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I found this in my older files. Still a very valid document.
How to Respond to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shock
Samuel F. Sears, Jr, PhD; Julie B. Shea, MS, RNCS; Jamie B. Conti, MD From the University of Florida Health Science Center, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.
Correspondence to Samuel F. Sears, Jr, PhD, University of Florida, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Box 100165, UF Health Science Center, Gainesville, FL 32610. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has consistently demonstrated a life-saving benefit in patients at risk for sudden cardiac arrest. Quality-of-life outcomes with the ICD may be directly related to coping successfully with ICD shocks. Although most people are able to tolerate a shock to some extent, the experience of shock is discomforting and can prompt feelings of anxiety, depression, or fear. The purpose of this article is to review patient and family preparations and responses to ICD shock to limit its impact on quality of life.
Understanding Shock
The ICD provides continuous monitoring and treatment for cardiac arrhythmias (abnormal heartbeats). The ICD automatically detects an abnormal heartbeat and will deliver small rapid pacing impulses or an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heart rhythm. During the first year after implantation, the chances of receiving at least one ICD shock can range from one third to one half of all ICD recipients. The shock sensation has been likened to a swift kick in the chest and rated a "6" on a 0 to 10 pain scale. Nonetheless, quality-of-life research indicates that the ICD is at least equal to or better than antiarrhythmic medications on most indicators of quality of life. Most research has pointed to ICD shock as the primary culprit if reductions in quality of life occur.
Psychological Responses to Shock
ICD-specific fears and symptoms of anxiety (for example, excessive worry, increased muscle tension, sweating, and increased heart rate and respiratory rate) are the most common psychological symptoms experienced by ICD recipients, with approximately 13% to 38% of recipients experiencing significant levels of anxiety. Common ICD-specific fears include the shock experience, device malfunction, and/or concerns of death. Depressive symptoms are reported at rates similar to those of other heart patients (24% to 33%). Younger age (50 years and younger) and greater frequency of ICD shocks were the two most commonly reported ICD-specific risk factors for psychological distress.
How to Respond to ICD Shock
It is possible that you will experience a shock at some point during your time with the ICD. As an ICD patient, you cannot control shocks, but you can control your reaction. Although shocks are often startling and discomforting, they are also an indication that the ICD is doing its job, keeping you protected from life-threatening arrhythmias or a rapid heart rate. Having a plan for shock helps reduce uncertainty and anxiety, so that you and your loved ones know how to handle the shock and in what circumstances you should contact your doctor or go to the emergency room.
Preparing for Shock
• Educate yourself. Learn as much as you can about the ICD and how it works. Understanding the purpose of the ICD, how it operates, and how to respond if a shock occurs will help to reduce your anxiety and help you to cope more effectively. Join a local support group of heart patients or ICD patients to learn more about cardiac disease and how your ICD works to keep you safe. Review the additional resources listed below to stay informed.
• Information control. Three sources of information are important to have available at all times: your ICD identification card, a list of your medications, and your doctor's name and telephone number. This information will allow healthcare providers to take the best possible care of you in an emergency. Use an index card to write down all of your medications and your doctor's name, and keep it in your wallet.
Action plan. Preparing for an ICD shock might involve rehearsing what you should do if you were to receive a shock. Your doctor may have a specific plan for you. The following table contains a typical plan for an ICD patient that you may want to use for a discussion with your doctor.
Post-shock Coping
Experiencing shock is generally recognized as discomforting, but an organized response can minimize the short- and long-term negative effects. Managing your reaction involves strategies involving both your mind and your actions. The goal of all of these strategies is to maximize your quality of life.
Strategies for Coping With ICD Shock
Relax and Focus
The automatic response to a shock is arousal (a heightened awareness to your body and health). Hyperarousal can occur if you do not take charge of your reaction and focus on relaxing. Allowing yourself to engage in deep-breathing techniques and tension reduction exercises will reduce the effects of arousal. To practice relaxed breathing, do the following:
• Put yourself in a comfortable, reclined position, and place one hand on your upper chest and the other on your belly, just below your navel (belly button).
• Close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Notice how the hand on your belly moves more than the hand on your chest, indicating that you are using calm, restful breathing.
• Keep your attention on your breathing. It is inevitable that your mind will wander to other topics, but just return your attention to your breathing.
• Practice this exercise for at least 5 minutes twice a day. This will allow you to gain skill and comfort with focusing on your breathing and relaxing your body.
Positive Thinking
Recent research has highlighted how the attitudes of ICD patients are among the best predictors of quality of life. Shock can reduce your faith in your safety and your future or could serve as a reminder of your commitment to living. Therefore, actively reminding yourself about the positive aspects of your life, your relationships, your activities, and your future can provide you with hopeful ideas and rewarding plans for the future. You may want to make a list of the people and activities that give you quality of life so that you can remind yourself of how important your positive outlook is to recovery.
• Debriefing. The desire to avoid a shock is universal. Only regular medical follow-up and medications are related to preventing shock at this time. Therefore, the best plan is to discuss the reasons for a shock with your doctor. Your doctor will take every action possible to avoid a future shock by possibly adjusting your medications or the settings of your ICD.
• Return to life. Quality of life usually involves engaging in activities that are rewarding, pleasant, peaceful, or exciting. Many ICD patients try to avoid a future shock by avoiding any action that has ever preceded a shock, but this can reduce your quality of life. Preventing a shock is not possible by our actions alone. Because shock can occur during any part of daily life, fearfulness about shock can trick you into trying to prevent it by reducing activities. A step-by-step plan can allow you to eventually return to all of the activities that you did before shock. Start a "Coping To-Do List" that highlights both everyday activities that reduce stress (for example, take a warm bath, watch a sunset) and long-term goals (take a vacation or trip, attend an important event) that can provide you with future activities that are motivating to remain healthy.
Experiencing an ICD shock can be an unwelcome reminder about your heart condition. However, the ICD remains the best treatment option to keep you safe from cardiac arrhythmias. Desirable quality of life can also be achieved despite the experience of shock. Collectively, you, your family and significant others, and your healthcare team can plan for shock, engage in pre-shock and post-shock coping strategies, and resume a desirable quality of life.
How to Respond to an ICD Shock
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Thank you for all this info Bob. It really does help to read this over and over. =)
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To those who knew Robert Murphy personally he was more than an educator, mentor, coach and official. He was a legend.
Today, the gym floor where Murphy spent a great deal of his time will officially bear his name.
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Hellas Australia - History of Greeks in Australia
If you have relatives that migrated to Australia you might be interested in this book -
The History of Greeks in Australia
(Book is printed in both Greek and English)
by Josef Vondra (Greek translation by George Psarros)
Published 1979 by Widescope International Publishers Pty Ltd.
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia
You can view the following on the page below:
102 names mentioned in this book
Table of Contents
Synopsis from the dust jacket
Hope some of you can find this information useful. Good luck with your Greek family genealogy research. Don't forget you can work with your local librarian to get a copy of this book through inter-library loan or purchase a copy through a website that deals with out of print books like http://abebooks.com
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Amanatides, Kyriakos - President Greek Culture League, Melbourne Australia
Amanatidis, Dina - Writer, husband Kyriakos Amanatidis
Amanatidis, Kyriakos - Writer, born northern Greece, migrated to Australia, wife Dina Amanatidis; quotes regarding thoughts on Greek-Australian writers
Andrianopoulos, Andreas
Andronikou, Emmanual - With brother Kosma, mentioned as cooperating in the publication of "The Life in Australia" in 1916
Andronikou, Kosma - With brother Emmanual, mentioned as cooperating in the publication of "The Life in Australia" in 1916
Argyropoulos, Constantine - From island of Sikinos, settled in Sydney Australia 1854
Arion, Spiros - Synopsis: Referenced as professional wrestler "The Golden Greek"
Aristarchos - Bishop of Greek Orthodox Church, Melbourne Australia; Born Alexandria; Photo
Aroney, Emanuel - Quotation from Dr. Emanuel Aroney, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney; comments on multi-lingual radio programs in Australia
Aslanides, Timoshenko - Poet, resides in Canberra Australia
Black, John - aka John Mavrokefalos
Calomeris, Jim - born in Washington, came to Australia at age 19, printer, newspaper editor, quote re: Greeks in Australia - includes photograph
Chrisoulis, John - director of the play "The Maid" performed in Melbourne Australia
Christodoulou, Savvas - Cyprus born, lawyer, composer, musician, narrative relating to 1976 Glendi Festival in Melbourne, Australia - includes photograph
Christoforos - Archbishop - Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia (1924-1928)
Constantinou, Conn (Doctor) - Vice-President of Australian Greek Welfare Society established 1972
Ezekiel - Archbishop; Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia 1959 - 1974; born Patra 1913
Frangioudakis, Rena - born in Crete, 1977 voted most popular Greek announcer in Australia, awarded Golden Microphone Award - includes photograph
Friligos - Family settled in Brisbane Queensland Australia
Geminis, Tony - from Kastellorizo, founded Prunier's Chiswick Garden Restaurant in Woollhara, Australia with George Koolis
George, Arthus (Sir) - Australian born Greek - first president of the Australian Soccer Federation
Georges, George - Born in Darwin, Western Australia, Australia Senator of Queensland elected 1967, son of Arthur Georgouras - includes photograph
Georgouras, Arthur - from Kastellorizo, arrived in Darwin, Australia 1916, father of Australian Senator George Georges
Giannopoulos, George - referenced as one of the first Greek bilingual teachers appointed in South Australia, 1971
Gikas, Damianos - said to have settled in Australia in August 1829
Gogos, Dimitrios (Takis) - born 1931, island of Chios, came to Australia at age 19, narrative on his life and role as originator of Neos Kosmos, a Greek Australian newspaper
Gouliovas, George - referenced as professional wrestler
Hatzianestis, Athanasios (Arthur) - sports editor of the Hellenic Herald in Australia
Ioannidis, Christos - Born, Florina, Greece - brother of Tassos Ioannidis - performed in concert with sections of Melbourne Australia Philharmonic Orchestra - includes photographs
Ioannidis, Tassos - reference Christos Ioannidis
Kaldis, Heather - Broadcasts along with husband Jim, the Greek Hour in Sydney, Australia
Kaldis, Jim - Broadcaster, along with wife Heather, of the Greek Hour in Sydney, Australia. Born in Lesros, came to Australia in 1949 at the age of eighteen. Commentary on his business background - includes photograph
Kapiniaris, Terpsi - referenced as coordinator of multi-lingual cultural studies in South Australia. Born in Kalamata Greece, came to Australia at age 5, commentary and quotes regarding her role in program - includes photograph
Kavaros, George - referenced as White House doctor and president of AHEPA
Kentavros, George E. - authored "The Life in Australia" published 1916. Born in Corinth, came to Australia 1911
Kollivris, Harold - referenced as professional wrestler one-time holder of Australian light-heavyweight championship
Kominos, Arthur - from Kythera, opened restaurant in Sydney, Australia 1878
Kominos, John D. - published "The Life in Australia" in 1916, honorary president of the Greek Orthodox Community in Sydney, Australia
Kontos, Efthimios - Egyptian born writer - migrant to Australia
Koolis, George - from Kastellorizo - founded Prunier's Chiswick Garden Restaurant in Woollhara, Australia with Tony Geminis
Koronis, Haralambos - settled in Charleville, Queensland, Australia - includes photograph
Kouris, Alfredos - born Canea, Crete, arrived in Australia 1955 at 28 years of age, settled Melbourne, Australia - narrative on business and social activities
Kouris, Mitsi - photo at the Hellas Machinist Professional Training School in Melbourne, Australia
Koussidis, Eva - Born in Macedonia, came to Australia at age 11. Held position as State's Greek Inquiry Officer. includes photograph with former South Australian Premier, Don Dunstan.
Koutoulis, Demetra - poet - Greek Australian
Koutsoheras, Con - Melbourne Australia businessman, Vice-President of the Wills Federal Electoral Assembly, Secretary of the Wills Central ALP Branch
Koutsoheras, Irene - story regarding her generosity and friendship with new neighbors, Melbourne, Australia - Husband Nicolas, sons Peter, Con, and Bill arrived Australia March 1953 - includes photographs
Kypraios, Angela
Kypraios, George
Kypraios, Nick - Born 1944 in Vathy, Samos, Greece - referenced as one of Australias leading Greek-Australian painters - commentary on his work and quotes from the artist - came to Australia in 1972 with wife Angela and son George - includes photograh
Lone-Kalamara, Vasso - referenced as short story writer and poet working from Perth Australia
Lucas, Andrew - Sailor from Ithaca, arrived Melbourne Australia 1848 as member of a British crew, commentary on his life and business interests, Photo - Andrew Lucas' Town Hall Café in Swanson Street, Melbourne, Australia
Lucas, Antonios - Photograph
Marcellos, G. - referenced as Manager of the Hellenic Herald when it was first published in Sydney, Australia 1926
Mavrokefalos, John (aka John Black) - from Ithaca, settled in Brisbane Australia 1883, became one of Brisbane's leading citizens
Melidonis, Dino - born Alexandria, Egypt, commentary on business background, mentioned as anchor-man for a Greek radio program - includes photograph
Messaris, George - from island of Cephalinia, narrative on his role as Editor of the Hellenic Herald in Australia, married to Joan Messaris - includes photograph
Messaris, Joan - narrative regarding her role as journalist on the Hellenic Herald in Australia, married to George Messaris - includes photograph
Michelakakis, George - artist, born in Pireus, Greece - migrated to Australia
Michelidis, Petros - from island of Kastellorizo, born 1882, came to Australia 1902. Successful businessman, appointed consul for the affairs of Imperial Russia - includes photo of shopfront of P. Michelides' tobacconist and cigarette factory at Perth, Western Australia
Miliopoulos, Paraskevas - referenced as author
Mitrakas, Eugenia - Lawyer, Secretary of AGWS
Moraitis, Spiro - well-known Doctor in Melbourne, Australia - President of Australian Greek Welfare Society established 1972
Morfesis, Georgios - from Ithaca, settled in Melbourne, Australia, credited with opening on of the first Greek businesses in 1869
Morris, Michael - Fourth generation Greek-Australian; memorial to Antonios Manolis
Morris, Peter - Also referenced as Panayiotis Montiadis; July 1981; member of Australian Federal Parliament for the Labor Party. Elected in New South Wales, parents from island of Symi. Shadow Minister for Transport.
Mourikis, Chris - Mentioned as assistant editor of Neos Kosmos, a Greek Australian newspaper, and secretary of the Greek Orthodox Community of Victoria
Ninis, Damianos - Acknowledged as one of the first Greeks in Australia; his story
Ninolakis, Nicos - Cretian poet, Greek-Australian writer
Papadopoulos, George - lecturer in law at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Chairman of AGWS
Papasavas, Sam - Melborne Australia lawyer - president of the Australian Soccer Federation
Papasavas, Sam - born Tremetouscha, Cyprus 1941, migrated to Australia as a boy, first Greek to sit on Victoria, Australia's State Parliament
Paschalides, Lambis - referenced as running a one-man newspaper, Kyriaki, in Sydney, Australia, approx mid 1900's - mentioned as leading political journalist for the Hellenic Herald in Australia - includes photograph
Peponis, George - Doctor - Australian sports star
Piperoglou, A. V. - Chairman of the Education Committee and Director of the Education Liaison Team for AGWS
Polites, Nick - includes quotes re: AGWS and photograph
Polites, Theodore - born island of Lefkas, came to Australia 1901, commentary on several successful business interests
Raftopoulos, Efstathios - from Kolliery on Ithaca, came to Australia 1890, mentioned as businessman, poet, actor, entertainer, and community leader. Describes how he personally publishes they Ulysses, the newspaper/journal of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society in Melbourne, Australia - includes photos
Raftopoulos, Spiro - father of Efstathios Raftopoulos from Ithaca
Rafty, George (aka Raftopoulos) - Sydney, Australia - well known cartoonist
Roma, Diamantina - Countess from Ithaca, died 1893, wife of first Governor of Queensland Australia, Sir George Bowen
Skalkos, Theo - describes publishing empire built by Theo Skalkos in Australia
Skiadopoulos, Nicos - mentioned as Greek radio announcer in Australia, and journalist for Neos Kosmos Greek newspaper
Skiadopoulos, Nick - actor-director, formed Greek Theatrical School in 1974 in Australia
Skiotis, Dennis - lecturer at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia, quoted in relation to Neos Kosmos, a Greek Australian newspaper
Skourtis, George - author of the play "Karagiozis Almost Governor" -
Solomos, Dionysios - Greek poet
Spyridon - Archbishop - Head of Independent Greek Orthodox Church in Australia
Strombolis, Constantine - Acknowledged as one of the first Greeks in Australia; his story
Stylianos - Archbishop; Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, arrived 1975, born Rethimnon, Crete 1935; Photo; Quotations
Taxiarchis, Dinos - author of the play "The Maid" - performed in Melbourne Australia
Theophylactos - Archbishop - Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia (1947-1958)
Timotheos - Archbishop - Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia (1931-1947)
Triantafyllopoulos, Andreas - composer, also worked as fitter and turner, taxi driver - migrant to Australia
Tsaloumas, Dimitris - Greek poet - narrative regarding some of his works, born on the island of Leros in 1921, settled in Australia - includes photograph
Vasil, George (see George Vasiliades)
Vasilakakos, John - writer, Australia
Vasiliadis, Amalia - mentioned as Greek radio announcer in Australia, and Greek language poet
Vasiliades, George (aka Vasil) - gained sixth place in the 1972 Olympics at Munich in the weight lifting feather weight division
Venizelos, Eleutherios - Premier of Greece
Zafiropoulos, Sakis - President of Greek Festival Week in Melbourne, Australia, quotations regarding festival
Zervos, Kevin - Director of Child Care and Family Centre in Richmond, Australia - established 1977
Zoumis, Savas - poet, interpreter by profession, Greek-Australian
There Must Be More to it Than That
A Countess, Successful Greeks and Massive Migration
Australian Life
Of Words and Voices
Expressions from the Antipodes
The Metropolitan See of Australia
'Dialogue is a Word of Greek Origin'
A Matter of Welfare
The Story of a Family
Following is the synopsis from the book cover:
"Hellas Australia traces the story of Greeks in Australia from their first mention in Sydney newspapers in 1818 to their present status as one of the largest and most dynamic ethnic communities in multi-cultural Australia
But Hellas Australia is much more than just a history book. It is also a investigation of Greek life in Australia. Hellas Australia examines closely the unique contribution of Greeks both to their own Greek-Australian community and to Australian society at large in fields as diverse as sport, business, the arts, welfare, ethnic broadcasting, religion and politics.
Often brought under the post-war mass immigration schemes to a country publicised as a land of milk and honey, many Greeks have found Australian society to be intolerant and even hostile. Some of their individual stories, of their aspirations, years of hard work and their responses to a strange new country, are told in Hellas Australia.
With parallel Greek and English text, Hellas Australia is a unique publishing venture aimed at enhancing the mutual understanding of Greeks and other Australians."


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Furthermore, farmers indicate that they are implementing the practices on additional acres in their farm operation after participating in the BMP Challenge program. These efforts are helping to provide even more environmental benefit to our rivers and streams.
World Water Day is an opportunity to celebrate the great strides we have made and we'll continue our work toward improving water quality each and every day. We recently signed on to the Charting New Waters pledge to protect clean water and with your help, we can reach our goal for 54,000 households making their own commitment to improve water quality.
About the Author: Brian Brandt is Director, Agriculture Conservation Innovations Center at American Farmland Trust.


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Construction magnate Willard Hackerman has offered to finance and build an 18,500-seat arena in downtown Baltimore, civic leaders say, freeing taxpayers from having to foot the bill and significantly increasing the chances that plans for a $900 million convention center expansion and arena will become a reality.
News of Hackerman's offer was made public Wednesday at the annual meeting of the Greater Baltimore Committee, a private business group that has been exploring ways to build an arena that would be combined with an expanded convention center to bolster the city's tourism business and add life to Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
Hackerman, 92, the president and chief executive officer of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., attended the meeting but declined to comment. According to GBC officials, Hackerman has been actively involved in planning for the arena and convention center expansion, and hired Ayers Saint Gross, a Baltimore-based architecture firm, to develop the designs unveiled Wednesday.
GBC leaders also showed preliminary designs demonstrating how a 25-story hotel could rise above the arena and expanded convention center. The proposed construction site, owned partly by Hackerman and partly by the city, is bounded roughly by Pratt, Charles, Conway and Sharp streets but does not include the Old Otterbein Church on Conway Street.
GBC officials and others say that Hackerman has the financial ability to raise private money for both the arena and hotel and that he wants Whiting-Turner to build them.
"Mr. Hackerman has pledged to the governor and the mayor that he will engage in creating a private … partnership that will privately finance the arena and the hotel," said Donald C. Fry, president and chief executive officer of the Greater Baltimore Committee. "He sees this as a transformative project that can have a significant impact on downtown Baltimore, and he would like to see that. … It would result in a great revitalization of the area."
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, speaking at the GBC meeting, said she was pleased to see private-sector support for the project. "I would like to thank Willard Hackerman for his vision and his commitment to our city," she said.
Gov. Martin O'Malley, also at the meeting, said, "Thank you, Mr. Hackerman."
Much of the project's appeal to Hackerman, Fry and others say, is the combination of an arena and an expanded convention center in one location.
"We have an opportunity for Baltimore that we think is unique on the East Coast — the opportunity to put together a conference center with an arena in a way that would allow us to bring in groups that can't come to Baltimore today," Fry said.
"This concept, combined with the nearby baseball and football stadiums, gives us a chance to accomplish a dramatic transformation of the Inner Harbor into a sports, entertainment and recreation venue that would be largely unrivaled in the nation."
While other cities combine arenas and convention centers, none has united facilities the size of those proposed for Baltimore, said Adam Gross, Hackerman's architect.
The joint facilities would boost Baltimore's convention business by enabling the expanded convention center to accommodate two or three large shows or meetings at the same time — something it can't do now, said Tom Noonan, executive director of Visit Baltimore, the city's convention and tourism agency.
"This would be a hybrid building that doesn't exist anywhere else in the country," Noonan said. "It would give us the opportunity to do a lot of convention business in Baltimore and make us a lot more productive. It would make us really difficult to compete with."
As head of one of the largest construction firms in the country, Hackerman has built many of Baltimore's best-known landmarks, including Harborplace, the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
An engineer and a 1938 graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, Hackerman also owns commercial properties in Baltimore, including the office tower at 750 West Pratt St. and the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel at Charles and Conway streets.
Preliminary plans by Ayers Saint Gross call for a four-level convention center expansion, an 18,500-seat arena over two levels of underground parking, a 500-room hotel, and stores and restaurants facing Pratt, Charles and Conway streets.
The expansion would give Baltimore a convention center with 760,000 square feet of ballroom, meeting and exhibit space, more than twice that of the existing convention center. The estimated price of $900 million to $940 million would make it one of the most expensive projects ever envisioned for downtown Baltimore.
Fry said Hackerman originally indicated that he would fund the construction of a 500-room hotel to replace his 320-room Sheraton hotel, garage and parking lot, which would be displaced by the larger project.
However, as planning progressed, Fry said, he asked Hackerman whether he would be willing to pay for the arena as well. Soon afterward, Fry continued, Hackerman indicated he would be willing to put together a private group to pay for the arena as well as the hotel — eliminating the need for the city and state to issue bonds or identify other funding sources for those phases of the project.
Fry said Hackerman's offer is contingent on the convention center expansion's moving ahead and being connected to the arena to create one project. He said planners would seek city and state funding for the convention center expansion, making the project a public-private partnership.
He said Hackerman's offer to fund the arena privately should make the entire project easier to finance and more likely to move ahead, as funding sources have been identified for more than half the project's total estimated cost.
Based on the preliminary designs, Fry said, the hotel is expected to cost $175 million and the arena $325 million — a total of $500 million that would be covered by Hackerman and his investment group. The convention center expansion, which is expected to cost $400 million, would be the only major phase of the project for which a funding source has not been identified.
Fry said before the GBC meeting Wednesday that he believed the cost of expanding the convention center could be paid for by the city or state or both, by issuing bonds. He noted that bonds were issued to build the original convention center in the 1970s and an expansion in the 1990s. He added that the 1979 wing is paid for and that the bonds for the 1996 wing are to be paid off in 2014.
Fry also said Hackerman's offer eliminates the need for city and state officials to justify the construction of an arena without the city's having secured a professional basketball or hockey team as a project anchor.
He said he believes it would make sense to ask the state to fund an expansion of the convention center, given the state's previous investment in it and in other projects nearby such as the Camden Yards sports complex.
Fry said that the mayor and governor already have requested that the Maryland Stadium Authority conduct a marketing and economic study of the project, which Fry said he hopes will be completed by the end of the year.
With the results of the feasibility study, Fry said, planners can go to the city and state to seek approval to sell bonds to pay for construction of the publicly funded portion of the project. They also may explore other funding sources, such as selling rights to name the building.
Earlier this year, GBC officials said the arena could be completed by 2016 if construction began in 2012. With Hackerman's support, Fry said, the project could be completed close to the timetable outlined last fall — in about four years for the arena and hotel, and an additional three years for the convention center expansion.
The work requires that the 1979 wing of the convention center be demolished to make way for the expansion, but the 1996 wing could remain in operation.
For many years, civic leaders have been looking for ways to replace the 1st Mariner Arena, which opened in 1961 at Baltimore Street and Hopkins Place.
Baltimore banker Edwin F. Hale Sr., chairman of Visit Baltimore and owner of the Baltimore Blast soccer team, which plays at 1st Mariner Arena, said he was pleased that plans now call for holding off razing the old arena until a new one opens.
"I'm happy about that," Hale said of the new plan.


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ALBANY, NY -- New York health clubs are required by law to have emergency medical equipment to respond quickly to a heart attack, but according to a recent survey by the New York Attorney General's Office, two-thirds of the gyms across the state lack cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment such as gloves and breathing masks.
"Every moment counts to a person in cardiac arrest," says Eliot Spitzer, state attorney general, whose staff surveyed the health clubs. "Increasing compliance with this law will help save lives."
Thirty-five out of the 231 clubs that were surveyed had CPR equipment, but more than 80 percent of the clubs with more than 500 members reported that they complied with the law to have defibrillators and trained operators on site.
Download a PDF of the report.


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Massachusetts: Pug Breeders
Below is a sample search of our Pug breeders with puppies for sale. The search tool above returns a list of breeders located nearest to the zip or postal code you enter. From there you can see photos of their pups, find detailed information on their web page and contact them by email, phone or even get driving directions.
(Detailed contact information has been omitted. Enter your zip or postal code above to access our up-to-date directory).
This is a FREE search tool! Use the form at the top to get complete listings for breeders in your area!
Additional Information: NO PUPPIES AVAILABLE AS OF 6/10/2019Call/email Tony Costa anytime with future litter inquiries.ALL OUR PUGS WERE RECENTLY TESTED FOR P.D.E. AND ARE ALL NON-CARRIERS.
We breed Pugs for temperament and quality. We try to breed the closest we can to the AKC regulations. Our puppies are from AKC champion blood... ...
Gifford's Pugs
Additional Information: No puppies available at this time
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Couture Pugs
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Pug Puppy Breeder of Boston
Additional Information: Heavy champion bloodlines, BLACK & FAWN Pug Pups Due April 13th & 26th, 2019 https://pugpuppy.shutterfly.com Many references on my website. Wait list started. Email me your phone #. All pups $2500.
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Pug Express
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Additional Information: I have a litter due at the end of August.
Pugs of Course
Additional Information: Nory is expecting a litter around January 30th 2018. Send me an email if you are interested and would like to be put on the list.
Royal Abbey PUGS NYC
Additional Information: I have 1 fawn Male cutie pie 11 weeks old ..He is Anxious to meet His forever Family Fawn Cutie $1,075 Shots/de wormed Vet certified
KayJo Pugs
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joan moore
Additional Information: Have a fawn male, born 7/7/19. Will be ready to go home week after labor day. Listing updated 8/17/19. See pics
We are full time breeders and our pups are home raised and loved. Will be started on wee wee pads. Our pups come with ACA pet pedigree... ...
Rainbow Pugs
Additional Information: WE WILL NOT HAVE PUPS AVAILABLE TIL LATE 2018 Due to long wait list.
PUPPIES ~ NO PUPS AT THIS TIME. Our pups are delivered in our bedroom, and raised in our living room. Our dogs are family pets, not... ...
Christina's Angel's/Panini Pugs
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We are a private breeder here in Northern N.J, producing standard and rare pugs of color. We produce Black, Fawn, Apricot (reddish... ...
Pugz Pawz
Additional Information: Family owned, dedicated AKC pug breeder. All our dogs and pups are raised in our home not a kennel.Our dogs are all pre-spoiled, socialized and up to date on shots.
All our beautiful happy healthy pug babies have been adopted and are now in there fur-ever loving homes 🐾🐾 NO AVAILABLE PUG... ...
Small Wonders pugs
Additional Information: No more pups til early spring 2020!Our newest pug Kira who I imported from Russia fawn akc pug with ch lines will be mom to litter next yr.So we won't have any pups this yr.
No more pups til early spring 2020!!I am a small home breeder with one breeding AKC female fawn pug names Kira imported from Russia,she has... ...
Adorable Pugs
Additional Information: All puppies come with first shots and dewormed. They are health guaranteed and raised with children, dogs and cats. We do NOT ship. It is too high of a risk.
We have puppies available now! Only a few left! They come with their first set of shots, dewormed and first stages of potty training. They... ...
Casull Pugs
Additional Information: **AKC reg'd Fawn & Black puppies. **AKC Champion males available for stud service. **Retired adult Pugs available sometimes. **Also some rescue Pugs who need homes at times.
Puppies to pet homes range from $2,000 - 2,800. There is an application process and a spay/neuter contract. 2019: We... ...
Additional Information: Happy and Loving Pug Puppies will be ready to go to their new home in Jan-Feb 2020
Sorry due to overwhelming emails, I haven't been able to reply quick enough. There are No Pups available at this time. We... ...
Hug A Pug
Additional Information: Welcome to Hug A Pug Forever. We raise A.K.C. Registered pugs for Health -Temperament & Longevity. All our pugs are PDE and PKDEF Tested. We breed to our own standard and strive to make adding a pug to your family an enjoyable experience.
Update: All our pups are currently reserved. We are expecting another litter in late November. If you would like to be added to our... ...
Dogtown Pugs
Additional Information: Welcome to the site of the Dogtown Pugs! We are located in the rural mountainous area of Northeast Pennsylvania--but don't let the word "rural" frighten you! We are not far from the interestates I-80 and I-81. We have raised many animals (chickens, ducks, geese, cats, rescued dogs, rabbits, honey bees...etc) but in 2004, our lives changed when three pugs were made part of our family. We've heard many snorts, snores and sneezes but we've grown to love their noises and humorous, yet sweet personalities. We hope you can find a pug to add humor and a new lasting friendship to your life, along with a lot of love and kisses.
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A&e happy pugs
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Super Cooper
Additional Information: Cooper is available for stud service. His fee is $500. He is a great stud who is in great health, has an amazing temperament and is overall a great pug! He produces adorable, large litters!
Cooper is a happy, healthy, absolutely adorable 2 1/2 year old male pug with awesome markings and great genes! He is energetic, friendly, and... ...
Pony Tails Kennel
Additional Information: Pony Tails Kennel is family Owned-and operated. Located in Maryland, we are dedicated to breeding Beautiful, Healthy Puppies.
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Phoenix NY Pugs
Additional Information: My girls are European/Canadian/American Champion bloodlines.They are PDE n/n, DM,MHA,PKD clear,eye CERF'd clear, heart & patellas clear. I breed for health and breed standard.
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Primosten vineyards in stone
vineyards are granted the official status of a monument to human efforts - they are also found in the lobby of the United Nations building.
Jurlinovi yard
Jurlinovi court in Primosten Burnji not just a tourist attraction, although they visited a year on average ten thousand tourists. Neither Etnoland, although so are the tourist maps. Not solely or cultural property, however, since February this year the list of protected cultural goods are of Croatian. Neither the marvelous architecture of the Dalmatian hinterland, although passengers navratnici remain amazed functionality and simplicity of this architecture. Not even the sacred complex, although in a small house church and the church museum. Neither gallery, and they have said. Neither the library, and is an integral part of this extraordinary complex. Not even a tavern or restaurant, but every traveler, to soothe body and soul, he was honored with good wine and brandy, fetom ham and cheese supreme, and if it is announced, and meals that used to eat our (great) grandparents. So Jurlinovi all are, but they are. The story of them is rich and long.
Primosten is rich with natural gravel and sand beaches in the coves of Vela and Mala Raduča, Primosten and Peles.


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This chapter describes how to use SmartUpgrade within Oracle JDeveloper. Refer to the following sections for more information:
Verifying the Oracle JDeveloper SmartUpgrade Extension Installation
To use SmartUpgrade with Oracle JDeveloper, you must install Oracle JDeveloper 11g Release 1 (18.104.22.168.0) or later.
When you install Oracle JDeveloper 11g, you must also install the Oracle WebLogic Server software that is part of the Oracle JDeveloper installation package. SmartUpgrade automatically uses required libraries and other software from the Oracle WebLogic Server software that you install with Oracle JDeveloper.
Before you begin, verify that the Oracle JDeveloper SmartUpgrade extension has been installed and configured:
Start Oracle JDeveloper.
Select File > New.
In the Categories tree of the New Gallery, select General then Applications.
In the Items list, verify that the Java EE Upgrade Application option appears in the list of Items, as shown in Figure 2-1.
If this option does not appear in the list, then refer to Section 1.7, "Downloading and Installing SmartUpgrade".
Figure 2-1 Java EE Upgrade Application Item in the New Gallery Dialog
To generate a SmartUpgrade report or to optionally generate artifacts to help you upgrade your applications, you use the Java EE Upgrade Wizard.
Refer to the following sections for more information:
There are two ways to start Java EE Upgrade wizard, which guides you through the process of analyzing your application with SmartUpgrade.
The following sections describe these two options:
To start the Java EE Upgrade wizard and save the results to a new Oracle JDeveloper application:
Choose File > New to display the New Gallery.
In the Categories tree, select General then Applications.
In the Items list, double-click Java EE Upgrade Application(Figure 2-1).
To start the Java EE Upgrade wizard and save the results to a new project within an existing Oracle JDeveloper application:
Choose File > New to display the New Gallery.
You can also right-click an existing project and select New from the context menu.
In the Categories tree, select General then Projects.
In the Items list, double-click Java EE Upgrade Project (Figure 2-2).
Figure 2-2 Java EE Upgrade Project Item in the New Gallery Dialog
Refer to the following sections for information about using the Java EE Upgrade wizard:
Types of Archives and Projects Supported by the SmartUpgrade Oracle JDeveloper Extension
Limiting the Analysis to Specific SmartUpgrade Rule Categories
Analyzing Applications Deployed on Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)
Table 2-1 describes the pages of the Java EE Upgrade wizard. Note that the pages that appear will vary depending on how you started the wizard and the type of report you want to generate.
Table 2-1 Summary of the Java EE Upgrade Application Wizard Pages
|Page Name
|More Information
This page appears only if you use the Java EE Upgrade Application wizard.
Enter a name for the new Oracle JDeveloper application that SmartUpgrade creates after analyzing your OC4J application.
The resulting upgrade report will be saved in a project inside the application.
Press F1 or click Help on the wizard page.
Enter a name for the default project that SmartUpgrade creates after analyzing the selected application or project.
The resulting upgrade report will be saved in this project.
Press F1 or click Help on the wizard page.
Upgrade Report Type (Figure 2-3)
Select the type of upgrade report you want to create.
Note that if you are creating a new application, then the option to analyze an existing application does not appear on the page.
To analyze one or more existing Oracle JDeveloper projects, you must use the Java EE Upgrade Project wizard.
Press F1 or click Help on the wizard page.
OC4J Artifacts (Figure 2-4)
The content of this page varies, depending upon the upgrade report type you select on the previous page.
Select the enterprise archives, Oracle JDeveloper projects, or OC4J server directory you want to analyze, and specify any related options available on the page.
In addition, you can:
Press F1 or click Help on the wizard page.
Section 18.104.22.168, "Types of Archives and Projects Supported by the SmartUpgrade Oracle JDeveloper Extension"
Section 18.104.22.168, "Limiting the Analysis to Specific SmartUpgrade Rule Categories"
Section 126.96.36.199, "Analyzing Applications Deployed on Oracle Application Server 10g Release 2 (10.1.2)"
Required Inputs (Figure 2-5)
This page appears if the following are true:
Section 2.3.3, "Setting Properties on the Required Inputs Page"
Section 188.8.131.52, "Types of Archives and Projects Supported by the SmartUpgrade Oracle JDeveloper Extension"
Figure 2-3 Java EE Upgrade Application Wizard - Upgrade Report Type Page
Figure 2-4 Java EE Upgrade Application Wizard - OC4J Artifacts Page When Analyzing an Enterprise Archive
Figure 2-5 Java EE Upgrade Application Wizard - Required Inputs Page
When running SmartUpgrade from Oracle JDeveloper, you can analyze the following:
An existing enterprise archive (EAR) file, Web archive (WAR) file, Java archive (JAR) file, or WinRAR (RAR) file.
One or more Oracle JDeveloper projects within the current Oracle JDeveloper application
If you want to analyze Web services within an application, you must select an EAR file. You cannot analyze or generate artifacts for Web services within an open Oracle JDeveloper application or project.
By default, SmartUpgrade generates a report and optionally generates artifacts by applying all rule categories to the selected archive or OC4J server configuration.
However, if you want to limit the size of the report, or if you want to focus on a particular aspect of your application, you can limit the analysis to a specific set of SmartUpgrade rule categories.
For example, to analyze only the data-source configuration of the
myApp.ear application:
Start the Java EE Upgrade wizard, as described in Section 2.3.1, "Starting the Java EE Upgrade Wizard".
On the OC4J Artifacts page in the wizard, click Advanced to display the Rules Management dialog box.
Use the check boxes to select the rules categories you want SmartUpgrade to use during the current application analysis.
For a description of the SmartUpgrade rule categories you can apply when generating your reports and, optionally, your application artifacts, refer to Table 3-4.
By default, SmartUpgrade is configured to analyze applications that were previously deployed on Oracle Application Server 10g Release 3 (10.1.3). However, if you are upgrading from 10g Release 2 (10.1.2), you can indicate the specific version of OC4J you are using:
Start the Java EE Upgrade wizard, as described in Section 2.3.1, "Starting the Java EE Upgrade Wizard".
On the OC4J Artifacts page in the wizard, click Advanced to display the Rules Management dialog box.
Select 10.1.3 or 10.1.2 from the OC4J Server Version section of the dialog box.
If the application you are upgrading contains any Web services, data sources, EJBs or other object types for which SmartUpgrade can generate artifacts, then the Java EE Upgrade wizard usually displays the Required Inputs page (Figure 2-5).
For information about setting some the options on this page, refer to the following sections:
Learning About Each of the Web Services Artifact Generation Options
You can learn more about the options on the page by referring to the following resources:
Select a option on the page and review the text in the Description field.
Table 3-2, "Summary of Optional SmartUpgrade Command-Line Options"
Table 3-3, "Summary of the Command-Line Options Specific to Generating Artifacts"
Select the Generate Instrumented Code for Performance Analysis property on the Required Inputs wizard page if you want to collect performance data and generate an HTML report that displays the performance impact of the additional code generated for the upgraded application.
After the upgraded Web service is deployed on Oracle WebLogic Server, it will generate an HTML report that summarizes the performance impact of the glue code. If there are multiple Web services, multiple report files will be generated.
For more information, see Section 4.2.3, "Analyzing the Performance Impact of the Web Services Glue Code Generated by SmartUpgrade".
In some cases, when SmartUpgrade is analyzing the artifacts of your application, it might find that some manual steps are required before the application artifacts can be upgraded. In other cases, it might find that some properties that you did not provide are required.
In those cases, a finding appears in the Upgrade Report called, "Web Service Artifact Generation 10.1.3" or "Web Service Artifact Generation 10.1.2". This finding summarizes the state of upgrade process and provides the steps the user should take.
Note that a warning also appears in the SmartUpgrade log window at the bottom of the Oracle JDeveloper window.
In other cases, the "Web Service Artifact Generation" finding describes additional steps you must take before continuing with the Web services upgrade.
To run SmartUpgrade again and continue with the Web services upgrade process:
Right-click the upgrade report in the Oracle JDeveloper Application Navigator and select Regenerate from the context menu (Figure 2-6).
Oracle JDeveloper displays the Report Generation dialog (Figure 2-7). Use this dialog to control whether the original findings in the report are overwritten on SmartUpgrade subsequent run.
If you are using the finding status to keep track of which findings have been implemented and which are currently in progress, select All or Modified.
If you do not select All or Modified, then the entire report is regenerated and any status settings you selected for individual findings will be lost.
For more information, see Section 2.4.5, "Using the Finding Status to Track Your Work".
Click Next to display the Required Inputs dialog box.
Oracle JDeveloper displays the Required Inputs dialog, which is similar to the Required Inputs wizard page that appeared when you first ran SmartUpgrade, except that it contains only the properties you originally supplied, plus the additional properties that are required to continue the upgrade process.
Provide the missing property values and click OK.
SmartUpgrade analyzes the Web services in the application again and attempts to complete the artifact generation. If additional properties are required, you might be prompted to continue the upgrade process again.
Figure 2-6 Selecting Regenerate from the Upgrade Report Context Menu
Figure 2-7 Report Generation Screen Displayed When You Choose to Regenerate the SmartUpgrade Report
After you generate a SmartUpgrade upgrade report in Oracle JDeveloper, you can sort and filter the findings. You can use this feature to focus on the most important findings first.
Refer to the following sections for more information:
Using the Upgrade Findings Toolbar to Filter SmartUpgrade Findings
Using the Structure Window to Sort and Filter SmartUpgrade Findings
To view the upgrade report, use the Application Navigator to open the project you created with the Java EE Upgrade wizard. Locate the upgrade report under the Application Sources folder in the project and select the upgrade report (Figure 2-8).
Note that the report is divided into three tabs:
The Report tab, which contains a summary of the report and a list containing each finding generated by SmartUpgrade for the selected application
The Categories tab, which lists the categories of SmartUpgrade rules that were applied when generating the report.
The Resources tab, which lists the archives or projects that were analyzed by SmartUpgrade to generate the report.
For more information about the types of information available for each finding on the Report tab, see Section 2.4.2, "Information Available in Each Finding".
Figure 2-8 SmartUpgrade Report in Oracle JDeveloper
SmartUpgrade provides the following information within each finding within a SmartUpgrade report:
The reason defines why the finding exists. It often identifies a particular element or attribute in the deployment descriptors of the application archive or in the configuration files of the OC4J server. It also identifies the dependency APIs used in the application, which need to be changed before the application can be deployed to Oracle WebLogic Server.
Advice for how to remedy the problem.
The advice identifies the actions you must take to resolve the issues identified in the finding. The advice often includes instructions or references to documentation that can help you modify the application or the Oracle WebLogic Server environment appropriately.
The implications of the finding. The implication is optional (not always shown) and indicates the differences in behavior (if any) that will be noticed in the upgraded application as a result of following the finding's advice.
Links to any generated artifacts associated with the finding. For example, for some data sources, SmartUpgrade generates samples XML code you can use to define the data sources in the application when it is deployed on Oracle WebLogic Server. For more information, see Chapter 4, "Using SmartUpgrade Generated Artifacts".
Figure 2-9 shows a sample finding within a SmartUpgrade report.
Figure 2-9 Sample Finding in a SmartUpgrade Report
If your report contains a long list of findings, you can easily group or filter the list using the Upgrading Findings toolbar (Figure 2-10).
Figure 2-10 Using the Upgrade Findings Toolbar
Table 2-2 describes each of the icons and menus available in the Upgrade Findings toolbar.
Table 2-2 Summary of the Upgrade Findings Toolbar Options
|Icon or Menu
Click this icon to copy the contents of the report to the clipboard in regular text format. You can then paste it into a separate document or program.
Click this icon to collapse all the findings so you can scroll down and see the main headings for each finding, but not the details.
Click this icon to expand all the findings so the detail is displayed for every finding in the report.
Use this submenu to group the findings by finding by artifact, category, complexity, or priority.
For example, if you group the findings by priority, all the required findings are listed in the report first, followed by all the findings that SmartUpgrade identifies as recommended, followed by all the findings that are informational.
You can also control whether or not the groups are sorted in ascending or descending order. For example, if group your findings by category, you can determine which category of findings appears at the top of the report.
Use this submenu to filter the findings by type, priority, or category.
When you select an item from this menu, all the findings that do not meet the selected criteria are hidden.
For example, you can filter out all but the required findings.
The structure window (Figure 2-11) under the Oracle JDeveloper navigation pane provides a view of the report structure. You can use this structure window to filter the findings in your report.
Figure 2-11 SmartUpgrade Report Structure Window
In this default view, you can quickly view all findings of a particular priority. For example, click Required to show only the findings that are marked as "Required."
You can also use the Sort menu in the Structure view to change the list. For example, select Complexity from the Sort menu to show a list of the complexity categories. You can then select one of the categories to view only the findings of that category in the Report window.
At any time, you can click the root node in the structure view (UpgradeReport in Figure 2-11) to view all the findings in the report.
As you review the Upgrade report, note that you can track your progress using the Finding Status menu (Figure 2-12).
Figure 2-12 The Finding Status Menu
For example, for each finding that you finish implementing, select Complete. For those that are not implemented, use the Ignore, Incomplete, or In Progress settings. You can then quickly scan the report to see how much remaining work is required.
Note that if you need to regenerate the report, you must select All or Modified on the Report Generation dialog if you want to don't want the new report to overwrite your status settings.
For more information, see Section 2.3.4, "Continuing with the Upgrade When Generating Artifacts".


text: For those individuals who have successfully built or currently successfully build their own system(s) and/or have successfully modified or do successfully modify their prebuilt system(s) for maximum CPU performance, and for those individuals who are earnestly interested in successfully building or modifying their own personal prebuilt system(s) for maximum CPU performance, this thread is dedicated to being a one-stop-shop for locating information helpful for successfully maximizing CPU performance. There are other threads (and forums) for the expression of views by those who advocate (or believe) that doing neither is best and there are other threads (and forums) for software, including OS, installation [such as http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=185097 ] and tweaking [such as http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=233891&st=0 or http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196771 ], but this isn't one of those threads. So with that opening in mind, I hope that those of you who are experienced and successful at maximizing CPU performance by system build and/or modification contribute your knowledge so that those who truly desire to learn how to enhance their system's CPU's performance are enlightened. I hope that those of you who truly desire to learn how to enhance system CPU performance by system build and/or modification get your questions answered clearly and satisfactory. By using the phrase "CPU Related Performance" I intend that this thread also include information regarding other modifications such as, but not limited to, better cooling, faster storage, video card upgrades for OCL/CUDA assist, PCI-e based CPU assist, and memory upgrades. Please revisit this first post regularly as I will be continually compiling here a resource summary for building and modifying different systems. This summary includes: I. Modifying an Intel Mac Pro : 1) Mac Pro 1,1 - (a) CPU swap [For possible Xeon 5100 CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 5100.html ; for possible Xeon 5300 CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 5300.html and for standard/approved configurations see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro ] and/or BSEL/VID mod [ http://www.o0o.it/pro/ ]; (b) EFI utility for 2006 MP [ http://forum.netkas.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=1094.0;attach=888 ]; (c) ZDNet utility [ http://www.zdnet.de/magazin/3919221...king-tool-enhances-performance-of-mac-pro.htm ] works best with 800 MHz ram; (d) smcFanControl [ http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrol ]; (e) more powerful fans at front and back of base. Caveat: may -> greater noise; (f) Combo of preceding will likely work best; (g) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . 2) Mac Pro 2,1 - (a) same as Mac Pro 1,1, except (depending on your CPU) BSEL/VID mod may not be needed and EFI utility for 2006 MP isn't needed; (b) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . 3) Mac Pro 3,1 - (a) same as Mac Pro 2,1, except 800 MHz ram comes stock, no BSEL/VID mod needed, and CPU options differ [For possible Xeon 5400 CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 5400.html and for standard/approved configurations see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro ]; (b) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . 4) Mac Pro 4,1 - (a) CPU swap - long 3mm allen key needed for the job [For possible Xeon 3500 1-CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 3500.html; for possible Xeon 5500 2-CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 5500.html and for standard/approved configurations see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro ], but Westmere 6-core options [For possible Xeon 3600 1-CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 3600.html; for possible Xeon 5600 2-CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/TYPE-Xeon 5600.html and for standard/approved configurations see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro ] require EFI utility for 2009 MP [ http://forum.netkas.org/index.php/topic,852.0.html ]. Lidless CPUs were impossible for me to find. The standard covered Xeons will fit under the heat sinks that Apple uses for the dual-processor 4,1s. Swap requires 4 washers (bought mine from The Home Depot) and additional thermal padding. See, e.g., http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=781908&page=1 . (b) smcFanControl [ http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/23049/smcfancontrol ]; and/or (c) more powerful fans. Caveat: may -> greater noise; (d) Also consider getting DDR3 1333 MHz memory if you use Westmeres via the EFI utility; (e) Combo of preceding will likely work best; (f) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: #3 -wonderspark (Bonus- PCI card/Storage upgrade info); ... . 5) Mac Pro 5,1 - (a) same as Mac Pro 4,1, except no EFI utility needed and only Westmere CPUs [For possible Xeon 3600 1-CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/T...on 3600.html; for possible Xeon 5600 2-CPU configurations see http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Xeon/T...on 5600.html and for standard/approved configurations see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Pro ] should be considered. Mac Pro 5,1 comes with DDR3 1333 MHz memory; (b) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: #7-jasonvp; ... . 6) Mac Pro 6,1 (a) CPU swap; (b) Memory swap/upgrade; (c) Storage swap/upgrade; (d) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . II. Building your own system: Please keep in mind that you must be willing to continuously learn and eventually do for yourself; than pay it forward to the newcomers. 1) Single CPU system - (a) Gigabyte motherboards recommended for a good combination of price/performance/flexibility. Consider an X79 Sandy Bridge (socket 2011) motherboard and a Xeon 1650 [3.2 -> 3.8 GHz] - has error correction support - $583 for best price/performance if you can use 6 cores or a Xeon 1620 [3.6 -> 3.9 GHz] - has error correction support - $294 for best price/performance if all that you need are 4 cores http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bridge. For the best performance if you going to be over- or under- clocking the system, get memory at least one, and preferably two, steps higher than that recommended by the motherboard manufacturer. That means, e.g., if the manufacturer recommends DDR3 1333 MHz memory, get DDR3 1600, or preferably DDR3 1800/1866 memory, because you'll need that headroom whether you overclock or underclock, unless you rely solely on just increasing the CPU multiplier on an unlocked CPU. Tweaked i7 3960X [ http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/562206 ] and 3930K [ http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/590733 ] single processor systems are beginning to displace older 2P+ systems even on pages 3 and 4 of top Geekbench 2 scores, yielding Geekbench 2 scores in the 27,000 - 30,000 range; thus, surpassing the benchmarks of the top of the line 2P 2010/2012 Mac Pros, even those with the 5690X processor swap. Keeping my system's V-core within Spec VID, the best that I could achieve with the 3930k was a Geekbench 2 score of 27605 in Windows 7 [ http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/850697 ]. Moreover, the performance delta between 2 proc self-builds and 1 proc self-builds appears to be narrowing; thus, the glow of 2 proc self-build systems appears to be fading, especially it view of the widening cost delta of 2 proc self-build systems over 1 proc self-build systems. ASRocks have gotten very good reviews and their literature says (and some of the reviews have mentioned that claim) that it has a feature whereby you can lock down the things that Intel has lately tied to the BCLK so that you can over- and under-clock the Sandy Bridge cpus just like with the Westmere cpus (they call it: " Untied Overclocking Technology"). Here's how one of their manuals describes it: 2.26 Untied Overclocking Technology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, BCLK enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE buses. Before you enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter "Overclock Mode" option of UEFI setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [Manual]. Therefore, BCLK is untied during overclocking, but PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that BCLK can operate under a more stable overclocking environment. Before buying an ASRock motherboard, I suggest that you confirm whether ASRock's literature is accurate. You should call or email them. (b) Cases/cooling - I prefer the Antec Twelve Hundred. See 2(b), below. (c) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . 2) Dual CPU system - (a) EVGA SR-2 motherboards for Nehalem and Westmere CPUs are still the best for dual CPU builds. EVGA SRX was for Sandy Bridge E5s, but its been discontinued. Asus has Sandy Bridge E5 dual CPU challengers, but I do not recommend them - the original and replacements I've had were all poorly manufactured and all were not dependable. Gigabyte has a 2P E5 Board - the Gigabyte GA-7PESH1 Dual Socket LGA2011 Motherboard, briefly reviewed at http://www.ocaholic.ch/xoops/html/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=714&page=0 , which is now a part of Gigabyte's lineup of single and dual processor Sandy Bridge E5 single and dual processor motherboards: http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/list.aspx?cg=11&p=189&v=16&ck=101 . Gigabyte also introduced its line of bare bone dual processor rack servers based on the Intel Xeon Sandy Bridge E5 Family: http://www.gigabyte.us/press-center/news-page.aspx?nid=1138. Also see http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/EBrochure/gigabyte_2h12_server_catalog_b.pdf for Gigabytes' brochure. 2 proc Sandy Bridge E5 mobo shootout: Supermicro X9DAi http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/599576 Intel S2600CO http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/658811 HP Z820 Workstation (often it's like the Tyan motherboard) http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/654366 ASUSTeK Z9PE WS-D8 http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/580661 For the best performance if you going to be over- or under- clocking the system (only an option on the EVGA SR-2), get memory at least one, and preferably two, steps higher than that recommended by the motherboard manufacturer. That means, e.g., if the manufacturer recommends DDR3 1333 MHz memory, get at least DDR3 1600, or preferably DDR3 1800/1866 memory, because you'll need that headroom whether you overclock or underclock, unless you rely solely on just increasing the CPU multiplier on an unlocked CPU; (b) Case/Cooling - There are Mountain Mod cases [ http://www.mountainmods.com/computer-cases-c-21.html ] and Lian Li cases [e.g., http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112312 ] that are roomy and completely functional. However, since I like sleek styling, a front grill look and I'm more interested in cooling, I now use modified Antec Twelve Hundreds [ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129100 ] because, for cooling - then desired styling, nothing beats these metal cases for the price. They have 3 - 120mm front panel ("FP") fans. I've reversed the flow of the top one to be an exhaust and swapped its positioning with the DVD drives, but a little more on that later. There's a 120mm fan on the side for additional cooling for the GPU. There's a 200mm fan on the top (we all know that heat rises). There's a grill on the rear for the card slots to exhaust PCIe card heat. But most important to me are the 2 120 mm fan accommodations on the rear. I've set them up as 2 air intakes for dual fan radiator cooling, i.e., ->fan->radiator->fan----->reversed FP fan->) for 2 Corsair 80s [ http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835181016 ] for cooling two CPUs. (c) SR-2 recommended bios settings: i) Under Frequency/Voltage Control for overclocking change the following to: PCIE Frequency Setting - 102-103; ii) Under Voltage Configuration for clock tweaking change the following to: All Bootup and Eventual Vcore to "Auto;" All Bootup VTT's to 3.50 to 3.75, depending on stability needs; All Eventual VTT's to 3.75 to 1.4, depending on stability needs; IOH to 3.75 to 1.4, depending on stability needs. Leave all other parameters at default, except disable VDroop. iii) Under Signal Tweaks change the following to: Only PCIE Signals 1 and 2 should be "Auto", all of the rest should be set at their maximum negative value; iv) Under CPU Configuration change the following to: Only Max CPUID Value Limit should be disabled; everything else should be enabled, including but not limited to, Intel® SpeedStep(™) tech, TurboMode tech, and C-State tech. v) Under Memory Configuration change the following to: Try Auto/Default states for all until system is completely stable. vi) Advanced Settings:SATA Configuration:Configure SATA#1 as [AHCI] vii) Power Management Features:ACPI Configuration:General ACPI Configuration: Suspend Mode: [S3(STR)] viii) Power Management Features:ACPI Configuration:Chipset ACPI Configuration: High Precision Event Timer: [Enabled] (d) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . 3) 4+ CPU system - For Intel And AMD chips - SuperMicro (and now Asus) motherboards. Supermicro has a board with 4 full length PCI-e 2.0 slots and 4 G34 sockets and 16 ram slots that can handle 64 GB of unbuffered memory (and up to 256GB registered ECC) [ http://www.supermicro.com/a_images/products/Aplus/MB/H8QGL-6F_spec.jpg ]. Asus has also introduced quad processor servers. They are the RS920-E7/RS8 server [ http://www.asus.com/Server_Workstation/Servers/RS920E7RS8/ ] and RS926-E7/RS8 server [ http://www.asus.com/Server_Workstation/Servers/RS926E7RS8/ ]. Both support the Intel 4600 series 4-way Xeon® Romley-EP 4S and are equipped with 32 DIMM slots, onboard VGA and 6+1 expansion slots. They can contain eight hot-swap hard drives and 1+1 redundant power supplies and retail for between $2,500 to $3,000 w/o HDs, ram and CPUs. Supermicro has two quad processer (Xeon Sandy Bridge 4600s) motherboards: the MBD-X9QRi-F+ -B: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9QRi-F_.cfm and the MBD-X9QR7-TF+ -B: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9QR7-TF_.cfm . Before 3D Fluff ceased updating their cinebench scores site, an Opteron 6174 system with 48 cores and threads, running at 2.2 GHz on Win XP 64 bit, reported the highest reported Cinebench 11.5 score of 27.2 [ http://www.cbscores.com/index.php?sort=rend&order=desc ]. Now the latest G34 processors have 16 cores each and run at 3.1 Ghz each (not 2.2 Ghz); so they would probably have higher Cinebench 11.5 scores than the Opteron 6174 systems. The quad CPU Sandy Bridge 4600 systems are even better performers. (a) These systems don't support CPU tweaking very much; (b) For other very helpful information such as steps to follow, perceived level of difficulty, and time to complete, see the following posts: ... . III. My Fav Resources:: (1) 270-WS-W555 DSDT native power management modifications http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=233891 (2) DSDT — What is it and how do I get it? http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=278170 (3) DSDT editor and patcher http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=223205 (4) DSDT Forum http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showforum=228 (5) Decompiled original Apple DSDTs http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=152566 (6) nvidia 670 etc http://www.tonymacx86.com/mountain-...upgrade-ga-p55a-ud4-ga-z77x-up5-th-print.html (7) Chameleon Wizard - Utility for Chameleon http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=257464 (8) The all-in-one guide to Vanilla OS X Mountain Lion + Chameleon + DSDT for beginners http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=280756 (9) Latest : Chameleon 2.1svn Official PKG Installer & Binaries http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=231075 (10) System Info, an app to get hardware and kexts info http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=219584 (11) FakeSMC – absolutely essential – tricks OS X into thinking it's a real Mac http://www.projectosx.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1643 (12) NullCPUPowerManagement – generally required initially to prevent kernel panics, may not be needed once AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement is patched after install. http://www.osx86.net/view/16-nullcpupowermanagement_32--64-bit.html (13) Kext Utility v2.5.1 http://cvad-mac.narod2.ru/Kext_Utility/ IV. Cool Performance Innovations: 1) EIC Solutions has an interesting solution. These [ http://www.eicsolutions.com/blog/pre...protector-1043 ] pre-packaged air conditioned enclosures, if priced right, might spell the end to water cooling and case envy, and lead to the occurrence of higher and more frequent turbo boosting, better over clocking performance if you are into that, and prolonged system life. V. Credits: This summary is based on information gathered from various sources and resources regarding maximizing CPU performance, including posts in this thread and forum. VI. Suggestions: For anyone who has successfully built or currently successfully builds his/her own system(s) and/or has successfully modified or does successfully modify his/her own prebuilt system(s) for maximum CPU performance, please describe (or provide URL references to) what you did in sufficient detail for replication by someone who may be new to this endeavor? It might also be helpful to those new to this endeavor to get answers to questions such as the following: How do you evaluate the level of difficulty involved and why? What are the gotchas and other caveats, and how do you recommend countering or contending with them? What are the costs involved? What's the estimate of time it will take from start to completion? How do you measure the success or maximization of CPU performance achieved? Was the performance gain worth the cost, time, effort and any downsides? For all who are interested in this thread, what's new in CPU/CPU-GPU assisted performance and what might it mean to maximizing CPU or CPU-like performance?


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As the holiday season approaches, many scientists are preparing to adjust their habits to cope with the occasional stress arising from the conflict between the demands of the lab and family. Stress is also sensed at the cellular level, and there is growing evidence that an imbalance in lipid homeostasis triggers compensatory alterations in metabolism to relieve stress and rebalance the system.
The endoplasmic reticulum is a principal site for membrane biogenesis and a major distribution hub for lipid trafficking to and from the cell. It is not surprising, then, that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the focus of the cellular response to stress arising from lipid overload or lipid depletion. The ER stress response has been defined by delineating the biochemical signals and associated adaptations triggered by misfolded ER lumenal proteins or defects in protein glycosylation. Those stressors, acting through their downstream transcriptional effectors, also elicit significant changes in lipid metabolism, linking ER lipid homeostasis and protein quality control.
The transcriptional changes activated by ER stress target the biosynthetic pathways for cholesterol, fatty acid, phospholipid and/or triglyceride biosynthesis and can result in significant alterations in lipid composition, depending on the cell lineage and nature of the stress. Fatty acids, whether derived from the diet or synthesized de novo, are destined for either destruction by oxidation or incorporation into membrane structural lipids. If the fatty acid supply exceeds the capacity of these two processes, the excess fatty acids are converted to cholesterol esters and triglycerides and packaged into lipid droplets. Lipid droplet accumulation serves as an outlet to relieve the stress of fatty acid overload on ER membrane lipid biogenesis.
In September, the 50th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids was held in Regensburg, Germany. The five-day meeting focused on the biological and regulatory functions of lipid molecular species, but each session had presentations that touched on factors that govern lipid homeostasis and lipid droplet formation.
The presentations reflected the early development of LipidomicNet, the European Union Framework VII project focused on the structure of lipid droplets and their function in human health and disease that kicked off just last year. Lipid droplet formation is a hallmark of "energy-overload" metabolic diseases that are a major heath concern. One goal of LipidomicNet is to integrate lipid structure profiles with proteome and transcriptome analysis to reveal the interrelationship between gene expression and lipid droplet formation.
The project also manages the LipidomicNetWiki (www.lipidomicnet.org), in close collaboration with LIPID Metabolites and Pathways Strategy (LIPID MAPS) and Lipid Bank-Japan. One hope is that those investigators who "bump" into lipid metabolism in their work will take advantage of the LipidomicsWiki to help sort out the cellular responses to metabolic stress.
All members of the Lipidomics Expertise Platform are allowed to edit and add content to LipidomicNet-Wiki, so I encourage you to register with the LEP (http://bit.ly/2Y2nOo) and start contributing.
As for preventing holiday stress, I recommend watching out for lipid overload!
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KYOJI YAMAMOTO (Bow Wow, VowWow, Phenomena II) RELEASES NEW CD "VOYAGER: THE ESSENTIAL KYOJI YAMAMOTO"
NEW YORK You're the drummer for one of the most well-known bands on the planet. It's November, 2003, and you've just begun a year-long world tour by finishing up 2 sold-out dates in Tokyo in front of 26,000 rabid fans. What do you do now? Do you reach for your pharmaceutical of choice? Do you take advantage of the local lovelies backstage? Or do you just get back on the bus and fire up the game console?
If you're Lars Ulrich of Metallica, you grab your new bass player, Rob Trujillo, and go out into the night in search of the Holy Grail of guitar gods. You ask the taxi driver to take you to the Roppongi district, home to nightclubs, seedy love hotels and the occasional Yakuza. There, in a small nondescript club, you jam the night away with one of the finest guitarists the world has never heard of.
For 3 decades, Kyoji Yamamoto has enjoyed a stellar career in his native Japan, first as the leader of the seminal Japanese bands BowWow and Vow Wow, even appearing onstage with Bow Wow at the renowned Reading Festival.
Kyoji was also a member of the supergroup Phenomena II, and since has had homeland success as a producer and a solo artist. Despite a brief flirtation with international stardom in the 1980s, when Vow Wow relocated to the United Kingdom to ride the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, he has existed in relative obscurity in the West.
Until now.
City Boy Records (New York) has just released Voyager: The Essential Kyoji Yamamoto, a compilation that, for the first time ever outside of Japan, brings together 13 of the finest guitar instrumentals from Kyoji's 3 solo albums on one CD: Mind Arc (1998), Requiem (1999) and Time (2005). With extensive liner notes, never-before-seen photographs and 2 exclusive unreleased downloads, this CD release is the perfect introduction to a musician whose time has finally come.
From the arena-rock sound of "Voyager" to the hauntingly beautiful version of "Ave Maria"; from the Hendrix-inspired "Walrus" to the flamenco rave-up of "Spanish Pirates"; and from the aching blues of "River of Time" to the anthemic "Time (I Have Seen Everything and I Want to Tell You Something)," this CD will take you on a long and unforgettable voyage from Japan to your soul. All you have to do is let Kyoji Yamamoto be your guide.
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