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What are your favorite vintage or discontinued scents that contain patchouli, sandalwood, and/or incense (or other "headshop"/oriental type smells)?
What fragrances are considered the reference, the best, or the original designer scent to prominently feature each note?
Classics that don't necessarily spotlight these notes but use them to beautiful effect are also of interest, like Rochas Femme, Fidji, Shalimar, Diorella.
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aromatics elixer, tabu.
Mysore sandalwood has been overharvested and is now unavailable, so here one will have indeed to go into vintage. Having started only recently, I am not sure what the references are (there was a thread one of these days on Floris sandalwood).
Patchouli and incenses are still available and are among the few natural substances that have so far escaped IFRA's edicts, so I don't think one has to look into vintage. If any, they have become more prominent in recent years. Hard to choose. I'd say Aromatics Elixir for patch.
Oh cacio, I only asked because the scent being vintage is of particular interest, so I wondered if patchouli and incense might have been used a bit differently in older scents, as patch is usually used as a counterpoint to intense sweetness today, etc.
So 70s-80s bold, non-sweet oriental and/or chypre powerhouses seem to be what you're looking for...is that right? Most of these have all three of the notes you're looking for and more, but I'd say they're a particularly patch prominent bunch -
Aromatics Elixir, again
Must de Cartier
La Perla
YSL Opium
CK Obsession
Ungaro Diva
Gucci No3
L'Arte di Gucci
Paloma Picasso
Joop! Femme
Reminiscence Patchouli
and of course Samsara for prominent, gorgeous, creamy sandalwood.
Some of these are actually still available, but the original/vintage formulations are definitely worth seeking out.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Thanks Evangeline and everyone. I guess powerhouse is what I had in mind, but I'm also merely curious as to what heady vintage scents are still relevant and wearable today (though not in production). Though Aromatics Elixir and Youth Dew are still in production, they seem to actually fit the description best.
Maybe I misunderstood you, but I only recommend fragrances I find wearable and relevant ...although I'm sure many would (and do) find them dated, most of them are still part of my regular rotation.
Science is not only compatible with spirituality, it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. ..Carl Sagan
Was there an Aromatics Elixir oil and perfume? Or just the perfume? But ya, that's my answer, AE, lol.
Oh yes, Evangeline, all of your list fits the bill of wearable. Lots of my favorites there, too.
I can't believe nobody has thus far pointed to the, ahem, *very* obvious:
This is/was the *quintessential* patchouli/mysore sandalwood comp, magnificent in all facets: Probably one of the finest men's scents in the world. In order to recognize the vintage, the box is black and white with a silver stripe, not black: If it's black & white with a black stripe, it's not *truly* vintage. To me, this, and of course BAL A VERSAILLES are the two most exquisite scents I have ever smelled making use of these notes: BAV is very tricky, though--the "right" vintage must be scored, in the *right* strength. Patchouli and sandal wood, while VERY densely dosed, the both, are less evident in BAV as it has a kind of "Caronesque" complexity about it--thankfully--it smells nothing like a Caron, but it contains almost 500 essences and so it is a very complicated accord indeed. Most people find it *very* musky, which it is, containing 5 natural musks in the appropriate vintage. I adore and use both of these scents. Thankfully, I have enough vintage on hand to last me to the end of time. Both are true Masterpieces of French Perfumery. Unfortunately, though, both are still made--yet what is in the bottles is *NOTHING* (!!!!!!!) like what is meant to be: Witness--I would *never* wear either in their current formulations, so radically different are they.
"...a Chacun son Mauvais Gout."
*** Merci, MdM. <3 ***
Ah how could I forget that I had what I was looking for all along?: vintage Bal a Versailles, in parfum, edt, cologne--I love it all!
I nicked a measly miniature vintage Givenchy Gentleman in the Greek-style packaging from the cabinet of my chic but understated commie grandfather. He was too understated to have ever worn it, and too practical to trifle with a miniature fragrance... wonder where the Eau Sauvage-only man got it? I can't quite decide if GG is a suitable feminine for this femme. Accessing a not so ridiculously rationed bottle ASAP may tell.
And to anyone who might read this rather dead thread: who among you has tried vintage plain sandalwood, patchouli, or frankincense oils? I know the old sandalwood is a hot commodity, but do hippie-era patchoulis and frankincense keep well, and what defunct brands or sources were best? Any tips?
By far the best Patchouli "soliflore" I know of is Molinard's "Patchouli." I am wearing it now--it is perfectly delightful. Very high quality indeed for such an inexpensive comp: Much can be said for anything coming from Molinard, though. I am *RAGING* in love with their reformulated version of HABANITA--I repeat--head over heels, gaga, jumping up and down on the divan tom cruise style in love with this new "Eau de Parfum," which is by my estimation the only reform I have ever witnessed that quite literally left the original, which all of you will admit is "not just any original," in its dust, truly: It is dryer, and about one million times more wearable. On the Molinard Menu I also recommend: "Vanille-Patchouli" (or is it "Patchouli-Vanille"?), "Ambre," and the very weird but effective "Musc," which has the most bizarre flight I have ever smelled save for Jean Patou Moment Supreme's "Elmer's Glue Paste" one. Thankfully, it lasts but a minute, during which it smells *exactly* like dish soap, but after which boils down to *the perfect* pillow upon which to spritz anything. I'm not sure I would ever wear it alone. When Molinard says "Musc," they mean MUSK: none of this rosey-jasmine nonsense. This is eyebrow raising *very clean* male armpit in a bottle. Their "Vanille" on the other hand, I found so "patisserie" that I almost gagged. Their "Lavande," not really all that impressive. However: If you spray 1. "Musc" 2. "Patchouli-Vanille" then 3. "Lavande" one atop the other you end up with a dead ringer for.....Mouchoir de Monsieur! When you tally up the $70.00US +/- it costs to get all three, in their giant, gorgeous thick crystal bottles, each containing I think over 120ml, perhaps 160ml, and compare it to the $365.00US it takes for 120ml of pre-wasser Mouchoir, the fact that with the Molinard Mix you get all day sillage and tenacity that won't stop, needing no re-application, makes the added "work" to apply almost worth it!
"...a Chacun son Mauvais Gout."
The one and only L'Artisan Parfumeur original Patchouli. A simple earthy patchouli with grapefruit but just perfect.
If hippy era oils are what you may like to smell, then vintage Auric Blends do a pretty good job of evoking time gone by. I can nearly smell the afghan coats. Real hippy era Patchoulies keep beautifully. A mellow and ancient one is a highly prized item. I know because my 38 year old 5ml mini patchouli oil is one of the jewels in my collection. All the harsher edges have gone and just a smooth velvet patchouli is left. I haven't tried a truly vintage Frankincense oil. I don't remember it being a favourite type at the time. We were all into Musk, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Opium, Marijuana and Amber oils then. You don't hear much about opium as a perfume ingredient any more.... It was lovely.And to anyone who might read this rather dead thread: who among you has tried vintage plain sandalwood, patchouli, or frankincense oils? I know the old sandalwood is a hot commodity, but do hippie-era patchoulis and frankincense keep well, and what defunct brands or sources were best? Any tips?
Hindsight is a wonderful thing... we all dripped in Mysore at the time. It was a common oil and probably discarded when we grew out of it... I remember many sticky bottles of it lurking around. I don't have them anymore. I ought to have a good hunt in my parents loft really. There is a whisper of a remote chance one still exists... I wish!
MdM- You have magically answered another of my erstwhile cliffhanger Novice Begs for Advice threads (on what to get from Molinard). Bravo--you're a ... no, the ... BN treasure. And to have a dyed-in-the-wool intimate of the great Guerlain Mouchoir de Monsieur reveal a secret approach to trying a daily deconstructed version?! Love the idea of adding each layer at different leisure/strengths. Ablutions! Such a pleasure.
NB to any US (and maybe the rest of the world) Molinard fans: I don't know if this is already common knowledge, but Amazon has one of every Molinard senteurs and orientaux series, complete with box and lid, for very low bulk-buy-worthy price of admission and prime eligible ship.
And so I shall stock up on Patchouli-Vanille, Muguet, Musc, Lavande, and the non-Angel-clone version of Nirmala.
Is this Nirmala any good? I can't have even numbers on display--no OCD here, promise. Only mania like any other perfumista ...
donna255 - will try, thanks.
So far, current headshop scents seem to be most luxuriously yet palatably presented in the more established niche houses (is that an oxymoron?). While I love vintage designer and the silly glitz of current designer, superrich hippie accords are usually buried under a fruit cart now or of the worst quality.
Niche presentations keep the patch somehow as novel as when patchouli was originally popularized as a scent in the West after the silk-road connection: patchouli leaves--a natural insect repellant-- wrapping silks to keep pests away, then the fine ladies loving the smell of this pest-free silk. Divine progression! And a patchouli with grapefruit? It somehow makes perfect sense. Blush, I wore Lucky You perfume as a teen and lived for the grapefruit accord, spraying the books I would loan crushes with the cute but cloying pink juice. Now I want something that smells like books and grapefruit.
mumsy- What a perfect time capsule finding one of those would be. These days, the passing around of natural oils in a group setting only applies to junk food. Auric Blends is name-checked in rock biographies and 60s-70s novels from time to time. Cultural cachet. Isn't AB still around in those dreamcatcher roll-ons? I really like most of Song of India's line. Even cheap opium oils from actual current headshops smell so rainy, smoggy, mineralic, heady, divine! ...To have lived in fragrant days like you.
"good karma" to all
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Oh and does the new Habanita edp work well in combination with the slightly less-gold-topped version of the recent EDT? I need Habanita power and time travel.
Vintage BAV, oh yes, I remember it well - it was absolutely gorgeous. I wore it all the time for a couple of years, too long ago to admit to. The current version is one of the better reformulations, IMO, but doesn't capture the luxuriant quality of the original.
Aromatics Elixir, yes, great for patchouli, and I do have a bottle of the Velvet Sheer flanker, which I think is really pretty but has much less patch in it.
For sandalwood, though, I cherish a vintage Samsara which is truly breathtaking. The current version is also OK, IMO, but lacks the intensity and quality of the sandalwood when it was first created.
How about Opium? As far as i can see I don't think it's been mentioned yet.
Opium and Cinnebar... I used to wear both of those long ago..... better have a remember sniff.
I may wear some vintage Opium today. I have a small bottle hiding out somewhere. And some Samsara. It is thundering here across the mountains. Either scent will calm my soul and take me to foreign lands.
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Well, ehm, (Blush) I.....Well you see I.......What I mean to say is......ehm......I just happened to be passing by, and.....well, you know I thought I'd pop by and.....and say hello....and, well, since you already know Nirmala.....which of course I was going to add to the list for you......at any rate I....ehm....
LOVE YOU MUMSY!!!!!! Yes, Indeed, I do. I'm currently in the middle, well actually at the end of an experiment: I'm on holiday, you see, and have been for about a week's time. Rather than going to Kona or The Continent, which is what I normally tend to do, I "stepped off the train" and am experimenting in this new destination: Agoraphobia. It's lovely. So, not having left my house once in a week, I have not bathed once, either, nor have I touched a deodorant stick, "Just to see," how it feels to smell like a real hippie: Actually, it smells pretty darn good! But, you know how we males are all in love with our own armpits. At any rate, yesterday, after having "harvested" a full seven days of funk, I DRENCHED myself in Molinard Patchouli. It was fascinating: So emotionally delicious! I was overcome with.....all manner of insights.....as the day crept by awash in the most spectacular sillage that I myself could inhale non stop, which proves the following: that these lovely leaves have more than anti-insect repellent properties. I believe now firmly that they have slightly narcotic ones as well, as, to be blunt, I was noticeably "Stoned on the Vibe" all day and through to evening. However, today, I *MUST* bathe, and am preparing to do so as I write, after which I will rub my entire body with Givenchy Gentleman "Apres Rasage," of which I must have about 100 8oz bottles, circa 1977, (I recommend this aftershave to all as an hand refresher, a body rub, and an hair tonic: It's SUPERB) and then "re-enforce" with vintage EdT, after which I will merely dress the part, which for me is easy, since I already have very long ringletty hair and a full beard; even though my sandals might be Givenchy and my clothes all Dries van Noten, Ann D., etc.....I will be the perfect illustration of "How to Spend 10K on Couture in one outfit and Look Perfectly Homeless," -An art form of which I have made a specialty- I will then hike up through the park to wind my way into the doctor's office where I must collect the prescriptions for all of my.....ehm.....pills: So you see drugs are an integral part of the engagement. Peace.
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and, yes, by all means: The new HABANITA, which I have taken to calling "Fabanita"--will work as a base to the old EdT, which will brighten it considerably: The main difference between the two is Fabanita is remarkably more subtle and powdery, so evocative of a kind of mix of soft, soft, Bal a Versailles and vintage pre-now Shalimar: On Frag, where I posted a review for it, I called it "Shalimar Saw Dust." Let me tell you, ladies: THIS is a KILLER reform. (Watch the woody-inducing video on Frag. HOT. HOT. HOT!!!!!!!!) Just the bottle is worth it to behold as an objet d'art, and the fragrance is.......supreme. A *total* magnet. I almost want to stop harping on about it as I don't want it to become common, but, seriously, this is a MODERN MASTERPIECE. In that "School," I'm afraid, it is very lonely: It is very different from the original, but it is in every way better--longevity, sillage, ease of wear, the way it clings to hair and cloth, everything about it is better, and, even though it is distinctly different, it could *only be* HABANITA.
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and, yes, by all means: The new HABANITA, which I have taken to calling "Fabanita"--will work as a base to the old EdT, which will brighten it considerably: The main difference between the two is Fabanita is remarkably more subtle and powdery, so evocative of a kind of mix of soft, soft, Bal a Versailles and vintage pre-now Shalimar: On Frag, where I posted a review for it, I called it "Shalimar Saw Dust." Let me tell you, ladies: THIS is a KILLER reform. (Watch the woody-inducing video on Frag. HOT. HOT. HOT!!!!!!!!) Just the bottle is worth it to behold as an objet d'art, and the fragrance is.......supreme. A *total* magnet. I almost want to stop harping on about it as I don't want it to become common, but, seriously, this is a MODERN MASTERPIECE. In that "School," I'm afraid, it is very lonely: It is very different from the original, but it is in every way better--longevity, sillage, ease of wear, the way it clings to hair and cloth, everything about it is better, and, even though it is distinctly different, it could *only be* HABANITA.
"...a Chacun son Mauvais Gout."
Excuse my novice enthusiasum effluvium, MdM. I assure you I am no sycophant (but wouldn't only a sycophant feel the need to 'assure?') ... my admiration for those with strong personal style here is nothing but a hedonistic interpretation of the collective unconscious (whatever that may mean--usually: style and pleasure as exhalation). Per-son-ality plus, plz. And now I must have Habanita edp.
And yes, there is something mystical but earthy/practical about lots of high quality patchouli when alone, so no one can criticize it--as they inevitably do...
I commend your personal funk-fest. When I went to hippie college and lived in the dank Pacific Northwest, this Ann D-lover sang the body electric often. Surprisingly very few people minded the clean musk of a less sanitized body, but as soon as the patchouli went on, even right after a shower, paranoid comments ensued. Acid flashbacks, maybe...
karmalee- Opium as a calm in the storm sounds heavenly
Oh and thanks, neespenes, mumsy, evangeline- Opium and Cinnabar are irresistible--and I always associate vintage Emeraude with these. I see again and again that men find these to be among the most alluring scents. Many young women I know still dislike them, as many of our mothers daily-wore and over-applied in the evil 80s. But Opium and the other great orientals completely transcend wearer-associations. They're monoliths. One of the vintage Opium necklace flacons beckons...
Vintage Halston is a favorite. Halston perfectly parlayed the ideas of Ossie Clark's total sensuality, then cleaned up hippie for a night out, and did it ever work! I think his original scent is a pitch-perfect representation of his ethos--more than any other designer-associated scent I've tried, down to the bottle design that he had to help fund out of pocket due to a design error. Wearing the Halston still sold, in particular that pointless no-alcohol cologne, would be like going to a disco cover-band festival, and I seriously hope such an event doesn't even exist.
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-or anything by Bauhaus.
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"...a Chacun son Mauvais Gout."
Rest assured, MdM, 1981 is the one year I wish I could have been alive and of partying age in. A time of wild creativity and abandon. I errantly implied the 80s were bad, but I had only the frumpy trickle-down 80s of suburban America. A true hell of The Breakfast Club. This time can have a sort of nostalgic charm now, but I can't shake the creepiness of a Thatcher/Reagan-era and shallow displays of tasteless wealth. Anyone who was still towing the bohemian line in those days though? Heroic. Bauhaus penance, Cure penance, Sisters of Mercy holy rosary. Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac is my theme song , so yes even the 70s-holdover ostensibly mainstream bits of the 80s I love. Clued out American ladies in too much blush and ugly sweaters with hairspray attacks make me sad. Euros seemed to know how to do the 80s In Quotes instead of letting the 80s do them?
Oh and to my naive ways, the 90s seem so great. Kristin McMenamy fan and all, anti-fashion as fashion, androgyny. But it was taken too far, and I'm sure if I had been of partying age during it, the moody charade would have worn thinner than Kate Moss on a detox. To locate the exact point of distaste, 1988 is what I think of as "evil 80s," which really were more proto-90s: All of those Tina Chow crystal things and short haired ladies? Hmmm... don't quite like. Too serious.
But generalizing about or idealizing a time one barely experienced is certainly useless, though it can be quite fun..if only to the silly generalizer in question. As you said, this silly nostalgia mania is this age's inheritance.
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"The Eighties" started in 1978.
"The Nineties" started in 1989.
And yes: I was forever on the night coach to London from Paris. Taking the ferry. Eating greasy English Breakfast on it. Landing in Victoria Station at 8:00am and sitting around the King's Road all day waiting for the clubs to open--then being kicked out of them at 4:00-5:00am--sitting around Trafalgar Square in my sweaty make-up.....Wearing Vivienne Westwood.....Kick Dancing to the Cure's "8:15 on a Saturday Night" (We all knew we would go home black and blue--drawing blood was chic--you would get hurled into ancient crypt like underground lapidary walls--if you happened to get a nose bleed or a cut, you were proud) Siouxie & the Banchees' "Haeyna,"--Parties in the Catacombs--It was.....SUCH A TIME......and I *started* going out dancing in 1979 in Paris--but the real fun began when I discovered that night coach to London, after which I was on it almost every weekend: I have boxes & boxes of photos--if you could see the get ups and the hair and the pasty white face! I can tell you also it's not because these days are passed that they seem romantic and wonderful: They actually were--you see--the thing is--in the 80's, it was "in" to be twisted, miserable and ill: So, you know, the more you were depressed and angry, the more everything made sense. Unlike now--Heaven help you if you're not a smiley bobble-head smelling of watermelon. Some bloody harajuku girl or cackling bind-white-tooth Boy. When I see all the youngsters in their fake 80's clothes from H&M, I just shudder--There is *NO WAY* to be able to "Feel" what it was like unless you were there. (Strangely, the movie "Fight Club" reminded me so much of the 80's--even though it had nothing to do with them) When they were over (The Cure's 1989 "Disintegration" is considered their Death Knell--notably "Plainsong," track #1) and, when Linda Evangelista got that fringe, we all turned into Romeo Gigli Wearing New Age Hippies (The "thing" hanging around the neck....) drenched in "Femininte du Bois" and "Ambre Sultan," (Serge Lutens is SO 90's) it all sort of became a joke--nothing happened--not until Grunge hit--but we who were young adults then all just scratched our heads and thought it reminded us of our elder sisters listening to Led Zepplin in their bedrooms smoking shake in the 70's, same with those clothes: Again--our reviled elder sisters whom we hated dressed like that in the 70's--so you see we weren't -all that- impressed......it wasn't *entirely* new.....and, ever since, I'm afraid, Nothing has been new. (Nothing that matters, at least, on a large scale.) Liz Tilberis called the 90's "The Era of Elegance." I call it "The Era of the End." Don't anyone decide to be snarky and suggest I betray my age: I loudly proclaim it atop every pinnacle--all the while still passing for a thirty something--lots of (and lots) of titanium dioxide sunscreen, the way it was back then: Just made you look whiter, and, of course, you simply could never be white enough then, you know--the very *IDEA* of a tan---well, need I point out?
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"...a Chacun son Mauvais Gout."
What a great thread!
MdM, I love the trip down memory lane. I was in NYC in the 80s and it was fun. Before it wasn't anymore.
Mumsy, I had that thick, viscous Mysore sandalwood that you had. There was a shop in NYC called Aphrodesia, which I discovered in the 70s actually. It was on Carmine Street and then moved to Bleecker Street after having been on Carmine St. for a million years. Anyway, they had rows and rows of apothecary jars of herbs, roots, powders, all manner of things from the innocuous to the creepy, and all of these lovely essential oils. It was hippy haven, though I wasn't actually a hippy myself, just a bit of a free spirit I suppose. I had a large glass bottle of Mysore sandalwood oil from Aphrodesia, it was clear but thick as tar. I wish I'd held on to it now! I don't know what happened to it. I used to make my own potpourri with ingredients from that shop. Now, I order ingredients online.
Anomie et ivoire, did anyone mention vintage Miss Dior? That is a really spectacular vintage bombshell, imo, despite the prim name. Gardenia and galbanum with sage, oak moss, a touch of patchouli. I used to wear it, and I can highly recommend it. This one MUST be vintage. Also, Dioressence had patchouli in it, but it was spicier. Also MUST be vintage. They ask high prices for those on ebay but you might be able to scout around estate sales or something locally. Anyway...if you see any GRAB it! And then there is good old Youth Dew (or Youth Don't, as MdM likes to call it ). What a fantastic patchouli resiny scent that is, especially the bath oil. I think I'd look for that in an older bottle, too, but the current one is just fine. I agree with the Aromatics Elixir recommendation, but I can't wear that one myself. It is too dry for me. I like scents that are sweeter, but I've smelled AE on people who wore it so well I didn't even recognize it. It just smelled wonderful on them.
p.s. arrgh!!! I though I lost my post ^^^ but then I remembered auto save. That feature works.
MdM-- Yes, few of my peers, let alone the poor younger ones, understand Melancholy, only Depression, and that too is treated with video games, drinking, or pharmaceuticals and dull internet pornos. Plenty insist on being Depressed, but of course that isn't the least bit fun. There's the glee club happy people crowd and then the po-faced pseuds on the whole, love them all as I might...sure with plenty of exceptions, but all quite scattered. Grunge did a lot for us, but it gave many the mistaken impression that having no style and being depressed and studiedly rude is at all interesting. Decadence of the old kind!? Rare to be found. Mostly all is puritanical guilty pleasure and very little true pleasure or transgression.
Lilybelle, you are such a dear! And with an interesting past too... Huge containers of Miss Dior in the plain bottle with the houndstooth band and Dioressence with the marbled one ... HGs for me.
As per Evangeline's rec: Has anyone tried the early editions of Reminiscence Patchouli (assuming its sandalwood has gone downhill in recent batches?)?
Sounds quite promising.


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This was taken in Cyprus on my summer holiday. I think the scene looks so beautiful it is too good to be true. But it is! I have not edited anything. When i look at it I think, WOW.
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Thank you, and your welcome. I think the exact same thing when I look at it. It makes me just want to be back there in Cyprus and follow the sun. It makes me realize how beautiful this world can be :)
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thats just plain amazing. It makes you want to cry, and it makes you thirst for calmness. Thank you so much for posting this. God bless

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Now that the tsunami relief money for Aceh is on the table, there is a tussle looming over how to spend it. The rosy bilateral glow of January - when Australia made its $1 billion pledge - was always going to dim when it came to the much tougher task of hammering out the details. That challenge begins next week in Canberra when Australian and Indonesian ministers meet for the first time over the tsunami aid package. And the differences are already apparent. Indonesia is, understandably, nervous about how the aid effort is unfolding. Conditions are more difficult than could ever have been foreseen. As well as claiming the lives of hundreds of thousands, the tsunami wiped out much of the infrastructure and staff of local government, the very network upon which recovery depends. Then there is the money. So much of it. Any rush of cash into a poor region triggers localised hyper-inflation, like that which dogged the reconstruction of East Timor. It is not surprising, then, that Jakarta is bemoaning the way foreign aid donors are poaching the very public servants it needs to maintain its programs.
The head of Indonesia's National Planning Agency, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, fears history will judge her Government harshly, especially if large sums of money are lost to poor co-ordination. Friction is also building between international aid agencies as they compete for plum projects such as roads and schools. Dr Indrawati wants more funds channelled through Indonesia's national budget. The Aceh aid effort is a crucial political test for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his pledge to combat endemic corruption, especially rife in the Aceh's civil war zone. Domestically, Dr Yudhoyono needs to be seen to be leading the relief effort in Aceh, not flailing around as his public servants desert the bureaucracy for better-paid jobs funded by foreign aid donors.
But there are sound longstanding reasons foreign governments do not hand over chunks of cash to plug the national budgets of any country. Experience shows that while foreign aid intended for health, for example, may indeed go to health, it can, at the same time, free up funds for, say, arms purchases. Thus the aid produces no net benefit. There is no reason to doubt Dr Yudhoyono's commitment to transparency and accountability in Aceh. But Indonesia ranks as one of the world's most corrupt nations. The Australian Government must continue to insist next week that the entire $1 billion aid package remains under joint scrutiny.
Canberra can, however, afford to be sympathetic and should commit itself to building Indonesian expertise, not just sending in Australian officials. There is room, too, for some flexibility about where Australia's money goes. Indonesia is a very poor, populous nation. Resentment could be fostered if Aceh gets a Rolls-Royce health system and other impoverished communities are left to struggle. But conditions in Aceh are so daunting that no donor should be rushing to spend its money too quickly, nor pump it into the Indonesian budget instead. There is only one road to recovery in Aceh; it is long, slow and very bumpy.
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Australian governments have been relaxed about regulating alternative medicines. The approach has been that even if some do not do much good, at least they will not do much harm. So while alternative medicines have been content to make only modest claims - about helping to alleviate conditions or symptoms - governments have generally been happy to leave them alone. Thankfully this attitude is changing, but slowly.
There are literally thousands of alternative or complementary medicines listed with the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the federal body responsible for regulating drugs. No doubt, some of these complementary medicines are very effective. The problem is telling which is which. An alternative medicine can be listed with the TGA without being clinically tested to prove it can do what it claims. Listing means only that the manufacturer or distributor is supposed to have evidence of the product's effectiveness. But the evidence can be very general - indeed, it might be only that the product is a traditional remedy. And whatever the evidence, the TGA is unlikely to get around to checking it because of the huge number of products on the market. So using alternative medicines is very much an act of faith.
That faith was challenged after the Pan Pharmaceuticals product recall a couple of years ago. While the issue was not the effectiveness of Pan's products but its manufacturing standards, the recall sparked a wide-ranging review of the industry by an expert committee. The committee found little research being done in Australia to show that alternative remedies work. It also said that the public should be told that alternative medicines can be sold without having to prove they are effective. It wanted the TGA to impose tougher standards and to have the means to enforce them.
That was in September 2003. Now the Government, after consulting widely, is promising a tighter regime; it will establish "enforceable standards of evidence to support claims for listed complementary medicines". Further, the evidence will be checked more rigorously and there will be stiffer penalties for those not complying. But there is no timetable. After 18 months, the only immediate commitment is to more talks and consultations. In the meantime, the estimated 52 per cent of Australians who collectively spend about $800 million a year on alternative medicines continue to have no guarantee that they are getting what they pay for.


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text: ugabma_wsbn_35710 35710 wsbn ugabma yes WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an unidentified man commenting on the progress of school desegregation in the South and the closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959 September WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.) Segregation in education--Southern States Segregation in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County School integration--Southern States School integration--Virginia--Prince Edward County School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia--Prince Edward County Public school closings--Virginia--Prince Edward County Prince Edward County (Va.)--Race relations--History--20th century Prince Edward School Foundation (Farmville, Va.) In this WSB newsfilm clip from September 1959, an unidentified man comments on the progress of school desegregation in the South and on the closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The clip begins with the man sitting at a desk with flags behind him. He indicates that there is progress in school desegregation in the current school year compared with the previous year. He reports that thirteen schools that were closed during the 1958 to 1959 school year are now open and that fifteen more school districts are operating on an integrated basis. He adds that schools in Florida are desegregating for the first time. He cites the Prince Edward County's school closures as a step backwards and says that "this action repudiated our tradition of providing free education for all." He mentions that the Prince Edward School Foundation is providing education for the 1,500 white students in the county. After a break in the clip, he notes that there are 1,700 African American students in the county, and no arrangements have been made for their education for the upcoming year, a situation he deplores. On May 17, 1954, the United States Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education ruled against segregation in public school systems, a move that effected seventeen states in the South and border region. While some of the effected states began desegregating schools that fall, most waited until the court issued its implementation decision the following year. By the fall of 1959, five states--Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina--had not integrated any public school. All of the other states effected by the Supreme Court ruling had at least some token desegregation, with Florida schools integrating for the first time that fall. Although some states had vigorously opposed integration through such programs as the "massive resistance" movement in Virginia, most recognized the importance of maintaining public education and the inevitability of desegregation. As mentioned in the clip, Prince Edward County, Virginia remained a stronghold for segregationists. White leaders in the county closed all twenty-one public schools rather than allow integration. Instead, they established a all-white private school system funded by tax cuts, donations, state and county tuition grants, and funds from the white families. While some African American students went outside of the county to be educated, most did not attend classes until the schools reopened in the fall of 1964. Title supplied by cataloger. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for digital conversion and description of the WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection. Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection eng News Unedited footage MovingImage http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/crdl/id:ugabma_wsbn_35710 http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/crdl/do:ugabma_wsbn_35710 1 clip (about 1 min.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm. Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection Forms part of: Civil Rights Digital Library. 1959-09 United States, Virginia, Prince Edward County, 37.2243039, -78.4410842 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Cite as: WSB-TV newsfilm clip of an unidentified man commenting on the progress of school desegregation in the South and the closing of schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959 September, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0790, 51:36/52:55, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Ga, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.


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Indian Rupee Drops Most in Two Months on U.S. Stimulus Concern
India's rupee fell the most in two months as concern the Federal Reserve will scale back policies that boost the supply of dollars hurt demand for riskier assets.
Minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting, released yesterday, showed policy makers expect to end their $85 billion monthly bond purchases in 2013. The rupee also weakened after data on Dec. 31 showed India's current-account deficit widened to a record $22.3 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Foreign funds poured almost $25 billion into Indian stocks last year.
"There could be fewer dollars available for investment in emerging-market equities, and this will hurt the rupee," said Naveen Raghuvanshi, a trader at Development Credit Bank Ltd. (DEVB) in Mumbai. "Right now we are in risk-off trade."
The rupee declined 1.1 percent today to 55.0750 per dollar in Mumbai, the biggest drop since Nov. 5, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The currency, which weakened 3.5 percent last year after plunging 16 percent in 2011, lost 0.5 percent this week.
One-month implied volatility, a gauge of expected moves in exchange rates used to price options, rose 10 basis points today, or 0.10 percentage point, to 9.80 percent. The rate fell 20 basis points this week after a 190 basis point drop in 2012.
The Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against six major trading partners, rose for a third day on speculation U.S. policy makers will struggle to reach an agreement on raising the nation's debt limit.
Three-month onshore rupee forwards traded at 56.05 per dollar, compared with 55.52 yesterday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Offshore non-deliverable contracts were at 56.01 versus 55.37. Forwards are agreements to buy or sell assets at a set price and date. Non-deliverable contracts are settled in dollars.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A former Playboy bunny who claims Sammy Hagar fathered her now-deceased child is appealing a ruling that dismissed her lawsuit against the former Van Halen frontman.
The Iowa woman, identified in court records as Jane Doe, filed the appeal Wednesday.
A judge ruled that Hagar didn't defame the woman when he accused her in his 2011 memoir of falsely naming him as the baby's father in order to extort money. The judge noted Hagar didn't mention the woman by name and that she failed to prove the book injured her.
The woman claims she and Hagar had an affair and she became pregnant with his child, who died shortly after birth in 1989. Hagar denied in his book that he was the father and questioned whether she ever gave birth.


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After 1,000 years of peace, much Magick has faded from the world. The Elves live far from humankind. There are no High Mages, and Wild Mages are seen only rarely. Bisochim, a powerful Wild Mage, is determined to reintroduce Darkness to the world, believing that it is out of Balance.
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I have spent the last couple of hours setting up a Google Docs spreadsheet and a form to go with it and I would like to post the form on my blog. According to the instructions provided at http://en.support.wordpress.com/google-docs/, this should be very easy - just copy the embed code and paste it into my blog. I can't get it to work though! Questions:
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Apple doesn't make any official mentions about performance improvements in Mountain Lion, so we decided to do some basic testing of our own by benching two MacBook Pros with Geekbench and also measuring the startup time.
The specifications of the two MacBook Pro notebooks we used:
Using Geekbench, a popular Mac benchmarking tool that measures processor and memory performance, we measured the both system's performance before and after installing Mountain Lion to see if there's any measurable gain in performance. We also measured the time taken for the system to boot up into the OS from a cold boot (power off and on).
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|Early 2008 MacBook Pro / Mountain Lion 10.8
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|Late 2011 MacBook Pro / Lion 10.7.4
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|Late 2011 MacBook Pro / Mountain Lion 10.8
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Judging from the benchmarks, it seems that installing Mountain Lion does not improve performance as the results are nearly identical. However, Mountain Lion does seem to take considerably longer to start up. Both our test systems took an additional 21 seconds to boot from a cold start.
Actual usage experience is pretty pleasant even on the aged Late 2008 MacBook Pro. That said, we definitely recommend upgrading older systems to at least 4GB of memory to ensure smooth operation, especially if you intend to use it for more memory-intensive tasks such as photo and video editing. In fact, with memory being one of the upgrades that Apple allows users to perform, and the fact memory is pretty affordable these days, we would definitely recommend getting as much memory as possible for the best experience even if you have a newer Mac system.
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Tori Amos Challenges Metal Bands
Tori Amos has just released a classically-inspired album, 'Night of Hunters.' The flame-haired singer is known for her confessional, open, female-empowering lyrics. Despite her alignment with the softer sex, Amos has a fan in former wrestler Mick Foley, whom she describes as a "liberal, creative figure" and "quite a writer." Additionally, Amos also issued a challenge to the hardest metal bands out there, claiming she can take 'em out with her emotional heft. Suffocation, Goatwhore, Crowbar, are you listening? Tori Amos is putting up her dukes.
In a recent chat with our sister site Spinner, Amos said, "Sometimes you don't know how music affects people. I embrace that because I don't think that just because I talk about emotional stuff that it's not mother—er stuff. I'll stand next to the hardest f—ing heavy metal band on any stage in the world and take them down, alone, by myself. Gauntlet laid down, see who steps up. See who steps up!" Rawr!
She continued, "I'll take them down at 48. And they know I will. Because emotion has power that the metal guys know is just you can't touch it. Insanity can't touch the soul. It's going to win every f—ing time."
It's worth mentioning that Amos covered Slayer's 'Raining Blood,' too. Check it out below.
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The Unofficial Apple Web log (www.tuaw.com) iPhone Dev Team has announced "Public iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak and published a zip file on the Web site containing a method to "jailbreak your 1.1.1 iPhone" in order to access all its files and install third party applications.
The Web site claims that their new hack provides jailbreak, activation, and third party applications, unlike others that do not include the third party applications as of yet. The site also claims that the iPhone can be hacked so that it can be used on any other GSM network besides AT&T, Inc.'s. AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.
The latest hack reportedly gives iPhone users who have previously installed the OS X 1.1.1 update the ability to revert their iPhones back to the previous 1.0.2 update and then "jailbreak" it for third-party applications; this said to be occurring while updating the iPhone back to the 1.1.1 version without "slamming the cell door shut" and turning the iPhone into a brick. Both TUAW and iPhone Atlas have tested this latest hack and claim that it works. However, this presumes that the user has a pretty in-depth knowledge of the iPhone's command line interface.
A disclaimer warning users of the risks behind the iPhone Dev Team unlock is also posted that disclaims all liability for damage to an iPhone by following the instructions. And the iPhone Dev Team doesn't claim that the latest hack will fix iPhones that have previously been turned into bricks by the latest upgrade from Apple, Inc.
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A Year After the Storm, Business Remains Unusual
Published: August 25, 2006
No one said it would be easy.
A year after Hurricane Katrina, businesses are still trying to put the pieces back together, with varying degrees of success.
Big businesses have fared better than small ones, but few have come through unscathed, based on interviews with the city's employers. Many reported raising wages 10 percent to 20 percent to attract skilled labor.
Universities have reopened, but with a decline in enrollment and the exodus of some faculty members.
Health care, like education a major employer before the storm, is in a period of upheaval. Some large hospitals are closed and will remain so.
For small businesses that were flooded, the road back has been the most difficult, but even those that escaped flooding have struggled.
Many agree that the city cannot fully recover unless it becomes a tourist destination again.
''We need to restore the brand that is New Orleans,'' said Alfred Groos, general manager of the Royal Sonesta Hotel, which reopened shortly after the storm but has had lower occupancy rates than before Hurricane Katrina. ''That is the biggest challenge that we all have.''
Photos (Illustrations by Joe Burgess, Jonathan Corum, Amanda Cox, Dylan Loeb McClain and Ben Werschkul/The New York Times; photographs by Cheryl Gerber for The New York Times)
Chart/Map: ''Large Businesses''
The charts below show the total number of employees in each industry sector in the New Orleans metropolitan area, as of June. Figures show the percentage change from a year earlier.
Private education and health services -44%
Colleges and universities: -34%
Hospitals: -17%
Ambulatory care: -45%
Other health care: -68%
Other education: -68%
Ochsner Health System, one of the area's largest employers, raised wages to attract workers in some key areas like nursing. Tulane, the largest university, reduced staffing by 1,000.
Professional and business services -37%
Employment services: -40%
Management: -22%
Legal: -37%
Advertising, design, architecture and others: -52%
Administrative and support services: -29%
Many in this sector do not have as much work as before, but law firms are an exception. McGlinchey Stafford, one of the city's largest law firms, expects business to expand.
Leisure and hospitality -34%
Restaurants and bars: -32%
Gambling: -53%
Other arts: -63%
Ritz-Carlton is only now preparing to reopen its hotels. The Ralph Brennan Restaurant Group raised hourly wages an average of $2 to get skilled cooks and servers. Harrah's casino is operating with a few hundred fewer employees.
Manufacturing and refining: -28%
Shipbuilding: -19%
Other durable: -47%
Other nondurable: -51%
Chemical: UNCHANGED
Other transport: UNCHANGED
Petroleum: UNCHANGED
Northrop Grumman's Avondale shipyard employs 5,000, compared with 6,700 before the storm.
Wholesale, retail, transportation and utilities -27%
Grocery and beverage stores: -69%
Health stores:-34%
General stores: -49%
Other retail: -20%
Transportation and warehousing: -10%
Utilities: -4%
Nondurable wholesale: UNCHANGED
Durable wholesale: -34%
Other wholesale: -39%
Wal-Mart has reopened two supercenters. One in Harvey is operating 24 hours and almost back to pre-storm employment, but the other, in New Orleans on Tchoupitoulas Street, is still using only part of the building and, with 325 employees, has 175 fewer than before the storm.
Financial activities: -23%
Banking: -29%
Investments, insurance, real estate, other finance: -24%
Other credit: -7%
Many Capital One bank branches have opened, though not in the hardest-hit areas.
Oil drilling, mining and construction: -22%
Oil drilling: -6%
Other mining: +38%
Heavy construction: -19%
Specialty contractors: -42%
Other construction: -37%
Boh Bros. is up to 1,500 employees, the same as before the storm, and expects revenue to grow by more than $100 million this year.
Information -22%
Publishing, movie theaters, telecommunications: -22%
BellSouth reopened offices, but moved a calling center, and 200 jobs, elsewhere.
Government -13%
Local: -15%
State: -5%
Federal: -18%
Many of the largest government employers were hospitals, which have had problems. The Southeast Louisiana Veterans hospital is only serving out-patients and has 1,000 employees, down from 1,750. The Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans has 2,000 employees, down from 4,000.
Small Businesses
A survey of small businesses along streets in four neighborhoods shows the range of difficulties facing their owners.
Well away from the flooding, the area largely escaped damage. ''Magazine Street is booming,'' said Mignon Parent of Sweet Pea and Tulip, a clothing store.
National Art and Hobby
John Ward, owner, struck a more cautious note than most on the block. Slower sales and the disruption of being closed for a month make him worry about the business. ''We weren't making a killing before, and it's harder to stay in the black now,'' he said.
Ristorante Civello
Although the hurricane delayed the opening of his new restaurant, Russell Civello said he never seriously considered giving up. ''Just about everything we figured on has come to fruition,'' he said. ''This is New Orleans, what's left of it.''
Cafe Luna
Ernesto Montano, owner, said his caf� was busier than before the storm. ''Since we opened early from the hurricane, we adopted a lot of new customers and a lot of people adopted us,'' he said. A Starbucks across the street is one of the few businesses in the area still closed.
This street near mid-city was flooded in places. Across the street from a still boarded-up strip mall, many businesses are starting to come back.
The Bag Man and New Directions Barber Shop
Kevin Davis and Arthur M. Anderson, business partners, rebuilt the shop from the ground up, after looters stole everything that survived the three feet of water. Some work remains, but the store is open and sales are picking up.
The Five Happiness
This destination restaurant for many New Orleanians suffered severe wind and flood damage but reopened in April. Current and former kitchen staff members did much of the early remodeling before a suitable contractor could be found.
Pep Boys
Although it received only a few inches of water, Pep Boys does not plan to reopen until mid-October. Neighbors expressed surprise that a national chain was taking so long to open: ''A big corporation can afford to wait,'' said Rose Lo, one of the owners of The Five Happiness.
Facing the square where President Bush called for rebuilding, the shops here have not escaped the broad decline in tourism.
La Madeleine
This bakery-caf�-bistro never reopened after the storm, a huge blow to the block because of the foot traffic it generated. ''We kept on praying that they were going to come back,'' said Lisette Sutton of Creole Delicacies, two doors down.
Southern Expressions Art Gallery
Joel T. Moak's gallery had no hurricane damage and no looting. ''Even the awnings were fine'' he said. But with the lack of tourists, the store ''can go for five days with no sales,'' he said, and faces the possibility of closing.
River's Edge Restaurant
Dale Rodriguez, general manager, estimated that the restaurant had about a quarter of the business it had before the storm. ''If we were doing half the business, we could survive. But we're not,'' he said.
The Lower Ninth Ward was devastated by flooding. Many homes are still in ruins, and few businesses are reopening.
Repair shop
What was once an appliance repair shop is now an empty hulk. The front of the former business is open and destroyed appliances are scattered about inside. The store appears to have been abandoned.
Gentle Dental Care
The water was so high that it brought down the ceiling tiles, but after the flood Dr. Kendall Parker said he ''put down the dental drill and picked up a hammer'' and plans to reopen today. ''I'm pretty sure I'm going to be the only business in this block,'' he said.
Flamin' Designs Beauty Salon
Nedra Bell has started to rebuild but is still not sure whether she will ever reopen her salon. ''It wouldn't take long to get the place together,'' she said, but she does not want to finish rebuilding and then have the area abandoned. ''It is a wait-and-see game,'' she said.
Maps of New Oleans highlighting locations of businesses mentioned above.
(Sources by Interviews with the businesses; Bureau of Labor Statistics)


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SITKA - The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) took a major step in its move toward a comprehensive electronic health record on Jan. 28, when SEARHC launched the ALERT Emergency Department Information System software program.
The ALERT EDIS program, from ALERT Life Science Computing, Inc., of Reston, Va., was launched in the SEARHC Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital Emergency Room. It will allow SEARHC to use the new electronic health record system on a small scale before implementing the ALERT OUTPATIENT program in all of its facilities starting this summer. ALERT OUTPATIENT is scheduled to launch in Sitka and Juneau this July, with SEARHC's other clinics going live shortly thereafter.
SEARHC is in the middle of a two-year, $5.4-million systems transformation project to convert from paper records to a comprehensive electronic health record (EHR). When the project is complete in 2010, SEARHC will be one of the first and largest tribal health systems in the country to have a comprehensive electronic health record. During 2008, SEARHC launched several standalone computer programs for its business, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology and other functions. ALERT EDIS and OUTPATIENT will bring all of those standalone programs into one comprehensive system.
"When complete, SEARHC's state-of-the-art system will allow us to better focus on increasing patient access to health care," SEARHC President/CEO Roald Helgesen said.
"In the United States, SEARHC is the very first health organization to go live with ALERT," said ALERT Vice President of Sales and Operations Jerry Colachino, who was in Sitka for the launch. Once ALERT EDIS and OUTPATIENT are fully implemented, "this allows SEARHC providers to have complete, seamless access to all parts of the patient's record."
ALERT Life Sciences Computing, Inc., is new to the U.S. market, but its electronic health record programs are being used by hundreds of health care organizations in Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil and Malaysia. ALERT has contracts or installations being completed at several other U.S. facilities.
ALERT plans to have staff on site in Sitka for 45 days to help providers and nurses become familiar with the system, for what Colachino called a "gentle transition." Other ALERT staff are on site to help customize the ALERT EDIS and OUTPATIENT programs for SEARHC's needs. SEARHC will be a showcase site for ALERT and will host other health care organizations looking to implement their own electronic health record programs.
Making the switch to the electronic health records will enable SEARHC to provide better health care to its patients. SEARHC is a consortium of 18 remote Alaska Native communities scattered over an area about the size of Florida, including many communities that only can be reached by plane or boat. Many SEARHC patients see a medical provider in their home village, then need to travel to Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka or the Ethel Lund Medical Center in Juneau for advanced treatment. With paper records being used in all of SEARHC's locations, parts of a patient's file sometimes were in different locations (for example, notes from a provider visit in Angoon, a lab result in Juneau, an x-ray in Sitka).
The new comprehensive electronic health record will allow SEARHC medical providers to have immediate access to all parts of the patient's chart updated in real time. The new EHR program will help providers track lab results and medications, will let them view x-rays and other imaging tests, and will provide chronic disease prevention and case management tools depending on a patient's personal health risks. The program also is being adapted for behavioral health needs, and when fully launched patients will be able to create their own personal health records they can take with them if they ever need to travel or access health care outside the SEARHC system.
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The tube from the bottom where the dirt getts **** up to the bag is clogged with hair and dirt , also the belt is off or broken.
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The state Legislature this week rejected an attempt by Rep. Andrea Doll to reopen the state's traditional pension plan to new employees.
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The attempt led to floor debate Wednesday and Thursday. Doll, D-Juneau, said the state was shortchanging new employees and failing to hire and keep good workers.
"It is absolutely essential that Alaska be able to attract and retain qualified public employees," she said. "The benefits package adopted by the Legislature two years ago is simply not attractive to prospective workers."
Two years ago the Legislature became aware of rising liability associated with state retirement programs and passed a bill converting the state from a traditional defined-benefit program to a 401k contribution plan.
State officials estimate that they have $10 billion less saved than they'll need over the next 25 years due to longer life spans, rising medical costs and underfunding.
Two years ago the state tried to deal with that by switching the retirement plans, but Doll and others said it hasn't helped with the debt and has made it more difficult for the state to hire police officers and other in-demand employees.
Should state employees have access to a traditional pension plan or a 401K plan?
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Previously, new public employees were enrolled in a program called Tier III, a defined-benefit plan. The Legislature changed that to Tier IV, a contribution plan.
That new plan needed a number of technical fixes, both advocates and enemies agreed. When a bill to make those corrections came up, Doll introduced an amendment to allow employees to choose between Tier III and Tier IV.
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Fairbanks, said Tier IV actually helped the state attract employees because they knew they could take their 401k savings with them if they left.
He called Doll's amendment "a backdoor attempt to do away with Tier IV."
Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Haines, said he had been contributing into a 401k plan for years, and he has more than most state retirees have.
"Quit beating up on 401ks," he said.
The plans shift responsibility for retirement to the workers, he said.
"If you're a poor manager, maybe that's the problem you have with it," he said.
State records show Thomas with income last year of $119,000 as a fisherman and another $68,000 as a legislator.
State Rep. Bob Buch, D-Anchorage, said 401ks were great for people who make enough extra money to put into them.
"They're don't work unless you're wealthy," he said.
They also shift risk of mismanaged investments from the state to workers, he said. And Alaska public employees do not participate in Social Security, so that safety net is not there, he pointed out.
Doll's amendment failed Wednesday 21-15 but attracted some Republican support as well. The full bill passed 29-9 Thursday.
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text: On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:40:22 -0600Seth Jennings <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:> This patch promotes the slab-based zsmalloc memory allocator> from the staging tree to lib/Hate to rain on the parade, but... we haven't reviewed zsmallocyet. At least, I haven't, and I haven't seen others do so.So how's about we forget that zsmalloc was previously in staging andsend the zsmalloc code out for review? With a very good changelogexplaining why it exists, what problems it solves, etc.I peeked.Don't answer any of the below questions - they are examples ofconcepts which should be accessible to readers of thehopefully-forthcoming very-good-changelog.- kmap_atomic() returns a void* - there's no need to cast its return value.- Remove private MAX(), use the (much better implemented) max().- It says "This was one of the major issues with its predecessor (xvmalloc)", but drivers/staging/ramster/xvmalloc.c is still in the tree.- USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING should be done via Kconfig.- USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING is interesting and the changelog should go into some details. What are the pros and cons here? Why do the two options exist? Can we eliminate one mode or the other?- Various functions are obscure and would benefit from explanatory comments. Good comments explain "why it exists", more than "what it does". These include get_size_class_index, get_fullness_group, insert_zspage, remove_zspage, fix_fullness_group. Also a description of this handle encoding thing - what do these "handles" refer to? Why is stuff being encoded into them and how?- I don't understand how the whole thing works :( If I allocate a 16 kbyte object with zs_malloc(), what do I get? 16k of contiguous memory? How can it do that if USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING=false? Obviously it can't so it's doing something else. But what?- What does zs_create_pool() do and how do I use it? It appears to create a pool of all possible object sizes. But why do we need more than one such pool kernel-wide?- I tried to work out the actual value of ZS_SIZE_CLASSES but it made my head spin.- We really really don't want to merge zsmalloc! It would be far better to use an existing allocator (perhaps after modifying it) than to add yet another new one. The really-good-changelog should be compelling on this point, please.See, I (and I assume others) are totally on first base here and we needto get through this before we can get onto zswap. Sorry. drivers/staging is where code goes to be ignored :(