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Unnatural Looking Nose After Revision Rhinoplasty
I initially had septorhinoplasty due to breathing problems. After which i had a revision, to cut it short the operations left me with a hanging columella and a rotated tip contributing to the over prominent large columella. Also i now have an unnatural looking nose with a pinched in sunken look and where on side view the boney portion is scooped out a little and where the bridge part on the... READ MORE
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Rhinoplasty for Correcting Thick-looking Nose?
On the side view, my nose bridge appears very thick, and looks like there's a separate piece covering half the nose, making the nose look unattractive and unnatural. Why does... READ MORE
Unnatural Nose Shape After Rhinoplasty Surgeries
I initially had Septo-Rhinoplasty due to breathing problems, followed by revision Rhinoplasty. Operations left me with a hanging, portruding columella, with the nose tip... READ MORE
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Velva Golf Club
It's time to hit the links at the new Star City Golf Course! The course is now open to members and the general public, thanks to an abundance of rain this spring.
The well thought-out design will present even experienced golfers with a challenging set of links and includes sand traps, trees and water hazards. The site also features a putting green, RV parking and soon, a clubhouse. Organizers are so confident of the course's success, they have purchased adjacent acerage to expand the course to 18 holes in the not-so-distant future.
This golf course is was built by volunteers, which cut the original estimated cost of nearly $1 million down to less than $400,000. All of the work to date is paid for, and members are now raising funds for the clubhouse.
The remaining clubhouse costs are estimated at approximately $100,000. Donations are 100% tax deductible, and gifts of $500 or more also include membership to the newest golf club in central North Dakota.
Velva Golf Club
Highway 41 North :: Velva, North Dakota 58790
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"The course is just fantastic: the fairways are so nice, they're wide and fair, and the grass is excellent to hit off."
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In everyday life, Nick King is an intelligent, easy-going UC Davis college co-ed.
On Saturdays, however, King — a seek-and-destroy defensive end for the Aggies — runs on pure primal instincts.
"I would like to think I'm the hunter and the quarterback is the prey," said King, a 6-foot-3, 245-pound junior. "And I have to go after him."
After suffering through two injury-plagued seasons, King — a former Marin IJ defensive player of the year at Redwood High — has honed his hunting skills to a razor's edge. He leads the team in sacks (5.5) and ranks in the top 50 nationally in tackles for loss (12.5).
"Nick is one of the best defensive linemen in the (Big Sky) Conference," said UC Davis first-year defensive line coach Will Kofe, a former defensive lineman at Arizona State. "He destroys the guy in front of him, and he does it day in and day out. You can't block him one-on-one. He's that good."
King is not the fastest lineman in the conference. And he's certainly not the biggest. But his passion for the game is off the charts.
"Here's the thing about Nick — he wants to be the best," Kofe said. "He puts his heart into every game."
When King talks about sacking the quarterback he's almost giddy.
"Quarterback is the pretty boy position," King said. "Seeing him stand back there in his clean uniform looking all nice, I can't help but feel a little resentment. It's fun knowing you get to dirty him up a little bit. I love getting after the quarterback."
King is enjoying tremendous success despite, for his position, being a tad undersized. He routinely lines up across from a left tackle tipping the scales at 300 pounds or more.
"The trenches are rough," he said. "We're going up against mostly 310-pound (lineman) all game."
King offsets his size disadvantage with speed, technique and by simply outworking his opponent.
"Nick's a real competitor," Kofe said. "He's a different kid compared to most of the group. He's hungry and always asking questions, trying to get better. And he's always watching film. I hear him telling his teammates, 'Hey, we're going to have a film party tonight.'"
King said he learned the power of watching film while spending a lot of time on the sidelines during his freshman and sophomore seasons in Davis.
"Being injured during my first two seasons, I had a lot of time to study film and I learned early on how valuable a tool it was," he said. "This season, I literally study film every week. I keep a notebook for my film studies.
"I have to study not only the left tackle who lines up across from me, but the entire offensive scheme of the team we're playing that week. There's a lot of preparation that goes into every game."
With King leading the defense, the Aggies might be better than their 3-7 overall record would suggest. They have lost close games to Montana State (the second-ranked team in the Football Championship Subdivision) and Saturday dropped a 31-28 heartbreaker to FCS No. 6 ranked Eastern Washington.
The Aggies close out the season Saturday when they host Sacramento State at 3 p.m. in the 59th annual Causeway Classic.
Kofe said King takes losses personally.
"After a loss, Nick will come up to me and say, 'I'm sorry, I didn't play hard enough for you, coach,'" Kofe said. "And I tell him, 'You did everything I could possible ask of you. There's no reason to apologize.'"
King said he visited his alma mater, Redwood, a few weeks back and took in a football game.
"I talked to some of my friends (and former teammates) back home and they all wish they could be out there still playing football," King said. "I couldn't be happier. I'm living the dream."
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Madchild – It Gets Better ft. Sophia Danai [Video]
Vancouver, BC – Battleaxe fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of Lawn Mower Man, and Madchild keeps the anticipation building by dropping off some more new visuals.
"It Gets Better," featuring Sophia Danai, was directed by Big Shot Music Inc. and Jon Thomas. Lawn Mower Man will be available everywhere on August 6. You can pre-order it now on iTunes and the Sub Noize Store. #BAXWAR
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I had abdominal lipo suction done in May. I had some unevenness and lumps, therefore my plastic surgeon did a revision of my abdominal with additional liposuction about two weeks ago. Now I have a 6 cm horizontal indentation below my belly button that does not resolve by hyperextending my abdomen (curving my back). It is hard and I can feel a defined ridge. I am very worried. This is already my second surgery. I had 2 pounds removed in May (but the lumpiness was awful) and 1 pound two weeks ago
Horizontal Abdominal Indention Post Revised Abdominal Liposuction? (photo)
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Liposuction and recovery
At just two weeks following liposuction it is not unusual to experience some lumpiness or even an area of indentation. Be certain that your compression garment isn't contributing to the problem by creasing or folding on itself. If it does be sure to straighten the garment. At this point, it should be safe to start performing massage to the area. massaging can also help break up areas of swelling and/or scarring. Check back with your surgeon and let him/her know your concerns. But give it time. Best wishes.
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Surgical Follow-up
It is best to have a follow-up with your surgeon to find out the next best steps. It is important to always have a follow-up appointment to make sure you are healing correctly.
Ridge after liposuction?
Do you have a surgical scar there? Was that ridge there at all before your second procedure? It is hard to know what is going on without a better history and seeing your original preoperative photos. Ridges can form from too much liposuction in an area, as the cannula removes a line or tunnel of fat. Correcting liposuction contour irregularities with more liposuction can be very difficult. Since you are only 2 weeks from your last procedure, things may continue to change, but I would address this with your surgeon. I recommend massage post liposuction as soon as patients can tolerate it (usually 3-4 weeks after), and firm areas often soften up over time.
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We present a variant of the model introduced by Vogel and Yang [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 23, 1074 (2006)] for point-actuated deformable mirrors (DMs) with continuous facesheets, and we describe a robust efficient regularized- output least-squares computational scheme to estimate the parameters in the model, given noisy discrete observations of the DM response to known actuation. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach with experimental data obtained from a pair of DMs—a piezo-actuated prototype DM built by CILAS for the Thirty Meter Telescope Project and an electrostatically actuated commercial micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) DM produced by Boston Micromachines Corporation.
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According to Pat (Mr SoZo), I've finally done it. I've finally reached peak anchor. I'll grant him that this garment does feature A LOT of them, but I'm pretty sure this won't be the last anchor-clad item that sneaks its way into my wardrobe...
The truth is that, since I made them, rarely a day passes where I'm not wearing either my navy or mustard Cabernet cardigan. One or the other seem to go with just about every garment I own, and they are so comfy and easy to wear. I even wear my first, less successful, turquoise version a hellofalot when I'm at home (like right now in fact). So it wasn't a giant conceptual leap to decide to make another.
For this version, I decided to go use the width of the button stand/neckband from my navy (#2) version, and the width of the front panels from my mustard (#3) version. Like all my versions, I stabilised the shoulder seams with twill tape, and stitched the buttonholes on the button stand/neckband before attaching it to the rest of the garment, not at the end of the project. Sometimes it's so pleasing to make a garment that barely requires you to think during it's construction. Kind of an anti-challenge.
I spied this incredible anchor jacquard Ponte de Roma at the Fabric Godmother open day a couple of months ago, along with the ivory colour way. At the time, the ivory sung out to me the strongest and I bought 1.6m with cardigan dreams. When I got it home, although I still loved it, I begun to regret my decision. I realised the navy version as a cardigan would fit into my wardrobe better. So when I went to visit Josie (Fabric Godmother's owner) a few weeks later, I got some of the navy too. It's not cheap (£18 p/m) but it's the loveliest fabric to work with and wear: stable but with a soft handle. And it's really wide so I got a Cabernet out of it with plenty left to make some bits for Frankie too.
Yes, I did add anchor buttons too. What did you expect?
Pattern: PDF $12 (£8.37) from here. I've used it four times now so I'm counting my pattern cost as £2.00 for this projectFabric: £18 p/m from here. I used 1.6m for this project and got a little discount so cost me about £25
Total: £27
I'm really out of touch with high street prices these days, but I'm guessing that's in the ball park of what you'd expect to pay for a cut-and-sew cardi? However, I also got the added benefits of having the fun of making it, being able to tweak the fit to my personal specifications AND being able to ladle as many anchors into this project as feels correct.


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Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Creates Video to Help Kids Prepare for Surgery
Video shares top 10 things kids need to know about surgery
Knowing that kids have a lot of questions and concerns prior to surgery, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children has created "The Top 10 Things Kids Need to Know About Surgery." This fun, family-friendly video was designed to help kids understand what to expect before, during, and after their procedure.
Research has shown that children who are prepared for medical procedures experience less fear and anxiety and this video addresses many of the most frequently asked questions in a straight-forward, simple, and entertaining manner. The goal of the video is to give parents the information they need to talk about surgery with their kids.
Nemours is committed to making every contact within our health care system a uniquely satisfying experience. This video adds an important tool to our variety of resources that help patients and families prepare for surgery. What sets this video apart is that while it provides a wealth of important information, it does so in a very engaging, and even amusing way.
- This video was made possible by our generous donors through the Nemours Fund for Children's Health.
- Featuring a child narrator, the video takes you on Sheridan's journey on her day of surgery.
- Staff from duPont Hospital for Children's Peri-Operative Services and Child Life Department volunteered their time and efforts to create the video.
- The video features actual Nemours staff, families and patients.
"When a child needs surgery of any type, it can cause anxiety for the entire family. We hope this video will ease worries and take away some of that 'fear of the unknown' for kids as well as their parents or caregivers."
— Robert Redlinger, MSN, RN, Senior Director, Peri-Operative Services
About Nemours
Nemours is an internationally recognized children's health system that owns and operates the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, along with major pediatric specialty clinics in Delaware, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours offers pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy and prevention programs to all families in the communities it serves.


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I'm sure everyone buys a lot of computer parts for his/her project. Some of you may even do custom installs and make your own custom enclosures for the components. For example, taking apart the IR receiver and mounting the guts behind a smoked plexi panel in the dash or something like that. What do you guys do with the card board boxes and plastic enclosures? I can understand keeping the plastic enclosures but what about the retail box? Do you guys keep it for warranty, resale or any other reasons?
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Wat do you guys do with the retail boxes
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Wat do you guys do with the retail boxesNEW complete and updated My project with 100+ pics on 7-4-03
If you have a Shuttle FV24 motherboard in perfect working condition for sale, please PM me.Tags: None
Sometimes the retailbox is needed for warranty ( so i keep it or a piece of it ( for ex wit serial number)
If the box is pracitical i keep it to put electronik components inside for transport or all the parts needed for a project for ex.
Or I keep some very solid ones for shipping.
But normally I trow them away ( they are finishing later in recycling) .
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Heh, you dont want to see my room, im really bad about not throwing retail boxes away for computer parts. and usually, i keep the extra parts that dont get used or those that get dismantled in the retail boxes. as was said, it is handy for rma, as well as selling the parts in the future.-Nick
Since when is insanity a bad thing?
I just ordered a whole bunch of crap for my setup. Now I have all these boxes left over and I dont know what to do with them. I already filled up the guest bedroom. My room room is almost full. I guess I can start putting smaller boxes inside the larger boxes.NEW complete and updated My project with 100+ pics on 7-4-03
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What do you get when you cross an 800MHz Intel Pentium III processor with a 133MHz front side bus, 128MB of PC700 RDRAM (Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory), an AGP 4x slot with Fast Writes, a 32MB GeForce256 graphics card, and a 37GB ATA66 enabled hard drive? A record score of 321 in PC WorldBench and gaming frame rates bordering the 200 frames per second mark!
We were totally blown away by this machine's fantastic feats, and spent many hours repeating tests to make sure we weren't just seeing things. We tested the machine with Quake II, KingPin and 3D Mark 99 Max to compare results with machines from our Best Buys charts, but we also ran the Quake III timedemo 1 benchmark.
The lower resolutions of 640 x 480 and 800 x 600 is where the 800MHz Intel processor contributed greatly to produce supersonic frames rates of 198fps and 176fps, respectively, in Quake II. At the highest resolution setting of 1600 x 1200, the GeForce graphics adapter came into its own, supplying 61fps - a number we're more used to seeing at lower resolutions on other machines. Our 3DMark 99 Max test produced a score of 7221 3D Marks, the most that's ever been dished out in the Test Centre, but its 12063 CPU 3D Marks is still lower than that of the Athlon processor.
The machine's motherboard is based on the Intel 820 chip set, and has been a long time in the making. The infamous Rambus problem Intel had with the third memory slot on its motherboards has been resolved quite ingeniously by removing the third slot. One 128MB PC700 module and a terminator occupy the two RIMM (Rambus In-line Memory Module) slots found in this system. The terminator is required as the Rambus Channel directs the data flow through each slot continuously, reaching data transfer speeds up to a maximum of 1.6GB/sec. This motherboard has provided throughput increases in other areas as well, supporting AGP 4x for video bandwidth up to 1.07GB/sec, and implementing ATA66 to double the burst transfer rates of the IDE bus.
As usual, Dell can configure its systems to suit your individual needs, but for $5997 you get all the aforementioned features and performance as well as a SoundBlaster Live! Value sound card, an 8x DVD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing THX certified speakers, and a 19in monitor.
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Configuration: Intel Pentium III 800EB CPU, 128MB RDRAM, 37GB hard drive, 32MB GeForce graphics adapterExtra Features: 19in Dell monitor, 8x DVD-ROM drive, Altec Lansing ADA-885 speakers, internal 56Kbps modem, SoundBlaster Live! Value sound card, Microsoft Works Suite 99, McAfee Virus Scan, PowerGame Pack IIPrice: Not availableWarranty: 3 years/1 year on-siteVendor: DellPhone: 1800 335 502URL: www.dell.com.au


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The U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of kidnapping and assaulting three unauthorized female immigrants was found dead on Thursday in his apartment in Mission, Texas, federal agents said.
Authorities have not yet released a cause of death, Reuters reported.
On Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection found an injured woman who said she and two teenage girls had been assaulted by the agent. Authorities first found one of the girls, who had been stabbed, and early Thursday morning found the deceased agent and the second girl, who had been assaulted.
The three women had illegally entered Texas on Wednesday night, The McAllen Monitor reported.
The agent is suspected of raping the three: a mother, her 14-year-old daughter and another 14-year-old girl. According to The McAllen Monitor, local law enforcement officials believe the agent shot himself.


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Snowcial Media
Who says Facebook is a waste of time? When it earns you ski deals, I say social media is sweet. Today is Facebook Friday at Okemo, with $59 lift tickets. Don't worry if you missed this one, next week Feb 17 is another one so be sure you sign up on the Okemo Facebook fan page, and see details on this limited deal. Sunday River has had a few Facebook Fridays, and promises more towards springs, so like them too. Another deal, if you have a Sunday River pass, invite a friend to ski for $49 Sunday thru Friday available now through Feb 17.
Other resorts have equally intriguing specials for their fans and followers. Stratton had free skiing for Facebook followers who clicked on a photo and signed up last month, so stay tuned. See, don't you just love social media when it comes to skiing?
The other sweet thing about social media is getting up to the moment snow reports. Whether you have a ski app like Alpine Replay or The North Face, or follow your favorite ski resorts on Twitter and Facebook, you will be in the know about recent snow, who has lifts on wind hold, you get the picture. This social ski revolution has also caused ski areas to face their fiercest fans, about accuracy on accumulation and conditions. When resorts exaggerate their foot of snow, fans will not restrain from sharing the reality of a mere five inches via Twitter and Facebook fan pages.
But mostly, snowcial media is fun and informative. I have been getting almost daily tweets that it is snowing in Wyoming, which is cruel but funny since I was there last month under sunny, snowless skies.
See how much fun this is?!
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Forums > General Industry > affordability.
Posts: 48
Racine, Wisconsin, US
I just want to add that this is an awesome thread. I never saw it before and I want to than Alisyn for having it linked in her profile.
Nov 04 10 01:09 pm Link
Posts: 1783
Denver, Colorado, US
Shandra Stark wrote:
I have not read this entire thread, but it makes me happy to see people working together to find solutions. This is lovely!!
Feb 01 11 01:00 pm Link
Posts: 2088
Los Angeles, California, US
The trading for space works for models as well. I host models, maus, photographers, designers, whatever! I also try to stock my house with food appropriate to their dietary needs and wants.
Feb 01 11 02:10 pm Link
Posts: 1823
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Not sure if this was mentioned... I have an arrangement with a couple photographers in my general area that allows us to build a really good working relationship without breaking the photographer's bank. I'll shoot with them on a semi-regular basis, say once a month or so, and I get less than my typical rate but I have a reliable future gig. Our shoots stay fairly short, which keeps me fresh, and I love seeing the way our work develops over time.
Feb 02 11 06:32 am Link
Posts: 14
New York, New York, US
Model Affordability for Photographers has had a big financial impact on every level ! Especially in the Photography/Modeling industry and the economy here in the states as a whole!!!!
I am very flexible to the Model's hourly rate / half or full day rates concerns, because without them our,PHOTOGRAPHER'S,Creativity Valve would totally be shut-off... I am always willing to make every effort to work with a model, offering a workable rate or a barter exchange ( clothes,lingerie, flash drives, food, a place to stay for a few days...etc...
Yes, I also offer my models a stay at a "private " residence, which is totally vacant and used for the model's use only,when they are Traveling through my area in Northeast Pennsylvania!
I am now interested in trying to set up some Figure Workshops ( my first) for this upcoming 2011 Summer, so if you are Model traveling through to NYC, let me know... maybe we can schedule you in !
The Model Mayhem Community strives to reach out to all and as such I am really glad I became part of Model Mayhem !
Tx Rob from Blue J Productions
Feb 15 11 09:38 am Link
Posts: 545
Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Positive thread, with some good suggestions.
If I were a photographer looking to sell portfolios to models, though, I wouldn't be telling them how to go about finding ways to afford me. I'd be finding out what they really want, or what the market they are aiming for demands from them in terms of images. Then I would be focussing on developing my skills, my marketing, my overall image, so that I was better placed than my competitors to pick up what work there was.
It's hypothetical, because I don't have the ability or inclination to do that, but that's where I'd focus.
Feb 15 11 12:40 pm Link
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Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Shandra Stark wrote:
The only thing I do not do on your post is barter (I do not have anything). The rest are sage words indeed. All the best!
Feb 15 11 12:50 pm Link
Posts: 479
Rancho Cucamonga, California, US
Great post!
Mar 17 11 08:13 pm Link
Posts: 234
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
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I'm good with all that hoopla: transition, grammar, spelling (ok, I use spell check) and working on my masters in writing while full time modeling currently. We should write a book! Seriously. Publishing through an online source would help in this case for sure. Think of the number of hours that models spend on these forums.
Mar 25 11 07:04 pm Link
Posts: 113
Waco, Texas, US
one thing I wanted to add to this information is a simple one...
Thrift shops, garage sales and pawn shops are your friends.
I have friends in almost every pawn shop in town and get the heads up when something interesting gets sold to one of them.
perfect example from the other day. I have been thinking of upgrading my lenses. One of my pawn contacts told me a photographer had just sold a box of equipment to the shop and he said I could come look before it hit the shelf. I ended up getting a $300 lens I had been looking at for $65 and several other items out of the box at a huge discount from the retail rates. This guy had taken incredible care of his gear. The only thing I did not buy out of the box was the camera body because I already have a comparable one.
One of my models found an entire collection of runway fashions in a travel case at a garage sale. The dresses were from a few years back, but they were cheap and in near new condition. The woman had put on a bit of weight and could no longer wear them. You never know where you will find a treasure.
One small caveat: Make sure you inspect what you buy before paying.
just my own two cents...take it as you will..
Mar 26 11 03:47 am Link
Posts: 586
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Shandra Stark wrote:
YOU were MEANT TO BE an AGENT.
Mar 28 11 01:47 am Link
Posts: 71
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Great thread. Finally someone puts what some of us have been thinking into words. A job well done.
Mar 28 11 01:57 am Link
Posts: 1
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Fantastic Post!
Mar 28 11 09:50 am Link
ScorpioPics wrote:
You flatter me so!! What an absolutely intriguing thought...
Apr 06 11 12:43 am Link
Posts: 1384
Waukesha, Wisconsin, US
Shandra Stark wrote:
i'd hire you!
Apr 20 11 08:28 am Link
Posts: 296
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
I am all for the barter system - you never know what skills people might have - day jobs, hobbies, or that thing Uncle Jay taught them.
Apr 20 11 11:27 am Link
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Mildenhall, England, United Kingdom
This thread now stickied here - http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?threa … st14829304
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Absolutely wonderful thoughts here. Much of it I already do but the bartering is genius. Thanks.
May 11 11 05:42 am Link
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I think trade agreements are a great means of providing affordable shoot opportunties for both models and photographers.
I know many more expereinced models and photographer often rant about trade, but for newer or hobbyist models and photographer I think it offers a great way to enjoy the beneifits of shoots in an affordable manner. While many feel they are deserving of pay, the reality is many newer models and photographers are not yet to the point where people will pay for their (our) services, or at least not pay much. Trade allows us to learn, improve and build portfolios in a way that otherwise, just might not be affordable.
I did two trade shoots earlier this month with brand new models. They now each have better portfolios and experience working with an unknown photographer. I had the opporunity to experiment with some new stock photo concepts without breaking the bank on something which might not pan out. As it turns, out they probably are not income earning ideas, but shooting trade allowed me to learn that in a manner that is affordable.
In the early days of America, (and in other countries) unpaid internships, or apprenticeships were very common. It offered the intern a way to gain valuable skills and real life work experience affordably without having to pay for training and it allowed the provider some minimally skilled labor that he could compensate affordably with his time and knowledge instead of money. I think trade shoots offer many of the same advantages.
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i absolutely love this place...so much information...i never knew how much knowledge people possess...it helps out in a big way...i have had my downfalls as well...with biz right now it is hard because when you have to shovel out thousands to treat family illnesses you learn to make the most of what you have got...i have found there are alot of good people here...thanks all i like to say words of wisdom to live by
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This is great. Bumping.
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You're welcome! Thank YOU!
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bump before rapture wipes this thread out.
May 20 11 04:05 pm Link
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I love this thread, thank you Shandra!
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You're welcome, dear!
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Monday bump.
May 23 11 01:11 pm Link
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The Original Sin wrote:
Great thread, with marvelous ideas! It should be sent to all newbs (photogs and models alike), this would help them start out very well.
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Iona Lynn wrote:
I'm curious. When mininum wage is about $8/hour, and "good" jobs are going for $10/hour... what makes an "uber cheep" [sic] model at $50/hour?
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Peace, Furst... a talented artistic producer you are as well
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ok for real i almost pee'd 1or 2 times reading this are you just so awesome hahahaaaa bowling ally
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I think FAR too often in this industry models think they can demand rates without anything to back it up OR even if they have the chops to back it up they think that their job is just to show up, look pretty, then leave.
We as photographers have to set up the shoot, edit the photos, market the work, etc. and we are only paid when the work is done. I think models should be paid the same we are and additionally should be responsible for even amounts of work.
I have had some models who are stellar with this and I keep working with them, the models who aren't I don't work with anymore.
We pay a very generous profit share and bonuses on all our work, most specifically the book series which is nationally published by a publisher out of Chicago. We pay this way NOT because we cannot afford rates but because its fair to everyone. The split is based on the number of photos they get in the book. They also have bonus opportunities if they directly sell the books etc. This way they take an interest in the success of the work, they work for me ongoing, and everyone is fairly compensated.
I am sorry but unless you are shooting for magazines like playboy, hustler, etc. that already have the marketing and all that or if you are a supermodel then you should not be so demanding. This doesn't mean do tfp/cd as that's for portfolio building. However when models turn down LEGITIMATE back end payed work they are just lazy/think too highly of themselves.
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This of course may be true but I wasn't talking about her specifically I was talking about models on this site and omp in general! I would say that generally speaking 80 percent or more of the models here don't deserve to DEMAND payment up front. Most of them should be happy with QUALITY REAL work. Just because someone pays your overblown rates doesn't a professional shoot/good situation make. Additionally if the pay is PROFIT SHARE of a nationally published book not only is it more generous but its just as quality. I had one such unprofessional/mega-ego models today suggest profit share was "TFP". No TFP is just that time for print, there is no money at all. Additionally profit share in the case of: "well I am going to try to sell the photos and if I make anything i will split it with you" is much different than an iron clad contract relating to profit sharing on a nationally published book series that also includes a bonus structure.
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I read all 6 pages of this thread and find that everything I am doing is in line, but there were so many more things I could be doing that I just know this is going to be a GREAT year if I use those ideas.
Personally, I shoot film, in large format, from 4x5up to 11x14, as well as underwater 35mm. The 11x14 is about $8 a sheet now, so I don't shoot 300 images at a shoot. Underwater I will. But, it is irrelevant what costs I had in making the image, it is how good is the image, in the end.
As to being a business, I am lucky that I have a great paying day job (at the moment), so I can afford to treat this as a hobby, though I have profit making motives. I want to make a book, sell in a gallery. Now if I could just realize those goals.
As for the model rates, I believe in paying up front, something that is reasonable for the market, will get me the quality I am looking for, and fair to everyone. I have worked with Model Sarah (she's great) and I am here to say for the record that experience does count, and you can judge experience from the portfolio.
As to the actual amount to pay, well in Chicago I can get a nude model for $50/hr any day of the week, but I find it is better to either 1) pay more to get a someone with a proven track record; or 2) start with a newbie, work regularly, develop together both skills and a working relationship. I am a little bit dyslexic, don't speak well, and having someone that knows my working style helps when I can't find the words. Thanks to bettybathorie, love working with you. Once the newbie is no longer a newbie I up their rate, regardless of what they charge others.
I try to think of it as net cost per finished image. If I only get 2 "winners" for $100 for a 2 hour shoot with a newbie, or get 10 winners for 2 hours @ $100/hr ($200) with someone more experienced, and either way I burn through $100 for the studio, $50 for my assistant, $200 for sheet film and processing, then my cost per image is close to $250 an image with the newbie and under $60 an image with the pro. You do the math. Since I like to work on series I do work with newbies, shoot less film each shoot, work without a studio, and also I think it helps them develop, and that is its own reward for me. The Pros I hire for things were I feel I have only one shot at it. I really don't care to work with models that are traveling, and only come to Chicago once every three years, but models like Sarah are always welcome. I need a working relationship for most of my conceptual art.
I know this is rather long, and may be a little off topic, although it all relates to my photographer point of view on model compensation. I want the model to be paid fairly right up front, so she isn't screwed if I screw up my film in the soup. If we can work out a trade of some sort, clothes, even equipment, whatever she wants, as long as we can complete the transaction the day of the shoot I will do it.
I little off topic, hopefully someone on MM (an OP) will see this: One of the models local that I have worked with frequently suggested we together stage an underwater workshop (she owns an indoor pool), like a meet and greet from the models point of view, and an education from the students (photographers). In essence, the photographers pay us to use her pool, we pay the MUA for the day, and models (maybe for 2 hours, but they stay all day), the models are available to, well, model, everyone use my camerass and strobes and the models get resulting images and new contacts. We even provide wardrobe, so you could have nude and non-nude U/W images if you like. When I proposed this as a casting call last year I was chastized, told it was improper to post that there, since I would be making money (I might net $100 for me, same for the pool owner, after all the expenses). This arrangement seems in line with some of the suggestions within this thread, so what do you all think? Is charging each student $X for a day's training, providing a venue for the shoot and for a meet and greet, catering, all the equipment, etc provided, the organizers making a few bucks, a type of thing not to post in a casting call? Then where?
Thanks to all the commenters before me, this was a great read!
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A federal judge overseeing the SCO case against IBM slammed SCO's case, and said the company's arguments were "puzzling". The announcement came in response to an IBM attempt to defang SCO's claims.
Judge Kimball said yesterday that "Despite the vast disparity between SCO's public accusations and its actual evidence--or complete lack thereof--and the resulting temptation to grant IBM's motion, the court has determined that it would be premature to grant summary judgment." He continued, saying that "Viewed against the backdrop of SCO's plethora of public statements concerning IBM's and others' infringement of SCO's purported copyrights to the Unix software, it is astonishing that SCO has not offered any competent evidence to create a disputed fact regarding whether IBM has infringed SCO's alleged copyrights through IBM's Linux activities."
SCO's case, in light of this statement, looks in a poor situation. SCO are suing IBM for $5Bn worth of damages in relation to IBM's involvement between Unix and Linux. SCO allege that IBM helped Linux by donating code, and in doing so infringed on agreements between the two companies. If IBM had won the partial summary judgment motion, analysts believe SCO's case would have been almost dead.
If SCO's case is so weak, why is the company proceeding with action? It's unclear; however, If one were to take a cynical stance on the episode, one might conclude the following. Currently, Microsoft and SCO's goals are on a similar track - the removal or minimization of Linux as an effective competition to their OS products. One of the by-products of this trial, and perhaps SCO's main intention, was to create serious concerns in the business community about the Intellectual Property (IP) in the Linux code base.
Without a doubt, any firm with a concern that Linux contained infringing code would steer their IT department well away from it; thankfully for Linux vendors, the numbers would suggest that this has hasn't happened in any serious way. However, it is a hindrance to Open Source vendors, and SCO's case against IBM has raised enough attention to question Linux's credibility in terms of IP. One might remember Microsoft's cash injection into SCO; commentators at the time suggested that without it the case might have collapsed and SCO would have gone under due to lack of funding. Microsoft have today announced research regarding "Microsoft's IP Indemnification " and how it "Minimizes End-User Financial and Legal Risk" for customers running Microsoft software.
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Big Ideas:
- Guy Kawasaki talks about his latest book Enchantment.
- Brian Clark demonstrates how to write create copy that gets results.
- The best marketing is baked into the product.
Brian Clark has a great interview with Guy Kawasaki about his recent book Enchantment. As an aside, take a moment to see how beautifully Brian Clark writes copy. Who wouldn't listen to that interview with that much enticement? Learn from that article and use the same tactics on your own sales pages.
Clark and Kawasaki hi-light many key points of marketing and business. Here is just one of the key take aways:
The ultimate marketing is baked in. It is not lipstick you stick on a pig. If you have somebody beautiful, lipstick just makes her more beautiful. If you have a pig, you still have a pig with lipstick. So the key is to not have a pig. And not figuring that the lipstick will fix the pig.
Why are Most Businesses so Mediocre?
It is astonishing how terrible most businesses are now. Mediocre products with lousy service is the norm in English speaking countries.
When sales and profits are faltering most businesses turn to advertising to fix the problem. That is what Guy Kawasaki refers to as sticking lipstick on a pig.
If you build a great product and deliver great service, your marketing will take care of itself.
How many good shopping experiences have you had in the last month? Can you identify any companies that really delivered wow service that you told friends about? I would guess the answer to both of those questions is no.
Delivering great service costs much less than advertising to acquire new customers.
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- Do you and your employees care about delivering outstanding service? If not, that is the source of your problems.
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Trees have fallen on to cars in Blakeney.
Part of a tree has fallen on to cars in a hotel car park in Blakeney.
The large section of branch smashed the rear windscreen of a white VW Golf and badly damaged another vehicle parked outside the Blakeney Hotel in The Quay.
No one was injured and the area was cordoned off.
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With the AT&T Championship approaching at Pebble Beach, the golfer's mind turns to the Monterey peninsula, and the golfer wonders: is there anywhere near Pebble that doesn't cost so much to play?
An answer comes in the form of a stay-and-play package, a cool tandem offering by Bayonet Blackhorse, a newly renovated 36-hole facility, and Poppy Hills, formerly part of the AT&T rota. Here's the deal: 18-hole greens fees on two of those three courses, and an overnight at one of two hotels: Casa Munras, a hacienda-style hotel in Monterey, or the Embassy Suites Monterey Bay, which offers a hot breakfast buffet with made-to-order omelets.
Prices range from $252 to $274. Or roughly half the price of a round at Pebble Beach. The deal is good through March 31.
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A Boston Marathon bombing victim's story
Stronger's director David Gordon Green
Scott Marks 3 p.m., Sept. 20
If Ang Lee's adaptation of Yann Martel's novel had been nothing more than the story of a teenaged boy who survives a shipwreck only to find he must share his lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, it might have been a very fine - and often visually astonishing - adventure movie. But for better or for worse, Life of Pi aspires to be much more than that. For better: the adventure is strong enough to bear the weight of some larger meaning. For worse: that meaning is spelled out and hammered home in a pair of talky bookends. This isn't a film about a boy lost at sea; this is a film about humanity adrift, about the importance and significance of storytelling, about religion and God him/her/itself. That doesn't have to be a bad thing; it doesn't take much to see the tiger as death itself, an immutable and inescapable fact that nature imposes on every person. The boy struggles against it. He tries to trick it. Eventually, he realizes he must make peace with it. And somewhere along the line, he realizes that the certainty of death is what has helped him cling to life. Storytelling! Significance! Ditto the boy's struggle with faith: he prays, and things happen. Are those things answer to prayer or just things that happen? Don't worry about answering; the film is happy to do that for you. The viewer does get to make a choice at the end, but it's not a choice about anything as exalted as the existence of God. It's more about where we find consolation during our own adventure in the lifeboat. With Irrfan Khan, Suraj Sharma. 2012.


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LSU defensive tackle Trey Lealaimatafao will "probably not" play this season, and "everything's pretty positive" with starting defensive back Jalen Mills, coach Les Miles said Wednesday after his speech to the Baton Rouge Rotary Club.
Lealaimatafao, a freshman from Texas, punched through a window in the team's weight room about 10 days ago, severely cutting his left arm. Miles said it would have "been interesting to see" Lealaimatafao healthy in fall camp.
East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore is still deciding whether to charge Mills, suspended after his arrest last month for second-degree battery.
"I'm told everything's pretty positive," Miles said of Mills' situation. "It's a very unfortunate situation. Somebody came to his apartment and pursued him. It's unfortunate on both ends."
Miles also confirmed that four-star defensive tackle Travonte Valentine is awaiting clearance from the NCAA Clearinghouse. Valentine, a Florida native, appears to be the only freshman in peril of not reporting Sunday with the rest of the team.
Miles entertained more than 400 Rotary Club members and guests at Boudreaux's in Baton Rouge, touching on LSU's quarterback battle, a possible new dining hall for athletes and star rookie running back Leonard Fournette.
LSU begins fall camp Monday.
Fournette, the nation's No. 1 ranked recruit in the 2014 class, is LSU's "fastest or the second-fastest player" despite his size of 6-1, 230, Miles said.
"He's going to come to practice and listen and learn the offense," the coach said. "If he does that, he'll play very significant football.
"He doesn't have to be all-world tomorrow, just by the first game – that's all," Miles said to laughter.
The coach reiterated that he will not make a decision on a starting quarterback "quickly," but let sophomore Anthony Jennings and freshman Brandon Harris compete.
"I think Anthony Jennings certainly has experience and recognizes the opportunity he has. He's a very talented player in his own right," Miles said. "I think Brandon Harris is a very talented player, maybe a little more naturally talented."
Miles took questions from audience members, one of which asked if his staff would be willing to use a two-quarterback system.
"We're thinking about two quarterbacks. Problem is, there's just one ball," Miles said to a burst of laughter.
Miles said the staff is studying two ideas: playing both quarterbacks on the field at one time, with one split wide; and rotating the quarterbacks.
Afterward, Miles was asked if he was serious about those plans.
"I have no idea," he said. "We'll find out how that all goes. We're so far away from making a decision like that I can't tell you."
Asked about an athletic dining hall, Miles said the long-term plan is to build a "quality eatery" for athletes at the site of the old Alex Box Stadium.
Athletic director Joe Alleva confirmed that LSU wants to build a nutrition center and an athletic dorm at that site. They would be connected. The university, Alleva said, would need to raise $10-12 million.
"We would be able to feed all of our athletes there and have a chef to tailor meals to the needs of our athletes," Alleva said. "It is part of our plan. I can't tell you when it's going to happen."
Miles touched on several other subjects during his address and subsequent meeting with reporters:
- Miles said safety Corey Thompson is fully healthy. "He's ready to roll," the coach said. Thompson suffered a season-ending knee injury against Texas A&M last year.
- If Fournette is the second-fastest on the team, who is the fastest: "D.J. Chark," Miles said. Chark is a freshman receiver from Alexandria.
- Miles said reserve quarterback and baseball outfielder Jared Foster is "really a lot stronger, more capable athlete" than he was when Foster walked on to the team his freshman season. Foster rejoined the football team this summer after three LSU reserve quarterbacks transferred. "I think he's a guy who can step on the field," Miles said of Foster. "We're really looking at some of the athletic things he does."
- Miles did a commercial last week from Tiger Stadium that "had something to do with grass," he said. "Until they realize I'm terrible at it ... I'm going to do it."
- Miles mentioned freshmen Jamal Adams and John Battle as first-year players who could play immediately at safety. "I love both of them," he said.
- Miles called the linebacker group "as fast a group we've ever had."
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Alan Hampton Announces Solo NYC & International Dates
Submitted by mike on Tue, 11/16/2010 - 22:25
Making the leap from sideman to solo artist, Alan Hampton's debut LP The Moving Sidewalk effortlessly showcases his tender, ashy voice shimmering over lush string trios, Dr. Who synthesizers and finger-picked acoustic guitars all performed by many of Brooklyn's finest musicians.
After performing around the world with artists including Gretchen Parlato, Sufjan Stevens, Clare and the Reasons, Robert Glasper and Elizabeth & the Catapult, Hampton announces solo NYC shows and national dates with Parlato to celebrate the release of The Moving Sidewalk.
Alan Hampton's debut record, The Moving Sidewalk effortlessly showcases his range of musicality and resourcefulness. His tender, ashy voice shimmers over lush string trios, Dr. Who synthesizers, and finger-picked acoustic guitars, all performed by many of Brooklyn's finest musicians. The ten, carefully constructed songs are intricate hybrids of various genres and influences, pooling from Brian Wilson, Wayne Shorter, and The Band.
Enhanced only by its homebrewed process, The Moving Sidewalk was recorded in Pete Rende's Brooklyn apartment, and mixed in David Boucher's Culver City garage. The album's cover features Hampton's whittled self-portrait standing on a winding sidewalk that ribbons from a cityscape made of papier mâché and wire form, which was designed and constructed with close friend Lindsey Anderson.
An extensive musical education; years of experience as a sideman and bassist in NYC; and practice in a variety of different genres have all contributed to the abundant reservoir of resources that make Hampton's record at once eloquent and unassuming. Hampton studied composition and performance, and toured and performed with jazz luminaries Terrence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock, and Wayne Shorter at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Southern California. After completing the program, he moved to Brooklyn where he made his mark as a bassist and sideman, performing around the world and recording with the likes of Gretchen Parlato, Sufjan Stevens, Clare and the Reasons, Robert Glasper, and Elizabeth and the Catapult.
Since the arrival of The Moving Sidewalk, and his leap from sideman to solo artist, Hampton has gained notoriety as a singer and a songwriter, and has appeared on records by singer Gretchen Parlato, and bassist Derrick Hodge, who is known for his work with Common, Mos Def, and Maxwell.
Where The Moving Sidewalk will take Hampton next, he can't be sure. But the evidence rings loud and clear: In the world of music, Alan Hampton is quickly setting the pace.
Alan Hampton Tour Dates:
Nov 23 - Rose Hall - NY, NY
Dec 4 - Alverno College - Milwaukee, WI
Dec 10 - Rockwood Music Hall - NY, NY
Jan 3 - Joe's Pub - NY, NY (CD Release show)
Feb 10 - Olin Center - Lewiston, ME Bates College
Feb 12 - Vermont Jazz Center - Brattleboro, VT
Feb 18 - Riverside Fine Arts Association - Jacksonville, FL
Apr 22 - Wichita Jazz Festival - Wichita, KS
Apr 23 - Wichita Jazz Festival - Wichita, KS
Feb 10 - Olin Center - Lewiston, ME Bates College
Feb 12 - Vermont Jazz Center - Brattleboro, VT
Feb 18 - Riverside Fine Arts Association - Jacksonville, FL
Apr 22 - Wichita Jazz Festival - Wichita, KS
Apr 23 - Wichita Jazz Festival - Wichita, KS
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What is the difference between Prevelle and Prevelle Silk?
Prevelle Vs. Prevelle Silk - What's the Difference?
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Prevelle Silk versus Prevelle
Coincidentally, to your question, the Johnson and Johnson representative visited my office today.
Johnson and Johnson purchaed the Mentor Corporation. Mentor was the company that developed Prevelle and Prevelle silk. Mentor was a relatively small company, very familiar to my plastic surgery colleagues since they manufactured breast implants. Now that they have been taken over by J&J, with their massive marketing potential, you will hear much more about these two products.
Both of these products are hyaluronic acid fillers. This one comes with an anesthetic and therefore should be less painful than their competitors Juvederm and Restylane.
Prevelle is designed for the finer lines, areas of more delicate skin, such as "smoker's lines" and crow's feet. It is to be injected in the upper and mid-dermis. Prevelle silk is recommended for somewhat deeper lines and will be placed in the mid to lower dermis.
Prevelle Silk
Prevelle Silk treatments are only available through healthcare professionals who are trained and experienced in dermal filler injections. The treatments are given in an office setting, where a very fine needle is guided below the epidermis and into the connective tissues within the dermal area of the face where deep lines and folds develop. There, the filler works like a sponge within the skin, where it also absorbs water, giving you a more youthful appearance.
Prevelle Silk contains a pain-numbing lidocaine anesthetic, which keeps patient discomfort at a minimum. In most cases, Prevelle Silk treatments are performed in just minutes and require little or no down time, although bruising may occur no matter how experienced the injector. Cosmetic results are instantaneous, and the younger appearance achieved in a single Prevelle Silk treatment can last up to 4 months, after which time the body safely absorbs the biocompatible filler.
The rule with filler injections is... if it feels like a lump and looks like a lump, massage it down. If it doesn't go down with massage, it can be reversed with hyaluronidase injections. If it is a lump occuring months after the filler was injected, it could be a granuloma. Granulomas occur rarely and the treatment is steroid injection. Either way, you should speak to your practitioner about your concerns.
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Secret stories
I smiled over Pickles today for a number of reasons. Among them is that coincidentally I'll attend my book club tonight, and we are likely to share some good anecdotes as we discuss our latest read. That's what good books do: They spark personal responses as readers incorporate their contents into their own life stories.
Yourdictionary.com notes that anecdotes can be used for these reasons: to caution, to reminisce, to bring cheer or to persuade or inspire. Public speakers often start out with anecdotes as a way to "hook" the interest of their audiences. Or, the dictionary adds, anecdotes can simply be "part of a natural conversation."
This word also has had its meaning watered down. According to the Online Eytmology Dictionary, it came into English in the 1670s and meant "'secret or private stories' from French anecdote (17c.) or directly from Greek anekdota 'things unpublished.'" The dictionary adds that by 1761, the word's meaning had "decayed in English to 'brief, amusing stories.'"
In researching "anecdotes," I came across one word I hadn't known: "anectdotage," which is a portmanteau word composed of anecdote and dotage. Webster's defines it as "senility, as characterized by the telling of rambling anecdotes." (I dare not explain this word to my son – too much ammo.)
Maria Hatcliffe and Bobbi Alpha have shared many delightful anecdotes at our book club meetings. (Photo by Debra Dobbins)
Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.
Mark Rothko (Source: brainyquotes.com)


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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has been busy this week opposing Republican efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration system. On Monday, he authored an USA today op-ed, which likened any House Republican proposals to an "extraordinary act of self-sabotage." On Tuesday, he "hand-delivered" a three-page memo to each member, deriding reform as bad policy, according to the conservative outlet Weekly Standard. And on Wednesday, Sessions provided dense reading material for House Republicans before they bussed over to their three day retreat at a Hyatt hotel in Maryland.
In the 30-page memo, Sessions urged his House Republican colleagues to abandon immigration reform, claiming that such legislation would increase future immigration flow and devastate American workers, wages, and the economy. His memo included "myths," which he countered by using distorted data by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and partisan polling organizations, as well as research by an Harvard professor advocating for immigration restrictions. Here are some of the ways that Sessions is not presenting the full picture:
Data suggest immigration reform will lower, not raise, the flow of immigrants entering the country. Sessions insisted that the Senate plan, which has "now come to the House," will triple immigration, based on a flawed calculation of the number of future immigrants. Yet that bill actually helps to clear the backlog of green cards and moves the process of "unauthorized entry into legal channels." In reality, about 150,000 fewer people will enter the country each year under the Senate bill.
Average wages will likely rise due to immigration reform, not fall. Sessions misquoted the CBO score when he said, "per capita GNP, according to the CBO, will decline along with average wages." The CBO analysis found that in the first decade, average American wages will fall by 0.1 percent, but this is due to new immigrants who enter the labor force and work at slightly lower wages. But as new immigrants and formerly undocumented immigrants find jobs that better suit their skills in the first decade, the average wages will then rise. And the CBO also stated that the "estimated reductions in average wages … do not necessarily imply that current U.S. residents would be worse off, on average, under the legislation than they would be under current law."
Polls don't show Americans oppose immigration reform. Sessions insisted that the American public is against immigration reform. according to polls by Rasmussen and other partisan outlets. Rasmussen has a history of skewing its data to serve the political right. But a host of other polls like Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and Fox News have found that a majority of Americans support an earned pathway to citizenship, including voters in key Republican districts who "want a fix" to the "broken immigration system." Several polls found that likely 2014 voters in House Republican districts also support immigration reform.
The restrictionist research cited by George Borjas has been superseded by many other studies. Borjas, the Harvard professor, whose research is cited in the memo, did find small, negative benefits to American workers due to reform. But Borjas' work focused on the "simple story" of "national labor markets" in which immigrants "increased the supply of labor and therefore reduced the wages of similarly skilled native-born Americans." But other economists argued that "the national-level studies did not recognize that immigrants were not directly competing with many native-born workers because immigrants provided a different kind of labor than native-born Americans. This group of economists focused on studying regional labor markets to prove their point." What's more, a supplemental CBO report found that unemployment would not rise since the economic growth from reform would help create millions of new jobs across the nation.
Immigrants will likely add more than they withdraw from the Social Security Trust Fund. Sessions claimed that immigrants will "[draw] out more than they will have paid in over time" to the Social Security Trust Fund. By 2024, immigration reform would add a net $284 billion to the Social Security trust fund. Over the next 36 years, studies show that undocumented immigrants would add a net $606 billion to the trust fund — during the same period that baby boomers will be retiring and drawing benefits. That will help fund a lifetime of retirement benefits for 2.4 million Americans.


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I was thinking about writing a series of articles on the history of Stardock. That is, how we got started and some of the challenges that are involved in running a small technology company. But I wanted to find out first if there's interest in this before I put in the time to write them.
Let me know in the comments area if you're interested in such a series.
I'd definitely read them!
I, for one am... Jafo'll correct where needed.
I always like this kind of stuff and background. Just don't be generic about it or fall into the dull of it. I think I speak for everyone when i say we definitely want the details, the dirt (good and bad), and we want to know about the personalities that make it what it has become today, even if they aren't still involved.
The vision and commitment that brought you all this far had to have had it's ups and downs as well as sacrifices personal or otherwise. I think it's those things that create the best possible picture, story, and insight as to what has allowed a person or entity to achieve their dreams and goals.
Just my humble opinion. I'm looking forward to whatever you post on it.
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I'm sure there are those here interested in reading it but it would definitely be something for your kids to show your grandkids and their kids, etc.
I'd like to read them. Frankly speaking I appreciate all articles your and your coworkers that refers to behind the scenes of making games.
I'm alos work in game industry but on smaller scale so I'd like to read how you manage to grow in to maker of Elemental series.
Do we get one in hard copy. hehe Sure
Fun adventures of starting a business. Sure I'll read it.
Woud like the chance to read about the history of Stardock 👍👏
I'm sure there's a lot of people who probably suffer all sorts of misconceptions re SD and its history.... so, yes, it'd be a worthwhile endeavour....
Looks like we are in for some very interesting reading, great idea!
I Agree totally
Just don't let Zu do any ghost writing for you.
Otherwise, bring it on.
I'm definitely interested; I read the Stardock Customer Reports, and I like your writing style. I also read the early history you wrote (that included the Microsoft-IBM war over OS 2.0), and that was enjoyable as well.
Definitely! I've been a fan for some fifteen years, well whenever the first Galactic Civilizations came out...
Also, Brad, Legendary Heroes is fantastic. You guys have done an amazing job...
That'll be my job... I have the smiley ....
What a long strange trip it's been, eh? I think it would be an excellent read.
I say go for it, just don't let Doc talk you into letting him do the "photographics" work.
Where's the first chapter, I am ready!
Great idea Brad!
Git'er done Brad!
I'd like to read it.
At my age my attention span is very short, I would watch a video though.
Ok, it's settled. Will work on it during the coming months. Thanks guys!
Brad, it would also be nice to include a group employee picture with who everyone is if possible.
I think you should dictate, or have some voice conversations with Po and then let him write it. He is a natural writer (among numerous other talents from what I've seen ). With his wit and your recap of the facts it would be a total success that would go down in history as a classic.
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Hey guys,
Long time no see; I'm trying to find a way I can implement a PHP script for my Wordpress blog in which whenever I access my website.com/tag/tag-name section I get a description worth 250 words or something from Wikipedia relating to the term.
For example if my tag is websitename.com/tag/theory-of-relativity, then the script should crawl Wikipedia after "Theory of Relativity" and past the first 250 words from Theory of relativity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, so I can get a description for the term before I list the wordpress post tagged with the term.
This may sound like black-hat SEO spam to some of you, but I actually believe this is a good practice since it provides relevancy, and is by no means non-ethical or something. I want my readers to have an idea what a term is all about (i put a lot of tags on my blog that are very encyclopedic in nature) and this might help.
I have minimal programming experience and I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out with some insights on how I can write a piece of code like this. maybe someone finds the idea of such a script being implemented really useful, why not write it and share it altogether? Thank in advance for your efforts.
IMHO no code needed. When you write a post with a "tag" in it, include a link to the wikipedia page. It will take a little time for you to find the link, but only minimal compared to writing the post.
Well in some stage i think you need to do some scrapingso reading this book will helpAmazon.com: Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL (9781593271206): Michael Schrenk: Books
Another option are the Wikipedia database dumps - The entire Wikipedia database is available for download. Then you wouldn't need to scrape it, just look it up in a local copy of the database.
Thank you for your replies.
@Mittineague: how can you customize your tag pages so you can add individual content for every tag page ? From my experience, you can't...
@frank1: scrapping is exactly what this is about I believe. thanks for the suggestion @daniel15: yes, but that would mean i need to download entire gigabites and then interpret their database structure. Plus, I need it to be up date, and the best way to achieve this is by scraping off wikipedia directly.
I tried googling for something similar, but .... I couldn't find something really relevant.
In that case I'd check out their API. The "parse" action will parse a page and return the HTML for that page. Example URLs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=SitePoint&format=php - Data for "SitePoint" page in PHP serialised format - to use with unserialize() in PHP.http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=SitePoint&format=xml - Data for "SitePoint" page in XML format
No scraping needed, the data is in an easy-to-use format for you.
I'd strongly recommend donating to Wikipedia if you use its data extensively. High usage of their servers means that your scraping costs them quite a bit of money (bandwidth, server processing time, etc.)
Here's an example for you (PHP):
$page = 'SitePoint';
$api_url = 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=parse&page=%s&format=php';
// MediaWiki API needs a user-agent to be specified
$context = stream_context_create(array('http' => array(
'user_agent' => 'SitePoint example for topic 748667',
$data = unserialize(file_get_contents(sprintf($api_url, $page), null, $context));
echo $data['parse']['text']['*'];
Your code is wonderful and hits the spot, but it's not there yet.
example "new york" won't show anything.
then "new_york" will show you that you need to redirect and use proper capitalization.
ultimately, "New_York" will show you the proper display.
A perfect example of what I'm trying to replicate can be seen at PhysOrg.com - Science News, Technology, Physics, Nanotechnology, Space Science, Earth Science, Medicine.
Just click on any of their post, check out the right sidebar and click on tag or more.
CLEAR EXAMPLE: PhysOrg.com - magnetic field
thank you everyone for your help.
Yes, my code was just an example, not a production-ready script. You will definitely have to modify it.
If you type in a more than one word parsing phrase, it won't return anything.
example "new york" won't show anything.
then "new_york" will show you that you need to redirect and use proper capitalization.
ultimately, "New_York" will show you the proper display.
Modify the script to handle that Read Mediawiki's API documentation and see how to handle redirects.
I'd only like to show the first <p> from the a wikipedia listing. this will put less strain on my server as well as wikipedia's. and, yes, i've downloaded to wikipedia multiple times now, whenever a call out was made.
I think the API only returns the whole page. From that, you'd grab the first paragraph. I think returning the whole page would be less stressful on their servers as they'd cache the whole page (they wouldn't just cache the first paragraph) so it should be relatively quick to retrieve anyways.
A perfect example of what I'm trying to replicate can be seen at
They might be using the API, or might just use the Wikipedia dumps I talked about earlier. Perhaps ask them what approach they used?
to: Daniel15 thanks for sharing the idea about wikipedia api - strange, but i never heard about it before and just scraped it to: Sharkyxi understand that you're not talking about black-hat seo,but there are a few services that can show you all keywords that wikipedia are in top of google serp, so you can at least exclude these keywords from your "posts", because its hard to outperform wikipedia.


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For those who are interested and have time, Duke University is hosting a free course on Coursera.org entitled 'Image and video processing: From Mars to Hollywood with a stop at the hospital'.
Although not directly related to what we do day in and day out, a more in-depth understanding of the medium we work with can't hurt.
Pasted from the course description:
About the Course
The course will start with an introduction to the basics of image formation and the fundamental concepts that translate a physical scene into a digital image. We will then describe the underlying concepts of image compression, the enabling technology that makes it possible for images to be sent from Mars and videos to be stored in our mobile phones. We will cover the most fundamental tools in image enhancement, showing how simple tools can significantly improve images. Both geometric and non-geometric tools as well as spatial and non-spatial operations will be presented. Details on image segmentation will be provided, one of the most fundamental and useful problems in image processing. The above topics will be extended to color images and video. Once we have covered the fundamentals, which both provide the basis for modern image and video processing and serve many important applications until today, we will move into recent progress in the area, covering image inpainting (how to remove objects from images and video), image processing via sparse modeling and compressed sensing, geometric partial differential equations for image analysis, image processing for HIV and virus research, and image processing for neurosurgery and other medical applications.
Week 2- Image and Video Compression: We will learn the fundamental tools enabling us to receive images from Mars, to upload images to the web, and to store a lot of images and videos in our mobile phones.
Week 3- Spatial Processing: This week we will learn some of the most classical and fundamental tools that help us still today to make noisy, blurry, and dark images look much better.
Week 4- Image Restoration: When something is known or estimated about the degradation process, we can do much better, and in this week we will learn how.
Week 5- Image Segmentation: How do we split an image or video in its core components?
Week 6- Geometric PDEs: We will learn about the use of partial differential equations and geometric deformations for problems like image enhancement and object detection.
Week 7- Image and Video Inpainting: How to make objects disappear and other special effects.
Week 8- Sparse Modeling and Compressed Sensing: We will cover some of the most modern tools for image enhancement and image analysis.
Week 9- Medical Imaging: As an example of medical image analysis, we will illustrate examples and techniques in the areas of brain research and virus analysis.
Michael Elad, Sparse and Redundant Representations: From Theory to Applications in Signal and Image Processing, Springer.
Guillermo Sapiro, Geometric Partial Differential Equations in Image Analysis, Cambridge University Press.
Alex Bronstein, Michael Bronstein, and Ron Kimmel, Numerical Geometry of Non-Rigid Shapes, Springer
One of the first and still outstanding books in digital image processing is: Azriel Rosenfeld and Avinash Kak, Digital Picture Processing, Academic Press.
- Will I get a Statement of Accomplishment after completing this class?
Yes. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a Statement of Accomplishment signed by the instructor.
- What resources will I need for this class?
The main resource needed for this class is curiosity and an appetite for learning a new topic. For those interested in pursuing some of the projects, having Matlab (with their own license) and the image processing toolbox will be very useful. However, the same projects could be performed in other programming environments available to the students.
- What are the coolest things I'll learn if I take this class?
How to make objects disappear in images and videos, how to see the shape of viruses, how to analyze the inside of your brain, and how we can store so many images and videos in our mobile phones.