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Reggie brings a stack of Reproduction & Hacked versions of classic games that are a nice alternative for some collectors. Oh yeah, and a little PS1 game called Final Fantasy 7 remade for the original 8bit NES!
Games Shown:
Hothead Joe (Hack)
Mega Man Ultra (Hack)
Wily & Right's Rockboard That's Paradise!! (Repro)
Iron Commando (Repro)
Summer of Carnival '92: RECCA (Repro)
VS. Super Mario Bros (Repro)
The Firemen (Repro)
Do-Re-Mi Fantasy (Repro)
Rainbow Cotton (Repro/Bootleg)
Twinkle Star Sprites (Repro/Bootleg)
Esper Dream 2 LONG CART (Repro)
Final Fantasy 7 (Hack)
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Metal Jesus: Metal Jesus here, and I am back again with Reggie.
Reggie: And we're going to finish up with the repro vid. I'm so sorry that it took so long, but I brought an extra for you guys, so let's get started.
Metal Jesus: All right dude, so what do you have for me today?
Reggie: I got one of the best games in the world here. My buddy… our buddy, Joe Witter, we like to call him Crazy Joe, but his game is called Hot Head Joe.
Metal Jesus: Yes.
Reggie: Now I can't really remember what this is a reimaging of. A game… a good friend of ours, John Riggs, also saw Joe and thought he looked like this game cover.
Metal Jesus: And John is the guy who hacked the game for me, the Metal Jesus World Tour, and also the one for Barnacles. And that's kind of his gig.
Reggie: Exactly. So he saw Joe and said, "Hey this looks like Joe. I'm going to make this game for him." So, now Joe's got his own game. He changed a couple of graphics in the game for the game to say Hot Head Joe, and he changed one of the enemies in the game to be flipping Joe off, which is really funny. So it's hilarious. And it does look like Joe.
Metal Jesus: Dude, Joe is such an awesome part of the local community, so he has to have his own game.
Reggie: Exactly. So, the next game is Megaman Ultra.
Metal Jesus: Megaman Ultra. Which is an awesome, blue cart here.
Reggie: Yeah, and this one is made by Jared. He's pretty much the wizard of making repros. Wizard reproductions.
Metal Jesus: So, this one is a reproduction.
Reggie: Yeah. This one is a reproduction of… well, it's actually a hack, but it's a cool hack. Basically, it has a level in the game . . . well, it's a hack of Megaman 2, but there's a level in the game where you go to Woodman stage and it's Super Mario Brothers one level. You fight Goombas and the Koopas. It's really insane. So I like that a lot.
Metal Jesus: Also, too, on the back of this one I noticed that this also… like the attention to detail, is this awesome label on the front and back. I mean, it's amazing.
Reggie: Yeah. He did a really good job. I'm really happy he hooked me up with that. Next game is called Rockman Board. Now, Rockman Board is Megaman Monopoly, if you can believe that. It's pretty intense. I had no idea they made a game like this.
Metal Jesus: So is this a hack, or is this a reproduction?
Reggie: No, this is a reproduction. It's a real game that came out in Japan only, but it should've came out over here. It's like, "Monopoly on Nintendo, oh, do I really want to play that?" But it's Megaman, though, so it's pretty awesome! So it has a lot of the old characters from the older games. Really cool game. Lots of fun. I couldn't really play it too much because I didn't know how to do all the rules, but it has a good mode in it where you have the computer play each other and you can watch from there. So it's really outstanding.
Next game… now, I'm a really big fan of beat 'em ups, and this is the beat 'em up of ages. This is like shotguns, crazy moves, grenades, two player co-op mode anytime…
Metal Jesus: Dude, this sounds awesome.
Reggie: It's brutal. I mean, you get on bikes, you shoot people, beat 'em down. It's just everything you want in a beat 'em up game.
Metal Jesus: So this is a Super Famicom game, right?
Reggie: Yeah, but I got a reproduction for it in Super Nintendo, so I can just put it in the Super Nintendo. He did the cover for me and everything, the label. It's pretty on point. The original game cost 200 bucks, so that… I saved a little bit of money.
All right, so the next game is going to be RECCA for the NES. Now, this is reproduction of a Famicom game, but this game will beat you up. This is a shooter…
Metal Jesus: Oh I played this one! You let me borrow this game. This game made me cry!
Reggie: Yes! It is so fast-paced. I mean, you look at… you have to pay attention to the screen at all times or you will get you ass handed to you.
Metal Jesus: Super impressive though. Like, this is a crazy fast game.
Reggie: It's, like, pushing the Nintendo to the limits. You can actually see the Nintendo, like, really working hard. It shows you what it can do. So that's pretty awesome. So like that game a lot.
Metal Jesus: And I love shooters, so I thought, "Oh yeah, I'm going to dig into this," and man I was like, it was tough. It was cool.
Reggie: It was tough. Next game is for probably for a lot of Super Mario enthusiasts, you probably know about this game – but is VS. Super Mario Brothers. This was only released in the arcades. And it was kind of a myth to me because, you know, a lot of people didn't know about it. But it's actually Super Mario Brothers 1 remixed into a little bit harder. Pits are longer, some levels are different, and also what's cool about this one – it has a save system. So you actually can save your name on the cart and everything. Like a high score system, so that's pretty cool. So, if you're really into Super Mario Brothers, this is the one to get. Awesome game. You can change the settings for the game in the beginning, so you can change the continues, free play, because it's pretty much emulated from the arcade game.
Metal Jesus: That's pretty cool.
Reggie: It's pretty on point, yeah. Ah, next game is a game I love, and everybody will love too. The Firemen. Now, The Firemen came in Japan, it came out in PAL territories, but we never got one here. Now, I got a reproduction of it because that's the first version I heard of the game. This game is like an arcade-type game. Like, you just go out and put out fires, you get information, you got your buddy backing you up, he's got the axe cutting through stuff to help you out. You rescue… it's just so much fun. Like it's very entertaining all the way through. I had my buddy… my buddy came over, Ty, and playing it, and he just got through the first level immediately. Like he was just… he loved it that much.
Metal Jesus: I've heard of this. You hear about this game a lot when people are talking about hidden gems and things like that. Because who would expect a game about firemen… I mean, no offense to firemen, but how many games are there based on firemen? Very few, right? Now, that says PAL version right here, so is this…
Reggie: That was the only label I could print out for it, so I just printed it so it would look nice because I have custom cases.
Metal Jesus: It is, dude. It is really nice too. That's an awesome, awesome cover.
Reggie: I love it. All right, now the next game. I thought I would like this game a lot more, but this is a sequel to Milton's Secret Castle for NES. It's called DoReMi. And it's a platform game, but I couldn't really get into it that much. I think because in platform games I like the music to be really strong, not saying that it wasn't, but I just got killed a lot. Maybe I was just really tired when I was playing it. But basically, you collect notes, it's basically just a pretty much, a platform game which was pretty cool. I love platformers.
Metal Jesus: It looks really colorful.
Reggie: Yeah, it is. And it's not like…
Metal Jesus: It has ponies.
Reggie: And thankfully, it's not like the one for NES, which had a lot… it was pretty hard to get into. But really cool game, I like it.
Metal Jesus: Hudson Soft. Huh.
Reggie: Mmm-hmm.
Metal Jesus: Cool.
Reggie: All right, so…
Metal Jesus: And then you brought something different too!
Reggie: A little bit different this time. Dreamcast reproduction. Now I'm going to start with Rainbow Cotton. Now, Rainbow Cotton came out in Japan, but we didn't get it over here. And it's kind of expensive, so I had someone make me a reproduction of it. Which, I guess you call it a reproduction or a bootleg, which a lot of people like to call CDs. But he made a label for it, a label for the CD, it looks really nice, he made an insert for the case and everything so it looks really good. Only thing is, of course, it doesn't have a manual. Which is fine with me, I don't read manuals anymore, I mean that much anymore anyway.
Metal Jesus: But you could though. You could definitely make one.
Reggie: You could, right, you could make one if you really wanted one. The game is basically like Space Harrier, where you're shooting and everything. Well, the view is from to Space Harrier, but it's really slow compared to Space Harrier. Space Harrier is fast. This one is more slow, like you get to shoot more things and see what you're shooting at. It's a solid game, but not a lot of people like it a lot because, compared to the other Cotton games, it's like, the black sheep.
Metal Jesus: So, I have a question for you. So, can you just pop this into any Dreamcast and play it?
Reggie: You know, you actually can. Because the way they code the CDs now, when they do that, you could put them in any Dreamcast and play them. So no boot disc required.
Metal Jesus: And that's why I'm asking. Because I do have a couple of bootlegs that people have given me, and you always have to start with like, another game or something like that. There's like this process that you have to do.
Reggie: Exactly, yeah. And they've gotten pretty much past that now so that's just pretty cool.
Metal Jesus: Oh, huh. Awesome.
Reggie: Next game, one of my favorites, Twinkle Star Sprites. This game is actually in English too. So it only came out out it Japan, but it's basically like a shooter but it's a versus shooter. There's two screens. You're shooting at enemies on your screen. But if you mess up, then you enemy has the advantage and more stuff comes on your screen that you have to shoot and try to dodge. And you're battling it out until one of you guys loses. So, pretty cool.
Metal Jesus: Dude, this reminds me… so, this will tell you how non-rehearsed this is. Do you remember the first time I met you, working at D-Pad, the very first day you were trying to sell me on this game! Dude, you've been loving this game forever.
Reggie: Dude, that's right!
Metal Jesus: I was having flashbacks there, holy… like we were standing in D-Pad and you were telling me about this game. And I'm like, "Twinkle Sprites?" And I was looking at you like, "What?"
Reggie: You know why, because I had just bought the Saturn version, which is the refined version of it. Yeah dude, now I… gosh, memories man.
Metal Jesus: That's so cool. So it comes full circle.
Reggie: Yeah, it really does, man. You going to get one yet?
Metal Jesus: Of this? Or the Saturn version? Because, actually, that's the thing. See, I've learned… I didn't know you very well back then, and I'm like, "I don't know, sounds kind of like a kid's game." Now I know to trust you. So yeah, pretty much. I'd love to own it. That's awesome.
Reggie: So, the next games, the last two games here, one the extras that I brought for the surprise.
Metal Jesus: So we have to build this up. So you were basically sending me messages on Facebook going, "Dude. For the next video, I've got something really special." And I'm like, "Okay, cool." And you're like, "No, no, no, no. You don't understand."
Reggie: Exactly. I remember. I sent you the pictures and you were like, "Oh my god."
Metal Jesus: So what do we got here?
Reggie: We're going to start with the extra I brought – not the real surprise yet – but this extra is a long cart that I had custom made by my buddy, Eric Bishop.
Metal Jesus: Wow, that's crazy.
Reggie: Now he… you know Eric from Bishop Bros, he made a lot of games that we reviewed on the channel.
Metal Jesus: And your game.
Reggie: And my game too. Esper Dreams Part Two. Now this game came out in Japan on the Famicom system, but I talked to Eric and said, "Can you make a cart of this for NES?" And he said, "Yeah, I can. But it wouldn't fit, though." So I said, "Is there any way that you could make it fit?" And he was like, "Nah." So, he decided to try to make something that fit. So he cut a game in half and put it together, like…
Metal Jesus: Yeah, this is crazy!
Reggie: Yeah, he did a really good job on it. And you know what is crazy about it? He said he threw a couple of them out, and I saw the ones he threw out and they looked great too. But he's a perfectionist, so, you know.
Metal Jesus: Wow. So this is really cool. Okay, so what you're saying essentially is that, in order to get this to work on an NES, you…
Reggie: Well, it works in a top-loader easy. But if you're going to put it in a toaster NES, I don't know how it would because the cart sticks out.
Metal Jesus: Sure. But what I'm saying it that, in order for him to build it, he couldn't build it in a standard size.
Reggie: No, because… yeah. Because the parts are too big.
Metal Jesus: Wow, that's amazing.
Reggie: And the game is pretty much… it's like a game I would say is an action RPG, but you go into books and stuff. Because you're in a library and you go and try and save certain worlds and stuff, so they have different kinds of events. Like one event is like a train's being attacked so you go and help people there, or whatever. Or one… there's just a lot of different stories you can hop into. Really cool game, I'm very impressed with it. I haven't played it that much because I've got a lot of school work going on, but I will soon.
Metal Jesus: Wow, talk about one of a kind. That's so cool.
Reggie: Yeah, he really did a good job making that. So, here is the real big surprise here.
Metal Jesus: Okay, so when you first told me about this…. so, it's Final Fantasy VII, on the NES. So my first question is, "How the hell did they do this?" Well, first of all, Final Fantasy VII, as everyone knows, was the definitive game that came out on the Playstation One. It was, like, full motion video, it was 3D graphics, it was amazing, right? And a lot of people were blown away by it. So what is this version here?
Reggie: This is basically an 8-bit version of a… I guess they used the engine for Final Fantasy I, the ones that were on Nintendo, and they actually re-created it and made it Final Fantasy VII.
Metal Jesus: Made it classic.
Reggie: But, they use a new board and everything for it. I don't know all the schematics of it, but it was just really… you had to have a whole new board to make this game, and, you know…
Metal Jesus: The label is crazy. Like it looks real!
Reggie: Exactly. So 8-bit Final Fantasy VII. Final Fantasy VII is my favorite of the series. It's not the best of the series, but it's my favorite. So just to have that on an NES cart is just really cool. I'm really impressed with it. Eric did a good job painting it and the label is perfect.
Metal Jesus: I mean, the black is cool because it matches the color of the background, and also the font is black. It's just… dude, this is really cool. So, I mean, can people buy this? Where can they get it?
Reggie: Well, they can actually get it from Bishop Bros. He's going to make some available soon. I don't know how many, but he told me they will be available, so we'll keep you guys posted and let you know in the link where you can talk to him at.
Metal Jesus: Well dude, thanks very much for bringing all these over. I mean all three videos have been just full of amazing games I have never seen before, man.
Reggie: That's right, man.
Metal Jesus: So awesome. So, if you haven't seen those videos, I will post them down below in the description. And we'd also love to know down in the comments, what you guys think, and what you think about Final Fantasy VII. I think there should be a Final Fantasy eight and nine made as well.
Reggie: Eh, maybe. Eight didn't age as well as the other ones, but…
Metal Jesus: Ahh that's true. But the thing is, I love each one for different reasons, so it would be cool to have them do that.
Reggie: It really would.
Metal Jesus: Awesome. All right guys, thanks very much for watching my channel and subscribing. Take care.
Voice over: We have shown a bunch of games in the last three videos, and many of them have come from a site called Bishop Brothers.com. Definitely check it out if you're interested in these kind of homebrews and hacks. In addition to Reggie's game, he also released a poster, that's pretty rad. So definitely hit them up if you like this kind of stuff.
Also, this video was seen early by my Patreon contributors. They actually see every video early, which is pretty handy if you're into collecting and you want to know what rocks. If you are interested in supporting my channel and videos, please go to Patreon.com/MetalJesusRocks. Thanks for watching.


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Red Sparrow, a rather inventive thriller about international espionage between Russia and America, inserts itself into the vein of Cold War-esque films of the past, despite being set in 2018. Its plot explores the jarring perils of nationalism and the personal journey of Russian dancer Dominika Egorova, portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence. When she suffers the loss of her dancing career, Dominika is recruited to become a Sparrow: an elite, manipulative operative of the Russian government. If she does this, her government promises to take care of her ailing mother's medical bills. Dominika is ultimately forced to choose between her livelihood and the corrupt actions of her country.
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The first cue of the score arises as the film begins. The cue, titled 'Overture', accompanies what is truly the overture (introduction or introductory segment) of the film. Hushed strings enter and state an ominous motif, establishing an air of mystery. They are joined on the latter end of this theme by lower strings and woodwinds. This section of the cue is both underscore for the film and diegetic music (music represented as coming from inside the film) as Dominika joins multiple other dancers as the lead of a Russian ballet performance. The noble and nationalistic waltz employs the full forces of the orchestra, and contains the first statement of Dominika's musical theme by the woodwinds.
This nearly twelve minute cue transitions into multiple sections including everything from a grand Russian waltz to percussive, tense music to accompany covert activity. As the film moves between Dominika's waltz and the spy activity of Joel Edgerton's CIA Agent character Nathaniel Nash, the strings become percussive, angular, and rhythmic, and swelling brass joins in as pressure builds. A good deal of the thematic material and cues for the entire film are pulled from this single masterful cue.
Later cues such as 'The Steam Room', 'One Night is All I Ask', 'Take Off Your Dress', 'Searching Marta's Room', 'Switching Disks', and 'Searcing Nate's Apartment' apply minimalist techniques to evoke tension, often swelling into strained brass or strings as the scenes they accompany reach violent or stirring crescendos. These cues are all rather short, and are meant to specifically partner with the scenes in their titles.
Cues such as 'Blonde Suits You', 'Can I Trust You', 'So What Next?', and 'Didn't I Do Well' are orchestrated more thickly, at times resembling music of the late Romantic or Neo-Classical periods, specifically the works Sergei Rachmaninov. These cues are associated with moments that are deeply thoughtful or transitional in the film.
James Newton Howard is one among only a few working composers who could've written such a fitting score for Red Sparrow. He does an exemplary job of implementing the elements essential to an international spy film, specifically one involving Russia. Red Sparrow's themes of nationalism, patriotism, heroism, and virtue might not have been as digestible or effectual without the nationalistic and reflective aesthetic created by Howard.

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The Environmental Community is apoplectic over Scott Pruitt becoming the head of the EPA and the proposed Trump budget cuts. They tell us 97 percent of all scientists believe that climate change is real. And the point is? A few years back I read a rather long list of these scientists and most of them had no tie to climate science. This was one of the major issues of the Women's March the day after President Trump's Inauguration.
Let's look at some of the facts and ask some questions:
1. Climate Change Deniers – That is one of the statements I love to hear from supporters. It is itself an ad hominem attack since there really are not any of consequence. As previously discussed, the climate is always changing so the name in itself is quite silly. When discussing this with supporters I always ask why they keep using that term. The Climatologists that I have read or interviewed have been consistent. They state the climate is changing and add that man has some portion of that effect, but we just cannot prove the models that are used by climate change supporters to back up their claims of projecting out decades from now and man's effect on the climate.
One would think if legitimate climate scientists come forth and state they cannot verify the models then others would question the models. But that is a no.
2. Global Warming vs. Climate Change – When all this attention started to happen, it was referred to as "global warming." Now it is "climate change." Why the change in nomenclature? Try to get a coherent answer from supporters. That is not possible. I think it was because they were being brutalized because there had been a cooling trend from 1940 through the mid-70s.
3. Discrediting Opponents – One of the things that brings into question the creditability of the supporters of this movement is their need to denigrate the people who express a non-conforming opinion. It starts with point one above, but there are multiple cases of scientists who varied from the orthodoxy who were attacked and belittled:
Lennart Bengtsson, a Swedish Meteorologist, came out and questioned Global Warming in 2014. Fifteen days after he joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation he quit because he was being harassed. Bengtsson stated he had come under "an enormous group pressure. I see no limit and end to what will happen. It is a situation that reminds me about the time of McCarthy. I would never have expecting anything similar in such an original peaceful community as meteorology. Apparently it has been transformed in recent years. I had not expecting such an enormous world-wide pressure put at me from a community that I have been close to all my active life."
Judith Curry is an American climatologist and former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She recently quit her position fed up with the tribal nature of the climate-science community and the stonewalling over the release of data and its analysis for independent review.
This is just two examples, but if the strength of your case is there then why would you need to take actions against people like these to suppress legitimate questioning or peer review.
4. Settled Science – Yes, gravity is settled science; this is not. The Theory of Relativity was something we lived with all our lives. Who does not know Einstein's theory? We accepted it as is, but it was just recently proven. The entire idea of using this term questions the scientific basis of the arguments being made and is just another way to browbeat the opponents.
5. Funding Sources – The supporters frequently question the veracity of the opponents because of their funding sources. The implication is that the scientists supporting the climate change orthodoxy are pure of heart and wallet. That could not be any further from the truth. They do their own back flips to receive funding and the creditability of their sources are just as questionable as the ones who don't support the orthodoxy.
6. Hottest Years on Record – I am sure you recently heard that 2016 was the hottest year on record. They will cite 16 of the 17 warmest years have been in this century. But did you know that the survey they cite goes back a total of 136 years. And the earth is 4.5 billion years old. I don't know about you, but I really don't trust the temperature measurements done in the 19th century. In fact, I trust them very little until after 1950. Stating these are the hottest years on record means exactly what? And did you know that the increase last year, which was affected by El Nino, was .04 degrees Celsius. That means if everything continued on with similar increases it would take 25 years to increase one degree.
7. The Climate Models – The scientists who question the orthodoxy of climate change often cite they cannot prove the models that are used by the supporters. But you don't even need to be a famous climatologist to question this. Do you believe that these people can predict the weather at the end of this century – 83 years from now? La Nina was supposed to hit in Southern California in 2016. It appears to have shown up this year. They cannot even get that right. Yet they want to significantly reorient the energy sources in our society. And what happens 83 years from now if they are wrong – do they just say "sorry"?
8. Rigged Numbers - The recent revelation by a whistleblower that the head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provided rigged numbers to the people behind the Paris Accord shocked everyone except for those who blindly believe all regarding climate change. This validated that the supporters have ulterior motives that drive their interests beyond good science.
This isn't to say that man has not had some effect on the atmosphere or that we are not going through a period of global warming. These are just some points to bring in to question the militant orthodoxy of the current climate change universe.


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Online advertising—the business that powers much of the internet—has a fundamental problem. And Facebook thinks it has a solution.
Online ads were built on a beguiling promise: For the first time, advertisers would know exactly how many people saw their ads, how many bought something as a result, and thus, how well the ads were working. The Economist in 2006 summed up the optimism: "Thanks to the power of the internet, advertising is becoming less wasteful and its value more measurable."
Today, advertisers are back to complaining that they don't know where their money goes or whether it works. Half the ads on the internet are never seen by a human. And the rise of mobile is making it harder to track people, because mobile apps don't accept cookies—the small files your web browser saves when you visit a website, which the website then uses to identify you on your next visit.
Measuring ads' effectiveness is also becoming harder as display advertising grows. Unlike direct-response ads (the ones that show up when you do a web search, for instance), display ads aren't necessarily meant to be clicked on, but rather—like ads on TV or in magazines—to make you aware of a brand or product. Unless there is a direct click, however, how can you prove that an ad for a new book made someone buy it? What if he did it on another day, or using a different computer, or even went into a bookstore? And such display ads will grow at nearly 15% a year in the US and over 10% a year in Europe, according to Forrester.
Facebook has already solved this problem for its own social network. And last week it launched a new and improved version of Atlas, an ad-serving platform it bought from Microsoft for $100 million last year, with which it proposes to solve the problem for the internet at large.
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Here's an example of the problem in action. While lounging on the couch at home, browsing Facebook on your phone, you see an ad for some shoes. A couple of weeks later at work, you suddenly remember the shoes, log on at your work computer, and buy them. In most cases, the ad server has no idea that the person who bought the shoes was the same person who saw the ad. From the shoe-seller's point of view, the ad was useless.
But Facebook has the one thing, at scale, that no other web firm barring Google can boast: your identity. When you log into Facebook on a phone or computer, Facebook associates that device with your Facebook ID (a long number such as 444654488901592, Quartz's Facebook ID). If you then use that device to visit a website that uses Facebook login or embeds a Facebook tracker, Facebook knows. Among sites that let you log in using a social network, Facebook is the leader:
What Atlas does is bring this ability to track individuals to ads on sites outside Facebook. Facebook and Atlas also pool the data with other sources—store loyalty cards, for example—through a data broker to match up those who have made purchases in stores. Facebook calls it "people-based marketing." (Facebook stresses that the data are aggregated and anonymized, and that third parties do not see who has bought what.)
"Using the Facebook ID will tell us whether a woman 16-34 actually saw or interacted with the ad," says Stefan Bardega, the chief digital officer at ZenithOptimedia, a media agency. Existing methods, he says, are technically difficult and expensive.
Solving the problem of measurement is essential for Facebook to grow. Google's direct-response ads fulfil a demand: When you perform a search for "cheap mobile phone," Google knows you want to spend money and shows you ads accordingly. It's easy for Google to show the ads worked: It just counts how many people clicked on them. Facebook, by contrast, must convince media planners—the people who buy ads—that its display ads create demand. The new measurement systems with Atlas help it prove that. As one Facebook marketing bigwig recently declared (paywall) to the New York Times, "We want to hold ourselves accountable for delivering results."
"A huge step forward"
Atlas is a direct challenge to Google. Not only does Google dominate in direct-response ads; through its subsidiary Doubleclick, it runs the dominant ad network on the internet, taking one in every three dollars on digital ad revenue worldwide, according to eMarketer. Facebook's share is just under 8%. But Facebook is growing fast. Its share has doubled in the past two years, while Google's has stagnated.
Advertisers are excited about it. "They [Facebook] know your age and gender," says Jonathan Nelson, who runs the digital arm of Omnicom, one of the largest advertising holding companies in the world. "So even just having those two bits of information is a huge step forward for people like us." Ed Chater of Lithient, an ad tracking firm, says Atlas is "potentially a game changer." Bardega calls it a "real win" for advertisers.
But there are caveats. The success of Atlas depends on Facebook's reach. If 80% or more of the audience in any market use Facebook, Bardega says, the data it provides to Atlas can be considered robust. But in places like Russia, Facebook has a smaller share. "So for global businesses this may not be the right solution," he says.
Moreover, advertisers are wary about backing an ad platform that depends on Facebook's data to work, even though it's run independently. By contrast, DoubleClick doesn't rely on people continuing to use Google search in order to serve them ads and report the results.
There are other limitations too. Facebook's new ad server "can only be used to view media tracked by Atlas, requiring the advertiser to switch to Atlas as their ad server," points out Adit Abhyankar of Visual IQ, an ad attribution firm. Moreover, he adds, the results are limited to people who use Facebook across a variety of devices. And the reports are incomparable with those from other ad servers. Indeed, the lack of standards in online advertising remains a big headache for media buyers and ad networks alike.
Head to head with Google
"In the near term, I don't anticipate seeing businesses flee in droves from Google DoubleClick to Facebook," says Patrick Salyer, who runs Gigya, an identity management platform. "There will be a lot of interest, however, and once we start seeing results from early adopters, more businesses will start coming over and Google may very well start leaking revenue as a result."
Google isn't taking it lying down. The day after Facebook's announcement, Google published a blog post announcing something not unlike what Atlas offers: "estimated cross-device conversions for display ads," which works by using data from people who have previously signed in to Google, something the company is keen to promote.
But Google will find it tougher going than Facebook. It's already facing a regulatory backlash over its privacy practices; the day of its announcement about cross-device conversions, a regulator in Germany ruled (paywall) that the company "has not been willing to abide by the legally binding rules and has refused to substantially improve the user's controls" when it comes to combining user data to build a profile. Facebook has yet to face such a backlash, though it might yet.
Nor is Facebook Google's only challenger. Twitter, which has until now reported underwhelming results from its ad products, is also making a big push into the identity game. According to The Information (paywall), a tech trade publication, Twitter plans to make it easier for app developers to allow users to log in with Twitter, giving it access to their movements outside the platform. Called Twitter Fabric, the product "reflects Twitter's desire to be at the center of online 'identity'," writes Amir Efrati.
But the rise of centralized, powerful ad networks owned by companies that also control vast amounts of data worries some (paywall). "Advertisers are nervous about giving all their data to their main media providers," says Lithient's Chater. Startups are working on the problem too. These aren't perfect, he says, but it suggests that the field is wide open and "has a lot more innovation to come."
In other words, internet users are about to become embroiled in a giant battle to see who can best track their every move.


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The Hoos enter the ACC part of their season at 2-1, coming off an easy home win over the I-AA VMI Keydets. With a win over a solid BYU squad and a blowout loss to a very good Oregon squad, there are still a ton of question marks about this team. Is the defense is good as they looked against BYU? (Maybe.) Is the offense as good as it looked last week against an overmatched VMI team? (No.) Can the special teams improvements last all season? (Hopefully.)
This is the game that fans have been pointing to for the past few months. The win over BYU was impressive, but in reality this is the game that was going to define the season. If the Hoos can manage a win in the ACC opener, on the road, against a solid Pitt team, a bowl game seems awfully likely. To most fans, that will define a successful season. However, a loss here, and the season could begin to spiral away. The schedule only gets harder from here on out.
The Panthers come into the game at 2-1 (1-1 ACC). They got walloped by FSU in their opener, then beat a pretty bad New Mexico team at home before winning a crazy 58-55 game over Duke last week. Pittsburgh twice led that game by more than 20 points, including 51-28, before hanging on for the 3 point win. Needing a first down to ice the game, Pitt was able to complete a 15 yard pass on 3rd and 7 with just over 2 minutes remaining. Many teams would've played it safe and run the ball there to keep the clock moving. Kudos to head coach Paul Chryst and Offensive Coordinator Joe Rudolph for trusting their QB and playing aggressive. The fact that Pitt seemed unable to stop the Blue Devils likely played a role in the decision.
Pitt Offense
QB: #7 Tom Savage - 6'5" 230 lb, Senior; #16 Chad Voytik - 6'1" 210 lb, RSFreshman
TB: #34 Isaac Bennett - 5'11" 205 lb, Junior; #40 James Connor - 6'2" 230 lb, Freshman
TE: #86 J.P. Holtz - 6'4" 245 lb, Sophomore; #82 Manasseh Garner - 6'2" 230 lb, Junior; #83 Scott Orndoff - 6'5" 255 lb, Freshman; #31 Jaymar Parrish - 6'2" 230 lb, Freshman
WR: #15 Devin Street 6'4" 195 lb, Senior; #23 Tyler Boyd - 6'2" 185 lb, Freshman; #82 Ed Tinker - 6'2" 195 lb, Senior; #88 Kevin Weatherspoon - 5'10" 175 lb, Junior
LT: #69 Adam Bisnowaty - 6'6" 300 lb, RS Freshman; #70 Juantez Hollins - 6'5" 330 lb, Senior
LG: #78 Cory King - 6'6" 325 lb, Senior; #76 Ryan Sclieper - 6'5" 310 lb, Senior
C: #57 Artie Rowell - 6'2" 305 lb, Sophomore; #71 Gabe Roberts - 6'5" 305 lb, RS Freshman
RG: #74 Matt Rotheram - 6'6" 340 lb, Junior; #64 Shane Johnson - 6'5" 330 lb, Junior
RT: #68 T.J. Clemmings - 6'6" 305 lb, Junior; #53 Dorian Johnson - 6'5" 290 lb, Freshman
A true freshman at Rutgers in 2009, Tom Savage was named to the Freshman All-American team. The following year, he was sidelined with a hand injury, and lost his starting job. He then announced he would transfer to Arizona. Unfortunately for him, Arizona then hired Rich Rodriguez, whose spread option offense did not suit Savage's pocket passing skills, so he then transferred to Pitt. As a result, prior to this season, Savage had not played in a game since November of 2010.
Savage was a big-time recruit coming out of the Philadelphia area. He was a top 10 QB, and was recruited by the likes of Miami, Florida St, Georgia, etc, along with Virginia. Rutgers, at the time, was coached by Greg Schiano, now in the NFL. Savage is a big guy, with a big arm, and he can even run a little bit. Not enough to be a read-option type of QB, but enough to pick up some yards as a scrambler. Savage has the ability to really pick apart a defense if given time to throw. The Hoos will need to get pressure and force him into uncomfortable situations. He threw for 424 yards and 6 TDs last week.
The Panthers run an offense similar to the Hoos. It is a pro-style offense that relies on being able to run the ball successfully between the tackles. Pass plays are often play-action, especially on early downs. They run the ball more than they throw it, and have had 1000 yard rushers for 5 of the past 6 years. It helps when you have future NFL backs such as LeSean McCoy, Dion Lewis and LaRod Stephens-Howling toting the ball. Despite the big passing game from Savage last week, the Panthers still ran the ball more than they threw it. Accounting for sacks, Pitt called 44 runs and 35 passes. Obviously, in a game that they led, they were going to be running the ball rather than throwing. But their opening drive was a 12 play TD drive that included 9 rushes (47 yards) and 3 passes (38 yards on 2 completions). Their second drive consisted of 4 runs (26 yards) and 2 passes (10 yards on 1 completion) before culminating in a blocked FG.
While Bennett is the starter, the top two backs have been splitting carries. Conner was recruited by most schools as a DE, but Pitt was willing to give him a shot at RB and he's stuck there. As you'd expect from a DE prospect, he's a big guy. He does run well, but Bennett is easily the faster of the two backs. Despite having two quality backs, Pitt still misses Rushel Shell, who was a top 5 RB recruit last year and rushed for over 600 yards last season as Pitt's second RB. Shell transferred to WVU. Neither Bennett nor Conner has the burst that Shell has. They don't have his hands and feel for the passing game either. Conner had a big game last week with 26 carries for 173 yards. Prior to that, Bennett had received a majority of the touches, although Conner had been more effective. Bennett is still listed as the starter, although I suspect we'll see more of Connor. Our LBs and DBs will have a tough job bringing Conner down, he's a tough runner and will run through arm tackles.
One guy who has tremendous speed is freshman WR Tyler Boyd. Body was a top recruit who is a bit undersized but can make plays. He's a WR, but they use him in a variety of ways, including lined up in the backfield. He's already had 5 rushes for 93 yards, including a 33 yard TD. He also has 16 catches for 314 yards. He will also return kicks. The only other Pitt WR of any consequence is senior Devin Street (17 catches for 387 yards). Street was a sprinter in HS and obviously has outstanding speed. He's tall and lanky, but has great ball skills. He had 73 receptions last year for 975 yards and 5 TDs. The two of them have combined for fully 2/3 of the team's receptions on the season. Covering those two will be crucial in stopping the Pitt offense.
Pitt has two starting TEs on the depth chart, but neither of them has been very active in the passing game. They are both used interchangeably and in different ways. They'll line up as H-backs, traditional TEs, traditional FBs, or split out. They'll use a jumbo package where both TEs are lined up on the OL. Not surprisingly, they'll use these looks on short yardage plays, but they'll use them in other situations where they send both of their WRs deep with max protect and try to let Savage find somebody open. The UVA DBs may have to hold their coverage for a while in those situations. That said, the UVA DL is better than Duke and better than UNM. So Savage may not have as much time as he's used to. FSU sacked Savage 3 times, although 2 of those were on CB blitzes. They did have 7 QB hurries, although once again many of those came on blitzes. There is, of course, no reason to think that Jon Tenuta will not call a lot of blitzes.
Pitt's OL is big, averaging 315 pounds. But they aren't very experienced. The two guards are the only returning starters. Clemmings actually moved over from DE after last season. Dorian Johnson was one of the top OL recruits in the nation last year, and will see time at RT. He'll probably be starting over Clemmings before the end of this season. Tenuta may not have to blitz much if Eli Harold, Brent Urban, and Co. can get pressure on their own. Harold, in particular, could give Clemmings fits.
The Pitt offense wasn't great last year, finishing 71st in the nation. One thing they didn't do is turn it over. They were the best team in the nation in not turning the ball over, with just 10 turnovers in 13 games. Tino Sunseri, last year's QB, threw just 3 INTs all year. Much of that offense is gone, however. Savage has thrown 4 picks already this year. He's thrown 9 TDs, which includes the 6 he threw this past week.
Pitt Defense
DE: #37 David Durham - 6'1" 255 lb, Junior; #52 Shakir Soto, 6'3" 255 lb, Freshman
DT: #97 Aaron Donald - 6'0" 285 lb, Senior; #91 Darryl Render, 6'2" 285 lb, Sophomore
DT: #50 Tyrone Ezell - 6'4" 305 lb, Senior; #98 LaQuentin Smith, 6'2" 275 lb, Junior
DE: #93 Bryan Murphy - 6'3" 255 lb, Junior; #5 Ejuan Price - 6'0" 230 lb, Sophomore (co-starters, each has started at least once this year)
SLB: #28 Anthony Gonzalez - 6'3" 225 lb, Junior; #3 Nicholas Grigsby - 6'1" 220 lb, Sophomore
MLB: #44 Shane Gordon - 6'1" 230 lb, Senior; #47 Matt Galambos - 6'1" 215 lb, Freshman
WLB: #8 Todd Thomas - 6'2" 230 lb, Junior; #4 Bam Bradley - 6'2" 230 lb, RS Freshman
CB: #23 Lafayette Pitts - 5'11" 195 lb, Sophomore; #27 Trenton Coles - 6'3" 175 lb, RS Freshman
SS: #25 Jason Henricks - 6'0" 190 lb, Senior; #19 Terrish Webb - 5'11" 170 lb, Freshman
FS: #9 Ray Vinopal - 5'10" 200 lb, Junior; #24 Cullen Christian - 6'0" 195 lb, Junior
CB: #2 K'Wuan Williams - 5'10" 195 lb, Senior; #18 Titus Howard - 5'11" 170 lb, Freshman
Last year, the strength of the Pitt Panthers was clearly the defense. They ranked 17th in the nation, and was equally good against the run (17th) and the pass (20th). This year has, thus far, been a completely different story. Right now, Pitt ranks 102th in total defense, 94th in rushing defense and 83th in passing defense. They are 122nd in the nation in passing efficiency defense, out of 123 teams. They have given up an average of 41 points per game.
I think it's fair to say that, right now, this defense isn't playing very well. Which is a good thing, since the Virginia offense isn't very good. The Hoos currently rank 87th in total offense, 52nd in rushing offense and 104th passing offense (111th in passing efficiency).
While the numbers aren't good, Pitt still has a lot of talent on the roster from last year's defense. They returned last year's leading tackler (Hendricks), who once again leads the team in tackles. They also return last year's leader in sacks (Donald), who once again leads the team in sacks and TFLs. In fact, of the defenders who started in Pitt's Compass Bowl loss to Ole Miss, only 3 are gone.
One of the big differences has been turnovers. Last year, Pitt forced 22 turnovers. This year, they've produced just 5 through 3 games and 4 of those came last week. And despite Duke's 4 turnovers, they amassed 532 yards and 55 points in a losing effort.
Duke did all that damage with their second string QB. (The starter, Anthony Boone, is out with a broken collarbone.) Their QB now, Brandon Connette, is similar to Watford. He's a year ahead of the path Watford is on, having played as a true freshman and then redshirted as a sophomore (in Connette's case, due to an injury). The main difference is that he had Sean Renfree in front of him as a junior, so he wasn't forced into a starting role as a redshirt sophomore. Connette is a mobile QB who is more comfortable as a pocket passer. He rushed for over 100 yards last week, almost all of it coming off the read option. Connette is more advanced as a passer that Watford is, but he's certainly no Renfree. His was able to hit some deep passes to wide open receivers. Duke's WRs are generally no better than ours, and most of them are on the smaller side, like ours. Connette did throw 4 INTs, so that's a worry, considering Watford's propensity for throwing picks this year.
The star of Pitt's D is Donald. He has 4 sacks already on the season, after just 5.5 last year. But he had 18.5 TFLs last year, which was 12th in the nation. He has 7 thus far this year. Those are very impressive numbers for a DT. Next to him, Ezell is also a good DT. At 305 pounds, he's a much bigger presence. He has started the season slowly, but he had 7 TFLs and 3.5 sacks last year. Considering the problems the Hoos have had on the interior of the line over the past two years, this is likely the matchup that will define the game. If the Hoos aren't able to consistently keep those two out of the backfield, the equation becomes much more difficult. This is yet another place where the read option can help. The OL doesn't need to hold those blocks for very long, and once Watford is outside the pocket, he won't have much trouble running away from a 300 pound DT. Other than Donald, only 1 player on the Pitt DL has a sack or TFL and that is Murphy. He has 2 TFLs and 1 sack, and that all came against New Mexico. Simply put, other than Donald, Pitt hasn't gotten what they've needed from their DL.
The struggling DL has meant that Pitt hasn't been able to generate any consistent pressure. And when they have created pressure, the mobile QBs they've faced have been able to get out of the pocket and either pick up big chunks of yards, or find open WRs. Watford could have a big game on the ground, which would, in turn, help open up the passing game for him.
Pitt's LBs are all very athletic. Thomas and Gonzalez could've easily ended up on offense, even QB in Gonzalez's case. Unfortunately, athleticism and talent isn't enough. They need seasoning. While they are 3-4-5 on the team in tackles, they've struggled to come up with big plays. Gonzalez is really more of a safety, and only moved to LB because of injuries. Those injuries included both Thomas and Gordon, both of whom have missed significant time in their careers. This has hampered their growth. All 3 are better in pass coverage, especially the 2 OLBs. Gordon is the only one who is consistent in his run fits, while the other two are often out of position. They have the athleticism to get back into the play, but often not until the RB is 5 or 10 yards downfield.
Pitt's LBs have struggled against bigger RBs. Connette is a big guy. FSU's James Wilder is a big guy. And New Mexico's Crusoe Gongbay is a big guy. All 3 had big rushing performances against the Panthers. As long as we burned the redshirt on LaChaston Smith, maybe this is a good week to see what he can really do. Parks will obviously get the bulk of the carries, and while he's not big, he is stocky and can be tough to bring down.
Obviously, Hendricks is the star of the secondary. He had 6 INTs to go along with his team leading 90 tackles. Vinopal is a Michigan transfer who has impressed so far. Pitts and Williams are solid cover guys, but not real playmakers. All are on the small side, which could mean a big game from Jake McGee. It also means we should give some extra reps to bigger WRs like Miles Gooch, Adrian Gamble and Canaan Severin. They would create a lot of mismatches, and could come up with some big plays against an average secondary.
I don't expect to see much difference this week in the Virginia offense. We're going to run first. Hopefully, we'll see ample usage of the read-option, because I think Pitt can be susceptible to that. They can also be susceptible to play-action, but obviously that will require a solid running game. It's a bit over-simplifying things as well as being obvious, but if Parks is able to get going, the Hoos offense will be successful. If he isn't, it won't.
Pitt Special Teams
PK: #12 Chris Blewitt - 5'9" 170 lb, Freshman
P: #92 Matt Yoklic - 6'4" 220 lb, Senior
PR: Weatherspoon
KR: Boyd; Pitts
Yoklic is a good punter, averaging 46 yards per kick. His kicks are often returnable though, and right now Pitt is 2nd last in the nation in punt coverage. Duke returned a punt for a TD, and FSU's lone punt return went for 26 yards. Terrell could have continued success there. Blewitt is 3-4 on the season, but the lone miss was a block. He's a true freshman, but he's good. He's still a little bit inconsistent.
Pitt has only returned 2 punts all season, and for a total of 7 yards. Boyd has a lot of potential as a KR, and the Hoos haven't been great in that regard over the past 2 seasons. With Frye booting every KO to the same spot, Pitt will have no questions about where to set up their KR. Hopefully, the Hoos cover team is up for it.
Special teams could be a big factor in this game. With a strong defense going against a strong offense, and a weak offense going against a weak defense, the game figures to be close. A missed FG or a special teams blunder could well be the difference. Ian Frye missed a FG last week, but so did Blewitt.
The Hoos are riding high, coming off a 49-0 win. Pitt is also riding high, coming off a 58-55 win at Duke. The game wasn't really as close as the score indicates, although Pitt did have to sweat out the last couple of minutes.
Being at home, it's no surprise that Pitt is favored. The line started at a TD (it's +5.5 at press time). But the improvements the Hoos have made on defense and special teams seem ready to really bear fruit. I think the Hoos are going to come out on top, largely due to a score from one of those two units.
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Yanhee International Hospital is one of the largest hospitals in Asia with the biggest plastic surgery department, established as Yanhee Polyclinic in 1984. With the 20 years of quality service, we have expanded and grown to an international standard level that has attracted innumerable patients from all corners of the world, as well as the local patients, to comply with several accreditation requirements, it was renamed as "Yanhee International Hospital".
Yanhee International Hospital is a modern 10-storey building with 400 beds capacity and equipped with modern facilities to serve in-patients and at least 2,000 out-patients daily for both medical and beauty services.
Yanhee International Hospital has highly-trained medical staff to deal with major and minor medical problems—these consists of 95 full-time doctors, specializing in their own medical field of specialization and 120 part-time health professionals along with 800 caring, considerate and compassionate nurses and staff at your service.
For over 20 years of providing standardized services with a determination to develop quality medical health care, Yanhee International Hospital was recognized and awarded an ISO 9001 for the entire system. Our hospital services are renowned to both locals and foreigners, and because of our outstanding and consistent health and beauty services, Yanhee International Hospital was recognized worldwide as a "One-stop Health and Beauty Treatment Shop" one of the most complete and largest beauty treatment centers in Asia.
Furthermore, Yanhee International Hospital has complete state-of-the-art medical facilities to ensure asepsis and safety for each and every patient. The Hospital has 95 OPD examination rooms and delivery rooms, ICU, dialysis machines, nursery room, emergency room, and laboratory, which is guided and maintained by a universal safety standard of sterilization.
Yanhee Hospital Treatments Offered
Plastic Surgery Center
Nobody is born perfect, but with the advancement of technology, body imperfections may now be corrected to achieve aesthetic beauty. In the skillful hands and expertise of our cosmetic surgeons, coupled with state-of-the-art medical equipment and technology, plastic surgery at Yanhee International Hospital is safely done at fairly reasonable cost. This fact can be attested to by our large clientele not only of local but also of international patients who travel half the globe to receive cosmetic enhancement at Yanhee International Hospital.
Plastic Surgery Center Services: Breast Augmentation ? Liposuction ? BOTOX Injection ? Nose Implant ? Chin Implant ? Sex Change Male to Female ? Sex Change Female to Male ? Facelift, Mid-face lift, forehead lift and neck lift ? Upper and Lower Eyelid
Weight Control
Obesity is a contributing factor in the loss of self-confidence. It is also a root cause of other diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. Yanhee International Hospital opened its weight control department with eight specialists to give you advice and personalized medication for a healthy, slim body, which will enhance your personality and self-confidence. Enormous numbers of patients, Thais as well as foreigners, flock to our weight control department, which is evidence of our excellent quality services.
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Skin Center – Cellulite for … healthy Skin
Almost women skin problem is the flabby and rough skin that called orange peel skin or Cellulite. The majority cause of this problem due to unusual or overloaded fat accumulation. The cell wall is effected then become twisted and holds back.
Permanent Cosmetic Tattoo Center
Yanhee International Hospital proudly presents the advance TATTOO technique from USA together with the special color chemical, which uses for skin disease cure such as Vitiligo, discoloration, bodily pigmentation, scars, burns, eyebrows, enhance lips etc.
Hair Restoration and Hair Treatment Center
Scarce hair, thinning hair and baldness are problems that lost once self-confidence and personality. From statistics gathered it was found out that 90 % of bald persons are inherited and both women and men are affected. There are two ways to treat baldness either by permanent natural hair transplantation or synthetic hair implantation. To treat hair loss the hair is transplanted in the affected area by real hair or artificial hair.
Hair transplantation is a procedure that requires hundreds of micrografts, each containing one to three hairs from a donor site on the side or back of the scalp. They are then randomly implanted in the bald area by micro surgical needle. The hair will grow in a natural pattern permanently and will not fall.
Snoring and Voice Change Center
"Voice" Is an indicator of male and female individuality. Hoarseness may result from overuse / misuse of the voice, infection on the vocal cord, or any accident caused by malfunctioning of the vocal cords and larynx, consequently a thorough examination is required for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Advancement in medical science with up-to-date technologies has enable the performance of surgery for correcting low and deep voice pitch to be high and sharp including the reduction of protruding Adam's apple in one surgery. This is to add confidence and feminine characteristics to MTF transsexual and to correct high voice frequency of female transsexual into a man's voice to fit herself in the society of her choice
Varicosity Clinic
Vein is an abnormal of small valve in vein. It could not dam the blood flow, which cause the blood reverse and congested in the vein-end such as skin closely part. This congestion makes the vein inflate and become dark. The area that always fined the vein is calves, ankles, and buttock. If there is no cure it will be worse, pain and ache will be occur. The vein is found mostly in female more than male 3 times.Generally, the vein that could see clearly and have size as the pencil lead it could cure by saline injected.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Center
It's well-known that marriage life, sexual is one of the important thing in living together. If there is a problem in married life which is not resolved although a little problem it may lead to the mental problem of both lover like two women including divorce.
Health problem almost happen with woman such as slack vaginal cavity or too wide vaginal cavity no matter from deliver babies, be delivered by midwife without any stitches could cause the vaginal cavity tear, caused by underage sexual intercourse or over work of vaginal cavity. Whenever the vaginal cavity is slacking or too wide, it make you and your lover feel not tight during intercourse which may lead to the unhappy.
Including to the harshly slack vaginal cavity which always happen together with urine incontinence syndrome, urine seeping, womb moving slack down into vaginal cavity. These urine incontinence and seeping is always happen when coughing, carrying heavy thing or although walking. So, woman should always observe and check yourself whether you have these above syndromes or not. If you find yourself these syndromes it could treat uncomplicated. The alternative that could help in solving this problem is Repair or A/P Repair
General Treatment Centers
• General Medicine Center
• Dialysis Center
• General Surgery Center
• Digestive System Center
• Urology Center
• Hemorrhoid Center
• Neurology Center
• X-ray Center
• Bone and Joint Reconstructive Center
• Pedeatric Center
• Obstetric and Gynecology
• Opthalmology Center
• ENT Center
• Physical Therapy
• Psychiatry Center
Aesthetic Dentistry – Orthodontic… for aligned teeth. The teeth are used for mastication but plays a role in phonation and speech. Also, it keeps our facial feature to look good and more attractive. For those who have the aligned teeth, it enhances personality and impressed every watcher.
Laser Dentistry – Teeth bleaching… for shining smile - The undesirable true that beautiful smile could bring you the charm. How good feeling you will be if you are the owner of the bright, white and shining teeth without any stains such as smoking tea coffee…These problems will be resolved by Teeth bleaching.
Dental Treatment– Treatments of gingivitis and periodontitis which damaga your teeth unconsciously. Gingivitis is a form of periodontal disease. Periodontal disease is when inflammation and infection destroy the tissues that support the teeth, including the gingiva (gums), the periodontal ligaments, and the tooth sockets (alveolar bone).
Prosthetic Dentistry – Tooth Implant for natural and bright smile - When you loose your teeth, it will directly effect to the chew, speaking, including brighten nature smile. The majority part that could anchor teeth with jawbone is the tooth root. Whenever the permanent teeth is extracted, the jaw bone will be dissolve, tooth move into wrong position, nerve in jaw bone will stick out and get closer with each other which make chewing become difficult and cause the pain.
Oral Surgery and Restoration – Surgical removal of wisdom tooth - Wisdom tooth is the tooth that could not grow up normally or grow up just some part. The last molar and upper canine is always happen the wisdom tooth because these tooth position is grow up slower than another so there is no space for their growth. Normally, the last molar should grow up perfectly during 16-22 years old if it is not grow, should see dentist for diagnose as soon as possible to protect the harmful and painful in the future.
Detox - DETOX or colon irrigation is a safe and painless method of cleansing the colon with 25 liters of warm purified water with 1 liter of water one at a time, which slowly released into the stomach via sterile tube inserted into the rectum 2 inches deep. While 1 liter of water is released into the intestines one at a time until such time that all the 25 liters of water is consumed. The patient would expel all the fecal matters out of the body through the rectum.
This procedure is repeatedly done until such time that all the waste products from within is completely eliminated. The colon will be entirely cleaned and freed from toxins that give disease to the body.
Colon irrigation is a painless procedure. The abdominal cavity will be entirely hollow and with a tight air-filled feeling within.
Acupuncture - A specialty clinical center of acupuncture therapy , based on the integrated principles of Western and Chinese Medicine. Performed by a doctor who has trained and licensed in both Western and Chinese Medicine Acupuncture.
Thai Traditional Medicine– Thai Massage - Traditional Thai Medicine's philosophy states that people are part of nature, therefore, the people's way of life, as well as the prevention and treatment of the various diseases should be in accordance with nature as it helps the body's immune system to ward off those diseases. Moreover, traditional Thai massage emphasizes a "holistic health approach" to correct various health problems. The traditional Thai massage is good for the body. It stimulates blood circulation, stretches the muscles, rejuvenates the joints and the ligaments, relieves all the body pains, it energizes the body and relaxes the mind. Furthermore, massage as an alternative medicine restores good health and improves the emotional and social relationship of the family household.
Yanhee Hospital Certificates, Accreditations, Qualifications
Yanhee Quality System
Yanhee General Hospital, Internationally Accredited Certification, ISO 9001 : 2000 Certified
At present, it is widely acknowledged that qualification is very important for trade and business. More than 90 countries all over the world use ISO 9000 qualification an international measure of excellence.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO) is the central organization to initiate international exclusion of trade and head for a liberalize trade which results to business competition that emphasizes more on quality, therefore, manufacturers, industries, and service providers consider quality as the first priority. If an organized quality administration system is applied in every department and efficiently maintained to a high standard, it is an excellent marketing strategy to come out on top of the marketing competition over its competitors.
The unlimited quality of company or enterprise can cover the manufacturing and service industry. The aim of ISO 9001 is for the customer to receive the products or services from the manufacturers or service providers in accordance with their needs for the first time after receiving the products or services for customer's satisfaction. Yanhee International Hospital acknowledges the issue and adopts the best practices from world class organizations by developing a blueprint for quality management framework. It was a benchmark of recognition, and on the 20th of August 2001, we were awarded the ISO 9002 certification. Making the organization's working system be of high standard and universally accepted, we have developed and consistently adopted the ISO 9002 working system conform with the new ISO 9001:2000 specification, and for which we were again awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification, which we proudly received on the 25th of August 2003.
Our latest award was only a stepping stone to progress and we will endeavor to continue to upgrade and develop the standard quality system, by learning "HA" Hospital Accreditation, we earnestly pursue for quality to be ready for another award of Hospital Accreditation standard in the year 2004.
Yanhee Hospital Testimonials
Procedure/Surgery: Breast Implants
Doctor Name:
Dr. Suthat
New Zealand
September 23, 2010
"The service at Yanhee Hospital is just absolutely amazing. The staff are super friendly. Words cannot express how good the staff are. I would definitely recommend this hospital. The standard is of high quality. The only words I can say is thank you, thank you. Absolutely blessed. I had such good people looking after me. Thank you Yanhee Hospital for a fantastic experience."
Doctor Name:
Dr. Wichian
September 22, 2010
"I am very pleased with my result after surgery. The nursing staff were wonderful and my doctor very pleasant. It was the first time that having general anesthesia did not make me ill to which I'm extremely impressed. I found the doctor and nursing staff very thorough and informative and received 100% better care than I have experienced in hospitals at home. The hospital hygiene is also fantastic and I would recommend Yanhee Hospital to anyone wanting plastic surgery."
Procedure/Surgery: Breast Lift
Doctor Name:
Dr. Suthat
United Kingdom
June 28, 2010
"The whole process from registration at the international desk to post-operative care was efficient and well-guided by the nurses. The level of care is high and I always felt well-looked after. My room was clean and comfortable, the food good. The nurses were attentive and came for regular checks. I am pleased with the work of Dr. Suthat. He seems to have understood exactly what I was looking for and so far the results are looking very good with minimal pain and discomfort. I would definitely return to Yanhee if I required any other procedures."
Doctor Name:
Dr. Thawatchai
New Zealand
June 23, 2010
"Yanhee exceeded my expectations. I have had Breast Augmentation in NZ and it does not compare to my results here. Value for money is truly outstanding teamed with a professional, modern and safe environment. I would not hesitate to recommend this hospital. My 3 surgeries cost 75% of my Breast Augmentation alone in New Zealand. Not to mention the constant flow of nurses on hand. Amazing! I can't thank the staff or recommend them highly enough!"
Procedure/Surgery: Eyelid Lift
Doctor Name:
Dr. Pitch
September 21, 2010
I have worked in several hospital in Australia in the past including Geelong and Bethesda (Richmond, Melbourne). As a patient of Yanhee, I found the service and quality of care to be of the highest standard and second to none. Dr. Pitch and all staff were totally professional in providing information, care and medical services with the patient at all times being the main focus of their attention. I would class the Yanhee Hospital to be world-class leaders in their field and have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending them to anyone for surgical procedures. The professionalism, quality and care of Dr. Pitch and his staff will bring me back to Yanhee Hospital for any future procedures I require with no hesitation whatsoever.
Procedure/Surgery: Facelift
Doctor Name:
Dr. Virat
August 30, 2010
"Found staff and doctor to be very helpful and attentive and the rooms were also very nice. I am 64 years old or should I say young, and wanted to look fresher. Even though there is still swelling I can already see the difference particularly on the neck area which showed tell tale signs of aging. What surgery I had done here for about $7,300 would have cost me over $20,000 in Australia. So I am delighted that I decided to have this done here. It is not an easy roller-coaster ride as there is pain and swelling after the operation but the nursing staff are close by. Great trip, staff and surgery!"
Procedure/Surgery: Hair Transplantation
Doctor Name:
Dr. Prasert
March 14, 2010
"My first procedure went smoothly and I couldn't dream of such an impressive result. This is my second procedure and I can already see that the final results will be amazing for the rest of my life! I can't thank Dr. Prasert and his team enough."
Procedure/Surgery: Tummy Tuck
Doctor Name:
Dr. Sanit Pongkapanakai
November 27, 2009
"I was impressed from the moment I arrived and reassured by the many pre-op precautions/preparations. It was also reassuring to note the strict procedures followed by each and every department to identify me, ensuring I was who I was and what procedures I was undergoing. My doctor explained everything I needed to know and he ensured I understood what was being said. The follow-up by my doctor was again reassuring with clear explanations and thorough check-ups to ensure the best possible outcome and to allay any concerns I may have had. He was very professional, kind and courteous. The nurses that attended to me were also very friendly and processional. No request went unanswered and they could not have done more. I especially liked it when monitoring vital signs that they would let me know if I had not fever or if my blood pressure was normal or a little bit high. Also they would inform me what medication I was being given."
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NEW YORK (AP) — With 2019 more than one-third over, small business owners without employee retirement plans may want to consider starting one before more time passes.
Businesses get tax deductions for the contributions they make to employee plans, and contributions can be as high as $56,000 per employee for 2019. Plans vary in terms of their complexity and cost to set up. And the IRS offers flexibility for when contributions must be made — it's OK, for example, to make a contribution in 2019 for the 2018 tax year, up until the due date of the owner's tax return. That means owners who filed for extensions of this year's March or April filing deadlines still have time to make contributions and get a deduction for last year. And it's still possible to create one type of plan known as a SEP.
While retirement plans are one of the benefits that help attract and retain workers, surveys and government reports in recent years have shown that many small and mid-size businesses don't offer them. A 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts said more than 40% of full-time workers at these companies did not have access to an employer-sponsored plan.
The Pew report included a survey of more than 1,600 small and mid-sized business owners or managers. More than 70% said retirement plans were too expensive to set up, and more than 60% said they didn't have the resources to administer plans.
Members of Congress are trying to increase incentives for small business owners to create retirement plans. A bill that increases the current $500 maximum tax credit for small businesses that set up plans passed the House Ways and Means Committee last month. The bill has bipartisan support, increasing its chances of full congressional approval.
Larger credits might persuade some owners to start plans; the Pew report cited financial incentives as one of the factors that would make starting a plan more attractive.
A brief look at the types of retirement plans:
—SEP, or Simplified Employee Pension, plans are the simplest; they have the smallest amount of paperwork and reporting requirements. A bank or other financial institution can help set up a SEP, and documents don't need to be filed with the IRS. With an SEP, the employer makes contributions, but workers do not contribute to these accounts.
—SIMPLE, or Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, is available to companies with up to 100 employees. It enables employers to match worker contributions. There are more IRS requirements and paperwork to set up a SIMPLE, but it's still relatively easy.
—More complex plans known as qualified plans, which include the type of 401(k) plans many large companies have, require more paperwork that must be filed with the government. Many companies use benefits consultants, which is an added expense.
You can get more information about the plans from IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business . Owners should also get professional advice from attorneys, accountants or benefits consultants to determine which plan is best for them.
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