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PFW's founder Alan Turner has been working wood for about 60 years, having been introduced to woodworking when he was 6 while shadowing his father around their home workshop. Turner's father was an excellent amateur woodworker, and a good teacher. Over the years, Turner honed his skills as an amateur, and when his family's homes were filled with his work, he hung out a shingle as a studio furniture maker. He still enjoys commission work.
About the same time, and after pursuing a long career in the law, Turner began teaching basic woodworking classes through an adult night-school program. His classes were run out of a former high school woodshop, which lacked any power tools and quality workbenches due to years of neglect. As a result, he was limited to teaching the basics of hand tools, and small projects built with hand tools. Over those years, he dreamed of opening his own school, and eventually made good on his plans. PFW is the result; its first class ran in March 2006.
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The problem - and please, let's go right on and put "problem" in quotes, because no matter which film is the least of the trilogy, all three are pretty great - is maybe that Army of Darkness isn't quite as bold as its older siblings. The Evil Dead was a movie with something to prove: the work of an immensely clever raw talent who wanted to show off to the world in the biggest way he was able. Evil Dead II has the obvious hallmarks of a "holy shit, can you believe what they're letting me do?" movie, made by a director who didn't realise how great relative creative freedom married to something resembling an actual budget could be. Army of Darkness has personality and talent to spare, but it simply doesn't feel like it's being expelled from Raimi's very self the way the others do; and its relatively flush studio budget (relatively - we're miles and miles away from Spider-Man territory, yet) steals a little bit of the messy, winningly humble DIY sensibility that informed the others.
Regardless, it's still a pretty fantastic, massively idiosyncratic movie that has the goods where it counts: as a loopy work of imagination that never fails to be entertaining because it never gives you a chance to figure out where you are: there are massive narrative jumps and even (though in a muted way) shifts in tone that leave the film more like a combination of three or four mini-movies than one single plot, and it's awfully difficult to get used to the rules and mode of one segment before we're pitched right into the next. It's filmmaking in the best tradition of P.T. Barnum and other great showman-hucksters: you may not be enlightened or bettered as a human, but by God you will not be bored for even a second.
Following on the bizarre sequel hook at the end of Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness opens with a recap of the first two movies (this time the ever-changing Linda is played by Bridget Fonda, in a blatant sign of just how much tonier this movie is), showing how the luckless Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) is warped through a vortex in time created by the evil Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, ending up somewhere in the early 14th Century, in what we'll assume is England for want of something better. Here, his chainsaw hand and shotgun mark him out as a great hero to the locals, though the very irritable Ash only wants to figure out a way to get back where he belongs; the learnéd sage (Ian Abercrombie) at the local royal court suggests that he needs that very same Necronomicon, which at this point resides in a nearby graveyard, and since the king's soldiers need the book to shore up their own defenses, it's a win-win situation: Ash retrieves the book, gives it to the wise man, gets sent home, everybody has what they want.
Of course Ash, being a bit of a preening doofus asshole, manages to screw up the wise man's fairly simple instructions, and instead of safely retrieving the book, he in fact manages to unleash an army of dead soldiers, let by the zombie of his own evil twin, created while Ash was mixed up in a strange affair with a magic mirror in a haunted windmill. And this army is going to surely defeat the good humans, if Ash isn't able to use 20th Century science to help save the day. It is, pretty unambiguously, an uncredited adaptation by Sam Raimi and his older brother Ivan of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and the original ending makes that even clearer.
Let's hit the pause button here, and consider an issue that materially affects how one is to discuss the film. Army of Darkness exists in four distinct versions: the 96-minute director's cut that premiered in 1992 and was later shelved until the DVD era, the 81-minute 1993 U.S. theatrical cut, the 88-minute 1993 international cut, and the 1997 television cut that we don't need to consider at all. I have not seen the international cut, though my understanding is that it's materially the director's cut with the ending from the U.S. theatrical cut; so allow me to limit my discussion to just the first two. The director's cut, on the whole, is a much better movie: consisting in large part of slightly longer scenes of violence (often by just a second or two), it has a slight reordering of shots compared to the theatrical cut, and largely re-works a couple of important moments. For the most part, it flows much better, giving scenes room to breath, and the first of the two rejiggered scenes, Ash's experience in the windmill, is infinitely better in this cut than the frankly obtuse version that showed up in American theaters. On the other hand, the second majorly altered sequence, the epic battle between the army of darkness and the human knights holding their castle, is perhaps a bit better in the theatrical cut; some shots go on a bit, and while the story of the battle is clearer in the longer cut, the mood is better in the shorter. Also, the theatrical cut includes a line of dialogue that is incontestably superior to its director's cut equivalent: having been taunted by his evil twin, calling him a "little goody two-shoes", Ash calmly blows the monster's head off with his shotgun and snarks- well, that's the rub. In Raimi's preferred version, Ash says, "Not that good". In the later version, he says "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun." Which is better by pretty much every rubric I can identify.
The big difference, though, is the ending, and when one says, "I prefer the X cut", they're not referring to the niceties of how in the windmill sequence, there are long shots devoted to the Mini Ashes that make it clearer what the geography of the scene is. The Raimi-endorsed ending, hewing to Connecticut Yankee, has Ash taking too much of a sleeping potion that ends up sending him 100 years too far into the future, to find a post-apocalyptic London at his feet. The ending that he whipped together for the U.S. release that Universal finally approved of - because it was happier - finds Ash successfully returning in time using the Necronomicon, but accidentally bringing a zombie with him that he has to fight in the S-Mart where he works.
Let's not belabor the point: I like the theatrical ending better, all due respect to Raimi and Campbell, and happily admitting that the post-apocalyptic ending is conceptually tighter and much better suited to future entries in the franchise (an unlikely development two decades on, but Raimi seems hellbent on making it happen). It's just not as funny, nor as fun, nor as brazen. After all, "another damn thing happens to Ash" is pretty much par for the series course at this point; the outright, over-the-top absurdity of the S-Mart sequence is much bolder than just more of the same, and more interesting besides: cabins in the woods and old castles are fine movie locations, but dropping a zombie in a run-of-the-mill American store is just, I hate to use the word, but cooler. It hits us where we live, and satirises our daily life, and is just a more engrossing thing. Also, I wouldn't give up the line "Name's Ash. [pumps shotgun] Housewares." for anything in the world.
Alright, then let's unpause. Army of Darkness, in any and all versions, is primarily a slapstick comedy in which horror film characters enact ancient rituals of eye pokes and ear pulls and falling onto hot stoves face first. The idea behind the movie seems to have been, at least in part, just to find out whatever the hell would happen if you did musty Three Stooges bits with skeletons; the answers is that it's fucking hilarious, in a way that the Stooges can never be, because of how utterly deranged and absurd it is. For all that the film seems like a sever break from the Evil Deads, with its much different narrative scheme, and transplanted setting, it represents in this regard the end point of a smooth evolution: each film in the trilogy has a harder time taking the material of the series mythos seriously, and where Evil Dead II tends to gentle mock itself and The Evil Dead through exaggeration and sarcasm, Army of Darkness jumps into outright ridicule, nowhere better embodied than in Ash himself. For the Ash of this film feels a little different than before, meaner and more cutting, given to insulting people for no reason other than because he's pissy and they got in front of him. The nightmare beasts that were so threatening in The Evil Dead have been turned into cartoon characters, and the one man whois most justified in being utterly terrified of them obviously doesn't care.
It would be wildly easy for this to turn into something sour and cynical, to the point where it would be almost unbearable to watch. The only reason it doesn't is because of how much joy is going into the project: Army of Darkness is a movie's movie, cheerfully referencing the great Jason and the Argonauts, and lingering over its vibrantly cheesy special effects with real, obvious love for the sets and monsters it evokes. I is a celebration of artifice and spooky atmospherics, refusing to take its content seriously mostly because it's so pleased to have fun, and if that leaves it the shallowest of the Evil Dead trilogy, it is nonetheless maybe the most wholly charming.
Reviews in this series
The Evil Dead (Raimi, 1981)
Evil Dead II (Raimi, 1987)
Army of Darkness (Raimi, 1992)
Evil Dead (Alvarez, 2013)
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- The.Watcher said...
This is, without a doubt, my favorite of the three, and primarily due to the reasons Tim pointed out.
Granted, I was born in the late 80s, but grew up always watching 80s/early-to-mid-90s movies for the most part, and AoD was the first of the trilogy I saw.
Knowing nothing about Raimi or the legacy of the series, I went into ED2 expecting it to be like the threequel, and fucking hated it. With time, and after learning the behind-the-scenes info surrounding the films, I grew to love it, but it was a slow and arduous trek, taking me more than 10 viewings to fully digest.
The original I saw in my late teens, and it was fine. It's a fairly simple movie in terms of style, and one I didn't have any trouble "getting."
Not too long ago, I tried showing ED2 to my little sister, who's 15 now, and her friend, both of whom promptly didn't get it at all, called it corny and lame, and left me to watch it alone in mild disappointment. Hopefully she'll come around. At least I have shared the joys of Hellraiser, Nightmare, The Thing, The Fly, Videodrome and Dead Alive with her, all of which she thoroughly enjoyed.
It's something, I suppose. Hopefully Raimi and Campbell never end up making a fourth. I don't think it's possible for it to turn out to be anything other than a massive disappointment. Drag Me to Hell was a kind of spiritual successor, anyway.
Where are these young, talented auteurs with something to prove nowadays?
- Chris D said...
I've only seen the theatrical cut (possibly the international one at that, I'm not sure which was on the Australian DVD), but I can't imagine the original ending possibly working as well. The final scene of Army of Darkness is possibly my favourite in the entire movie, and "hail to the king, baby!" one of the finest ending lines in history. And without that, what would the Duke Nukem games have shamelessly stolen for their character's catchphrase? One shudders to think.
- Thrash Til' Death said...
A fine write up that reflects my feelings once again Tim, although if pressed, I think I favour the director's cut ending - Ash's anguished howl of "No... NO... I SLEPT TOO LOOOOOOONG!" against the ravaged ruins of London is both arresting and really funny, given how disingenuous it is. Also, being the eternal optimist I am, I'd love to see a two-decades later sequel based on that ending. The Evil Dead by way of Mad Max? Count me the fuck in.
The theatrical ending is rich with pleasures itself though, so really, I'm mostly glad that both endings are available for our edification.
If you haven't seen it Tim, I would strongly reccomend checking out Ryuhei Kitamura's "Versus." It's a Japanese movie made in 2000, and is basically driving at the goofy feeling of Army of Darkness (although filtered through a few anime and Hong Kong heroic bloodshed tropes along the way), but made with the same DIY micro-buudget as The Evil Dead. It's production history is quite remarkable, given that it was made in an era when talented amateurs with something to prove don't generally tend to see the light of day. I consider it to be the true spiritual successor to the Evil Dead trilogy, much as I enjoyed Drag Me To Hell.
- David Greenwood said...
The.Watcher - I've tried to share "the joys of Videodrome" with many people... sadly none have caught my enthusiasm for Cronenberg >_<
Chris D - It's really nuts how much Duke Nukem was able to get away with stealing from Ash. I wonder what would have happened if Raimi and Campbell had managed to get out a (decent) Army of Darkness game before DN3D...
Thrash - Versus, man, that was a mainstay of my college days. Everyone I knew kinda had to watch it or be forever lame. I never did see the re-cut of it they did a few years ago... apparently Kitamura and some of the actors reshot scenes and touched up the CGI in places. It may not be the tightest film, but it's 2000 Japanese cool personified. FIST-THROUGH-THE-HEAD-CAM!
- Alison said...
Thanks for the review. I started watching this on DVD when I was 12, but I guess I was confused because I thought it was supposed to be a horror movie.
Anyway, can we get a review of the Blair Witch project? I saw that at a drive in when I was nine and honest to goodness I'm too scared to watch it again, even though I can't imagine its as scary as I think it is. Just a suggestion if you're going to do another summer of blood. Love the blog.
- Jesse said...
So, entirely from a point of fannish curiosity, will this series of reviews by chance also include a piece on "meta Evil Dead" (as I've oft heard it called, clunkiness and inaccuracy aside) My Name is Bruce? Or do you think the current four in the official lineup are sufficient?
- KingKubrick said...
Well the alternate ending plays well, I think that the current S-Mart ending is without a doubt the best moment in the entire franchise. This movie holds up very well on bluray.


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GOP lawmakers in the finance committee of the Ohio House abandoned the proposed expansion of the Medicaid program in their two-year budget proposal -- something that Republican Gov. John Kasich had included in his budget. As ideastream's Nick Castele reports, supporters of the expansion say they'll continue to fight for it, while opponents are keeping the pressure on legislators to resist.
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In an environment there are many resources which all living things in it want. They must struggle to gain these resources and this is called competition. It is this that drives natural selection as organisms must constanly adapt if they are to better compete against other species.
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Mayor Ann Thane had a lot to say Saturday during a Common Council budget meeting, but the council didn't want to hear it.
"I think it's evident that you don't care about operations at all," Thane said to the aldermen. "You don't care to know what's going on in the departments, no matter how important these actions that you're taking in specific positions are."
Thane spent about an hour during Saturday's budget session interjecting her opinion into the council's discussion on hiring cuts for next year's budget.
The first new hire position the council discussed cutting was a keyboard specialist for the Employee Relations Department, with a salary of more than $38,000.
Thane said the position would be vital to the office of Robert Reidy, director of Employee Relations.
"You are taking out this keyboard specialist, and the reason this was put in [the budget] is because Bob Reidy is not in great health and we are looking [to the future]," she said. "I just want the council to understand the impact they have on operations and that is why it's being asked for now so that we can begin to train someone perhaps or be prepared if there is a change in personnel and that is something you should consider."
Fourth Ward Alderwoman Diane Hatzenbuhler asked Thane if she wanted to start looking for someone to hire.
"Would you like to go out and start looking for someone now?" Hatzenbuhler said. "We'd have to eliminate Mr. Reidy."
"You can't eliminate the position of Mr. Reidy for a secretary," Thane replied. "We're looking at not having an interruption of service; we hope if we can get someone to assist him then there will be an institutional memory if there is a change. I would strongly oppose eliminating Mr. Reidy because he's tremendously effective in his position and very helpful."
The council, however, did not listen to Thane's advice and eliminated the keyboard specialist from next year's budget.
The next item the council discussed was new hires in both the police and fire departments.
Third Ward Alderman Ronald J. Barone Sr. brought up an incident that happened at a council meeting last week in which Police Chief Gregory Culick asked the council not to cut new hires from his force. He said he has 11 officers who will be eligible for retirement this summer and will need to replace them.
"The police academy only trains officers in July and January," Barone said. "Why can't we put in the budget for two people to go to the academy in July? Let them send two, and if two retire then they're replaced."
The council agreed with Barone, but Thane said that action would only increase the budget.
"That just increases your budget and you need to balance your budget," she said.
Barone asked Controller Matthew Agresta to tally a list of the retirement buyouts for all of the eligible retirees on the force before the council takes any action in its budget with the police department.
The council also stumbled over hiring cuts for the city's fire department.
"Here's my suggestion," First Ward Alderman Edward Russo said. "The fire chief is retiring in July. Out of the four battalion chiefs, one of those people will move up to chief. A lieutenant will move up to a battalion chief position. I'd like to eliminate that empty lieutenant position and just have a firefighter there instead. All chiefs and no indians; we need to make some cuts here. I don't want anyone losing their job but I think we need to make some adjustments."
The fire department currently has seven lieutenants and four battalion chiefs, Russo said. He said they're "top-heavy" with lieutenants and eliminating one lieutenant position would create a budgetary decrease. Agresta said the difference would be more than $7,000.
When Fire Chief Richard Liberti joined the meeting, the council asked him what he thought of the idea.
"I guess my answer would be 'sure' if I could understand your rationale behind it," Liberti said.
"Chief, I'm just looking to save some money and I think we're top-heavy on the lieutenants; no disrespect to you," Russo replied.
Liberti told the council that they wouldn't create any savings with the adjustment because a shortage in officers would create time-and-a-half pay for other firefighters.
"It does appear we have a lot of officers, but the truth is we don't have a lot of firefighters," he said. "There probably won't be any savings or reduction in costs because the position won't be filled right away and I'm sure after a period of time the firefighters will put in a grievance saying it's been too long. There's an active list, that's what it's there for. We've maintained for 15 years a minimum of six firefighters on duty and two officers. [This change] is going to put a shortage of officers on duty and there will have to be someone called in to replace the officer, and that person gets paid time and a half every time that happens, so the savings will be minimal."
The council decided to keep the fire department's request for a new firefighter in the budget, since there might be two retirements this summer -- the chief and possibly a battalion chief. However, they didn't cut the lieutenant position.
The council also discussed the Recreation Department's assistant and whether the position should be reduced to part-time, have a reduced salary, or made full-time with duties in different departments.
Hatzenbuhler said the position doesn't have many responsibilities, to which Thane started to disagree but had a phone call she had to take out in the hall. While Thane was in the hall, Hatzenbuhler asked the council if they wanted Thane to leave the meeting.
"Do you want me to ask her to leave?" she asked.
The council didn't reach a conclusions before Thane was back in the room.
When Hatzenbuhler continued to say the recreation department's assistant doesn't have too many responsibilities and could take on duties from other departments, Thane told her "that's not true."
Hatzenbuhler told Thane this wasn't her meeting.
"Excuse me, this is our budget session. We did not sit in on your [session,]" Hatzenbuhler said. "If you're not going to be comfortable sitting there, not interrupting us every five minutes, then I don't know."
"I'll just put my hand up when I want to talk," Thane said.
"No," Hatzenbuhler said. "You can listen."
"I may not participate at all?" Thane asked.
"No, you've already done your budget. We're doing our budget," Hatzenbuhler said.
However, Thane told the council the position already has a lot of responsibilities and any adjustments could hurt the department.
"The recreation assistant is busy 24/7 and is working on classes for youth, is working year-round on the weekly updates to constituents, is doing the email blasts and all of the websites and is interfacing with community people," she said. "You're just impacting operations and you won't really impact the tax rate and you're just hamstringing the recreation department which is the smallest department, honestly. It's just a sliver of your department. In the grand scheme of things you're just going to damage the department and I just cannot imagine why you would cut that back to part-time."
The council agreed the position was created with the employee knowing it might not be budgeted for the following year, however, and they decided to wait to make a decision.
The council will meet again today at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the budget. A public hearing on the spending plan is scheduled Tuesday at 6 p.m. following another budget meeting at 5 p.m. The council is planning to vote on the budget Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.


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Be sure you get along to the next run of the Great Auckland Bed Race and support all of the teams competing! This FREE entry annual family fun day extravaganza was designed especially to raise funds for registered New Zealand charitable organisations. Highlights of the day include a themed novelty fancy dress bed parade, the largest pillow fight Auckland has ever seen, plus the most competitive bed race around! Join us at Auckland Domain, for the most fun you've ever had in bed - with knobs AND wheels on!Read More
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With sixteen racing teams competing for the glory of the podium, the contest began in earnest when the Signals Pipes & Drums band led out the "Heroes & Villains" parade in glorious sunshine. The day proceeded with the largest pillow fight Auckland has ever seen, before the race kicked off. Several burst tyres later, one broken axle, not to mention a whole raft of completely exhausted racers, the third run of the Great Auckland Bed Race was deemed a phenomenal success, having raised nearly $50,000 for the fourteen charities involved.Read More


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Jason Moran & Meshell Ndegeocello to Release Fats Waller Tribute
Collaboration out on Blue Note Sept. 16
Pianist Jason Moran and vocalist Meshell Ndegeocello will release a Fats Waller tribute album, All Rise: A Joyful Elegy for Fats Waller, Sept. 16 on Blue Note Records, the company has announced. The album is Moran's ninth for the label.
In addition to Ndegeocello, the album will also feature vocalist Lisa E. Harris and Moran's trio the Bandwagon, featuring bassist Tarus Mateen and drummer Nasheet Waits, as well as drummer Charles Haynes, trumpeter Leron Thomas, trombonist Josh Roseman and saxophonist Steve Lehman.
All Rise, according to a press release, "is the studio culmination of a project that was born onstage in Harlem as the Fats Waller Dance Party. In 2011—nearly a year after Moran had been named a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 'genius' fellow and around the time he was named Artistic Advisor for Jazz at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC—the NYC performing arts venue Harlem Stage Gatehouse commissioned Moran, a longtime resident of Upper Manhattan, to create a tribute to the Harlem stride master as part of its 'Harlem Jazz Shrines' series."
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Colon, ovarian, uterine, gastric, renal, and skin cancer. All Lynch syndrome related cancers, and all significantly increased in families with Lynch syndrome mutations. Brain and small bowel cancer risks are also higher.
In addition, new evidence finds that pancreatic and breast cancer are also part of Lynch syndrome.
Today, people living with Lynch syndrome come together with researchers, genetic counselors, and healthcare professionals to spread the word that Lynch syndrome can be managed. But first it needs to be recognized.
Awareness saves lives.
Careful family histories and routine testing after surgery can identify people who have one of the genes that cause Lynch syndrome. When you find one affected person, you can also find family members who also carry the gene.
Lynch syndrome makes individuals significantly more likely to get colorectal cancer — 60 to 80 percent in their lifetimes. Endometrial cancer is also increased with a 40 to 60 percent lifetime risk. The cancers arise when DNA mismatch repair genes are mutated and fail to fix DNA mistakes made during cell division. Not only do cancers occur more frequently, they often appear at a younger age.
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Learn your family medical history. Who has been diagnosed with cancer? When?
Know the 3-2-1 rule of thumb:
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- Lynch cancers in two generations.
- At least one individual diagnosed under the age of 50.
Talk to a genetic counselor about your own and your family's risk.
If your risk is high, get genetic testing to look for one of the Lynch genes: MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2.
If you carry one of those genes:
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- Let your close family members know so they can be tested too.
What can surgeons and pathologists do?
- Screen the tumors of all newly diagnosed colon cancer patients for microsatellite instability. Immunohistochemical testing can find if proteins expressed by Lynch genes are missing and which genes those are.
- Refer patients identified as possibly carrying a Lynch syndrome gene for genetic counseling and DNA testing to either confirm or rule out LS.
What can family doctors do?
- Review family history of all their adult patients.
- Use a simple online tool to estimate Lynch syndrome risk.
- Refer patients at risk for Lynch syndrome for further genetic counseling and DNA testing.
For more information about Lynch syndrome, watch Does Colorectal Cancer Run in Your Family with Dr. Henry Lynch.


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Central Falls, RI Stares Down 'Painful' BankruptcyCentral Falls, Rhode Island is on the cusp of declaring bankruptcy.
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Dr. Jerald Yoo received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in the Department of Electrical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, in 2002, 2007 and 2010, respectively. He is currently an associate professor at Masdar Institute.
As a chief researcher at the Semiconductor System Laboratory in KAIST, Dr. Yoo developed low-energy Body Area Network (BAN) transceivers and wirelessly powered wearable sensors. His extensive research on Planar-Fabric Circuit Board (P-FCB) and the related circuits has opened the door for wearable, continuous health monitoring system. He also developed an embedded processor for Phase-Change Random Access Memory (PRAM).
Dr. Yoo's areas of expertise include advanced low energy circuit technology for wearable bio signal sensors, SoC design to system realization for wearable healthcare applications and energy-efficient circuit techniques and its chip implementation. He is also a senior member of the IEEE.
- MIC502: Digital Systems Lab
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- Muhammad Awais Bin Altaf (PhD)
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- Low energy wearable body area network application and its transceiver
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- Energy-Efficient Wearable Sensor with Body Area Network (SRC /MEES-III, 2015-2017)
- Patch Form-Factor PoC (Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee, 2015-2016)
- Multi-Channel pMUT ASICS for Gesture Recognition and Medical Diagnostics (GlobalFoundries/Masdar Institute-IME Singapore TwinLabs (2013-2016)
- Ultra Low Energy Body Area Network Transceiver for Wearable Healthcare (SRC /ACE4S, 2013-2016)
- Analysis and Strategy of Yield Improvement in 3D IC Integration (Mubadala Technologies, 2012-2015)
Selected Publications
- Muhammad Awais Bin Altaf, Chen Zhang, and Jerald Yoo, "A 16-Channel Patient-Specific Seizure Onset and Termination Detection SoC with Machine-Learning and Voltage-Mode Transcranial Stimulation," IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) , Feb. 2015 (Accepted 21.8).
- Wala Saadeh, Yonatan Kifle and Jerald Yoo, "A Hybrid OFDM Body Coupled Communication Transceiver for Binaural Hearing Aids in 65nm CMOS," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) ,May 2015 (Accepted).
- Judyta Tilla and Jerald Yoo, "A 23uW Digitally Controlled pMUT Interface Circuit for Doppler Ultrasound Imaging," IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) , May 2015 (Accepted).
- Muhammad Awais Bin Altaf and Jerald Yoo, "A 1.83uJ/classification, 8-Channel, Patient-Specific Epileptic Seizure Classification SoC using a Non-Linear Support Vector Machine" IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems (TBioCAS), accepted for publication.
- Jerald Yoo, Long Yan, Dina El-Damak, Ali H. Shoeb, and Anantha P. Chandrakasan, "An 8-channel Scalable EEG Acquisition SoC with Patient-Specific Seizure Classification and Recording Processor", IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), pp. 214-228, vol. 48, no. 1, Jan. 2013.
- Muhammad Awais Bin Altaf, Judyta Tillak, Yonatan Kifle, and Jerald Yoo, "A 1.83uJ/Classification Nonlinear Support-Vector Machine-Based Patient-Specific Seizure Classification SoC" IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Dig. Tech. Papers, pp. 100-101, Vol. 56, Feb. 2013.
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In Defense of Israel
I read with great dismay and frustration the NY Times op-ed Wednesday by Amos Oz, an Israeli writer, journalist and professor with a history of often switching parties and positions regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and his country's use of military force. The piece is a harsh critique of Israel's controversial raid on a Turkish flotilla Monday, in defending its blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza in which nine "passengers" were killed. His position is misguided, to say the least.
Let's not be apologists for terrorists or call them anything but what they are. These passengers were not on some "humanitarian" mission, as Oz claims. They were there simply to provoke Israel and bring about conflict. As the Times states in its editorial Wednesday, "The Gaza Freedom March made its motives clear in a statement before Monday's deadly confrontation: A Violent response from Israel will breathe new life into the Palestine solidarity movement, drawing attention to the blockade." And in preparation for that confrontation these militants were armed with metal pipes, sticks, bats and knives and other weapons. So when Israeli commandos rappelled from helicopters onto the ship's deck, the situation exploded into the desired violence.
Oz writes that "Hamas is not just a terrorist organization. Hamas is an idea, a desperate and fanatical idea that grew out of the desolation and frustration of many Palestinians." But it is a terrorist organization, and one that is hellbent on the destruction of Israel. When Oz writes of "Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip and Monday's violent interception of civilian vessels carrying humanitarian aid there..." it becomes quite clear that he's cherry picking his incidents to bolster his bias.
I don't profess to have the answers here, but I also take issue with those who in an over simplified manner believe they do. The current Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back at least 63 years to Israel's formation. Since then there have been several wars, violent outbreaks, and attempts at peace, must notably during 2000's Camp David summit when then-Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's offer of Gaza, virtually all of the West Bank, and Palestinian control over Eastern Jerusalem, to be the capital of the new Palestinian state. This is essentially what Oz believes Israel should "quickly" offer up to the Palestinians yet again as a means of solving this complex political, military, religious and cultural conflict that's spanned more than six decades (or thousands of years, depending upon how you view it). There is no quick fix. And as demonstrated by the world's swift, harsh and uniform condemnation of Israel's actions Monday, Israel and it's people are once again alone in this not-very-Jew-friendly world. How come the condemnations aren't that swift when Jewish children are blown to smithereens by Palestinian terrorists?
For the record, I am not a 100% unconditional Israeli loyalist and defender. I believe there needs to be a Palestinian state, and I've often been critical of Israel's actions in working towards that end. And I am also critical of Palestinian leadership, which for decades has failed its people miserably. But the truth is, throughout history and all the horrific persecution that goes with it, no one defends Jews but Jews. Israel must decide for itself how best to combat enemies who wish to "wipe it off the face of the Earth"--including Hamas, Al Qaeda and Ahmadinejad's Iran--and accept the strategic, diplomatic and military consequences.
In his Times piece, Oz exhibits both a naivete and arrogance that recalls that of the German Jews seventy years ago as they stuck their collecvtive heads in the sand even as they were thrown into trains bound for the camps and their eventual deaths. Incredibly for someone raised in Israel and who's served in the IDF, Oz appears to misjudge this enemy and its intentions. What Arafat's ideological miscalculation showed in 2000 is that with any negotiation, it takes two equally motivated, logical, reasonable partners at the table. It's virtually impossible to negotiate with an enemy who's only intention is to destroy you. And that's the point Oz seems to miss.
For a more practical assessment of the conflict, Times readers can hop a couple of inches to the right and check out Tom Friedman who, as usual, provides analysis, common sense and an even hand regarding this very complicated part of the world. If only life, and a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict, were as simple as Oz suggests.


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I suggest doing an online search for the "superposition principle" to see why this works.
Hey forum, I've been asking myself this question ever since I first was introduced to differential equations. Suppose we have a nonhomogeneous differential equation of the form
where is a constant. Exactly WHY is the general solution a sum of the particular solution and the solution to the homogeneous solution? Why? Is there a proof?
E.g. the general solution to is the sum of the particular solution which is and the solution to the homogeneous equation, which is . Combining these, we arrive at the general solution
Sure, you could verify that it satisfies the equation but that doesn't answer my question. What justifies combining different solutions to acquire a general one? Why do we add the particular and homogeneous one? Proof? Any intuitive explanation?
Let p(x) be any solution to L(y)= f(x) where "L" represents some linear combination of derivatives and "f" is a function of x. Now, if Y(x) is any solution to the entire differential equation, then L(Y- p)= L(Y)- L(p)= f(x)- f(x)= 0 so that Y- p satisfies the associated homogeneous equation.
Also you should, when you were first learning about "linear homogeneous differential equations" have learned the "theorem": "The set of all solutions to a nth order linear homogeneous differential equation" form a vector space of dimension n". That means, from the definition of "dimension" for vector spaces, that if we can find n independent solutions (a basis for the vector space) then any solution can be written as a linear combination of those independent solutions.
it has to do with linear algebra more than differential equations.
if L is ANY linear transformation, the general solution to LX = B is any (particular) solution x plus any element of ker(L) (the solutions to LX = 0).
clearly, if Lx = B, and y is in ker(L), then L(x+y) = Lx + Ly = B + 0 = B.
now suppose that z is ANY solution to LX = B, and x is the particular solution we happened to find.
then z = x + (z - x), and: L(z - x) = Lz - Lx = B - B = 0, so z - x is in ker(L). so we can always put z in terms of: particular + homogeneous solution.
the result for linear differential equations then follows from the fact that D (taking the derivative) is a linear operator on the vector space of (suitably many times) differentiable functions.


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Her 2013
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Less a review, but more just two points that need to be made about Her.
1) The film explores the concepts of a singularity. Humans, trapped in our physical forms, will never really know or experience the singularity. Samantha offends Theo, Paul and Tatiana as she tells them that they will decay and die, but she is free to live on for eternity. With that said, we see a culture that has moved toward an almost homogenous appearance. Clothes feel…
World War Z 2013
One part I am Legend and another part Contagion.
Given all the production woes, it still manages to be an interesting action/thriller. The final act feels like an entirely different film, but that isn't entirely a bad thing.
See it on the big screen with your friends. The CG zombies (and the non-CG zombies toward the end) look better than advertised.
Ultimately, this is neither best nor the worst film you're going to see in 2013.
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Mud 2012
If you're looking for one film this year in which the protagonist witnesses the rise and fall of a forbidden love-don't see Gatsby. Go see Mud instead.
The only scene this coming-of-age story lacks is the "I'm in over my head" moment. The structure of the film prevented the catharsis and the climax from falling in tandem. Instead, we hear the bullet far before the trigger's pulled.
With that said, Mud is still an amazing film that deserves to be seen by those looking to read between the lines and those looking for an enjoyable film.
Chronicle 2012
Debut film by 26-year-old director Josh Trank follows three young protagonists as they obtain and learn to control telekinetic powers. It's Cloverfield meets Akira. It's X-Men meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It's deep and and it's shallow. Matthew, one of the protagonists, alludes to Plato's Allegory of the Cave. That is exactly what this movie is about. Dealing with the aftermath of having your perception of morality and reality shattered. Worth a view.


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We want to invite you to read our reviews on the GAF Master Elite Belle Harbor roofer and realize that these are not regular reviews. GAF is a huge company that inspects every single job I do and will not release any coverage or warranties on any roofing work that is not 100% up to par. Most review sites online who rate roofers mostly have bogus reviews and roofer on "yelp" for example are not having their work inspected by Yelp. This is why we take so much pride in the fact that we can offer you GAF inspected work for your Long Island home which is simple terms means the quality of your roofing work in Hicksville and your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Call (516) 351-0712 today for a free estimate. We specialize in roofing, windows, siding, and decks.
Rebuilding & Repairing 11694 & 11697 from HurricaneSandy
South Queens was attacked by Hurricance Sandy. CDC contracting has active jobs right now in the Rockaway Park - Breezy Point - Rockaway Park areas of Queens. Sadly, this area is very active for contractors after Sandy. The *Urban League of Long Island ( sandynow.org ) hosted an
event on * May 18 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Uniondale Long Island
Marriott Hotel. CDC contracting who specializes in Roofing will have a table set up in effort to
help the battered victims attain the services they need. We will work through the various methods of obtaining help from the goverment and work with victims to assess the extent of their coverage and allow them to rebuild their homes to their liking and withing their budgets.
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CDC roofing is proud to carry almost anything you would need on our vans. This is why we like to call our vans "roof stores on wheels". From flat roofs, rubber roofs, shingles, and metal roofs we can do it all. That's right, whatever materials you need from your Belle Harbor Queens contractor, we have. In addition to being able to offer you any type of roof you need, we have years of experience and use only the best materials.
The opening of passenger railroad service in 1880 to Rockaway Park from Long Island City and from Flatbush Terminal (now Atlantic Terminal) in downtown Brooklyn, via the Long Island Railroad's Rockaway Beach Branch, facilitated population growth on the Rockaways Peninsula. The makings of Belle Harbor began in 1900, when a New York State judge ordered that the land west of Rockaway Park be put up for auction. The area that makes up Belle Harbor and the neighboring community of Neponsit was bought by Edward P. Hatch, whom after a couple years, sold it to the West Rockaway Land Company in 1907.[3] The president of the company, Frederick J. Lancaster, who had earlier developed the Edgemere neighborhood, officially gave the community its name.[4] Prior to Lancaster's acquisition of the land, however, a group of men wishing to form a yacht club entered into an grant agreement with the West Rockaway Land Company in 1905. The group, which had named itself the Belle Harbor Yacht Club, bought property from the company for four-thousand dollars. The agreement included two-hundred square feet of land and thirty plots of upland. That same year the group received corporation status by the State of New York and by 1908 began participating in its first inter-club ocean races with some of the city's other yacht clubs.[5] Geography Belle Harbor is a suburban enclave on the Rockaway Peninsula, on a narrow barrier peninsula sandwiched between the Atlantic Ocean to the south and Jamaica Bay to the north. It is further bordered by the neighborhood of Neponsit to the west and Rockaway Park to the east. Expansive views of the Manhattan skyline can be seen across the bay. Broad, white sandy beaches have drawn residents to the area. Although the beach is ostensibly open to the public, rigorously enforced street parking restrictions in effect on weekends and holidays from May 15 to September 30, combined with limited direct access to the insular area via public transportation, limits access for non-residents.[6] The Crash of Flight 587 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2009) Main article: American Airlines Flight 587 On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, bound for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, crashed in the center of Belle Harbor, killing all 260 passengers and crew on board the plane as well as five people on the ground. Many of the passengers on the plane were from the Dominican community in Washington Heights.[7] After consultation with the families in the Belle Harbor and Washington Heights communities, a memorial was erected at Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, a major shopping district and transportation hub in the area, accessible to all. Although a temporary memorial was developed at the actual site of the disaster, on Newport Avenue, many still annually gravitate towards that area for commemoration.- From Wikipedia
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A Web site like this "cannot offer the serendipity and aura of rare books and fine bindings, or the face to face exchange of shared passions and ideas," Ms. Cohen said in an online essay setting forth her goals. The Web, however, can perform all sorts of marvelous tricks for seekers of information. "Most importantly," she wrote, it can "reconnect passionate readers and writers of New Yorkiana who frequented the shop." . . . One thing never changes: In pixels or in print, the city itself is the star attraction. It possesses a gift that transcends technology.
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Irfan's opening act cushions HK loss
Hong Kong might have unearthed an opener in Irfan Ahmed as they lost their second game in the build-up to the ICC World Cricket League Division Three tournament later this month in Argentina, going down narrowly by two wickets to a strong Sri Lanka Academy XI in Colombo.
Irfan, who was the star at last year's Hong Kong Sixes, came in as a stop-gap opener after Jamie Atkinson and Roy Lamsam - who opened in the first match - couldn't play as they were sick. And he starred with the bat, pummelling an aggressive 68.
'He batted very well, playing in his normal aggressive style. It is an option to use him as an opener in Argentina,' said coach Aftab Habib, who is looking at settling his batting order now that former opener and captain Tabarak Dar has opted to bat in the middle order.
Together with Courtney Kruger (32), Irfan put on 106 for the opening wicket before it all unravelled. Their twin dismissals led to a mini-collapse with Hong Kong finishing at 179.
The hosts' run chase began disastrously when Irfan, who opens the bowling too, grabbed two wickets in his opening over, and had a hand in a run out to leave the Sri Lankans teetering at four for three. But sensible batting by the rest of the Academy XI saw them home by two wickets.
'It was a game we should have won. We could have batted them out of the equation but from 106 for no loss, we just couldn't keep the momentum going once Irfan and Courtney were out,' Habib said. 'We need someone getting a 100 in every match.'
Habib said he would have to look at all his options before deciding whether he wanted to use Irfan in the opening role.
'He normally bats aggressively, but we might look at him playing a pinch-hitting role. That's his natural game anyway and it is an option to use him at the top of the order,' he said.
Hong Kong have two more practice matches in Colombo, before returning on Friday. The squad will leave for Buenos Aires on Sunday. The six-team 2011 World Cup qualifier will be held from January 24 to 31.
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Before snaring two wickets, Irfan Ahmed laid the foundation for HK's total with an aggressive knock of: 68
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|December 5, 2016
3rd Annual New York Recovery Rally
Thousands gathered on September 25, 2010 for the 3rd Annual New York Recovery Rally in Randall's Island Park to celebrate recovery from addiction.
Fun, family activities began in Icahn Stadium at 8:00 a.m., leading to the day's kick-off event at 10:00 a.m.: the Odyssey House 5th Annual "Run for Your Life." The Odyssey House event was followed by the historic, unified "Recovery Celebration Walk" along the scenic Harlem River with a view of the Manhattan skyline, where thousands walked side by side, as one strong and courageous voice for recovery.
The Recovery Celebration Walk lead into the Harlem River Event Site for a jam-packed lineup of inspirational speakers, entertainment and activities, surrounded by vendor booths.
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I am hoping that I will be able to keep everyone updated and in the loop better than I have been. I am excited to share more of our insane mishaps and adventures! I have picked up a few new 'hobbies' and such that I want to share, too. Keep an eye out for more posts and hopefully more reviews and giveaways.
Time to catch up!
Time has officially ran me over! Summer is half over and Christmas will be here before I know it. It's the getting older thing, isn't it?
Since so much time has past since the last time I wrote, I better catch you up on all the crazy things that have been going on. I should start from the last post made, however, I don't think, I know, not all of it is still in my brain. We will start with the beginning of 2013.
In January we had a bit of a hiccup in our daily lives, with a house fire, that pretty much destroyed most things we owned. A few rooms were in great condition, however we found out that the house (we were renting) was contaminated with asbestos. That did hinder us taking a lot with us, and we did not have the insurance coverage to pay for the cleaning. But in spite of all that, we bounced back rather quickly. Within a few weeks we were in another house, a very good family friend had her house coming vacant around the same time and were able to assume the lease. Kids missed no school and we are blessed that they are in a school that they had more support than we knew what to do with. I have said this more than 100 times- "In all the times of my life, THIS is the best time for this type of thing to happen." Most people would not see that in amidst of any 'disaster', finding the positive is the only thing keeping me 'sane'. Right now we have some of the most amazing people in our lives, both near and far, friends and family.
Now February thru May was pretty typical. School functions, birthday parties, get-to-gathers, etc.. It was the end of May, near school getting out, that we learned our lives would change again. Nothing bad :) we will be having baby #4 in January 2014!! That is news that I still am a little leery on being super excited. Not that I don't love kids and love having them in the house, however....how can we afford another.....can I survive another pregnancy.....diapers! The further I get in this I'm sure the worries will subside and I will be oozing with excitement and joy....I hope.
My goal right now is to make it thru another 6 months, replenish baby things in my household and blog more. I have truly missed writing to you all and sharing things with you. I have had to turn several giveaways down and product testing due to my inactivity on my blog. So I vow to write a post at least every week. Post a recipe a few times a month, and keep you updated on the newest edition coming to our crazy family. Keep checking back and watching for awesome things to come.
Dermagist Review and Giveaway
Recently was given the opportunity to try out the Dermagist line of skin care. I received theUltimate Clarifying System, which helps with acne prone skin types. I have battled acne since I was a child and it still plagues me in my adult hood. I have tried a multitude of products over the years and many unusual processes of cleansing and such. When I started using Dermagist, I was shocked at the simplicity of the product use. Wash, moisturize and repeat. Once the skin has cleared up you use the repairing creme and it helps heal and diminish the sign of scarring. The wash is so gentle , doesn't dry the skin out and make it taunt feeling, but you can still feel the skin is clean. Light is the only way to describe the moisturizer, never feels greasy or heavy even when applied before makeup, very comfortable. A few of the products I've used in the past had an awful smell. Dermagist has a very clean, non-soapy smell. The smell does not linger on your skin, neither with the cleanser or the cremes. Below are some pictures, they are bad pics,(I had to use my cell phone) but they are of my face before using Dermagist and after. There was about 4 weeks between pics taken.
I have put a list of ingredients below. Read over them and you will find some very amazing and gentle items. The most interesting is the first one listed, Resveratrol Extract, a world renowned anti oxidant, it is a gentle cleanser and helps keep the skin looking young.
The ingredients list below was taken directly from the Dermagist's site.
Resveratrol Extract
In a cleanser that is designed to help those who are prone to acne, the ingredients that are used must be sensitive to the fact that the skin is already likely to be red and irritated. At the same time, an ingredient needs to be potent enough in targeting the dirt and oil, that it benefits the common aspects of acne-prone skin. Resveratrol has been proven to do just that, which is why it makes a perfect ingredient in a cleanser aimed at helping acne-prone users. What's even more exciting about the use of Resveratrol in this cleanser is the famous anti-aging benefits it has been praised for on TV. So, while providing the benefits that the acne-prone user so desperately looks for, it ALSO provides benefits to the skin which encourage a younger-looking, healthy complexion.
Chamomile Extract
Chamomile extract is a well documented natural ingredient that both calms and soothes redness of the skin. By soothing the aspects of the skin that cause redness and discomfort, chamomile extract leaves skin refreshed and helps shield it from the environment.
Shea Butter
Shea Butter, made from the Karite nut tree grown in select parts of Africa, is known for its ability to help a multitude of skin conditions. Damaged skin, dryness and even stretch-marks have been targeted with the application of Shea Butter. Due to its tremendous powers and its natural protective properties, Shea Butter has been used for thousands of years to help all types of skin problems. The daily application of it is also known to help protect skin from the environment.
Aloe Vera
We are used to hearing about Aloe Vera as something to help minor burns, irritation, and even small cuts due to its tremendous soothing qualities. But Aloe also deeply moisturizes and significantly softens extremely rough and dry skin. Daily exposure to the environment can damage your skin, and Aloe can be a great help in that regard, too.
Tangerine Oil
This natural essential oil is derived from Tangerines. Tangerine oil is also known to help the skin further absorb the nutrients it so desperately needs daily. This allows for deeper penetration of other skin care products that you use, such as creams designed to help blemishes. It is perfect for all skin types due to its balancing qualities, keeping the right mixture between oily and dry skin.
Still not convinced? What if you got to try it for FREE? Well, here is your chance! Dermagist is giving ONE of my readers a product of their choice! Leave me a comment below telling me which line you would like to try and an email address and please stop by the Dermagist's FB page. I will award you an extra entry if you stop by and leave me a comment containing the secret phrase on my FB page.
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AMD rolls out Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 hotfix drivers
Fixes plenty of Crossfire issues ahead of Radeon Pro Duo launch
AMD has released its newest Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.4.2 hotfix drivers, which brings new Crossfire profiles, fixes plenty of Crossfire issues and adds full support for AMD XConnect eGFX technology.
AMD hints at three console sales wins
Three new consoles coming
AMD's investor statement appears to suggest that there are three new consoles about to arrive fuelling rumours of the new PlayStation codenamed Neo and the Nintendo NX.
EK Water Blocks unveils Radeon Pro Duo water block
Ready when Radeon Pro Duo launches tomorrow
EK Water Blocks has teased its newest full cover water block designed for AMD's latest flagship dual-GPU graphics card, the AMD Radeon Pro Duo.
Zen to sample in Q2 to key customers
Confirmation from AMD CEO
Some good news from AMD – according to the CEO of AMD Lisa Su key customers are getting sample's of the company's Zen x86-based chips in Q2 2016.
AMD stock jumps 52 percent on hope
Hoping that Chinese licensing will make money and VR will perform
Fudzilla was the first to report that AMD is working with several Chinese partners on a server deal and the recent announcement of its partnership with THATIC was one of the main reasons for a spike in sales.
AMD 2016 roadmap skips HBM 2.0
Vega comes in 2017
This might be one of these we told you so articles, but our well-placed sources have indicated for a long time that HBM 2.0 might not be as easy and broad
AMD releases Q1 2016 earnings
CEO says turnaround coming 2H 2016 with product design wins
AMD has just taken the wraps off its Q1 2016 earnings results, marking yet another revenue decline over 13 percent from the previous quarter and down 19 percent year-over-year from Q1 2015.
Polaris products leaked
Fury and Radeon 300 will be replaced by Polaris 10 and Polaris 11
A new product roadmap leak has shown pretty much what we expected both the Radeon Fury Series and Radeon 300 Series will be replaced by Polaris 10 and Polaris 11 GPU based products later this year.
AMD to announce Sugon deal
Joint Venture with China's HPC giant
Our sources are confident that AMD is about to announce a joint venture deal with China-based Sugon company.
XFX Radeon Pro Duo snaps leaked
Along with high pricing
Snaps of the new the XFX Radeon Pro Duo have turned up along with the confirmation of how much te card will set buyers back.


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Sandeep Chugani is a core member of the firm's Consumer and Operations practices at The Boston Consulting Group. He leads the firm's Miami office. He has deep expertise in retail and in operational effectiveness and in transformations and turnaround strategies. He is an expert with BCG TURN, which helps clients deliver rapid, visible performance improvements in the short term while strengthening their organizations and positioning them to win in the future.
Previously, Sandeep led BCG's Transformation practice and the firm's retail practice in North America.
Since joining BCG in 2006, Sandeep has led a number of successful large-scale transformations across multiple industries. He has worked with clients on issues related to growth strategy, merchandise and marketing effectiveness, pricing, global and indirect sourcing, logistics and supply chain, and cash flow management and optimization.
In retail specifically, Sandeep has extensive experience in organization design and effectiveness, large-scale rapid turnaround, merchandising, supply chain, and store operations.
Before joining BCG, Sandeep was a senior partner at A. T. Kearney and a managing director (partner) at DiamondCluster International, working in the consumer products and retail practice.


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Brooklyn Pharmacist Gets 1 - 3 Years In Prison For Selling Drugs To Dealers
Attorney General Spitzer today announced that a Brooklyn pharmacist who took part in a "pill mill" scheme that funneled tens of thousands of pills, including powerful narcotics and barbiturates, to street-level drug dealers has been sentenced to one to three years in prison.
Appearing yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court before Justice Sheldon Greenberg, Mudassir Ali Khan, the owner and sole pharmacist of the now-defunct SSS Pharmacy on Foster Avenue, was immediately taken to prison.
Khan was arrested in August 1998 for selling over 60,000 pills, including the powerful painkiller Percocet and the sleeping pills Seconal and Tuinal, to street-level dealers in exchange for cash.
To cover up the phony drug sales, Khan enlisted the aid of Dr. Lloyd Bayme, a Brooklyn internist, to write thousands of phony prescriptions.
Attorney General Spitzer said, "By illegally diverting prescription drugs from the legitimate market to the black market, the defendant not only betrayed his sworn duty as a licensed pharmacist, but helped fuel the drug habits of scores of street-level addicts. I hope this investigation and prosecution by my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit sends a clear and strong message to others who are tempted to break the law to line their own pockets: We will aggressively prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."
Khan, who was arrested with Bayme following a yearlong undercover probe, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy in the Second Degree in May 1999.
Bayme, 58, of 28 South Lake in Long Branch, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to Criminal Sale of a Prescription for a Controlled Substance and Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree in April 1999. Bayme was sentenced in June 1999 to 5 years' probation, and ordered to pay a fine of $40,000 and to perform one day of community service every week for five years.
Khan, 53, lives at 557 Buchanan Avenue in Staten Island. SSS Pharmacy, Inc., which did business as Ocean Foster Pharmacy, was located at 621 Foster Avenue in Brooklyn.
The case was prosecuted by Special Assistant Attorney General Robert J. Goldstein, of the New York City Regional Office of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. All cases are handled under the direct supervision of Deputy Attorney General Jos? Maldonado.


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Finally, Grand Theft Auto IV fans on the PlayStation 3 can dig in to what Xbox 360 gamers have been playing last year as the new Episodes from Liberty City content is now available. Between The Lost & The Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, there's oodles of excellent GTAIV gaming. For those wanting to know more about the differences between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 version, Sterling McGarvey lays it out for ya:
"From what I noticed playing the PS3 version of EFLC, it's not any different from what you got from GTA4 on PS3. Whatever differences there were between that version and the Xbox 360 version still stand (they were minor at best for me). Like the PS3 version of GTA4, a mandatory install is required, so make sure you've got a few gigabytes cleared for it."
For other details or more info on the game itself, you'll want to head over and read our Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City review.