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Participant Media logo
|Motion picture
|June 2004 (as Participant Productions)
|Jeffrey Skoll
|Los Angeles, California, United States
|Key people
|James Berk, Chief Executive Officer
|Movies, television films and specials, new media
Participant Media logo
|Motion picture
|June 2004 (as Participant Productions)
|Jeffrey Skoll
|Los Angeles, California, United States
|Key people
|James Berk, Chief Executive Officer
|Movies, television films and specials, new media
Participant Media (formerly known as Participant Productions) is an American film- and television-production company which finances and produces socially relevant films and documentaries.[1][2] The company is described as being politically active:[3] its films are typically based on current events and topical subjects and presented in such a way to inspire viewers to advocate for social change.[1][4][5] The studio has produced or co-produced a number of award-winning fiction films and documentaries. By the end of its second year in business, its films had been nominated for 11 Academy Awards.[6][7] By the end of the 2011 awards season, its films had been nominated for Oscars 22 times, and won five statuettes.
The company was founded in June 2004 as Participant Productions by Jeffrey Skoll, the "second employee" of eBay,[2][6] to produce projects that were both commercially viable and socially relevant.[8] Skoll had earlier co-founded Ovation Entertainment, a start-up film production company, in 2001 but quit the company in the summer of 2003.[1][4][9][10] Skoll began discussions with Hollywood insiders, technical experts and financiers in September 2003 to educate himself about film production.[9] One of Skoll's critical advisors was Peter Schlessel (formerly the president of Columbia Pictures and later the president of Sony Pictures Entertainment).[11] By January 2004, the company had pulled together most of its staff, many of whom attended the Cannes Film Festival.[1][9] The company believed it had a deal to distribute the documentary film Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), directed by Michael Moore,[4][9] but lost the distribution rights to the Fellowship Adventure Group (a film-distribution company formed by Bob and Harvey Weinstein specifically to release Fahrenheit 9/11).[12]
With $100 million in cash from Skoll's personal funds,[1] Skoll was the company's first chief executive officer, but stepped down from that position in August 2006.[1] Participant Productions' initial plans were to produce four to six films per year, each with a budget of $40 million.[4][8] The company focused on films in six areas – the environment, healthcare, human rights, institutional responsibility, peace and tolerance, and social and economic justice.[1] It evaluated projects by running them past its creative executives first, assessing their cost and commercial viability second, and then analyzing their social relevance last.[1][9] Once the decision was made to go ahead with production, the company reached out to non-profit organizations to ask them to build campaigns around the release.[1][4] In some cases, the studio has spent years creating positive word-of-mouth with advocacy groups, which are often encouraged to use the film to push their own agendas.[13]
The new company quickly announced an ambitious slate of productions. Its first film (announced on September 7, 2007)[clarification needed] was the drama film American Gun (2005), on which IFC Films was an equity partner.[4][5] Two weeks later, the company announced a co-production deal with Warner Bros. on two films – the geopolitical thriller film Syriana (2005) and the drama film Class Action (later retitled North Country (2005)).[5][14] Participant Productions contributed half the budget of each film.[5] Its fourth production, a documentary film, was announced in November 2004. Titled The World According to Sesame Street (2005), the film examined the impact of the children's television show Sesame Street on world culture, focusing on Kosovo, Bangladesh, South Africa and El Salvador.[15][16] At the same time, the company began to implement an environmentally friendly strategy: Syriana was the company's first carbon-neutral production, and the company created carbon offsets for the documentary film An Inconvenient Truth (2006).[17]
In 2005, the company suffered its first stumble. It again agreed to co-finance a picture with Warner Bros., this time Vadim Perelman's second feature, Truce.[18] Although Perelman claimed he had "never been moved by a script to such an extent",[18] the film never went into production.[19] North Country did poorly at the box office despite having recent Academy Award-winner Charlize Theron in the lead.[7] The World According to Sesame Street never found a distributor for theatrical release, and eventually only aired on PBS television, Sesame Street's broadcast home.[7] In June 2005, the company agreed to produce Luna, a film based on the non-fiction book The Legacy of Luna (2005), the real-life story about a woman who lived in the branches of a giant redwood tree for two years to protect it from logging.[20] The film went into development hell and was not made.[citation needed]
The company continued to mature and grow, however. The company announced in March 2005 that it would co-executive produce the Warner Bros. drama film Good Night, and Good Luck (2005).[21] At the Cannes Film Festival in May 2005, the company bought the right to distribute the forthcoming drama film Fast Food Nation (2006), directed by Richard Linklater, in North America in return for an equity stake in the film.[22][23] A month later, it bought the distribution rights to the documentary film Murderball (2005) in return for an equity stake in the film.[24] It also executive produced and co-financed Al Gore's global-warming documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth (2006).[16][25][26][27]
As the production schedule grew heavier, the company added staff. Ricky Strauss was named its first president in March 2005, with oversight of production, marketing and business development.[28] Attorney and former non-profit chief executive Meredith Blake was hired in June as its Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Affairs.[29] Blake's role was to oversee development of awareness and outreach campaigns around the social issues raised in the company's films in cooperation with non-profit organizations, corporations, and earned media.[29] Diane Weyermann, director of the Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program, joined the company in October 2005 as Executive Vice President of Documentary Production.[30]
The company's non-film-production efforts continued to grow as well. The company provided an undisclosed amount of financing in February 2005 to film distributor Emerging Pictures to finance that company's national network of digitally equipped cinemas (with Emerging Pictures distributing Participant's films).[31] The company also began its first socially relevant outreach project, helping to finance screenings of the biographical film Gandhi (1982) in the Palestinian territories for the first time as well as in the countries of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.[32] In support of its upcoming film, An Inconvenient Truth, the studio negotiated a deal whereby distributor Paramount Classics would donate five percent of its U.S. domestic theatrical gross box-office receipts (with a minimum guarantee of $500,000) to the Alliance for Climate Protection.[33]
The company had a very successful 2005 awards season, with eleven Academy Award nominations and one win.[7] Good Night, and Good Luck garnered six nominations, including best art direction, best cinematography, best directing (George Clooney), best picture, best actor (David Strathairn) and best original screenplay.[34] Murderball was nominated for best feature documentary.[34] North Country was nominated for best actress (Charlize Theron) and best supporting actress (Frances McDormand).[34] Syriana was nominated for best supporting actor (George Clooney) and original screenplay.[34] But of the eleven nominations, only Clooney won for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana.[35]
Five more films were announced in 2006.
In June, the company announced it would partner with New Line Cinema (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.) to produce The Crusaders, a drama about Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), a landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States which ended racial segregation in public schools.[36] But the film never got beyond the development stage.
In September, the company entered into an agreement to co-produce the drama film The Visitor (2008) with Groundswell Productions,[37] and two months later agreed to co-produce (with Sony Pictures Classics) a documentary film about the Abu Ghraib torture scandal, Standard Operating Procedure (2008), directed by Errol Morris.[38]
The company also took an equity position in and a co-production credit for Chicago 10 (2007), an animated documentary film about the 1969 Chicago Seven conspiracy trial.[39][40]
Finally, in December, the company agreed to finance and produce the documentary film Man from Plains (2007), directed by Jonathan Demme, that followed former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as he promoted his political-science book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid (2006).[41]
The company also co-financed, with Warner Independent Pictures, the documentary film Darfur Now (2007),[42] and, with Universal Studios and others, co-financed the biographical film Charlie Wilson's War (2007).[43] The film had the biggest budget of any of the company's films since Syriana.[7]
Three major corporate events also occurred in 2006.
The company's success continued through the 2006 awards season. An Inconvenient Truth was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, and the song "I Need to Wake Up" (by Melissa Etheridge) nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.[48] The film and song won their respective categories in February 2007.[49][50]
Corporate growth continued in 2007.
On January 8, the company hired motion-picture marketing veterans Buffy Shutt and Kathy Jones (each with the title of Executive Vice President of Marketing) to coordinate marketing of the company's films.[51] Eight days later, the company hired Tony Award- and Emmy Award-winning event producer John Schreiber as Executive Vice President of Social Action and Advocacy to enhance the company's earned media, non-profit and corporate outreach and advocacy campaigns.[52]
February saw the hire of Adrian Sexton as Executive Vice President to oversee digital and global media projects,[53] and April saw veteran production head Jonathan King join the company as Executive Vice President of Production.[54]
Lynn Hirshfield was hired in May as Vice President of Business Development to launch the company's publishing division.[55] In mid-June, the company hired Bonnie Abaunza and Liana Schwarz each as Vice President of Social Action Campaign Development and Operations to assist with social outreach and advocacy campaigns.[56]
In November, the company signed a deal with actress Natalie Portman's newly formed production company, Handsomecharlie Films, under which the two studios would co-produce socially relevant films for a two-year period. No films were produced under this agreement, however.[57] The same month, the company hired veteran Showtime producer John Moser to oversee development and production of original programs for television and home cable.[58] But despite the management activity and expansion, not all of the company's films did well. Chicago 10 did not sell for several months after it premiered at Sundance, and only significant editing and a reduction in running time led to a distribution deal.[7]
The company also announced additional productions.
In January, it said it was co-financing the drama film The Kite Runner (2007) with Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and DreamWorks.[51] That spring, the company took an equity position in Angels in the Dust (2007), a documentary film about children orphaned by AIDS, and paid the filmmaker to update the film and shoot more footage.[7]
In April, it closed a deal with Warner Independent to turn the biographical book, The Mayor of Castro Street (1982), by Randy Shilts, into a film.[59] That film entered development hell and was not made.
The following month, it announced a feature-length documentary film about the 2007 Live Earth concert, but that film was never produced either.[60]
Five months later, in June, Participant agreed to co-produce and co-finance (with Broken Lizard) the company's first comedy film, Taildraggers (about five aimless young pilots for a regional airline in Alaska who discover that a corporate competitor is illegally pumping oil from a wildlife preserve).[61] As of June 2009, however, the film had not been produced.[62]
November saw the company sign a co-production agreement with State Street Pictures to finance the biographical dramatic film, Bobby Martinez (about teenage Latino surfing sensation, Bobby Martinez).[63] The surfing film entered development hell for nearly two years. In May 2009, the studio hired Ric Roman Waugh to rewrite the script as well as to direct the film.[64] But this film had yet to be produced by the beginning of 2012.
By the end of 2007, the company was seen as one of the key players in the production of documentary films.[65]
The 2007 awards season saw several more Academy Award nominations for the company's films. Its films had a combined seven Golden Globe Award nominations, although it won none.[66] Philip Seymour Hoffman was nominated for his supporting actor role in Charlie Wilson's War, Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Actor in The Visitor, and Alberto Iglesias was nominated for best original score for The Kite Runner.[67] But the studio won no Oscars that year.[clarification needed]
In March 2008, Participant Productions changed its name to Participant Media to reflect the firm's expansion into television and non-traditional entertainment media.[68]
The company continued to expand its social advocacy and outreach efforts in 2008. In January 2008, it joined and made a financial contribution to a $100 million United Nations-sponsored fund which would provide backing for films which combatted religious, ethnic, racial, and other stereotypes.[69] Fueling the company's expansion was the creation of a $250 million fund with Imagenation, a start-up film studio based in the United Arab Emirates which is a division of the Abu Dhabi Media Company.[70] Each company contributed roughly half of the fund's total (although some funding came from loans).[70] Participant and Imagenation agreed to produce 18 films over the next five years, which would add approximately four feature-length films per year to Participant's existing slate.[70][71] To boost its marketing efforts, the company also hired Jeffrey Sakson as Vice President of Publicity in April 2008.[72] In September 2008, Participant Media and PublicAffairs Books signed a deal under which PublicAffairs would publish four original paperback books designed to expand upon the social messages in Participant's films.[73] The first book to be published under the pact was Food Inc.: A Participant Guide: How Industrial Food Is Making Us Sicker, Fatter, and Poorer—And What You Can Do About It.[73] The company also founded a new Web site, TakePart.com, to promote Participant Media's films as well as make viewers aware of the social advocacy efforts of Participant's outreach partners.[74]
In March, Participant announced a co-financing deal with Tapestry Films to produce Minimum Wage, a comedy about a corrupt corporate executive sentenced to live for a year on a minimum wage salary.[68] It was not produced. A month later, the company announced it and Groundswell Productions were co-financing The Informant!, a comedy directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon about the lysine price-fixing conspiracy at Archer Daniels Midland in the mid-1990s.[75][76] July saw Participant set up a co-financing deal with three other studios to produce The Colony, an eco-horror film.[77] It, too, was never produced.
Participant's success during awards season did not extend into 2008. The company had only three films released during the year (Every Little Step, Pressure Cooker, and Standard Operating Procedure), and none of them was nominated for an award from a major arts organization. However, in November 2008, the Producers Guild of America gave Participant founder Jeff Skoll its Visionary Award.[78]
2009 saw the company continue to aggressively produce both feature films and documentaries. In January it announced that it would produce Paul Dinello's Mr. Burnout (about a burned out teacher seeking to rekindle his love of teaching)[79] and Furry Vengeance (a comedy starring Brendan Fraser about an Oregon real estate developer who is opposed by animals).[76][80] But only Furry Vengeance was produced. That same month Participant signed a five-year production and distribution deal with Summit Entertainment. The agreement, which covered titles financed by Participant's $250 million production agreement with Imagenation Media, was nonexclusive (meaning Participant could seek distribution of films by other companies) and was limited to four projects a year.[47] The agreement allowed Summit to charge a distribution fee, and to co-finance titles if it wished.[47] The pact covered home video and pay-television distribution as well.[47] Furry Vengeance was the first picture produced under the agreement.[80] In April, the company hired screenwriter Miles Chapman to pen an untitled environmentally themed action-adventure script about the hunt for a mystical gem in the heart of Africa.[81] The script went into development hell. The same month, the company agreed to co-finance (with Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment) a biographical drama titled History on Trial—which was intended to document the true story of Deborah Lipstadt, a professor of Jewish studies who was sued by Holocaust deniers for libel.[82][83] The film was not produced. The company also announced a number of productions in May 2009, including: The Crazies, a remake of the 1973 film of the same name;[84] Casino Jack, a film starring Kevin Spacey about the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal;[85] Help Me Spread Goodness, a comedy starring and directed by Ben Stiller about a banking executive who is caught by a Nigerian Internet scam (the film was not produced);[86][87] and The Soloist, a drama starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey, Jr. based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a brilliant musician who develops schizophrenia and becomes homeless.[76]
The company also expanded in non-film production as well. In March 2009, Participant Media agreed to conduct outreach and social advocacy efforts on behalf of the Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions documentary film The Cove (about the killing of dolphins by Japanese villagers in a cove near their fishing grounds).[88] The firm's TakePart.com Web site also released a new iPhone application, Givabit, which solicits charitable donations for Participant Media's nonprofit advocacy partners from iPhone users once a day.[74] In June, the company established a new book publishing subsidiary, headed by Vice President of Publishing Lynn Hirshfield (who changed titles within the company).[73] Liana Schwarz was promoted to Senior Vice President of Campaign Development and Operations.[89]
In September 2009, Participant Media signed an agreement with Submarine Entertainment under which Submarine would handle North American sales of its upcoming documentaries, and act as a consultant on worldwide sales of its documentaries.[90]
In January 2010, Participant Media co-presented director Mark Lewis' documentary film, Cane Toads: The Conquest at the Sundance Film Festival.[91] The film, the industry newspaper Daily Variety said, was the "first specialty doc filmed in digital 3D."[91] A month later, Bonnie Stylides left Summit Entertainment to become Participant Media's senior vice-president in charge of business affairs.[92] The studio's hit documentary, Waiting for "Superman", garnered significant media attention, and Participant Media inked a worldwide distribution deal with Paramount Pictures shortly before its premiere at Sundance.[93] It also sold North American distribution rights for its documentary, Countdown to Zero, to Magnolia Pictures,[94] and distribution rights to its documentary Climate of Change to Tribeca Film (a division of Robert De Niro's Tribeca Enterprises).[95]
The company also received a $248,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to raise awareness about access to quality food and childhood obesity.[96] The studio used these funds to create a campaign linked to its promotional efforts for the documentary film Food, Inc. and signed a deal with Active Media to help run the campaign.[96] It also signed a deal with Planet Illogica (a web site collaboratively produced by artists, filmmakers, musicians, and fashion designers) to generate a social action campaign associated with its documentary Oceans (which was released by Walt Disney Pictures).[97] The "Save My Oceans Tour" involved concerts, art installations, and screenings of Oceans on college campuses.[98]
In April, Noah Manduke (former president of the consulting firm Durable Good and president of the marketing firm Siegel + Gale) was named chief strategy officer of the Jeff Skoll Group.[99] Skoll created the Skoll Group to oversee his various enterprises, including Participant Media, and Manduke began working with Skoll and Participant Media's top management to begin a strategic planning process and strengthen collaboration between Participant and Skoll's other organizations and companies.[99] The following month, studio executive James Berk was one of only 180 individuals invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[100]
Based on the success of its Twilight Saga film series, Summit Entertainment announced on March 8, 2011, that it was making a $750 million debt refinancing with cash distribution to its investors, which included Participant Media.[101]
On June 5, the The New York Times ran a major piece about the studio, declaring: "Participant Media, the film industry's most visible attempt at social entrepreneurship, turned seven this year without quite sorting out whether a company that trades in movies with a message can earn its way in a business that has been tough even for those who peddle 3-D pandas and such."[102] Author Michael Cieply noted that The Beaver, Participant's latest released, cost $20 million but had garnered just $1 million in gross box-office sales after a month in theaters – making the film a "flop".[102] The company's biggest success to date, the newspaper noted, was 2007's Charlie Wilson's War ($66.7 million in gross domestic box office revenue).[102] Skoll was quoted as saying that he had poured "hundreds of millions to date [into the company], with much more to follow", and that the studio had yet to break even.[102] Skoll and Berk, however, noted that Participant Media performs slightly above-average when compared to similarly-sized peers.[102] The advantage came in three areas: home video sales, the company's long-term attempts to build social movements around its films, and its stake in Summit Entertainment (which allowed it to win more favorable distribution terms).[102]
Quoting unnamed sources, the Times said that audiences may be turned off by Participant's relentless focus on upsetting issues.[102] The company hoped that it would change this attitude about its films (and make money) with 2011's The Help (about racial reconciliation in the American South during the 1960s) and Contagion (a Steven Soderberg picture about the outbreak of a virulent, deadly disease).[102] Skoll also said that Participant had purchased the rights to a New York Times article about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010, and that the film would likely focus not simply on oil drilling but on a number of critical issues (such as climate change and the ecological health of oceans).[102]
By year's end, however, there was less concern about the company's financial future. The studio's $25 million film about racial reconciliation (about a third of the production budget came from Participant),[103] The Help, cleared $100 million in late August,[104] and was just short of $200 million worldwide by late December.[105] The Help was the first film since 2010's Inception to be number one at the North American box office for three straight weekends in a row,[106] and was only unseated by another Participant Media film, Contagion.[107] The Help was nominated for four Academy Awards: The film for Best Picture, Viola Davis for Best Actress, and Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress. Spencer won the Oscar for her role.[108]
Participant executives said in October 2011 that the studio would expand its production to make seven to twelve films a year, would begin producing features and series for television, and expand its online presence.[109] As part of this plan, in November the studio hired advertising executive Chad Boettcher to be executive vice president for social action and advocacy and 20th Century Fox executive Gary Frenkel to be senior vice president for digital products and communities.[110]
In January 2012, Participant Media made its first investment in a non-English-language film, the forthcoming Pablo Larraín motion picture No (starring Gael Garcia Bernal).[111] The semi-biographical film tells the story of a man who initiates an upbeat, innocuous advertising campaign that helps to unseat Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet during the 1988 plebiscite that led to the Chilean transition to democracy. The same month, however, it lost its president, Ricky Strauss, who departed the studio to become head of worldwide marketing at Walt Disney Pictures.[112]
Three weeks later, in February 2012, Participant Media announced that it was partnering with Summit Entertainment, Image Nation (formerly Imagenation Abu Dhabi), Spanish production company Apaches, and Colombian production company Dynamo to produce a supernatural horror film about an American oil company executive who moves his family into a house in a small city in the South American nation of Colombia only to find the home is haunted.[113] The company announced the Spanish director Luis Quilez would direct from an script Alex and David Pastor (who developed their script with funding from Participant).[113]
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|1 Academy Award Nomination
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I just love my doctor. He has done breast augmentation on me before. I traveled a ways for him to do this tummy tuck. I have to say I love it, but a I am so very tired.I get up for awhile and then I have to go back to sleep. Standing a little straighter today-3 days post op. Taking one day at a time.
I just love my doctor. He has done breast...
I just love my doctor. He has done breast augmentation on me before. I traveled a ways for him to do this tummy tuck. I have to say I love it, but a I am so very tired.I get up for awhile and then I have to go back to sleep. Standing a little straighter today-3 days post op. Taking one day at a time.
Well here we go again! 2 years after full tummy tuck!
The 4 days post op did not last long. 2 years later I am swollen, the incision is hard and numb, and I have "dog ears". I have an appointment Tuesday with another PS to see what can be done.
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Consult scheduled for 11 tomorrow June 11. I have to say I am nervous and distracted. I don't want this to turn out bad again.
Consult June 11, 2013
Consult lasted about 1 and 1/2 hour. Got an estimate cost of $9200. I have to wait for them to get my op notes from the first tt. He does not know if my lower stomach muscles were addressed. He says he can try lipo on the dog ears and if that does not work, he can stitch them. If muscle repair was done to my lower stomach, then I am pretty much sol. He says I am tight at the top of my abdomen and my organs have to have room. I will not know until Monday the exact cost. I am not a happy person. I honestly struggle every day working out to maintain my weight. I don't get to enjoy a lot of (food) that I would enjoy. I wanted to be able to wear a bikini, but I look like I have a pot belly. I can only wait and see.
News June 17, 2013
So the surgeon that did my first tummy tuck did not plicate the muscles in my lower stomach. Just got his op notes. That explains the pooch I have. So, I am scheduled for surgery June 28 to try to fix that and the dog ears. Here we go again.
8 days and counting!
Preop today, bloodwork, and fees taken care of. Anxiously waiting again...
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Can anyone tell me the best compression garment they have used. He is sending me home with a binder, but I would like to have something to use afterwards. Thanks for any help you can give me.
6 days and counting!
I keep reading all the reviews. Sometimes I feel it gives me peace and sometimes I feel it makes me nervous. As with everyone, I have a million thoughts going through my head.
2 More Days and More Stress
Had my blood work last week, thought everything was okay and then I get a call today from the place that did the blood work. They want me to come back in to do a TSH test for my thyroid. The plastic surgeon did NOT order this. I have been treated for low thyroid for over 20 years. They would not release my results until I come in to do the test. I am checked every year, but they would not accept that information. Now I am waiting to hear from them tomorrow to see if they will send my reports.
18 hours and counting!
Omg I cannot take any more drama. Finally got everything straightened out today so we can go ahead with the surgery tomorrow. Had a mess up with my blood work, but got that straightened out. Getting excited!
2 HOURS! Please let this one be good!
2 hours before we start. I am praying that this fixes everything.
Made it through.
I was in surgery for 2 1/2 hours, recovery 1 1/2. I woke up in a lot of pain and cried most of the way home, and until my pain meds kicked in. I had to double up on them. I do not remember this kind of pain with the first one. I just got off the phone with my doctor. He said I should be in a lot of pain. He said he put a LOT of stitches in me and had to remove a lot of scar tissue. He said there had not been an work on my lower stomach in the first tt. He said to rest tonight, but wants me up and walking tomorrow. He will see me on Monday. I cannot tell anything because of the binder. He said in no way can it come off for a long time because of the work he had to do on me. My doctor is Dr. Robert Brueck from Ft. Myers. I am very please so far, but we have a ways to go. This time I was not made any promises. I value that more than anything. I hate to be lied to. Got to rest girls. Catch up with you soon.
Post Op Day 1
I have to say the pain in my lower stomach is horrible. Dr. Brueck said he had to redo everything. Last night I had to double the meds. I was awake until 4 am, and have been up since 6. I am burning on each side. Dr. B called last night. He said he wanted me to walk, walk, walk today. I own my own business, and he said NO sitting and doing bookkeeping or inventory. I have been up twice. It does not take long to get exhausted. It also makes me a little sick. I am still draining, but not dark red. I would not take this binder off for anything. Will keep you up to date.
3 Days Post Op
Just got home from my first post op visit. I think is looks pretty good. Swollen as usual, but I am praying that I do not get a pot belly. Drain stays in until Friday (one week). Dr. Brueck said he removed a lot of scar tissue. I asked him to extend the incision to get rid of the dog ears. He wanted to try to lipo them, but I have had lipo 4 other times and am never happy with the results. No more lipo. I will just wear a wider bikini. Will keep you updated.
5 Days Post OP
I've been walking a lot. Walked 1/4 mile on the treadmill last night (slowly). Walked 1/2 mile around the neighborhood today. Took my shower, and I still have the drain. All that wore me out. I do not know if you all are like me, but my body just shuts down and goes to sleep. I am not really having a lot of pain. I itch, my lower back is weak. I take the pain meds at night so I can sleep, but I drink a lot of water, so I am up peeing many times. I took pics, but they still look the same as day 3. Like everyone else, I cannot wait to see his finished work.
July 5, 2013 UPDATE
Just got home form my one week post op visit. The drain was removed and every other stitch around my belly button. Still not seeing much difference from a week ago. My sides look good (I think) where the dog ears were. I am swollen still, but I know that takes time.
Just a few pics to update. I am feeling pretty good. Walked a mile in the treadmill, showered and cleaned up by myself, going shopping for a bit. So far I am really happy with this surgery. I am still swollen from the front pic on each hip. I am going to keep taking pics of those to see the difference. My "pouch" is gone so far. Have a great day ladies!
13 days Post Op
I figured I would show a few post op pics. I am really happy so far. I am still swollen on the sides some, but that is also my hip bones so there is not much more that can go down. I am walking on the treadmill for an hour, but no weight lifting yet. It scares me. I am one happy girl.....a lot of money later, but I am very happy!
3 Weeks Post Op
I have to say I love my results so far. The latest pics were taken in the am, but I did not wear a binder all night, I have a little swelling on each side...either that or it is just my body. I have always said that I do not have a waist. I go from boobs to but. I am not holding in at all. I am really happy with this surgeon. I am counting the months until my facelift-9 to go!
Pics 3 weeks post op
I am walking on the treadmill an hour at 4 mph with a slight incline. Doctoe says no jogging at all, but I can lift light weights.
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6 Weeks and 6 Miles
I don't know why I cannot load these pics. It has been six weeks and today I ran 6 miles. I do wear a compression garment. The only problem I have had is on my left side. I noticed something like a whitehead and squeezed around it, of course it oozed! I called my doctor at first one of the nurses said to keep it dry and watch it for a week, but that did not help. It was still irritated, so I called again, different nurse. She said to put hot compresses for 20 minutes three times a day. That is sounded like a stitch. I am out of town so I had to give it a try or fly back and see them. It has been a week today, and guess what? It was a stitch. After the compress this morning I saw it sticking out. It just came on out. Feels better now. I am down about 8 pounds since surgery. I am very happy with the results.
2 Months Post Op
Hey girls I thought I would jump in and post a review. I've been very busy like all of us, but took this pic after running 5 miles this morning. I do still have a little swelling on the left side. I had a stitch that just came out today so hopefully in the next few weeks this will go down too.
I am very happy with the results this time. Anyone new to having a tummy tuck, please give it time. Changes happen every day.
I am very happy with the results this time. Anyone new to having a tummy tuck, please give it time. Changes happen every day.
It has been just a few days over three months. I am very happy with the results and with Dr. Brueck. He is such a great surgeon and has become a good friend. For once, he is the best decision I have ever made.
I am running every day. I am not working abs. He says it is best to wait until 6 months. I had so much trouble with the first tummy tuck that I am not taking any chances with this one. I still wear a compression garment when running.
I have lost about 10 pounds since the surgery and getting back into my running.
I am one happy lady! Thank you Dr. Brueck!
I am running every day. I am not working abs. He says it is best to wait until 6 months. I had so much trouble with the first tummy tuck that I am not taking any chances with this one. I still wear a compression garment when running.
I have lost about 10 pounds since the surgery and getting back into my running.
I am one happy lady! Thank you Dr. Brueck!
Just thought I would update a little bit. Everything is going good. I am not using the compression garment anymore. I run 5 miles a day, and I do not notice any discomfort. I am not ab training yet. It scares me, so I think I will wait a bit.
Hope all of you are healing well.
Hope all of you are healing well.
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Kathy who's your bbl Dr.?
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Are you seening fisher tomorrow for bbl consul
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Yes I am. I will post tomorrow evening and let you know what happened.
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how did it go?
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are you getting bbl with fisher?
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not in a million years! I walked out of that place. I am 2 weeks post op with Dr. Pazmino. He is the best plastic surgeon I have ever been to. I had very little fat on my body, but he did transfer that and really worked on the body sculpting for me. I will post a review soon.
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Omg don't say that I'm booked with fisher!! Ahhh now I'm nervois
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Sorry. A lot of women go to him because of the price. I went in for a consult, and it was a joke. You can read some of my posts to others. Before everyone gets mad at me, remember we all have an opinion, and I am simply stating mine. I would not put my life in the hands of Vanity.
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Was just reading your review and I was curious if the other doctor knew why you were still swelling after two years? Is that normal? Did it have something to do with the lower muscles not being repaired?
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I kept bringing it to his attention every time I went back, but they just kept saying I looked so good and give it "time". I gave it a lot of time and it never changed. We noticed the swelling two weeks after the surgery. The doctore who did the second one got the reports from the first doctor. In his notes he stated he did nothing to the lower stomach. Of course he would not tell me this in person or email. After several emails, they would not respond to me at all. It has been about 10 weeks, and I am totally happy with the results this time. I am flat and loving it. My waist measures under 26 inches.
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Wow so you were not swelling then at all? It was just that he didn't do mr on lower muscles so they were bulging?
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Was the picture from June 6th in orange crop top after first tt? I couldn't see any scar?
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Yes it was after the first tummy tuck. In the second pic you can see the dog ear on my side that had to be repaired also. I had to have both sides fixed because it looked like I had a big skin tag on each side. I have to say, the scar looks good. I have always been one that heals very well. I never used anything on it. My second doctor even commented on how I really didn't show scarring. I am hoping this one does the same, but being cut twice, I am sure it is going to show a lot more.
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I could barley see the dog ear and most defiantly couldn't see the scar. You must be a good healer :-) well you had me nervous for a minute because you do hear people say the swelled for years! That would be scary! I can see the bulge were he never did mr though. What did your doctor say this time about swelling? I am sorry you had to go through this twice :-(
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I had a little swelling on one side where a stitch took its own sweet time coming out, but I used hot compresses and that went away. I love my stomach now.
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Wow and only a little bit of swelling? Good for you :-)
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Remarkable! Truly inspiring! Great call on the dog ears just being taken off. Love your look! I'm definitely going to ask my ps on whether he will stitch the muscles in the lower belly too.
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Sounds and looks like you're doing great! Happy for you! :)
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You look so flat this time;) I would love to have your belly...sorry you had to pay twice. Did you contact the previous doctor?? Any explanation from him or an apology?
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I contacted the first doctor. His name is Martin Luftman. He is in Lexington, KY. I got no response from him at all. He did my mother's breast augmentation and tummy tuck. He also did my breast augmentation and tummy tuck. I guess professional courtesy is not one of his fortes. The doctor that did the second tummy tuck is Robert Brueck. He is in Fort Myers, FL. I can not change my first doctor on here. Thank you so much for your kind words. I keep checking it out to see if it is going to come back. Crazy, I know.
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It looks like your results are going to be great this time! I'm with you- I don't like lipo and it makes dents, plus lets extra skin hang. Like taking the fluff out of a pillow :( went through it last summer. Wonder why the first doc didn't sew up the lower fascia on you? Happy healing!
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Doing good. I am back to work-14 hour days, so I am really swollen at night. My doctor said not to run until at least 8 weeks, but I am walking on the treadmill on an incline about 5 miles a day. I tried to post pics several times, and it won't load. I will try again soon.
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How r u feeling??
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Going to a concert can deepen your admiration for the musicians, especially during the drummer's 20-minute bottle-feeding of a baby goat. Strengthen your musical bond with this GrouponLive deal to see the Robin Zander Band at the Count Basie Theatre on Saturday, April 6, at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. Choose between the following seating options:
- For $20, you get one ticket for seating in the rear orchestra or rear balcony (up to a $39 value, including all fees).
- For $25, you get one ticket for seating in the front or mid orchestra or in the front or mid balcony (up to a $49 value, including all fees).
As the longtime lead singer and rhythm guitarist for arena-rock legends Cheap Trick, Robin Zander has instigated more screams than Hitchcock. When he draws out the opening of "I Want You To Want Me," as documented in the 1978 live album Cheap Trick at Budokan, the audience's caterwaul almost redlines the entire recording. Whether he's opening the floodgates in ballads such as "The Flame," starting a riot in "Surrender," or making paranoia fun with "Dream Police," Zander's voice remains as rowdy as a pool-hall brawl and sweeter than a teddy bear stuffed with ice cream.
Although the Trick still tours yearly, there's too much music in the world begging for the Robin Zander treatment. In his brand-new project, the Robin Zander Band, he puts on his signature top hat to play the tunes he wants to play with the help of an airtight new rhythm section. Among his crew of ringers, drummer Steve Luongo, guitarist Mark Hitt, keyboardist Jack Hotop, and bassist Larry Hobbs are drawn from prog-rock bands such as TorQue and the New York collective Rat Race Choir. Luongo's drum skills also battened down the hatches in The John Entwistle Band. Together, the group toys with the rock 'n' roll songbook during an unpredictable set list, mixing in covers of hits such as Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" and The Who's "Substitute" with Cheap Trick classics and seldom-heard Zander solo material.
Count Basie Theatre
Upon entering the Count Basie Theatre, guests may feel as though they've slipped through a crack in time and ended up in the early 1900s. Opulent marble staircases and gold details immediately grab the eyes of visitors, evoking the decadence of Hollywood's history and gently pulling guests toward the auditorium. There, the acoustically pleasing construction wins out as sound spreads and funnels through a sunburst dome embellished with a dangling chandelier. Since opening in 1926, the Count Basie has earned numerous accolades, including a nod from Pollstar magazine, which listed it as one of the Top 100 Worldwide Theatre Venues.
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Welcome to SPORT IN ACTION
In Action (SIA) is a non-governmental organisation
(NGO) whose purpose is to improve people's quality of
life through sport and recreational activities. Founded in
1998, SIA was the first Zambian sports NGO. With Sport for Development
(the use of sport as a tool for social change) as its
underlying principle, SIA positively impacts the lives of
thousands of children throughout 24 districts in
Zambia .
Frank Mushindu Executive Director
staff and volunteers work with more than 160,000 children
each week, many of whom come from challenging backgrounds.
Through this work lives have been transformed due to
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Sport In Action is proud to announce the forth coming visit of Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington, Commonwealth Gold Medalist Ross Davenport, Olympic Silver medalist Joanne Jackson and the most decorated female GB athlete at a Commonwealth games, former Olympian and Sport In Action International Ambassador Melanie Marshall.
The visit is two fold, to view our project sites and newly renovated swimming pool; and to cycle 400 miles from Livingstone to Lusaka in four days to raise money for Sport In Action. The visit will take place after the 2012 Olympic Games in London during early October 2012. Sport In Action feels very privileged to host the visit of such established elite athletes in the World of swimming and sport in general and wishes Rebecca, Ross and Joanne all the best of luck in the upcoming Olympic games! Our prayers our with you in wishing you the greatest of success.
For more information, including how you may become more actively involved in this project, please keep checking our website for updates or contact us via email
UN Secretary General and IOC President visits Fountain of Hope Sport In Action Project
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon and International Olympic Committee President Jacque Rogge made a joint visit to Zambia, to attend to various Zambian Government businesses.
Sport In Action is proud to announce the forth coming visit of Double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington, Commonwealth Gold Medalist Ross Davenport...
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Melanie Marshall was announced Sport In Action international ambassador in April 2009 after an intial 10 day visit in which Melanie visited many of our...
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The GoArmyEd Tuition Assistance (TA) program is among the many government-funded programs that has currently been suspended during the government shutdown.
While this has created uncertainty for military personnel enrolled in college courses, and dependant on this assistance, Columbus State University has expressed its continued commitment to military members pursuing higher education.
CSU president Tim Mescon has authorized military personnel to register and attend classes pending reinstatement of military tuition assistance. Should tuition assistance not be forthcoming this semester, military personnel, who enrolled during this current situation will not be required to pay out of pocket for classes taken this semester.
"CSU remains indebted to our men and women in uniform for their sacrifices on behalf of our nation. We will continue to monitor this situation as it evolves," says Tim Turner, CSU Communications Specialist.
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This workshop is designed for CalPERS members who are within five years of retiring and will cover how to maximize your retirement benefit, how your retirement benefit is calculated, the steps you need to take prior to retiring and the retirement application process. Limited one-on-one's with a CalPERS Retirement Specialist are available after the workshop. Seating is limited. No food or drinks. Please register on the Human Resources website.
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They weren't always at each other's throats, though. There was a long period in there where they were trading, and probably even friendly. Then the Legion came to corrupt the orcs and Draenor went to pot, ending up with atrocities like the Road of Glory and the shattering of the planet.
Since most draenei NPCs seem to remember the peace with they had with the orcs, and several orcs remember the time before the corruption, I'd say it's safe to say that a hybrid baby would easily be able to live through the corrupted Horde, though it'd take one tough bastard to survive it with that heritage. Lantresor seems to fit the bill perfectly.


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Much like the dreaded hipster, "music nerd" is a loaded term. Not that obsessing over vinyl, headphones, tour dates, and Dutch tape music will get you stuffed in a metaphorical locker, or anything--nowadays, nerds are embraced as society's cool kids (see: the San Francisco tech boom, the North Brook ... More >>
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"forced to drink demon blood"
"forced to drink demon blood"
None of the orcs were forced to drink demon blood. At all. They chose to do it willingly. Grom even jumped the line to get ahead of Blackhand to do it. Don't forget that they'd already slaughtered a good number of draenei by that point anyway.
Yes, the orcs were tricked.
That doesn't change the fact that THEY DRANK DEMON'S BLOOD WILLINGLY.
Durotan chose not to, and forbid his clan from doing so.
Orgrim Doomhammer also chose not to.
EVERY SINGLE ORC at the convocation could have chosen not to drink.
They were not forced. At all.


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inria-00104508, version 1
Signature Verification with Dynamic RBF Networks and Time Series Motifs
Tenth International Workshop on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (2006)
Abstract: This article presents a novel classification algorithm for (multivariate) time series. In a first step, so-called time series motifs, which represent characteristic subsequences of the time series, are extracted using extreme points. In a second step, the extracted motifs are used to train a dynamic radial basis function network (DRBF). Compared to a standard radial basis function network, this DRBF has the advantage, that not only similar motifs of the same class are detected but also sequences of these motifs. For performance evaluation, the proposed classification algorithm is applied to online signature verification. Our experiments show, that the presented DRBF based on time series motifs is capable of a very reliable authentication with an equal error rate of about 1.5%.
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- Domain : Computer Science/Document and Text Processing
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- Keywords : Signature verification – dynamic radial basis function network – motif – time series – biometrics
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