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After using Olympus for the 11 years I decided to make a change so I purchased a Canon EOS 7D and Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L EF IS Zoom Lens, so far I am very happy with. I am a wildlife nut and I am looking for another lens besides the 400mm which will be good for birds. I have a bad wirst and lugging that 400 and a tripod around is a pain.
Wow . Thanks for all the help
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So what kind of budget do you have for another lens? When it comes to birds, especially small ones, a long lens can be a pretty important tool to have. Since you said the 400mm + tripod is a pain, I doubt you want to carry around a 500mm or 600mm lens, so I would suggest something smaller and lighter than can be easily used hand held. The first thing that comes to mind is the 300mm f/4 IS L ($1360). You are going to be giving up some length, but it's a much smaller and lighter than the 100 - 400mm. This lens is also great for birds in flight. Throw a 1.4x TC ($500 for the newest version) on it and you have a 420mm f/5.6 that is still manageable hand held.
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I am new to this forum, cannot start a new thread yet I am new to photography and want to buy a Canon. I love to snap everything but my favorite one is nature. My budget is 2000-3000$. Could you please guide me which model and lens is better to start with? I could buy more lenses later. I'd really appreciate if you kindly help me
i use a canon 550d/t2i, works pretty good
I am too thinking of buying a cannon but im not too sure if its the route I want to take.
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Thank you guys After a lot of research I finally decided to buy a Nikon D90 with 18-55 & 55-200 lenses for now! Is it safe to buy them from Amazon? If not, what would you recommend?
Okay I decided to order on line from B & H Photo Video Excited to take a lot of photos
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After using Olympus for the 11 years I decided to make a change so I purchased a Canon EOS 7D and Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L EF IS Zoom Lens, so far I am very happy with. I am a wildlife nut and I am looking for another lens besides the 400mm which will be good for birds. I have a bad wirst and lugging that 400 and a tripod around is a pain.
Maybe a monopod would be better for you?
it helped me too
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- It Speeds Up Metabolic Processes
Metabolic processes help the body to burn up excess fat. This in turn helps to lose weight by shedding off that excess fat. This is what Garcinia supplements helps a person to achieve. Hydroxycitic acid, the main active ingredient is the compound responsible for this boost in metabolic rate. These processes become more efficient and occur at a faster rate than before. This means that the body loses its excess fat by burning up fat during these increased levels of metabolic processes.
If you are looking to lose weight naturally, you need to do adequate research to ensure that you only go for reputable brands. There are numerous brands on the market and some of them are less efficient. Make sure to see out information on the manufacturers and read user reviews before you make your final purchase decision.
Garcinia Cambogia Weight Loss Pills By Dr Oz Odessa USA
Obesity is on the rise in the United States, and those who suffer from this condition often feel overwhelmed when it comes to losing their excess pounds. Many people are turning to dietary supplements to aid in their efforts. Numerous supplements are giving people a boost of energy and jump starting the fat burning process. Thus providing the motivation to forge ahead.
What is a Dietary Supplement?
By definition a dietary supplement is something you eat or drink, and may come in pill, capsule, tablet or liquid form. They are usually vitamins, herbs or minerals, and are available as prescriptions, online, in health food stores, department stores, grocery stores or pharmacies. These are not regulated by the FDA, and although manufacturers are not allowed to state their products can treat or prevent an illness or disease, they are allowed to say that their supplements can give to a person's health and well-being. However, most active ingredients have been used for centuries to cure illness.
Types of Dietary Supplements
People trying to lose weight and maintain optimal health have a myriad of choices when it comes to dietary supplements. There are thermogenic fat burners, stimulant-free thermogenics, appetite suppressants, and thyroid regulators. Many are available over-the-counter, however, if someone is dangerously obese, their doctor may choose to prescribe a dietary supplement in conjunction with dietary changes and an exercise routine.
Common Dietary Supplements
Alli, an over-the-counter version of the prescription medication Orlistat, helps reduce the amount of fat your body absorbs from the food you eat.
CLA helps reduce body fat while increasing lean muscle mass. The muscle mass you have the more fat you burn for a longer period, even while you sleep.
Hydroxycitric acid prevents your body from storing carbohydrates as fat, and suppresses appetite as well. It comes from the fruit garcinia cambogia, which is similar to the citrus found in other fruits such as oranges.
Using the spice cayenne, or the substance capsicin helps suppress hunger and burn fat simultaneously.
Drinking green tea per helps both burn fat and boost metabolism due to the polyphenols it has. These are plant substances derived from plants containing antioxidants--these serve to protect the body from cell damage and free radicals responsible for cancer.
Dr. Oz's Picks
Dr. Oz is the world's most famous weight loss advocate and cardiologist, advocating for Americans to get healthy and lose weight. His goal is for everyone to eat healthy and get moving. He does, however, have a special list of dietary supplements he believes helps in the weight loss process. If a supplement makes the Dr. Oz list, you know it is not only safe, but effective as well.
His first choice is Calcium Pyruvate. Although he explains that calcium is naturally occurring in the body, he believes adding an extra 1,000 mg per day in supplement form before meals expedites the fat burning process. The calcium complements the pyruvate, helping it enter fat cells quickly, than firing up the cells to burn fat more efficiently and quickly.
Next on his list is chitosan, a derivative of the exoskeleton of shellfish. Chitosan prevents fat from entering the intestines, allowing only healthy food to enter.
Finally he recommends Gamma-Linolenic Acid. Found in primrose and black currant seed, this omega-6 fatty acid forces fat cells to release excess fat from the body.
The Role of Exercise
No matter how effective these supplements are, they are not a magic cure for obesity. People must do their part as well to reach their weight loss goals. This includes exercise. Regular physical activity, which can include 45 to 60 minutes of walking, swimming, biking or dancing five days a week, helps burn calories and fat, ultimately shedding excess weight. To burn fat even faster, two to three times per week a person should strength train. This can include lifting free weights, working out on a home gym or performing abdominal exercises.
Losing weight takes time, motivation and dedication. However, a person can make it easier on themselves by adding a dietary supplement to their regime. Choose carefully based on each need. Additionally, a person should always check with their doctor to make sure any medications or health conditions will not interfere with their chosen supplement.
Garcinia Cambogia & CBD Oil Spray Review
There are a few things that pretty much everyone knows about Walmart:
1. They sell a lot of stuff!
2. They have great prices!
3. You can spend a lot of money in their stores!
But, while there are many reasons to do a good deal of your shopping in this type of large-scale retail environment, there are still some products that are better bought online, and Garcinia Cambogia seems to be one of them. So, before you head out to buy your Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart, here is some information that might help you decide.
What Is Garcinia Cambogia?
This is a natural weight loss product that is made from the extract of the tamarind fruit, which is a small pumpkin-looking fruit that is grown in certain parts of India. This fruit is extremely high in anti-oxidants, which we all know are great for your body, help to slow down the aging process, fight disease, and even inhibit the storage of fat.
How Does This Supplement Work?
This is one of the few natural products that actually attacks your weight problem on two fronts - it deals with hunger and it deals with stored fat. First and foremost, the extract from the tamarind fruit is known as an appetite suppressant, which means that you will feel less hungry throughout the day and you will eat less at each meal. That is obviously a big selling point.
The other benefit of taking this product is that it helps to burn off the fat you already have while also preventing more fat from forming. So, you should see a weight loss in addition to a drop in size, especially around the middle of your body.
Where Can You Buy Garcinia Cambogia?
This is perhaps the trickiest aspect of the product, because it is extremely new and everyone is jumping onto the Garcinia Cambogia bandwagon. This product was initially only sold in health food stores, but when the story launched on a recent television program about how successful this product was, everyone sold out of it.
A lot of people wanted to know if they could buy Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart, but because this is an enormous chain of stores, they are unable to act quickly enough to satisfy their buyers. It can take months for a new product to make it into Walmart stores. So, if you were able to buy Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart, then you were one of the few who did.
The good news is that you can now buy this supplement for weight loss online, where it is not only cheaper than it is at Walmart, but you will get a money back guarantee.
What Kind of Guarantee Will You Get?
There aren't a lot of retail stores that will give you a guarantee on the effectiveness of a diet pill, and that is why you don't want to buy Garcinia Cambogia at Walmart. When you buy it online, you will have a full 30 days to try it out and if it doesn't work for you (or you don't like it for any reason), you can return it.
This is obviously reason enough to buy this product other than at the large superstores, and when you go to one of the Garcinia Cambogia retailers, you will be able to learn more about what this powerful anti-oxidant, appetite suppressant, and fat burner can do for you, too.


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She watched the trees as they danced. She could watch them for hours, the sway and sudden shaking as if restless spirits had crawled inside them to express their need for movement, for release. She turned back from the window, her breath coming out in a rush as she surveyed her tools:
Slinky, yet classy, evening dress with split for running: check
Black stilettos with removable heels: check
Infuriatingly small purse with added fold-up universe: check
Lippy: check
She turned back to the trees, the branches waving to her, wishing her luck. Ok, this was it, time to go. No time like the present, time waits for no man, or woman for that matter. One last look then, just to check they were still there. They were. Right.
She stepped out the front door, threaded her way between the recycling bins and Tim's bike, then out the front gate. The heels were horrible, like balancing on match sticks. Her legs looked good though, there was no denying that. She tottered carefully onto the high street and flagged down a cab, slipping into the back without flashing anything, which counted as a good start to the evening. Her stomach was in knots, twisting and turning and threatening at any second to spill her lunch over the taxi floor. She slipped a small mirror from her bag, sure that her intentions for the evening would be written all over her face, but was relieved to see the poker face was intact. She sniffed as she caught sight of her hair, blond and cropped short. Some things she would never get used to.
She gazed from the window as they crawled through the late evening traffic, entranced as ever by the lights and sounds, the roar of the night city waking up. The cab pulled up against the pavement and she stepped out, looking up at the sign that swing gently in the evening breeze. There was movement everywhere and for a second she became dizzy, her mind rushing with the evening commuters, the pigeons that flocked around the over-flowing rubbish bin, even the wind, which seemed insistent as it brushed by her and whipped her dress around. She took a deep breath and focused, her hands coming together to clutch the purse as she turned to the door and stepped in.
The entrance was well-done, classy but understated, dim lighting hiding any cracks that might be showing in the décor. The door man was suited and smart, his eyes staying on her face as they talked. He ushered her through and she walked down the corridor, the bustle of the kitchen growing then fading as she passed the door; a wave of heat hitting her back as it swung open, spitting out a pair of waiters who flew by her. Backstage was much as any backstage would be, she supposed, dingy and drab, filled with boxes of kitchen supplies and a mangy sofa. Refusing to sit anywhere, particularly in a dress as nice as this one, she kept moving and found the side of the stage.
Peeking out, she could see the entire restaurant. Circular tables filled the centre of the room, lit individually by low lamps and candles. Down one side ran a set of booths, dark and inviting; down the other ran the bar, mirror-backed and hosted by three servers, each handling cocktail shakers and credit-card machines. The place was full, every table heaving with well-dressed men and women, and the volume was high, the chatter of voices bouncing off the glass and ricocheting around the room. She hadn't thought about that for a second. What if they didn't listen to her? Her face grew warm and her palms, hot and prickly. This had to work, it just had to. She put her hand to her hair, only realising she was doing it when she noticed its absence. It had to work.
A hand touched her arm and she jumped, they pulled back and turned. It was Jack, the man she had been introduced to when she had asked about the gig. She gave him a warm smile, the butterflies ceasing their frantic flapping for a moment.
"Luna, so lovely to see you."
He reached out, taking her hand and pumping it vigorously for all of a second. She smiled again, the churning in her stomach returning as she hunted for something to say. He spared her the trouble.
"The band have your set, they're ready to go. We'll start in about fifteen minutes, ok?"
She nodded, opening her mouth when he spoke again.
"Must rush now, plenty to do. It's a busy night, great for your debut, eh?"
Then he was gone, vanishing into the gloom of backstage. She stood, bemused for a moment, then turned and looked back out over the club. So many people…
Another touch on the arm and he was saying, "great, it's that time Luna, let's go," and nudging her onstage. She gulped, her face getting hotter and she fanned herself with her teeny tiny bag, then took a deep breath, and stepped onto the stage. A few faces turned to stare at her, then went back to their conversations, the rest ignored her completely. To her left, a short barrier divided her from the house band, and she walked hurriedly over, relieved to have someone else there with her.
"Hi guys!"
They all gave her a friendly smile, the keys player waving some sheets at her and nodding. He stood and lent against the wall.
"Everything as you sent us, yeah?"
She nodded, then, as if it were just an after-thought.
"Oh, I thought I might start with something a-cappela, if that's ok?"
He shrugged.
"Hey, whatever you want, it's all good."
She gave him a smile and walked back over to the mic, acutely aware of how entirely ridiculous the shoes were, but also seeing that a few people were now watching her, most of them men. She blushed and stepped up to the mic, clearing her throat, then opening her mouth. Nothing. She closed it again, cleared her throat once more, then stepped back. This time, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, letting it out slowly. The words sprung into her mind and she began.
The sound was soft and warm, like bed on a lazy morning. It felt like home when home was what you craved for and dreamt of, when you'd been driving for hours and stepping through the door was the most amazing thing in the world. The notes came effortlessly, leaving her throat and filling the room with dreams and memories. The conversations stopped, every face turning to stare at the woman on stage as she told them all the secrets they'd kept hidden away, brought into the light all the things they'd hidden from view and threw them away, no longer to be feared or fretted over.
As they watched, hypnotised, she slowly opened her purse, one hand slipping inside. She carefully opened the fold-away, holding the bag facing away from her. With a snort, the stag pushed free, first its head and antlers, then forelegs, then the rest, until it stood on the stage, head swaying slowly, steam rising from its fur in the warm glow of the lights. Putting her hand back in, she drew out a long gleaming blade, and knelt, pressing her other hand against the shaggy chest of the beast. As her voice rose in volume, she silently thanked it, one tear escaping her eye and running down her cheek.
They stood that way for a while, the song gaining in intensity and volume, swelling and growing until the room was humming. The faces hadn't changed, all rapt and focused on her, despite the presence of the stag. She paused, took a breath, and hit the high note. With a quick movement, she thrust the blade through the great beast's side and deep into its heart. Pulling it swiftly back out, she let the blood run over her hand, the song beginning to subside and die, a gentle refrain that looped and curled.
As she finished, she let her head drop, and stood in the glare of the lights, waiting.
There was no sound, no movement. Every person in the place was frozen; glasses raised to open mouths, cocktail shaker paused mid-spin. She let out a huge breath, still not quite believing it had worked, then raised her right foot and pulled the heel off. Repeating it for the other foot, she shoved them both into her bag, along with the bloody sword, and jumped off the stage. The hard part was done, now came the fun. She walked quickly amongst the eaters, lifting a purse here, a wallet there as she went, but the target, she knew, was to be found in one of the booths.
The one she was looking for was in the second, a huge woman, dressed in what looked like a badly made tablecloth, hair made into a beehive using a catastrophic quantity of what could only be goose fat. Her bag lay on the table in front of her, discreetly attached to her wrist with a chain, and it was this she went for. Opening the clasp, she emptied it on the table, working hard not to gag at some of the contents, but grabbing the thing she needed, a fierce smile of glee on her face. Mission, incredibly, was successful, now to get out of here.
She walked to the door, glancing back as she rested one hand on the glass. The stag lay on the stage, blood dripping slowly onto the floor. Her heart felt suddenly heavy, but she clenched her jaw and pushed the door open. It was a sacrifice she hated, but in this one instance, it had been worth it. Or at least, it would be.
She stepped out onto the street, the glare of headlights putting her back on stage again and she found that she was shaking, the adrenaline finally kicking in. She leaned against a wall, taking deep breaths, and feeling her heart thumping in her chest. A group of lads came past, leering and staring at her. She shook her head, waving the strange shoe that she held in her hand at them, and they passed on.
A car pulled up to the pavement, a huge, sleek Mercedes with blacked-out windows. The door opened and a slim hand beckoned her in. She sat in the car and twisted on the seat to face the woman sat next to the opposite window. She was stunning, long blonde hair flowing around her perfect, heart-shaped face. She had one hand held out, an expectant look on her face, and she placed the shoe in it. The woman's face lit up, a little bit of greed mixed with the pleasure.
"Thank you. Every time we throw a party she bloody pinches it. You'd think she'd have realised it was too late by now."
She nodded, not sure how to answer that, or if she even wanted to. What she wanted to do was ask, but instead she sat, and waited. After inspecting every inch of the shoe, wiping imaginary specks of dirt from it, she set it on the seat next to her and lifted a bag that had been tucked down the back of the front seat. Passing it across, she shook her head.
"I cannot imagine what you could want with some mouldy old hair extensions. And they're so long, completely out of fashion now."
She took the bag eagerly, her spirit lifting as the contents spoke to her. She decided not to ask what the woman could want with one old shoe made of glass and instead said simply.
"They aren't extensions."
Pushing the door open, she nodded to her and climbed back out and onto the street. As she walked through the evening crowds, she opened her mouth, the faintest tune rising up into the night sky.


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Today is an easy, fun post. I'm linking up with Karli for 10 on Tuesday again. I love this link-up. Last week I talked about 10 favorite kids books we are loving right now.
I think my husband and I have pretty good taste in movies and shows. I mean, some might think that a few of these are rather boring but we have our reasons for loving them. We each have movies and shows that we like to watch separately that the other doesn't necessarily like. For example he loves Game of Thrones and I love When calls the Heart <3. We don't watch those together. He would probably rather stick a fork in his toe. But this list is of those that we 100% agree on and have watched over and over. Enjoy.
1// Dan in Real Life. We are pretty much hard core Steve Carrel fans. This movie is mellow and fun with great music. We dream of having a cabin where our family can gather one day like this.
2//Robin Hood. The one with Russell Crowe obviously.
3//New Girl. We are on season 5 right now and it just keeps getting better. Those guys just crack us up. We watch them a few times to catch all the funny banter between Schmidt and Nick.
4//Music and Lyrics. We rented this movie from a video store when we were first married if that tells you how old it is. But it endeared it to us, and we watched it over and over and loved the songs. "Figuring out you and me is like doing a love autopsy"…10 points if you just sang that in your head in Hugh Grants voice.
5//Agents of Shield. Big Marvel fans over here so this show is a no brainer. Phil Coulson can do no wrong.
6//Catch and Release. I loved it first and it grew on Jon. There is just something about it.
7//The Office. Duh. If these were ranked in order this would be #1. We have watched them over and over and over. Favorite forever. Watching the office is like coming home. A bit dramatic but true.
8// Interstellar. It is hauntingly beautiful and makes you feel small in this great big universe.
9//The Dark Knight Rises. I don't really care about the other Batman movies but I really love this one so we watch it a lot since my my hubby likes the Batman movies.
10//Pitch Perfect 1 +2. I totally lucked out here ladies. He is always up for watching either of these hilarious movies.
We have many more that we love but these are up there in the top.
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The time has finally come. The days of staying in for a home-cooked meal – of spending Saturdays browsing the local farmer's markets and Sunday mornings at the grocery stores – are becoming obsolete. In an article published by Bloomberg Markets, as of March of 2015, Americans are now spending more money dining out than on buying groceries. For those in the restaurant industry, you are already headed in the right direction for profit; with more people dining out comes the opportunity to build up more customer loyalty, and with customer loyalty comes profit consistency.
Anyone in the restaurant industry has felt the satisfaction of seeing return customers walk through their doors – it's the feeling of appreciation, accomplishment, and gratefulness. Well, those feelings are well-placed, because those return customers spend an astonishing 67 percent more than a new customer during a visit!
With that in mind, let's build up your customer loyalty with a few secret ingredients.
Consistency - This is rule number one in retaining customer loyalty. Make sure your customers are receiving the same experience and products that they received the first time they visited your restaurant. More times than not, customers return to a restaurant to quench a craving. Perhaps you have a menu item that cannot be found anywhere else in your city, and if that item was enjoyed the first time, most likely the customer will return for that very same item and experience again. Of course, this means ensuring the same quality of ingredients, and that you keep popular items on your menu. However, less obvious factors should not be overlooked. You should also maintain the presentation of the dishes, the cleanliness of the venue and the quality of service. Consistency is king.
Employees - Chances are you have had an awful service experience in a restaurant or bar. Perhaps you were sat but not greeted in a timely manner; perhaps your server was unfriendly, the staff didn't know the menu, or the food took unusually long to come out. These instances – all in the hands of your employees – set the tone of your restaurant, and can be very detrimental when it comes to getting your customers to return. You should take the time to make sure that employees are properly trained, and that you clarify your expectations as well as their responsibilities. Teach them to leave their baggage at the door and to come to work with a positive attitude. Staff that appears knowledgeable and effective will without doubt be recognized by your customers.
Millennials - Millennials (16- to 35-year-olds) now outnumber baby boomers (51- to 69-year-olds) as the largest generation group in the U.S. These millennials are constantly on the go, and eat out on average 4-6 times per week. Catering to this age group can be very beneficial in creating long-term customer loyalty. Millennial culture has significant differences than that of the baby boomers, and not all of them are obvious. If your brand allows for it, hold events such as concerts or karaoke, create menu items such as small bites, and adjust hours of operation to be a bit later some nights. All the above attracts the millennial mindset.
Incentives - Who doesn't like free perks? Incentives and loyalty programs are becoming increasingly popular, especially amongst the millennial crowd. As this crowd's lifestyle is cultured around social media and technology, many incentivizing programs can be done simply through e-mail or text messages. In addition, Punch cards, coupons, point systems and even exclusive products can keep your customers coming back. Incentives and loyalty programs are relatively inexpensive in relation to the cost of acquiring new customers through marketing and advertisement.
You - Finally, you. As restaurant owners and managers, it is important to be involved in your day-to-day, on-site operations. Customers like to see who they are giving their money to. Take a lap around the restaurant, stop by and ask how a meal is, offer a free desert for an Anniversary or Birthday, engage with your employees. Customers remember these small gestures. It may take a moment or two out of your busy day, but the results of that gesture can be extremely valuable the next time those customers are deciding on where to eat out or suggest to a friend.
Increase customer loyalty, increase profit. If you already weathered the hardest part of getting the customer through the front door for the first time, boosting your customer loyalty seems like a no-brainer, especially with the help of the above secret ingredients.


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Here's What Happens Immediately After A Fighter Loses A Heartbreaking UFC Match
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UFC is trying to change this by offering fans a behind-the-scenes look at what happens on fight night.
This week, UFC President Dana White released a video capturing what went on after UFC 136.
It depicts exhausted fighters trying to come to grips with the physical and emotional punishment they just took.
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|Reviews for Giving In
| KatieMatlinIsMySpiritAnimal chapter 1 . 2/25/2013
Snake and Darcy together! This is so good and I love it so much. Great job and keep writing!
| kit-deluca chapter 1 . 3/4/2010
i like this story even though im pretty sure you pulled the line "It was soft and beautiful and she tasted of blueberries" from the FLB book "echo"...
you should write where more happens
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The phenomenon of "breakage" is well understood in the gift card and prepaid phone card industries. Breakage is the unspent amount on the card, which is pure profit for the company selling the card. What about breakage in the cellular industry, though? The wild profits earned by cellular carriers from overage — consumers exceeding their plans — have been widely documented. How many people under-use their plans?
It turns out to be significant. While searching for this information yesterday, I came across a Consumer Reports paper, republished on the Pharos International Website, offering recommendations for consumers on cellular phone use.
Are the real profits for the cellular carriers in consumers who exceed their plans, or in the monthly breakage?


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Those of you who regularly follow me know that I've long talked about the importance and significance of the black alternative movement–as exemplified most notably by Afropunk–both as an indication of where black consumers are heading and the reasons why marketers should pay attention to it. Those who haven't been paying attention, consider this a wake up call. Especially since the initial lineup for the 2016 Afropunk Festival (August 27-28 in Brooklyn) was announced yesterday, this is a great moment to assess where you stand in relation to the opportunity this festival and the audience it attracts–represents. I see no reason why there won't be another 60,000 people here this year.
During this important election year, with self-empowerment winds blowing through the air, the theme AFROPUNK has chosen for the 12th installment of the festival is "POWER TO THE PARTY." Power, it's a feeling, it's an energy, it's the undisputed connection between cause and effect – the best of us give it away, the worst usurp it, but living modern life to the fullest, means either mastering your relationship to it or walking in its shadow. We are not blind.Party is an oxymoron, it's a gathering of many for a shared purpose and it's also an outcast individual, it's a lively social occasion as well as a gang – and the story of any party is never over, because like naked cities and the metaphysical "I", there's always another take.Power to the Party means trusting the friction, the transference of great capacity to the free spirit, belief in the high-heeled spark of the assembly, and the group-mind's ability to choose a glorious path. This isn't about getting elected, or being protected; it's about staking a claim.Join the party and feel its power.
TICKETS for the two-day festival can be purchased here. If you're planning on attending (and I think you should), you buy in advance.
Want more info on the festival? Visit Afropunkfest.com/brooklyn.


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The best photographer is one who is inspired by the innate nature of his subjects.
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Voigtlander Ultron SLII review.
I don't know about the EF mount as it has yet to be released. It is a small lens with not too bad performance.
I thought of getting it as a "travel" lens cos it's so small, but the awkward focal length and distracting bokeh put me off. I'm sticking with my Nikkor 35mm f/1.4 (distortion! urgh.........) and the Nokton 58mm f/1.4 SL II for now.
I wonder if I'll change my mind about the Ultron 40mm SL II if I had a chance to try it out for a day. Hmmm....
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To show that the camera retains f2.5 even when using a Kenko 1.4x TC. Pardon the poor shot (taken with my old handphone)
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no degration of image with tc. Note that MFD increases with the tc attached. However, you still get a magnified image due to the increased reach.
using old ram from my previous notebook as test subject. Couldn't find any insects in my house to shoot.
so besides getting a portrait lens between 100L and 135L . You also get 2 macro lens 125/2.5 and 175/2.5 with the addition of tc. I don't have the 2x tc to try. Judging by the 1.4x tc, the 2x tc may give 250/2.5 ?
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i used to get f2.8 on my telephoto with teleconverter on, but its actually working at around f5.6 so when it got darker it was hard to auto focus
so in terms of metering there should be some changes if you intend to use it manually
Wow...Nice find!
chrome AIS 45/2.8
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For all the latest news, information about contests, and or what is going on about the festival make sure you are a fan of our facebook page. To spread awareness about the festival we will be in the coming weeks actively promoting, advertising, and having contests for the festival all centered on pumping up the excitement level of the show. According to the "Festival Committee", We are all very excited, there are some new elements about the show, and old favorites which will continue to drive the excitement level for the event in the coming weeks. We hope that our enthusiasm, and creativeness will give the festival the attention it deserves.
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Re: Health Bulletin
Cancer treatment gets mini-accelerator boost
Researchers at Cern are developing a new particle accelerator, just two metres long, that can be used in hospitals for imaging and the treatment of cancer.
Cern, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Switzerland is home to the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator.
The mini-Linac will consist of four modules, each 50cm long, the first of which has already been constructed. "With this first module we have validated all of the stages of construction and the concept in general," said Serge Mathot of the Cern engineering department.
The miniature accelerator is a radiofrequency quadrupole (RFQ), a component found at the start of all proton accelerator chains. RFQs are designed to produce high-intensity beams. The challenge for the mini-Linac was to double the operating frequency of the RFQ in order to shorten its length, which had never before been achieved.
"Thanks to new beam dynamics and innovative ideas for the radiofrequency and mechanical aspects, we came up with an accelerator de sign that was much better adapted to the practical requirements of medical applications," said Alessandra Lombardi, in charge of the design of the RFQ. The mini-RFQ can produce low-intensity beams, with no significant losses, of just a few microamps that are grouped at a frequency of 750 MHz. These specifications make it a perfect injector for the new generation of high-frequency, compact linear accelerators used for the treatment of cancer with protons. It will also be capable of accelerating alpha particles for advanced radiotherapy.
3rd Aug 2015, 01:17 PM #2032
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'One in 200 pregnancies are fatal'
One in 200 pregnancies have complications leading to maternal deaths, according to reports discussed at a conference held by Apollo Hospitals on Sunday. The conference 'Critical Care for Women' highlighted the need for awareness on complications during pregnancy and child birth. Despite medical and scientific advancements, there are still concerns of maternal deaths that arise due to complications in sugar levels, blood pressure and other problems.
According to reports, over the years, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) has been brought down from 48 deaths per 1000 live births in 1998-99 to 21 births per 1,000 live births in 2012, stating Tamil Nadu has been making progress in reducing infant mortality and improving child health. Maternal mortality rate, with additional skilling and learning, will also reduce in the coming years.
Apollo Hospital Critical Care Services director %Dr N Ramakrishnan said, "Post-partum hemorrhage, sepsis and eclampsia are some of the causes of maternal mortality. The gap lies in not just identifying the complications that arise during pregnancies but also supplementing care givers with the necessary education and skills to treat those complication."
4th Aug 2015, 02:00 PM #2033
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Misuse of antibiotics toughens up acnes
Use of antibiotics to treat acne can have serious consequences, new research suggests.
In India, dermatologists often prescribe antibiotics of all sorts to treat skin diseases. High-end antibiotics like azithromycin (normally used to treat sore throat and respiratory infections) are also used. This, however, proves counterproductive, say experts, as a microorganism develops resistance to the drugs.
"Azithromycin is only approved for upper respiratory tract infection. Its use for acne is not recommended anywhere in the world and is totally off label. But many dermatologists prescribe it to patients for quicker results, thus creating a resistance out of nothing," said Dr Kabir Sardana, skin specialist at Maulana Azad Medical College.
He said research has revealed that oral antibiotics exert selective pressure for resistance development at sites where there is normal microflora. "In addition, the risk of an upper respiratory tract infection in individuals who use an antibiotic to treat acne has been shown to be about two-times higher than in those not using antibiotics," Dr Sardana added.
According to Dr Anoop Misra, chairman, Fortis C-Doc Centre for Diabetes, Obesity, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology, drug-resistance is common in bacteria causing diseases like typhoid, pneumonia, wound infections, urinary tract infections, septicaemia and abscesses. "There is no government control on sale and purchase of even high-end antibiotics. People buy them over-the-counter for common fever or diarrhoea without prescription," he said, adding that many private practitioners prescribe higher antibiotics unnecessarily, disregarding its consequences.
Health experts say no new groups of antibiotics have been developed since the 1990s. "Carbapenem is the last group of antibiotics developed worldwide. After that there have been modifications to the available drugs. On the other hand, there is increase in drug-resistant microorganisms. New Delhi Metallo-B-Lactamose 1 (NDM1) is just one of the examples," said Dr Misra.
5th Aug 2015, 05:15 PM #2034
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'Happy hormone' can kill cancer tumours, discover Kol-born scientists
A 14-year study by two Kolkata-born scientists has led them to discover that dopamine -known as the happy hormone -can also kill tumours, putting them on the verge of one of the most significant medical discoveries ever.
Trials on mice have been successful, say researchers Partha Dasgupta and Sujit Basu. If human trials succeed, cancer cure will get significantly cheaper -a chemo course costs lakhs, while a vial of dopamine comes for just Rs 25.
Dasgupta is an emeritus professor with Chittaranjan National Cancer Research Institute and Basu, a professor at Wexner Medical Centre, Ohio State University. Like penicillin -said to be the biggest medical discovery in history -the cancer-killing property of dopamine was discovered almost by accident, when the duo was carrying out random tests to analyze the hormone.
opamine is a neurotransmitter that helps regulate movement and emotions. The duo says it also starves cancerous tumours of blood, causing them to shrink and eventually vanish. "Tumour cells multiply rapidly, making them swell very fast. We concluded that if the growth of blood vessels can be checked, tumours will stop growing and disappear. In animal-model experiments, we observed that dopamine acted very well on cancerous tumours, effectively countering vascular endothelial growth factor (that helps tumours grow)," said Dasgupta.
But dopamine fluctuation could lead to serious disorders like Parkinson's disease. "We need to know more about its efficacy in the long-run," said oncologist Gautam Mukhopadhyay.
6th Aug 2015, 02:20 PM #2035
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Spicy food may lower risk of early death: study
Eating spicy food regularly may reduce your risk of death from cancer, heart diseases and diabetes, a new study of over 485,000 people in China has claimed.
An international team led by researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences examined the association between consumption of spicy foods as part of a daily diet and the total risk and causes of death.
They undertook a prospective study of 487,375 participants, aged 30-79 years, from the China Kadoorie Biobank. Participants were enrolled between 2004-2008 and followed up for morbidities and mortality.
All participants completed a questionnaire about their general health, physical measurements, and consumption of spicy foods, and red meat, vegetable and alcohol.
Participants with a history of cancer, heart disease, and stroke were excluded from the study, and factors such as age, marital status, level of education, and physical activity were accounted for.
During a median follow-up of 7.2 years, there were 20,224 deaths.
Compared with participants who ate spicy foods less than once a week, those who consumed spicy foods 1 or 2 days a week were at a 10 per cent reduced risk of death.
And those who ate spicy foods 3 to 5 and 6 or 7 days a week were at a 14 per cent reduced risk of death.
In other words, participants who ate spicy foods almost every day had a relative 14 per cent lower risk of death compared to those who consumed spicy foods less than once a week, researchers said.
The association was similar in both men and women, and was stronger in those who did not consume alcohol.
Frequent consumption of spicy foods was also linked to a lower risk of death from cancer, and ischaemic heart and respiratory system diseases, and this was more evident in women than men.
Fresh and dried chilli peppers were the most commonly used spices in those who reported eating spicy foods weekly, and further analysis showed those who consumed fresh chilli tended to have a lower risk of death from cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and diabetes.
Some of the bioactive ingredients are likely to drive this association, the authors said, adding that fresh chilli is richer in capsaicin, vitamin C, and other nutrients. But they caution against linking any of these with lowering the risk of death.
This is an observational study so no definitive conclusions can be drawn about cause and effect, but the authors call for more research that may "lead to updated dietary recommendations and development of functional foods," researchers wrote in the study published in the journal BMJ.
Previous research has suggested that beneficial effects of spices and their bioactive ingredient, capsaicin, include anti-obesity, antioxidant, anti-inflammation and anticancer properties.
6th Aug 2015, 02:37 PM #2036
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Lose weight, prevent cancer by breastfeeding, say docs
While lifestyles and work schedules might have changed over the years, doctors still vouch that breastfeeding is the best bet for a newborn. With August being World Breastfeeding Month, women are encouraged to continue breastfeed their newborn atleast till the baby is a year old.
Dr Bandita Sinha, consulting obstetrician and gynaecologist said that the advantages of breastfeeding are tremendous. Not only does it help the new mother lose weight due to a high rise in metabolism but it also helps the uterus to return to its normal size quicker - at about six weeks compared with 10 weeks if the new mother doesn't breastfeed. "Since breast milk contains 20 calories per ounce, if you feed your baby 20 ounces a day, that's 400 calories you've swept out of your body," Dr Sinha said.
She added that with more women getting back to work soon after delivery, it can be a cumbersome task "but the trend of using a breast pump is gradually catching up in India". Dr Sinha also said using a breast pump may be only way in which a premature baby can receive the mother's milk.
Consulting gynaecologist Dr Shilpa Patil said that breastfeeding also helps prevent breast cancer. "I advise that a child should be breast-fed for atleast a year. Often mothers experience a shortage of milk, in that case a milk powder substitute is recommended," she added. But Dr Patil said that a mere five women in 100 have this problem, and in some cases, mothers go into depression. "Some mothers who express disinterest in breaatfeeding but we strongly recommend it, even if time is a constraint," she added.
7th Aug 2015, 01:23 PM #2037
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Eating white bread, rice ups depression risk in women
Consuming foods rich in refined carbohydrates, such as white bread and white rice, may cause mood changes, fatigue and other symptoms of depression in postmenopausal women, a new study has warned. According to researchers, a diet high in refined carbohydrates may lead to an increased risk for new-onset depression in postmenopausal women.
The study by James Gangwisch and colleagues in the department of psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Centre (CUMC) looked at the dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, types of carbohydrates consumed, and depression in data from more than 70,000 postmenopausal women who participated in the US National Institutes of Health's Women's Health Initiative Observational Study between 1994 and 1998. Scientists said that while carbohydrates consumption normally increases blood sugar levels, eating highly refined carbohydrates, such as white bread, rice and junk food, triggers a hormonal response that affects the glycemic index.
This then exacerbates changes in a woman's mood and triggers fatigue as well as other depression symptoms.
Greater consumption of dietary fibre, whole grains, vegetables and non-juice fruits was associated with decreased risk, researchers said. This suggests that dietary interventions could serve as treatments and preventive measures for depression.
Further study is needed to examine the potential of this novel option for treatment and prevention, and to see if similar results are found in the broader population.
The study was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
8th Aug 2015, 03:16 PM #2038
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'Breakups hit women harder, men just move on'
Women experience more emotional pain following a breakup, but they also recover fully as compared to men, according to a new global survey which included respondents from India.
Researchers from Binghamton University in New York and University College London asked 5,705 participants in 96 countries to rate the emotional and physical pain of a breakup on a scale of one (none) to 10 (unbearable).
The five countries with the most respondents were the US (63 per cent), India (7 per cent), Canada (5 per cent), and the UK and Germany (3 per cent) each. Researchers found that women tend to be more negatively affected by breakups, reporting higher levels of both physical and emotional pain. Women averaged 6.84 in terms of emotional anguish versus 6.58 in men. In terms of physical pain, women averaged 4.21 versus men's 3.75.
While breakups hit women the hardest emotionally and physically, they women tend to recover more fully and come out emotionally stronger. Men, on the other hand, never fully recover — they simply move on, researchers said. According to Craig Morris, research associate at Binghamton University and lead author of the study, the differences boil down to biology. Women have more to lose by dating the wrong person.
"Put simply, women are evolved to invest far more in a relationship than a man," Morris said.
"A brief romantic encounter could lead to nine months of pregnancy followed by many years of lactation for an ancestral woman, while the man may have 'left the scene' literally minutes after the encounter, with no further biological investment.
"It is this 'risk' of higher biological investment that, over evolutionary time, has made women choosier about selecting a high-quality mate. Hence, the loss of a relationship with a high-quality mate 'hurts' more for a woman," Morris said.
Conversely, as men have evolved to compete for the romantic attention of women, the loss of a high-quality mate for a man may not "hurt" as much at first, Morris said.
"The man will likely feel the loss deeply and for a very long period of time as it 'sinks in' that he must 'start competing' all over again to replace what he has lost — or worse still, come to the realisation that the loss is irreplaceable," he said.
Morris said that breakups are important because most of us will experience an average of three by age 30, with at least one affecting us strongly enough that it substantially decreases our quality of life for weeks or months.
"People lose jobs, students withdraw from classes, and individuals can initiate extremely self-destructive behaviour patterns following a breakup," he said.
"With better understanding of this emotional and physical response to a breakup — post relationship grief — we can perhaps develop a way to mitigate its effects in already high-risk individuals," he added.
The study was published in the journal Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences.
9th Aug 2015, 03:55 PM #2039
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Patient dies during live demo surgery at AIIMS, sparks ethics row
The death of a patient who was operated upon by a Japanese surgeon as part of a live surgery workshop at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi last week has rekindled a debate on the ethics of organizing such workshops and the rights of patients on whom the procedures are carried out.
At the workshop on July 31, part of the 23rd annual conference of the Indian National Association for Study of the Liver, hosted jointly by AIIMS and the Army Research & Referral Hospital, New Delhi, over a hundred surgeons watched as Dr Goro Honda, from Japan's Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, performed a laparoscopic liver resection at AIIMS. He was assisted by an Indian team led by Dr Sujoy Pal, an associate professor in the gastrointestinal surgery department of AIIMS.
Laparoscopic liver resection involves the removal of the liver or a portion of it through three or four keyhole-sized incisions in the stomach.
The surgery, which started at 9am, was being broadcast live to a hall full of surgeons. Honda's patient was 62-year-old Shobha Ram — a labourer who had developed liver cirrhosis after a hepatitis B infection. Ram was transferred to AIIMS from GB Pant Hospital which has a reputed GI surgery facility headed by Dr Anil Agarwal. Some time into the procedure, massive bleeding occurred and surgeons struggled to stanch the flow of blood.
Despite suggestions that the team resort to an open surgery, Honda continued with the laparoscopic technique, relenting only after seven hours of surgery. The live video feed to the audience was terminated and the patient shifted to the intensive care unit, where he died 90 minutes later.
Live surgery demonstrations have raised questions about the propriety of exposing a patient to a situation where the operating surgeons are intent on showcasing their skills live before an audience. In the United States, after the death of a patient in a similar workshop in 2006, some medical bodies have banned such operations.
This incident at AIIMS has only added to the controversy. Questions are now being raised about the ethical and procedural aspects of the fatal workshop. Did the organizers take permission from the Medical Council of India (MCI) to allow a foreigner to conduct surgery? Could Ram have been saved if the surgeon had not insisted on continuing with the laparoscopic technique despite the bleeding? Was a post-mortem audit of the laparoscopic procedure carried out?
Many questions relate to the pre-surgery diligence. Was Ram's assent sought to have him subjected to a demonstrative procedure carried out by a foreign surgeon and assisted by a team with little or no experience in the technique? (It is now learnt that given the inexperience of the AIIMS GI surgery department in laparoscopic liver resection, it would have been more prudent to have assembled an experienced team from outside the hospital for the workshop.)
Was the patient selection process done meticulously? Was laparoscopic resection the most suitable procedure for treating Ram's condition or did the need to find a patient for the workshop override patient interest?
When contacted, Dr Peush Sahni, head of the AIIMS GI surgery department, said that Ram's attending doctors had carried out a detailed preoperative assessment to ascertain the feasibility of removing the tumour surgically. Sahni said haemorrhage is a known complication of the procedure and that the mortality rate globally of laparoscopic resection in patients with cirrhosis is 5-10%. However, a questionnaire on the incident emailed to him remained unanswered. And until questions are asked and answered, perhaps the debate on live surgeries will only get more heated.
10th Aug 2015, 12:40 PM #2040
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Sleep in side positions to avoid Alzheimer's
Developing a simple practice of sleeping in the side-position, as compared to sleeping on one's back or stomach, may help you reduce the chances of developing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurological disorders, says a study.
The side or the lateral sleeping position is the best position to most efficiently remove waste or other harmful chemical solutes from the brain, the results said.
The build-up of brain waste chemicals may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions.
While it is increasingly acknowledged that sleep disturbances may accelerate memory loss in Alzheimer's disease, "our finding brings new insight into this topic by showing it is also important what position you sleep in", said one of the researchers Maiken Nedergaard from University of Rochester in New York, US.
The researchers used dynamic contrast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to image the brain's glymphatic pathway, a complex system that clears wastes from the brain.
"The analysis showed us consistently that glymphatic transport was most efficient in the lateral position when compared to the supine or prone positions," Helene Benveniste from New York's Stony Brook University said.
"The lateral sleep position is already the most popular in human and most animals -- even in the wild -- and it appears that we have adapted the lateral sleep position to most efficiently clear our brain of the metabolic waste products that built up while we are awake," Nedergaard said.
The study, therefore, adds further support to the concept that sleep subserves a distinct biological function of sleep and that is to 'clean up' the mess that accumulates while we are awake.
The findings were detailed in the Journal of Neuroscience.


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Set-up: Preparation: Research Questions: 4. Where is the site of action of lidocaine? (Result)
-it acted on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Group 2 EXPERIMENT III
INDEPENDENT IRRITABILITY OF MUSCLE Candelario, Jorgina
Lopez, Andrea Joyce
Manalo, Frances Anne
Sicat, Camille Use a whole frog for this experiment Do not pith nor cut off the head of the frog. Connect in a series of fry cell, simple key and inductorium for single make and break shocks. Connect a hand electrode to the inductorium.
Kymograph record not needed. Surgical Procedures: Incision
Isolate sciatic nerves w/o injuring accompanying blood vessels.
Place a tight ligature around the left thigh.
Exclude the nerve from the ligature.
Expose the gastrocnemius muscle. Experimental Procedures: Stimulate each nerve and gastrocnemius w/ threshold stimulus. Note the response.
Inject 0.3 cc lidocaine into ventral lymph sac.
Wait for 5 minutes.
Stimulate both nerves and muscles using the same threshold as before. Results: Before Injection After Injection left nerve
left muscle
right nerve
right muscle - - + + - - - - 1. Lidocaine
-is a common local anesthetics amd anti arythmic drug.
-works by stoping nerves from sending pain signals. 2. How will injuring the accompanying blood vessels affect the results of your experiment?
-it will cause hemorrhage
supporting factors:
-interruption of blood flow
-increase tendency w/in blood to form clots
-blood vessel injury 3. Explain your results. Draw conclusions. 5. Independent irritability of muscle. 6. Mechanism of conduction of impulse at the neuromuscular junction.
-AP travels down the motorneuron to the presynaptic terminal.
-Depolarization of the presynaptic terminal opens Ca2+ channels, and Ca2+ flows into the terminal
-ACh is extruded into the synapse by exocytosis.
-ACh binds to its receptor on the motor end plate.
-Channels for Na+ and K+ are opened in the motor end plate.
-Depolarization of the motor end plate causes AP to be generated in the adjacent muscle tissue.
-ACh is degrade to choline and acetate by AChE, choline is taken back into the presynaptic terminal on Na+ choline co transporter. This means that muscles are independent from reacting to the stimulus. They are independent from nerve.
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No two men agree on what the Minnesota Men's Conference is. They might not even agree that it is an evolving collaboration and improvisation, sustained by tradition, devotion to friends, and curiosity.
Sturgeon Lake
Increasingly over the years, I have struggled with the recommendation not to try to explain what the Minnesota Men's conference is to people who have not experienced it; instead just to share with others the part of myself that has been nourished by the conference and let them puzzle over how I got this way. For me, the self-satisfying dodge of saying that I went camping with friends is wearing thin. Despite the cautions, I want to say that the conference over the years has been a big deal for me; a post-doctoral program in something, but what?
One of my teachers told me, "If you want to see God, stay on this side of the altar." The wonder I experience but do not understand in theatre, the arts, ceremony, and ritual is won at the cost of a lot of backstage messiness and sausage making. And the work that goes into a Minnesota Men's Conference, essentially a negotiation of many steps involving several hundred parties, is best left to those who knowingly give out of their own experience of mystery, so that others might experience the magic of an opening night and an opening heart.
The Firebird
No two men agree on what the Minnesota Men's Conference is. They might not even agree that it is an evolving collaboration and improvisation, sustained by tradition, devotion to dear friends, and curiosity. They might say that's just bullshit. Each year there will be some familiar tasks assumed by old hands. There will also be new people coming in, taking on new responsibilities or handling old ones in new ways. So, it is always a joy-filled scramble. When we are fortunate a man of a certain age is able to give his blessing to his replacement, as to an apprentice, and does not just disappear as so many men have from our lives.
Ontological questions abound. Who will die before we gather again? How will they be remembered? Who will have some crisis intervene in their plans? Who will overcome some intervening crisis to be there? Who will come to teach? What will they teach? How will the parts come together? What meaning will each man ascribe to whatever wyrd dance emerges? Who will go away angry? Who will leave energized and healing? We must hope that the conference leads men to confer and empathize with each other over the questions they might otherwise attempt to sort alone.
When the conference strikes its tent each year, to me, it is reminiscent of the conundrum following the Caucus-race, in Chapter 3 of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. One animal asks, "…but who has won?" The authoritative Dodo answers, "Everybody has won and all must have prizes." In the story, the prizes turn out to be little candies called comfits, supplied by Alice, one for each. The prize allocation is the set up for the line I like best. It has followed me through life and suggests the inevitability of a broad range of opinion. "The next thing was to eat the comfits: this caused some noise and confusion as the large birds complained that they couldn't taste theirs, and the small ones choked and had to be patted on the back."
Every conference is a hundred conferences going on concurrently, overlapping here and there. Why would there be any agreement about what had happened given the diversity of our lives and the randomness of experiences between those times when we all sing the same song or pray and say together the words "now, our minds are one?" Why would there be agreement about the experience of eating a comfit?
Some people are drawn to orchestrating what happens at the conference by providing food or music to share, by bringing books or gifts, by speaking a particular poem into the room, or by working to see that another man—student or teacher—is there with us. There is great trust and risk implicit in co-creating one of these events. People's feelings get hurt. Old traumas get churned up. We misunderstand one another and make large and small mistakes. But, what did Daniel Deardorff say, "The key is learning to make the right mistakes." How do I do that? Is it by means of a blessing or by chance? Why did Miguel Rivera say, "Expectations are premeditated resentments."? Again and again, I fruitlessly hope that doesn't include my expectations.
These fortune cookie sayings cracked open at the conference, like "Sing early, sing often, let others worry" become touchstones for those who have internalized them. An image from a story told years ago like "showing your gold too soon" serves as shorthand for a way not to be a chump as much as "tell a wise person or else keep silent" becomes a reminder of how to manage whatever inner-gold you have. Maybe this is the way that men have historically shared wisdom, through "wise old sayings."
Those of us who return and return again eventually learn to forgive ourselves and others. Rough edges are worn away by the tumbling of all of us together in such close quarters. Bits of poems leap into consciousness at odd times. We try to puzzle out why we are so touched or jarred by something that happened years ago. People in our lives outside the conference are mystified that we have somehow developed a poetic sensibility that celebrates mixed metaphor and humor.
When I go camping with my friends, everything that happens, happens for the first time, and has already happened many times. In fact, "It's like this every year, ain't it, Honey?" But since it is never quite the way I remember it or want to have it, longing remains the trump suit. Beaten by it, I have learned the beauty of the lost hand and the bittersweet of the moment before the card is played. I have learned how to belly laugh and how to cry tears of joy.
Twenty-five years ago, at my wedding, my friend, Don Rhoades, sang in response to a request, a song of his own for us. He sang, "Every moment lived is just a bluebird song. Its sung and then it's gone." It was his way of reminding us of the exquisite beauty hidden in a moment. We will not step into the same river, or ever have wine like that again.
And likewise, on occasion, while camping with friends, we have sung together some joyfully, some mournfully, some knowingly, and some uncomprehendingly, that "It may be the last time, I don't know" to celebrate how little sway we have over keeping hold of what we love. That is, until and unless—we renew the old ways of being together, in a particular remembered place, around a fire, beside a lake, to summon together the images all around us who are the keepers of the stories that weave light and dark.
Into the Woods
Daniel Deardorff
The Firebird
Miguel Rivera
Don Rhoades
Jack McLeod


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Pretty in pink at Jesmond Pool
Staff and volunteers at Jesmond Pool raised over £800 for Breast Cancer Awareness by holding a "Pink Day" at the Pool on Monday 18 October.
Anyone found to be wearing a pink garment was "fined" £1, and there was a raffle, tombola, pink cakes and a competition to guess the number of pink buttons in a glass jar.
Organiser Julie said afterwards: "Our target was to raise £500 so we were thrilled to do better than that. We were greatly assisted by the generosity of all the donors who gave prizes and cakes, and by the customers and staff who continued to buy tickets for the tombola, even after several unsuccessful attempts!"
One customer said: "The staff look so pretty in pink; they should repeat this every week."


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