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hi, im a 21 year old female. Im trying to find the best option to to make my cheek area appear noticeably widder, more oval like. I have a long face and being thin in face doesn't help the situation. I've been thinking about this for some time now and come to find that a surgical procedure is the only option. Just wondering what would be the best option for my problem, fat injections, cheek implants, or some sort of filler? also if I chose cheek implants, would they look natural?please help!!
Fat Injections, Cheek Implants, Injections, Best for Thin Face?
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Rejuvenation of the thin face
Structural fat grafting is a powerful tool for correcting one of the primary processes of facial aging: the gradual loss of facial soft tissue volume, which primarily represents the atrophy of facial fatty tissue. The importance of restoring facial fullness cannot be emphasized enough, for without it, very few facial cosmetic surgical procedures are truly rejuvenating. As we age the skeletal features of the face become more obvious, and create subtle visual clues that tell the observer 'this is an older person'. Fat atrophy is often very obvious when it appears as hollowness in the temple area and as flattening of formerly full cheeks, but can also exist as more subtle changes that still convey an appearance of advancing age, such as the development of a hollow in the space between the upper lid and eyebrow, or as indentations in a formerly smooth and gently curving jawline.
Lifting skin and trimming the excess has been the standard approach to the treatment of facial aging for centuries, but when performed without some means of restoring the youthful fullness of facial soft tissues, the result is an older-looking person with tighter skin. The word 'rejuvenation' means literally 'to restore youthfulness' or 'to make young again', so if the goal of surgery is to rejuvenate the face then it cannot be accomplished solely by means of redraping the skin and removing the excess.
In my practice fat grafting is not an afterthought that is thrown into the surgical plan for the occasional patient. It is a key component of almost every major facial rejuvenation surgery that I perform. It is in fact that very first part of the surgical procedure for my patients undergoing a full facial rejuvenation surgery.
Fat grafting also gives the surgeon the ability to provide a minimally invasive, quick recovery solution for some of the earliest signs of facial aging, in many patients long before they could or should consider a more involved (and much longer recovery) procedure like a facelift. Most people show evidence of facial soft tissue atrophy in their thirties, long before they develop the degree of skin laxity that warrants skin redraping and removal. So younger patients now have a means for 'turning the clock back' by maintaining or restoring facial fullness through structural fat grafting. These enhancements look beautiful and natural, not like surgery, and over and over I hear fat grafting patients tell me that "none of my friends or co-workers can figure out why I look so great".
As with any cosmetic surgical procedure, there can certainly be 'too much of a good thing'. Over-grafting of fatty tissue will distort facial features and produce unnatural proportions that look like surgery rather than appearing to turn back the clock. An important part of my preoperative evaluation is reviewing photographs with patients from their twenties and thirties (and from their forties for patients in their sixties and seventies). Such photographs are invaluable in confirming the manner in which a face has aged, and in planning a surgery that is designed to help a patient look more like their youthful self.
A wide variety of facial implants are currently available for the enhancement of the skeletal elements of facial aesthetics. The most commonly used facial implants are used to enhance the profile of the chin and the cheeks. Facial implants very widely not only in shape and style, but also in terms of the materials from which they are fabricated.
My preference is to use structural fat grafting, as much as possible, to enhance facial features. In many cases, the need for a solid implant can be eliminated by the careful and meticulous grafting of a patient's own fat. While the incidence of complications with facial implants is not high, certain problems may develop which require implant removal including infection and implant migration. Bone resorption (bone loss) has also been reported below solid facial implants. Neither of these problems are an issue with structural fat grafting.
The only setting in which I currently use a solid facial implant is for chin implant augmentation. Some patients with a 'weak' chin profile can be adequately improved by structural fat grafting alone. However, when the chin protrusion needs to be enhanced by a half centimeter or more, a chin implant is absolutely required. I prefer to use a soft, flexible, anatomic chin implant that conservatively enhances the anterior projection of the chin in profile. The chin implant is placed through an incision hidden underneath the chin, an area where many people already have a scar from a fall in childhood.
Moderate enhancement of chin projection in appropriate patients can dramatically enhance the profile, in a manner that is completely natural-appearing. It is remarkable how increasing chin prominence in some patients will reduce the apparent prominence of the nose, and restore an overall sense of harmony and balance to facial features.
For enhancement of the cheek bone area, I rely exclusively on structural fat grafting. Careful and meticulous fat grafting not only avoids some of the potential complications of solid cheek implants, but it also allows more precise 'customization' of the aesthetic improvement that can be obtained for each individual patient. It is also my opinion that structural fat grafting produces a more natural-appearing enhancement of the cheek area than what is generally achieved through the placement of solid implants over the cheekbone.
Web reference: http://michaellawmd.com
Try non-surgical options first and consult a reputable surgeon
Web reference: http://drtorgerson.com/non-surgical-procedures/dermal-fillers-toronto
Treating a Thin Face
All of the above are definite possibilities for consideration for highlighting or widening the cheekbone region. Fillers and fat grafting may require additional treatments. However, these are usually spaced at least one year apart and often even several years apart. Implants are considered a surgical procedure and should be discussed with your surgeon, who will have the benefit of examining you and your facial structure in person.
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Best Treatment for Thin Face
I use implants, fat sculpting, and fillers, which are all excellent techniques to augment and sculpt a thin face. These procedures are individualized to meet the goals of every patient. Please send pictures or consult with a surgeon who does this work.
Facial filler, #Fat injection, or #Cosmeticsurgery Cheek Implant for Midface Augmentation
Hi 920140anon in missasauga, ontario,
Several cosmetic options are available to improve volume loss in the cheeks or midface. Volume loss is a natural progression seen with facial aging. Midface volume loss may also be seen earlier with genetic predisposition, medical conditions, severe weight changes, or medications too.
Treatment obviously is to add volume, typically. Injectable fillers with hyaluronic acid, Restylane, or Juvederm may be appropriate. Alternatively, longer acting facial fillers such as Radiesse or Sculptra provide longer-term improvement of the cheeks. All these injections are office procedures. A newer procedure, inappropriately labeled "vampire facelift", is to inject components of your own blood back into the cheeks. This blood injection is a newer procedure without long-term experience by plastic surgeons.
Other options include fat injections, which have been used for decades for facial rejuvenation. Lastly, cosmetic surgery with a silicone implant or midface lift may be more appropriate in selected patients.
There isn't one best treatment for facial plastic surgery procedures. Only after a comprehensive evaluation by a plastic surgeon specialist can he/she help determine appropriate options for you for natural cheek enhancement. Best of luck.
Dr. C
Web reference: http://www.potomacplasticsurgery.com/facial-plastic-surgery/facial-sculpting.cfm
Based on your age you may want to try fillers such as Radiesse First
The most important advice that can be given to you is that you should be evaluated by 2-3 surgeons specializing in facial plastic surgery.
Fat transfer may be a great option but there is no room for error as the results could be permanent and with your young age we have to be careful about the long term results.
Best option may be temporary fillers to make sure you like the results. The decision can be made by working with you facial plastic surgeon.
Facial Augmentation with Fat vs Implants
Fat transfer to the face is a great procedure that gives natural, full results, and works very well in the cheeks and under the eyes. Implants made of silicone also work very well and are permanent, which is a benefit. Any other filler material (Radiesse, Restylane, Juvederm, etc) will only give temporary results, and will likely cost you more money in the long run. Without your photos it is hard to make a specific recommendation for you. Good luck!
Fat Injections, Cheek Implants, Injections, Best for Thin Face
As stated by Dr Shafer Where's the PHOTO! But my plan of therapy would be start with Restylane 4 cc's filler to see if you like the effect. If happy I would use Selphyle regenerating filler or Radiesse. Finally an inplant can be the final choice.
Cheek Implants for Fat Injections
Without a picture or examining you, it is impossible to give you specific advice. However, in most people I would suggest injections with Radiesse, Juvederm or fat transfer as a first line treatment. Good luck with your procedure.
Web reference: http://www.shaferplasticsurgery.com
Ways to widen cheek area in a thin face
Cheek implants are the best option for stable and consistent results in the cheek area. There are several different styles of implants including both malar and submalar. There are multiple different compounds that implants are made of. We believe the silastic silicone implants to be the best and most inert. Cheek implants are easy to reverse by just simply removing the incision for both placement and removal on the inside of the upper lip above the canine teeth. We do not recommend fat injections in this area because of the irregularity and resorption process that can occur which is too variable and inconsistent.
Web reference: http://www.seattlefacial.com
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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All-Time Single-Season Team: The Worst of the Worst
It's time to flip the script on our all-time single-season team series and look at the very worst seasons at each position.
ALL-TIME SINGLE-SEASON TEAMS: CHC | STL | MIL | CIN | PIT | CHW | DET | KCR | CLE | MIN | ARI | COL | SD | LAD | SF | SEA | HOU | LAA | TEX | OAK | BOS | NYY | BAL | TOR | TBR | MIA | NYM | ATL | WAS | PHI | AL and NL teams | By the numbers
Over the last few weeks, we've been looking at the all-time best single-season teams in the history of each franchise. That is the best season by a catcher, the best season by a first baseman, so on and so forth. All the results are linked above.
Now we're going to flip the coin and look at the very worst seasons at each position. No, we're not going to do team by team breakdowns again, we're going to do one post for all of MLB. It's safe to consider these the worst individual seasons at each position in the history of the game. Enjoy.
CATCHER -- 1909 Bill Bergen
During that 1909 season with the Brooklyn Superbas*, Bergen hit an unfathomable .139/.163/.156 (1 OPS+ ... 1!) in 372 plate appearances. He had three extra-base hits: one double, one triple and one home run. Bergen did throw out attempted base-stealers at a league average rate, but geez. The total package worked out to -2.1 WAR.
Bergen's career batting line was .170/.194/.201 (21 OPS+) in 3,228 plate appearances, and hey, that's a lot better than what I would hit. Some other Bergen seasons as well as 2001 Michael Barrett (Expos) were also considered.
* They just don't make team names like they used to.
FIRST BASE -- 1914 Hughie Miller
Back in 1914, the league average first baseman hit .265/.324/.352, but Mr. Miller was no league average first baseman. He hit .222/.264/.284 (53 OPS+) with 20 doubles and zero homers in 533 plate appearances. That's good for -3.3 WAR. The St. Louis Terriers did not get their money's worth at first that year. Rico Brogna's 1997 season with the Philadelphia Phillies was also in the running.
SECOND BASE -- 1937 Del Young
Tough rookie year for Young, who hit .194/.235/.231 (23 OPS+) with nine doubles and no homers in 386 plate appearances for the Phillies. He was out of baseball four years later, sadly. Both Young and Fred Raymer (1905 Boston Beaneaters) were worth -2.7 in their worst seasons at second, but Young gets the nod here because he did it in 110 games. Raymer did it in 137 games. Believe it or not, Future Hall of Famer Craig Biggio was almost the choice here for his ugly 2007 season (-2.1 WAR).
SHORTSTOP -- 1933 Jim Levey
I get that shortstop isn't an offensive position, at least it wasn't until about 20 years ago, but Levey's .195/.237/.240 (24 OPS+) line for the St. Louis Browns in 1933 was especially bad. He also played pretty shaky defense, hence his -3.9 WAR. Ouch. Chris Gomez (1997 San Diego Padres ) was his primary competition.
THIRD BASE -- 1975 Ken Reitz
Another St. Louis player, this one with the St. Louis Cardinals . Reitz hit .269/.298/.340 (74 OPS+) with five home runs in 627 plate appearances that year, plus he managed to make 23 errors at the hot corner (-2.5 WAR). Best of all, he won the Gold Glove that year. Baseball! A bunch of guys you've never heard of were Reitz's primary competition.
LEFT FIELD -- 1973 Lou Piniella
There have been some truly awful left field seasons over the years, but Sweet Lou's 1973 effort with the Kansas City Royals takes the cake. He hit .250/.291/.361 (79 OPS+) with nine homers at a time when the average left fielder was hitting .277/.345/.420 (117 OPS+). Throw in some terrible defense and you get -3.1 WAR. Weirdly enough, Piniella deservingly received MVP votes in both 1972 (138 OPS+ and 3.5 WAR) and 1974 (116 OPS+ and 3.4 WAR), so that terrible season was sandwiched between two very good ones.
The list of terrible left field seasons is long, but 1993 Luis Polonia ( Los Angeles Angels ), 2010 Carlos Lee ( Houston Astros ) and 2011 Raul Ibanez (Phillies) deserve an honorable mention.
CENTER FIELD -- 2011 Alex Rios
I knew we'd run into an active player at some point. Rios was dreadful three years ago, hitting only .227/.265/.348 (63 OPS+) with 13 homers in 570 plate appearances for the Chicago White Sox . The various defensive metrics crushed him that year and we can't blame it on inexperience -- Rios was in his second (of two) season as a full-time center fielder after spending the majority of his career in right. Add it all up and you get -1.7 WAR. He bounced back with a 4.6 WAR season in 2012. Go figure. Von Joshua with the 1977 Milwaukee Brewers was Rios' primary competition.
RIGHT FIELD -- 1997 Jose Guillen
Simply put, Guillen was Jeff Francoeur without the glove. He hit .267/.300/.412 (82 OPS+) with 14 homers for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1997, though, to be fair, he was a 21-year-old rookie that season. The average right fielder hit .280/.356/.468 (117 OPS+) that year, by the way. A couple of Francoeur seasons and Ruben Sierra's 1993 season with the Oakland Athletics were considered.
DESIGNATED HITTER -- 1991 Alvin Davis
DH is pretty straight forward because it's all about the bat. If you don't hit, you can't help your team. Davis didn't help the '91 Seattle Mariners at all by putting up a .221/.299/.335 (76 OPS+) batting line with a dozen homers. It's pretty tough for a DH to be worth -1.8 WAR in a season, but Alvin did it. Dave Parker (1991 Angels and Toronto Blue Jays ), Dave Kingman (1986 Athletics) and Adam Lind (2010 Blue Jays) all have terrible DH seasons to their credit.
STARTING PITCHERS -- 1940 George Caster, 1940 Chubby Dean, 1952 Bob Feller, 1995 Terry Mulholland, 2013 Edinson Volquez
The stats:
Caster (Athletics): 4-19, 6.56 ERA, 68 ERA+, 1.70 WHIP, 178 1/3 IP, 69 BB, 75 K, -2.9 WAR
Dean (Athletics): 6-13, 6.61 ERA, 67 ERA+, 1.78 WHIP, 159 1/3, 63 BB, 38 K, -2.0 WAR
Feller ( Cleveland Indians ): 9-13, 4.74 ERA, 71 ERA+, 1.58 WHIP, 191 2/3 IP, 83 BB, 80 K, -2.9 WAR
Mulholland ( San Francisco Giants ): 5-13, 5.80 ERA, 69 ERA+, 1.53 WHIP, 149 IP, 38 BB, 65 K, -2.8 WAR
Volquez (Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers ): 9-12, 5.71 ERA, 60 ERA+, 1.59 WHIP, 170 1/3 IP, 77, 142 K, -2.4 WAR
I like to think that Chubby Dean is just the fat version of Dizzy Dean. Maybe he is; their careers overlapped a bit. (They were distant cousins, supposedly.) Anyway, those 1940 Philadelphia A's went 54-100 thanks in part to Caster and Dean, who put together two of the worst starting pitching seasons in history at the same time in the same rotation.
As for Feller, he endured the worst season of his Hall of Fame career at age 33 in 1952, but he rebounded in 1953 and finished his career with a few more strong seasons. I am secretly happy we worked at least one Hall of Famer into this post.
RELIEF PITCHERS -- 1973 Lloyd Allen, 1986 Ron Davis, 2009 Brad Lidge
This is like shooting fish in a barrel. There have been so many terrible, horrible, no good, very bad relief seasons in baseball history that we could put about 50 of these posts together and still not cover them all. I picked those three because they seemed especially bad. The stats:
Allen (Angels,
Texas Rangers
Davis ( Minnesota Twins , Chicago Cubs ): 8.59 ERA, 49 ERA+, 2.01 WHIP, 58 2/3 IP, 32 BB, 40 K, -2.7 WAR
Lidge (Phillies): 7.21 ERA, 59 ERA+, 1.81 WHIP, 58 2/3 IP, 34 BB, 61 K, -2.6 WAR
Lidge actually saved 31 games that year and the Phillies made it all the way to the World Series anyway.
- 1973 Lou Piniella
- 1991 Alvin Davis
- 1997 Jose Guillen
- 1975 Ken Reitz
- 2011 Alex Rios
- 1914 Hughie Miller
- 1933 Jim Levey
- 1937 Del Young
- 1909 Bill Bergen
When you run that abomination of a lineup through the Lineup Analyzer at Dave Pinto's Baseball Musings, it says they would score an average of 2.49 runs per game, or 403 runs per 162 games. The fewest runs in history is 372 by the 1908 Cardinals, who went 49-105. So that lineup is bad, but not historically bad.
Up Next: Simulations! We simmed a season using our all-time single-season teams and the results will be posted on Wednesday.


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Cash bonanza for Ranji Trophy winners Mumbai
Mumbai: The triumphant Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad, which lifted the coveted title for a phenomenal 40th time by whipping Saurashtra by an innings and 125 runs in the final here today, will be rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 3 crore by their parent association, MCA.
"The champion team will be awarded Rs 3 crore by the Mumbai Cricket Association in appreciation of their achievement. It is in addition to the prize money of Rs 2 crore it will get from the Board (BCCI)," said MCA Joint Secretary Nitin Dalal.
The Ranji Trophy winners would be honoured by MCA at a special function here on February 5 on the eve of their five-day Irani Cup clash against the Rest of India at the Wankhede Stadium, Dalal said.
The Ajit Agarkar-led team were crowned champions of the premier domestic competition after a gap of two seasons after crushing Saurashtra within three days in the summit clash at Wankhede Stadium.
Meanwhile, MCA`s under 16 squad has lifted the Vijay Merchant Trophy national title by defeating Delhi on their home ground and each member of the team will be rewarded with a cash prize of Rs 50,000, said MCA`s other Joint Secretary P V Shetty.
The other age group winners of the MCA as well as its senior women`s team, which have won titles, would also be felicitated on February 5, according to Dalal.


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Creme brulee is a classic and elegant way to end a meal. The best thing about it – besides cracking that crisp caramel crust to get to the delicate custard within – is the fact that it is actually easy to make at home! Creme brulee starts off with a mixture of cream, milk, sugar and egg yolks. The cream gives the custard a lot ... Read More »


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Ear Infections
Khari Payne is only four years old and already he's suffered through nearly a dozen ear infections.Â
His mother said, "we were in the doctor all the time, it was just, i mean at least once a month for probably the better part of two years. It was endless."
His symptoms often started with a runny nose, then came the fever, fussiness and irritability. Some pediatricians differ in how to proceed with treatment.   Dr. Vivian Lennon often keeps a watchful eye on a child before prescribing antibiotics.Â
"If the child however is younger, if the child is having severe pain, if the child is having fever then the decision may be made to treat with antibiotics".Â
She says the medicines should start working within 48 to 72 hours. Khari's infections kept coming back so his parents opted for surgery to insert tubes in his middle ear.  The pain relief is instantaneous because the fluid is drained instantaneously. That's made khari a happy boy. His mother reports he hasn't had an ear infection in about a year.
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City lawyers have more chance of earning a million with UK firms than with US firms – despite the Americans' much-vaunted recruitment drive.
Only two City lawyers at US firms are understood to earn more than a million pounds – Andrew Wilkinson at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, and William Charnley at McDermott Will & Emery.
Both declined to comment, but they prove the value of making the right career move at the right time.
At just over £1m, Wilkinson's earnings outstrip his former colleagues at Clifford Chance by some £200,000, while Charnley's package – which also just edges over a million – is about three times more than he would have got at Simmons & Simmons, and four times more than he would have earned at Addleshaw Booth & Co.
Neither Cadwalader nor McDermotts operate a lockstep – Wilkinson's and Charnley's packages are understood to include specific bonus entitlements as well as straight profits.
And indeed, until the likes of Cravath Swaine & Moore, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett embark on a UK partner recruitment drive, it seems that UK lawyers at US firms will not match magic circle levels.
By contrast, there are 61 partners at UK magic circle firms earning over £1m a year. The 40 partners at the top of the equity at Slaughter and May each make £1.2m. These include such luminaries as corporate partner Michael Pescod, competition partner Malcolm Nicholson and corporate partner Nigel Boardman.
Long hailed as the most profitable firm in the City, Slaughters' concentration on premium billing, rather than volume service, has paid off – its lack of overheads when it comes to a global network has also helped the bottom line.
But it's not just partners of 10 years' seniority and above who are millionaires. Slaughters had such an extraordinary year that even nine-year partners – including Andrew Balfour, Mark Horton and Elizabeth Barrett – tip over into seven figures. They are understood to be on £1.08m – equivalent to 15-year partners at Allen & Overy. Meanwhile, first-year partners at the firm have leapt from some £100,000 as senior assistant to £600,000 – a dizzying transition.
At Allen & Overy, 16 partners have reached the magic million figure. These include managing partner John Rink, litigation partner David Mackie QC and banking partner Philip Wood, plus Guido Brosio and Roberto Casati, former name partners of Brosio and Casati (who clearly negotiated a nice deal with Allen & Overy by coming in right at the top of the equity).
The profits share-out for last year also includes former senior partner Bill Tudor John. It is fitting that in his last year at the firm Tudor John attained his ambition for top partners to make a million.
The reason for the relative paucity of partners on over £1m at Allen & Overy is because of the firm's abnormally long partnership track. It may be only two-and-a-half to one, but it takes 15 years (and before that, two years' apprenticeship as a salaried partner) to reach the top, with partners advancing at a snail's pace of two points every year. Even senior partner Guy Beringer has not yet reached the top of the track.
While sources say that there is some recognition within the firm that the length of the partnership track will have to be shortened, few expect this to happen in the near future. 'There's been too much navel-gazing already,' says a partner, alluding to the change in management and partnership deed.
Although top Linklaters partners have not made it over a million, they are not far off, at £925,000, while the average profits per partner is £710,000.
This is hardly surprising, considering the raft of top-line deals, such as the defence of NatWest and the merger of Vodafone and Mannesmann, they have advised on.
Meanwhile, Clifford Chance and Freshfields – the two firms which have invested most in a global network – achieved rough parity. At the top end, Freshfields partners made £810,000 and Clifford Chance partners £804,000. Although both operate a fixed lockstep, in the US Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells have accommodated star billers such as Kevin Arquit, whose compensation is believed to be several millions.
The Clifford Chance figures are complicated by the fact that the profits are derived from two separate sums. The first set is the eight months from 1 May 1999 to 31 December 1999, and the rest of the profits are derived from an amalgam of fees from all three firms.
Although partner compensation has rocketed, senior assistant pay – despite the recent hikes initiated by Clifford Chance – has essentially remained static. With very few exceptions, top City assistants are in the £90,000 to £120,000 bracket. And with City leverage ratios getting higher and partnership an increasingly dim prospect for many, the first-year partner profit figures may spark some discontent in the ranks.


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1. Re: Waits on event "log file sync"153119 Dec 10, 2007 9:17 AM (in response to 576856)'How to tune' is outlined in the paragraphs labeled 'Recommendation'
Assuming you read them: what needs clarification?
If you don't read them, please read them and work from there.
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2. Re: Waits on event "log file sync"AlokKumar Dec 10, 2007 9:17 AM (in response to 576856)Where did you place your redolog files ? may be, you need to plcae them on different discks to get max throughput.
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3. Re: Waits on event "log file sync"ben23 Dec 10, 2007 9:20 AM (in response to 576856)Just a comment re: "log file sync" - you should aim to put the online redo logs on the fastest I/O devices you have available. This is quick to do, compared to the other recommendations.
4. Re: Waits on event "log file sync"561093 Dec 10, 2007 10:26 AM (in response to 576856)Hi,
1) As the recommendation says, decrease frequency of COMMIT by committing a larger portion of a transaction instead of each individual statement. You may also get benefited by setting COMMIT_WRITE parameter. Read more about this parameter in docs as this will have adverse affects when recovery is required.
2) What is the value of CURSOR_SHARING initialization parameter?
5. Re: Waits on event "log file sync"576856 Dec 10, 2007 10:42 AM (in response to 561093)Hi,
Infact we have 2 Disks which are mirrored, All the Datafiles, Controlfile and Redo log files are on that mirrrored Disk. Server Can accomoadate maximum 3 Disks only.....so we have kept all the files in that mirrored disk...
SQL> show parameter commit_write
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6. Re: Waits on event "log file sync"601585 Dec 10, 2007 11:51 AM (in response to 576856)1. Your storage configuration implies that you might suffer from physical I/O contention.
Investigate top events and active sessions which waits for I/O operation.
Reducing commit count is general recommendation for resolving log file I/O contention.
But it's not easy to reduce commit count in general applications.
In this case, enhancing I/O performance will be a good alternative.
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Your SQLs seem to have high version count because of some kinds of mismatches.
For instance, bind mismatch has a bad reputation for unshareable child LCOs especially for insert statement with a long bind variable list.
v$sql_shared_cursor view will show you the exact picture.
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Restraining orders fail to meet burden of proof
Two petitions seeking harassment restraining orders, with a connection to the allegations of voter fraud last fall, did not have a legal basis to continue, a Crow Wing County District Court judge found Wednesday.
That was the decision during nearly three hours of court proceedings, testimony and voice mail recordings before Judge Earl E. Maus.
At issue was whether a single voice mail - left following an allegation of voter fraud in Crow Wing County - met the burden of proof for harassment. The court case had one petitioner in tears and a dispute as to whether a sound on a voice mail was that of a gun being cocked.
Maus said the court can infer there was a misunderstanding but there was no basis in law for the restraining order, which comes after a pattern of behavior and not a single instance.
Maus listened to the voice mail recording twice, getting copies of the call from Brook Mallak, Baxter attorney representing Lynn Peterson, owner of Clark Lake Homes, and from petitioner Ron Kaus, who represented himself.
Clark Lake Homes serves residents with disabilities. A second petition for a harassment restraining order against Peterson was made on behalf of James Stene by his parents Alan and Sharon Stene.
James Stene was one of the Clark Lake Homes residents who voted at the Crow Wing County Historic Courthouse in the general election in November. The voice mail in evidence was from a call made by Peterson to Alan and Sharon Stene.
In November, Montgomery Jensen of Crow Wing Township filed a complaint with Crow Wing County attorney Don Ryan's office saying he witnessed what appeared to be staff members from a group home filling out a client's ballot and verbally instructing a client who to vote for during absentee balloting. Allegations of the voter fraud went online, including a YouTube video. After an investigation, Ryan said he didn't have evidence to charge anyone for voter assistance fraud.
Kaus said he wasn't named in the voice mail but the Minnesota Freedom Council was mentioned. Kaus interviewed Jensen and put up a video on the Internet in his role as a Minnesota Freedom Council volunteer. After the video, Kaus said Peterson contacted his former boss to say he didn't want Kaus to service office equipment at Clark Lake Homes. Kaus worked for The Office Shop, owned by Scott Johnson.
Peterson testified after the allegation of voter fraud, Kaus showed up unannounced at Clark Lake Homes without being called for a service need. Peterson said after the video he has concerns for confidentiality at his business and asked The Office Shop owner, who is a personal friend, not to send Kaus in the future.
Johnson testified that request was honored and Kaus did not have any reduction in pay or hours as a result. Johnson said with other service personnel, there wasn't a problem with sending a different technician.
The voice mail recorded Peterson talking about the voter fraud allegation, mentioning the Minnesota Freedom Council and saying his organization provided transportation to residents who wanted to vote.
In the voice mail left for the Stenes, Peterson said he was coming for them and they better hang on. Kaus and Sharon Stene told the court they heard the sound of a gun being cocked near the conclusion of the message.
Representing himself, Kaus testified on his own behalf in the witness chair and, seated at a table before the judge, also questioned witnesses. Kaus said he couldn't afford an attorney and was filing a request for a restraining order because he felt threatened. Kaus said he is the face of the Minnesota Freedom Council, which has four members. Guy Green, who said he was a founding member of the Minnesota Freedom Council, was a witness for Kaus. Green said the Minnesota Freedom Council was involved in the voter fraud allegations, in candidate forums and political matters in the community.
In regard to the sound Kaus and Sharon Stene described as a gun cocking, Peterson testified he left the voice mail message from his office in the presence of his son and in the group home where weapons are not allowed. Peterson said the only mechanical noise he could imagine making the sound was from the movement of his office chair before he banged the phone down.
Peterson took the stand and said he did not intend to threaten to harm anyone and didn't have a firearm when he made the call. Peterson said he was referring to legal action for what he described as defamation.
Mallak said nothing the petitioners brought forward rose to the legal remedy of the restraining order. Mallak said there were no repeated instances and no adverse effect on Kaus.
Both sides agreed Kaus wasn't demoted, didn't lose pay or hours and that he later left his job at The Office Shop after more than 20 years voluntarily and was moving to Duluth. Johnson said it was out of the ordinary to go to a business without a service call first.
Peterson later went to The Office Shop twice in one day, buying file cabinets, and returning he said to talk to Johnson. Peterson said he gave Johnson secretary of state flyers regarding voting he assumed would end up in Kaus' hands. Kaus had the day off.
As he was leaving, Peterson said he passed a police officer who received a call that Peterson was causing a disturbance. Johnson said the officer told him he talked to Kaus. Johnson and the officer went to each staff member asking if Peterson had caused a disturbance. Johnson said all said no.
Kaus told the court he felt this was a double standard to have Peterson at The Office Shop since he wasn't allowed in Peterson's office.
Peterson said he hasn't had contact with Kaus since last fall. He said he made the call and left the voice mail for the Stenes after he received a call from Fox News asking for a comment.
In the end, Kaus said he was an average person and he just wanted to be left alone, adding he wasn't after Peterson or Clark Lake Homes.
"I just want to go and not be disturbed," Kaus said.
Maus said the noise on the voice mail could be a lot of things and perhaps in Kaus' mind it is a gun shot, but there is not evidence to prove it and Maus said, after listening to the recording twice, he did not hear that well enough to know. As for talk about a lawsuit, Maus said that may make people feel threatened but it is not saying anyone is going to be harmed. A handwritten note with a question mark about defying the law on the copy of the secretary of state's flyer could be marginal, Maus said.
But Maus said he didn't think there would be problems in the future for Peterson or Kaus as they could agree to disagree and leave it at that.
"People are entitled to have a difference of opinion," Maus said. "That's what makes this country great."
With the voice mail part of the Stenes' request for the harassment restraining order as well, their hearing was much shorter in duration. Mallak made a motion to dismiss, which Maus granted.
After the judge said the legal requirement to meet restraining order wasn't met by the voice mail alone, Alan Stene said he wanted to present evidence during the hearing regarding statutes for his son's protection and regarding retaliation.
Sharon Stene grew emotional and wiped away tears as she told the judge the voice mail message scared her to death and no one seemed concerned about that.
"I know a threat," she said.
Maus said the law is complex and the Stenes may have a case, he wasn't saying they didn't, but the restraining order wasn't the venue to hear the retaliation claim.
"Sometimes what is legal is not right," Alan Stene said, adding they couldn't afford an attorney but thought they could present evidence at the hearing. He said there are ethical standards in question here. Maus said the dismissal Wednesday did not prohibit the Stenes from other legal action.
"I know what's right and wrong," Stene said, adding he didn't want to call the legal action multi-faceted because it's not a diamond. "It is about the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life."
Stene said they understood Maus' decision and would look to a higher power for what will happen next. Whatever happened in court was going to be ordained, Stene said.
Maus said he hopes any other action will take place in a court of law and not between the individual parties before him at the opposing tables.
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Okay, now California is already somewhat of a joke on the political spectrum because of our terminating governor but he really upped the anty this time. In a recent issue of GQ magazine, Arnold Schwarzenegger was quoted as saying marijuana was not a drug, but rather, "a leaf."
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Arsène Wenger is well aware that the critics are questioning his team's top-four credentials. But the Arsenal boss is backing his team to silence their doubters in what could be the most open title race for years.
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"You can never say that Man City will not be there in the fight, you cannot say that Aston Villa will not be there, maybe Tottenham can have a good season, Everton always, and there is always a surprise. So we have a top eight or nine.
"I don't know what people are thinking [about us dropping out of the top four], I live with my own thoughts. What people in England think depends where they come from, who they support. Maybe some of the fans on our side have the fear we will drop out of the top four. But that's guided by fear, not objective assessment of our performances.
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Jan 18, 2010 at 10:43 am #1254233
Balloon Pump on a Diet
About 4 years ago when I first starting playing with the idea of making my own Down Air Mattress or Balloon Bed I looked for a light weight way to inflate Poly Tubes or Balloons. I found this Balloon Pump made by Gayla Ind. Inc.
The Balloon Pump weighs 78.8 grams or 2.78 ounces. I took it apart and modified some and reduced the weigh down to 1.72 ounces. The photo's show how I did this.
I have used this modified Pump to inflate my Stephenson's DAM. With the Stephenson's DAM their is little or no resistance to the air flow so the small pump works well.
Jan 18, 2010 at 4:27 pm #1563978
Is the yellow body just 1/2 the length of the intact green unit, or do the yellow Parts A & B in picture #4 somehow "mate up" to result is a green sized pump?
Sorry I'm not getting it.Jan 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm #1563990
Hi Greg,
I took apart a standard length Balloon Pump (Yellow One).
Then cut the main body part in half.
I changed the Pump rod to a lighter and shorter piece of Arrow Shaft.
Put it back together.
The Green Pump is pictured to show what the Pump looked like "before" modification.Jan 18, 2010 at 5:19 pm #1563991
Thanks for the step-by-step.
I got it now. Definitely a pump on a diet.
And thanks for the photos essay. I'll know what to expect when mine arrives.Jan 18, 2010 at 5:28 pm #1563997
bj bretzkeMember
@lilorphanbillyLocale: Montana, MT (Stealth Mode)
I wonder if it would work for packrafting also? Also handy for late night balloon antics. Multiuse. Cool. Seriously though, GREAT WORK!Jan 18, 2010 at 5:51 pm #1564004
When I tested the modified Balloon Pump it took about 3 times longer to blow up the same size Balloon as it did with the "stock" Pump. You have to realize that blowing up a Balloon has a lot of resistance to the air flow going in.
It worked Ok on my Down Air Mattress since their is no resistance to the air flow going in. The Down Air Mattress also was only blown up about 2/3 of the way full for comfort.Jan 18, 2010 at 8:06 pm #1564053
obx hikerBPL Member
@obxcolaLocale: Outer Banks of North Carolina
My Stephenson pump sack weighs 2.6 oz. Your pump fill the D.A.M. up pretty quickly? Course the sack doubles as a (heavy) sack for the sleeping bag
No more ridiculous "catching" 10 or so bags full of air and squeezing them into the D.A.M.
You know Stephenson ought to be experimenting with re-doing the bottomd of their bags with cuben. For one thing the D.A.M. could be built into the bottom instead of being completely separate and going into a sleeve.
I've always though the downfall ( or weak link or whatever) of the Stephenson system is the weight of the bottom section of the bag. I mean you can get a really nice bag with great loft and use the D.A.M. alone and cut the equivalent weight in about half ( and this is with basically sleeping on and compressing half the insulation in the bag.
A Marmot lithium weighs 44 oz. the 74" D.A.M. is listed as 23 oz for a total of 67oz. The roughly equivalent Stephenson top (30oz)/bottom (30oz) and D.A.M. weighs in at 83 or a full pound heavier. I'll bet a unitary bottom made of cuben with the hood and sides would bring the total weight down to less than 60 oz. Then you'd really have something hard to beat for comfort size warmt and weight.
sighhhhhhhDec 21, 2015 at 8:19 pm #3371692
Cayenne RedmonkBPL Member
@redmonkLocale: Greater California Ecosystem
I miss Bill. His MYOG was so well done.Dec 21, 2015 at 10:32 pm #3371717
Ken T.BPL Member
That guy tried everything first. I too miss him.Dec 23, 2015 at 3:08 pm #3372086
Hi all,
I am still alive, I was 75 this past August but haven't been hiking/backpacking for a few years now. It was nice to read that I was missed.
I had a lot of fun with the balloon bed idea.
In 2012 I had cancer again and had a "Port" installed in my left shoulder to make receiving Chemo easier. After the cancer my doctors suggested I leave it in "just in case". That turned out to be a good idea and I have just finished a series of 6 Chemo treatments for yet another bit of cancer. I don't see removing the Port something that will happen anytime soon.
I had tried making a one-shoulder strap backpack but with the weight of 5 days of food etc. my designs didn't work.
I need to go back and rethink my old designs and see if I can come up with someway to carry the weight necessary for a hike with a 5-day resupply plan. Something that will let me carry a total of 15 to 20 pounds on day one of a full resupply but not using a conventional pack design.Dec 23, 2015 at 3:23 pm #3372087
Ken T.BPL Member
So glad that you checked in Bill. You have always been such an inspiration. I always appreciated your out of the box thinking. Have the merriest of holidays and I look forward to hear more from you in the future.Dec 23, 2015 at 6:44 pm #3372109
Thanks for posting. I'm happy to hear you are still innovating.
You have been a major player in my progression to UL packing, and I Always enjoyed reading about your investigations, developments, and applications. You were, and still are, way ahead of the crowd.
I doubt I'll ever reach your level, but you are always in the back of my mind when I think about a new approach.
Please stay in touch.Dec 23, 2015 at 8:31 pm #3372125
Jim ColtenBPL Member
@jcoltenLocale: MN
That guy tried everything first.
Indeed! Had anyone in the backpacking world even heard of Cuben Fiber before BIll started doing outrageous (for the times) things with it?Dec 23, 2015 at 8:38 pm #3372126
John S.BPL Member
Thanks for checking in Bill Fornshell. Merry Christmas.Dec 27, 2015 at 4:01 pm #3372718
Donna CBPL Member
@leadfootLocale: Middle Virginia
Happy New Year's, Bill. I miss your innovative gear ideas. Maybe you can use a front pack along with a shoulder pack for your 5 day trips. I'm sure you've already thought of that, though.Dec 28, 2015 at 6:26 am #3372786
Adam KilpatrickBPL Member
@oystersLocale: South Australia
Awww awesome to hear from Bill!
Bill…have you tried to create a waistpack for your current requirements?Jan 25, 2016 at 7:47 pm #3378026
Sam HaraldsonBPL Member
@sharaldsLocale: Gallatin Range
Really great to hear from you, Bill. An inspiration to many of us. Keep on keepin' on.Jan 26, 2016 at 1:57 am #3378060
Roger CaffinModerator
@rcaffinLocale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Hi Bill
Hang in there.
Something that will let me carry a total of 15 to 20 pounds on day one of a full resupply but not using a conventional pack design.
Tump line and a waist belt maybe?
CheersJan 26, 2016 at 10:51 am #3378105
Justin WBPL Member
I've enjoyed reading some of your past, innovative posts as well Bill.
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Click on the title of this post to see a great video on the theory of evolution in a nutshell. It is posted at BioLogos, a theistic evolution site. Great website for resources on this particular perspective on creation. Let me know your thoughts on the video and commentary…
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First of all, I love that they incorporated Becker and the Muppets into the video…that's just a side note.
When I studied Biology and other sciences in college and high shcool, I loved learning about all of the different things that man has discovered. God gave us the mind to learn and create and decifer and probe the world we live in and I believe that is a beautiful thing. We learn crazy new things all the time about God's Creation.
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