have to old covers on them? I don't think I asked that in my last post. Well got to go eat more Fried Pickles...bye!"
" hi debbie i read all the email;s that the kids wrote to you and ther very intristed in your books me too. can you come to my school please pretty please thank you. i wish you gave me your otergraph in my book that i boght that you wrote. i love your books sincerly vivian"
"Are you there? Talk, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Status: Former ONE Athlete
As a child, former ONE Women's Atomweight World Title challenger Jenny Huang was actively involved in sports, and was a keen basketball and volleyball player. Drawn to martial arts, Huang took up taekwondo at the age of 8, but was forced to withdraw a few months later in order to focus on her studies.
That was not the end of her martial arts journey though, because Huang later started training in judo at the age of 12, and earned her black belt just four years later. She went on to graduate from Taipei Physical Education College majoring in Health, and inevitably began training in other disciplines to quench her thirst for competition.
In 2015, Huang made a successful professional cage debut, and caught the attention of ONE Championship. Since joining the promotion, Huang has registered many spectacular stoppage wins. This includes a Submission of the Year 2016 victory via gogoplata, which earned her a shot at Angela Lee's world title in 2017. Seeing her repeated success in the cage, Huang finally started earning the respect and approval of her parents, who always wanted her to take a regular job.

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Hibs defender Paul Hanlon faces fitness race for cup final
Paul Hanlon has emerged as a major injury concern ahead of Hibs' League Cup final clash against Ross County after the defender left Dumbarton on crutches and with his right knee in a brace.
Hanlon was left hobbling in the first half after he clashed with former Hearts striker Christian Nade, scorer of Dumbarton's second goal in their 3-2 win. However, it is understood the injury which is causing worry occurred in a separate incident.
It resulted in the 26-year-old being replaced by Liam Fontaine for the final 28 minutes of the match and, at the final whistle, he was seen being carried by his fellow defender and Kevin Thomson from the dugouts on the opposite side of the pitch to the dressing-room.
As such, Hanlon will be ruled out of tomorrow's Championship match against Queen of the South in Dumfries and, while he is one of three Hibs players suspended for Sunday's Scottish Cup quarter-final with Inverness Caley, head coach Alan Stubbs will be hoping such a key figure can recover in time for the Hampden outing the following week.
Stubbs said: "We're not too sure. Paul had an impact on his thigh but we do not know if the swelling is coming from his thigh into his knee or whether it's his knee.
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"We'll have to see how it settles down and assess it. If it is swelling in the knee we will have to assess it further and get a scan to see the extent of the injury."
Striker Anthony Stokes was a shock absentee at Dumbarton where Hibs went three goals down – Kevin Cawley, Nade and Darren Barr scoring for the home side – before mounting a stirring fightback with strikes from Liam Henderson and Farid El Alagui only to suffer a second successive defeat which leaves their title hopes all but gone with leaders Rangers now 11 points clear.
But Stubbs expects both Stokes and club captain David Gray – who also missed out at the weekend – to be back in contention, revealing they'd both been floored by the bug which saw Martin Boyle sit out the visit of Morton last week.
He said: "We've had a couple not well. There's a little bit of a bug around. Martin had it, Anthony and David now have it but the indications are they will be training today and hopefully everyone will be okay for tomorrow.
"It's that time of year. We've had a strange old winter and there seems to be a bug flying around."


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'Game of Thrones': Everything We Know About Season 7
Details about Game of Thrones Season 7 are surfacing, giving us a solid picture of what the final seasons of the HBO series will look like. Season 6 closed out with a collection of story threads in precarious places. Daenerys is sailing to Westeros, Jon is the new King in the North, Cersei now sits on the Iron Throne, and the White Walkers are poised for an invasion of their own.
What's going to happen once Season 7 kicks off? We have a pretty good idea, at least on a tertiary level, so let's jump in and break it all down, shall we?
1. Winter delayed Season 7's premiere date to July
Typically, Game of Thrones premieres in April of each year. 2017 will buck this trend, thanks to one simple fact: Winter is here. As said by showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, "We're starting a bit later because at the end of this season, 'Winter is here,' and that means that sunny weather doesn't really serve our purposes any more."
HBO has officially confirmed that the season will kick off on July 16.
2. We'll be getting a much shorter season
Breaking from tradition seems to be a developing trend for Game of Thrones. Season 6 was the first time the show has ever outstripped the source novels and Season 7 will debut later in the year than any past season.
The icing on the cake: The new season will only run seven episodes long. The plan from HBO is to drag the series out as long as possible, but Benioff and Weiss have no intention of extending Game of Thrones past its expiration date. This makes two more 10-episode seasons a little excessive.
The middle ground they seem to have arrived at is for 13 more episodes divided over two seasons.
3. What happens when it's all over?
Hollywood is nothing if not insistent on keeping popular franchises alive indefinitely. So what's the plan for HBO when their cash cow wraps up? The showrunners have indicated that they're done with Game of Thrones after Season 8.
That does leave one option open though: a prequel series. George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire universe is expansive, and the time period we've seen is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the story. This makes a prequel series a huge possibility for HBO, whose own programming has struggled outside of Game of Thrones lately.
4. Who's coming back in Season 7?
When it comes to figuring out the cast for each season, we're helped by news of each actor's contract with the network. As of now, Emilia Clarke (Daenerys), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), and Lena Headey (Cersei) are signed on for Season 7. In addition, Joe Dempsie (Gendry) and Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont) were spotted in Belfast, Northern Ireland where Season 7 is filming.
This should probably come as little surprise, since we saw each of these main characters alive in the Season 6 finale, but it's worth noting nonetheless. Each actor also has a contract option for Season 8, leaving the door open for an untimely character death.
5. Lady Stoneheart
There are plenty of differences between George R.R. Martin's novels and HBO's Game of Thrones. Still, the change that's really had book readers in a frenzy has involved the character of Lady Stoneheart. In the books, Catelyn Stark is brought back from the dead by Beric Dondarrion, and subsequently goes on a revenge tour of Westeros alongside the Brotherhood Without Banners.
Still bearing the scars of her death and pale, almost brittle skin, she mercilessly kills anyone even remotely associated with the Lannisters, Boltons, and Freys. At one point, she even hangs Brienne and Podrick, accusing them of betraying her by associating with Jaime Lannister.
As of now, there are no plans to bring Lady Stoneheart into the fold, despite her rich story in the books. Director Mark Mylod attests to as much, claiming, "I can honestly say, hand over heart, that I have not had one discussion about Lady Stoneheart." That certainly doesn't rule her coming back sometime later on down the line, but for the time being, it looks like Faceless Arya will be the go-to vessel for Stark-related vengeance.
6. Euron Greyjoy will be making trouble in Season 7
As a rumor not technically from an official source, take this with a grain of salt, but according to Watchers on the Wall, Euron Greyjoy and the newly-crowned Queen Cersei will be teaming up in Season 7. They also cite rumors of a scene being filmed that shows Euron engaging in a sea battle with Theon and Yara, eventually capturing one of them. Their report digs into some other pretty massive spoilers that you can read here, most significantly one concerning Euron going toe-to-toe with one of the Sand Snakes.
7. Why the shorter episode order is actually a good thing
We have many of the basic logistics for Season 7 in hand now, it will be debuting in July and run for just seven episodes. That said, there's one, huge reason why this is actually a good thing: According to a recent interview with Iain Glen, "they are taking the length of time it takes to shoot ten episodes to shoot just seven this year."
That means all the time and effort expended for a full season is being poured into the shorter run, leaving the showrunners, writers, and cast more time to focus on producing the best possible product.
8. A rumored leak of the entire season appeared on Reddit
HBO has been the victim of an early leak before, making a recent one appearing on Reddit that much more unsettling. The Reddit user who originally posted the leak lays out the entirety of Season 7's story, down to specific details that have since proven to be true based on new set photos.
The caveat: We still have no idea who this person is, how they possibly could have come into an entire season's worth of information, and whether or not they're simply making it all up. You can read about the leak in detail here, but if you're asking us, it doesn't seem likely that this leak is at all legit.
9. The long-awaited return of a certain bastard …
With the glut of characters on Game of Thrones, it's easy to forget the ones that quietly slipped away during the series' early run. Enter Gendry, the bastard son of the late King Robert Baratheon, last seen rowing away from Dragonstone. His fate since then has been left entirely up in the air, although that may all change in Season 7.
According to Watchers on the Wall, the actor who plays Gendry, Joe Dempsie, was recently spotted at the Belfast airport, right around the same time Game of Thrones was filming in the city. It could be a coincidence, but that doesn't seem likely given the convenient timing of his arrival.
10. More large-scale battle scenes
This information also comes to us courtesy of Watchers on the Wall, reporting on the filming of an alleged sea battle between the two warring sides of the Greyjoy family. Another rumor points to Daenerys Targaryen leading her Unsullied and Dothraki against Euron Greyjoy, hinting at a season of big budget battles for Game of Thrones.
11. The Season 7 finale will be the longest episode in Game of Thrones history
After it was announced that the Season 7 premiere would run almost an hour, many fans jumped to the conclusion that all the subsequent episodes would also run longer than usual. As Entertainment Weekly aptly pointed out though, "three GoT premieres have been slightly longer than this one, and three have been slightly shorter, making the season 7 premiere's running time perfectly normal."
That said, a handful of other episodes will run well over an hour, highlighted by a massive 81-minute finale to close out the shortened season. The rest of the episode lengths, as reported by Watchers on the Wall:
- Episode 1: 59 minutes
- Episode 2: 59 minutes
- Episode 3: 63 minutes
- Episode 4: 50 minutes
- Episode 5: 59 minutes
- Episode 6: 71 minutes
- Episode 7: 81 minutes
12. A massive spoiler concerning Jon Snow's real name
A Redditor who purports to have access to an early issue of Empire magazine dropped a bombshell on the fandom recently, posting an excerpt revealing the true name of Jon Snow. If anyone doesn't want to be spoiled, now's your chance to leave!
All clear? Great! According to the excerpt, Bran apparently knows from his psychic visions that Jon's real name is in fact Jaehaerys Targaryen, the namesake of a great and wise Targaryen king of old.
Stay tuned for more information as it releases!
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About Dr. S. Sayegh
Dr. Sayegh is particularly interested in providing a friendly and relaxed atmosphere where patients have easy and immediate access to an environment with the highest quality of eye care.
Dr. Sayegh, a Board Certified Ophthalmologist, received his medical and surgical training at the University of Michigan Medical School and surgical specialty training at Barnes Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis. These institutions have consistently been ranked amongst the top medical institutions in the country. Dr. Sayegh graduated cum laude and received the prestigious National EYE Institute ARVO award in a competition involving over 600 applicants. He was also a fellow at the National Science Foundation Center for Ultrafast Optical Sciences where he lead a team developing applications of ultrafast lasers to eye surgery and leading to one of today's most sophisticated laser eye surgery systems. Dr. Sayegh also completed both medical and surgical retina fellowships, also in St Louis.
Dr. Sayegh practices comprehensive ophthalmology, cataract, refractive and retinal surgery and prides himself in taking care of all the needs of his patients from eye glasses to eye surgery. He specializes in no-stitch, no-shot, no-patch cataract microsurgery, laser vision correction and retinal disease and surgery. He is on the active staff of a number of hospitals throughout Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.
In addition to his clinical and surgical work, Dr. Sayegh has been actively involved in teaching and research as a tenured professor and scientist. He played a leading role and continues to investigate developments of the femtosecond laser applications to eye surgery. His team was represented at the Council on Competitiveness where the 20 most innovative projects in the nation were presented at MIT at a conference presided over by the vice-president of the United States. More recently The Nobel Prize in Physics (2018) was awarded to friend and collaborator Gérard Mourou for related work.
Dr. Sayegh has also done some of the leading work on the choice of intraocular lenses for cataract surgery following refractive surgery. He and his team continue to develop UniversIOL, arguably the most sophisticated environment for judicious selection of Intra-Ocular lenses at the time of cataract surgery.
His current research also involves new methods of treatment of macular degeneration. He frequently presents his work at national and international meetings and has published consistently key papers on the national and international scene. He has several active projects related to eye care and eye surgery in collaboration with other professors and surgeons. Dr. Sayegh takes pride in his multiple achievements, but most importantly in the daily care he brings to his patients.


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In this episode of Rocket Talk, Justin is joined by world famous and Hugo nominated Book Smugglers, also know as Ana Grilo and Thea James. They talk about the history of their blog and their new venture, Book Smugglers Publishing. The chat extends into a protracted discussion about the stories they'll be publishing, as well as Ann Leckie's newest novel, Ancillary Sword. It's Smuggleriffic.
Ana is a Brazilian expat in the United Kingdom, who works in translation by day. Thea lives in New York and works in publishing. By their powers combined, they are the Hugo Nominated Book Smugglers. They can be found blogging on their tremendously popular site, writing for Kirkus, or, most recently, editing and publishing short stories, the first of which are "Hunting Monsters" by SL Huang and "In Her Head, In Her Eyes" by Yukimi Ogawa.
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Believe it or not, there are 110 separate categories at the Primetime Emmy Awards, and watching the main award show only gives you a fraction of them. The bulk of the awards — for everything from editing and cinematography to theme-music and commercials — get presented at the Creative Arts Emmys the week prior. But since so much of what we love about television today is not just the acting and the writing but the little things like Marcia Clark's wigs on The People v. O.J. Simpson or the songs on Empire. Below are a handful of the down-ballot nominations we'll be most interested in when the Creative Arts Emmys roll around on September 10th.
'Marvel's Jessica Jones' for Outstanding Main Title Design
While the Emmys were awfully friendly to streaming shows like House of Cards, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Transparent, not all streaming series were so fortunate in the big categories. And so Outstanding Main Title Design has become a kind of battleground for shows like Narcos, The Man in the High Castle, and Jessica Jones to grab at least some gold. (They're also up against The Night Manager and Vinyl.)
But it's the Jessica Jones credits that stand out from the pack, feeling like a short-film pulled straight from the pages of a moody comic book, setting up the noir-detective premise before breaking things out into a damaged guitar crescendo. Perfect preparation for a dive into Jessica's psyche.
'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend deserved a whole lot more than it got from the Emmys, but at the very least it was able to hog all the songwriting nominations, right? Because there were at least five songs from this season that stood head and shoulders above anything else on TV … right?
Alas, Emmy rules state that the same writing team can't submit for more than one nomination, and since all the Crazy Ex-G songs were written by Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom, and Jack Dolgen, that meant just one lonely nod in the Original Music category. The song they went with was Greg's sweet romantic pastiche "Settle for Me," probably a smart choice for older-leaning Emmy voters.
'Lemonade' for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special
If there was an award for strangest mish-mash of TV programs in one category, it would have to be this one. Beyoncé is up against Chris Rock (for directing the Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo special), Oscars telecast director Louis J. Horvitz, and the directing teams from the Kennedy Center Honors, Adele's NBC special, and Grease: Live!
We're rooting for Beyoncé not only because Lemonade was a transformative longform music video — and appointment viewing on a SATURDAY of all things — but also because it would be amazing to have Beyoncé show up at the Creative Arts Emmys to accept her trophy. (She probably won't, but still.)
'Key & Peele' for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Cam Series or Special
Sometimes, it can be east to skim the Emmy ballot and miss out on what it was about the particular submitted episodes that made them so nominatable. But for Key & Peele's "Y'All Ready for This," it was easy to remember what made it such a shoo-in for the Hairstyling category. Peele's afro hat with a brim? Whatever the hell is going on with Key's facial hair? The hairstyling department went all Hayden Panetierre on this hair(y), and we're all the better for it.
Laurie Metcalf ('Horace & Pete') for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama
Laurie Metcalf was nominated for THREE acting Emmys this year. That's an insane accomplishment. And the craziest thing is that they're all deserved. She continues to be a bright spot on The Big Bang Theory (long after Jim Parsons' nominations have dried up), she was finally recognized for her lead work on HBO's undervalued Getting On, and with this nomination, she even managed to put louisck.net on the Emmys map. Bow down.


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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 30, 1886 A full page has 5 prints of: "Puffin-Catching Off the Irish Coast"; small print of Commodore Gherardi, U.S.N."; halfpg: "The Slater Memorial Building at Norwich, Connecticut"; one-quarter page cartoonish print: "Baseball at Crowtown".
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My local area is nice.There are lots of trendy shops,restaurants and schools nearby. It only takes me five minutes to walk to shops.But my school is far away.However lots of my friends live nearby, so I can meet them easily.There are lots of parks, where children can relax and have a good time.
I like my neighbourhood, but it would be good if there was less pollution.Also I would like it if there was a cinema or a bowling alley nearby.I thimk that planting some trees would be a good idea too.
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This fall, the Ming Hsieh Institute (MHI) in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering announced the selection of five outstanding Ph.D. students as 2011- 2012 MHI Ph.D. Scholars:
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Advisor: Prof. Michelle Povinelli
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The MHI Ph.D. Scholars were selected after a two-phase process conducted by faculty committee, composed this year of Prof. Mike Chen, Prof. Steve Cronin, Prof. Alex Dimakis, Prof. Rahul Jain and Prof. Krishna Nayak. After an initial phase in which faculty-submitted nominations were screened by the committee, the second phase consisted of a public talk competition in which seven finalists gave short talks about their research. The five students were then selected on the basis of their research accomplishment, promise and desire for an academic career beyond the Ph.D. They will each receive a stipend of $2,000. To help them in their career development, the MHI Ph.D. Scholars will also receive additional faculty mentorship and financial support for travel to other institutions, to help expand their horizons and give talks that enable them to gain visibility and receive feedback on their work. The MHI Ph.D. Scholars will be key members of the Ming Hsieh Institute and gain valuable experience by playing leadership roles in various activities and events organized by the Institute this year.
MHI was launched in July 2010 with a goal to position the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering at the forefront of electrical engineering, specifically in the development of intelligent technologies to empower mankind. The Institute is dedicated to defining the future of electrical engineering through positive impact, creativity and invention. In addition, MHI is focused on creating a vibrant intellectual environment at USC while bringing student and faculty researchers together to engage in the development of new ideas. In its first year MHI brought students and faculty together through department events and the MHI Scholars Program, which will be continued long-term. Along with these events, MHI sponsors other activities including cross-cutting and ground-breaking research. MHI's Director is Professor Shrikanth Narayanan, Andrew J. Viterbi Professor of Engineering. Its Co-Directors are Associate Professors Hossein Hashemi and Bhaskar Krishnamachari, both Ming Hsieh Faculty Fellows in Electrical Engineering. To learn more about MHI, please visit http://mhi.usc.edu.


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California West Ventures II LLC, which includes Carlsbad-based homebuilder California West Communities, has purchased 41 residential lots in Rancho Santa Fe, for $10.25 million.
The single-family, custom home sites are in the master planned community of Cielo, according to a statement from Colliers International, which represented the buyer and seller, Rancho Cielo Estates LLC.
The purchased lots range in size from 9,300 to 23,900 square feet. The Cielo community is on the north side of Del Dios Highway at Calle Ambiente.
The private, gated community includes 1,740 acres with 528 homes and 60 percent open space. It is served by an adjacent 50,000-square-foot commercial center known as Cielo Village.
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Yonghwa releases Japanese short PV and tracklist for "One Fine Day"
On February 6th, Warner Music Japan uploaded the Japanese PV [Short Version] for Yonghwa's solo debut track "One Fine Day" and released information for a mini live performance for Japanese fans.
The new PV introduces Yonghwa's solo track in a different way, showing the opening scenes in full screen rather than the cropped scene found in the Korean version's music video. In addition, fans will notice that the soloist is dressed in a crisp white suit in this PV deviating from the black chic suit of the original music video.
Warner Music Japan also announced in the video description that fans who purchase the upcoming Japanese version of One Fine Day will be able to find more details on how to enter a drawing for a mini live event with Yonghwa. These live events will be held on March 13th in Osaka (for 100 fans) and March 27th in Tokyo (for 100 fans) with 200 lucky fans in total. Locations for these events have yet to be announced and details can be found in the Japanese version of the album.
One Fine Day's Japanese version will include the Japanese version of the title track instead of the Korean version in addition to his 10 original Korean tracks and collaborations.
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Brownells has released new Glock slides which have the length of Glock 17 slide but are designed to fit Glock 19 frames. By installing these slides on your G19 pistol you will get a full-size pistol length slide with the compact grip.
These new slides have enlarged dust cover portion to fit the shorter Glock 19 frames. The dust cover also has a hole cut under it to make the front sight installation easier. The slides come either in uncut or windowed configuration. The latter features a cutout on top of the slide as shown in the images. There are also front serrations on the slides. The new Brownells slides come either with standard iron sight cuts or with a Trijicon RMR mounting cut. These slides are compatible with Gen3 Glock 19 handguns. They are machined from stainless steel and feature a black nitrided surface treatment/finish.
The main advantage of the longer slide is the longer sight radius which in its turn allows acquiring a more precise sight picture. From the concealed carry standpoint, it is normally easier to conceal the long slide/barrel than the grip. The company also claims the longer slides to aid the recoil control.
It is important to know that with these extended slides you will also need to have longer Glock 19 barrels. Because of the different geometry of the locking block and corresponding barrel profile of G17 and G19 pistols, you can't use Glock 17 barrels in Glock 19s. With these slides, you will need extended Glock 19 barrels which are available through several manufacturers on the market including Brownells.
These new Brownells slides are compatible with standard Gen3 Glock19 slide parts. The slides are available on the Brownells website at an MSRP for the stripped slides ranging from $249.99 to $299.99 depending on the configuration.
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Flourishing kids in Bangladesh
When Bangladesh squad is accepting humiliating defeats at the hands of other Test nations, one has to hang on with that common belief that it might take at least 4 to 5 years to level up the standard of our cricket
When Bangladesh squad is accepting humiliating defeats at the hands of other Test nations, one has to hang on with that common belief that it might take at least 4 to 5 years to level up the standard of our cricket. In comparison to even the weakest Zimbabwe, Bangladesh are still far behind. We located it while they take on the African Nation on our home soil only to mark off that the difference between the two is bulky.
In September, this year, Bangladesh is going to visit South Africa, one of the mightiest opponents regarding the game, to carry out two Tests and three one-day matches. Before that they have to fly away to Sri Lanka to scratch out a living, as Muttiah Murlitharan will be gladly waiting for another big bag of wickets.
So, the people here in Bangladesh, who are already used to the whitewashes they witnessed so far, will be looking forward patiently to digest another streak of horrible defeats. Nothing is going right for the baby Test nation currently - not even its junior teams could make any impressions in International level. The result of Under-19 is utterly dismaying and Bangladesh-A are striving for the first of the last two places in Busta Cup in West Indies.
The pain of the terrible performance of Under-19 in New Zealand is doubled by the controversies concerning some chaotic situations thrown up in the team. The rest of the players set forth some disappointing notes relating to the conducts of the captain and the team management. Nobody was expecting something so disheartening from the boys of under-19, who would represent the future Bangladesh squad.
The squad led by Nafees Iqbal should have made a lot better mark. They included Mohammed Ashraful, the youngest Test centurion and tried to snatch Mashrafe-Bin-Mortaza, the quickie. Mashrafe bowled too many overs for the last two months that ended up with an eventual back injury and had to take a lay-off. Ashraful (Except that 76 against Kenya) was a downright failure throughout the tournament.
In absence of Mashrafe, Talha Jubair is the fastest in Bangladesh right this moment. Talha suffered injury blow after playing a couple of matches. The spearhead of the pace attack was then laid on Shafaq-Al-Zaber, the lanky six-three left arm fast medium bowler from BKSP. He secured 9 wickets from 7 matches with an average of 17. 33 - good enough to bring him into limelight.
As for Talha, he is quiet fast. He has the mood, has temperaments and necessary aggressive attitudes - qualities that a fast bowler should have. But his frail physic often hinders his progress. Talha needs a robust fast-bowler-like body to make it up, so that he can bowl long spells without being too much fatigue.
Andy Roberts, during his short tenure as a bowling coach was very much optimistic about this kid, saying, "He is going to emerge soon as a real quickie bowling at 90-miles per hour. I have found a very bright future as a fast bowler in him. All he needs is to take a good care of himself and to be groomed by others as it should be."
Quazi Hasibul Haq, the diminutive wicket keeper, is another talent to watch. Hasibul is reliable behind the stumps and aggressive in the front. In Under-19 World Cup he couldn't carry off well (Averaging 13.80 in batting, highest 23, 6 catches, 1 stumping), yet he is young and has a long way up in front. He was sent to CBCA in Australia to experience 30-day crash training program, which taught him a lot.
The more these kids will get International exposure the quicker they will improve. One thing I found very conspicuous among the boys - as most of them are coming from suburbs and small towns (Even the city boys), they have a common deficiency in English, a language indispensable if you want to learn cricket. While they are sent to take up overseas training programs, they are well affected by lack of communication with their foreign coaches.
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Noise from maintenance work at the Dubai Metro Depot in Rashidiyah has affected 17 houses in the area and the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is taking steps to ease the impact by strengthening the structures and said it will disburse funds to owners. It is also considering providing new houses to those residents whose buildings have been damaged beyond repair.
''RTA will assess the results of implementing these solutions to verify their effectiveness, and following the completion of site surveys, it will compensate the owners of impacted houses with alternative houses in other areas; a matter which will be submitted to the concerned bodies for endorsement," said Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the authority, on Monday.
Initial site studies and reports showed 17 houses have been affected, and it has been decided to construct sound barriers to shield them from the noise. There are also plans to construct underground concrete barriers at a suitable depth sufficient to absorb vibrations resulting from the rail traffic, and banning the use of horns within the depot.
"The provisional results of the site survey carried out by the work team indicated that some houses are affected by noises resulting from the squeaking and friction of train wheels when negotiating turns during tests carried out at Rashidiyah Metro Depot. Some houses are impacted by the sound of train horns despite the assurance of the officials of the operation and maintenance firm.
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Very creative and resourceful! This will probably save some space n my closet.
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I can see my daughter getting so much use out of this little rack. She loves bandanas and always has them scattered about her room. This idea is perfect for her to keep them put away and organized to keep me happy. I think she could use a couple of these and she could easily hang them on the back of her door or closet.
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I have been using something similar to hang my scarves. I am not personally partial to the hoops like this because it can make it difficult to get to the scarves on the bottom hoops. I have something like this with hooks instead so the scarves hang sideways - I absolutely love it.
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I realize it's been 3 yrs since this comment,but I am hoping someone may have an idea about the "sideways hanging hooks" mentioned here and maybe a pic. Was it DIY project or something purchased? Thank you.
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What a great use for scraps of fabric/ old clothes and dollar store items. I'll have to make more than one to hold all of my scarves, but that's okay. That will give me a chance to be creative and make them look different. I have scarves stowed in over-the-door organizers and in a shower ring DIY I made that's attached to a clothes hanger. I have so many scarves, I need to try this idea!
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Duda, who turns 28 in February, had a triple slash of .223/.352/.415 for the Mets last season. In 384 plate appearances spanning 100 games, he had 15 home runs, 33 RBI's, and 42 runs scored.
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Intel Plans on Bringing Atom to Servers in 2012, 20W SNB Xeons in 2011by Anand Lal Shimpi on March 15, 2011 2:35 PM EST
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The transition to smaller form factors hasn't been exclusively a client trend over the past several years, we've seen a similar move in servers. The motiviation is very different however. In the client space it's about portability, in the datacenter it's about density. While faster multi-core CPUs have allowed the two-socket 1U server to really take off, they have also paved the way for a new category of density optimized servers: the micro server.
The argument for micro servers is similar to that for ultra low power clients. Only a certain portion of workloads really require high-end multi-socket servers, the rest spend much of their time idle and thus are better addressed by lower power, higher density servers. Johan typically argues that rather than tackling the problem with micro servers it's a better idea to simply increase your consolidation ratio into fewer, larger servers. There are obviously proponents on both sides of the fence but Intel estimates that the total market for micro servers will reach about 10% of its total shipments over the next 4 - 5 years. It's a small enough market for Intel not to be super concerned about but large enough that it needs to be properly addressed.
Today Intel believes that it addresses this market relatively well with the existing Xeon lineup. Below is a table of Sandy Bridge Xeons including a 45W and 20W part, these two being directed primarily at the micro server market:
|Intel SNB Xeon Lineup
|Intel Xeon Processor Number
|Cores / Threads
|Clock Speed
|Single Core Max Turbo
|L3 Cache
|Memory Support (Channels / DIMMs / Max Capacity)
|Power (TDP)
|4 / 8
|4 / 8
|4 / 8
|4 / 8
|4 / 8
|2 / 4
|4 / 4
Drop clock speed (and voltage) low enough and you can hit the lower TDPs necessary to fit into a micro server. Thermal constraints are present since you're often cramming a dozen of these servers into a very small area.
Long term there is a bigger strategy issue that has to be addressed. ARM has been talking about moving up the pyramid and eventually tackling the low end/low power server market with its architectures. While Xeon can scale down, it can't scale down to the single digit TDPs without serious performance consequences. Remember the old rule of thumb: a single microprocessor architecture can only address an order of magnitude of TDPs. Sandy Bridge can handle the 15 - 150W space, but get too much below 15W and it becomes a suboptimal choice for power/performance.
The solution? Introduce a server CPU based on Intel's Atom architecture. And this is the bigger part of the announcement today. Starting in 2012 Intel will have an Atom based low power server CPU with sub-10W TDPs designed for this market. Make no mistake, this move is designed to combat what ARM is planning. And unlike the ultra mobile space, Intel has an ISA advantage in the enterprise market. It'll be tougher for ARM to move up than it will be for Intel to move down.
Intel's slide above seems to imply that we'll have ECC support with this server version of Atom in 2012, which is something current Atom based servers lack.
The only real question that remains is what Atom architecture will be used? We'll see an updated 32nm Atom by the end of 2011 but that's still fundamentally using the same Bonnell core that was introduced back in 2008. Intel originally committed to keeping with its in-order architecture for 5 years back in 2008, that would mean that 2012 is ripe for the introduction of an out-of-order Atom. Whether or not that updated core will make it in time for use in Atom servers is still up for debate.
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duploxxx - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - linkduh, it also has a GPU remember?
Atom in current design with inorder architecture is useless, this is already shown in many benchmarks that Brazos is a much better chip for that. Unless off course Intel totally redesigns the atom Reply
marc1000 - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - linkI don't believe extreme low-power server will make enough success.... it is way better to have only 1 or 2 "medium" servers and virtualize small server inside those boxes.
think about replacing 1 CPU or memory in a really high density server... the current blade servers are already crammed enough. Reply
Johnmcl7 - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - linkThat was my initial thought but there are other uses for servers that I think microservers would work well, one example I've seen is within manufacturing equipment. In my experience there seems to be increasing use of PC equipment (rather than dedicated PLC equipment) and servers are chosen for uptime/reliability. However frequently these servers are overpowered so a system using a low power processor in a server system could be appealing.
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Sam125 - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - linkThat makes sense, but going with ultra dense micro servers seems overkill for equipment that doesn't require much computing power to begin with. Of course I would be a fool to doubt Intel's ability to size up a market, but I'm having a hard time picturing where an ultra dense microserver makes a better choice than what's already out on the market. Reply
mino - Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - linkFor certain markets, isolation is key. And the cheapest way to achieve _undisputable-by-every-second-idiot_ isolation is by going the microserver way. Reply
L. - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - linkI doubt that will have any impact on "every-second-idiot", as managing many micro-servers will be done using a micro-server management tool, with which you'll be able to do as many big mistakes as with a virtualization tool (or almost).
Dense microservers are useless.
In the sense that, if you find it funny to put 2 cores on a micro-die, it is still way more interesting to put 36 cores on a normal sized die, with all the benefits and cost cutting that implies (shared mem controller etc.).
Also virtualization has brought a lot of manageability and I don't see that becoming useless because there is another power efficiency point of interest in "micro-servers".
Besides, any "spike" load on those atoms and you'll see how useless they can be.
Really, I can see 36 low-power cores on a die, but 2 low-power cores on a die IN a datacenter ? what for ... if you're in a datacenter you need 36+ of them anyway and you'll definitely prefer the manageability increase and the lower power requirement of a single die 36 core toy over 18* the even lower power req. of those dual core mini-cpus.
Also one must realize that splitting one 36 core box (assuming somebody sells a 36 low-power core die, which would NOT have more computing power than the current multi-core AMD cpu and would surely not use more power) in 18 2 core boxes means you have 18 power supplies to plug, 18 damn network cables adding to the spaghetti dish of the day, etc.
Not even talking about RAM yet, because if you're going to put something that's equal to 1/18th of a real server CPU in it's own box, it would be only right to give it like 1 Gig of RAM ...
Management costs up, maintenance costs up, complexity up, price up ... yes you get hardware-level isolation and potentially extremely cheap fully redundant solutions (like 2 4-socket atom boards in a 1U chassis with integrated load-balancing woo ..) but that still does not make any sense to anyone who uses a datacenter quarter rack or more.
Obviously some people will buy these, because Intel said so, but I think it's clear atom-like C/A PU's are just good for low-power stuff, like home file server, and the stuff mfeller2 mentions just down here. - And for the poor who need full h/w redundancy or those who don't like virtualization's manageability (and the every-second-idiot effect). Reply
casket - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - linkI completely agree. Microservers are crap. If you have smaller cores that use less power, like an atom... you can stick lots of them together. There is no need for a deep pipeline... if you have 100 cores. 36 cores would be great... but we're going to have to wait a little bit. 16-core atoms is coming, though.
Microsoft Pressing Intel for 16-Core Atom
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/16-core-Atom-SoC-... Reply
marc1000 - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - link1 CPU with 16 small-cores that has the same performance as 1 CPU with 4 big-cores?
I don't believe the power savings will be THAT great, once you start to put more CPUs on the same die the power needed goes up.
anyway, this defeats the "isolated server" idea. Reply
email@example.com - Thursday, March 17, 2011 - linkI think you're missing the point here with th 2 * 16 = 1 * 32, logic?
Forget about Intel for a moment and think about where these CPU's come from? The ARM's typically runs our smartphones software and as such it has to be battery savings that has been the holy grail as a target when producing it. Sure a concious target against a dedicated server market could errode some of this but on the other hand it isn't absolutely a must. Low power footprint as an isolated parameter has an ideal value of 0 in any use case but has different importants in the many different tasks.
Computer centers becomes more and more burdened by the power cost and to lower the power usage get more and more important and as such this kind of server chips and ultra mobility chips becomes a match. One could belive you would be heavily constraned by raw physics and get the simple proportionality as you describe but as it is today, the ARM chips has an efficiency advantage and by the same time not beeing to poor to be usable for a lot of tasks.
Had the bigger iron just been bigger, your analysis would be perfectly valid. As it is know you seem to forget the proportional differences in powwr usage.
Now get back to Intel and the Atom and think about why this is the best candidate? Well it is their low power chip but it has also some or a lot of the ARM battery saving mantra it share with it. That can make it do better than any 2 * 16 = 1 * 32, will show. Xeon has not been made with an overall battery savings agenda covering the whole architecture project from day one until production as of now! Reply
ajcarroll - Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - linkL, while I think your points are valid, it's important to note that micro servers are a different form factor to blades. They're not just dropping a low power CPU into a blade, but rather putting it into a half width / half height box, so that you can fit 4x into the same rack. Plus they plan to share power supplies... So while I think you're raised valid points, it really boils down to whether or not they address the issues you raise. If they don't address the issues, then the technology is indeed worthless, if however they do succeed in producing something that is competitive in some applications, in terms of computing power vs. power consumption/physical space, then they will succeed in those markets. My gut feel is that 5 years from now, Microservers will indeed have established themselves as a legit technology that is the best choice for some applications, while utilizing virtualization on more powerful boxes will be the best choice in other situations. Reply