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A.R. Rahman, in full Allah Rakha Rahman, original name A.S. Dileep Kumar, (born January 6, 1966, Madras [now Chennai], India), Indian composer whose extensive body of work for film and stage earned him the nickname "the Mozart of Madras."
Rahman's father, R.K. Sekhar, was a prominent Tamil musician who composed scores for the Malayalam film industry, and Rahman began studying piano at age four. The boy's interests lay in electroics and computers, and his father's serendipitous purchase of a synthesizer allowed him to pursue his passion and to learn to love music at the same time. Sekhar died when Rahman was 9 years old, and by age 11 he was playing piano professionally to help support his family. He dropped out of school, but his professional experience led to a scholarship to study at Trinity College, Oxford, where he received a degree in Western classical music.
In 1988 his family converted to Islam following a sister's recovery from a serious illness, and he then took the name, Allah Rakha Rahman. He grew bored with playing in bands and eventually turned his talents toward creating advertising jingles. He wrote more than 300 jingles and would later say that the experience taught him discipline because jingle writing required delivery of a powerful message or mood in a short time. In 1991, while at a ceremony to receive an award for his work on a coffee advertisement, Rahman met Bollywood film director Mani Ratnam, who persuaded him to write music for motion pictures. Their first project was Roja (1992), which resulted in Rahman's first film soundtrack hit. More than 100 movie scores followed, including the music for Lagaan (2001), the first Bollywood film nominated for an Academy Award. Rahman's albums sold more than 100 million copies.
British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber heard some of Rahman's soundtracks and asked the composer if he would be interested in writing a stage musical. Working with lyricist Don Black, Rahman composed the score for Bombay Dreams, a colorful satire of Bollywood films, and the show opened in London's West End in 2002 without much fanfare. Rahman was already well known among London's large Indian population, however, and ticket sales were strong, which prompted the launch of the Broadway version of the show in 2004. Rahman's next stage project, a musical version of The Lord of the Rings, premiered in Toronto in 2006. Budgeted at $25 million, the production teamed Rahman with the Finnish folk ensemble Värttinä to compose a musical score that captured the otherworldliness of J.R.R. Tolkien's creations. While the play met with harsh reviews in both Toronto and London (where it opened in 2007), it proved to be a moderate success with audiences.
Rahman continued his work for the screen, scoring films for Bollywood and, increasingly, Hollywood. He contributed a song to the soundtrack of Spike Lee's Inside Man (2006) and co-wrote the score for Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). However, his true breakthrough to Western audiences came with Danny Boyle's rags-to-riches saga Slumdog Millionaire (2008). Rahman's score, which captured the frenzied pace of life in Mumbai's underclass, dominated the awards circuit in 2009. He collected a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for best music as well as a Golden Globeand an Academy Award for best score. He also won the Academy Award for best song for "Jai Ho," a Latin-infused dance track that accompanied the film's closing Bollywood-style dance number. Rahman's streak continued at the Grammy Awards in 2010, where he collected the prize for best soundtrack and "Jai Ho" was again honored as best song appearing on a soundtrack.
Rahman's later notable scores included those for the films 127 Hours (2010)—for which he received another Academy Award nomination—and the Hindi-language movies Rockstar (2011), Raanjhanaa(2013), Highway (2014), and Beyond the Clouds (2017). In addition, he scored the biopic Pelé: Birth of a Legend (2016).


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When her clients find themselves caught up in a heated bidding war, Jamaica Plain real estate broker Ellen Grubert suggests they put pen to paper — not necessarily to up the offer, but to ingratiate themselves to the seller of the property.
Write a letter that flatters the seller's taste and appeals to their emotional attachment to the house. If the grounds are nicely landscaped, mention how much you like to garden; if the house holds family memories, talk about raising your children there, too.
"You want to appeal to the seller, that you will take care of the house,'' said Grubert, vice president of residential sales at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Jamaica Plain. "Especially if the seller loves their home, it pulls on their heart strings."
With bidding wars for choice homes in the Boston market as common as crocuses in spring, buyers and their agents are resorting to unusual tactics to stand out in the crowd. Fueled by a perfect storm of market forces — very low interest rates, an improving economy, and limited supply of homes — eager buyers are bidding up home values in metro Boston and leaving an increasingly larger pool of frustrated shoppers on the losing end.
In February the median price for a single-family home in the region jumped nearly 9 percent, to $429,900, from the same period last year, according to the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. Homes are selling more quickly, too. The average listing period fell to 109 days in February, down from 134 in February 2012, according to the association.
And in coveted areas of downtown Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, the better properties can sell over a weekend, real estate agents say.
To help buyers survive this anxiety-drenched process, real estate agents are prepping clients to be ready to act quickly when they find a property they like, and to be prepared to offer incentives unseen since the housing heyday of 2004 and 2005.
Those include: waiving the home inspection, or being willing to pay a penalty if the deal falls through. Buyers are also being more flexible with sellers in terms of when a closing occurs or if a seller can rent back a home for some time, agents say.
"As home buyers compete they are going to try to put themselves in a position of strengthening the offer, price, and terms,'' said Mike DelRose of RE/MAX Leading Edge in Watertown.
But agents also warn buyers not to offer more than they can afford or give up legal rights that they will later regret. Some potential home buyers have already lost their deposits or are finding the home they just bought unexpectedly needs expensive repairs, said Gary Dwyer, owner of Buyer Agents of Boston.
"Sometimes no property is better than a bad property or losing all your deposit," he said. "There is a lot of buyers' remorse that is starting to percolate out there."
To avoid mistakes, Grubert cautions buyers not to provide information that could hurt — rather than help — their chances.
For example, Grubert said one of her sellers recently received a letter from a buyer saying they would use the house only part time. A competing buyer wrote about wanting to bring up a family in the home — and won.
"They discussed too much,'' she said about the losing bid.
DelRose said sellers will sift through offers to consider strengths and weaknesses of potential buyers — the size of the down payment, their overall financial well-being. Sellers may even vet the lender a bidder has for preapproval, with stable local and national banks viewed more favorably, he said.
Despite the competition, DelRose said buyers should not get desperate — he believes more sellers will appear as the spring heats up. "They don't have to be so pressured to make a move," he said.
The current bidding wars are reminiscent of the last housing heyday in 2004 and 2005, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors. The excitement — irrational exuberance to some — was aided by easy lending terms and led to an overheated market that burst in the second half of the last decade.
Yun says this new energy — visible in many areas around the country — is different because buyers are purchasing homes with cash or financing mortgages with lenders with much more rigid eligibility requirements. "Today's market is fundamentally different,'' he said. "Access to mortgage credit is exceptionally tight."
As the market improves, sellers too are finding different ways of fielding offers. Chris Tuite, managing partner of Gibson Sotheby's International Realty in Boston, said his office has started to set a deadline — usually a week — for offers on popular condominiums. That should be enough time buyers to adequately vet a property but also adds pressure to the process, he said. He said agents try to help sellers set the highest realistic price for a home, but emotional buyers can drive prices higher.
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Oh, deer, he just wasn't thinking... Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officers arrested Kyle Edwards, 21, of Tampa on June 17 after receiving a tip about photos that had been posted on Facebook of a freshly killed deer and alligator, according to a FWC news release. Edwards big blunder: He was also in the photos along with his kill. Edwards told a FWC investigator he and a friend went to the property in Otter Creek in Levy County to camp and shoot his new AK-47 which he had recently purchased at a Tampa gun show. Edwards admitted to posting the photographs on his Facebook page and later removing the photos. He was charged with taking deer during the closed season and illegal taking of an American alligator. Both charges are misdemeanors. Edwards isn't the only person to get nabbed by the FWC because they posting pics to boast of their kill.
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Kingston's new HyperX Fury SSD; fool me once ...
Subject: Storage | August 27, 2014 - 04:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Sandforce SF2281, kingston, hyper x fury, 240gb
The Kingston Hyper X Fury 240GB is a slim SSD able to fit in the anemic ultrabooks though it does ship with a 2.5mm adapter for systems which are a little more meaty. It uses the familiar Sandforce SF2281 controller and has changed to 128GBit ONFi 3 NAND from the previous ONFi 1 and 2 found in the V300 and the first Fury models. This NAND is slower at reads but at the same time it is also significantly more rugged, with a endurance rating of 641TB worth of writes. Hopefully Kingston learned from the reaction to its previous release of the V300 where review models were sent out with Toggle Mode NAND which was then switched for ONFi in the retail models. Hardware Canucks saw decent performance at a price in line with the market, but it is up to you to decide if you are willing to forgive Kingston and purchase this new SSD.
"Kingston has long been known as a company that caters to budget-minded buyers and that's exactly what their new HyperX Fury SSD does. However, this time performance is also a priority."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- SanDisk Extreme PRO 480GB SSD Review @ OCC
- Silicon Power Slim S70 240GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
- Plextor M6 Pro SSD @ HardwareHeaven
- Kingston V310 SSD @ HardwareHeaven
- Crucial MX100 256GB Solid State Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- Kingston SSDNow V310 @ The SSD Review
- AMD Radeon R7 240GB @ eTeknix
- Angelbird SSD wrk 256GB @ eTeknix
- Seagate Wireless Plus 2TB Mobile Device Storage Review @ NikKTech
- Synology DiskStation DS415play @ Legion Hardware
ADATA sneaks a new revision of Sandforce into their SSDs
Subject: Storage | March 7, 2013 - 07:53 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Sandforce SF2281, adata, sx900
Allyn reviewed the ADTA SX900 back in February which might make you question why we are revisiting this drive in this [H]ard|OCP review. The reason lies in the controller as the SSD Al reviewed contained the SF-2281VB1-S0C while the drive [H] received contains a 2281VB2-SPC controller. [H] had many of the same worries as Al, with ancient firmware being the most relevant, with [H] specifically stating that '5.0.2a firmware does not have working TRIM functionality,' which should cause concern for anyone considering this drive. They also notived power usage above 10W which they felt was odd on a drive marketed as having improved power consumption and ended up unable to recommend this drive.
"The ADATA SX900 128GB SSD came to us with a surprise under the hood, the new B02 version of the SandForce SF-2281 controller. This new stepping is designed to provide revolutionary improvements in power efficiency with no loss of speed. We test the SX900 and the SF-2281VB2-SPC controller to see how it stacks up against the competition."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Monster Digital Daytona 240GB @ Tweaktown
- Kingston HyperX 3K 240 GB @ techPowerUp
- Plextor M5 Pro Xtreme 256GB @ Tweaktown
- Plextor M5 Pro 256GB SSD with Xtreme 1.02 Firmware @ Tweaktown
- Samsung SM843 Pro Data Center Series 240GB @ Tweaktown
- How to Maximize Storage Space Guide @ OCC
- ioSafe N2: A Disaster-Resistant Synology DS213 @ AnandTech
- Vantec NexStar WiFi Hard Drive Dock Review @ Techgage
- Toshiba STOR.E SLIM 500GB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive Review @ NikKTech
- ADATA DashDrive Air AE400 @ Kitguru
OCZ's RevoDrive 3; the other kind of hybrid
Subject: Storage | March 12, 2012 - 07:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Sandforce SF2281, revodrive hybrid, RevoDrive 3, PCIe SSD, ocz, hybrid ssd
If you are looking for the speed of an SSD but can't afford one big enough to hold your OS and programs there are two main ways to work around this. The first is only available to Intel SandyBridge owners and that is Intel's SRT which allows you to use a mSATA SSD as a cache drive to speed up commonly used programs. The second is to pick up a hybrid SATA drive like the Seagate Momentus XT line, which does essentially the same thing but is compatible with most systems and is self contained. Techgage would like to remind you that there is a third choice, albeit perhaps more expensive than the other two; the OCZ RevoDrive 3 Hybrid PCIe SSD. This drive sports 1TB of HDD space and 128GB of flash memory split between two SandForce 2281 controllers and at a cost of $330 gives you a lot more space than a $330 SSD.
"SSDs are expensive and often don't offer enough capacity to meet user needs. The recent SSD caching craze attempts to alleviate both these issues, but OCZ has done one better. Combining a RevoDrive 3 with a 1TB HDD the RevoDrive Hybrid offers a self-contained SSD caching solution that is guaranteed to work."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- OCZ Demonstrates Vertex 4 SSD At CeBIT 2012 - It gets Tested and Tested Again @ SSD Review
- Romex FancyCache Review - SSD Performance At 13GB/s and 765,000 IOPS In 60 Seconds Flat! @ SSD Review
- SSD Caching – "SSD, but my friends call me cache" @ TechwareLabs
- Patriot Memory Pyro 120GB 2.5" SATA III SSD Drive Review @ Madshrimps
- 128GB SSD Roundup @ Rbmods
- Verbatim 2.5" Sata-III SSD 120GB @ Rbmods
- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SATA III 2.5" SSD Review @ Madshrimps
- RunCore Pro V Max 240GB SSD Review @ circuitREMIX
- Corsair Force Series GT 180GB SSD Review @ circuitREMIX
- Synology DiskStation DS411 and New DSM 4.0 Operating System @ X-bit Labs
- OWC Mercury Elite-AL Pro Dual Mini RAID Data Storage/Backup @ SSD Review
- QNAP TurboNAS TS-419P II 4-Bay NAS Review @ eTeknix
- ICY DOCK EZ DOCK USB 3.0 HDD adaptor @ Bjorn3D
- Lacie 5big Office+ Nas Review @ TechwareLabs
- ToughTech mini-Q Encrypted Portable Drive @ TechwareLabs
- How to Buy an External Hard Drive @ TechReviewSource
- Zalman ZM-HE350u3 3.5" @ Bjorn3D
Silicon Power hits the SSD market
Subject: Storage | November 21, 2011 - 01:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: silicon power, Velox Series V30, ssd, Sandforce SF2281, sata 6Gps
Silicon Power have extended their lineup in a logical manner, with their familiarity with flash based storage it makes sense for them to move into SSDs. They've chosen proven parts, the SandForce SF2281 is a familiar SATA 6Gb/s controller as are the Intel branded flash chips that make up the 60GB of storage. As you would expect, similar components produce similar results, but since each manufacturer introduces some differences as do the parts inside the benchmarks for each SSD are slightly different but price remains the factor which most heavily impacts choice. If you are shopping for an SSD you should check Think Computers review of a drive from a brand you may not have previously considered.
"Silicon Power is not a name you really think about when you think about solid state drives. If you did not know Silicon Power was founded in 2003 and they mainly specialize in memory products. Today we are going to take a look at one of their first SATA 6GB/s drives the Velox Series V30. This drive is powered by the SandForce SF-2281 controller and boast speeds of 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write. Let's check it out!"
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Intel 320 Series 300 GB SSD @ kitguru
- Revisiting the Legend: OCZ Vertex LE 240GB Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- Kingston HyperX 240 GB SSD Review @ Hardware Secrets
- OCZ Synapse 60 GB Caching SSD @ techPowerUp
- FreeBSD 9.0 On Intel Sandy Bridge @ Phoronix
- 1 TB Hard Disk Drives Roundup @ X-bit Labs
- Seagate Barracuda XT 3TB (ST3000DM001) @ Bjorn3D
- G-Technology G-DRIVE Mini 750GB HDD Review @ Legit Reviews
- RaidSonic Icy Box IB-RD3219STu3 USB 3.0 RAID Enclosure Review @ Real World Labs
- OCZ Synapse Cache @ Guru3D
- RAIDAGE GAGE104U40SL-SAUF @ Computing on Demand
- Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-portable 750GB Hard Drive Review @ circuitREMIX
- Mushkin Ventura Pro 32 GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Review @ OCC
- ADATA Superior SH14 500 GB USB 3.0 @ techPowerUp
- Roundup: USB 3.0 External Drives with 750 GB Storage Capacity @ X-bit Labs
- 1 TB Hard Disk Drives Roundup @ X-bit Labs
- Adata 32Gb N005 Pro Flash Drive @ Funky Kit
OCZ's new Sandforce SF2281 firmware update tested
Subject: Storage | November 4, 2011 - 02:36 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: ocz, firmware, Sandforce SF2281
The Tech Report has been investigating the OCZ 2.15 firmware update for their Sandforce SF2281 based SSDs. The firmware was released to fix several specific issues that users were encountering which caused BSODs or stuttering during normal usage. The testing was a little odd for The Tech Report, they certainly didn't see any BSODs after flashing to the new firmware, however they never saw any BSODs on their drives previously. A little investigation showed them a significant decrease in the number of people complaining about BSODs on forums which leads them to believe the firmware update is effective at what it does. Even better, the firmware has no real negative effect on the drives performance.
"SandForce SSDs have been dogged by reports of BSODs and other issues, but new firmware promises relief. We take a quick look at OCZ's recent 2.15 firmware update to see how it affects SSD performance and the BSOD bug."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Solid State Drive Roundup 2011 @ Real World Labs
- OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD @ XSReviews
- MemoRight FTM Plus 240GB Solid State Drive @ Tweaktown
- OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid PCI-E SSD Tests @ Benchmark Reviews
- A Complete SSD Upgrade Kit for MacBook Pro @ Bjorn3D
- Seagate Barracuda 3TB Review; A 1TB / Platter Monster is Unleashed @ Hardware Canucks
- Seagate Barracuda 3TB Hard Drive ST3000DM001 @ Benchmark Reviews
- OCZ RevoDrive Hybrid 100GB (PCIe SSD + 1TB HDD) @ techspot
- OCZ Technology RevoDrive Hybrid @ Tweaktown
- Seagate's New Barracuda 3TB @ AnandTech
- Vantec SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI-e Host Card Review @ circuitREMIX
- Hard Disk Drive Myths Debunked! @ TechARP
- ADATA Nobility N005 Pro 64 GB (USB 3.0 Flash Drive) @ Kitguru
- LaCie Little Big Disk (2TB) Review: More Affordable Thunderbolt Storage @ AnandTech
- Raidon GR5630-WSB3 4-Bay Desktop Storage System Review @ OCC
- 1TB 3.5" USB 3.0 External Hard Drives from Iomega and Seagate Review @ circuitREMIX
- SilverStone SST-TS07B External USB 3.0 HDD Enclosure Review @ Legit Reviews
Seven Sandforce SF-2281 SSDs
Subject: Storage | September 13, 2011 - 05:13 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: sandforce, Sandforce SF2281, ssd, roundup, corsair, kingston, ozc, patriot, sata 6Gps
Four companies with seven SSDs that all share the same controller were tested at X-bit Labs to see if there is any noticeable difference in their performance. The price per gigabyte varies on the different models as they all use slightly different flash memory as well as different interfaces. X-bit tries to come out with a general statement about performance and captures the heart when they state "SSDs with synchronous MLC NAND flash are generally faster but also more expensive whereas SSDs with asynchronous flash are cheaper and slower". That generalization doesn't quite capture the results fully however as even within those two categories there are some choices better than others. Check out the full review to see which drives came out on top.
"We tested seven high-speed solid state drives built on second generation SandForce controller that support SATA 6 Gbps. Please welcome our heroes: Corsair Force 3, Corsair Force GT, Kingston HyperX, OCZ Agility 3, OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS, Patriot Pyro and Patriot Wildfire."
Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Super Talent TeraDrive CT3 64GB SSD Review @ Legit Reviews
- Corsair Force Series GT 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid-State Drive Review @ ThinkComputers
- Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB SATA 3 SSD Review @ The SSD Review
- Corsair Force GT SSD 120 GB @ Metku
- Crucial M4 256GB Update: The Power of Firmware @ Hardware Canucks
- Corsair Force GT SATA 3 240GB SSD Review @ The SSD Review
- Kingston HyperX 120GB SandForce SF-2281 @ Tweaktown
- Patriot Wildfire 120 GB SSD Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Areca ARC-1882i and Corsair Force GT 7 Drive SATA III RAID 0 Setup @ Tweaktown
- Synology DiskStation DS411 Review @ HardwareHeaven
- ICYBOX USB3.0 HDD Enclosure Review @ HardwareLOOK
- Synology Rackstation RS2211+ @ kitguru
- StarTech.com Portable SATA Duplicator & USB / eSATA Dock @ AnandTech
- Western Digital My Book Studio Edition II 6TB @ AnandTech
- Seagate Goflex Satellite 500GB hard drive @ The Inquirer
- Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 4TB Desk External Drive Review @ Legit Reviews
- QNAP vs DROBO @ CoD
Patriot's new SSD is on fire
Subject: Storage | July 14, 2011 - 12:56 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: patriot, 32nm NAND, Sandforce SF2281, sata 6Gps, ssd
Patriot's original foray into the SSD market was overshadowed by many other manufacturers releasing SSDs and did not get much stage time compared to Intel or OCZ for instance. This may change now that the community has realized it is the controller that makes the SSD, not the manufacturer. Their new 120GB Wildfire is a true SATA 6Gps drive and it features the high performing Sandforce SF-2281 controller. That isn't the only trick they have up their sleeves, though it means the drive costs more, they chose 32nm NAND over 25nm NAND which results in faster performance and possibly longer life which is in line with the three year warranty Patriot offers. Check out the actual performance over at Neoseeker.
"The Patriot WildFire is a 120GB SSD using the latest Sandforce SF-2281 controller, and 32nm MLC NAND memory. Together these components promise enterprise-level performance in a package priced for hardware enthusiasts. Hit our review to see if the WildFire can live up to its name, or if it ends up burning out prematurely."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- Patriot Wildfire 120GB Review @ OCC
- OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS 240GB SATA 6Gbit/s SSD Review @ Techgage
- Crucial m4 SSD 64GB (Raid 0) @ Hardwareoverclock
- Mushkin 32GB SDHC Review @ OCC
- Thecus N5200XXX 5-Bay NAS Server @ Tweaktown
- Icy Dock MB881U3-1SA 2.5"/3.5" SATA & IDE USB3 HDD Docking Station Review @Hi Tech Legion
- Synology USB Station 2 Review @ eTeknix
- Patriot Javelin S4 4-Bay Media Server Review @Hi Tech Legion


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For many screen printers, the decision to invest in substrate-cutting equipment is inspired by the desire to add new products and attract new customers. But far too often, printers purchase cutting machinery with only their current or short-term needs in mind and don't consider how this equipment will fit in with their future products and production goals.
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For jobs with relatively loose requirements for cut-to-print registration, clamshell diecutting presses are still quite popular. These presses are generally hand-fed, so high-tonnage presses are most desirable. The high tonnage makes it possible to cut more pieces per press cycle, which helps offset the labor time associated with manually loading and unloading substrates on the press.
Like clamshell presses, flatbed diecutting presses are also good for situations where you need high output but have relatively low requirements for cut-to-print registration. These machines, some of which support automated material-feeding systems, usually use wide-format steel-rule dies and can cut a large number of parts simultaneously. Specific job requirements (the type of material to be cut, internal features such as creases or perforations, part perimeters, etc.) determine if low- or high-tonnage flat-bed presses are required.
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Health informatics training at the postgraduate level: a curriculum development exercise in Pakistan
To assist in developing a curriculum for health informatics training at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Islamabad, Pakistan, existing postgraduate-level health informatics curricula at universities in the United Kingdom and New Zealand were reviewed. In all cases, curricula consisted of both health science and computer science courses, with those pertaining to health sciences comprising the greater proportion. The review also disclosed variations in the training programmes offered by the different institutions. It is argued that identifying a standard set of competencies which health informaticians should possess would lead to the emergence of an agreed set of core courses required for the discipline, thereby reducing variations in training programmes and better equipping graduates for their future roles.
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Ragnarok Odyssey in an Action Role-Playing game that takes place in the universe of Ragnarok Online franchise which is based on Norse mythology, the game was developed for the PlayStation Vita by Game Arts and published in Japan by GungHo. It is set for release in U.S by Xseed Games in October 2012.
After the fall of the gods, a great war was raged between humans and giants. players will take part of that war after they create their characters from over 20,000 possible combinations and 6 different classes. Ragnarok Odyssey features fast and engaging battle system where players can launch enemies and continue the combo in the air, the game also features online co-op mode up to 4 players.


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Giulia Molinaro fired a 7-under 65 in the final round to win the Friends of Mission Charity Classic.
Molinaro ended her first Symetra Tour title at 13-under-par 203.
The Italian birdied the first two holes on Sunday, then tripped to a bogey on No. 3. She later poured in six birdies over an 8-hole span from the seventh to 14th to jump to minus-13.
Molinaro traded a bogey for a birdie from the 16th, then parred the last to seal the win.
Macarena Silva closed with a 67 to take second place at minus-8. Jaclyn Sweeney, who is No. 2 on the tour's money list, shot 70 and finished alongside Angela Buzminski (70) in third at 7-under 209. Courtney Massey (71) and Tracy Stanford (71) shared fifth at minus-6.


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"I've made many painful mistakes in my life. I want my death to have some meaning." -- Myrtle Snow
"American Horror Story" wrapped its third season with a strong finale, focusing on themes of mortality and motherhood.
The show got lost when it strayed from those ideas this year, often attempting to shock its audience, seemingly at the expense of cohesive plot and logic. But as the finale showed, when it wanted to, Coven could tell a compelling story, even without much of its trademark violence and gore.
We start with a Stevie Nicks performance, kicking off a montage of the witches preparing to perform the seven wonders. There is a lot of fire-starting and Misty twirling, making this already the most fun this show has been all season. Stevie wishes the girls luck.
The ladies of the coven sit down to a last supper, which Myrtle points out will actually be the last supper for many of them. She also says she is certain that Da Vinci was a warlock. Again, why would you agree to participate in this charade? Why not run away. Just run away.
Cordelia points out that the reigning supreme customarily identifies her successor, but that in Fiona's case, she had neglected to do that. She actually tried to kill her successor.
Cordelia paraphrases some scripture in an effort to encourage her students to face the fact that they are about to do something serious. "Childhood is over, my girls," she says. "Put aside fears, reservations and petty things."
We cut to the next day, where Myrtle presides over the first wonder, telekinesis. All of the ladies pass the first test. All of the witches also perform the second wonder, concilium, also known as mind control. Madison and Zoe demonstrate their ability on Kyle, continuing their rivalry for his affection.
The third wonder involves descending to and returning from Hell before the next day dawns. Queenie is the first to return. Madison is second, noting that in her own personal Hell, she was "stuck on a network musical." Oh, I get jokes. Get it? She managed to get a dig in at the live "Sound of Music" special as well. How dare they disparage Carrie Underwood.
Zoe returns quickly as well.
Misty's personal Hell sees her being forced to dissect frogs over and over again. Misty can't snap herself out of it in time, and turns into a pile of dust. Cordelia takes Misty's death pretty hard, but no one else seems too phased by it. Farewell, Misty. You were my favorite.
The next wonder is transmutation, which the witches turn into a game of tag. Things are going well, and it's a light, fun moment. Then Zoe somehow impales herself on an iron gate. This show couldn't let me get away without seeing one more graphic puncture wound, could it?
Zoe's death allows for the next wonder, vitalum vitalis, to commence. Queenie tries and fails to bring Zoe back to life, meaning that she isn't the next supreme. Cordelia orders Madison to attempt to bring Zoe back, but Madison balks. Why should she bring her competition back to life? She argues the point, even killing a fly and bringing it back to life to pass the test anyway.
Myrtle tells her that she doesn't deserve to be supreme if she won't bring Zoe back. Madison remains unconvinced and orders Cordelia and Myrtle to crown her, or kiss her posterior, so to speak.
Madison storms off, leaving Myrtle and Cordelia to huddle up. "If Madison Montgomery really is all that is left to us, maybe it is better this way. Maybe we deserve to die out," Cordelia says.
As they talk, Myrtle has a revelation, and begins to wonder if Cordelia is actually the next supreme. "I was a fool not to have realized it earlier... You have great power, my girl, power that has been seeking expression in these young vessels. But it's in you. You must let it out. You must perform the seven wonders," Myrtle tells Cordelia.
Cordelia performs the first six easily, while Queenie, Myrtle and Madison look on. Wait, why didn't Queenie die? I thought that you were either the supreme, or a goner? That was clearly stated in the last episode. This business has passed me by.
With one wonder left, we are seemingly down to Madison and Cordelia, who will have a divination showdown. Cordelia passes the test easily. Madison stalls, then falters, accusing Myrtle of fixing the test. "You would accuse us of chicanery?" Myrtle asks. Madison storms off, calling the coven a "jacked-up version of celebrity rehab." Indeed.
As she packs her things to leave, Madison is confronted by Kyle for allowing Zoe to die. While Cordelia brings Zoe back to life in the greenhouse, Kyle ends Madison's life by strangling her. When I said Madison had to pay, this wasn't exactly what I had in mind, even if this was the most logical ending for this character. Spalding appears and offers to help Kyle bury Madison's body.
So, the big reveal of Cordelia as the next supreme sort of got buried there. By bringing Zoe back, Cordelia performed all seven wonders. Her sight is restored and her scars disappear.
Next, we see Cordelia going public with her news, doing a media interview to promote her school for young witches. "Thanks to you, we're entering a new era," Myrtle tells Cordelia, before insisting that Cordelia kill her, as punishment for killing the council.
"I'm not suggesting, I'm insisting," she tells her. "I killed, and I must pay for it."
"No. No way. You were my mother, my true mother," Cordelia protests.
"Stiff upper lip, my dear," Myrtle insists.
So, Cordelia, Zoe and Queenie march Myrtle back out to the spot where she was burned at the stake once before, and do it again. "Delia, my sweet daughter, I am nothing but proud of you," Myrtle says, before she goes up in flames. A poignant scene, if there ever was one. Lots of parasols, hats, sunglasses and wonderful fashion that I'm not qualified to critique here.
"I need both of you to help me fulfill the promise of all this coven can be," Cordelia tells Queenie and Zoe. So, someone misspoke last week when they suggested that the only two options were supremacy and death. I wish that had been made more clear. Cordelia appoints them as the members of her new council, before ordering them to stay put while she handles one last bit of business.
That business, of course, is the matter of Fiona. Cordelia walks into a room and finds her mother there, smoking. Fiona reveals that the vision of her death that Cordelia had seen was an illusion, one that Fiona had planted in The Axeman's mind.
Cordelia gets closer to Fiona and we see that her cancer has ravaged her. She looks 20 years older than she did when last we saw her. Fiona implies that she came back to kill Cordelia, but Cordelia isn't buying it. "You didn't come here to kill me. You were hoping I'd put you out of your misery. But I don't need to," she says. "You're close. I doubt you'll make it through the night."
"It was nothing personal, darling," Fiona tells Cordelia, as she explains why she treated her so poorly throughout her life. She says that Cordelia was just a constant reminder of her own mortality, her biggest fear. "I loved you plenty, though."
"I have to die for you to truly live," Fiona tells her daughter. "Crying over me. Isn't that the ultimate twist?" Fiona says.
Tears well up in Cordelia's eyes. "I'm not crying over you. I'm crying for me. You were the monster in every one of my closets. A lifetime spent either trying to prove myself to you, get close to you, or get away from you. I'm crying for the girl in me who dies when you die."
"For god's sake, have mercy on me," Fiona says, as she passes her daughter a blade. "Put me out of my misery. I hurt everywhere."
"You're scared, maybe for the first time in your life," Cordelia says as she embraces her mother. "No powers. No magic. Just a woman facing the inevitable."
As they hug, Fiona goes limp, slipping from one realm to the next.
Fiona comes to in her own personal hell, which turns out to be living on a farm with The Axeman, who brings her catfish to fry up every morning. Papa Legba looks on and laughs. Fiona's Hell is a mundane, ordinary, mortal existence.
In the season's final scene, Cordelia, Zoe, Queenie and Kyle welcome a new class of young witches to their coven. "It's our time to thrive," Cordelia says.


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text: Given the recent discussion of whether running multiple services and other such things affects the running of a cluster, I'd like to propose a new classification of computing. I call this Pretty High Performance Computing (PHPC). This is a style of computing where you sacrifice absolute high performance because of issues relating to any combination of convenience, laziness, or lack of knowledge. I know I've been guilty of all three but the funny thing is that science seems to get done anyway. There's no doubt computations would get done a little faster if I or the scientists spent more time worrying about microsecond latency, parallel barriers, or XML overhead but reality always gets in the way. In the future I hope to sin less often but it's a growing experience. Reading this, and other, email lists sometimes helps. Cordially, -- Jon Forrest Research Computing Support College of Chemistry 173 Tan Hall University of California Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-1460 510-643-1032 jlforrest at berkeley.edu


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OXFORD was last night braced for more flooding as officials urged people to get out the sandbags.
The Environment Agency said that properties could be flooded, as defences went up and officials monitored waterways near Botley Road and Abingdon Road.
A flood warning this morning remained in place for the Thames in west and south Oxford. It means that flooding is expected and raises the possibility of more disruption in the wake of last month's floods.
Councillor Rodney Rose told the Oxford Mail he did not know how bad the flooding could get – but said every step was being taken to deal with what might happen.
"Looking to the middle of the week, we need to be prepared," he said.
"Demountable flood barriers will go up if they are needed, and if you have needed sandbags before, get them again."
He urged anyone living in the at-risk zones – Iffley and Botley are among those most under threat – to make sure they had a plan for moving furniture when the time came.
He said: "Make sure you have the ability to lift things up on bricks or upstairs. You really need to have an idea of how you are going to do it."
But he urged city residents not to panic.
Oxford City Council's emergency flood team installed barriers at the flood-prone Bullstake Close, off Botley Road, on Saturday afternoon.
The Met Office is forecasting light spells of rain today and tomorrow with a day of heavy rain on Wednesday.
Oxford City councillor Colin Cook, who lives in Riverside Road, said water was now about half way up his garden and about a foot from where it had reached at the worst last month.
He said: "It seems to be fairly stable at the moment, but we will have to pay close attention over the coming days as more rainfall is predicted from tomorrow until Sunday."
Jalal Khan, 49, who manages Aziz restaurant on Cowley Road and lives in Bullstake Close with his wife and three children, said: "I am very worried about my house. When I moved into this house, they told me the flood risk was 100 to one. Now I've been flooded three times in one month.
"Last month, I couldn't get my children to school for a week. We need a permanent flood barrier here."
Andy Whittington, Oxford City Council's operational manager for flood risk, said yesterday that he and his team would stay in a temporary base at Bullstake Close for 24 hours to monitor things.
Glenn James, from Abingdon, said he has not been able to get to his allotment behind Bullstake Close for the past three weeks.
He said: "If they dredged the river, that would help."
But the Environment Agency has said that dredging often does nothing to reduce the flood risk.
An official said yesterday that the Thames at Oxford was rising slowly and was being monitored.
Two other flood warnings are in place in the south east of the county, while a number of less serious flood alerts are also in place in Oxfordshire.
Environment Agency spokesman Cheryl Walmsley said last night: "The Thames tributaries have now responded to the recent rainfall and this is expected to continue into this week.
"The Thames at Oxford is currently rising slowly, and there is a flood warning in place for the River Thames and tributaries at New Botley, North Hinksey and Grandpont in Oxford.
"We are not deploying any flood defences today but are monitoring the water levels closely and will review this if necessary."


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The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform
The New Chinese City: Globalization and Market Reform
ISBN: 978-0-631-22947-6 January 2002 Wiley-Blackwell 312 Pages
Table of contents
List of Tables.
List of Contributors.
Part I: Introduction to the New Chinese City:.
1. Three Challenges for the Chinese City: Globalization, Migration and Market Reform: John R Logan (University of Albany).
2. The Present Situation and Prospective Development of the Shanghai Urban Community: Duo Wu (East China Normal University) and Taibin Li (Shanghai Young Administrative Cadres College).
3. The Development of the Chinese Metropolis in the Period of Transition: Xiaopei Yan (Zhongshan University), Li Jia (Zhongshan University), Jianping Li (Zhongshan University) and Jizhuan Weng (Zhongshan University).
Part II: Globalization and Urban Development:.
4. The Prospect of International Cities in China: Yixing Zhou (Peking University).
5. An Entrepreneurial City in Action: Emerging Strategies for (Inter-) Urban Competition in Hong Kong: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancaster).
6. The Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta Urban Region: An Emerging Transnational Mode of Regulation or Just Muddling Through?: Alan Smart (University of Calgary).
7. The State, Capital, and Urban Restructuring in Post-Reform Shanghai: Zhengji Fu (King's College London).
8. The Transformation of Suzhou: The Case of the Collaboration between the China and Singapore Governments and Transnational Corporations (1992-1999): Alexius Pereira (National University of Singapore).
Part III: Market Reform and the New Processes fo Urban Development:.
9. Market Transition and the Commodification of Housing in Urban China: Min Zhou (University of California at Los Angeles) and John R Logan (University of Albany).
10. Real Estate Development and the Transformation of Urban Space in Chinese Transitional Economy: With Special Reference to Shanghai: Fulong Wu (University of Southampton).
11. Social Research and the Localization of Chinese Urban Planning Practice: Some Ideas from Quanzhou, Fujian: Daniel B Abramson (University of British Colombia), Michael Leaf (University of British Colombia) and Tan Ying (formerly Tsinghua University).
Part IV: Urban Impacts of Migration:.
12. Migrant Enclaves in Chinese Large Cities: Fan Jie (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Peking Normal University) and Wolfgang Taubmann (University of Bremen).
13. Social Polarization and Segregation in Beijing: Chaolin Gu (Nanjing University) and Haiyong Liu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
14. Temporary Migrants in Shanghai: Housing and Settlement Patterns: Weiping Wu (Virginia Commonwealth University).
Part V: Urbanization of the Countryside:.
15. Return Migrant Entrepreneurs and Economic Diversification in Two Counties in South Jiangxi, China: Rachel Murphy (University of Cambridge).
16. Region-Based Urbanization in Post-Reform China: Spatial Restructuring in the Pearl River Delta: George C S Lin (The University of Hong Kong).
"During the past two decades urban China has undergone a remarkable transformation as the old system of central planning has given way to domestic and international market forces. A once-distinctive model of urbanism is being replaced by something entirely new. Logan and his collaborators provide a highly disciplined, coherent, state of the art examination of these changes through detailed studies of migration, housing reform, community change and other vital topics." Andrew Walder, Stanford University
"This book is a timely and valuable contribution to our understanding of changing China and the urban developmental process." Yehua Dennis Wei, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Focuses on urbanisation and urban development issues in China.
- Links questions of change within China to its renewed global connections.
- Brings international exposure to the best Chinese urban scholars.
- Reflects the most recent scholarship.


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Chicago sci-fi fans are eager to see NBC's new series "Revolution." So eager, in fact, they voted online in droves to win a special theatrical screening Sept. 6 at Kerasotes Showplace ICON.
Now comes the difficult part. In order to attend, fans must go to www.Gofobo.com/RSVP and enter a special Chicago code to be entered into the first-come, first-served lottery to get tickets. So hurry up.
"Revolution" comes from J.J. Abrams, Jon Favreau and Eric Kripke. Chicago of the future is the setting for the first episode of the adventure series the shows the world 15 years after every piece of technology--computers, planes, cars, phones and lights--has mysteriously blacked out.
RedEye's Geek to Me columnist Elliott Serrano is hosting the Chicago event. Below is the Chicago info again, and info for screenings in other cities. "Revolution" premieres on NBC at 9 p.m. CT Sept. 17. Learn more about the show on its Facebook page or at NBC's site.
All times below are local to each city.
Date/Time: 8 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Kerasotes Showplace ICON
Address: 150 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60601
Code: NBCUXX1
Date/Time: 7 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Studio Movie Grill Holcomb Bridge
Address: 2880 Holcomb Bridge Rd., Alpharetta, GA 30022
Code: NBCA13Q
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Boston Common
Address: 175 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111
Code: NBCGCU9
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Greenwood Village
Address: 5415 Landmark Place, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Code: NBC6D9H
Los Angeles
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Pacific's The Grove
Address: 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Code: NBC6W12
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 Location: Theatres at Mall of America
Address: 401 South Ave, Bloomington, MN 55425
Code: NBCQ7QQ
New York
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 4
Location: Hudson River Park's Pier 57
Address: Westside Hwy & 15th Street, New York, NY
Code: NBCZN6C
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Ritz East
Address: 125 South 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Code: NBCWMR5
Salt Lake City
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Gateway
Address: 165 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Code: NBCEAZT
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Pacific Place
Address: 600 Pine Street, 4th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101
Code: NBC9SCB
Date/Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6
Location: Thalian Hall Main Stage
Address: 310 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
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So You Think You Can Flash Your Snatch On Network TV?
THINK OF THE CHILDREN! First, Jenny Slate fuck bombed us all on SNL this past weekend, and now a giant bare vagina made an appearance on So You Think You Can Dance last night (see above NSFWish). No, Ryan Gaycrest was not a guest judge. An actual vagina popped out on stage when a dancer invited us into her carniceria during her audition. I KNOW! Our pure eyes have been tainted. We should have never boarded the Mayflower and come to America. Dark-sided!
But seriously, it's just a damn vagina. We've all seen one. A little snatch flash isn't going to turn our nation's children into drug addicted sluts with no morals. They will do that on their own.
Nigel Lythgoe, the head judge and executive producer, had this to say about the cat being let out of the bag: "None of us knew she did this. The show was always designed to expose talent, but not in this way."
I'm not sure if the dancer got a golden ticket to Hollywood, but I am sure her vagina did. It's going all the way. It will definitely have a place on Mary's Hot Tamale Train!
If you really really want a clear shot of the snatch at hand (I'm talking to you Papa Joe), head on over to (NSFWish) OMG Blog.


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BOSTON, Mass. -- Brandeis University junior Grayce Selig (Narberth, Pa./Springside School) was the top perfomer for the third time this season for the women's cross country team, placing 46th overall and 11th among Division III performers at the 2009 Open New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston. Selig completed the 5K course in 18:47. As a team, the Judges were 20th overall and sixth among DIII schools.
Senior Beth Pisarik (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) was the squad's second finisher, placing 65th overall and 23rd among DIII runners with a time of 19:03. Next up was senior Ally Connolly (Concord, N.H./Concord), who was 117th overall and 42nd in Division III at 19:38. Junior Hannah Lindholm (Madison, Wisc./West) wasn't far behind with a time of 19:46, good for 128th overall and 45th in Division III. Sophomore Molly Shanley (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield) rounded out the scorers with a time of 20:31 that placed her 194th overall (74th DIII).


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1. subordination - noun
· the state of being subordinate to something
Hypernym(s): dependence, dependance, dependency
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· the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class
Synonym(s): hyponymy
Hypernym(s): semantic_relation
3. subordination - noun
· the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head
Hypernym(s): grammatical_relation
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· the quality of obedient submissiveness
Hypernym(s): submissiveness
Antonym(s): insubordination
5. subordination - noun
· the act of mastering or subordinating someone
Synonym(s): mastery
Hypernym(s): domination
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Finding A Cure For Lake Weeds
We thought a pretty convincing case had been made for controlling weeds on Chautauqua Lake.
Every year, weeds begin to choke off access to Chautauqua Lake. Every year, in the early summer months, the Chautauqua Lake Association has to run to the Chautauqua County Legislature to ask for part, or all, of the county's $40,000 emergency fund paid for with the county's 2 percent bed tax so the CLA can harvest the weeds. Every year, legislators approve the allocation – but by the time the money comes through, half of the summer tourist season is over and the CLA is behind the eight ball.
It's pretty obvious, then, the Chautauqua Lake Association needs the additional $40,000 to simply be part of its yearly allocation from the county. It's a pretty standard proposition – spend the same money, just spend it more logically.
In the end, the legislature made the right decision Wednesday by taking the emergency fund and making it part of the Chautauqua Lake Association's yearly funding, which now totals $90,000.
We commend the legislature for doing the right thing, but we are left scratching our heads when it comes to Legislator Bob Duff, R-Sheridan. During floor debate on the Chautauqua Lake funding resolution, Duff tried to make a silly point about lake ownership, saying the Department of Environmental Conservation should be responsible for keeping the lake clean.
"We, the Chautauqua County government, should find out who actually owns Chautauqua Lake …Taking our people's money and just handing it off doesn't gel good with me. That's it."
Actually, Legislator Duff, that's not it.
The land area along Route 394 and Route 430 that form the Chautauqua Lake shoreline makes up 1 percent of the county's land mass, but contributes 26 percent of total county property taxes. Those property taxes are paid by wealthy people who expect, for their tax money, they will be able to use their boat or fish on the lake. If they can't use the lake, they will sell their homes and vacation elsewhere.
Recognizing this, Chautauqua County has been involved up to its armpits keeping Chautauqua Lake healthy – investing more than $2.6 million in various lake-related efforts since 2006. As legislator George Borrello, R-Silver Creek, said so well Wednesday, simply cutting the weeds is "treating the symptoms and not the disease."
Borrello, though, is encouraged by several ongoing actions that will treat the disease. County Executive Greg Edwards is proposing a single management organization to be the lake's sole voice as the county implements the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Plan. The county is also involved in finding ways to decrease the amount of phosphorus in the lake, largely caused by public sewer systems and private septic systems. Edwards is proposing a single system to deliver sewer services around Chautauqua Lake to help decrease the phosphorus in the lake.
Full implementation of the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Plan and a lakewide sewer district are both a long way off, though, which means it will take a while before the county can stop paying for weed removal in the lake.
Until the disease is cured, the county has to keep treating the lake's symptoms.


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The photo below was taken in October of 2009, right after the new maple trees (Red Sunset) were planted. Pretty dismal, huh! The little bit of greenery on the right that is laying on the ground was a huge, old stand of cedar shrubs that had fallen over and gotten pretty messed up in the windstorm that took down the Blue Spruce's, so they have since been removed. You can see the old fence, which was probably installed sometime in the 60's.
Below is one of the new arbors being constructed. Our "crack" team of Ted and Justin, neigbors and builders extraordinaire, designed and built the fence.
This picture is out of order, but did you ever wonder how a fence is painted or stained when there are mature shrubs right next to it? This is how! Oh - and for several days after the stain was applied, the yard smelled like fresh donuts - talk about aroma-therapy!
Here is the finished back portion of the fence before stain was applied. We had to wait quite a few weeks for it to stop raining before the guys could get to work!
And here is is stained and finished at last! I have taken quite a lot of pictures in different light and this is about the best I could do - taken in the early morning with the sun out of the east. Pictures taken later in the day made the fence look really dark! We planted a red and a white eating grape on either side of this arbor - hopefully by next summer both sides will be over the top and producing sweet, yummy fruit!
Now look below and then scroll back to the first photo - what a difference! We love this fence - it really sets off the yard, and when the trees are a bit more mature and we've planted more perennials, who knows - maybe we'll be on the local garden tour ;>)
Here is a view looking toward the west side of the yard - you can see the Asian-inspired top trim a little better.
And here is a current look at our little menagerie of flowers and herbs on the patio! We've had a lot of fun with these - using pots we brought from the old house, some that came with the house and lots and lots of "pony" packs of flowers from the farm store and the farmer's market!!


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Received from Greg Mossop, G0DUB IARU Region 1 Emergency Communications Co-Ordinator:
The rescue and relief work in San Marcos, Guatemala, a mountainous region bordering Mexico that was hit by a 7.4 scale earthquake claiming the lives of at least 52 people earlier this month, was aided by emergency communications provided by radio amateurs. International Amateur Radio Union Region 2 Emergency Communication Coordinator, Cesar Pio Santos HR2P said he was very proud of the work done during and after the earthquake on November 8, despite the difficult times. Cesar HR2P thanked the members of the Club de Radioficionados de Guatemala (CRAG) for their outstanding efforts. He was responding to a report from Marco Aurelio TG8AMP, who was in charge of the emergency network in the affected area. About 10,000 houses have been affected by the earthquake with authorities setting up 11 rescue centres for the homeless. It was the worst to hit Guatemala since 1976, when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake caused the deaths of about 23,000 people in one of the worst natural disasters of the time, again helped by the work of amateur radio. - Jim Linton VK3PC, Chairman IARU Region 3 Disaster Communications with Cesar Pio Santos HR2P EMCOR IARU R2


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Bret Michaels was only six years old when he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Now 44 years old, he's a twenty-year veteran of the rock and roll scene as the lead singer of the eighties band "Poison."
Not one to slow down, he's soon going on tour with the band again. And he's about to appear in his own Vh-1 reality show, in which several uninhibited women vie for his attention and spar with each other in an attempt to win his heart. But in spite of his raunchy public style and rocker persona, there's a deep undercurrent of mature common sense when it comes to his life with diabetes.
Living by the mantra "you can't bury your head in the sand," and the motto "mind, muscle, and motorcycles over matter," he works just as hard as he plays, which is pretty hard indeed.
An Early Diagnosis
Bret describes his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes at such a young age as a blessing in disguise because it has always been with him, accepted as part of life from the beginning. A very active child, he remembers feeling "really, really worn out," before his diagnosis, having a funny taste in his mouth and itchy skin, and being, of course, thirsty beyond belief.
His family attributed his symptoms to various temporary illnesses, so by the time he got to the hospital his sugar level was sky high and he was going into severe ketoacidosis. He remained in the hospital for three weeks, during which his parents helped him realize that "it's not going to be fun, but it's part of life now."
For the first few years of his life, Bret's parents gave him his single daily injection of slow-acting insulin in the morning. He was really thin and active, and he had more lows than highs. He went into insulin shock about four times when he was younger, once at the school cafeteria and once at home. That time, he almost bit his father's finger off while his dad, afraid that he was seizing, was trying to open his mouth.
At about age ten, Bret went to a diabetes camp, the optimistically named Camp Kno-Koma, where he met other diabetic children for the first time while learning to give himself shots and eat properly. He still feels strongly about the value of camp, and many of his fundraisers underwrite camp scholarships.
Bret's Current Regimen
Now Bret takes three injections a day, at breakfast, again at dinner, and then a little bit at night. In the morning he usually takes about six units of NPH; his dose of fast-acting Humalog depends on his blood sugar.
If he's at 78 mg/dl, he'll take about four units; if it's 220, he'll take eight or ten. His last A1c was around seven percent. "I know injections are a little old school," Bret comments, "but it's worked for me." He is moving toward getting a pump in the next year or two, but he isn't "cosmetically ready for the pump just yet."
Bret has two meters: he usually uses a FreeStyle Flash, but he also has an old LifeScan meter "the size of a brick" that he keeps with him all the time as a good luck talisman. He usually checks his blood glucose four to six times a day, but when he's on tour, he ups it to at least eight times a day. He doesn't want to dump sugar into his body thinking he needs it and then have a 350 blood sugar, but he also doesn't want to be on stage with a blood sugar of 42.
First thing in the morning, Bret eats a light breakfast of egg whites, wheat toast, and a little bit of peanut butter. Peanut butter is his " favorite food of all time. Man, I could eat a jar of it, and that's why I have to just keep it away from me."
He has a really light lunch, maybe a turkey sandwich without one of the bread slices. Sometime he just drinks a Boost or Glucerna for a pick-me-up at mid-day because "it gives a perfect balance of protein, carbs and fat, and it just gets me through without loading down on a whole lot of carbohydrates."
Bret takes a specially formulated packet of diabetes supplements every day, but he doesn't follow any particular formal diet. His main strategy is portion control: "Cut 'em back." He says, "The more carbs you pound in, the more your blood sugar's just going to rise. Your blood sugar goes high, you start to gain a lot of weight, and next thing you know, it's a lose, lose, lose situation that just spirals down."
Bret runs around a lot on stage, so he doesn't eat like to eat much before a concert and takes very little insulin before performing. The band has deliberately built two breaks into the show, a guitar solo and a drum solo, just so that Bret can go to the dressing room under the stage and check his blood sugar.
The stage is also stocked with water, orange juice, and Gatorade for Bret's use. "If I'm feeling good, I drink water; if I'm feeling a little low-Gatorade; and if I'm starting to feel real low, I go right for the orange juice, which bumps it up pretty quick."
Lows Happen
Just after his career took off, before he'd gotten his stage routine down, Bret had a severe low in, of all places, Madison Square Garden. It had always been his big dream to play there, and he was so nervous that he couldn't eat anything beforehand, though he'd already given himself his insulin. He walked out, made it through about six songs, and then collapsed onstage – that was the last thing he remembers until he woke up in the hospital.
Bret notes that one thing he's learned from having diabetes so long is how to control his emotions. He deliberately refuses to become scared and paranoid when he's having a low "because the more scared you get and the more your adrenaline pumps, the quicker your blood sugar's going low."
He does not have hypoglycemic unawareness – a low blood sugar will wake him up even when he is sleeping. He keeps glucose tablets by the bed because he knows that if he is at a certain level, four of them do the trick; if he's really in trouble, he takes eight. He finds tablets preferable to drinking orange juice or eating jelly because he can control how high up he's going; he doesn't want to overshoot the mark.
The Hazards of Touring
When Bret is touring, alcohol is pretty much a fixture of backstage life. He emphasizes, however, that he drinks moderately and accommodates his drinking to his diabetes. "If I start to feel like I'm getting a little bit drunk," he says, "I immediately let someone know around me, and I'm going to check my blood sugar right now. I want to know that my blood sugar's 160, not 25. If you're going to drink, you can't kid yourself and drink an entire bottle of Jack Daniels and pass out, because you can go into insulin shock and never know it."
"It's all about maintaining a balance," says Bret. "That's the weirdest thing for a rock star to say: 'balance.' But as a diabetic rock star, it's been about balance in my life. For every rose, there's a thorn: that's a song we have, and that's what it is. It's finding a sense of balance."
Exercise is Paramount
Bret works out every morning, even when touring. When everyone else in the band has been up until 4:00 in the morning and is sleeping in until twelve or one the next day, Bret's still up at nine or ten a.m. to carry out his usual regime of eating breakfast and working out. He might take a nap later in the afternoon, but "you have to find a way to make it work, and that's what it's all about."
The band carries around the components of a full gym in one of their tour trucks, and the equipment is set up in a room at every venue. Bret also takes his mountain bike with him on tour so he can bike around the ampitheaters: "There are tons of places to go ride; you just have to get the bike out and do it." He hauls his Harley along to tour around the various cities, and he has a dirt bike that he takes to the track when it's close enough to the concert site.
Bret confesses that he still goes out and plays basketball by himself, pretending to shoot balls to himself and acting like a kid. His philosophy about working out is "Don't over-think exercise. Just find something you like and do it. Jump on your mountain bike and go out for eight minutes. Because you know what happens – eight minutes into it, your endorphins kick in, and that's the best high you can get – you're ready to ride another hour."
Bret's New Reality Show
Bret's reality show on Vh1 starts on July 15, 2007, and runs for two-and-a-half months. Called "Rock of Love with Bret Michaels," it pits 25 beautiful women against each other in a contest to win Bret's affections. He describes the series as a genuine reality show, "as real as it gets," and an honest attempt to find a girlfriend.
He adds, "I've done a lot of crazy things in my life, a lot of crazy things, but this would be the most bizarre thing I've ever done. I've never dated in this fashion before, and the show is entertaining to say the least." He reports that prior to the show, he'd always been either in a long-term relationship or on the road. Consequently, the standard rituals of courtship were unfamiliar to him, and much of the show's humor is associated with watching him "stumble and bumble" through dates.
Bret's contract mandates that the reality show clearly acknowledge his diabetes. It was very important to him to convey the fact that he has survived well with it for a long time. Obviously, how much of his daily life with diabetes is portrayed will depend upon how the show is edited. During the filming, however, he explained diabetes to all the women, and he tested his blood sugar and injected his insulin in front of them. All of them were interested and genuinely concerned, Bret says.
"It was actually really nice, and it all played into the show." Some of the women even took it upon themselves to read up on diabetes. Those women, Bret notes, lasted longer on the show than some who were not very proactive. He even asked the women to give injections into an orange, and the one who did the best job was asked to give him an injection. Says Bret, "I found the smallest needle I could find. It was the top of the butt cheek, the safest area I could think of with the most fat in it, and I said fire away. She did a pretty good job."
A couple episodes into the show, Bret did have a really low blood sugar while filming. He'd been at the beach all day and taken his insulin, but hadn't eaten before they started shooting again. Thinking that he was just tired and sunburnt, he didn't heed the usual low sugar warning signs. "Right in the middle of it I was having a low blood sugar," he says, "and they just kept the cameras rolling, apparently." The woman whom he was dating that evening rushed around trying to get orange juice, and "it was pretty intense for a few minutes." His blood sugar was probably down around the thirties at the time.
Bret's Advice for Kids
Bret acknowledges that diabetes can become mentally depressing if you think too much about the potential complications or a lifetime of injections, especially for a youngster looking down the long road ahead. To them he says, "I use diabetes just as one more challenge in my life. You have to accept it because there is no other choice. You either do well with it or it will take over your life, and then it's not going to be so great."
Bret emphasizes that it isn't easy to keep everything under control all the time. He really wants to convey the understanding that the control comes with a lot of work. It's no easier for him than for anyone. In fact, what with all the travel, plane food, and general mayhem of his touring life, it could be even more difficult. He tells youngsters who come to his concerts, "Listen, I live a really tough lifestyle on the road, and I've managed to control it, so you can manage to control it."
He says, "I kind of do the tough love thing, and I tell them, you've just got to make it happen. When you're younger and you have diabetes, you might be able to get away with self-pity for a little while, but when you get into the adult world and everyone has their own set of problems to deal with, they're not as concerned about your problem anymore. And that's why I try to tell the kids to be self-reliant. You'd better start to prepare for this life."
To kids who reach the rebellious teenage years, Bret repeats the same admonition: "You've got to take care of it." He acknowledges that teenagers are "going to try drinking, they're going to try risky things because they've got to get it out of their system. But at the same time, at the back of your brain, you've got to take care of your diabetes." He explains, "As much as I was rebellious on my right hand, on the other hand I also had common sense enough to take care of my health. If you don't build in that safety factor to take care of your diabetes, the downside could be pretty horrific."
Bret attributes his safe passage through his rebellious years to the common sense attitude of his parents, who said, "You better make sure your buddies know what to do if you go into insulin shock. If you're going to go out there and not come home, and think you're going to party with your buddies, you'd better make sure you've got insulin and your stuff, because your friends are going to want to run around with girls. They're not going to care about your diabetes. You need to take care of yourself."
"Keep pulling your head out of the sand," says Bret, "and accept it. Once I had that safety net built in, I could go have a great time. I never had a lot to worry about, because I knew I had OJ in the car, I knew that I had my insulin with me and a couple of buddies around me who were good people. So I knew I could have a great time, and be rebellious. I'm still doing that, as a matter of fact, but at a different level."
Influences and Beliefs
The biggest influences in Bret's early personal life were his mom and dad. "Whether I loved them at the moment, or was in my rebellious teens and thought that I hated them (which I didn't) my parents were my biggest influence in my early personal life."
When Bret was a kid, his most influential role model was a Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker by the name of Jack Lambert. Says Bret, "He was one of these people that just had this ferocious go-for-it attitude. And that's the attitude that helped to develop my thinking. When they would be losing games, you could just see him come on the field and motivate that team to win. Finding a way. You're not going to win every game, you're not going to have a platinum record every time you put a song out, but it's the going for it that is really the pot of gold. As I've gone along, as I've experienced life, I've learned that it's the going after it that's the really awesome thing."
Bret believes in a higher power, and he's convinced that your energy and your soul go to a better place. He also believes that good positive energy and what you've done right in your life comes back in good karma. He says, "I try to respect everyone around me, and then if they are not respectful back, it's okay to be angry and get them out of your life. They say that positive energy causes positive things. For the most part, it does. At least it does for me."
For his parting words, Bret says, "Look at diabetes as a blessing in this way: If you deal with it right, it will give you total awareness of your body and what your limitations are, what you can and can't do. It may actually be an advantage, because it made me self-reliant at a young age and put me ahead of the game. It made me a non-self-pitying kid. When I wanted something, it was all about going for it, just like Jack Lambert. He always willed his team to win the game, and we got four Superbowls out of it. I can do it; you can do it – let's rock."
Bret's Stats
Age: 44
Years with Diabetes: 38
Injections: 55,328
Blood Tests: 110,960
Top 40 Singles: Ten
Albums Sold: 25 million
Ranking on Playgirl's "Sexiest Rock Stars" list: Top ten
Bones Broken in 1994 Ferrari Accident: Nose, Ribs, Jaw, and