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Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an increasingly used approach for conducting research to improve community health. Using Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory as a framework, it follows that future adoption of CBPR will occur if academic and community partners perceive CBPR to have greater relative advantage, compatibility, trialability, and observability, and less complexity than other research approaches. We propose that articles published in our new peer-reviewed journal—Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action (PCHP)—can influence academic and community partners' perceptions of CBPR that promote its adoption. Eight areas of scholarly activity are described that can promote health partnership research, education, and action: (1) original research, (2) work-in-progress and lessons learned, (3) policy and practice, (4) theory and methods, (5) education and training, (6) practical tools, (7) systematic reviews, and (8) community perspectives. These eight areas correspond with the eight main sections of PCHP. A brief description of each area's importance in promoting CBPR is provided along with examples of completed and ongoing work. Specific recommendations are made regarding issues, problems, and topics within each area on which CBPR work should focus. These recommendations, which present a vision for progress in community health partnerships, are based on idea generation and prioritization by a group of CBPR experts—PCHP's editors and editorial board.
Background: Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach to research that seeks equitable and collaborative involvement of community members and researchers in all aspects of the research process. It has moved slowly into the areas of health and public health research. In 1995, the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) launched the first research initiative at NIH specifying the use of the CBPR approach.
Objectives: The purpose of this paper is to provide the historical record and to identify factors and events that led to the development of the policy creating the CBPR initiative at NIEHS.
Methods: The study used Kingdon's policy streams model as an analysis framework. The policy streams model explains that policies are developed when three "streams" (problem, policy and political) come together at a point called the policy window. Information collected from key informant interviews and document analyses were coded to the components of the policy streams model.
Results: The study documented factors and events in each of the three streams of the model. All these occurred about the same time to bring together the three streams, causing the opening of a policy window. This analysis demonstrates an importance of problem awareness and changes in leadership positions or ideology/mood to bring a policy option to the attention of policymakers, and the importance of a policy entrepreneur to advocate for a particular policy when the opportunity arises.
Conclusions: Policy entrepreneurs should be alert for opportunities to take advantage of the open policy windows when they emerge, thereby achieving success in moving policy ideas forward.
Background: Members of a Lower Mississippi Delta community and university partners used the Comprehensive Participatory Planning and Evaluation (CPPE) model to assess nutrition and health problems and develop a menu of interventions.
Objectives: We sought to identify and prioritize nutrition and physical activity problems in the community and to identify interventions to address the problems.
Methods: Community members and university partners used the CPPE process to identify and prioritize nutrition and physical activity problems. The participants developed causal models to break down the identified problems to their root causes. They then developed a menu of interventions and criteria to rank the interventions.
Results: The identified problems were intake of unhealthy foods, lack of nutrition education, and lack of adequate physical activity. The menu of interventions consisted of seven objectives to address poor nutrition and physical activity as well as a total of 19 interventions to meet these objectives.
Conclusion: Directly involving community members in identifying health problems and solutions results in the development of interventions that are likely to have greater acceptability with the community.
Background: A collaborative community–university–U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA)/Agricultural Research Service (ARS) partnership developed and implemented a 6-month walking intervention whereby volunteer coaches were trained to lead community walking groups in a rural Mississippi Delta Community.
Objective: Assess the feasibility of implementing community-based participatory research (CBPR), increase physical activity, and improve anthropometric and biological measures.
Methods: This quasi-experimental design examined body mass index, percent body fat, waist circumference, blood pressure, blood glucose, lipid profile, self-reported walking, stages of change, social support, self-efficacy, and decisional balance at enrollment, 3 months, and 6 months. Participants were primarily African-American (99%) women (97%). Changes were evaluated using repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Friedman's test.
Results: Community members actively participated in assessing the problem, identifying the intervention, intervention planning, data collection, and evaluation. Of the 83 enrolled participants, 66 (80%) completed the intervention. Participants exhibited significant improvements in waist circumference (–1.4 inches), systolic blood pressure (–4.3 mmHg), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (+7.9 mg/dL); (P < .001). Self-reported walking per day was 44.8 (SD+52.2) minutes at enrollment, 76.6 (SD+166.6) minutes at 3-months, and 65.9 (SD+89.7) minutes at 6 months (P = .154). A positive stage of change shift occurred in 57% of participants; however, no significant positive changes occurred in the other psychosocial variables.
Conclusion: The process of developing and implementing this CBPR walking intervention was considered successful as evidenced by the community's active contribution and participation in each phase of this research, the undertaking and application of basic research components, significant improvements in several anthropometric and biological values, and sustainability of the collaborative partnership.
The Problem: Community, migrant, and homeless health centers (CHCs) are an integral component of the nation's safety net with a proven record of success in access, quality, and cost effectiveness. Still, as CHCs face rising numbers of vulnerable patients and shrinking resources, they must continue to improve quality of care to further narrow health disparities, as well as demonstrate their cost effectiveness and value to policymakers.
Purpose: CHCs, researchers, national partners, and others met in December 2005 to produce a consensus-driven research agenda that lays out research priorities for CHCs and the medically underserved. This article details the meeting process and resulting research agenda.
Key Points: The meeting focused on three domains that touch on community need: health information technology (HIT), quality improvement, and cost effectiveness and value. Community representatives helped to drive research priorities.
Conclusions: CHCs must continually demonstrate their efficiency and effectiveness. Accordingly, the research agenda must be continually revisited through a collaborative process.
The Problem: Community health centers (CHCs) are part of the United States' medical care safety net. Cost effectiveness is a critical element of value in today's health policy environment. Not all cost-effectiveness studies employ formal peer-reviewed methodologies. A review of the literature on CHCs' cost effectiveness is necessary to assess whether a higher level of evidence is needed to guide future policy.
Purpose: We sought to review the quality of the evidence on the economic value of CHCs and indicate whether a higher of level evidence would be useful for making policy.
Key Points: Evidence exists to support the general value of care in CHCs, but no evidence comes from formal economic evaluations of CHC care.
Conclusion: More formal cost-effectiveness evaluations would enhance the economic argument for CHCs but will remain difficult to conduct and may be unnecessary in light of other work on the value of care in CHCs.
Problem: Community health centers (CHCs) face a unique set of challenges and can learn much from each other as they prepare for the adoption of health information technology (HIT).
Purpose: This paper presents a research agenda aimed at providing information CHCs will need to successfully implement HIT.
Key Points: Community health centers must be able to evaluate whether an investment in HIT is the best way to achieve improvements in health outcomes for their communities given the limited resources and high demands they face. Community health centers need better information to guide them in selecting and implementing information technology that will result in improved health quality and safety. Guidance in optimal use of the system, particularly in the effective use of data made available through electronic health records, is needed to realize health care goals. Community health centers need to be active participants in HIT developments in their communities to ensure that their patients benefit from technological advancements that improve health care.
Background: Education and training build community research capacity and have impact on improvements of health outcomes.
Objectives: This manuscript describes the training and educational approaches to building research capacity that were utilized in a community-based participatory research program serving a Puerto Rican population and identifies barriers and strategies for overcoming them.
Methods: A process evaluation identified a multitiered approach to training and education that was critical to reaching the broad community.
Results: This approach included four major categories providing a continuum of education and training opportunities: networking, methods training, on-the-job experience, and community education. Participation in these opportunities supported the development of a registry, the implementation of a survey, and two published manuscripts.
Barriers included the lack of a formal evaluation of the education and training components, language challenges that limited involvement of ethnic groups other than Puerto Ricans, and potential biases associated with the familiarity of the data collector and the participant. The CBPR process facilitated relationship development between the university and the community and incorporated the richness of the community experience into research design. Strategies for improvement include incorporating evaluation into every training and educational opportunity and developing measures to quantify research capacity at the individual and community levels.
Conclusions: Evaluating training and education in the community allows researchers to quantify the impact of CBPR on building community research capacity.
Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health is a community-based participatory action research project in Ontario devoted to developing, pilot testing, and evaluating mental health service models grounded in the concept of "cultural empowerment." To ensure that the knowledge generated in the project is shared and used, the research collaborative places a heavy emphasis on communicating with stakeholder groups. This paper provides an overview of a communications policy designed to facilitate such sharing and use. It describes the development and key features of the policy, focusing on the broad issues of principles, authorship and acknowledgment, and planning and procedures.
Background: Leaders and policymakers need an accurate appraisal of the federally qualified community health center (CHC) quality improvement (QI) literature to make informed decisions for the CHC program.
Objectives: This paper aims to (1) summarize the content and findings of CHC QI studies to date, (2) systematically rate the quality of those studies, and (3) outline 10 important areas for future CHC QI research.
Methods: We searched medical and nonmedical databases to identify QI studies in CHC settings. We systematically reviewed identified studies for the features of their QI interventions and for the methodological quality of their evaluations. We combined results from the review with input from the CHC community to generate an agenda for future CHC QI research.
Results: Eighteen studies were identified and reviewed. Interventions mainly targeted chronic conditions and screening practices and used 1 to 11 of 14 different QI tactics; evaluations comprised 14 observational and 4 randomized study designs. CHC QI interventions have been effective in improving processes of care for diabetes and cancer screening in the short term; their effectiveness in the long term and regarding outcomes of care have not been demonstrated.
Conclusions: QI interventions in CHC setting are promising, but future interventions and evaluations should answer critical basic questions about QI, including the following: What are the best models of QI? How can QI improvements be effectively implemented and sustained? What are the global effects of QI (positive and negative)? How can QI be made financially viable and sensible from both the CHC and societal perspectives?


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Italian Chicken Tenderloins Recipe
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My friend made this meal for my husband and I after our first child was born. I trimmed it down, and now it's low in fat and carbohydrates. When shopping for chicken tenderloins, remember that some companies label the product chicken tenders. -Beth Ann Stein of Richmond, Indiana
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1-1/8 teaspoons paprika, divided
- 3 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 1-1/4 cups water
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon reduced-sodium chicken bouillon granules
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1-1/2 pounds chicken tenderloins
- In a small saucepan, saute onion and 1/8 teaspoon paprika in 1 teaspoon oil until tender. Stir in the water, tomato paste, bay leaf, bouillon and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, Parmesan cheese, salt, garlic powder, oregano and remaining paprika. Add chicken; seal bag and shake to coat.
- In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook half of the chicken in 1 teaspoon oil for 2-3 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Remove and keep warm; repeat with remaining chicken and oil. Discard bay leaf. Serve sauce with chicken. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Tasty Italian Chicken in Light & Tasty December/January 2006, p21
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Delete a Computer object from the Domain Controllers OU
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You can use this procedure to delete the Computer object for a failed domain controller. If a domain controller fails and you cannot use the Dcpromo command to remove Active Directory, you must forcefully remove Active Directory and then clean up server metadata. When you perform Dcpromo normally, server metadata, the Computer object, and the Server object for the domain controller are deleted automatically. After you forcefully remove Active Directory, you must clean up server metadata for the failed domain controller and then delete the Server object and Computer object manually.
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Best DIY Promoter (2014)
Zach Smith
Professional concert promoters are rarely seen at their own concerts. They're so busy (or jaded) that fans almost never catch them in the crowd or at the bar, let alone swinging windmill fists in the mosh pit. But Zach Smith is not your average concert promoter. He's not even a professional in the strictest sense: At 24 years old, Smith has promoted concerts at "unofficial" venues in New Mexico and Colorado since before he could legally sign a contract. Denver's hardcore scene has benefited to the tune of at least one or two extra ten-dollar shows per week featuring rowdy local bands, touring acts that could not get booked elsewhere, and groups that would rather play a warehouse than a bar. Zach faced adversity in 2013 as property owners forced him from two different locations, but he continued undaunted to Helm's Deep II. It's a venue that touring bands would write home about — if only they could give out the address.
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The Uncharted Seas is a fast paced, action packed game of naval tactical combat set in a world of high fantasy. Using superb resin and white metal miniatures, and controlled by fast and easy to learn rules, the game allows you wage war with fantastical squadrons of mighty warships at your disposal.
Choose from one of several races, including the Iron Dwarfs with their steam powered ironclads, Orc Raiders with their grotesque machines of war, the ever powerful Dragon Lords, an ancient race of magical seafarers, and the Imperial Humans hell bent on grabbing as much land as they can.
Four Fantasy Fleets - Orc Raiders, Iron Dwarves, Dragon Lords and Humans. (Now expanded by 5 additional races: Sky Pirates, Ralgard, Bone Griffons, Shroud Mages, & Thaniras Elves)
Full Colour Perfect Bound A4 Rule Book or the new hardback rulebook.
Eight decks of Game Cards - each deck consists of 26 cards
Downloadable files: including full colour Race Battlegroups and Ship Reference Cards
Vac Formed Island Scenery (from www.amera.co.uk)
We have also included a free deck of 26 Race Cards (printed in full colour and laminated to protect them) with every Battlegroup!
When Neil first had the idea for these ships was proposed there was no commercial thought to it. They were purely sculpted, by Dave Lewis, as a personal project that would allow a bunch of friends to play fantasy naval battles using models that we all liked. This was to change as people saw what had been created and played the games, most significantly Mark of Crusader Miniatures.
The idea was to define a building block, as in each race having a balanced starter fleet which would consist of Battleships, Cruisers and Frigates – you get the point. We always thought of a gaming table as being 4' x 4' for this game, although we have played on large tables with many, many ships. With this gaming table in mind we set about defining a size for the models themselves.
We ended up with the following:
Battleships are sized as follows:
Dragon Lord (15cm)
Human (13cm)
Orc (10cm)
Dwarf (11.5cm)
Cruisers are sized as follows:
Dragon Lord (7.5cm)
Human (8.0cm)
Orc (8.0cm)
Dwarf (6.5cm)
Frigates are sized as follows:
Dragon Lord (3.5cm)
Human (4.0cm)
Orc (4.0cm)
Dwarf (4.0cm)
As you can see we've gone for what we felt was aesthetically appealing on the gaming table. A Human Battleship looks truly awesome when it is on a gaming table, its sails unfurled and its cannons targeting an enemy vessel!
The closest 'historical' modelling scale that the ships fit to is 1/600th, which is the classic scale as defined by the Royal Navy for its comparative drawings of ships. The scale works out at more or less 0.508mm = 1 scale foot. So a 3mm figure on a ship would be 6 feet tall – give or take a bit!
When you actually put the miniatures out on a gaming table that is 3' x 3' or 4' x 4' they don't so much fill it as don't get lost on it! The scale of the ships and islands and other terrain is designed to give you something large enough to look at, something to enjoy, but still be able to wargame with without having to hire a football ground.
The core rules for this game date back several years, derived from a home grown, simple set of combat mechanics. The whole premise was to make The Uncharted Seas a fun game and a fast game. The aim is to have a game finished within in 1.5 to 2 hours – or longer if you want to play multiplayer games or use much bigger fleets. If you want to play with 5 Starter Battlegroups (that would be 5 Battleships, 15 Cruisers and 30 Frigates) you could do it. Likewise, you could just play a one off compact game in 1 hour and then pack it all away ready for next time.
We also wanted a set of mechanics that abstracted complexity right out of the rules, adding them instead to decks of game cards, and allowing new players to rapidly grasp the game. Mark's involvement in helping to take the old game ideas and turn them into something that works smoothly and provides a 'fun' game to play has been invaluable. From the simple core rules to the decks of Race Cards, Mark has worked wonders.
The decks of cards play an important role in the game, but you can play without them. Our recommendation is that you DO use the cards as they add a wonderful colour to game proceedings and a certain fog of war. The cards are also used to manage magic and the flexibility we bring to the game by giving each race 26 cards each is phenomenal. Games rarely play the same twice and there isn't anything as satisfying as a player throwing down a rather nasty card, a smile across their face, only to see it wiped away as you counter it with one card and hit them back with another!
So with this all in mind we set about abstracting combat down and set aside some simple concepts:
1) Ranges should be banded for ease of game play. There are 4 bands and they are set at 8 inches each. If you want to play bigger and increase this, say to 12 inches per band, go for it. If you also want to change the bands on a per race basis, for cannon fire, you can do that. The rules won't break and you may find you enjoy this more!
2) Movement is simple and fluid. Use an intuitive template to figure out what moves where –and away you go.
3) Oh, and the same template shows you what targets you can and cannot shoot at.
4) Reference cards and a Quick Reference Sheet (QRF) mean that once you've digested the rule book, games should be easy to control without the rule book. You'll need it for reference, but not to make every facet of the game happen!
The game is, we think, hugely good fun to play. You can get up and running quickly, the rules do not have any grossly overcomplicated mechanics to confuse or befuddle you and the models look great! More upgrades are planned, and this includes models such as submarines, war platforms, troop ships, Dreadnoughts, Airships and so on. We're also working on a supplement to the core rule book that supports all of the new models that are coming out.
Welcome to The Uncharted Seas – we're happy to have you onboard and also eager to hear from you about what you are playing, how you are playing, how you paint your figures and anything else you fancy dropping us a line about.
Neil Fawcett & Mark Sims


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Stallions and Storms I by Equus-PhotographyWatch
©2011-2016 Equus-Photography
Name: Stallions & Storms I
Taken With: Nikon D300s + Nikkor 70-200 f2.8-3.5
Date: May 7th 2011
Taken With: Nikon D300s + Nikkor 70-200 f2.8-3.5
Date: May 7th 2011
Description: My Favourite shot from this weekend action wise. We had a massive hail and thunderstorm right after this series of shots was taken, you can see it moving in in the background. The rings went to a break, and when i saw the lighting in the warmup ring i pounced on the opportunity to take some shots. I Believe this horse is performing a canter pirouette, and was competing in the Prix St. George level, he's absolutely gorgeous!
Anyways, the only thing i did on photoshop to this shot was up the saturation a smidge, deviantart always seems to suck a little of the color out
*I played around some more with this shot with actions, here is the result:
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absolutely majestic.
Wow this is such a lovely shot! May I use this as a drawing reference please?
beautiful shot, clear and dramatic!
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Also think about submitting this one. I think the colors are a lot richer, and you definitely get that stormy feeling.
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Photos: Daniel Bryan Debuts His New Wyatt Family Look at Tonight's WWE Live Event
by Amish Patel - January 05, 2014
– Daniel Bryan debuted his new look at the WWE live event in Hampton, Virginia tonight.
Bray Wyatt came out and introduced Bryan before their steel cage match and said he is the newest member of The Wyatt Family. Bray ended up defeating Bryan in a steel cage match with help from Erick Rowan. Here's a photo of his new look:
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Population Biology of the Federally Threatened Floodplain Species, Boltonia Decurrens (Decurrent False Aster): Stage Based Demography and Patterns of Succession in Freshwater, Wetland HabitatsEPA Grant Number: U915781
Title: Population Biology of the Federally Threatened Floodplain Species, Boltonia Decurrens (Decurrent False Aster): Stage Based Demography and Patterns of Succession in Freshwater, Wetland Habitats
Investigators: Mettler-Cherry, Paige A.
Institution: Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
EPA Project Officer: Jones, Brandon
Project Period: August 1, 2000 through August 1, 2003
Project Amount: $88,469
RFA: STAR Graduate Fellowships (2000) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Academic Fellowships , Ecological Indicators/Assessment/Restoration , Fellowship - Ecology and Ecosystems
The objectives of this research are to: (1) apply a series of stage-based transition models to Boltonia decurrens (B. decurrens) and use it to quantify the rate of population growth (lambda) and the sensitivity of lambda when specific life stages are affected; and (2) determine patterns of wetland succession at population sites of B. decurrens.Approach:
To collect data for the stage based transition model, nine plots will be established in four separate treatment areas using plowing frequency (every year, every other year, every third year, and no plowing) to simulate different disturbance regimes. All individuals of B. decurrens will be marked and followed throughout each year of the study. To study wetland succession, three transects, 10 meters in length, will be established at five different populations sites representing the known range of the species. Vegetation located on the transects is identified at anthesis and stem density estimated monthly throughout the growing season. Species richness, evenness, and diversity will be calculated, and ordination will be used to compare sites.Expected Results:
Determination of wetland succession patterns are vital to the management of B. decurrens, whose populations are extirpated within 3-5 years of establishment when flooding does not occur. By identifying the pivotal point between population growth and decline, management practices can be formulated to begin population regeneration anew.Supplemental Keywords:
Boltonia decurrens, Illinois River, stage-based demography, transition matrix model, lambda, disturbance, richness, evenness, diversity, ordination, threatened, endangered, population, conservation, succession., RFA, Scientific Discipline, Geographic Area, Ecosystem Protection/Environmental Exposure & Risk, Midwest, exploratory research environmental biology, Ecosystem/Assessment/Indicators, Chemical Mixtures - Environmental Exposure & Risk, Ecosystem Protection, Ecological Effects - Environmental Exposure & Risk, Ecological Effects - Human Health, Ecological Risk Assessment, Ecology and Ecosystems, Ecological Indicators, demographic, flood plain species, Boltonia Decurrens (B. decurrens), freshwater species, stage-based demography, lambda, Illinois River, diversity, endangered species, threatened floodplain species, conservation, wetland habitat, wetland succession, transition matrix model, ecosystem, ordination, population


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ADHD: Key Knowledge and Skills for Effective Biopsychosocial Intervention is an APT-accredited 3-day ADHD training course from one of the UK's leading providers of mental health training. We bring the training to your own organisation, for maximum cost-effectiveness, and up to 15 people can attend. (2-day version also available.)
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) has become an increasingly common diagnosis in recent years and is one that can cause confusion and concern in parents and carers. They may already be 'at their wits end' in terms of responding to disruptive behaviour and can then be confronted with entrenched viewpoints about whether medical or psychosocial interventions are most effective – and even which ones are morally 'right'. Even from professionals.
This course therefore takes a dispassionate view of the nature of ADHD, the far reaching problems it can cause for carers. Most importantly though, it details what effective psychosocial interventions are available to benefit both young people involved and also those looking after them.
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SquirrelMac Oct 16, 2013 3:15 AM
in response to DazzaG
Just ran the fix as on page 28. But unfortuantly have to report it's still doing the graphics glitch.
Running 10.8.5.
As soon as the GPU is loaded with either Photoshop cs6/CC and YouTube, it fails.
Running iMac 2008 with thr 2400 XT gpu.
aieronimo Oct 16, 2013 4:36 AM
in response to KVDB
Dear KVDB - this is very disconcerting. Can you let us know what iMac version you have (e.g., 8,1) and what graphics card you are using? Thanks.
TK111 Oct 16, 2013 8:52 AM
in response to aieronimo
I wouldn't be too worried about it at this point, unless KVDB gives some specifics. Mavericks is pre-release software. How did he get it and what version is he using on what machine, what was the initial experience and what was the experience after applying the kext fix?
I will be very interested, though, when Mavericks is released, if some brave soul will buy it and test it and report back, so I have an idea whether I should buy it as well. Or, I might just do that myself.
bobtibb Oct 16, 2013 10:21 AM
in response to DazzaG
Hi People
It has been a long time since I last posted any comments about this serious problem with aspects of the OS regarding the video kexts....
My present system is:
System Software Overview:
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Kernel Version: Darwin 10.8.0
Boot Volume:
Boot Mode: Normal
Computer Name:
User Name:
Secure Virtual Memory: Not Enabled
64-bit Kernel and Extensions: Yes
Time since boot: 1:29
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro:
Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x9583
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B2250L-259
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.259
Resolution: 1680 x 1050
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected
Now. I have been operating this Mac with OS Snow Leopard 10.6.7 for many months now with no problems relating to the ones mentioned in this thread having utilised the kext fix that was necessary to avoid the freezes. Due to changes with iPHONE and iTUNES I needed to upgrade to 10.6.8! Trepidation ensued!! So I took advice from this thread and went ahead with forcing my system to boot in 64-Bit mode. I then did an upgrade via Software Update, not the Combo, which I had downloaded . . . for some reason it would not allow me to proceed with the update. I updated via Software Update and rebooted. I then applied the kext fix and then immediately did two Permissions fixes. Since then I have been enjoying a stable Mac, like I had done with 10.6.7 but with extra advantages that the update offers. I did make sure that I killed any old applications that would only run in 32-Bit mode first. So, fingers crossed I am now ready to take a leap up the mountain, as it were! Mountain Lion. First, though I will wait and watch this thread to see if it is possible to use the kext fixes as 'normally' applied. Of course, I still have my OS 10.6.7 on my backup drive via Super Duper. That will soon be replaced by 10.6.8 after a few more weeks of stability!
KVDB Oct 16, 2013 10:21 AM
in response to aieronimo
24'' iMac (8,1) with the ATI2600 on OSX Mavericks GM. Was running without kextfix and it freezes after a couple of hours. Installed the kextfix and it freezes after a couple of days. Installed the kextfix again and it runs smooth till now (2days testing).
TK111 Oct 16, 2013 10:33 AM
in response to KVDB
Thanks KVDB. I hope it continues to go clear for you.
swmaster Oct 16, 2013 10:34 AM
in response to KVDB
installed mavericks on the very same day GM was available.
installed it straight on top of 10.8.5.
added a second monitor, cause 10.9 rocks with it.
it's a 2007 alu imac 20" with ATI2400HD.
been using it all the time, watching fullscreen videos from
youtube. original kexts from mavericks are used, no fix applied.
no freezes, nothing. it's stable and responsive since almost 2 weeks.
(10 days 21 hours).
see command outputs below.
imac:~ bat$ uname -a
Darwin imac.local 13.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
imac:~ bat$ kextstat | grep ATI
78 0 0xffffff7f817db000 0x22f000 0x22f000 com.apple.ATIRadeonX2000 (8.1.8) <74 11 7 6 5 4 3 1>
imac:~ bat$ kextstat | grep AMD
76 2 0xffffff7f820c5000 0x6d000 0x6d000 com.apple.kext.AMDSupport (1.1.4) <75 74 11 10 7 5 4 3 1>
77 0 0xffffff7f8215b000 0x166000 0x166000 com.apple.kext.AMD2400Controller (1.1.4) <76 74 11 10 5 4 3 1>
80 0 0xffffff7f8213f000 0x14000 0x14000 com.apple.kext.AMDFramebuffer (1.1.4) <76 74 11 10 7 5 4 3 1>
imac:~ bat$ uptime
19:28 up 10 days, 21:28, 4 users, load averages: 1.20 1.68 1.77
swmaster Oct 16, 2013 10:35 AM
in response to swmaster
sorry for the bad colours, mvrcks terminal app tend to copy colors and fonts styles...
SquirrelMac Oct 22, 2013 2:42 AM
in response to swmaster
We've just accdently worked out that if you put the mac to sleep with the power button and then wake up, it temporarly fixes the screen corruption.
tomasz17 Oct 22, 2013 2:44 PM
in response to DazzaG
I have installed OS X Maverics.
I have iMac 8,1, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro.
So far the new system rocks, much better than ML.
To early to say that it is stable .....
morphodone Oct 22, 2013 5:07 PM
in response to tomasz17
Going to try Maverics myself... here we go.
SquirrelMac Oct 23, 2013 12:32 AM
in response to morphodone
Going to try it on a iMac with a 2400 XT.
alexsader78 Oct 23, 2013 3:33 AM
in response to DazzaG
I have an iMac 20" with 2.0Ghz using an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT and I always had that freezing issue. Does it will work with Mavericks without problems? Does anyone have tested already?
bobtibb Oct 23, 2013 12:14 PM
in response to DazzaG
Hi again
Having updated to a 'stable' setup with Snow Leopard 10.6.8 using the kext fix and forcing into 64-bit mode I copied this to my external HD via Super Duper!. This is now backed up. I downloaded 10.9 Mavericks today and after waiting a very long time for it to download from the App Store (Free upgrade as well), I went ahead and installed it. Once installed I started to arrange how it worked, going through all the setups asked for by the Apple installer. At about half an hour in . . . boom . . . a grey screen. Disappointed to say the least. Anyway, I know it is not supposed to work but I thought I would have a go and install the kext fixes that worked for 10.6.8 (those from 10.6.2). Loaded them in and rebooted. Blimey! When it came up, everything was going along treacle-footed and obviously not correct. So, I did a repair permissions via the Disk Utility. Rebooted and . . . as of now, a few hourse later . . . the system is working. I haven't had chance to test everything but will report back later with a unpdate. If it goes pear-shaped . . . I will revert to 10.6.8. Wish me luck....
sequera Oct 24, 2013 1:32 AM
in response to DazzaG
I have a mac 7.1 with ATI radeon 2400 with 10.7 and kext fixes, without freezing or any problem.
Yesterday I installed OS X Mavericks, and again freezing ....
Then I installed kext fixes and now working without freezing.


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Conference Paper: ShareBoost: Boosting for Multi-view Learning with Performance Guarantees[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Algorithms combining multi-view information are known to exponentially quicken classification, and have been applied to many fields. However, they lack the ability to mine most discriminant information sources (or data types) for making predictions. In this paper, we propose an algorithm based on boosting to address these problems. The proposed algorithm builds base classifiers independently from each data type (view) that provides a partial view about an object of interest. Different from AdaBoost, where each view has its own re-sampling weight, our algorithm uses a single re-sampling distribution for all views at each boosting round. This distribution is determined by the view whose training error is minimal. This shared sampling mechanism restricts noise to individual views, thereby reducing sensitivity to noise. Furthermore, in order to establish performance guarantees, we introduce a randomized version of the algorithm, where a winning view is chosen probabilistically. As a result, it can be cast within a multi-armed bandit framework, which allows us to show that with high probability the algorithm seeks out most discriminant views of data for making predictions. We provide experimental results that show its performance against noise and competing techniques.
Conference Paper: Boosting information fusion[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Ensemble methods provide a principled framework for building high performance classifiers and representing many types of data. As a result, these methods can be useful for making inferences in many domains such as classification and multi-modal biometrics. We introduce a novel ensemble method for combining multiple representations (or views). The method is a multiple view generalization of AdaBoost. Similar to AdaBoost, base classifiers are independently built from each representation. Unlike AdaBoost, however, all data types share the same sampling distribution as the view whose weighted training error is the smallest among all the views. As a result, the most consistent data type dominates over time, thereby significantly reducing sensitivity to noise. In addition, our proposal is provably better than AdaBoost trained on any single type of data. The proposed method is applied to the problems of facial and gender prediction based on biometric traits as well as of protein classification. Experimental results show that our method outperforms several competing techniques including kernel-based data fusion.
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ABSTRACT: Component based object detection approaches have been shown to significantly improve object detection performance in adversities such as occlusion, variations in pose, in and out of plane rotation and poor illumination. Even the best object detectors are prone to errors when used in a global object detection scheme (one that uses the whole object as a single entity for detection purpose), due to these problems. We propose a fuzzy approach to object detection that treats an object as a set of constituent components rather than a single entity. The object detection task is completed in two steps. In the first step, candidates for respective components are selected based on their appearance match and handed over to the geometrical configuration classifier. The geometrical configuration classifier is a fuzzy inference engine that selects one candidate for each component such that each candidate is a reasonable match to the corresponding component in terms of appearance and also a good fit for the overall geometrical model. The detected object consists of candidates that are not necessarily the best in terms of appearance match or the closest to the geometrical model in terms of placement. The output is a set of candidates that is an optimal combination satisfying both criteria. We evaluate the technique on a well known face dataset and show that the technique results in detection of most faces in a scale-invariant manner. The technique has been shown to be robust to in-plane rotations and occlusion.
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ABSTRACT: Ensemble methods provide a principled framework in which to build high performance classifiers and represent many types of data. As a result, these methods can be useful for making inferences about biometric and biological events. We introduce a novel ensemble method for combining multiple representations (or views). The method is a multiple view generalization of AdaBoost. Similar to AdaBoost, base classifiers are independently built from each represetation. Unlike AdaBoost, however, all data types share the same sampling distribution computed from the base classifier having the smallest error rate among input sources. As a result, the most consistent data type dominates over time, thereby significantly reducing sensitivity to noise. The method is applied to the problem of facial and gender prediction based on biometric traits. The new method outperforms several competing techniques including kernel-based data fusion, and is provably better than AdaBoost trained on any single type of data.
Conference Paper: New Trends in Intelligent Electronic Navigational Aids[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The smart management of clutter is a key component in designing intelligent, next-generation user interfaces and electronic displays. Intelligent devices can enhance a user's situational awareness under adverse conditions. In this paper we present two approaches to assist a user with target detection and clutter analysis, and we suggest how these tools could be integrated with an electronic chart system. The first tool, an information fusion technique, is a multiple-view generalization of AdaBoost, which can assist a user in finding a target partially obscured by display clutter. The second technique clusters geospatial features on an electronic display and determines a meaningful measure of display clutter. The clutter metric correlates with preliminary, subjective, clutter rankings. The metric can be used to warn a user if display clutter is a potential hazard for his performance. We compare the performance of the proposed techniques with recent classifier fusion strategies on a set of synthetic data.
Conference Paper: An Ensemble Approach to Robust Biometrics Fusion[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: A clever information fusion algorithm is a key component in designing a robust multimodal biometrics algorithm. We present a novel information fusion approach that can be a very useful tool for multimodal biometrics learning. The proposed technique is a multiple view generalization of AdaBoost in the sense that weak learners from various information sources are selected in each iteration based on lowest weighted error rate. Weak learners trained on individual views in each iteration rectify the bias introduced by learners in preceding iterations resulting in a self regularizing behavior. We compare the classification performance of proposed technique with recent classifier fusion strategies in various domains such as face detection, gender classification and texture classification.
Conference Paper: Intelligent Electronic Navigational Aids: A New Approach.[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Intelligent devices, with smart clutter management capabilities, can enhance a user's situational awareness under adverse conditions. Two approaches to assist a user with target detection and clutter analysis are presented, and suggestions on how these tools could be integrated with an electronic chart system are further detailed. The first tool, which can assist a user in finding a target partially obscured by display clutter, is a multiple-view generalization of AdaBoost. The second technique determines a meaningful measure of clutter in electronic displays by clustering features in both geospatial and color space. The clutter metric correlates with preliminary, subjective, clutter ratings. The user can be warned if display clutter is a potential hazard to performance. Synthetic and real data sets are used for performance evaluation of the proposed technique compared with recent classifier fusion strategies
Conference Paper: Classifier fusion using shared sampling distribution for boosting[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: We present a new framework for classifier fusion that uses a shared sampling distribution for obtaining a weighted classifier ensemble. The weight update process is self regularizing as subsequent classifiers trained on the disjoint views rectify the bias introduced by any classifier in preceding iterations. We provide theoretical guarantees that our approach indeed provides results which are better than the case when boosting is performed separately on different views. The results are shown to outperform other classifier fusion strategies on a well known texture image database.
Conference Paper: Frequency domain system identification: a full estimation approach[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to address the full estimation issue, where both the order and the parameters are identified for single-input/single-output linear time-invariant systems. The technique introduced here investigates the system identification problem when the phase information is lacking and only the magnitude of the input/output and the frequency data are available. The system identification approach described in this work has been shown to function with good results on both simulated and measured data
Conference Paper: Boosting in classifier fusion vs. fusing boosted classifiers[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: In this paper we investigate the performance of boosting used for fusing various classifiers. We propose a new boosting - based algorithm for fusion and we show through empirical studies on texture image data sets that it outperforms existing SVM-based classifier fusion technique in terms of accuracy, computational efficiency and robustness.
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ABSTRACT: Dynamic, accurate near-real time environmental data is critical to the success of the mine countermeasures operations. Bathymetric data acquired from the AQS-20 mine hunting sensor should be adjusted for local tide variations related to the specific geographic area and time interval. This problem can be overcome by a spatio-temporal estimate of tide corrections provided for the area and time of interest by the Naval Research Laboratory tide prediction code PCTides. For each geographic position of the AQS-20 sonar, a tide height relative to mean sea level is computed by interpolating the tidal information from the K - nearest neighbored stations for the corresponding time. The value is used to correct the measured depth generated by the AQS-20 sonar in that location to mean sea level for fusion with other bathymetric data products. It is argued that this paper provides a useful tool to the MCM decision factors during Mine Warfare operations.
Conference Paper: AQS-20 sonar processing enhancement for bathymetry estimation[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Bathymetry is used to determine optimal tactics during Mine Warfare operations. Previous work demonstrated that bathymetric data could be acquired from the Volume Search Sonar (VSS) mounted on the AQS-20 system. The VSS transmitter produces a pulse at approximately one-second intervals along the track. The returning pulse from the sea-bottom is received by a group of sensors and beamformed in hardware into two fans (one pitched slightly forward and a second pitched slightly aft). A possible way to increase the accuracy of the bathymetry data is to improve the angle of arrival estimates by processing the adjacent across-track and/or along-track beam pairs. This paper employs narrow-beams monopulse techniques in order to investigate improvements to the bathymetric data over conventional processing. A comparative analysis of the experimental results for both the new and the classical technique is presented.
Conference Paper: Meta latent semantic analysis[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: Meta latent semantic analysis (MLSA) is a novel approach to automated document analysis and indexing which relies on symbolic ontologies to further enhance the traditional probabilistic latent semantic analysis (LSA) of documents. While LSA is able to discover clusters of related terms and documents in a given collection of documents, the proposed MLSA is able to meta-cluster such clusters by taking into account existing symbolic ontologies relevant for the analyzed collections of documents. Such an approach can be successfully used to improve the performance of fast LSA by random projection.
Conference Paper: ImageScour: A specialized search engine[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a specialized search engine for image retrieval called ImageScour. Compared with a traditional search engine, ImageScour takes advantage of contextual and topological information about the requested image to improve its retrieval performance. In particular, ImageScour is relevant for automatically repairing "broken" links pointing to other Websites, when the content of these Websites is updated or reorganized. Empirical results show that ImageScour outperforms general search engines (e.g., the advanced Google image search) by a significant margin.
Conference Paper: Information filtering via fuzzy hierarchical induction[Show abstract] [Hide abstract]
ABSTRACT: An adaptive algorithm is proposed in this work for teaming the user profile based on his initial profile and on queries' interpretation using fuzzy concept hierarchies. The dynamics of the user profile is modeled by employing a new concept, time-words vector hyperspace. The preliminary results from applying this new approach are promising. Future plans and recommendations for further expanding are provided.
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ABSTRACT: Predicting the degree of burial of mines in soft sediments is one of the main concerns of Naval Mine CounterMeasures (MCM) operations. This is a difficult problem to solve due to uncertainties and variability of the sediment parameters (i.e., density and shear strength) and of the mine state at contact with the seafloor (i.e., vertical and horizontal velocity, angular rotation rate, and pitch angle at the mudline). A stochastic approach is proposed in this paper to better incorporate the dynamic nature of free-falling cylindrical mines in the modeling of impact burial. The orientation, trajectory and velocity of cylindrical mines, after about 4 meters free-fall in the water column, are very strongly influenced by boundary layer effects causing quite chaotic behavior. The model's convolution of the uncertainty through its nonlinearity is addressed by employing Monte Carlo simulations. Finally a risk analysis based on the probability of encountering an undetectable mine is performed.
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An evening stroll two minutes from the apartment.
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Isla Canela marina
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Isla Canela Marina - a 10 minute stroll from the apartment.
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New London — Police continue to investigate the death of a Guatemalan man whose body was discovered Christmas Day on the bedroom floor at his Hope Street apartment.
The victim has yet to be formally identified, but at Jasmine Thai Restaurant in New London, where the man worked for the past five years as a busboy and occasional prep cook, he was known affectionately as "Amigo," according to restaurant owner Noi Biagetti and her husband, Mark Perera. They believe it was his first job in the United States.
"He was a nice guy and he was treated here like their own family," Perera said. "He was pleasant ... always had a smile on his face. I feel so bad. I was in shock when I first heard. I don't know what happened."
Biagetti said she last saw "Amigo" Tuesday evening and started to wonder if something was wrong when he did not show up for work on Thursday.
"He was a nice person and a good worker," Biagetti said. "We all loved him here — like close family."
An autopsy is scheduled for today to determine the cause and manner of death, said New London Deputy Chief Peter Reichard. Fingerprinting will also be done at the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and may help to positively identify the man, Reichard said.
No arrests had been made as of late Thursday.
Police said they located evidence of foul play and trauma to the man's body and are treating the case as a homicide, which would be the third of the year.
Luis Guzman of New London, who owns 15 Hope St., where the man was found dead, and another property just a few houses down at 22 Hope St., said he did not know the young Guatemalan who died in the second-floor apartment of the multi-family home. Guzman said he was also unaware that six people were living in the apartment, as police have reported.
Guzman, who is originally from the Dominican Republic, said he rented the apartment to a man from Guatemala years ago, but that the man had returned to his homeland and left his roommate, a man he believed was named Jose, in charge of the rent.
He said whenever he or his wife went to collect the rent, he never saw more than two people there. The second-floor apartment has three bedrooms, he said.
Guzman said he has since learned from tenants and neighbors that a lot of drinking had gone on in that apartment. He said one neighbor saw men carrying beer late Tuesday night into the apartment.
He believed the men, including the victim, worked in restaurants. He was told that one of the victim's friends found him dead after he failed to show up for work.
"I was helping a cousin in Uncasville who had locked his keys in his car when I got a call that there were police cars all around the house," said Guzman. "I was upset. It's sad to think that someone got killed there, especially on Christmas."
Guzman said he asked tenants if they had heard or seen something, and they said they heard nothing.
Besides Wednesday's death, one city homicide this year remains under investigation. Jesus Pinero, 29, died Aug. 29 after he was shot multiple times in the area of Connecticut Avenue and Prest Street. The gunman remains at large.
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BENNINGTON - The widow of a select board member in Pownal, Vt., has sued a hospital, accusing it of causing her husband's death in 2011.
The complaint was filed in Bennington Superior Court by Jean Prouty. It says Donald Prouty Jr. suffered a fall at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center that caused complications leading to his death.
The Bennington Banner reports (http://bit.ly/X0xKfZ) Prouty, who had Hepatitis C, went to the hospital complaining of head and neck pain from recent falls.
Hospital staff determined the 56-year-old Prouty was at a high risk of falling and ordered a bed alarm and "personal sitters."
The lawsuit says no one was in his room and the alarm was deactivated when he fell. He fractured his pelvis and suffered internal bleeding.
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Maybelline SuperStay 24HR Makeup - New Version
620 reviews
58% would repurchase
Package Quality: 2.9
Price: $$
Package Quality: 2.9
Price: $$
INGREDIENTSAqua/Water, Cyclopentasiloxane, Polypropylsilsesquioxane, Isododecane, Dimethicone, C30 45 Alkyl Dimethylsilyl Propylsilsequioxane, Glycerin, Silica, PEG 10 Dimethicone, Dimethicone/Polyglycerin 3 Crosspolymer, Sodium Chloride, Nylon 12, Phenoxyethanol, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Disodium Stearoyl Glutamate, Chlorphenesin, Ethylparaben, Disodium EDTA, Acrylates Copolymer, Aluminum Hydroxide, Paraffin, May Contain ( /-): CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77499, CI 77492, CI 77491 (Iron Oxides)
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I've been using this foundation religiously for over a year. I have severe acne, and after trying countless foundations, this is the longest lasting on my oily skin. I use over colorstay photoready primer, and under Maybelline dream matte powder. It's nearly full coverage, and although I have severe scarring and active breakouts, a thick layer of this usually suffices to cover my blemishes without concealer. It does stay on very well, through rain, kissing, etc. It does not crease easily at all. However...it has it's downfalls aswell. The final texture of this foundation is very, very matte. It doesn't make my skin appear youthful, or allow any natural glow to shine through. It does not build well. Once it dries, trying to add another layer (without very careful, time consuming blending effort) usually results in the bottom layer clumping together. It accentuates the fine hairs on my face. It dries my skin out (which is good or bad, depending on your skin type.) It clogs my pores (although less than many other foundations). I combat some of this by often mixing in some of a thinner, more luminous foundation or brightener, which helps. The bottom line is: this foundation stays, gives full coverage, and matches my skin tone perfectly (no pinkish-orange tints thankfully) , looks dry, clogs my pores and ages my skin.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This was my first liquid foundation. I felt really washed out when I put this on even though the shade matched my skin tone. I dont know how to explain it but i just felt really cakey and ashy? The packaging is horrible and its very messy.
I wouldn't recommend this for dry skin too because it will make you look flaky and i found this foundation hard to blend. It left me with patches and streaks. Sorry to all those who are a fan of this foundation.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Olive, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Black
I bought this as my first liquid foundation quite some time ago now maybe the beginning of this year? When I went to the store I had previously done some research on foundation I might possibly buy and watched a video of Lisa Eldridge (who is an amazing make up artist btw) who said that if it was possible take a sample home of the foundation and try it on at home in daylight before purchasing. So I went to the store with my mum and took home four samples from the testers of different foundations in wee containers and I didn't know if we were allowed but oh well! I felt like this foundation had the best colour match.
Now that I've had it for much longer, I think the colour (I got True Beige) is a little too orange for my skin. Naturally the skin on my mid face around my cheeks is fairer than my neck, forehead and body so I tried to get something that matched with the darker parts of my skin. I think this colour is a little orange and in some lighting looks a little pink for my asian skin. I think this foundation would be good for normal/slightly oily skin because when I have a few dry patches on my skin from rashes that I get quite often on my face, the foundation sticks to the flakes of skin which thoroughly annoys me! haha I think this foundation is okay coverage wise but not terrible good. a birthmark on the right of my face is still quite visible and I mostly use this foundation as something that gives a bit of colour and life to my face as I said before that parts of my face are lighter. Overall an alright foundation but I'd like to find a better one thats still a reasonable price.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
This was like the first foundation I used. It could be slightly orange but it stayed on and blended well. People told me it looked natural and on my face did not look orange. But to me it felt thick like a mask. I only need light coverage and I was much happier with my department brand lightweight foundation and was fine shelling out 35 instead of 10 to 12 for this because I don't wear foundation so often so it will last me a while. I hate feeling like a cake face so even if I did need to wear foundation daily I would splurge.
But if I needed ds foundation jn a pinch I would consider this although I might try other brands b
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
First off, let me start on the product claims:
-withstands heat, sweat, and humidity
-no-transfer: won't rub off
-flexible, breathable, all-day comfort
-oil free- non pore clogging
-suitable for all skin types
My experience:
i've been currently using maybelline superstay for about two weeks now and i must say, i wish i would've tried this earlier. for long wearing makeup, it does last for a while with minimal transfer. i wouldn't know if it lasts 24 hours like the bottle states because i only wear it for 9, but compared to other long lasting foundations i've tried such as revlon colorstay and estee lauder double wear maximum coverage, i like this better. this foundation is medium to full coverage, and will easily cover acne scars and acne without much trouble. this is great for me because i have lots of acne scarring from constantly picking at my face. As for oil control, it does fairly well in heat. i'm not going to lie, oil does shine through by the end of the day but it doesn't look disgusting or repulsive. it gives your skin a beautiful dewy look rather than sweaty and gross, and this is coming from a combo/oily gal who generally likes her foundation matte and flat. far as i can tell, no oxidation has occured either so that's a plus =] i have this in classic beige and i'm an nc30-35 in mac and creamy tan in estee lauder. i don't exactly know the price since this was a gift from the boyfriend but i think it's around 8-9 dollars, pretty cheap. If you're a fan of revlon colorstay but don't want the offensive smell and heavy/cake-like feeling then i highly suggest you try this!
Age: 25-29
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I've been on the search for a really great foundation for the last 3 years(since I've moved to humid southeast Georgia). I've tried drugstore, department store, liquid, powder, you name it and I keep finding myself repurchasing this foundation. It's the only foundation I've found so far that actually stays on my face through the humidity here and sweating and has yet to break me out like most foundations I've tried have. My choice for applying this is with a damp sponge and definetly using a moisturizer before hand. I do have oily skin and setting this foundation with a powder helps keep my face from getting super oily, although towards the end of the day I startlook just a little shiny but the staying power of this is great for me. It also coverages covers my acne scars and hyper pigmentation pretty well. The only thing i do not like about this is the pakage! A pump would make it so much better! But I will definetly stay with this foundation for quite awhile.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I really, really like this product, especially at the price point. This compares well to other matte, longwearing formulas. I love Estee Lauder DoubleWear, and some other foundations I like are Make Up For Ever Mat Velvet +, & the Revlon CS Whipped Cream.
This is the type of foundation I wear to work for flawless coverage. It holds up well through a long day of varied temperatures & conditions: sweating through the long, crowded walk from Penn Station to 45th St, freezing in an over-air conditioned conference room, nervous oily skin being grilled by a law firm partner over something that isn't my fault, etc.
Doesn't oxidize at all. That's notable, bc most foundations oxidize on my combo skin. I do notice that the performance has a lot to do w what you wear underneath. SuperStay has no ingredients that should oxidize. If it is oxidizing on you, I'd strongly recommend changing your moisturizer &/or primer.
This blends on oily skin, but it dries fast. You must work in sections & really even it out.
ELF Powder Brush, or any dense, synthetic fiber flat-top kabuki is hands down the best way to apply SuperStay. You can hit a big area at once and blend it in fast & furious.
Fingertips or a classic foundation brush make it streaky/ uneven for me.
Color match matters A LOT with an opaque, full coverage matte base like this. If it's right- you'll look flawless. If it's wrong, you'll look like you're wearing a mask or about to make your on-stage performance in the high school musical.
If you're NC/ NW 20+ you'll be ok, but note that there aren't really light shades & the 2 lightest lean very pink IMO.
is Sand Beige. 1 of the best color matches I've found.
This is unique for a drugstore shade.
It is a bit gold, almost leaning green instead of orange. You may think that sounds gross, but trust me- it's lovely for light warm tone skin. It also counters any pinkness or purple under eyes.
I'm NC 20/ 25, but I prefer the darker end of that range bc it covers better & flatters my yellow skintone + blonde hair. Also, like most ppl my face isn't all 1 color and I find it's better to match to your darker areas of pigmentation like forehead & nose rather than light areas like jawline/ neck (which is unfortunately how most makeup counters match you). If you match light areas, then the foundation will look too light over large pores on my nose & cheeks & pool up- yuck! This never happens wirh Maybelline SuperStay.
If you are very fair or have dry skin, this won't work for you.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Other
Eyes: Brown
LOVE! Finding my shade was a little hard, but I found some people on youtube that have the sme skin tone as me and they used Classic Beige so i picked it up and i love it. The consistency is thin and soooooo easy to blend, with great medium to full coverage! It looks like skin, not at all like i caked on a thick heavy foundation. Doesn't oxodize on me or break me out. It would be even more fantastic if it had a pump and also i noticed the shades are slightly peachy, orangy so if you have a very pale or cool complexion, the shade range may not work for you. This foundation would be the best if they had a better shade selection. This lasts very long, i hate when my makeup is gone by the time i come home, this stays put. I set it with rimmel stay matte powder and its awesome!
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
First off, let me start by describing my skin type; I have extremely oily skin with very large pores and acne/blemish/whitehead prone. I have redness in my cheeks and T-zone, and also have freckles that tend to look more like acne scarring. So, all in all, I have terrible skin, not to mention ingrown hairs in my upper lip area that keep coming back no matter how much I try.
I decided to check Jean-Coutu for the new Maybelline SuperStay 24hour foundation, because if anything could withstand the oil in my skin, it would be something designed for 24hour wear. WRONG!
Well, the SuperStay foundation was a huge disappointment for me.
The packaging for this isn't bad, it comes in a nice heavy duty glass bottle (just like Revlon Colorstay) and it has a screw-cap which I like. My HD MUFE foundation lid broke because it kept popping off onto the floor. Although no pump for this which means product being wasted and possible sanitary issues. Pretty standard for most drugstore foundations.
The color options seemed pretty decent, although the only option for us paler girls was porcelain Ivory Light 10 which is what I chose. This shade is far too dark for me by about 1 or 2 shades.
When I first applied it (using my hands), It felt very moisturizing and smooth, and I noticed it didn't cling to any dry patches at all. I applied it over my Lancaster mattifying sunscreen and Revlon photoready primer (which works wonders for me). This was a shock to me because as a foundation being advertized for long wear, I expected it to be hard to blend, and drying. It blended quite well and I was satisfied after the initial application. Coverage wasn't bad either, but again, it was too dark for my light ivory skin tone.
I evened out the tone with my lighter pressed powder by Covergirl in 110 Ivory, (this I have been using religiously for about 10 years now). After this, I topped it off with my usual UD eye makeup, Nars blush and bronzer. Everything looked okay, but already I could tell that my pores looked a little accentuated (even after using a buffing brush in my T-zone).
By the time I left my apartment and got to my bus stop (approx 45 minutes after applying my makeup), I checked my compact mirror to see how everything looked in the sunlight. My skin looked SO OILY already! Usually it takes another 2 hours for me to notice oil peeking through my makeup, so I thought this was strange. The whole reason for me trying this product was for it's longevity qualities.
By the end of my workday, the makeup did not last at all, it got blotchy and oxidized bad! My T-zone virtually melted the makeup off, even after blotting all day. I feel like this foundation is suitable for normal to dryer skinned people who want their makeup to last all day. Although it's advertized as being a 'Super Stay' foundation, it definitely cannot combat oil and is meant to only combat sweat and heat. It's hard to explain, but I feel like it would have worked well if I wasn't so oily, because the spots where I don't get oily stayed perfect and the makeup only moved around the pores in my T-zone.
All in all, not impressed with this foundation, My makeup did not last, even after applying a primer. I felt cakey and gross by the end of the day with patches of orange around my T-zone. I'll be going back to my BB cream until I find something that works *Sigh*.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
this was ok...lasted long decent coverage..didnt like the way it looks...hard to blend
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A newspaper story claimed that the late President Turgut Özal, whose body was exhumed from his İstanbul grave as part of a probe into the circumstances surrounding his death, was killed by a highly deadly poison according to an unpublished autopsy report prepared by the Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK). Although the report was immediately denied by the ATK, it showed that the public was already ready to believe Özal was assassinated, some columnists assert.
The Star daily's Fehmi Koru pointed out that even though the claim was immediately dismissed by the ATK, the public's reaction to the claim was noteworthy as the majority were not surprised by it, showing that it is commonly believed the late president was actually poisoned. He expressed his hope that the ATK will complete its autopsy and let people know the truth at once.
Bugün columnist Gülay Göktürk believes that once the final results are released by the ATK, Turkey will confront the greatest assassination of its history. We cannot yet know who planned or perpetrated the murder but, to come up with possible suspects, we have to have a look at the incidents of 1993. Most of the officers killed in the 1990s were known for their more democratic approach to the Kurdish question, she wrote, and gave examples:
In 1993, journalist Uğur Mumcu, who was believed to have found some striking facts about drug trafficking by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), was killed; former Minister Ahmet Kahveci, whom Özal would consult with regards to solving the Kurdish issue, died in a suspicious traffic accident; former gendarmerie commander, Gen. Eşref Bitlis, who argued that the Kurdish issue could not be solved with weapons, died in a suspicious plane crash; former deputy Mehmet Sincar, who supported Kurds in legal cases, was killed in a street in Batman; and, finally, Özal, who dedicated his final years to solving the long-standing Kurdish question, died.
The fact that the Kurdish issue is the common point among all of these people who died gives us a clue as to who may have plotted their deaths. There is no doubt that the deep state, or so-called Ergenekon terrorist organization, which can more easily continue its existence when there is a terrorism problem in the country, would hamper any change in the state's policy of not acknowledging the Kurdish ethnicity. So, if Özal's death is indeed proved to have been caused by poisoning, the probe into Ergenekon will return to our agenda, she noted.