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Trelstar Side Effects
Generic Name: triptorelin
Note: This page contains side effects data for the generic drug triptorelin. It is possible that some of the dosage forms included below may not apply to the brand name Trelstar.
In Summary
More frequent side effects include: diabetes mellitus and hyperglycemia. See below for a comprehensive list of adverse effects.
For the Consumer
Applies to triptorelin: intramuscular powder for suspension
As well as its needed effects, triptorelin (the active ingredient contained in Trelstar) may cause unwanted side effects that require medical attention.
If any of the following side effects occur while taking triptorelin, check with your doctor or nurse immediately:Less common:
- Bladder pain
- bloating or swelling of the face, arms, hands, lower legs, or feet
- bloody or cloudy urine
- blurred vision
- burning while urinating
- chest pain
- cough producing mucus
- decrease in urine volume or frequency of urination
- difficult or labored breathing
- difficult, burning, or painful urination
- difficulty in passing urine
- dizziness
- dry mouth
- flushed, dry skin
- frequent urge to urinate
- fruit-like breath odor
- headache
- increased hunger
- increased thirst
- increased urination
- loss of consciousness
- lower back or side pain
- nausea
- nervousness
- pale skin
- pounding in the ears
- rapid weight gain
- slow or fast heartbeat
- stomachache
- sweating
- tightness in the chest
- tingling of the hands or feet
- troubled breathing
- troubled breathing with exertion
- unexplained weight loss
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- unusual tiredness or weakness
- unusual weight gain or loss
- vomiting
- Anxiety
- changes in skin color
- changes in vision
- chest discomfort
- cold, clammy, or pale skin
- confusion
- dizziness or lightheadedness
- fainting
- inability to speak
- irregular heartbeats
- numbness or tingling in the face, arms, or legs
- pain
- pain or discomfort in the arms, jaw, back, or neck
- pain, redness, or swelling in the arm or leg
- seizures
- severe or sudden headache
- slow heart rate
- slurred speech
- sudden shortness of breath or troubled breathing
- temporary blindness
- tenderness
- trouble speaking, thinking, or walking
- weakness in the arm or leg on one side of the body, sudden and severe
Minor Side Effects
Some triptorelin side effects may not need any medical attention. As your body gets used to the medicine these side effects may disappear. Your health care professional may be able to help you prevent or reduce these side effects, but do check with them if any of the following side effects continue, or if you are concerned about them:More common:
- Bone pain
- chills
- decrease in testicle size
- decreased interest in sexual intercourse
- diarrhea
- feeling of warmth or redness of the face, neck, arms, and occasionally, upper chest
- fever
- general feeling of discomfort or illness
- inability to have or keep an erection
- joint pain
- leg pain
- loss in sexual ability, desire, drive, or performance
- loss of appetite
- muscle aches and pains
- redness of the face, neck, arms, and occasionally, upper chest
- runny nose
- shivering
- sore throat
- sudden sweating
- trouble sleeping
- Acid or sour stomach
- back pain
- belching
- body aches or pain
- breast pain
- burning, dry, or itching eyes
- congestion
- crying
- depersonalization
- difficulty having a bowel movement (stool)
- difficulty with moving
- discharge or excessive tearing
- dysphoria
- euphoria
- eye pain
- heartburn
- hoarseness
- indigestion
- injection site pain
- itching or rash
- lack or loss of strength
- leg cramps
- loss of appetite
- muscle aching or cramping
- muscle pains or stiffness
- pain
- paranoia
- quick to react or overreact emotionally
- rapidly changing moods
- redness, pain, or swelling of the eye, eyelid, or inner lining of the eyelid
- runny nose
- stomach discomfort, upset, or pain
- swelling of the breasts or breast soreness in both females and males
- swollen joints
- tender, swollen glands in the neck
- trouble swallowing
- voice changes
- weight loss
For Healthcare Professionals
Applies to triptorelin: intramuscular powder for injection
The most common adverse events were hot flushes, impotence, decreased libido, skeletal pain, and headache.[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Hot flush (up to 73%), hypertension (14.2%)
Common (1% to 10%): Dependent edema
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Embolism
Rare (less than 0.1%): Hypotension
Postmarketing reports: Blood pressure increased, thromboembolic events including, but not limited to, pulmonary emboli, cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction, deep venous thrombosis, transient ischemic attack, and thrombophlebitis[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Impotence (30 to 40%), urinary tract infection (11.6%), erectile dysfunction (10%), dysuria; women: dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, ovarian hypertrophy, pelvic pain, vulvovaginal dryness, bleeding/spotting, genital hemorrhage (including menorrhagia and metrorrhagia)
Common (1% to 10%): Testicular atrophy, breast pain, gynecomastia, urinary retention, vaginal bleeding (children)
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Testicular pain, vaginal discharge (children)
Rare (less than 0.1%): Ejaculation failure
Frequency not reported: Testosterone levels increased, testosterone levels decreased, worsening of urethral or bladder outlet obstruction, worsening of symptoms of endometriosis
Postmarketing reports: Amenorrhea[Ref]
At the beginning of treatment, endometriosis symptoms including pelvic pain and dysmenorrhea are commonly exacerbated due to an initial transient increase in plasma estradiol levels. These symptoms are transient and usually disappear in one to two weeks.[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Decreased libido (30 to 40%), sleep disorders, mood changes
Common (1% to 10%): Insomnia, emotional lability, loss of libido, depression, depressed mood, irritability
Rare (less than 0.1%): Confusional state, decreased activity, euphoric mood
Postmarketing reports: Anxiety, affect lability, nervousness[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Decreased hemoglobin, decreased red blood count
Common (1% to 10%): Anemia
Frequency not reported: Increased lymphocyte count[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Increased AST, increased ALT, increased alkaline phosphatase, increased hepatic transaminases
Common (1% to 10%): Abnormal hepatic function
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Gama-glutamyl transferase increased
Rare (less than 0.1%): Blood alkaline phosphatase increased[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Increased glucose
Common (1% to 10%): Diabetes mellitus/hyperglycemia, anorexia
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Weight increased, gout, increased appetite, weight decreased[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Increased BUN
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Blood creatinine increased
Frequency not reported: Worsening hematuria, decreased kidney function[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Influenza (15.8%)
Common (1% to 10%): Bronchitis, coughing, dyspnea, pharyngitis
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Asthma aggravated
Rare (less than 0.1%): Orthopnea, epistaxis, nasopharyngitis[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Skeletal pain (13.2%), back pain (10.8%)
Common (1% to 10%): Pain in extremity, arthralgia, edema in legs, leg cramps, myalgia, musculoskeletal pain, muscle spasms
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Muscle cramp, muscular weakness
Rare (less than 0.1%): Joint stiffness, joint swelling, musculoskeletal stiffness, osteoarthritis
Frequency not reported: Worsening of bone pain, increased bone loss, osteoporosis, bone fracture, bone disorder, epiphysiolysis, slipped capital femoral epiphysis
Postmarketing reports: Bone pain[Ref]
Nervous system
Very common (10% or more): Paresthesia in lower limbs
Common (1% to 10%): Headache, dizziness, fatigue
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Tinnitus, somnolence, paresthesia
Rare (less than 0.1%): Vertigo, dysstasia, memory impairment
Frequency not reported: Worsening of neuropathy, spinal cord compression with weakness or paralysis of the lower extremities
Postmarketing reports: Convulsions[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Asthenia
Common (1% to 10%): Leg pain, peripheral edema, leg pain, back pain, fatigue, chest pain, edema
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Lethargy, pain, rigors, blood lactate dehydrogenase increased, blood cholesterol increased
Rare (less than 0.1%): Pyrexia, influenza like illness, body temperature increased
Frequency not reported: Chills
Postmarketing reports: Malaise[Ref]
Very common (10% or more): Hyperhidrosis
Common (1% to 10%): Rash, pruritus
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Acne, alopecia, hypotrichosis
Rare (less than 0.1%): Purpura, blister
Postmarketing reports: Angioneurotic edema, urticaria[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Hypersensitivity reaction
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Allergic reactions
Rare (less than 0.1%): Anaphylactic reaction, hypersensitivity
Frequency not reported: Anaphylactic shock, angioedema[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Injection site pain, injection site reactions, injection site erythema, injection site inflammation[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Nausea, vomiting, constipation, dyspepsia, diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort
Uncommon (0.1% to 1%): Abdominal pain upper, dry mouth
Rare (less than 0.1%): Abdominal distension, dysgeusia, flatulence
Frequency not reported: Gastralgia[Ref]
Common (1% to 10%): Eye pain, conjunctivitis
Rare (less than 0.1%): Abnormal sensation in eye, visual disturbance
Postmarketing reports: Vision blurred[Ref]
Frequency not reported: Tumor flare, exacerbation of disease symptoms
Postmarketing reports: Pituitary adenoma[Ref]
Tumor flare occurred in 5% or less of patients, usually manifested by an increase in urinary symptoms and metastatic pain.[Ref]
Postmarketing reports: Pituitary apoplexy[Ref]
The majority of pituitary apoplexy cases occurred within 2 weeks of the first dose, some within the first hour. In these cases, pituitary apoplexy presented as sudden headache, vomiting, visual changes, ophthalmoplegia, altered mental status, and sometimes cardiovascular collapse. Immediate medical attention has been required.[Ref]
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It is possible that some side effects of Trelstar may not have been reported. These can be reported to the FDA here. Always consult a healthcare professional for medical advice.
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Whitney Pavlik and her beach volleyball partner, Jenny Kropp, won all six regular events on the domestic Jose Cuervo Pro Beach series in 2012. Pavlik must have already been dreaming of Olympic gold in 2016.
Then nature called. Kropp informed Pavlik she and her husband were expecting twins, and suddenly Pavlik was without a partner. Not just any partner, either.
"You're bummed, just because you get so comfortable with somebody and because you're playing so well," said Laguna Beach's Pavlik, recalling her first thoughts when Kropp -- of the Hollyglen section of Hawthorne -- broke the news. "So, of course, you want to play with that person forever.
"But I knew she wanted to start a family and that was one of her priorities. I'm so happy for them. But, you know, a little selfish. I would have loved to play with her until I was done playing. But I'm so excited for her. Maybe she'll come back and play after the twins are born."
Pavlik, who toiled at Mater Dei High and UC Irvine, was very upbeat about her plight. That she was eliminated Wednesday with emergency partner -- 39-year-old Annett Davis out of UCLA -- at the FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam, did nothing to dampen her spirits.
Pavlik was supposed to play in the event with three-time Olympic gold-medal winner Kerri Walsh Jennings. But Walsh Jennings pulled out with an abdominal injury. However, she is expected to improve and Pavlik will team with her in this weekend's World Series of Beach Volleyball event to be contested at the same venue off Shoreline Drive.
Pavlik can't wait.
"Oh, yes, it'll be fun," said Pavlik, 29. "Everybody wants to play with Kerri. She's an amazing volleyball player, athlete, human being, mom. That list goes on and on. Everything she's done, I'm just so excited to play with her."
Although Pavlik has practiced with Walsh Jennings in the past, she has never partnered with her during competition. Walsh Jennings, of course, won all three of her gold medals with Long Beach State alum Misty May-Treanor, the last one coming in 2012 in London, after which May-Treanor announced her retirement.
If Pavlik had the opportunity to play with Walsh Jennings full-time, no doubt she would relish that. But that's not the case. Pavlik and Walsh Jennings are slated to play together this weekend, and Pavlik said they will team up in a few of the upcoming AVP events.
Walsh Jennings is then expected to play with April Ross and Pavlik is expected to team with Torrance's Emily Day, with whom Pavlik has partnered in two of this year's previous FIVB events in the Netherlands and Italy, and will again in Berlin. Pavlik played with Ross in the FIVB event in Poland, the duo taking fourth.
In other words, Pavlik is not sure who her regular partner is at this moment.
"That's a good question," she said, laughing.
Pavlik prefers playing defense, so she'd love a partner who likes to do the blocking. She wouldn't mind split-blocking if she can hook up with a great athlete.
There is one thing upon which she insists.
"Chemistry," she said. "Just having it so easy to play off each other. That's my priority."
Pavlik gave an example.
"You know, I'm not going to have somebody that knows exactly the set I want," she said. "With Jenny, we wouldn't even have to say things to each other. You just knew what the other person needed."
By the time this beach volleyball season is over, Pavlik wants to know exactly who her next permanent teammate is going to be. No more musical partners.
"I definitely like long-term partners," Pavlik said. "After this year I don't want to be switching around. I want to have that set partner to make a run at the next Olympics."
That would be in three years in Rio de Janeiro. Pavlik is certainly good enough to get there. But it takes two to tango on the sand.
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The truth behind the "Happy Days" rumor
IMDB.com claims that Jim was in a Happy Days episode called "Fonzie The Flatfoot" Do not even bother trying to see this episode. Jim is NOT in it.
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Older Australians are fuelling growing demand for mortgages, according to new data that also provides further evidence that first home buyers are giving up and exiting the market.
The report came as an international study released today found that Sydney had the fourth least-affordable housing market in the world, after Hong Kong, Vancouver and San Francisco.
Australian mortgage demand was up 15.3 per cent year-on-year for the fourth-quarter of 2013, a sharp rise from 9.3 per cent in the previous period, research compiled by a private data analytics Veda firm shows.
The increase in queries was driven mostly by older Australians, Veda said in a report released today.
The new figures reinforce official data showing that first-home buyer activity as a proportion of total borrowers fell to a record low in November amid growing investor activity.
"We saw a further shift to mortgage applications from older demographics, with more first home buyers leaving the market," Veda's general manager for consumer risk Angus Luffman said.
"An extended period of low interest rates is supporting the lift in mortgage enquiries, which have stepped up a level and are now showing the strongest growth since late 2009.
"It is likely that we will see a continuing increase in the near term, along with sustained house price growth."
'Severely unaffordable'
The US-based Demographia International Housing Affordability study found that Melbourne was ranked the sixth least-affordable housing market in the world, after San Jose.
Australia had the highest number of "severely unaffordable" housing markets, at 25, followed by the US with 23 and the UK with 15.
"Each of Australia's major markets has been 'severely unaffordable' for all 10 years of the survey - a distinction shared only with New Zealand, with its single major market, Auckland," the survey's authors wrote.
They said that in some of the markets, such as Australia and New Zealand, the link between house prices and household incomes had broken, hurting housing affordability.
All the "severely unaffordable" housing markets had restrictive land use policies, the authors added.
"There is no silver bullet to increase the supply of affordable housing," urban planner and New York University research scholar Alain Bertaud wrote in his introduction to the report.
"But if planners abandoned abstracts and unmeasurable objectives like smart growth, liveability and sustainability to focus on what really matters – mobility and affordability – we could see a rapidly improving situation in many cities."
Sydney growing fastest
Sydney experienced the largest growth in mortgage demand for the quarter, up 22.2 per cent, the Veda report stated. Mortgage enquiries for Victoria soared by 15.2 per cent, and by 11.9 per cent in Queensland and Western Australia.
It rose by 9.8 per cent in Tasmania, 8.4 per cent in South Australia and 2.6 per cent in the Northern Territory.
Bureau of Statistics data from 2003-4 and 2011-12 show that while home ownership across the general population has remained about 70 per cent, it has fallen across all ages groups over the past decade except for Australians aged 75 years and above.
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About 42 per cent of people between 25 and 34 years old were home owners in 2011-12, a fall from 50 per cent in 2003-04.
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Sydney recorded the strongest yearly growth of 14.5 per cent, with a median dwelling price of $655,250. Prices jumped by 9.9 per cent in Perth last year, while Melbourne prices increased 8.5 per cent, Brisbane 5.1 per cent and Canberra 3.5 per cent.


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Last weekend I visited Teddy's daughter and met our 7 month old Great Grandson for the first time. Talk about reincarnation! He has Teddy's blue eyes, thin lips, back of head, arms, bow legs, strength like I have only seen in Teddy and is bow legged like Teddy. When he came through the door his eyes fixated on me, then his mouth opened wide, then the biggest smile I have ever seen and THEN he blinked at me with both eyes, just like Teddy used to do. I got to play with him and hold him for 3 days! He has a look in his eyes of an old soul and it will be so interesting to watch him grow. It was love at first site. So, yes, there is a circle of life.


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Obviously I'm not the fittest person, but I enjoy running a 5k from time to time, especially if they are more "fun runs" than races!
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Although it was previously announced that all classes would be cancelled on Aug. 21, classes that begin at or after 5 p.m. will now be held. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience.
Aug. 21, will be a historic day. Chattanooga will experience a 90 percent solar eclipse. To allow faculty, staff and students to safely participate in this once-in-a-lifetime event, day classes will be cancelled on Aug. 21, and UTC will be closed until 5 p.m., when night classes begin.


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Want a nice afternoon project? How about taking a Styplophone, hacking it to make the "Dominator" sound (Roland Juno-1) and added Midi to it? Sounds crazy but that's exactly what Jason from the UK did in the video above.
"Just for fun… not the most useful synth mod ever made. The technicals… Soldered wires to Stylophone PCB to use its keypad / resistor ladder.. put 5V across it and read voltage at stylus by analog input pin on arduino clone (miduino). Found out input value for each note and sent out MIDI note on/off messages thru serial connection when notes are detected. Simple." – hotchk155
Just for a bit of comparison here's the video for one massive classic techno by Human Resource called Dominator (iTunes link). This song really showcases how a stock synth preset can become a monster hit.
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Ithaca College Workshop to Explore 'The Psychology of Sustainability'
ITHACA, NY — Educators interested in exploring human behavior in the context of sustainability action and education will be attending the annual Finger Lakes Project Workshop at Ithaca College, May 24–25. The theme of this year's workshop is "The Psychology of Sustainability."
Geared toward college-level faculty, staff and students who are interested in sustainability education, the workshop provides opportunities to meet and make connections with others with similar interests. It will include lectures and activities on the following topics:
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The keynote speakers will be Ithaca College assistant professor of psychology Kathryn Caldwell and St. Bonaventure University associate professor of psychology Darryl Mayeaux.
Caldwell integrates issues of sustainability into her teaching, challenging students to consider what motivates conservation behavior, how the natural world impacts wellbeing and the impact of vocational and lifestyle choices on the community and environment. Mayeaux teaches a course on Sustainable Behavior: Diet and Health that brings together an understanding of what humans evolved to eat; how our natural preferences can be exploited by manufacturers; how economic forces helped shape aspects of our food system; and how that system is undermining the productivity of ecosystems as well as our cognitive and mental health.
The Finger Lakes Project is a community of educators that provides resources and training for educational professionals to encourage and support their efforts to integrate concepts of sustainability into their educational activities.
For more information visit www.ithaca.edu/fingerlakes_project or contact Susan Swensen, associate professor of biology and coordinator of the workshop, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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YOUTH clubs and the jobs of youth workers may have been reprieved after Wiltshire Council agreed £250,000 savings.
As part of its budget, agreed on at County Hall in Trowbridge, £500,000 was due to be cut from the council's youth services funds.
Potentially this would have seen all the county's youth clubs axed and 144 jobs cut.
Councillor Jon Hubbard, Liberal Democrat leader, tabled a compromise that will see the council save £100,000 by no longer printing paperwork for councillors, an efficiency review of youth club premises aimed at saving £125,000 and £25,000 from the councillors' development fund being invested.
"Youth services is something my group are passionate about and I'm sorry I couldn't find the full half a million," said Coun Hubbard.
"Some youth services buildings are not fit for purpose and it is ridiculous to spend money on them when there are viable alternatives. This amendment is about people not premises; taking money from councillors making our lives a little less convenient to help others."
How the £250,000 will be spent isn't likely to be known until April as a public consultation about the future of Wiltshire's youth services is ongoing.
Wiltshire Council leader Jane Scott, who is leader of Wiltshire's Conservatives, welcomed Coun Hubbard's amendment.
The four options as part of the youth services consultation include the council retaining its in-house service at a reduced cost; outsourcing the service; supporting staff to form a public service mutual; or to developing a community led approach.
During Tuesday's full council, Chris Baker, 19, of Salisbury, presented a petition signed by 2,500 people calling for no cuts. He said: "The young people of Wiltshire are shocked by the proposals."
The council's 2014/15 budget will reduce by £25m, approved in a vote which saw 74 vote for, five against and seven abstentions.
The budget will see youth services lose £250,000 of funding and bus services the council deem not inefficient cut by £176,000.
Family information services will be brought in-house, saving £120,000, and there will be a £39,000 funding cut to the region's volunteer Link bus services by withdrawing 5p per mile of support funding.
Wiltshire Council's budget for 2014/15 is £333m, which is £7.5m lower than the one last year.
The council's Settlement Funding Allocation grant from central Government has been reduced by £12.8m to £63.2m this year.
Coun Scott said: "We know that we have to continue to work differently as the situation gets tougher and there are no signs of improvement in funding for local public services for at least the next four years."


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RACHEL Ann Fish has come 'home' to Darwen - almost 100 years after her death.
Her striking portrait, painted at her home in Sudell Road just before the Great War by her cousin James Hargreaves Morton, has been bought by the Friends of Darwen Library and it will hang on permanent display there.
It is one of the stars of a new exhibition of Morton's work collected by the friends group, which started yesterday and runs until mid-April.
Shortly after Morton painted the portrait he went off to fight in the First World War and was killed just a few days before it ended in 1918.
His sisters, who lived with him and Rachel, kept all the work he had left behind and the hoard was only revealed after the death of his last remaining sister, Alice, in 1967.
The painting surfaced briefly for the auction of Morton's work in 1971 when it was bought by an East Lancashire businessman and kept at his home in the Ribble Valley.
So in almost 100 years it has been seen in public just once, until now. Rachel never married and died in 1915, aged 82.
Harold Heys, secretary of the Friends of Darwen Library, saw the painting 18 months ago when researching stories and paintings for a book on Morton's life, which was published to wide acclaim early last year.
He said: "I thought that if ever the owner thought of selling it we should try to buy it.
"It cost us hundreds of pounds but we have been very fortunate recently with donations to our funds and its purchase wasn't a problem."
Another example of Morton's work which researchers had long puzzled about - a large pastel known as St John's Church and Darwen Tower which also disappeared after the auction - has also surfaced and will be in the exhibition.
It is thought to be the only time that Morton captured the Tower, built in 1898.
Mr Heys said: "Morton loved painting and drawing trees and water. The Tower must have been a bit too bleak to interest him."
It was bought by a Darwen man at the auction and was found recently in the loft of a farm at Mellor.


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We'll find out.
Both of these teams are far, far beyond making any sort of statements to each other in borderline-meaningless regular season contests.
The heat are the NBA's best team until someone eliminates them. Period.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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No, you win or lose that title in the playoffs.
Until then, you get the benefit of the doubt, no matter what you do in the regular season.
The "championship belt" exists. It's the respect you earn as the 2-time reigning champion. You can't win or lose it until elimination time.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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But I agree. Until we knock them off in the post season, they are the champs and will remain that. I don't think anyone else can stop the Heat including Chicago unless DRose returns to form which might not happen this year or ever.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
If the heat win the title this year, that means you are saying the Heat would be the BEST team next year too.
That's nonsense! For example what if Lebron, Wade, and Bosh all go to a different team next year and Miami starts to rebuild. Saying they are the best team would be silly.
If you want to say they are the champion until someone eliminates them, that's fine I'll buy that statement, but to say they are the best team . . .no!
This is a tad obtuse.
Of course if a team jettisons their core, it's an exception. Last I checked, Miami's core is still intact. The guys that won the last two titles are still there.
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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Well I don't think that anyone would have ever said that the 1999 Chicago Bulls were the best team until proven otherwise after they lost Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, and Philip. Obviously their recent championships meant nothing as far as that pitiful 1999 team was concerned.
But the Heat are still basically the same team as the one that has been to the Finals three straight seasons and won two championships. Lebron, Wade, and Bosh are still there. They've earned the respect of being considered the best team until someone in the East eliminates them on the court. We may very well win more regular season games than Miami this season, but we're never going to be a better team than them until we go out there and beat them in 4 out of 7 when it matters most. Like them or not, the Heat have earned that respect. For three straight seasons, everyone in the East has failed to take them out.
It's like the Lakers a few years ago. They made the Finals three straight years and were back to back champs. They earned the right to be considered the best team until Dallas rightfully took it away from them. The Shaq/Kobe Lakers are another good example. They won three straight rings and no one else in the West could be considered better until the Spurs knocked them out in 2003. The Heat obviously aren't going to win titles until infinity, but some other East team is going to have to prove it on the court by sending them packing.
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Consider your message received, Roy Hibbert.
On Wednesday night, the Indiana center took to Twitter and declared that he's made it his goal to win NBA Defensive Player of the Year this season. He also called his shot that Paul George will win MVP this season. But Hibbert probably didn't need to embark on a campaign trail to get our attention. Truth is, his Pacers are playing loud enough to let their game speak for itself.
It's impossible to ignore that the Indiana Pacers sit atop the NBA standings with a big, fat 5-0 record, the only team that's still undefeated this season. They've trounced their opponents by 11.0 points per game on average, which actually understates how dominant they've been this season since they play at a snail's pace. And to drive home the point, they just put a beatdown on the Chicago Bulls on national television.
We see you, Indiana. After pushing the Miami Heat to the brink of elimination last postseason, the Pacers haven't just picked up where they've left off. By all indications, they've gotten better. Which brings us to this question: Are they better than Miami -- like, right now?
It's a fair proposition given their astounding growth in the early going and Miami's ho-hum efforts so far. Should Miami be concerned? Here are three reasons the answer is yes.
Hibbert's Dikembe Mutombo act
The Pacers have blitzed to a 5-0 record by continuing to suffocate opponents on the defensive end. Although they haven't blown off any doors with their offense, the defense has allowed an NBA-best 85.6 points per 100 possessions. And in the middle of it all, quite literally, stands Hibbert, who already gave the Heat a host of problems in the playoffs. After finishing 10th in last season's Defensive Player of the Year vote despite anchoring the top defense in the land, the 7-foot-3 behemoth has managed to pack on muscle in the offseason without sacrificing agility. Hibbert has blocked a baffling 5.2 shots per game so far this season, marking the most rejections he's ever averaged across any five-game stretch of his career.
LeBron James and Roy Hibbert
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These days Hibbert is blocking shots like another G-Town alumnus -- Dikembe Mutumbo.
And thanks to SportVU 3-D player-tracking technology, we can dig deeper into Hibbert's defensive numbers beyond his gaudy block totals. There we find that Hibbert isn't merely cherry-picking his blocked shots, he's altering a ton of others as well. It's a tiny sample size, but it hints at Hibbert's extraordinary basket protection that opponents are shooting just 28.9 percent when Hibbert is within five feet of the rim and the shooter. Seen another way, if you're taking a layup with Hibbert nearby, the odds of it going in are lower than a typical heave from beyond the 3-point line. Think about that.
But what's most impressive about Hibbert's current reign is that he's owning the paint without letting fouls get in the way. This is particularly startling once you consider his track record in this department. His rookie foul rate of 7.7 times per 36 minutes back in 2007-08 still goes down as the highest whistle rate of any player since 2004-05 (min. 1,000 minutes played). Eight seasons later, no one's topped it.
Safe to say he's a different player these days. He's cut his foul rate by more than half since that rookie campaign, earning a foul call a career-low 3.4 times every 36 minutes. Protecting the rim without fouling may be the most valuable quality for a big man, and so far, Hibbert appears to have mastered that skill probably better than anyone else. Not bad for a guy who couldn't take three steps without getting called for a foul. If he keeps this torrid pace up, he won't just win the Defensive Player of the Year award; it'll be renamed in his honor.
George MVP?
Make no mistake about it, Hibbert has competition for the defensive hardware -- and he won't need to look far to find company. After receiving a max extension in the offseason, George certainly hasn't lost interest on that side of the floor. He remains a two-way beast on the wing with an overall game that perhaps only LeBron James can match. At just 22 years old, George was the youngest player voted in the top 10 of the Defensive Player of the Year vote last season. (He finished eighth, two spots ahead of Hibbert.)
LeBron James and Paul George
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Paul George is emerging as LeBron James' one true rival in the East.
George appears to be just getting started. Using his length to lock down the opposing perimeter scorer, George has been the perfect first line of defense in front of Hibbert's safety net. Consider this: When Hibbert and George have played together so far this season, opponents have scored just 75.1 points per 100 possessions in 141 minutes -- the lowest rate for any duo in the league, according to NBA.com data. That output is probably around what we'd expect if a team sneaked a sixth player on the defensive end.
Of course, the Pacers' defensive numbers should regress to the mean a bit. After all, five games does not a season make. The question is whether we can say the same about George's explosive start on offense. George has basically morphed into Kevin Durant there, blending efficiency with high-volume shooting from just about everywhere. Most impressive is that he's shooting 44 percent on 7.2 attempts per game from deep, helping to boost his true shooting percentage to a scorching 62.6 percent.
But is it sustainable? When George absorbed the primary scoring responsibilities with Danny Granger out last season, he consequently watched his true shooting percentage tumble from 55.5 percent in 2011-12 to 53.1 percent in 2012-13. And that follows what we know about the usage-efficiency trade-off effect. But this season, George is defying the general laws of the game; George has managed to raise his efficiency level while also watching his usage rate soar to a career-high 29.2 percent. That's tough to do.
Although it's certainly possible that George's improved jumper isn't a mirage, the smart money is that George will descend back to Earth at some point as the season progresses. On a per-game basis, he's now averaging 25.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists along with a 27.2 PER. That's enough to get tossed into the MVP discussion and further legitimize his standing as James' true rival in the East.
The real difference-maker
The ascensions of Hibbert and George should make life easier against the Heat; they aren't interested in matching the Heat in sheer star power. That's a fool's errand. In reality, it was Indiana's anemic bench that needed the biggest overhaul this season. And so far, so good.
Thanks to newcomers Luis Scola, C.J. Watson and the surprising Donald Sloan, the Pacers haven't missed a step going to their bench even though George Hill has missed three starts with a bothersome hip. The Pacers have outscored opponents by a margin of 4.4 points every 48 minutes this season when they've gone to their reserve core. In the postseason against the Heat? Indy's bench got pummeled by 21.8 points per 48 minutes by Miami, according to NBA.com data. D.J. Augustin, Sam Young and Gerald Green were borderline unplayable last season, and the Pacers promptly cut ties over the summer.
Luis Scola
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Luis Scola's arrival has given Indiana's roster depth and aggressiveness.
Propelled by a smash-mouth defensive mentality, the Pacers could look at the 2003-04 Detroit Pistons, who knocked off the more glamorous Los Angeles Lakers squad that featured four future Hall of Famers. It's worth noting that the Pistons stumbled upon some luck by facing a Lakers team that essentially played without Karl Malone, who had a bad knee. Like all championship hopefuls, the Pacers likely would need some good fortune on their side to overcome the Heat, although they already received some of that last postseason with Dwyane Wade's knee limitations.
But to say that the Pacers lack a superstar like that title-winning Pistons team would undercut what George has been doing this season. With George and Hibbert chasing hardware and the revamped bench unit showing the early returns, the Pacers have every reason to feel like Miami's equal these days. Although it remains to be seen whether they can ultimately top the defending champs come playoff time about six months from now, the Pacers have certainly shored up their most pressing concerns. And these days, it's easy to see why the Heat might be the ones concerned. Indiana's message is sent, loud and clear.
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What a difference a year makes. One year ago we could barely even get on national TV. Now they're talking about us as potential favorites in the East. TNT had a scripted sub-segment about us last night even though we weren't playing a game that night. We've already had 1 ESPN game 5 games in. We are #1 in Stein's power rankings. Home game attendance appears to have skyrocketed.
This is pretty awesome. Regardless of how far we get in the postseason (and I have very high expectations for this squad), I'm going to make sure and enjoy every last tiny bit of this season. Exposure and team quality at this level don't come around very often...
Here's a image capture of the article just in case people need to know what stock images were used.
We'll have to wait to see if the whole "Heat are just waiting for the playoffs" talk is true.
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you know what's nice? THIS http://espn.go.com/nba/powerrankings
When's the last time you saw a power ranking with Indiana at number 1? I don't care that it's early in the season, **** still has me pumed!
But Kstat had a point.
LeBron and the Heat coasted during early regular season last year, and than boom they have the winning streak.
The Heat might be still in sleep mode and they can still dominate in the playoffs.
Heat are the Champs until proven otherwise.
Anywho, I don't really buy that the Heat just cruise. These guys definitely go out and try to win. Things aren't as desperate, and like every other team they go through their struggles, but they definitely aren't coasting. Plus, While I think Chicago and Pacers are probably desperate for homecourt advantage, there is no way that the Heat want to give that up. Homecourt is huge, and frankly I think the Heat would have lost to the Spurs if they didn't have homecourt advantage.
That's something Heat want, and will try to pursue.
After winning two championships and barely losing one no team can say they are better than the heat until the heat are beat. You cannot be considered any worse when you have not lost players.
the heat will not even start playing until mid January. Turn it up some in march and actually play to their potential in June. Judging them no is just laughable because they do the same thing every year.
Yes, the Heat are the champs until someone else wins in the finals.
But I'd rather be the team forcing them to work at keeping it than to be just another speed bump.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
When the Colts won the SuperBowl, they were defending champs. nothing more nothing less. only defending the crown (or belt if you prefer). Heat are defending a crown this season, that does not mean they are the best team. Much like the Colts were not the best team the following year.
Both the Heat and Pacers will improve as the season goes on. No one is crowning a team champion in November, way to much can happen between now and then. Other teams will improve in the east also like Brooklyn, Chicago.
on paper at full strength I believe the Pacers are one of only a few teams that can a win a crown this year. As of right now the Pacers are not exactly at full strength. Grangers return if healthy makes the Pacers the better TEAM.
I hope to see MIA in the playoffs, preferable ECF. Bron, Wade will be forced to play 48 minutes every game. No way MIA can stack up with our depth. If Wade is less than 75-80% I don't believe Bron get beat the Pacers 4 games by himself.
Way to early to even think about really. like another poster stated above, we as Pacers fans need to just enjoy the ride. Who knows what Legend may do at the trade deadline. As of right now, don't care one bit about the Heat. Pacers need to get Granger back and integrated with the offense.
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We will find out. its gonna be fun season.
When the Colts won that Super Bowl, it was the first one they had made it to. That's a big difference than the Heat, who have made the Finals three straight years and have won two straight. Also, the NFL has way more of an unpredictability factor to it because of the one and done format. The NBA is way different because you have to beat a team 4 out of 7 times. That's tough to do when the opponent has one of the greatest players in league history who happens to be in his prime.
We can win more games this season than the Heat. We can win the season series against them like we did last year. We can top them in "expert" power rankings. But we're not going to be a better team than them until we prove on the court that we can eliminate them 4 out of 7 times when the stakes are highest. We all hate Miami, but they are at the top of the mountain and it's going to have to be taken away from them.
I agree with you that we need to just enjoy the ride. This Pacer team obviously has a nice chance to win it all.


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Lenovo Announces New ThinkCentre AIOs and Desktopsby Jarred Walton on 8/28/2013 5:28 PM EST
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bah12 - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linkI know that this is a legit tech product announcement (and I personally like lenovo), but for a company notorious for refusing to send in products for review, I wouldn't reward them with free advertising. Just my two cents. Reply
JarredWalton - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linkI hear ya, but the hope is that with coverage like this they'll be more likely to supply us with product samples for review. It's a funny world, corporate politics, and we've actually had a few Lenovo ThinkCentre systems reviewed now, but the laptop side is under a different manager and who hasn't been willing to send out systems to us. Reply
Flunk - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linkThat's a shame, their notebooks are a lot more interesting than their desktops. Very traditional corporate workstations like the Thinkcentres aren't really want most of us read this site for. Reply
bah12 - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linkYah they are pretty stingy it seems. On a side topic hopefully you can get the new Latitude 7000 series in. Finally an ultrabook with a real dock for business. Just be sure you hammer them on the pricing, because right now through dell premier the pricing is outrageous. Reply
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Thermaltake Tsunami: A Complete Visual Overhaulby Purav Sanghani on 9/10/2004 12:00 PM EST
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Spectatohead - Friday, March 25, 2005 - linkI have the original Audigy. I think the Audigy drive is the same. The front cover closes fine. The knobs don't seem to even touch the back of it. Of course the door has to be open to plug headphones, or anything else, into it. I have looked to see if the Audigy has a connector for an external headphone jack so I could use the top connector, but I can't find one. This is a great case. I got the plain silver version. The floppy bay is a bit funky but other than that everything else installs easily. Reply
bigdane - Friday, December 31, 2004 - link#29, Did you have any luck any finding an answer to your question? I am considering the same case with the same issue. Reply
yomper - Wednesday, December 22, 2004 - linkDoes anybody know if there is any problem closing the front cover of the Tsunami with a SB Audigy 2 front panel installed? I haven't seen this case in the flesh yet, and am wondering if the curved bezel provides enough clearance for the volume knobs on the Audigy line's 5.25" connector panel. (I'd rather not clutter up my desk further with the external connector box of the Pro model of the Audigy 2.) Reply
alzheimer - Wednesday, November 24, 2004 - linkI had no problem with instaling PSU after mobo. I have one question. Is ist possible to regulate rpm of 2 12cm fans with multifunction panel? Reply
drunknasasin - Sunday, October 03, 2004 - linkThis case is nice, I've worked with a couple of them. The only problem that will arrise is mounting a larger Power Supply. It soon becomes a puzzle, and frustrating. Once the Power supply is mounted, the rest is easy. Reply
flyboy84 - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - linkJust got the case, it's beautiful!
Can't wait to build the system over the weekend :-D Reply
Ringthane - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 - linkI have the case... did not install PSU until after mobo was in place. This required the top mounted USB/firewire/audio jack ports to be removed (4 screws). Probably would have needed to remove the usb ports even if I hadn't installed the mobo first (600w PSU). It was a biatch getting the PSU in, plus I broke one of the small plastic hinges on the usb cover (Thermaltake replaced FOC). It's all in now and looks great, but it is not a quiet ride.
Front door is fine of you're not rough with it, but heh, it's a computer case not a football. Reply
treadhed - Saturday, September 11, 2004 - linkI'm done with thermaltake. The designers of this company have got to be smoking crack, because the Xaser was the most regressive design I have ever seen as far as usability and installation is concerned. Now it is eating power supplies. Number two just went out, and I'm going to go get another case, one I can put my hands on and look at before I buy it. I will never buy a case over the internet again. I do not expect the Tsunami to be any more friendly or innovative in design. Expect the worst. Reply
deathwalker - Saturday, September 11, 2004 - linkI have a real problem with cases like this...with front doors that open. I see these doors as just one more problem area....something else you can break too easily. Reply
GhandiInstinct - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkPurav, could you answer my question please? Reply
DonB - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkFront panel needs a whackin' big ol' spider emblem, if you want it to look REALLY nice! Reply
themelon - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkthe harddrive cage on my 2 slk3700's is in an identicle position to the pictures in this review. Reply
JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkNo, just what happens when I don't look closely. I wish they had a way to delete messages on this thing.... Reply
cobalt - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkHello WaveMaster #2. :) Reply
ciwell - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link"Never mind, it was for a different case... "
That was rich. :-D Reply
JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkNever mind, it was for a different case... Reply
JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkSorry for the blank posts... Reply
JohnnyCNote - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link"With a price tag of around $100"
Yeah, where? I clicked on the "AnandTech Deals" thing at the top of the page and saw nothing below $150.... Reply
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JarredWalton - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link#2 echoes my thoughts, except there is one major difference from the SLK3700-BQE: the hard drive cage is rotated on the Antec.
If that is truly the case (ow - bad pun!), then I can almost certainly vouch for the difficulty of putting a PSU into such a case after the other components are installed. My Antec PSU started having fan issues, so I replaced it with a Thermaltake Polo12. With a Zalman CNPS7000a heatsink on the motherboard, it was almost impossible to get the PSU into position without removing the motherboard. I eventually succeeded after taking out all the CD/DVD drives, but I think if I have to do it again, I'll just save myself the trouble and removed the motherboard. Which is really not saving much trouble. :(
So, install your PSU first in these cases, and pray to whatever gods you hold dear that your PSU doesn't die before you're ready to upgrade the system. ;)
Other than that, it's a nice looking case, other than the orange fan on the window. Reply
LocutusX - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkTo article author:
Please address the points raised by me in #3 and the other person in #8. Thanks!
(IMO, swapping PSUs seems to be pretty frequent nowadays among enthusiasts - almost as frequent as swapping mobos, in fact)
GhandiInstinct - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkSo let me get this right, I'll have to install my PSU before my motherboard? And I'll have to remove the top audio/fw/usb?
Also, I didn't see anything said about the filter in the front of the case, on the 120mm. Reply
Happy Buddha - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkNIce review. There is still something I'd like to be add on the thermal and sound benchmark; since I am(and sureley other) interest in buying this case with the non-window version wich do not have the 90mm side fan, I't would be nice if you could redo these Bencmark with the side fan off + completly plug the hole. This way it would make a fair comparison of the two version available for this case. Thanks. Reply
whitelight - Friday, September 10, 2004 - link#5 - it won't work against the CPU fan. if you have a side intake fan, you can duct cold air directly onto the cpu. and you obviously shouldn't use the CPU fan to suck air from the heatsink, rather using the CPU fan to blow air onto the heatsink. Reply
jkostans - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkIf the Side fan is an intake, how does it work against the CPU fan? I've never seen a CPU fan move air any direction but through the heatsink towards the motherboard. Maybe I'm wrong..... Reply
ciwell - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkFINALLY! Thanks for the review I have been waiting for. ::thumbs up:: Reply
LocutusX - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkThe problem I had with my Tsunami was that I couldn't figure out how to open the top cover, making it quite difficult to swap PSU's - I guess that relates to the whole "front audio/USB pod" thing, and because they put that there, they had to permanently nail down the top cover?
That's too bad, it means you'll probably have to remove the motherboard whenever you swap PSU's.
themelon - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkIts almost identicle on the inside to the Antec SLK3700. Same 5 and 2 bay drive cage, same fan placement. The only major difference I see is the flip up clips for the expansion card mounting. Reply
Aratharn - Friday, September 10, 2004 - linkIt looks like a nice case (except for the window which is just personal taste). Were there any worries about the longevity of the paint? Cars get scratched and it would seem a glossy black finish is going to scratch over time.
I find the power supply issue intriguing in that I had no such problems in my CoolerMaster WaveMaster case even though I installed a large Enermax power supply unit (465W). I guess the WavemMaster is an old man of a case now, but it would have been nice to see it included in the benchmarks for this comparison. Reply


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Social networking: Semiconductor yield management reinvented
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You may have heard that it rains in Ireland. Even when the sun shines, drizzle is common, creating photogenic rainbows, which often highlight part of a hill in the distance that youve never noticed before. Take a picture and share it instantly on Facebook or Instagram with your friends and followers. One of them in California, points out that whats highlighted by the rainbow, is a brook and bridge above a valley that you frequented together as children. Thats part of the beauty of social media. Not only connecting people, but informing, reminding and enhancing real-life experiences. Ill draw a parallel below for applying this type of engagement to Yield Management in an IC manufacturing enterprise.
Email Threads are Old SchoolMost of the time its hard in the daily work of a semiconductor product or test engineer to see the nugget of information in the deluge of data that arrives to their desktop. Tools today can allow you to analyze data, but where do you start? And, if you discern something is up, how do you share with the right expert to get to the core issue? Will you be lucky enough to have them in your email thread? Someone in your company you may not even know will be able to explain about an issue which is evident from the data because they know, for example, that the probe card was changed that week. But the probe card ID was not stored with the datalog so its not obvious to you; and the probe technician who would spot this with just one glance at the data, will inevitably not be in your email thread.
Are email threads actually the best idea any more for resolving high volume manufacturing issues? Are they used very much any more by our children for their social networking? No. Perhaps we can learn something from them.
A familiar sounding fail bin comes up one day and is affecting your yield. You have no way of knowing right now if and when it came up before and what the root cause for that bin was. But you can view it in a sophisticated looking chart, which breaks down the bin by site. This chart shows you that the bin is consistent across sites (parallel testing was in place). You know you can get to the heart of the issue if given enough time. You might email a few people then start looking at some old data stored on your desktop.
The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is hours if not (more likely) days away. And the clock is ticking faster all the time.
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Data and information in Yield Management are only good when they end up with people who can help convert them into positive action before further unnecessary scrap is created. So the key of course is to get the information in the shortest time to those who can and will contribute to resolving the situation.
In large companies there are hundreds, even thousands, of engineers working on multiple projects for potentially tens of thousands of products. Even in smaller companies there are dozens of engineers all with different experience and slants and angles who can provide unique insights into issues. A QA engineer will be able to tell you that an issue you have brought up with a test program is actually more serious than you even thought because the program is not even qualified yet. A fab engineer can tell you that a particular pattern, which you see in a wafer parametric analysis, is because of a reticle issue, which was fixed (or not) subsequently. You may never have these people in a thread because you dont know them. Imagine, though, if you dont even need to have them on the thread but they will still get notification anyway? To paraphrase an old adage: Everyone you meet no matter who they are knows something you dont know. Lets take that seriously.
Fig 1. Who on your email thread will know that the probe card was changed to explain the above tests step change in performance (x-axis is wafer id)?
Following Transforms ManufacturingTo try and solve this data deluge and the who do I ask? conundrum for high volume manufacturing in a big company, lets go back to Social networking, but with a twist. Instead of people being followed for their latest updates, equipment and material could be followed by those responsible in a socially enhanced Yield Management System (se-YMS).
Take the example of a test floor supervisor in Shanghai who follows the testers under his watch. A colleague unknown to him in California observes that one of the testers on that floor is affecting the yield of their new product, so starts to mention this tester in the se-YMS. This has the effect of alerting the supervisor who straight away takes part in the conversation on-line, even though these two far flung colleagues never met or heard of each other before. So in a matter of minutes the supervisor on the test floor in Shanghai is aware of a potential tester issue and is starting to get to know an internal customer. Two very positive outcomes it has to be said.
What's at the End of the Rainbow?In the proposed se-YMS, experts follow topics they are expert in, product engineers follow products, and technicians follow equipment. Test engineers follow test programs, reliability engineers follow unusually performing wafers, probe technicians follow probe cards and probers. And the list goes on.
In each case, problems that come up in their area of interest will be routed to them straight away and they will get to work with people they probably never knew.
We all know that the ends of rainbows are elusive, but the journeys will be shorter, more interesting and more colorful when we all work in closer collaboration using a far more effective system, no matter how far apart we are geographically.
About the Author
John ODonnell is CEO of MFG Vision Ltd, the County Limerick, Ireland-based Company sharply focused on the gap in the market for productivity-enhancing analytics of big data generated in semiconductor testing.


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Expect unseasonably warm conditions with mostly cloudy skies and an isolated shower chance in the afternoon.
Monday looks like a repeat of today with daytime highs in the low 80s under mostly cloudy skies and a slight chance of a shower.
Our next cold front arrives Tuesday night, giving us a chance of showers and storms. Unfortunately, Gulf moisture returns quickly, warming us up by the end of the week.
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