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Did you know that all plants contain stem cells? Yes it's true, the active ingredients of Argan trees do some pretty incredible things. Especially when the Argan Plant stem cell is appropriately applied to the skin's Dermal layer. The Argan tree (Argania Spinosa) comes from a country in Africa called Morocco, also known as, Kingdom of Morocco. This Traditional Agroforestry System (TAS) is one impressive organic element, as the Argan tree continues to survive after the current 'forest' state. The role of Dermal stem cells make a huge impact on anti-aging and the self-renewal process. You can have really great ingredients, but how do you get it delivered?
Adult skin stem cells – Dermal stem cells
The main function of the dermis is to provide mechanical support and elasticity to the skin. In order to maintain these important functions, healthy skin undergoes constant cell turnover, which renews and repairs the dermal connective tissue. New cells are produced to replace damaged or dead ones.
Responsible for this regenerative process are adult dermal stem cells, which reside in the dermal papilla of the hair follicle. These cells differentiate into dermal cell types like fibroblasts, which are responsible for the continuous production of the extracellular matrix proteins elastin and collagen.
However, dermal stem cells do age, they become less in number and exhibit reduced activity. As a consequence the production of collagen and elastin drops and the skin loses its firmness – wrinkles appear. Therefore it is important to protect the dermal stem cells and to maintain their activity.
Just to give you a quick picture, you have the epidermis, on the surface of your skin and then you have the dermis. The dermis is separated:
- Top dermis (Superficial level of the dermis – where some blood vessels are located). This is where the majority of skin products work. This is because you either have small molecule size that works by diffusion, such as water logging, water hating, fat logging, fat hating layers on the skin. Furthermore, this means that you have hydrophilic or hydrophobic layers. In other words, that limits what penetrates the skin. For instance, the size of the molecule, how deep it penetrates and how far.
- The Basal dermis is the baseline where the bold of the root of the hair is, the blood vessels, and so on.
You can have really great ingredients, but how do you get it delivered?
Spherulites are multi-layered microspheres of surfactants that can encapsulate both water-soluble and oil-soluble actives, and can therefore serve as transporting agents in cosmetic products. This "encapsulation" technology has interesting auxiliary properties: Non-ionic Spherulites improve penetration into the skin layers. Reaching the dermal stem cells in the deep Basil Dermis.
While considerable research has been done on
epidermal stem cells, dermal stem cells were identified
only in 2009. The dermis gives the skin it tensile strength and elasticity, and where wrinkles originate.Dr. Ana Moss
Healthy skin is the success to a healthy living life. Before you begin your new life, regenerated and feeling healthier than ever, there are some things you should consider about your skin in order to achieve what you never thought you could. Improve Your Skin Density and vitalize dermal stem cells with the essence of a new revolutionary delivery mechanism: PhytoCell Tec Argan.
PhytoCellTec Argan was developed to improve the regenerative capacity of dermal stem cells thereby achieving deep-seated rejuvenation of the skin. PhytoCellTec Argan is a powder based on stem cells of the argan tree, one of the oldest tree species in the world.
Clinical studies performed on healthy volunteers showed that PhytoCellTec Argan:
- Effectively stimulates the regeneration of dermal.
- Connective tissue, thereby increasing skin density.
- Helps the skin to regain its firmness.
- Significantly reduces wrinkle depth in crow's feet area.
- PhytoCellTec Argan contains 50% of argan stem cell culture.
- PhytoCellTec Argan is 100% Phenoxyethanol-free.
"Let's say you are more youthful, then it's going to continue to encourage the collagen growth, it's going to continue to encourage that firmness, resilience, and brightness on your skin. "Dr. Ana Moss
When it comes to your skin health, Dr. Ana Moss has you covered. World-renowned Doctors, Pharmacists and Scientists, Dr. Randall and Dr. Ana Moss have a breakthrough study on the argan trees and dermal stem cells. But it goes even more in-depth. Learn more about how Dr. Randall and Dr. Ana Moss both have used their pharmaceutical background to implement a new groundbreaking Delivery Mechanism Process with Immediate Release vs. Extended Release.
New upcoming studies:
- A closer look at the Argan Tree (Argania Spinosa), Dermal Stem Cell Activity and Wrinkle Depth Reduction
- Spirolites (Covered in the Aesthetics TV Interview with Dr. Randal Moss & Dr. Ana Moss)
- What it does: Each layer has all the elements that exists in our products.
- As they penetrate that limited layer, the hydrophobic and hydrocylic layers. You release a coat by allowing nutrition's to go to every layer and trick those cells, which is how you get in at the basil dermis. (That's where the fun begins).
- What it does: Each layer has all the elements that exists in our products.
- DNA Replication & DNA Synthesis
- Hyaluronic Acid (HA)
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Determined and innovative define inventors Yefan Wei and Albert Lam, the creators of the SalePointer smartphone app: a shopping app that provides its users personalized alerts to savings and directions to the on-sale items. The duo has taken their invention to the most popular crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, with the hopes to build backing and attract funding for their dream project. The SalePointer campaign is currently live and the team is seeking a funding goal of at least $60,000 CAD before Sun, May 1, 2016 to cover the development, operations and marketing expenses for the app.
Yefan and Albert took the initiative to develop a retail customer-centric smartphone application that will allow its users to find products according to their personal preferences to price, product, brand and proximity. The app is able to accomplish this after the user has built a profile using either a template or by requesting retail items using the "save search" function. This will be the second time the team is pitching their product to the online crowd. Ten months earlier Yefan and Albert launched an unsuccessful "bmyguest today" campaign. However, the duo's faith in their product has not wavered, thus, they have continued to improve upon their primary idea of the customer-centric sale shopping app and brought it to live production.
Albert said: "We haven't aborted the project instead we have brought the prototype to live production! We believe our app will allow consumers to find deals in a more user-friendly way, and benefit them in everyday shopping. The app has been designed to eliminate the hassle of wading through paper flyers and coupons, where consumers were not always finding what they needed. For retailers, the cost of printing and distribution can be high with no real understanding of any return on that expense."
The team has used their extensive market research as a base for the app's purpose and design, and their research has enabled them to identify a segment of the market that has yet to be catered to. Albert edified: "Stats showed 56% of Retailers are willing to use our app; 33% prefer to see it first and 11% showed no interest – that's 89% of retailers willing to try it out! Stats also showed 52% of Consumers will use our app; 38% prefer to see it first and 10% show no interest – That's 90% of consumers willing to try it out!"
The ongoing Kickstarter campaign, with a $60,000 CAD funding goal, has had some progress since its launch, however the campaign has a long way to go to achieve its target. The team behind the project is looking toward the generosity of the online crowd who are savvy shoppers, love bargains, and are open to new ideas that revolutionize day to day activities. The funds raised through the current crowdfunding campaign will be allocated to various aspects necessary for further development and enhancement of the product. Portions will also be used to market the app to a large-target market as well as Kickstarter fees and transactions.
A variety of different rewards* and perks are being offered for those who support the campaign through monetary contributions. The rewards will include specially designed and manufactured items which will be given according to the amount pledged.
On the subject of risks and challenges, the team is ready to take on any that may arise. Albert said: "The entrepreneurial spirit of our team members is a blessing! They're willing to commit their own time and set aside their own compensation for the benefit of others and their local communities." The team is committed to making their dream project a reality, they are confident that the many benefits it has to offer to its users will make the app a success!
The SalePointer app is currently listed in the Apple App store as a free download and the team is working on the Android version to be released later in 2016.
To learn more or support, please visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bmyguesttoday/a-shopping-app-by-a-user-centric-design-team-of-vo
About Us:
SalePointer was created by two passionate inventors two years ago; – a professional market researcher and statistician with 20 years' experience, and a young graduate in geometrics and software development. Albert Lam is a professional market researcher, statistician, business strategist, and analyst. Yefan Wei is a BES graduate from the University of Waterloo whose main interest and experience are in web GIS development. For more information: www.SalePointer.com
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After some first size estimations and comparisons we made yesterday (see Size comparison) we now have an new image.
So lets get to the new estimations.
New size estimation
We again work with the hot shoe for the flash as a base measurement: (where we hope it is the standard hot shoe of 21*16mm).
Based on this we can make the following estimations:
- Body depth including EVF and Grip: 81mm
- EVF overlap behind the body: 18mm
- Grip length from the body: 29mm
- Length of the lens: 101mm
- The grip of a D750 comes to around 3cm. So this one seems to be slightly shorter. But as the whole camera is smaller, it looks bigger than it is. I guess this will be the perfect mixture: Smaller camera with the same comfortable grip. As the grip is one of the big disadvantages of the Sony A7 models, Nikon seems to learn from the faults Sony made.
- The lens is most probably the 24-70mm (f/2.8 or f/4). The current NIKKOR 24-70 mm 1:2,8E ED VR has a length of 154,5 mm and therefore the new one is only 2/3 of the length. (could be due to the new flange distance or that it is a f/4)
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from The Century Dictionary.
- Made double; duplicated.
- In music, reinforced by its octave: said of a tone in a melody or a chord.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rendered twice as great or twice as many.
- adjective folded in two.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective twice as great or many
Sorry, no etymologies found.
For example, in this study, they are including people who are what they call doubled up, meaning you had problems with your home, you moved in with a sister or you lived with your parents, and you have children there.
Oil major ConocoPhillips said third-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year ago.
HONG KONG — Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. on Thursday reiterated the early 2011 opening date for its flagship casino resort in Macau and said its third-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization more than doubled from a year earlier.
It said Tuesday that iron-ore benchmark prices nearly doubled from a year earlier, far exceeding its forecast for a 65% increase.
Net foreign buying of Indonesia stocks in June through August more than doubled from a year earlier, according to stock exchange figures.
An article from 2005 in The Guardian quoted the rates at 85,000 (having doubled from the decade prior).
Its first-half revenue from nonfuel purchases more than doubled from a year earlier to 2.64 billion yuan ($394 million).
*** Gambling Galaxy Entertainment Group reiterated the early 2011 opening date for its flagship casino resort in Macau and said its third-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization more than doubled from a year earlier to 616 million Hong Kong dollars ($79.4 million) from HK$287 million.
Earlier this year, the bank's chairman, Ali Divandari, said Mellat's foreign-exchange reserves had doubled from a year earlier, despite the American sanctions.
The film studio said net income more than doubled from the third quarter of 2009, rising to 47 cents per share, or $39.8 million, better than the consensus estimate of 35 cents per share.


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Following on from my last blog post "How you can begin to Code", by now you should be getting to grips with a good level of basic coding using games to help you.
So where do you go from here? Most of the initial links I listed used a scratch type of game to help you learn, but how can you transition over to another language, such as Python?
At a STEM event I met up with the author of a programme called "edublocks" and got chatting with their team. I was impressed by this application and its capabilities that allow you to move from Scratch to Python easily using a block method similar to scratch. This helps with the Python Syntax by presenting it as a set of drag and drop blocks.
edublocks can be found at edublocks.org and allaboutcode.co.uk
This makes the transition from Scratch to Python easier to understand and opens up the opportunity to start coding in Python quicker than using the standard Python language. This is achieved by dragging blocks from the Toolbar to the workspace to create the code. You can look at the code behind the blocks to see what the real Python code is and then run the code to see the project you have created.
You can follow the latest developments on the edublocks/allaboutcode twitter feeds:
If you want to continue to learn using the gaming method then CodeCombat will present you with a next set of challenges, coding your way through various levels of dungeons using Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript or Lua (Game Scripting Language). Choosing a hero and coding them through various scenarios and engaging with several monsters on the way.
Learning to code doesn't have to be entirely game-based though. You can work through various online courses and videos that also have the benefit of forums and tutor help. Coursera runs several courses from basic Python to using Python for Data Science:
The main thing to remember is that you're not alone in trying to learn a language. There are lots of great places for help and reference available. If you're stuck then there is always your favorite search engine. Entering in an error code or syntax question, should point you to an answer through the online manuals, or someone having that issue or requirement before.
One good source of information to book mark is "Stack Overflow" which is a site where programmers ask questions and help each other out. It contains a great search engine, so always remember to search a question before you ask one.
Keep practicing and coding. Set yourself simple challenges to code and then move to more complex challenges. The more you code, the more you learn.
Until next time, what are you working on? If you're interested in taking your skills, building something and then powering it through code, check out this post.
This entry was originally posted in Max's blog.
Max Hemingway — Senior Architect
Max is a senior architect for DXC in the United Kingdom. With more than 25 years of experience, he has a broad and deep range of technical knowledge and is able to translate business needs into IT-based solutions. Currently the chief architect of the BAE Systems account in the UK, Max has a proven track record acquired through continual client engagement and delivery of leading edge infrastructures, all of which have delivered positive results for end-clients, including IT cost reduction, expansion of service capability and increased revenues.


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Shares in Game Group plunge 20% after it confirms it will not stock the potentially best-selling games
Speculation about the future of Game Group is mounting after it emerged that the struggling retailer will not to stock the potentially best-selling games Mass Effect 3 and Mario Party 9.
This is another severe blow to the company, which is under heavy pressure from its lenders and battling for survival.
Game blamed supply issues for Mass Effect 3, which is out on 9 March. Shares in the company crashed more than 20% to just over 5p.
A Game spokeswoman said: "We currently have a supply issue with regards to Mass Effect 3, which means that Game and Gamestation will not be able to fulfil orders for Mass Effect 3 at this time."
She said that customers who have pre-ordered in store will be able to add £5 worth of reward points to their card between 1 and 16 March. Customers who have paid a deposit will receive a refund as well as the £5 worth of reward points, while customers who have pre-ordered online will get an online voucher for £5.
The problem for Game, and rival HMV, is that many gamers have stopped going into shops and either download games or buy them online. They have lost ground to online retailers such as Amazon.com and Play.com.
Nintendo issued a statement listing the retailers where Mario Party 9 would be available for sale, from which Game and Gamestation were absent. The game, from the best-selling Mario series, is out this Friday. A Nintendo spokeswoman said the list was comprehensive.
The Game spokeswoman said: "Following the extremely successful launch of the Sony PS Vita, there is lots to be excited about in our stores and online this weekend including the release of the Mortal Kombat GOTY Edition, Angry Birds: Seasons, Ski-Doo Challenge and Crash Time 4. Unfortunately, Mario Party 9 for the Wii is not in stock; we have apologised to any customers this has affected and can assure anyone who has pre-ordered that they will be able to exchange their credit."
Game Group was able to renegotiate terms with video game suppliers recently which gave the firm some breathing space on its bank borrowing.
However, its lenders – Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, HSBC, Caixa, Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland – are still exerting considerable influence and are pressing for a sale of Game's overseas shops.
Nintendo said Mario Party 9 will be available to buy on the high street via Argos, Asda, Tesco, Dixons Stores Group, GameStop, Sainsburys, Smyths Toys, Toys R Us, HMV, Blockbuster or online at Amazon.com, The Hut, Play.com, zavvi.co.uk, johnlewis.com and Littlewoods.com.
The latest instalment introduces new game modes, battles against bosses and playable characters from the Mushroom Kingdom.


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Those who know me well generally know what a massive Darkest Dungeon fan I am so I've been very good to not post about this one yet. I've been holding off 'til nearer release date to avoid putting a thread up too early. There is going to be a kickstarter for a Darkest Dungeon boardgame. This makes me happy. It will have miniatures! This makes my heart sing with Joy. It's going to be by Mythic Games. This makes me somewhat concerned. I've heard horror stories about their rulebooks needing updates and finally becoming playable a year or two after release (or even in a second crowdfunding campaign if it's their Joan of Arc game).
That being said it will have gorgeous miniatures that, while similar to many of the unofficial Darkest Dungeon miniatures, knock then pants off many of them. I'll probably be backing this for the figures alone but I appreciate any concerns that people might have.
They claim they're looking to launch some time in late October or early November.
There are a few more pictures and a handful of videos doing the rounds at the moment including two or three gameplay sessions. Here's what I was able to piece together from them.
It's a campaign game. You don't play as the Heir. You play as the Heroes. You randomly generate dungeons then head inside making important choices about your resources (food, torches, spades etc). When you meet monsters you lay out a mini dungeon board and fight it out.
Heroes and enemies occupy four positions. Attacker, Defender, Ranged and Support. The skills you can use are based on the position you're in. The battles have a four round limit so they don't drag on too long. Take too long and you have to retreat back into the corridor. Corridor encounters happen. There is a scouting system.
Every 3 dungeons you have to tackle a boss dungeon. You randomly generate the boss beforehand and he has in town effects and other effects so you really want to get rid of him when the time comes. Boss battles are all or nothing. If you fail a boss battle you don't retreat. You just loose the entire party.
After 3 bosses you go into the Darkest Dungeon itself to end the game. So that's 9 dungeon runs (or 12 depending on if the boss dungeon counts as part of the once every 3 dungeons frequency) then the end game run to complete the entire campaign.
They currently only plan to have 8 core heroes in the game (you can bet the other 7 or 9 will be stretch goals). When you loose a hero there are two replacement heroes in the stagecoach. Take a new hero. The stagecoach does not appear to generate new heroes beyond these two replacement heroes. If one player's hero dies and they are unable to obtain a replacement from the stagecoach then you all lose. Game over man. Game over.
They intend to launch around late October or early November.
Mythic kickstarter campaign lengths are as follows.
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A gaping whole appears in New Jersey's blogosphere today as Matt Rooney signs off as "Blogger-In-Chief" of The Save Jersey Blog to pursue his legal career.
What Matt accomplished with his site, and the influence he garnered in just over two years is truly impressive by any measure. His accomplishments are remarkable considering that he built Save Jersey into one of the most read web sites in the world while also successfully pursuing his law degree.
Matt more than filled the void that was created when "the Erics", Pasternack and Sedler retired RedJersey to pursue their post scholastic careers two years ago. With leadership and keen intellect he expanded the influence of young right of center citizens in New Jersey and beyond.
Matt writes today that his departure is "the end of the beginning" of Save Jersey. I hope that proves to be true when the yet to be named young conservatives take over the site on September 8.
However, I have no doubt that today is "the end of the beginning" of the positive impact Matt Rooney will make in New Jersey, the United States and the world for many years to come.
Rooney For Governor 2034!
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I will miss Matt's partnership in exposing the fallacies of the progressive agenda. I will miss our almost daily IMs sharing ideas and insights. I will not miss his friendship, because that will endure. I will not miss the difference that he makes, because that will expand.
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One of the newest of the Fujianese restaurants that are changing the face of Sunset Park's Chinatown is Sheng Xiang, whose chow is tasty, rustic, and uncompromisingly authentic, according to our first report. KRS describes a dinner highlighted by curry beef casserole, a pot of long-stewed miscellaneous meat plus taro, onion, bell pepper, ginger and greens–"food for peasants, but amazing." Fuzhou dumpling soup is also quite good: modestly stuffed meat wonton in delicious pork broth. Other winners: sauteed snow pea shoots, house special noodles in terrific mushroom sauce, and taro pudding for dessert.
The menu is heavy on seafood, much of it pulled from tanks aswim with fish, crabs, turtles, and other critters. Also: numerous Fujianese soups and stewed dishes, duck or rabbit Fuzhou style, goose and pork innards in various preparations, and other regional specialties. "The dishes are not adapted to American tastes," KRS writes. "The broth in the soup was unsalted and took a moment to get used to. The beef in the casserole was the cheapest possible cuts, cooked forever to make it chewable. Get there quick, while they're serving the food as they themselves would eat it."
Many of the same dishes turn up on the menu at Everett, another newish Fujianese restaurant just down 8th Avenue from Sheng Xiang. Isabel loves their pork dumplings and clams sauteed with chiles and cilantro. Two other places offer similar menus: Wang Cun Ju and, to a lesser extent, Min Jiang. "There seem to be a growing cluster of new Fujianese restaurants in this area ripe for exploration," notes jen kalb. "Great to see a fullish menu with rabbit and mutton noodle soups, even a goat casserole, in addition to a lot of seafood, frog legs, interesting vegetable dishes, etc."
For a lighter bite, Sunset Park is full of little shops that make northern Chinese-style dumplings. One neighborhood favorite is Family Dumpling, a bare-bones corner joint a block off the busy 8th Avenue strip. Dumplings with pork, chives, preserved vegetable and other fillings are made by hand as you watch, then steamed or pan-fried. It's great stuff dirt cheap, says Amy Mintzer; she also loves their rich yet feathery-light scallion pancakes and noodles with a rotating choice of sauces.
Closer to 8th Avenue, Northern China is a fine option for dumplings and scallion pancakes, reports Chandavkl. Others recommend the nearby Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House, which offers a similar lineup of dumplings plus a huge, tasty sesame pancake that can be ordered stuffed with slices of spiced, long-cooked beef–a delicious budget sandwich, says jen kalb. All three shops are mostly takeout with limited seating.
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I became interested in efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) while attending law school in the late 2000s. My plan was to become an environmental lawyer, but I was more interested in questions of justice and development that had compelled me since my college days as an anti-globalization protester. Questions like, what would the climate change mitigation efforts I was studying mean for poorer people? Knowing my interests, a professor suggested that I research REDD, which was quite new. The research was both fascinating and frustrating. Fascinating because REDD brought together such important questions of environmental change, poverty, and power. Frustrating because it was difficult to understand its impacts on people's lives just by analyzing the plethora of reports and articles being written, a lot of which were pretty theoretical. The more I read, the less I felt I knew about its impacts, and the more I wanted to understand them myself. So, instead of becoming a lawyer, after graduating I began studying REDD in a PhD program, using my legal training to explore some of REDD's juridical components. I decided to focus on Acre, Brazil's REDD program because it is considered among the world's most advanced


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By Pamela Bendezu, Rock At Night Orlando Correspondent
Venue: Plaza Live-Orlando, Florida-January 15, 2016
As soon as I knew Ani DiFranco was coming to The Plaza Live in Orlando, I was clearly excited about seeing this gifted artist known for her folksy energetic music with a message. Ani has a huge strong and loyal underground following– and on Friday night it was apparent by the appearance of an older crowd of mostly females whom had likely followed her since her emergence in the scene in the 1990s. The venue was packed to the hilt, including the balconies.
The opening act for the evening was Ed Hamell AKA Hammel on Trial, Ani's longtime friend and Righteous Babe Records protege. Hamell On Trial played the acoustic guitar and had everyone in stitches with his rapid-fire quips and hilarious songs, often compared to Bill Hicks stand-up comedy routine.
Then, Ani emerged to play her set accompanied by drums and a stand-up bass. It was exhilarating to finally see her live and well worth the wait! Her voice and energy were on point and the feel of the show was very intimate as she chatted with the audience and exuded much warmth. She spoke to the audience about the importance of voting but did not endorse any particular candidate. It is a well-known fact Ani has been a longtime activist for equal rights, justice, and the oppressed.
The focus of the evening was Ani's music. There was no glamour or light show. The show was all about music. Ani is a poet. A feminist. And her music spoke to everyone in attendance. She showed humility and appreciation for everyone who attended. It is really difficult to describe the aura of seeing her live—but a performance I will soon not forget.
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I looked into butt enhancement procedures for approximately a year before having a Sculptra butt lift.
My biggest issue with my butt was that it didn't project enough.I am not a heavy person, so I didn't have enough fat for a brazilian butt lift. For you to be a good candidate for a BBL, the doctor needs to to do a fat transfer from one part of your body to your butt. I didn't have another spot with fat that I could use a donor spot. Because of this, I had to look at other butt lift procedures. The one that seemed the most intriguing to me was a buttock augmentation with Sculptra, a poly-l-lactic acid filler that is different than Juvederm or some of the more common dermal fillers. Sculptra lasts much longer than regular fillers and stimulates collagen production in the areas that it's injected. As my doctor explained it, it pretty much creates a grid that simulates collagen growth.
Now before you read any further, if you're considering a Sculptra butt lift, you should know that is very expensive. I paid $24,000 for my surgery with Dr. Jamie Schwartz, who is a wonderful doctor. If you're not willing to foot the bill, then you should consider alternative butt enhancement procedures. Most of the surgical procedures are cheaper than what I paid. You've been warned!
The first step to my injections were my butt had to be marked, rubbed down with alcohol and then numbed with a small needle. The next step was the big needle with Sculptra in it. When the Sculptra was injected, I would say I had minimal discomfort. I was numb, so I couldn't really feel anything. I just felt a bit of a tugging sensation. Not long after, maybe 15 minutes or so, the procedure was completed. And that was all I had to go through! It sure beat going through an invasive procedure. There was zero recovery time after my procedure too. I had some redness in the treatment area that I only noticed when I looked in the mirror. It was nothing of concern.
Back to Dr. Schwartz for a second, because he is deserving of a shout out. The man has AMAZING bedside manner. He is also very clear in what he tells you and it gave me comfort in knowing that it seemed like he knew EXACTLY what he was doing. He didn't waver at all. What a pleasurable experience I had with him. He should be your go to plastic surgeon if you live in the Beverly Hills area.
Ok, so what I described above was my first treatment session. I did have to return to have the volume in certain areas of my butt raised bout 6 weeks after my first treatment. The process was the same though and the cost I spoke about above was for all of my treatments.
After my first batch of injections, I had a subtle lift and over the next few months my butt's projection increased. The sculptra injections need time to stimulate the new collagen and that's what takes so long. Sculptra works though. I really do have a difference in my butt!
Outside of how expensive Sculptra is and the fact that it's not permanent, it's a great option if you're looking for natural looking results and aren't considering invasive procedures. You have to be patient to see your final results but imo it's worth the wait. I'm happy with my decision to get Sculptra over a more invasive procedure, like liposuction with fat transfer. Oh and Dr. Schwartz is freaking amazing. You'll fall in love with him and his staff. Two thumbs up for them!


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So we've all heard by now. Following this Almost Lost Weekend, George has summoned the "advisors" to his Florida HQ to review options for improving our beloved Pinstripers. What's encouraging here is that there seems to be some realism that the troops available to Joe Torre, despite what they're being paid, are not up to snuff, and the problem isn't one of "motivation" or "wanting to win." Our guess, despite some of the whispering in the press here, is that both Joe and cash are safe. If Mel Stottlemyre goes, well, that's hardly the end of the world (the Replacement Level Yankee Weblog has been after him for some time). Moreover, it appears something will be done to address the Yankee outfield problem. Our hope is that Cash and the Stick will be heard out at this meeting. Hope springs eternal. Even in Tampa.
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you can fix the outfield all you want – the pitching still sucks (outside RJ some of the time). I don't care if the Yankees put Tori Hunter, Larry Walker and Vlad out there, if they can't stop other teams from hitting the ball, the story will be the same.June 27, 2005, 7:05 pm
The Yankee pitching may not be great, but the team era is lower than the Sox's, they strike out more men per 9 innings, and opponents have pretty similar obp and ops numbers. That the Yankee pitchers are playing with the worst defense in modern history behind them exacerbates their varied problems. Fix the defense a bit, and the pitching will "improve."June 27, 2005, 8:12 pm
This is probably too nitpicky, YF, but I believe its the Reds who have the worst defense in modern history. The Yankees are somewhere around fourth. But, point taken.
Still, to me, this seems like too big a problem to fix with a trade. As it stands now, the Yankees are trotting out one plus defender (A-Hole) in their everyday lineup and even he hasn't played very well defensively. Today the Yankee outfield consists of (from left to right) Matsui, Womack?, and Sierra. Not only is that bad, but it's stupid.
The thing that makes me think that a trade or two isn't going to fix this is that the Yankee management (Torre on up) show a remarkable lack of understanding of not only what is available on the free agent market, but of what is available in their own organization and indeed on their bench.June 27, 2005, 8:29 pm
Yeah you're right YF, I'd much rather have the Yankees starting staff than the Soxs'. Who are you kidding? How about RJ and Pavano being third and fourth in the league in home runs allowed. How about stats in the last 20 games, not the 18 run stretch with Oakland, Seattle and the Mets. How about the fact that Boston pitchers have faced the Rangers, Angels, Braves, and Indians while NY was playing around with those other teams. Not to mention Pavano leads all of MLB in hits allowed, Wang looks as though he's not about to make it through his second go-around without getting shelled (please see last Mets start and D-Ray start before that), Brown is out for who knows how long, and Jared Wright may NEVER come back. Yeah, I'd love to have their staff and that good ERA they are coming with (:.June 27, 2005, 8:37 pm
As I write this, Sierra has (arguably) given up an extra base on a ball to right-center and Matsui has (no doubt here) allowed two doubles to drop, all in one inning. Cost: 2 earned runs for Pavano. So. Again. To repeat. For the umpteenth time. Once more: improve the defense, and Pavano and Wang don't give up so many hits/runs/wins.
Mattymatty: according to the Pinstripe blogger Steve Goldman–and who are we to argue?–this Yankee defense is the worst in MLB in the last 30 years. Changing a few players may not make them geniuses, but a single change can have a significant ripple effect. Offensively and defensively. Let's say this: we're not likely to see rally killers Sierra and Woemack batting consecutively too many more times. We hope.June 27, 2005, 8:58 pm
Ah, the beloved team ERA. That YF clings to that isolated statistic as evidence the Yankees may not be as bad off as, say, our first place Sox, well, that tells us a great deal. I am not going to start burying the Yankees or their pitching staff (didn't they win like 16 of 17 earlier? Couldn't they do it again once their schedule softens up, har har), but who is YF kidding? Who do the Yankees trade? Does Eric Duncan get them a primo defensive outfielder who can also hit a little? Even if it does (and who is it that they target, YF? How about ponying up some player names, for a start?) they still have a problem at first/DH, a rookie second baseman who has already made 7 errors, and an outfield that is hurt and aging at the other two positions. How is that one outfielder and no Mel Stottlemyre gonna solve their problems, to the point that they can win 95-97 games, which is what it might take to make the playoffs? Aren't the problems much deeper? For my part, I think the Yankees better hope that Pavano turns in an absolutely stellar second half (possible) and the rest of the staff has to overachieve a TON to get them to the top (not likely). It could happen (the Sox did win the series after all) but what are the chances?June 27, 2005, 8:59 pm
YF – according to Baseball Prospectus's James Click (or maybe Joe Sheehan, but I believe it was Click) its the Reds and not the Yankees who's defense is monumentally bad. Thats not to say the Yankees defense is good. Certainly it isn't, but you know as well as I do YF, that one game with a few isolated instances doesn't prove the point.June 27, 2005, 9:20 pm
Here's the quote from BP's Click:
While the Yankees may be getting quite a bit of grief about their defensive ineptitude of late, the real criticism should be directed towards the Reds and their assault on the title of Worst Defensive Team in Recent Memory. The '79 A's–a team that had no position register a positive FRAA except for pitchers–have set the bar pretty high, but it's certainly not an unattainable goal for the new Big Red Machine.June 27, 2005, 9:24 pm
Yeah, I love the team ERA stat.June 27, 2005, 9:28 pm
Isolated stat? Go back and take a peek and you'll also find reference to ops, obp, and k/9. But nevermind the facts. As for whom the Yankees might acquire, I really have no idea. Wynn and Kotsay have been floated. Whomever it is would put Matsui back in left, where he's adequate, and Woemack on some other team's roster or back home at his pool with a mai tai, where he's harmless. That result will be a big net gain on both sides of the plate. As for other positions, Giambi seems to be getting on base, if not hitting for power, and Cano is likely to improve.
Meanwhile, the Sox seem to be doing a lot of chicken counting. But the reality is they're not that great a team, notwithstanding their little hot streak. The idea that Schilling is going to come back to the rescue or that Theo has some bunny of a plan waiting in his cap, while plausible, should not be cause for RSN to sleep comfortably.June 27, 2005, 9:36 pm
That last paragraph is laughable, and we're not biting. Nobody's counting chickens, YF, hence the utter dearth of "YAY THE SOX WON AGAIN AND I LOOOOOOOOOVE OUR RIGHT FIELDER HE'S SO FRICKIN CUTE I WISH HE WOULD CALL ME BACK" posts that seem to pop up from your keyboard every time the Yankees do something remotely interesting.June 27, 2005, 9:42 pm
Yeah. It's always us. But wasn't it just Millar who declared the division race over?June 27, 2005, 9:47 pm
Millar's an idiot – he can't count in the first place, so "counting chickens" is an ill-advised cliche.
T minus about 25 minutes until YF's next giddy post, I think. A challenge: can he resist the temptation, or will we be subjected to yet another 5th-grade-level love letter to his team and the win that pushes them 2 games over .500?June 27, 2005, 9:51 pm
Who cares how many chickens the Red Sox or their fans are counting? Even if the Sox lose tonight (inevitable) and the Yankees win (they're leading the O's now) theres very little comparison between the two teams. The Red Sox are rolling and the Yankees are way behind and scuffling. Even YF can admit that (probably).June 27, 2005, 9:57 pm
Is SF channeling Karl Rove tonight? Disregard the facts and then smear. It's effective with your base, but we all know it's dishonest and wrong.
MM: the Sox are about to be all of 5.5 games up with 90 plus games to play after a torrid streak. If you think the teams are incomparable, good for you.June 27, 2005, 10:07 pm
You're right YF, the Sox are not that good of a team. There is no chance Schilling is going to help them this year. I could not agree more. Hold on, Something just flew by my window – yep, it was a pig.
I'm sure happy my team does not look at every win, be it legitimate or through the help of blue (see pittsburgh), as the game that turns things around. How many times are they going to turn it around? I'd much rather be on a "little hot streak" and have Theo running the ship, than be circling the bottom of the tank with Brian Cashman.
Also, I'll continue to sleep pretty good knowing it's going to be Wang, Pavano, and Wright (maybe) running out there every five days. In fact, just the thought of that is relaxing me right now.June 27, 2005, 10:11 pm
What are you talking about, YF? Really – you make absolutely no sense at all.June 27, 2005, 10:12 pm
YF, you're killing them tonight.June 27, 2005, 10:12 pm
Ah, thank goodness Nick has also chimed in with some Einsteinianly intelligent, YF-grade criticism. The Gods of snark sneer with jealousy at the prowess exhibited tonight by these two.June 27, 2005, 10:16 pm
Good for me? Getting a little pissy, aren't we?
Lets go over this point by point:
YF says: the Yanks have better pitching than the Sox because their ERA is lower.
Reality: Uh, no. (Come on YF, would you seriously take your five guys over the Sox five guys?)
YF Says: Yanks defense is worst in the league.
Reality: Uh, no.
YF Says: Sox and Yanks are very close because they're separated by only 5.5 games (6 in the loss column).
Reality: Not so much. The Dodgers and Giants are separated by 4.5 games and I'm sure you'd say one has a shot this season while the other has none. Same here.
The Yankees as currently constructed are putting a lineup of four excellent hitters, and five mediocre to crappy scrubs. They're pitching is bad, they're old and injury prone. Remind me again how this team is going to beat the World Champs?June 27, 2005, 10:18 pm
They're not. End of Story.
Well they may – but only after getting Schmidt, Zito, and Wagner and giving up Cano, Wang, Matsui, and Henn. Then, I'd say they have a legitimate chance.June 27, 2005, 10:24 pm
Oh, and they would STILL need more help with better out fielders, as YF pointed out earlier. Man, could it go up over 300m?June 27, 2005, 10:25 pm
I have to disagree with mattymatty here – I don't believe the Yankees have no chance this year. As YF has pointed out, the Sox' hot streak is just that: a streak. The Yankees had their own this year, and right now (or, at least until this evening) the Sox have enjoyed a nice wave of success. It could easily dissolve into a 4 or 5 game losing streak, and the Yankees could be back within a couple in a mere few nights. I am not feeling at all overconfident. But that's exactly the point that YF doesn't seem to get – I don't think the division is a foregone conclusion, hence ZERO POSTS from me stating it IS a foregone conclusion. So where does that leave us? Well, it seems that YF would rather chuck a Kevin Millar quote out there to rile the enemy, and it seems to have worked. But all that does is make YF a grenade-chucking wiseass who roots for a team with a two-game winning streak. To paraphrase my co-blogger, "good for him".
As for me? I'll be patient, see how the Sox do over their next thirty games and continue to try to be realistic about their chances in my posts, as I have been thus far. One more thing: YF's dismissal of Schilling's return has the odor of fear all over it. And I live 80 blocks south of YF.June 27, 2005, 10:28 pm
Yeah. We're the granade throwers. That's it for us tonight, folks. SF, MM, and Brad can continue their roundtable of rude reactionary ridiculousness right through the nite.June 27, 2005, 10:34 pm
SF, not sure why it's snarky for YF to act like a fan. After all that's part of his name (and part of yours as well). Sometimes acting like a fan means rooting for the players on the team. Thus, YF's appreciation of Jeter, who has done a lot in his career to warrant fan support. You root for Theo and management, posting updates on his genius every two weeks. YF gets excited about the people in the uniform. What a snarky bastard!June 27, 2005, 10:35 pm
last post was me. sporry. now you can attack. Go for it!June 27, 2005, 10:36 pm
sporry=sorry. bad typerJune 27, 2005, 10:36 pm
Sox fans — this is really astute Yankee analysis. I know a Nigerian prince who has a lot of money to give you.
Yankees win. Red Sox lose. Captain Varitek goes 0 for 3.
I'm not saying the Red Sox have the divison (or anything more valuable) sown up now. I'm just saying that I don't think the Yankees have a shot at the division barring unforseen and drastic changes. Changes that I don't see as realistic to make, given the Yankees lack of young talent to give in trade and an already bloated payroll.
"rude reactionary ridiculousness" Thats a good one YF. I'm a sucker for aliteration (even if I can't spell it). My apologies if I've come across as rude. We have a difference of opinion about your team's chances this year, which I believe is what this blog is founded on. Its going to take another 90 games to see which one of us is correct, and thats the truly fun part if you ask me.June 27, 2005, 10:43 pm
Agreed. With SF and MM, of courseJune 27, 2005, 11:34 pm
The division race is not over yet (a fact that seems to even elude the "experts" at ESPN and annoying writers like Dan Shaughnessy). I haven't written off the Crankees, but they seem totally stuck in yo-yo mode. And given how their second half schedule is much more difficult than the first, they're going to have to fight tooth and nail to have a chance for the playoffs. The O's might look cooked at the moment, but I haven't written them off either. Not yet.
The Sox have a tendency to streak. But remember, the team won five in a row before being blanked by Pittsburgh, then bounced right back and won seven in a row. Tonight was bad, but there's nothing saying the Sox won't take 2 of 3 from the Indians and then go on a tear against the Jays. We just have to wait and see.June 28, 2005, 12:10 am
John: I had really hoped that the "astute Yankee analysis" was going to come from YF in this thread, considering he posted the original piece and it was about the Yankees and their meeting of the minds. Instead of emulating YF and insulting us SFs, how about holding YF himself to a standard slightly above his "hey the Yankees are meeting in Florida and something good might happen!!!" observation for a start? It would be nice if YF had some ideas about what the Yankees could do; instead, he's taken the thread, antagonized Red Sox fans, and in the end all he's really come up with "it appears something will be done" (his exact words: genius, that!) and then shipped himself off to bed when the going got rough. That's really astute stuff. I'm blown away. In retrospect, if perceptive Yankee analysis is what you want from us SFs, then I guess I will have satisfy your lust and provide it at some point later today – judging from this post YF certainly isn't going to give us any.June 28, 2005, 6:13 am
"//Annoying writers like Dan Shaugnessy//"
I could not agree more here VT. This jackal loves to shoot his mouth off, be it about the demise or promise of the Red Sox. I think he does it just to cause people to talk about him. While many of his articles are pretty good, and he does have deeeeeeep contacts within the Red Sox organization, his random comments like the one this week always seem to keep him out of the good graces of most ritualistic baseball lovers. His self-proclaimed knowledge of all things Boston Red Sox (and sometimes the Yankees as well) is getting pretty weak, and it's not long before even the most casual fan finds his diatribes irritating and troublesome for the organization. I would bet the players already do.June 28, 2005, 6:38 am
All the YFs have quit this debate, SF, because discussion is pointless when you're constantly being misrepresented and smeared. Put my words back in context and you have "it appears something will be done about the Yankee outfield problem." I'm sorry i'm not Karnak and can't tell you what that's going to be. Have a nice day.June 28, 2005, 9:29 am
YF?June 28, 2005, 9:35 am
Did you just write back at yourself? Or, is that a simple Freudian Slip on YF's behalf? This thread has gone out of control:)June 28, 2005, 9:54 am
I'm depressed. Do us Yanks fans secretly want to be Sox fans. Things have changed!June 28, 2005, 9:57 am
SF, you want Yankee analysis from YF? How about some Sox analysis from SF? This Yankee envy must be tough.
"Thanks to DirecTV, the MLB package and all the games on ESPN.com, we all get to hear local announcers throughout the game, a treat when they are analytical and balanced. A small poll I did came up with the Giants (Duane Kuiper, Mike Krukow), Yankees (Jim Kaat, Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, Paul O'Neill) and Cubs (Len Kasper, Bob Brenly) as the best announcers, although New Englanders worship Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo."
This was in Peter Gammons latest writing. Do you think that his poll was of all Giants, Yankees, and Cubs fans, or are people actually dumb enough to choose Jim Kaat and Michael Kay over Don orsillo and Jerry Remy? I don't really know much about the Giants and Cubs announcers, but the Yankees' guys? I'll take our NESN guys any day.June 28, 2005, 10:07 am
John: I want Yankee analysis in a thread that is purportedly about what the Yankees might do. I don't need a rehashing of the fact that the Yankees might do something about a problem. For example, if I post a Sox analysis thread that states "the Sox have a bullpen problem and the news outlets reported that the Sox are meeting to do something about this bullpen problem" then feel free to lob the bombs my way – that is vacant stuff. As it is, I haven't done that – in fact I have posted my suggestions and thoughts about their bullpen problems, however misguided my ideas were.
I, as we all do, look to YF for bold statements and interesting ideas (to dream!), not just restatements of the daily headlines.June 28, 2005, 10:18 am
YF did offer analysis which was more than a simple rehashing of the day's events. If you remember, he said that the team was abandoning its tired notion that the way the roster was configured was enough to reach the postseason. He then hoped aloud that the Yanks would seek to improve its defense, as that would go a long way to helping them compete with the Sox for the division. Three Sox fans thought this was a silly outlandish hope. mattymatty offered analysis that went something like this: "You say this…I say 'uh no." Brad attacked Cashman as usual, making references to flying pigs. You relied on your usual bag of tricks, talking about how your fandom was so much more reasonable, how you looked at things in the long view, and then, as usual, you attacked your partner's posting style. Meanwhile this thread grows to one of the biggest ones you have had on this site ever. You're right! YF's posts are just so dull and vacant.June 28, 2005, 11:20 am
Nick says: blah blah blah
Reality: Yanks suck
Nick says: blah blah SF blah blah
Reality: Yanks still suck.
Nick says: mattymatty has the maturity of a six year old and an intellect to match
Reality: no argument thereJune 28, 2005, 4:25 pm
lol. man this is a great place to blow off steam.June 28, 2005, 4:34 pm
Yep.June 28, 2005, 5:41 pm
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NASHVILLE (AP) - Tennessee municipalities are keeping a close watch on proposed legislation to eliminate or reduce the Hall tax.
The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1iBGOAL) reports that's because cities use funding from the tax in their budgets and losing it would cause a large dent.
The state currently imposes a 6 percent levy on income from dividends and investments. Lawmakers are discussing whether to reduce the tax or eliminate it gradually.
Gov. Bill Haslam recommended in his budget proposal earlier this week that no changes be made to it.
Metro Nashville Finance Director Rich Riebeling said losing revenue from the Hall tax would leave a big hole in the city's budget. He said the amount from the tax fluctuates, ranging from $7.4 million in 2010 to nearly $14 million in 2013.
"It's a significant source of revenue and one that would be difficult to replace," Riebeling said. "It would force us to take a look at possibly curt ailing some services."
The city of Brentwood receives about $2.2 million a year from the tax. City Manager Kirk Bednar said there would be noticeable effects if the funding stopped.
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The line at which potential becomes expectation is a blurred one, especially if you have a body of work as diverse and compelling as that of Emma-Lee Moss – Emmy the Great to you and I.
Emmy is set to release her latest offering in the shape of brand new EP 'S' on January 26th. With previous recordings written and performed from an introspective state of reflection, 'S' takes a sideways step to radiate outward yet maintain the tone and flow which make it all her own.
Written during what may be termed as a somewhat nomadic period in Emmy's life, the EP reflects the cultural diversity of the locations from which it was born (think Hong Kong, Tokyo, New York, London, LA and Salt Lake City). Add to this a sprinkle of downright class in the form of Tom Flemming's guest vocal on lead single Swimming Pool, and those aforementioned expectations disperse , leaving a familiar warmth – immersing throughout.
There is no questioning the enchanting, dream-like quality of Emmy's vocal – gloriously prevalent as lead single Swimming Pool unfolds. Dim your lights, pour yourself a glass of red and relax – that's the way to listen to a track like this – let it engulf and transport you into a state of mind compulsory for the exploration of an uncomplicated yet beautifully layered piece of writing.
Perhaps a nod to a certain maturity which generally accompanies musical evolution, 'S' represents a slight artistic deviation. It's a subtle change of angle from the London – based songstress – and how small changes may make a huge difference – it works so well.
"My previous recordings were a reflection of my internal world" explains Emmy. "But this is a record of me trying to engage with the outside. Over the course of travelling and touring over the past two years I inhabited many cities and landscapes. While I wrote this EP and the album that will follow, everything changed. As I wrote the songs I began to reflect more and more the world that I saw around me; incredibly bright, technologically breathtaking. I am curious about being a person in this world, and i tried to write that into the music."
And that curiosity transpires. Social Halo explores the endlessly deep pool of self-awareness. Lyrically the track is universally relatable – unfolding layer upon layer of social taboo and the anxieties from which they invariably spout – perhaps the continuation of an almost sub-theme, the likes of which Emmy was never (and shall never be) shy to explore and ponder.
Solar Panels is something of a reversion to that familiar reflective state of which you may be slightly more accustomed. A track which builds to a synth-inspired crescendo and accompanied by a sweet yet dynamic vocal.
Rounded of with the captivating Somerset (I can't get over) – which feels like the calm reflection of a broken relationship – 'S' paves the way for a promised (and long awaited) forthcoming album, further heightening our expectations of the creatively diverse Emmy the Great.
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Batavia Teens Single out Peers' Characteristics for Senior Awards
Kunz, Tona, Meltzer, Erica, Waldron, Patrick, Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
Byline: Tona Kunz, Erica Meltzer and Patrick Waldron Daily Herald Staff Writers
The Batavia High School yearbook has compiled its senior awards list for the Class of 2001.
The list includes traditional categories and more creative awards.
Some of the highlights - including a male winner and a female winner - from the 33 categories include:
Brian Nies and Michelle Rueffer for most likely to succeed. Doug Byrd and Ashley Venneman and Karin Isaacson (tie) for most likely to become president.
J.J. Freedlund and Jennifer Murray were voted most likely to become a comedian. Jay Berger and Colleen Fisher have the best hair.
Brian Brandenburg and Jill Thomas were voted most athletic. In the intelligence category, Stevie Hopkins and Judith Mendelsohn were voted smartest.
Giovanni Reyes was voted Mr. GQ, while Sara Schremp was voted Ms. Vogue.
All-American students: American Legion Post 75 selected four Geneva Middle School students as those their peers should look up to.
Anthony Johnson, Monica Mejia, Dan Monaco and Emily Scatterday were picked to receive the post's annual citizenship award.
The students were chosen from a list nominated by school faculty for exemplifying qualities of leadership, service, academics, citizenship, and sportsmanship.
Saying good-bye: The Geneva School District will lose five faculty members to retirement this year.
Leaving are Jim Newbill, social studies teacher at the high school; Carol Sissel, language arts teacher at the middle school; Linda Benstein, first-grade teacher at Western Avenue Elementary School; Ginny Temple, social worker at Western Avenue; and Chic Williams, district prevention/intervention coordinator.
Whiz kids: You wouldn't want to play Trivial Pursuit with Mill Creek Elementary School students.
The school's Quiz Bowl team ranked seventh in the state out of 64 teams competing in a computerized trivia contest. …


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Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Awards 2016: Best Dorset Roast
PUBLISHED: 08:59 07 October 2016 | UPDATED: 09:11 07 October 2016
This relatively new category champions one of the nation's favourite dishes. Here we announce the winner of Dorset Magazine's Best Dorset Roast 2016
Readers loved the Sunday roasts at this popular village pub, one reader even confessed that the roast here was better than they get at home! "There's always a great choice of local meats, and we've enjoyed a big plate of extra pork crackling the last few times," said another. Readers also said the Sunday Sharers Roast Joint of beef, lamb, pork or prime rib which is cooked to your preference and carved by you at your table was a nice touch for a family gathering. "The roast potatoes are possibly the best I have ever tasted." said one reader.
Dreary Sundays become shiny happy times at the Larder House according our readers who said that their wood fired oven roasts are the best. On the menu is slow cooked lamb shoulder, 28 day aged top side of beef with Yorkshires, half a free range roast chicken with pigs in blankets, overnight cooked ham hock, and an interesting veggie option of aubergine Charlotte. Readers said the meat quite literally falls off the bone and they enjoyed the crisp potatoes, seasonal and wood roasted veg and generous portions.
"Slow cooked in a wood fired oven over night – these roasts are to die for! Some people have even said it's better than mum's roast!" declared one reader.
And the winner is…
The Sunday roast is raised to legendary status at the White Post, Rimpton, who won Best Dorset Roast at our awards last year. Readers described this as a memorable experience where local roast rib of beef, roast lamb, loin of pork and pot roast chicken are all served on a trencher board for everyone to tuck into. This is accompanied by dripping cooked roast potatoes, parsnips and carrots, seasonal veg such as slow cooked red cabbage and cauliflower cheese, huge homemade Yorkshire puddings and proper gravy made with real meat juices. "This is a cracking roast lunch that brings the family together, a real crowd pleaser! Delicious Dorset produce all served up on a large board, it's just the best roast dinner I've ever eaten," declared one very satisfied reader.
Click here to return to our list of 2016 winners!
Were you at the awards night? Tweet us your pictures @DorsetMag, @LifeFoodAwards, #DFDFA
Best Dorset Roast was sponsored by Fiona Penny at Sunflowers


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I live in San Diego, California and this past week has been horrible. To start, last Friday, my step father-in-law passed away from a heart attack (went to hospital for pneumonia, had heart attack in hospital. Couldn't save him). My wife is extremely saddened by this as am I.
How to Forgive and Forget
When I was younger I was molested by a neighbor and an uncle. Now at 20, and wanting to be in a relationship with people, especially guys, I find it hard to because of what happened. I do not want to feel like I can't get past this.
Sick Children
I am in desperate need of prayers for my children. My 8 yr old daughter just had surgery number 4 and is 15 days post op. She has been running a low fever and has a really bad non-productive cough.
Counseling Center/ Dad's Illness
Please pray for myself and my colleagues. We recently opened a new counseling center and are struggling to reach out to and serve the client's God has willed us to attend to. Pray also for my dad.
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Please continue to pray for my friend's son. He is 14 years old and his cancer came back. They began an experimental drug with chemo in November. Update, 1-27-15: He is still going through strong treatment. We are planning a benefit in March to try to help his family. Please pray for his parents.
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Campaigners recently found out that extra-soft toilet paper is more harmful to the environment than gas-guzzling cars. American's obsession for hygiene and expensive, quilted multiply paper results into felling of thousands of trees in the US every year. Apparently more than 98 per cent of the toilet paper in the country comes from virgin forests and hardly uses any recycled materials, whereas 40% of the toilet paper comes from recycled products in Europe. The chemicals used in the paper pulp manufacture result into the release of toxic waste into the environment. Apparently, Americans use more paper than any other country, about three times more than the UK and 100 times more than the average person in China, mainly because of their obsession with soft toilet paper.
But toilet paper manufacturer Kimberly-Clark is in total denial that their products are harming the environment and that their company uses paper from sustainably farmed forests in Canada. Greenpeace has launched an ecological guide to toilet paper in an effort to counter the multi-million pound market budget of luxury toilet paper manufactures. Although this may be a controversial subject, I do believe that there could be a lot done in this regard since Trees are a renewable resource.


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Hey can I use a complete manual setting in ptools?
Get StreamParser and use it to see actual bitrate.
@docz why 50p? Is the whole thing 720? You should really go for 1080p or at least MJPEG to probably get a better key. But if you're trying to go 50p then that would be problematic.
One thing you could try is setting GOP lower and upping the bitrate a bit. Rigs 1080p GOP1 hack is too unstable for me, but if you change it to GOP4, it becomes very stable and can shoot at peaks higher than 100mb max latitude hack. For 720by50 try GOP5 and see if it records.
You might also try the purple filter theory. If you put a purple filter in front of the lens, you trick the camera into adding more color information into the weaker red and blue channels and could give you more bitrate. Once you remove the purple in post, even the greens look awesome.
Also, what WB are you shooting at. I feel the lower settings 4k or less give less digital noise and could also give you a cleaner image.
"If you put a purple filter in front of the lens, you trick the camera into adding more color information into the weaker red and blue channels and could give you more bitrate. Once you remove the purple in post, even the greens look awesome."
But this doesn't actually work. The filter approach is not doing that (believe me I'd like it too, but the evidence isn't there and my god I've tested it enough), it isn't improving the quality of the red or blue channels. Plus you aren't going to remove the filters cast in post fully/accurately anyway. At best it just removes a bit of noise. @CRFilms Did you try that LUT I created for your filter to remove it from footage ? I'd be interested to know how bad a job it does with outdoor footage (badly I reckon).
Green screen I reckon its best to use a GOP 1 setting and shoot 24p, as thats the closest your going to get to a high bitrate that will be close to CBR. Then convert to what you need, mind you it is doable I reckon with a 50p setting if you're willing to put the work in. You'll not get a perfect key though (even with 24p), its hard to get a truly perfect key even in a studio environment with a great camera. I think its worth saying this cos I get the impression some people think that pulling keys is easy with perfect conditions. Expect to have to use multiple keys, combining them into your single matte. Also expect to build your own despill matte, do a bit of channel maths, and have to crack out the roto tools too.
@docz With your shots you could improve the consistency of the green by taking a shot without the talent there. Then pull a key from both the shot with the actor, and the shot without them. Then invert both the mattes/alphas from the keys, and merge them together with a divide function (divide the empty plate by the shot with the talent in it). Then create a constant of a colour you sample from the green screen, merge that with the shot without the talent (by subtracting/minus it from the constant). Then multiply that result by the matte/alpha you've got from the divide based merge. Then add/plus that to your original shot with the talent there, and this should create a shot with a constant green screen (no artifacts/colour shifts) which you can then pull a better key from. Yeah, sounds more painful than it is, but YMMV. Breaking it down like this though you can use various other correction tools within the process. It means you can clamp more out of the inital keys to solve some, if not all, of the artifact problems.
Edit: Ha, er obviously this is only going to work with a locked off shot as in the camera doesn't move, your plate without the actors has to be taken from the same position too. Oddly, I assumed they were both static camera shots, I dunno why.
Thanks for your suggestions guys. The reason I am using 50p is because I need it for slow-mo. I know that keying is not a "one-click" operation, to me it looks like the best footage to key on these cameras is the MJPEG >50mbit stuff. That office scene is a lot easier to key then the car scene - even though the car scene is in a well lit studio, and the office scene is just a sheet hung in my living room. But 30p->25p and slow-mo on some shots is just a nightmare - I haven't found any good workflows for that without a lot of transcoding, audio-sync issues, motion artifacts and so on. Target medium is 720p25 for this particular project. The car scenes that are locked off I will use that technique that Stray talked about isolating a background plate. But for the other scenes with camera movement, I will try to figure something else out. I was just hoping to get a little more IQ in the greenscreen footage, I feel that just a tiny boost in encoding bitrate would give med a little more detail in the washed out areas. I was also wondering if I had done something wrong in the hacking process since the bitrates were so low. I did open the files in StreamParser, and it to reports the same bitrates that windows does.
WB is set to 5300K for all lit scenes, since that is the whitepoint of my lights. And for the outdoor scene with a blue tint I shifted the WB because that is shot to be Day-for-Night. I found that giving the WB a blue tint helps even out the contrast and retain a bit more information once I crush it in post to make it look like night - that works really well.
I haven't found any GOP1 setting that will record for more than one second on my cameras. Lowest I can go (but I may be doing something wrong...) is GOP 12
@docz Cool. Have you tried a faster SD card for the GOP1 patches, though I know getting GOP1 at 50p or even 50i is extremely difficult. I don't know of any settings that do that successfully/reliably, but hope someone will correct me and recommend one if I'm wrong. Pretty sure there are good GOP3 and GOP6 settings for those framerates though, lowering the GOP will help you a lot. Could just be a slow or flaky SD card.
I've used 95mb Sandisk Extreme on the GH1, it's no more stable than any other card. It's not the cards, it's the hardware. The 100mb max lat is pretty much the highest it can go, but I have changed the Max Lat's stock GOP to 4 and it was decently stable. But that's at 1080x24p.
GOP2 at 50i is surprisingly stable and you MIGHT get a better overall bitrate if you do 1080x50i and convert it to 50p you'd probably get close to 720 resolution. Check my purple filter thread, the user Aki is doing a 50i at GOP2 hack that he likes and says provided superior resolution to even 1080p, but the hastle of 50i to 25p to 24p is too much for me, but it might work for you since you're in PAL country.
@docz you can try my gop2 for 720p pal.
Something I found confusing at first, which beginners might care to learn, are the letter assignments that Panasonic give to the different bit rates:
Format name Bit rate
PS 28 Mbps (1080p 50/60)
PH 21 Mbps (VBR)
HA 17 Mbps (VBR)
HF 13 Mbps (CBR)
HG 13 Mbps (VBR)
HN 9 Mbps (VBR)
HE 6 Mbps (VBR)
New GH2 body will not recognize hacked firmware?
I am sorry if this issue comes up often, but I have exhausted my searches through past posts and cannot find a solution. As a former owner of a GH1 that I have installed several hacks, I am frustrated with my new GH2 (came preloaded with ver. 1.1 factory firmware). It simply will not recognize a hacked firmware loaded on any of my cards. I am using the latest version of ptool, saving my file as GH2_V12.bin in the root of an in-camera formatted card. Nothing works.
I did read in the FAQ that perhaps I need to do with the version increment number, however I am reluctant to do that since the latest version of ptool says "1" should be selected, I am not sure if I should alter that field?
Thanks for any help!
First, check that battery is fully charged.
Second, check that your SD is not empty (have at least one photo made).
Third, if this did not help, use higher increment. 10 will do.
Well I found the problem. I always eject my camera mounted storage prior to disconnecting the USB cable from the computer, however I found that you MUST remove the USB cable from the camera regardless of whether or not it is connected to anything - otherwise the hack will not load.
This issue did not arise with my GH1, but certainly the GH2. Thank you Vitaliy and pundit for the suggestions. The good news - my GH2 has the patched firmware and the results are outstanding as expected.
I don't know about the GH1, but I believe for the GH2 it's only possible to film at 60 frames per second max. I don't think PTool can help you there, but I have heard some good stuff about "Twixtor", which can help with slow-motion (check some vids on vimeo for twixtor).
jonbondy, PTool can't increase the frame rate. Please see the FAQs: http://www.personal-view.com/faqs
Well i have a strange thing ad the moment.
I was improving the sports setting, and it says Framerate 50,199 fps ?
And in ntsc Framerate: 60,150 fps where does that ,199 and ,150 comes from?
Pal http://speedy.sh/3PUXQ/00000.MTS 46mb
Ntsc http://speedy.sh/yNMNx/00.MTS 52mb
I am having the same problem with firmware not being able to be loaded. I took the following steps...
Installed the 44 mbs patch. I named it GH2__V12.bin. It worked fine. I didn't notice a huge difference in quality.
I then installed the 88mbs patch. I named it GH2__V13.bin. My current cards aren't fast enough to support it so I tried to load Panasonic's firware GH2_V11. The firware would not load.
I then tried to reinstall the 44mbs patch and it worked.
Now the camera won't recognize any firware when it's loaded.
Any troubleshooting suggestions?
Hello Everyone!
After reading for a couple of days, this newbie is starting to get the picture, but I need your guidance.
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that the following may be true:
changes the firmware as far as those setting are concerned, but does nothing to change the inner code of the firmware.
collection of your favorite settings... am I right?
custom preset). Ptool also lets you prepare a SD card with your "patched" firmware to be applied to the camera.
into your NLE system.
Using Ptool, you can make your own patch... true?
If you can use Ptool to make your own patch, you can share it much like Driftwood, etc... right?
If that is all true, Ptool has a function to save your patch for sharing and later use... correct?
The reason we don't hear much about noise when it comes to the hacks is because the hacks only address settings, not internal code, which handles how the sensor information is processed by the DSP. And noise is probably more of a factor of the sensor circuitry and has physical limitations as to what can be done given the hardware being used.
Either I finally got it, or I took the wrong train and am heading to territories unknown...
Which is it? :-)
All guidance is Truly Appreciated!
questech, wrong on most points. :) Please read the FAQs: http://www.personal-view.com/faqs
PTool modifies firmware images. Each modification is a patch. Any other use of the word "patch" is incorrect. Some of the modifications are simply changes to constants in the firmware image. Other modification are changes to the executable code.
Hello & Thanks for the reply!
Damn - I read that thing casually more than once (and lots more - maybe too much in one sitting) :-)
OK, I can see how a patch isn't exactly analogous to a preset, but I get it now... Thanks!
"Ptool is an application that allows access to GH2 settings that are normally hidden from the everyday user. It changes the firmware as far as those setting are concerned, but does nothing to change the inner code of the firmware."
So other than the last part of this statement "but does nothing to change the inner code of the firmware." my statement is true... so I get partial credit.
Two Followup Questions Please:
Regarding Noise - Is there any hack that can help with noise reduction, especially in ETC mode?
Once you hack your GH2, do you loose all of your previously saved setting like Custom Mode, Constant Preview, Function Buttons, etc?
Thanks Again!!!
I guess I have to re-read everything :-)
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