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New director at National Trout Center looking forward to promoting local fishing opportunities
By Anton Adamek
Wednesday, January 30, 2013 5:22 AM
Heath Sershen, the new director of marketing and operations at the National Trout Center, is shown with a 24.5-inch Fillmore County spring creek brown trout that was caught on a cat fur fly and released. Sershen stalked the fish for five seasons before successfully handling the fish.
The idiom "gone fishing" usually means that someone is clueless about what is going on around them, but for many people in Fillmore County, it is a very legitimate excuse for not being elsewhere.
For the new director of marketing and operations at the National Trout Center (NTC) in Preston, Heath Sershen has revolved most of his life around going fishing and is now working to ensure more people are aware of the local fishing industry's potential, how the NTC can help the local community, and how Preston can make it's boast about being "America's Trout Capital" an even truer statement.
Fishing has captivated Sershen, 33, since he was two and growing up in Austin. "My father taught me fishing wasn't just about catching the fish," he shared, "I fish to escape and to observe nature."
Having never gotten into competitive angling to a great extent, Sershen has instead refined his catch-and-release craft over the years, becoming an expert in artificial spin, fly and bait fishing. He picked up much of his information from his father.
"He was always encouraging me to take notes about what I was catching, where I was catching, and with what," related Sershen.
That background and natural draw to the streams in southeast Minnesota stayed with him when he and his family moved to Albert Lea when he was eight and also when he lived in Minneapolis when he went to college.
"I would come down here every weekend if I could," recalled Sershen. After testing the waters of city life at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, he decided that Winona State was a better fit for him. "I honestly went to Winona not because of the school aspect, but because of the fishing opportunities," Sershen shared, "I felt like I was in a better mental state with being closer to where I loved to fish."
While at Winona, he obtained a bachelor's degree in mass communication with an emphasis in public relations and minored in adventure travel and tourism. Working with people has interested Sershen for a while. While still at the University of Minnesota, he started a marketing and promotions company that turned into a business venture; specifically, a coffee shop. The shop has long since closed and Sershen has been able to focus and refine his communication, marketing and promotion skills for the benefit of the NTC.
Sershen was hired just after the first of the year to take control of daily marketing and program operations at the NTC. He will be making what he hopes will be vast improvements to the information systems that send the message of the NTC out to the community and nation at large.
Before joining the NTC, Sershen ran his own guide service and made a habit out of blogging about his experiences through social media and rich media content such as video. Following his note-taking skills learned as a kid, Sershen understands that more people can be reached if you focus on documenting stories and ideas, entertaining your audience, and marketing to them. Through website development, Sershen hopes to be able to create a national resource of information on trout while also being able to disseminate that information through a married web of multiple social networks.
Simply put by Sershen, "If you aren't on the first page of Google, then who are you?"
Once the information systems are running smoothly, Sershen will begin to focus more of his efforts on improving programming at the NTC and fundraising for the proposed permanent NTC building. Currently, the NTC is temporarily housed on St. Anthony Street in downtown Preston while it waits for the state legislature to vote on a bonding bill that would levy funds for the building.
Sershen envisions the NTC creating programming that could be integrated into kindergarten through post-secondary classroom settings. Therefore, establishing relationships with educational institutions is important.
Sershen is working on developing a partnership with his alma mater, Winona State, that would provide students with experiences based near the trout streams of Fillmore County. These would include winter hikes and overnight trips. Sershen hopes these experiences would give the students a better skill set they can then use in leading other groups of students through the same experience, as employees of the NTC.
In return, Sershen hopes that educational institutions would provide additional scholarly insight into the surrounding geology and stream environment. "Once that information is there, it will enhance the lore of the region and bring more people in," described Sershen who thinks the NTC is a huge asset to Preston and the surrounding communities. Increasing local awareness about the existence of the NTC has been on Sershen's mind a lot lately.
"The trout industry brings more people into the region," he stated, citing the region's unique geological that was a product of ancient glaciers never touching this part of Minnesota. Sershen is hoping that the local community starts noticing the impact that the trout and fly fishing industry has had on the area and makes the connection between that and what the NTC can do to have an even greater impact.
"I think that's the most important thing," Sershen added. "You don't realize what is here in the area until you stop and take a look."
Sershen himself has fished over 200 miles worth of streams in southeast Minnesota and has seen very few places like it in the world that can compare with the value of its natural resources. Sershen knows this from experience.
As a student, Sershen traveled throughout the world. Wherever he ended up, he made sure that he fished. When he was a summer student at the London Conservatory in Great Britain, he paid big money in order to have the privilege to fish in the Queen's Pond in London. The fish there were few and far between because of heavy fishing pressure, but the ones that were present were as long as they were wide.
When Sershen studied abroad in Costa Rica, he spent a half-day of fishing for a unique fish species called the Roosterfish. But it was in New Zealand that Sershen was able to see trout tourism at its finest.
"New Zealand has a very similar marketing strategy as us," he described, "We are the 'Trout Capital of the U.S.' while they consider themselves the 'World Capital of Trout.'"
The biggest threat the trout species are experiencing in New Zealand isn't from the anglers, but from invasive algae species that kill the eggs. Sershen believes that what Preston has is just as valuable a national resource as New Zealand's.
With his world view, expert understanding of fish ecosystems, and marketing management skills, Heath Sershen is looking forward to build lasting partnerships between the NTC and businesses, educational institutions and people from abroad and locally. Beginning after the winter season, the NTC will be open longer hours and more days during the week. There are also plans to expand the popular nine-hole angling course along the Root River.
Sershen also mentioned that the NTC will be open during the winter season starting next year. He has been coming to the Preston area for 30 years to fish and Sershen now wants to "bring people to Preston" so they can experience the "America's Trout Capital" for themselves.
If one would like to stay up-to-date on the NTC's programs and events, visit the NTC on Facebook at facebook.com/NationalTroutCenter as well as Twitter at twitter.com/NationalTrout.
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Last night I grilled up about 5-1/2 pounds of beef ribs using the Lone Star Ribs recipe in "Ribs, Ribs, Outrageous Ribs". The judges pronounced them good, although my wife said they were "a bit spicy" and the older child would only eat the meat after it had been sliced from the bone.
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In Episode 2 we focused on stretching your food dollar. This time we focused in on chicken. We also snuck in an easy side dish to share with your family.
Some call them Chick Peas, others call them Garbanzo Beans. Either way, these beans or peas make a delicious side dish.
I am eternally grateful to who ever coined the term, "Faux-Taters." The term refers to any mashed, mushed or smooched carbohydrate or vegetable that when processed fills the spot on your plate and in your tummy for the old stand by -- mashed potatoes.
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Anyhow I started to make a simple rpg game with no real idee wat I'm going to do yet or the story line just going at it, I heard its the best way to learn.
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The Dutch finance minister Jan Kees de Jager has called on the Dutch National Bank to formulate a remedial plan within the month, after a commission found their internal supervision wanting.
Investigating the bankruptcy of small Dutch bank, DSB, the Scheltema commission concluded that the DNB should never have issued them a banking licence in 2005. While the financial position of the bank was sound, the report concluded that fundamental improvements in corporate structure had been needed and should have been identified. (DNB aside, the 348-page report blamed unprofessional management and poor governance for DSB's collapse.)
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The average age of principal farm operators in the US increased from 54 years-of-age in 1997 to 57 years-of-age in 2007. Today, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, sixty percent of agricultural producers are age 55 or older.
This general aging of US farmers and ranchers highlights the importance of programs that focus on educating and assisting the next generation of producers. Furthermore, because many US agricultural producers approaching retirement are particularly interested in the continuation of their farming or ranching operation to future generations, it becomes increasingly vital that young producers gain knowledge concerning the acquisition, management, and conservation of agricultural land.
Several programs developed and administered by public organizations such as USDA and the South Dakota Department of Agriculture are important tools for new and beginning South Dakota agricultural producers.
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For many years USDA has developed and implemented programs targeted to the next generation of agriculture producers. For example, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 apportioned $75 million from 2009 to 2012 for education, training, and outreach programs to enhance the efficiency and viability of beginning farmers and ranchers. The recently passed Agriculture Act of 2014 provides $20 million annually for 2014 through 2018 to support similar activities. The information that follows is a partial list of the USDA agencies, and the programs they offer, that are of special interest to beginning farmers and ranchers.
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FSA directs a portion of its loan portfolio to beginning farmers and ranchers who otherwise may fail to quality for credit from traditional sources. FSA defines beginning farmers and ranchers as those having 10 years or less of production agriculture experience. For these individuals, FSA offers regular loans and loan guarantees through their farm loan program. FSA also offers flexibility in application, eligibility, and security requirements to both new and small producers. FSA provides operating and ownership loans with terms and rates designed to mitigate some of the obstacles facing producers that lack a full credit history. For example, FSA offers Microloans containing special terms and conditions to eligible producers who use the credit to pay for various operating, production, and marketing expenses. Unlike commercial loans, FSA loans are temporary and designed to help producers ultimately obtain credit from commercial sources. Loan programs from FSA available to beginning farmers and ranchers include the following:
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More information on FSA loan packages for beginning farmers and ranchers is available on the FSA website.
Conservation Reserve Program – Transition Incentives Program
Since its inception in 1985, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has offered annual payments to landowners or renters in exchange for the removal of highly erodible acres from production. Special treatment of CRP land transferring from retired or retiring land owners is available by the Transition Incentives Program (TIP). For land expiring from CRP contracts, TIP provides two additional annual rental payments to retiring landowners on the condition that they sell or rent this land to a beginning or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher. FSA defines socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers as those individuals who are members of groups that have historically been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice. The new owner or renter must return the land to production using sustainable methods.
More information on the TIP program is available on the FSA website.
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
NRCS offers various tools that assist farmers and ranchers with implementing conservation practices that help conserve the nation's air, water, soil, and other natural resources. Programs such as Environmental Quality Improvement Program (EQIP) contain provisions specifically addressing the needs of new and beginning producers. In general, EQIP provides financial and technical assistance to support conservation practices on eligible land. Socially disadvantaged, beginning producers, and veterans may quality for increased payment rates and advanced payments to purchase eligible supplies and materials to implement conservation practices consistent with their EQIP contracts. Specifically in regard to advance payments, EQIP now provides an increase in the limit from 30 to 50 percent of total costs for eligible participants.
More information on EQIP and other NRCS programs is available on the NRCS website.
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
NIFA's Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) was first authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and then reauthorized by the Agricultural Act of 2014. USDA estimates that aid associated with BFRDP will be approximately $19.2 billion dollars in fiscal year 2014, and this funding will be directed to organizations and activities that support beginning farmers and ranchers. Organizations receiving funding priority include nongovernmental, community-based, and educational organizations having employees with expertise in training, assisting, and educating new agricultural producers. A portion of program funds will be directed to limited resource and socially disadvantaged beginning producers, farm workers with goals of becoming independent producers, and veterans interested in farming or ranching.
USDA has identified three types of eligible projects for BFRDP: 1) Standard Projects which address education, training, outreach, and assistance initiatives for beginning farmers and ranchers; 2) Educational Enhancement Projects that will help coordinate and evaluate Standard Projects; and 3) Curriculum and Training Clearinghouses that will disseminate curricula and training materials to program participants and the organizations that serve them.
USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) will award grants through a competitive process. The NIFA's 2014 fiscal year Request for Application is available later this spring. These funds are available to organizations offering programs to assist beginning farmers and ranchers. Producers are only indirect beneficiaries of this program – they do not receive funds directly.
More information on NIFA's BFRDP is available on the NIFA website.
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Recognizing that beginning farmers and ranchers have needs that differ from those of established producers, South Dakota Department of Agriculture offers two innovative programs to benefit new producers. The first is called Farm Link. This program maintains a directory of farmers and ranchers designed to foster a mentor relationship between beginning and established producers. Through these connections, Farm Link helps new and beginning farmers and ranchers gain access to land, resources, support, and knowledge. The second program is called Beginning Farmer Bond. This program enables lenders, including individuals, partnership, and corporations, to receive interest payments that are exempt from federal taxes on loans made to beginning farmers and ranchers. Participating in this program may allow beginning producers an opportunity to receive loans at reduced interest rates.
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Office for Mac 2011 Gets Retina Display Supportby Saumitra Bhagwat on 9/19/2012 3:25 PM EST
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ananduser - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkSo much for the fancy retina marketing if the entire world needs to repatch everything to fit a single vendor's niche feature. Reply
silverblue - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkI don't understand how they couldn't just make higher resolution graphics and let the OS handle the resolution aspects. Isn't that what other OSs do, anyway?
(a very ignorant Windows user) Reply
aliasfox - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkI would assume that Office, like Firefox, used a dedicated text-rendering engine rather than the OS default. If the app uses the OSX default text rendering engine, the transition should be seamless, but third party rendering might not be.
The three months of turnaround was probably to rewrite the engine (or redirect office to use the default one). Not too long a wait, at least compared to Adobe dragging its feet for years everytime there's an architectural change from Apple (Carbon to Cocoa, PPC to Intel, standard to Retina, etc). Reply
madmilk - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkOffice is actually still written in Carbon, which is probably why the change was not automatic. There were some plist hacks to enable sharp text, but they didn't work perfectly. Reply
KoolAidMan1 - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkYeah, screw progress Reply
ex2bot - Sunday, September 23, 2012 - linkI have to wonder a bit about you. Being an AnandTech reader, I assume you're an knowledgeable computer user. Yet you jumped to comment on this post, rushing to judgement, and showed your ignorance of OS X architectural basics (cocoa vs. carbon apps).
Just sayin'.
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darwinosx - Thursday, December 06, 2012 - linkKids...
Strange how everyone, even Microsoft, is rushing to meet this "niche" feature. As if they see some benefit in doing so. Reply
dubthedankest - Sunday, September 23, 2012 - linkhttp://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/how-to-inst...
Make sure you follow those instructions, I guess there is a glitch. Night and day now, thank God. Reply
dishayu - Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - linkI would like to see all UI elements desinged using vector graphics. Then we can seemlessly up/downscale according to need, may it be 480x320 on a phone or a gigantic 4K panel. It'll be equally crispy clear on all of them. Reply
madmilk - Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - linkThing is, 95% of screens are low-res enough that the individual pixels are visible. So if you use vector graphics, they look like crap because of aliasing. You can try to align the lines to fit on the grid properly, but then you lose the seamless downscaling since everything looks subtly different depending on resolution.
If you've ever looked at Mac OS X font rendering and wondered why it's so blurry, blame Apple's obsession with keeping the vectors pure. Microsoft made something easier on the eyes with ClearType by forcing the fonts to align with the pixel grid ("hinting"). Apple's setup is OK on the retina screens though. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, December 06, 2012 - linkEven though I think clear type looks a little better Apples approach is to ensure what you see on the screen is what prints. As you say it works out on the retina displays. Reply


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Gallery: Harrison Nero raises foster children to become prosperous adults
LONG BEACH — It will be a Father's Day for the ages in the Harrison Nero home.
The 80-year-old retired postal worker and assistant pastor at Antioch Church plans to celebrate with nearly a dozen of the 25 or so kids he and his wife Loretta have fostered over the years.
After rearing five children of their own.
"We just wanted to do something for someone else," Nero said last week from the comfort of his westside home. "It has been a real blessing to do that. It's been wonderful to give back what you've been blessed with."
He keeps on giving.
Nero and his wife recently welcomed two teenage girls into their home. They joined another girl who at the age of 12 had been placed with the Neros five years ago through the foster care program at Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services in Pasadena.
Dressed sharply in dark brown slacks with light blue pinstripes that matched a finely knotted necktie hung nicely over a crisp dress shirt, Nero sat in a living room chair and talked about the joys of foster-parenting while small children occasionally clung to his knee between outbursts of play.
"Papa" had cared for their mothers.
A Mississippi native whose own father died when he was just 6 months old, Nero's life-worn voice crackled and popped with a slight accent revealing that a Southern man never quite loses the soft notes of home, even if he moves to California around the age of 20.
"God put it on our heart to do something like this," he said. "Sometimes you don't know what life is going to give you. We go through some ups and downs, some hills and valleys. You just don't know what valley you're going to go through or what hill you're going to cross."
Reared on his grandfather's farm, Nero made his way to the Golden State in search of something better than the 83 cents an hour he was making in a furniture lumber yard.
He met Loretta, who works as a hairstylist in the TV and film industry, at a relative's birthday party, and they married in 1976.
After their own children had grown up and after living happily in an empty nest for two years, the Neros decided in 1999 to welcome their first foster kids home. A woman at their church had talked to them about the lack of foster parents in the community.
The Neros took in four siblings, the oldest of which was 13. A fifth sibling joined them later, and the children remained with the loving couple until they were adults.
"One turned into four, and four turned into five," Loretta Nero said. "We feel God has blessed us."
The five visit often. Among them is Nate Martin, a 25-year-old bus driver in the Downey Unified School District who plans to transfer out of community college to UCLA in the near future and eventually become a teacher or counselor.
Sitting next to Harrison Nero, Martin smiled often and praised his foster parents for the attention and deep affection they gave him.
"No matter how many people are in the house, you feel like the only one," he said.
Nero became the father-figure Martin longed for. Chores and church colored the blank pages of what had been a rudderless childhood. Martin said it molded him into the man he is today.
He laughed as he recalled the awe-inspiring words of Nero, spoken like a classic dad who is ready for bed and has put up with enough commotion from the kids in the living room: "Don't make me come down there."
Steve Dubin, a clinician with Hathaway-Sycamores, said it is difficult for foster parents to establish trust with kids because so many of them come from abusive homes.
"He and Loretta, they really open up a space for that relationship to develop, and they do that just in their welcoming manner," Dubin said. "They give the child an opportunity to express themselves. It's almost like the invitation is there for them to open up. The stability of their home and their solidness gives kids confidence to know they're in a safe place."
Nero said one key is to use restraint and not be harsh with foster children. And it doesn't hurt to promise trips to Disneyland and the movies as rewards for good behavior.
As for retiring from the child-rearing business, Nero hasn't considered it.
"As long as I'm able to give back some of what I'm blessed with, I'll go until I can't go no more," he said.


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Old habits die hard in US corporate governance: Pfizer has just announced it will hand chief executive Ian Read the chairmanship. That re-creates the dual chair-CEO role and goes against the slow US trend towards splitting the two top board jobs.
According to Spencer Stuart, the headhunter, 41 per cent of top US companies now separate the roles (though the chairmanship is too often held by the ex-CEO), compared with 26 per cent in 2001. So, as governance expert Lucy Marcus tweeted on Tuesday, Pfizer's decision is an "astonishing step backward". Read more


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Drew Stanton will make his second start at quarterback since Carson Palmer went down with a season-ending knee injury. He threw for a career-high 306 yards last week against Detroit and completed passes to 10 different receivers. But he also threw two interceptions and will be challenged by Seattle's unfriendly confines and its stellar secondary.
"You look at everything that's transpired and we dealt with a lot of stuff, but we've been successful," Stanton said. "We can't start listening to outside critics because early on in the year, people tried to write us off when Carson was out and we had a lot of question marks — people wanted to sit here and doubt us. So we've done a good job of blocking that out."
Here's what else to watch as Arizona and Seattle meet for the first of two games in less than a month:
Seattle running back Marshawn Lynch is coming off his two best games of the season and his first time topping 100 yards in consecutive games since Weeks 9 and 10 of last season. He's also heading into Sunday $100,000 lighter in the wallet after getting fined by the league for violations of its media policy. Lynch rushed for 140 yards against the Giants and followed up with 124 against Kansas City.
If he can reach the century mark against Arizona he would break the Cardinals' streak of 20 straight games without allowing a 100-yard rusher and post three-straight 100-yard games for the first time since the end of the 2012 season.
Seattle knows it's about to face an assortment of blitzes from Arizona's defense. The Cardinals have 10 sacks in their past two games. Alex Okafor has three of his team-high five sacks this season in the past two games.
In four games against Russell Wilson, Arizona has 11 sacks.
Seattle's run defense surrendered 159 yards to Jamaal Charles last week, the most by any running back against Seattle since Adrian Peterson in 2012. The Seahawks can't let Andre Ellington have the same success if they want to put pressure on Stanton.
In the past three games, Arizona is allowing nearly nothing in the second half. Opponents have had 18 second-half possessions during those three games and Arizona has allowed only seven points and forced six turnovers.
If facing the team with the best record in the NFL wasn't difficult enough, the Seahawks don't get much recovery time. They'll have just three days of rest after Sunday's game before a Thanksgiving night showdown with rival San Francisco.
"We never worry about a short week there's nothing we can do about it," Seattle coach Pete Carroll said.


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Under the hood of the 2012 Nissan Altima is a water outlet assembly that looks like an injection molder's nightmare. It's a manifold for the cooling system that has 10 undercut male barb ports—all without parting lines—that feed coolant to and from the transmission cooler, throttle cooler, heater core, and oil cooler, and also provides coolant to the radiator. It is molded with six cores and 12 shutoffs, all of them nonplanar. It also incorporates a press-in-place seal, sealed threaded insert, a wire-harness bracket, and oil drip rail, and it houses the thermostat. It's molded in 33% glass-filled PPA (Amodel AS-1933HS from Solvay Specialty Polymers, Alpharetta, Ga.)
The molder, MPC, Inc., based in Walworth, Wis., says this part required advanced mold-filling analysis so as not to overpack the part and cause brittleness. It also required precisely timed hydraulics and mechanical actions to sequence five slides; and Scientific Molding was used to actuate multiple valve gates precisely based on temperature and pressure transducers. The moldmaker was Industrial Molds, Rockford, Ill.
Little wonder, then, that this part was recognized not once, but twice, with industry awards last year. It won the award for best Single Part in the 2nd International Plastics Design Competition, sponsored by SPI at the NPE2012 show in April, and was chosen as the Powertrain category winner at the SPE Automotive Innovation Awards in November.


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It has long been known that Wall Street analysts working for investment banks (the sell side) are biased towards shares going up, from which they and their employers benefit.
This chart from Kevin Gardiner, head of European investment strategy at Barclays Wealth (part of the bank on the buy side, not the sell side) shows analysts tend to start each year optimistic, then become less optimistic as the year goes on. Each line shows how S&P 500 profit forecasts for a single year developed as time went by. Only in 1988, 2005 and 2006 did they end up more positive than they started, yet hope continually overcame reality.
There's an intriguing explanation for the bias of sell-side strategists from Dhaval Joshi at BCA Research. The way for a strategist to prosper is to be right as frequently as possible – and he should know: he is a sell-side strategist himself. Assuming that the strategist can't forecast the market with any accuracy, that means it is best to ignore the odd period of big losses and instead focus on the higher likelihood of rises.
It is quite reasonable to assume forecasts will not be accurate, partly because of their history (chart below) but mostly because if a strategist could accurately forecast the market, they would not need to work for a living. Read more


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"Is this house made out of poo?" the little kid asked as I stood working near the doorway of the hut.
"No," I replied. "But it's supposed to look like it is. It's actually concrete." Such was the line of questioning that morning at the latest exhibit in the Oakland Zoo's African Savanna. Constructed of two-by-fours and plywood with a covering of hand-patted concrete and straw, this thatched-roof structure originally served as an anthropological museum. But only recently was its full potential brought to fruition. Zoo Director Joel Parrott's plan was to recreate an authentic traditional woman's dwelling from the Kikuyu tribe of East Africa, where dried cow dung was extensively utilized as a building material. I was thrilled when he gave the assignment to me. Kikuyu women live separate from their husbands, in their own house along with their daughters. (I'd find female zoo visitors were often envious when I explained this arrangement.) Even the family's sheep and goats sleep inside with them!
Following the descriptions from a book written by famed anthropologist Louis Leakey, I drew out a floor plan and began gathering the many rustic materials needed for the project: wooden poles and sticks, ecola heather, reed mats, bamboo, straw and dried leaves. Inside the hut, I constructed separate mother's and daughter's bedrooms for sleeping, a pen for the animals, a storeroom, a goat fattening pen, and a central kitchen with a stone hearth for cooking. According to long-held tradition, these rooms are laid out in precisely the same manner in every hut, along with a wealth of taboos about conduct and social rituals. For example, if a cooking pot should crack while food is being cooked in it, that food can only be eaten by women past childbearing age. And if an owl hoots near a homestead, or a frog or lizard falls into the fireplace, a house purification ceremony is required.
Working with these rustic materials presented a few challenges. Nothing was straight, flat or uniform. Poles arrived shorter than anticipated, heather mats stubbornly refused to be stapled in place, and before I'd even finished construction, a small family of rodents took up residence under the mom's leaf-covered bed. But after two months of meticulous work, I had the basic structures complete.
Then I went shopping. One of the most fun days of my Oakland Zoo career was the one I spent gathering the many unique furnishings for the hut. I went to a pottery yard and found earthen jars and cooking pots. At an import store, I found baskets and wooden plates, along with plastic fruit and vegetables. And I found places that sold cow and goat hides for bedding and hollow gourds that could be used for food and water storage. I even carved a little wooden flute for the mother's bedroom. But I wanted more than simply things that could be seen and touched. With a friend's help I put together a multi-track CD of music and sound effects to be played through hidden speakers. And I burned some wood and leaves inside the hut to lend it an authentic smoky smell. With a series of small interpretive signs, the Kikuyu Woman's Hut was ready to receive its first guests. An opening ceremony, complete with authentic African music and food, introduced the hut to the public, who got to experience how East African women lived 100 years ago. So if you haven't yet seen the African hut exhibit, stop by for a visit the next time you're at the Zoo. Just take a left at the zebras!
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Dance Floor XOXO Design
Fun design for a wedding dance floor where the XOXO can be used in the basic flower design with the arms radiating from the happy couple's names in the center, or they can be cut apart and scattered around as needed. You select the colors for the names and the colors for the XOXO design. We recommend lighter colors for wood floors, and darker colors for lighter surfaces such as tile or concrete. There are two styles to choose from, one with regular text and another with more of a script font (using French Script).


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Hockey star Georgie Twigg may have an Olympic bronze medal to her name, but she has admitted to having first-match nerves ahead of her Surbiton Hockey Club debut.
The 21-year-old, who switched to Sugden Road this summer, starred for Team GB's women in their third-place play-off match in front of thousands of fans – including Kate Middleton – at the
London 2012 Games.
Six weeks on, Twigg is expected to make her debut for skipper Chloe Strong's team at Sutton Coldfield this weekend as Surbiton look to build on a historic first Women's England Hockey League
Premier Division win over Reading at the weekend.
And she admitted watching last Saturday's 4-0 opening day win from the sidelines, only added to the pressure.
"I'm a bit nervous to be honest. It is a new club and new set of players," she said this week .
"I do know quite a few of the girls through the Team GB set up, but it is still a case of turning up to training and impressing.
"It is a great club with a great set-up. It was a good win at the weekend. The girls already look strong.
"It was a good start but we cannot get ahead of ourselves.
"There is an excellent depth of talent in the squad and everyone is going to be fighting for a place. With a win like that it is going to be difficult to get in the team."
Twigg, who has recently moved to Fulham, grew up in Lincolnshire before
moving to Bristol University to study a law degree, while turning out for Surbiton's new Premier Division rivals Clifton.
She was part of Team GB team that won Olympic bronze this summer with a 3-1 win over New Zealand – a first women's hockey Olympic medal for 20 years.
Despite enjoying the media spotlight and the glamour of last week's athletes parade in London, Twigg is looking forward to a return to normal life – including returning to her studies.
Although she still has an eye on the 2016 Games in Brazil.
"We were so disappointed to lose out in our semi-final because we had set our sights on gold," she said.
"Missing out on gold gives you the incentive to go again for Rio – if selected, of course.
"We've got the European Championships and World League Series coming up so it starts all over again. You're sad when it is all over, but it will be nice to get back to normal."


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With some tough home fixtures coming up, Eagles columnist WILL TAYLOR feels Crystal Palace need to start picking up wins on the road – and quickly.
Palace went into Saturday's game at the Stadium of Light with a point to prove, but sadly they came away with only that - a point.
This was a Sunderland side collapsed on the ropes, still reeling from their Wembley woe and an emphatic FA Cup exit at the hands of Hull.
Instead of looking to stick the knife in, apply salt to the exposed wound or perhaps mount a meaningful attack, Tony Pulis' players lifted their shields and awaited an onslaught.
I sighed, tutted and cursed my way through an utterly frustrating 90 minutes, before falling to my knees when KG spurned a glorious chance to snatch a late winner.
The stalemate means the Eagles have failed to score in open play during any of their last four games and it's not difficult to see why.
The midfield trio of Mile Jedinak, Joe Ledley and the aforementioned KG are not ball-playing maestros capable of igniting attacks from the back.
Their sole purpose is to regain possession, it's not a pretty job but it's one that Pulis prides above all else, especially in the midst of a relegation battle.
This means five-yard passes are hit astray, through balls are delayed and there is often a genuine sense of panic when we enter the final third.
Yet so much energy is spent chasing shadows and contesting loose balls, it's no surprise we struggle when the mentality of the team shifts from defence to attack.
Many supporters have asked for the recall of the technically-gifted Barry Bannan or the eager-to-impress Dwight Gayle, but unfortunately Pulis will always prefer a physical presence over poise and grace on the ball.
Further up the pitch there is still too much pressure placed upon Glenn Murray.
Pulis has rather foolishly hailed last season's 31-goal hero as our saviour, when it's clear he'll struggle to flourish following his debilitating injury.
Murray operates best in the moments before a defence-splitting pass or whipped cross is pinged his way, drifting free of his marker and coming to life in the penalty area.
But without sufficient support, Murray has been battered into submission with long, aimless balls fired towards in the hope he'll give our defenders a moments peace.
Jason Puncheon, Tom Ince and Yannick Bolasie have flickered between the brilliant and the benign recently and I fail to see how Pulis can change that.
He has worked wonders to install discipline and organisation at the back, but the same predictable, unyielding mindset is unlikely to bear fruit up front.
Perhaps we will look back on this as a crucial point come May.
Aside from a super-charged Borini hitting the bar, and a couple of fine yet ultimately regulation stops for Speroni, the Black Cats rarely threatened.
This was dubbed 'must win' for Sunderland but must 'not lose' for Palace, so in many respects it is mission accomplished.
There may even be a better opportunity for three points in Tyneside this weekend.
Newcastle have no Alan Pardew, no remarkable reinforcements in January and almost nothing to play for with European football slipping out of reach.
Yet Pulis has insisted we must win our games at home to ensure survival.
Palace only have four games left at Selhurst Park including Liverpool, Chelsea, Man City and a rapidly-improving Aston Villa.
It's clear to me that our away form that will prove pivotal in our relegation run-in.
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On 19 October, 2007, the "TurkRus.com" web site discussed a report about Adnan Oktar from Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's top-selling daily. Under the caption "Adnan Hodja's Criticism of Darwin in the Russian Press: 'Science Searches for God'," the report said:
"In a full two-page report on the debate raging around Darwin's theory, Komsomolskaya Pravda, one of Russia's highest-circulation dailies, particularly concentrated on Adnan Oktar. The article in question said 'The evidence collected over 20 years with the aim of refuting Darwin's theory by Adnan Oktar, a member of the Science Research Foundation, has not just been published in book form in 13 languages and in 54 countries, but is now on the Russian internet,' and went on to state:
'When one looks at the intense debates taking place on'When one looks at the intense debates taking place on Russian web sites, many Russian citizens and scientists agree with Adnan Oktar that Darwin's theory is incapable of fully accounting for the creation of the universe. Many Russian scientists were in any case aware that Darwin was unable to provide a complete explanation of all things. By bringing the matter into the day-to-day sphere, however, Adnan Oktar has become the crucial element with the new evidence he has introduced into the debate.'
… The article stated that the debate revolved around the following questions:
If there is a cause for the creation of all things, what was the cause of that cause?
If energy cannot be produced out of nothing nor made to disappear, where did it first come from?
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Sandy, Utah-based Telarus recently announced that it had entered into an agreement with Cablevision to distribute its triple-play business services.
The deal opened the door to the 1,200 independent commercial communication consultants who source through Telarus to prequalify, recommend and sell Optimum Business products to their clientele. Financial terms of the agreement weren't available.
"We are excited to be the newest addition to the Optimum Business channel program," added Adam Edwards, president of Telarus. "We have extensive experience supporting the Cables, and we have invested in technology that makes it easy for our partners to source their products through us. Adding Optimum to our portfolio just makes sense, giving us a complete portfolio of cable-based Internet and voice products that are in such high demand."
Prior to launch, Telarus programmed its patented GeoQuote system to accurately qualify addresses deemed serviceable by Optimum Business, along with the specific price plans and available promotions.
"The message this sends to our partners and the agent community in general is 'Telarus is your source for cables, especially Optimum,'" said Robert Butler, vice president of sales for Telarus. "There are a lot of businesses in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who are looking for fast Internet, voice, PRI and TV service that will be well served by Optimum, and we look forward to helping our agent partners find those opportunities."
Optimum is the fourth cable operator to contract with Telarus for distribution, following Comcast Business Class, Time Warner Cable Business Class and Charter Business.


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WINGSPAN, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport's terminal improvement program, is continuing progress and nearing the highly anticipated opening of the new Rental Car Customer Center. Passengers will begin to see visual changes to the inside of the terminal and Garage A at the beginning of 2013.
"It's important for passengers to know that they will not experience any travel interruptions as a result of WINGSPAN," said GSP President and CEO Dave Edwards. "The terminal will remain fully functional throughout the holidays, and we're looking forward to serving travelers during the busy holiday travel season."
The new Rental Car Customer Center in Parking Garage A will be open in January 2013. At this time, all the rental car counters currently housed inside the terminal across from baggage claim will move to the new Rental Car Customer Center.
In addition to the Rental Car Customer Center, construction on the North Wing has started and is scheduled to be completed in January 2014. The North Wing will expand into what is now the short-term lot, and when finished will temporarily house airline ticket counters and offices. In addition to eventually housing the airport's administration offices, the North Wing will also serve as the first phase build-out of the future second baggage claim area.
Renovations in the baggage claim area will begin in early 2013 and will be complete by January 2014. This includes the construction of a new third baggage carousel and replacing the two existing carousels.
Enhancements to the facade of the terminal will also begin in the upcoming year. Exterior modifications will include the installation of glass panels in place of concrete walls. This will allow more natural lighting to enter the facility and is designed to reduce electrical reliance for terminal lighting. Exterior modifications will also include construction of curbside canopies designed to shield travelers from the elements when arriving and departing GSP. A covered walkway connecting the terminal to Garages A will also be constructed.
About WINGSPAN
Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport launched WINGSPAN, a four-year terminal improvement program in May that will modernize the main terminal building, improve passenger flow and upgrade the facility. Skanska Moss, a joint venture between Skanska USA Building and local contractor Moss & Associates, is serving as construction manager at-risk, Jacobs Engineering is serving as program manager and RS&H is serving as lead architect and engineer. GSP will seek as many local subcontractors as possible to participate, continuing its commitment to economic development throughout the Upstate. The terminal will remain operational throughout the entire process.


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Le Meridien Ile Maurice6N Mauritius
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What's Included
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Deluxe Room
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- Return airport transfer on Seat In Coach Basis
- 3 Full days sightseeing on Seat In Coach Basis
Hotel Overview
Le Meridien Ile Maurice is a great choice for accommodation when visiting Mauritius Island. Offering hotel guests superior services and a broad range of amenities, Le Meridien Ile Maurice is committed to ensuring that your stay is as comfortable as possible. The hotel offers access to a vast array of services, including free Wi-Fi in all rooms, 24-hour front desk, 24-hour room service, facilities for disabled guests, express check-in/check-out. In addition, all guestrooms feature a variety of comforts. Many rooms even provide internet access – wireless (complimentary), internet access – wireless, wake-up service, non smoking rooms, air conditioning to please the most discerning guest. Throughout the day you can enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of the hot tub, private beach, fitness center, sauna, golf course (within 3 km). Le Meridien Ile Maurice is your one-stop destination for quality hotel accommodations in Mauritius Island.
Hotel Highlights
- 60 km from the airport
- 15 km from city center
- Children can enjoy at Kids Club
Facilities at hotel
- Golf
- Restaurant
- Air Conditioning
- Tennis Courts
- Gym
- Children's Club
- Casino
- Wi-Fi
- Conference Facility
- Swimming Pool
- Spa
- Concierge Services
- Room Service
- Pets Allowed
- Bar
- Baby Sitting
- Coffee Shop
- Airport Transfer
Cancellation Policy
- The package once booked is refundable and cancellable.
- Flight cancellation will be as per airline cancellation policy.
- Date of booking to 30 days before travel the cancellation charges will be 10% of the tour cost
- 30 to 15 days before travel - cancellation charges will be 50% of the tour cost
- 15 to 7 days before travel - cancellation charges will be 75% of the tour cost
- 0 to 7 days before travel - cancellation charges will be 100% of the tour cost. No refund shall be given
- Please note cancellation policy is subject to change. It depends on the hotel policy. In peak season, some hotels may charge 100% cancellation.
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- Check-in at hotel starts from 14:00 hrs.
- Check-out time is until 12:00 hrs.
- Early check-in or late check-out is subject to availability and may be chargeable by the hotel.
- Once your payment has been processed, we will send you an email confirmation.
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Did you know?
The V&A (Victoria & Alfred) Waterfront is named after Queen Victoria and her son, Prince Alfred.
Many factors contribute to the extraordinary appeal of the V&A Waterfront. High on this list is the fact that it is one of South Africa's top shopping destinations.
Situated in the heart of Cape Town, where the mountain meets the sea, it has been a working harbour since about 1860, when trade routes to the East transformed the seafront into a lucrative trading post.
In 1988, the redevelopment of the historic docklands built on this legacy, transforming the harbour into an exciting 21st-century 'trading post', complete with a comprehensive array of shops, entertainment venues, prime office locations, world-class hotels, luxury apartments and restaurants (from fast food to fine dining).
The Victorian architecture of the waterfront pulses with African energy, and there are more than 400 retail outlets offering both local and international brands.
There is also an impressive array of accommodation, ranging from budget to five-star luxury, placing you within close proximity to the stores, restaurants and entertainment.
And if the shopping becomes too much, you can enjoy some of the many other activities on offer. These include seal watching; a visit to the Two Oceans Aquarium or the Maritime Museum; boat trips around the harbour and along the coast; or an exciting helicopter tour!
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
V&A Waterfront
Tel: +27 (0) 21 408 7600
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
How to get here
The V&A Waterfront is within walking distance of the city centre and offers easy access to other major tourist attractions.
Around the area
The V&A Waterfront is a gateway to many other attractions in and around Cape Town. The Gateway Visitor Centre allows you to conduct all your travel arrangements under one roof with the help of specialists from all over southern Africa. The centre showcases a vast selection of tourist attractions, accommodation facilities, adventure sport, unique destinations, tours and services, and is designed to anticipate and meet the diverse needs international travellers.
Tours to do
A tour to Robben Island; boat and helicopter trips that depart from the Waterfront daily.
Get around
You can get a taxi or cab to the Atlantic Seaboard or city centre from outside all entrances, or opposite the Blue Shed Craft Market. There is ample parking.
Length of stay
You can spend anything from a few hours, to a full day, to several days exploring the Waterfront and the many attractions on offer.
Where to stay
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What's happening
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Broken Walls Set Course for Bitcoin's 'Lehman Moment'
The ongoing troubles at bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox highlight a risk for investors: where, in the virtual-currency world, are the boundaries between broker, exchange and clearing house?
Details of Mt. Gox's current financial troubles, and its inner workings, are still sketchy, but it appears the company has variously operated as all three: it took customers' deposits, held their bitcoins, executed trades and exchanged bitcoins for cash.
According to one account, Mt. Gox appears to have lost—or lost track of—some of the bitcoins customers kept with it.
Mt. Gox's website was all-but shut Tuesday. None of the core trading or account-management functions were operating, and all that was left was a message saying transactions were halted.
It wasn't clear what, if anything, Mt. Gox has done with its customers' bitcoin. But the move to freeze transactions underscores a risk bitcoin investors must take—at least if they want to swap bitcoins for cash or trade in a large marketplace: Some entity has to be trusted to hold the coins.
"The Mt. Gox case is the Lehman Brothers moment for digital currencies. This is a wake-up call for everyone and there will be major ramifications," said Mark T. Williams, who teaches finance at Boston University and has studied bitcoin sceptically.
"These exchanges are holding client funds but behaving more like boiler-room brokers," he said. "The whole bitcoin exchange infrastructure has been built on clay feet."
To be sure, Mt. Gox's customers could have avoided seeing their funds frozen had they transferred their bitcoin out of Mt. Gox and onto an external wallet after completing transactions, said Oleg Andreev, a bitcoin enthusiast and software developer based in Paris. But even that's no guarantee—earlier this month, Mt. Gox suddenly froze all withdrawals of coins.
In the non-virtual world, clearinghouses generally stand in the middle of transactions on exchanges, to mitigate the risk that one party doesn't deliver. And regulators typically require a strict wall between client accounts and a brokerage's own money. Breaching the wall is messy: Brokerage firm MF Global Inc. dipped into customers' accounts in a failed attempt to avert bankruptcy.
Further transparency on what an exchange does with client money can help ease panic, especially in the absence of a centralized clearing agency that would guarantee a trade if one of the entities goes under.
After Mt. Gox put a halt on customer withdrawals earlier this month, prices of the digital currency not only fell on the exchange but also elsewhere. This is despite the fact that other exchanges also briefly stopped customer withdrawals and then returned to normal.


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Fernando Nieve is one pitcher who won't be part of the 2011 Mets in any capacity. He signed a minor league contract with the Pirates and received an invitation to their spring training camp, according to The Associated Press.
The 28-year-old Nieve had a 6.00 ERA in 40 appearances with the Mets last season. He was much more effective in his brief 2009 stint with the Mets, when he was 3-3, with a 2.95 ERA in eight games. He is 8-11 with a 4.61 ERA in 99 games with the Astros and Mets.
He started off strongly last season with the Mets before overuse burned his arm out. Jerry Manuel used him so much, the booth commentators called him Nightly Nieve. In May and June alone, he had 28 appearances.
The Mets also lost reliever Raul Valdes to the St. Louis Cardinals on Nov. 19. He was 3-3, with a 4.91 ERA in 38 appearances. Not only was he effective early on as a pitcher, he wasn't a bad batter either. He was 4-for-10, with an RBI, a run and a double.
If the Mets also lose Pedro Feliciano to another team, which seems likely, they'll be down three relievers. However, they did re-sign minor league lefty Mike O'Connor, who could provide a replacement southpaw if he makes it through spring training.
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A SELBY area man was today facing a lengthy prison sentence after admitting to child abuse.
Robert Ascough, 63, of Turnham Lane, Cliffe, admitted a string of sex offences spread over three decades.
Turnham initially denied the offences, but on the day he was due to stand trial at York Crown Court, and with witnesses standing by to give evidence against him, he changed his plea.
He admitted he subjected two boys to four years of abuse and to committing serious sexual offences against them.
Judge Shaun Spencer QC said: "I am sure you must appreciate you must prepare yourself for a substantial sentence."
Ascough pleaded guilty to four indecent assaults and a serious sexual offence against a teenage boy between 1977 and 1981. He also admitted four indecent assaults and attempted rape of a second boy between 1995 and 1999.
Ascough's barrister, Taryn Turner, successfully asked for the case to be adjourned so pre-sentence and psychiatric reports could be prepared.
She applied for him to continue bail until then so he could deal with matters concerning his home, dog and financial affairs.
The judge told Ascough: "Apart from these matters, you have not been in trouble for a considerable number of years. No doubt there are matters which you will need to sort out. In the circumstances, I am prepared to grant bail."
The court heard Ascough has no previous convictions.
The judge added conditions to the conditional bail Ascough was already on and adjourned sentence until March 11.
Until then, Ascough must keep away from the two boys, both of whom are now adults, not have unsupervised contact with any child under 16, live at a specific address and attend the probation service offices for the preparation of the pre-sentence report.


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Intel Celeron D: New, Improved & Exceeds Expectationsby Derek Wilson on 6/24/2004 3:01 AM EST
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JeremiahTheGreat - Monday, July 26, 2004 - linkI bought a Celeron D 320 (2.4Ghz).. running it at 3.2Ghz as we speak! I know.. why would someone buy it to replace a XP2700+.. and that I cannot answer :) Reply
Minot - Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - linkHas anyone seen these processors for sale? I thought we'd see them available for sale by now. Reply
Thatguy97 - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - linkThere on eBay for like 99 cents Reply
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Karaktu - Monday, June 28, 2004 - linkWhat's funny about all the hype surrounding the Celeron "D" is that it is no different than what some of us have been doing with Mobile Celeron CPUs for months (except the "D" has SSE3).
Buy a 100MHz FSB Mobile Celeron, crank it up to 200MHz FSB, and you have a CPU that can hold its own.
I had a for sale thread awhile back that gives you plenty of info:
And a screen shot of a 1.6GHz CPU at 2.13GHz (133FSB)
So maybe this is an instance of Intel paying attention to what the overclockers are doing. Then again, probably not...
Joe Reply
Spacecomber - Saturday, June 26, 2004 - linkFirst off, let me say that I'm a long time fan of AnandTech, so my criticisms are hopefully constructive ones.
It seems to me that this article suffers from taking something of a cookie cutter approach to reviewing these new processors. In other words, it talks about the processor's new architecture and then runs a bunch of benchmarks with an eye to seeing whether the new architecture actually demonstrates "real world" benefits. This is all fine, but I think the review would have been better if the writer had taken a bit more time to think about what possible interests the typical AnandTech reader might have in this chip. While the article successfully shows how the Celeron D is an improvement over the previous P4 based Celeron, and this is in itself is newsworthy, it still leaves many AnandTech readers with a number of unanswered questions, as they wonder whether this new processor is really something that they should take an interest in.
You've already seen and noted many of these questions, such as whether this processor can be easily overclocked and how it performs in comparison to other kinds of processors, such as full blown P4's in roughly the same price range as the top end Celeron D.
Before actually suggesting some questions for AnandTech staff to think about for a potential follow-up article, let me mention a previous Celeron up-date, which has some similarities to this most recent one, the Tualatin Celeron. If you think a bit about what made this processor so interesting, i.e., new architecture allowed for better performance than its predecessor, backward compatibility (including PII motherboards with an adaptor), and easy overclockability on motherboards supporting frontside bus speeds faster than the default speed for this processor, I think you can better imagine some the questions that readers will be thinking about with regard to this latest Celeron.
So, here are my questions, whether it will overclock has already been asked, but are these new Celerons backward compatible with older chipsets supporting a 533 MHz bus, such as the 850E, E7205, or the 845PE? Does this new Celeron have hyperthreading? How do these new Celerons fit in to some sort of a bang for the buck curve, both at their default speeds and overclocked (assuming that they can be overclocked), compared to other processors?
I hope this is helpful, and I look forward to your future articles.
Space Reply
davidbec - Friday, June 25, 2004 - linkSince the Celeron D cost abour $117 it would only be fair to include the Athlon XP 2800+ in the review. For reasons or price comparison. The reviewer himself expressed his distaste when resellers charge customers to "upgrade" computers from Athlon XP processors to Northwood Celeron.
Let justice be done. Let your viewers know the truth. Include an Athlon XP 2800+ in the review.
In addition, the AXP 2600+ is supposed to match the P4 2.6. To be fair to the less informed viewers include the AXP 2800+ so that Intel's 2.8 chip can be matched with a processor AMD supposed equalvalent. Which is the Athlon XP 2800+
Otherwise a great review!! Good job.
D Reply
Zebo - Friday, June 25, 2004 - linkWe definitely note the request for heat, overclocking, and Pentium 4 Prescott comparisons ...
While your at throw a $100 air cooled mobile barton @2600Mhz and watch the beating Intel takes. Reply
johnsonx - Friday, June 25, 2004 - linkI'd like to second (or third, or whatever) the call for at least adding a Prescott 2.4A to the benchmark mix. The 2.4A's play in the same pricing ballpark as the higher-clocked Celeron D's, and a certain large chain store often sells a bundle of a P4 2.4A and an ECS i848 board for $120 or $130, depending on the week. That bundle makes the 2.4A cheaper than the cheapest Celeron D (though nothing compared to the XP 2500+ and NForce2 bundles for $70 a few weeks ago!)
I won't name said store, but just think of the potato-based fat sticks you get with a burger in the drive-thru... (sorry, they're on the west coast and Texas only, though I imagine that other stores in other places offer similar bundles).
DerekWilson - Friday, June 25, 2004 - linkWe definitely note the request for heat, overclocking, and Pentium 4 Prescott comparisons ...
We hear your requests, and will look into our review schedule and see if we have room for a follow up.
Derek Wilson Reply
Minot - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkCan we get a comparison of a P4 2.4A (Prescott, 1MB L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB) compared to these new Celeron D processors? Reply
Pumpkinierre - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkYeah, there's something more to this than meets the eye. I dont really follow your cache arguments, Derek (and I'm known not to like caches when they are irrelevant). To me what applied to the P4E applies to the celeron D. Its a pity you didnt throw in a 533MHz 2.8E in your benchmarks. I predicted the Prescott celeron would be a good buy but more on the basis of less heat and better o'clocking. The only conclusion I can come of all this, is the Prescott core is better than we think but the cache structure is the problem. Else they've changed something in the pipeline architecture of these celeron Ds which may have ramifications for later stepping P4Es.
TrogdorJW - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link#39 - Oh. Dang. Oops. Still, I think I probably would have chuckled more than anything. Who here hasn't made a major mistake at some point in their life? The only problem is that with Internet "publishing", your mistake can be put on the web in minutes rather than days.
Wonder how many "Flame AnandTech" threads have started up on other hardware forums about the original article? Reply
TrogdorJW - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkJust out of curiosity, what's the actual transistor count and die size of the Celeron D?
With the trimmed down L2 cache, that cuts out about 40 million transistors. If they removed dormant 64-bit stuff from the Prescott core as well (or some other unnecessary additions), we're down to almost the same transistor count as Northwood, except with a 90 nm process.
Even with 75 million transistors, if it still uses 8 layers like Prescott (and not 6 like Northwood), that would put the die size at less than 70 mm2 by my calculations. Yowza!
Picture this: 70 mm2 die size CPUs on 300 mm wafers. That gives an absolute maximum of 1009 CPUs per wafer, minus those that are on the outer edge (i.e. partial cores). Even with conservative yields of 60%, we're talking about roughly 600 CPUs per wafer. No wonder they're so cheap. Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkUnfortunately, TrogdorJW, most of the premise of the original publishing was based around the assumption that the Celeron D was able to out perform its predecessor inspite of having an equal sized cache.
It was a very large error, and certainly worthy of the outrage people have voiced.
Thanks for sticking up for us though. And please be assured that we will be much more careful. Again, we appologize for the error. Reply
TrogdorJW - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkI think some overclocking results are definitely in order, though. Take the Celeron D 325 2.53 GHz part and overclock that to a 166 MHz bus and you get a 3.2 GHz (3.167 GHz) part. It would be interesting to see how that compares to the P4 3.2C and 3.2E - Sure, it will still be (a bit?) slower, but at less than half the cost!
I'm guessing that a 200 MHz bus is unreachable, as that would give you 3.8 GHz. Then again, from the 915/925 roundup, it seems that 3.8 or 3.9 GHz was reached with many of the Prescott CPUs. Damn... $80 for a CPU that might actually get close to 3.8 GHz!? Either I'm dreaming - entirely possible - or we have a return of the good old 300A overclocking days! Pray for the latter!
So, seriously, let's have the overclocking results, and compare that to regular P4, Athlon XP, and Athlon 64 results. Reply
TrogdorJW - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkMino, considering that you can't even write a single sentence without spelling and/or grammar errors, I would think that calling the article "full of errors" is rather like the pot calling the kettle black. "I didn't intend to make me looka 'smart', nor is my opinion I am." Way to make yourself look even dumber! Granted, I'm looking at the corrected version of the article, but even if I had read it with the incorrect L2 cache size, it's not that big of a deal. (Unless the original article had statements along the lines of, "even with the same size cache the new Celeron D outperforms... blah blah blah..."?) Reply
mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link#32 actually U are WRONG, fastest BUDGET proc from AMD is AthlonXP 2800+ which compared to Celeron2.8(here in SK called "Zelenina"-> means "vegetable") is like horse to ponny;)
However Cel. D is welcome improvement from Cel. based on Willys and Northwds. It is however move from near unusability(but like heater they were gut:) to low usability. Improved computing and heating performance is a good sign, especially ina winret nights when tey turn off heating ussually in my work :). Reply
Xaazier - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkintel must be making these things cheap, 90nm process and only 256kb l2
also the number of celerons sold in cheap emachines and dells is high right? Reply
mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link#31 Eh, sorry, by "Anand" i meant shortened word "AnandTech".
My mistake, won't repeat:-). Reply
mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link#21 I didn't intend to make me looka 'smart', nor is my opinion I am :).
But actually every second to third sentence in this article hurt me. To clarify, I just didn't and doesn't understand how someone who is making such review could make such a mistake, unless he is incompetent. And this fact is NOT good, it is BAD.
glennpratt - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkThe fastest AMD proc is 2600+/2500+ Kinda lame VS 2.8 ghz Reply
Dennis Travis - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkmino, You better read it again, Anand did NOT write the review. Reply
Saist - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkHoly.... I just got finished reading the article, and I wonder how the Celeron D @2.6ghz would fare against a 2.6ghz P4, as I already know how an Athlon 2400+ fares against a 2.6ghz.
Seriously... if these prices are right, I might not have such a big issue building Celeron boxes for people... Reply
elec999 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkAlmost forgot sorry, hows is the celeron D at intell 2.8gig compare to Intel Pentium 4 -520 and 2.8-GHz. Is the extra cost of the intel p4 at 2.8gig worth it. Reply
elec999 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkI would love to see Celeron D perform against a overclocked amd xp2500+m or better. Also I would like to see how well the celeron D overclocks. Lastly I would like to see some seti per work unit benchmark results. Intel is really showing competition against AMD, it really sucks that AMD is unable to win in the heart of many computer users who are not hardware friendly. Reply
Marlin1975 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkIts still not thet GREAT of a improvemnet when you look at price compared to AthlonXPs for the SAME price, let alone the semprons.
Could you please update it or do another look and see what the Temps are? Would be nice to see if heat is more from the L2 cache or just the design? Reply
kmmatney - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkYou can by the Athlon Mobile XP 2600+ for $95 at NewEgg, so it would be good to see a comparison between this and the celeron D, especially in regards to overclocking. Reply
nserra - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link%23 Sorry about the post, I was typing at the time so...
It seams that the "future" celeron have 512kb cache when will be based on the 2MB P4. How soon is the P4 2MB cache is to come on the Intel roadmap? Reply
nserra - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkWhat a bad review!
Northwood Celeron has 128kb cache, not 256kb. How can it say the improvements came from L1 cache, FSB and core enhancements? Where are those improvements under prescott p4 vs northwood p4?
Willamette P4 is a better compare since it's also 256kb cache. (#10)
What about heat, and thermal dissipation, power requirements, ...
To notebook systems seam good, price is good.
For me with these performance improvements is a better buy then P4 systems for offices/corporations, since most of people have their computer to have a picture of their children on the desktop, and a stupid screen saver, and a type writer program, so that will do.
Really bad review must be offline as soon as possible, or as soon the mistakes are removed..... Reply
DerekWilson - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkSorry for all the L2 cache size problems -- and thanks for the support AtaStrumf :-)
Still, no excuse. I accept responsibility and appologize for the mistake. Reply
dankim333 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkPossible Ad Campaign:
NEW! Intel Celeron D: Now with 23% less suck! Reply
AtaStrumf - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkI guess they're rewriting the article now :) Quite a big mistake with the L2 Cache, but hay, shit happens, no need to shout and yell about it to make yourself feel so much smarter mino. Reply
robg1701 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkAh good, I see im not the only one to notice the 'slight' page long error about the old celerons having 256k cache ;) Reply
mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - link#18 the hell some mispronouncements.
"with sum BIG mistakes..." should be:
"with such BIG mistakes in every second sentence form Anand !" Reply
mino - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkPLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAASE repair(or better-> REWRITE) that review, since(apartt from benchmark results) I didn't saw an article with sum BIG mistakes in every second sentence!
Boys , I'm sorry for U but that Idiot who wrote that old Celeron does have 256k L2 is to be fired uppon !
Not to mention that 2.8Cel D should be compared to AXP2800+ or Semrpon2800+.
About 2500+ slower than 2200+: YES, it is a mistake undoubtedly there some where. Reply
ZobarStyl - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkMan what a week for Intel; they release all this new high-end stuff that isn't worth jack yet (and is o/c locked), then come out with some actually decent Cellys for the low end. Shoring up the low end but letting the high-end kinda simmer/slack off? Doesn't seem like Intel's style. Also, I wonder if it's almost too late to save the day, as the northwood-based Celerons were horrible and that will hurt that product's image for a while to come (don't forget there are still people who won't buy an AMD processor because of the old THG video =) ) Reply
Dasterdly - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkI agree with araczynski, first thing I looked for was a comparison from the prescot/northwood. Reply
araczynski - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkthrow in perspective by including a couple prescot/northwood scores on the graphs. Reply
tfranzese - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkIf only Intel were pricing these lower than competing AMD parts I might actaully build a system off these, but they'll have to work on that. Not to mention, as others have, the Sempron should be here soon and show improvements to an aging line. Reply
Marlin1975 - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkDon't forget they were comapring a AMD chip that sells for 20% or more less. And also the the Sempron is AMDs new low line.
Lets see how Celeron handles the sempron :) Reply
SDA - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkThe hell? An XP 2200+ beating a 2500+ in compilation? I think you might need to rerun that one.. the 2500+ is clocked higher (only 33MHz higher, sure, but higher), it has more cache, and its FSB is faster. AFAIK, there is NO way in which it is worse than a 2200+, so it should not post worse numbers. Reply
Minot - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkWhen are these going to be available? I'm sure I'd still pick an Athlon XP over the Celeron D line, but for competetions sake, it will be good to see a worthy value competetor from Intel in the marketplace. Reply
PrinceGaz - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkYes, Northwood Celerons have only 128K L2 cache while these Prescott Celeron 'D's have 256K.
You could compare a Celeron D at 20x100 with an original Willamette core P4 2GHz (as they also had 256K L2 and 400FSB) if you wanted to do the comparison between core architecture excluding L2 cache and FSB. The gap would probably be a lot narrower. Reply
Zebo - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkTypo above: I meant AMD still owns price and performance with a two year old part.:) Reply
Illissius - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkSecond Yomicron. I was under the impression that Northwood Celeron's have only 128KB cache. (Makes sense, considering each has a fourth of its P4 counterpart.)
Also, iirc there was something of a price parity between Celerons and equivalently rated AXP's, so while these are certainly improvements (and not small ones either), they still fall clearly behind in price/performance (the 2.8GHz usually lost to the 2600+ as well as a few lower models). Reply
Zebo - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkAMD will still owns price to performance with thier 2 year old parts and even more so with Semiporn. But this is still wonderful news for 2004 beleaguered Intel. Let's see pricing..should be worth $60-$90 starting. Reply
Yomicron - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkI think there is a mistake about L2 cache sizes. It says that both the Prescott and Northwood based Celerons have the same amount of L2 cache. However, the Prescott version has 256KB while the desktop Celerons based on the Northwood core only have 128KB. Reply
blackarc - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkhmm... if only i could use them in a dual system :D Reply
Budman - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkHow much does it overclock to?? Reply
eBauer - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkI'd be very interested to see overclocked performance between the 335 and Mobile 2600+ Reply
MAME - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkHAHAHHA! It's backkkkkkkkkkkk! Reply
MAME - Thursday, June 24, 2004 - linkFYI: Later pages don't load.
I wonder what the price of these Celerons will be. I have a feeling AMD will still corner the budget market, even without the Sempron's anyway. Reply


text:
I have a string
When: When: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1pm to Fri Aug 24, 2012 10pm \
BST\\u003cbr /\\u003e\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eWho: Paul\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eWhere: The O2, Greenwich\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eEvent Status: confirmed
And I'd like to extract two pieces of information from it
First is
The O2, Greenwich
Second is
1pm to 10pm
I've always sucked at REGEXs so help me please?
To further explain: I'm trying to extract two pieces of data from a string (see below), the time and the location.
String example two
When: When: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1pm to Fri Aug 24, 2012 10pm \
BST\\u003cbr /\\u003e\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eWho: Paul\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eWhere: Lost Region, Timbuktu\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eEvent Status: confirmed
The following should do the job.
var eventInfo = "When: When: Thu Aug 23, 2012 1pm to Fri Aug 24, 2012 10pm \
BST\\u003cbr /\\u003e\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eWho: Paul\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eWhere: The O2, Greenwich\
\\u003cbr /\\u003eEvent Status: confirmed",
whenLine = eventInfo.match(/(.*)/)[1];
when = whenLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm) to )/)[1] + whenLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm))\\s*$/)[1],
where = eventInfo.match(/Where: (.*)/)[1];
// when is "1pm to 10pm"
// where is "The O2, Greenwich"
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the help.
I'm finding that it errors out if it doesn't find a match, however I thought to myself that I should encapsulate it in a conditional and thus I've tried
if (eventinfo[index]['details'].match(^(20|21|22|23|[01]\\d|\\d)(([:.][0-5]\\d){1,2})$))
But it's giving me a parse error, what am I doing wrong?
It errors when it doesn't find a match, so let's deal with that issue instead. We can get the match separately, and the check to see if the match contains anything useful before getting the [1] index from it. If it doesn't contain anything useful, we can give it a default value of an empty string instead.
var eventInfo = "Some non-matching content",
whenMatch = eventInfo.match(/(.*)/),
whenLine = (whenMatch && whenMatch[1]) || '',
fromWhenMatch = whenLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm) to )/),
toWhenMatch = whenLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm))\\s*$/),
whereMatch = eventInfo.match(/Where: (.*)/),
fromWhen = (fromWhenMatch && fromWhenMatch[1]) || '',
toWhen = (toWhenMatch && toWhenMatch[1]) || '',
when = fromWhen + toWhen,
where = (whereMatch && whereMatch[1]) || '';
We can even simplify things further by putting parts of this in to some functions:
function getFirstLine(info) {
var match = info.match(/(.*)/),
firstLine = (match && match[1]) || '';
return firstLine;
function getWhenInfo(firstLine) {
var fromMatch = firstLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm) to )/),
toMatch = firstLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm))\\s*$/),
from = (fromMatch && fromMatch[1]) || '',
to = (toMatch && toMatch[1]) || '',
when = from + to;
return when;
function getWhereInfo(info) {
var match = info.match(/Where: (.*)/),
where = (match && match[1]) || '';
return where;
var eventInfo = "Some non-matching info",
firstLine = getFirstLine(eventInfo),
when = getWhenInfo(firstLine),
where = getWhereInfo(eventInfo);
Thank you Paul. You're awesome. That works perfectly.
You're welcome. Just to explain briefly, this is where the syntax comes from for:
where = (match && match[1]) || '';
First we start with how that might be written in full, as:
if (match.length > 0) {
where = match[1];
} else {
where = '';
Which can then easily be turned in to a ternary expression of the format (...) ? ... : ...;
where = (match.length > 0) ? match[1] : '';
And that might do just well, except that it's not being expressive enough. Currently the above code says that the where variable is either an array value, or an empty string. But it doesn't really make it clear as to why this should be the case. Sure, we can come up with some kind of correlation between the length check and the match[1], but there are more expressive ways to go about this.
What we can do is to use the && operator as a guard condition. Only if the preceeding condition is truthy, will JavaScript be allowed to carry on and check the next one. This is something that is commonly used to check if something exists first before using it.
if (targ && targ.nodeName && targ.nodeName === 'A') {
And there is also the || operator which is used as a default value, because JavaScript will keep on checking the different conditions until it comes across one that is truthy in nature. This is commonly used to assign default values to a variable:
function onclickEventHandler(evt) {
evt = evt || window.event;
var targ = evt.target || evt.srcElement;
So we can put the two together. To say that match[1] is being guarded first, in case it doesn't exist, and if nothing is found there, that a default value of an empty string should be used instead.
where = (match.length > 0) && match[1] || '';
Now since an array is considered to always be a truthy value, even if the array is completely empty, and a failed regular expression match doesn't give an array, but null instead, we can just test to see if the match is truthy or not.
where = match && match[1] || '';
And finally to help make things clearer to someone who is reading the code, we can use parenthesis to help clarify that the first two parts are related to each other:
where = (match && match[1]) || '';
So you could have ended up with a whole lot of if/else statements in your code.
But you now have in return code that is more expressive instead. I wouldn't say that this is a one-liner, because reducing code to a single line is not a good goal to have. Instead, it makes use of some well known javascript techniques to result in being even more expressive than the if/else code from before.
Thanks again Paul. Me and JS have never gotten along that well, but you're actually amazing at explaining this stuff. Truly, thank you.
I eventually figured out how I was wanting to end up the discussion.
The ternary expression is equivalent to this code:
// var where = (match.length > 0) ? match[1] : '';
var where;
if (match.length > 0) {
where = match[1];
} else {
where = '';
Whereas, the preferred code using a guard operator and a default operator, is a lot closer to this:
// var where = (match && match[1]) || '';
var where = ''; // default value
if (match) { // guard
where = match[1];
Before this discussion, I had no idea you could do something like:
I thought you'd have to use a ternary. It actually surprised me or maybe that's because my background is PHP.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
Hi Paul, I've discovered an issue.
Sometimes I have
function getWhenInfo(firstLine) {
// Written by Paul Wilkins @ Sitepoint
var fromMatch = firstLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm) to )/),
toMatch = firstLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm))\\s*$/),
from = (fromMatch && fromMatch[1]) || '',
to = (toMatch && toMatch[1]) || '',
when = from + to;
return when;
only returning
6pm to
When: Tue Oct 16, 2012 6pm to 10pm \
BST\\u003cbr /\\u003e\
\\u003cbr /\\u003e
I've been unable to figure out how to make it recognise that without breaking multi-day usage. I thought it'd be something like
fromMatch = firstLine.match(/(\\d+(?:am|pm) to )/ || /(\\d+(?:am|pm) to \\d+(?:am|pm))/),
but it's not.
The fromMatch part doesn't need changing. You should put that back to what it was before.
It's the toMatch line that needs to be made more flexible, by having it match from the "to " keyword of the line.
toMatch = firstLine.match(/to (\\d+(?:am|pm))/),
Thank you Paul. I most definitely owe you a beer.


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A MELBOURNE magistrate labelled a senior Hells Angels bikie "cowardly" as he jailed him for punching an elderly woman in the face.
The motorcycle gang's sergeant-at-arms - Peter "Schitzo" Hewat - was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to a string of offences, including striking a 64-year-old woman during a dispute over his dog.
In sentencing Hewat, 58, of Craigieburn, magistrate Gerard Lethbridge said the court would not tolerate violence, particularly violence towards women and the elderly.
"Your actions were cowardly and must be denounced," Mr Lethbridge said.
"She no longer feels secure in her own home."
The court heard Hewat had gone to the victim's house several times and called her by abusive names, spat at her and said "karma will get you", before the punching incident.
Barrister Shane Tyrrell, for Hewat, argued that while Hewat struck the woman during the fight over his white Shih tzu called Harley, the victim had "exaggerated" the incident.
"If Mr Hewat punched anyone in the face, there might be a little more damage than a swollen cheekbone," Mr Tyrrell said.
Mr Lethbridge accepted the woman had been abusive towards Hewat's wife.
Hewat also pleaded guilty to weapons offences, handling stolen goods and operating a tow truck without the proper licence.
However he argued through his lawyer he did not know he was not authorised to operate the trucks, nor did he know the goods were stolen.
Police discovered the vehicles, including a bobcat and a ride-on mower, and several rounds of ammunition during raids on his home in Melbourne's north.
Raids on his business uncovered more ammunition and a Taser-like device that looked like a mobile phone.
Hewat has served 191 days of pre-sentence detention.
Originally published as Vic Hells Angel "cowardly": court