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Report: Angry hubby crashes through Waffle House
Story | Aug 17, 2011 | 4:10 AMCharles Patrick O'Bryan is charged with intentionally driving his 1987 Ford pick-up truck through a Panama City Beach Waffle House, reports the Panama City News Herald. According to the Panama City Beach police, O'Bryan tried to run over his wife,... -
Report: Black man burns cross in driveway to save his marriage
Story | Nov 17, 2011 | 4:18 AMCountry music legend Johnny Cash said it best: Love is a burning thing. A Panama City mixed-race married couple found a cross burning in the driveway of their home, reports the Panama City News Herald. A couple of days later, two notes were found... -
Gotcha! Spray-painting suspect caught red-handed
Story | Nov 30, 2011 | 4:26 AMIt's a good thing a Bay County Sheriff's deputy caught this man — before he could paint the whole town red. The deputy caught Elmer Persinger red-handed during an investigation into gang-related graffiti found at a church and a couple of... -
Murder suspect claims she's part vampire, part werewolf | FloriDUH vampire sightings
Story | Sep 29, 2011 | 4:11 AMPolice in Panama City believed a teen, 16, was beaten to death because Stephanie Pistey, 18, of parker, accused him of raping her. Since then five people have been charged with either murder or accessory after the fact, reports WJHG News-7 in Panama... -
Cops: Drunken man knocked down officer, took cruiser
Story | Oct 13, 2011 | 4:05 AMIt looks like David Tooth, 47, of Christmas Tree Lane in Panama City Beach will be having a blue holiday season. That's because Tooth apparently set some teeth on edge. He's accused of knocking down a Panama City Beach police officer before getting... -
Panama's Ex-Ruler Noriega Returns Home After 22 Years
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Report: Woman offered 8-year-old girl as hooker
Story | Dec 25, 2011 | 4:51 AMHere's one from the truly disturbing files... The Panama City Police Department says Sue Ellen Mims, 33, offered her 8-year-old daughter to a man she did not know for $100, reports WMBB ABC News-13 in Panama City. The man who reported the incident and... -
Cops seized 'Jokermobile' -- now you can own it
Story | Jun 2, 2011 | 6:42 AMA very unique sits in the impound lot at the Springfield Police Department in Bay County: A '78 Chevy Impala with 18 speakers and an over-the-top custom paint job, reports WMBB News-13 in Panama City. It's called the 'Jokermobile' because the character... -
Suspect in murder-suicide was better armed than SWAT team
Story | Aug 1, 2011 | 4:21 AMBay County investigators say Galen Scott Suppes, a 50-year-old former prison guard believed to be the man behind a recent murder-suicide, had a bigger and better gun than most SWAT team members, a formidable bulletproof vest thick enough to defeat rifle... -


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I worked at Garan full-time for less than a year
Pros – Some of the people were nice.
Cons – Not a lot of room for advancement. Lots of people stuck in old habits and didn't want to evolve.
Advice to Senior Management – Listen to feedback of employees.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
I worked at Garan full-time for more than a year
Pros – unlimited sick days, overtime pay, extra days off during the holidays, medical coverage 90%
Cons – long hours, management,no dental insurance, can't eat at your desk, can't leave your coat on the back of your chair, dress code, 5 vacation days for the first year of employment , disrespect, back stabbing, a lot of cliques in the office
Advice to Senior Management – take some responsibility instead of playing the blame game all the time
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
I worked at Garan full-time for more than a year
Pros – Health plan was okay, but no dental or vision.
Cons – The people are all backstabbers. Beware. Company does not offer Summer Fridays. They do not care if you need to work late hours or on weekends. Nepotism runs rampant and in order for advancement you have to be one of the "liked ones". If you are not it doesn't matter how smart you are, you will never go anywhere.
Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees with respect and there is absolutely no reason to scream at them.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
I worked at Garan full-time for less than a year
Pros – - great opportunity to work with sole customer (Wal-mart)
- medical insurance at an inexpensive rate and is a good plan
- "bonus" holidays ie Christmas Eve, New Years Eve, etc.
- not too strict about coming in "on time" (9 am) .. people consistently come in at 9:30-9:45
- helpful if you have a baby/small children because you can take home samples
Cons – - no other insurance coverage like dental / no 401k
- expected to stay long hours...6pm is "early" not "on time"
- no Human Resources Department..just 'payroll'
- no vacation payout like other companies if earned and unused
- barely any contact with management..any attempts are futile
- feedback is minimal, good performance not rewarded
- they pride on having "unlimited sick/personal" days but employees barely take any days despite this...also not easy to take days off; will always been questioned and looked down upon
- many 'last-minute' assignments to be done "by end of day"
- 1-hour lunch is rare .. many employees do "working lunch"
Advice to Senior Management – Management should try to connect with employees, especially the ones whose work they take credit for. Find some humility for themselves and respect for those under them, that way they can stop wondering why the turnover rate is so high. Also spend some money on adding an official, professional HR department to bridge the gap between management and the rest of the company. Remember that everyone has a life outside of Garan.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
I have been working at Garan
Pros – Great benefits. Company promotes based on performance.
Cons – No formal review process. Hours can be very long. Very little positive feedback.
Advice to Senior Management – Commend people when they do a good job. Be more open and communicative about company strategies and policies
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I worked at Garan full-time for less than a year
Pros – Pretty good pay and convenient location
Cons – Lack of respect for employee's time, (ie 1: marked and reported if late), zero appreciation for hard work and long hours, (no comp days for working weekends), leaving on time is frowned upon, management does not want to be involved at employee level so communication often is lacking if present at all, will not let others make any decisions, ineffective use of time (ie: often receive work end of day due next day), BAD benefits (no dental, no 401k, no summer hours, 5 days vacation for an entire year that is NOT paid out when you leave if un-used), big employee turnover rate, zero room for growth, bad overall morale
Advice to Senior Management – Please treat employees like adults - give goals to strive for - communicate calendar/deadlines so work can be done efficiently and without being constantly micro-managed and monitored
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company
I worked at Garan
Pros – Great Pay, great benefits, great location and a very profitable business. A well established giant that has a great presence in its industry. A good place to work if you're as cold as stone and extremely hard working.
Cons – I have never worked in a place where I was kept so far out of the loop and belittled. I was very good at my job and got no feedback from my bosses about anything that was wrong with my work. The people with whom I worked with were full of themselves and lacked the maturity to approach situations that called for more assistance. My boss was very unapproachable and not easy to work with whatsoever. There are a handful of good people who work here but defiantly not enough. You are always fearing for your job and there is huge turnover because of the depressing work enviroment. The hours are long and there is no balance of work and personal life.
Advice to Senior Management – The management does not care about anyone not within their cocoon of who's who. They are extremely biased and old fashioned. They should really care more for their employees because at the end of the day, those are the people making that company what it is. They should hire HR staff that is competent and knows what they're doing instead of ignoring problems.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
I have been working at Garan
Pros – I was surprised by some of the comments about benefits and time off. While Garan does not have a 401k, instead there is a defined pension plan that is much safer than the volatile 401k's. The medical plan is amazing with very little out-of-pocket expense to me. We get 10-12 days of paid holidays in addition to our vacation time. It is also not unusual for the office to close an extra day over a holiday weekend as an additional "thank you" for our hard work! The occasional sick/personal day is not deducted from our vacation time, unlike most companies I have worked. Garan is a profitable, financially stable company owned by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. From my experience, Garan pays a competitive salary and has shown me that if you are smart and work hard, Garan will reward you. I'm proud to be part of the Garan family.
Cons – It is true Garan is not an "easy" place to work, but if you work smart, efficiently and are passionate about what you do, you will succeed. If your looking for a place to just "get by" this isn't the place for you. Hours can be long during crunch times, but that is nothing unusual for this industry.
Advice to Senior Management – With the multitude of tasks to complete in such a fast-paced environment, it can be difficult to step back and understand the big picture strategy of the company. It would be helpful to hear from executive management more frequently on what's working, what's not, and where our efforts should be focused.
Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend
I worked at Garan
Pros – Good Salary for NY location
You will learn a lot about analytics within the fashion industry
Some great people there who are passionate about success
Cons – No Work/Family Balance.. At alll.. Period...
Sr. Management difficult to work with in most cases
Nepetism is a huge conflict of interest problem that has never been addressed
Unrealistic deadlines
Single account (Wal MArt) no real customer base
Advice to Senior Management – Start by getting new and fresh management to shake things up. The company has turned into a "clique" company that really does not care about those who are not a part of the inner circle.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
I worked at Garan
Pros – Good Salaries,
Prime location,
fast paced work environment,
Highly analytical
Cons – Favorites are played with pretty much everything involving people development
Works like a clique factory in the organization
Rampant nepetism in the corporation (VP's giving jobs to relatives)
Extreme work hours with minimal direction
Little room for advancement.
Always fearing for your job
Advice to Senior Management – Teach upper managment how to relate to employees. Everything should not end in managment losing their cool and yelling. Develop career plans for top talent rather than stifling them into the ground.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
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And they rarely, if ever, show a close-up of fans in the ballpark. Watching Cubs games, they show close-ups of fans at least twice every inning.
Not to be contrary, but how is this a bad thing? Not only do I not give a poop about the Cubs as a broadcasting bar-setter, but Fox national broadcasts do so many rapid-cutting fan close-ups (sometimes of Fox Network "stars," if it's the playoffs) that it has rendered that tactic dispicable. It's pointless in a vacuum. It's enfuriating in a high leverage situation.
Show me a decent quality set of angles of the actual baseball game, and I'm happy. Not just content, but happy. I don't give a crap about HD. Now that pretty much every game is a "second screen experience" with MLB At-Bat, I don't care about which graphics are embedded (as long as the score is there). For the same reason, I can take or leave a ticker. Plus, I still eschew the TV and listen to a goodly number of games on radio, anyway.
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Kenneth A. Feldman
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Social Psychology; Socialization and Social Control; Development, Maintenance, and Transformation of Identity; Social Psychology of Higher Education; Sociology of Education; Sociology of Youth
Kenneth A. Feldman received his doctorate in social psychology from the University of Michigan in 1965. He has been at Stony Brook since 1968. He was an associate editor of Sociology of Education (1970-1973; 1977-1980) and a consulting editor for American Educational Research Journal (1976-1978). He was a consulting editor for Journal of Higher Education (from 1974 to 1994) was consulting editor for Research in Higher Education from 1982 to 2011. In 1994 he joined the editorial board of Journal of Higher Education, and was elected the Chair of this Board for 1997. In addition to being a member of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) since its inception, Dr. Feldman is a member of the American Sociological Association (ASA) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA) as well as a fellow in the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Sciences (APS). He was a council member of the Sociology of Education Section of ASA (1972-1974), member of the Advisory Board of College Student Personnel Abstracts (1972-1984), program co-chair (symposia) of the 1991 ASHE meeting, and program vice-chair (Faculty, Teaching and Curriculum) of the 1996 AERA meeting. He is the recipient of the 1994 Wilbert J. McKeachie Career Achievement Award of the Special Interest Group in Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development (SIGTFED) of AERA; a 1994-95 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (SUNY); the 1995 AERA Distinguished Research Award for the Postsecondary Education Division (Division J); the 1996 ASHE Research Achievement Award; and the 2009 Howard R. Bowen Distinguished Career Award of ASHE.
Courses taught
- Social Psychology
- Sociology of the Life Course
- Sociology of Identity
- Sociology of Youth
- Sociology of Education
- The Three Faces of Social Psychology
- Socialization and the Self
- Sociology of Education
- The Social Psychology of Higher Education
- Dissertation Seminar
Selected Publications (Grouped into Four Topical Domains)
A. The Impact of College on Students
Feldman, K. A., and Newcomb, T. M. The Impact of College on Students. Vol. 1. An Analysis of Four Decades of Research. Vol. 2. Summary Tables. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1969. 474pp.; 171 pp. Re issued by Transaction Publishers in their "Foundations of Higher Education" Series, with a new introduction by K. A. Feldman, 1994.
Feldman, K. A. Studying the Impacts of Colleges on Students. Sociology of Education, 1969, 42, 3 (Summer), pp. 207-237.
Feldman, K. A. Some Methods for Assessing College Impacts. Sociology of Education, 1971, 44, 2 (Spring), pp. 133-150.
Feldman, K. A. Some Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Change and Stability of College Students. Review of Educational Research 1972, 42, 1 (Winter), pp. 1-26.
Feldman, K. A. (Ed.). College and Student: Selected Readings in the Social Psychology of Higher Education. Elmsford, N.Y. Pergamon Press, 1972. 492pp.
Kaufman, P. and Feldman, K. A. Forming Identities in College: A Sociological Approach. Research in Higher Education, 2004, 45, 5 (August), pp. 463-496.
B. The Significance of Academic Disciplines for College Faculty and Students
Feldman, K. A., and Weiler, J. Changes in Initial Differences among Major Field Groups: An Exploration of the "Accentuation Effect." In W. H. Sewell, R. M. Hauser, and D. L. Featherman (Eds.), Schooling and Achievement in American Society. New York: Academic Press, 1976, pp. 373-407.
Smart, J. C., and Feldman, K. A. "Accentuation Effects" of Dissimilar Academic Departments: An Application and Exploration of Holland's Theory. Research in Higher Education, 1998, 39, 4 (August), pp. 385-418.
Feldman, K. A., Smart, J. C., and Ethington, C. A. Major Field and Person Environment Fit: Using Holland's Theory to Study Change and Stability of College Students. Journal of Higher Education, 1999, 70, 6 (November/December), pp. 642-669.
Smart, J. C., Feldman, K. A., and Ethington, C. A. Academic Disciplines: Holland's Theory and the Study of College Students and Faculty. Nashville, Tenn.: Vanderbilt University Press, 2000. 277pp.
Feldman, K. A., Ethington, C. A., and Smart, J. C. A Further Investigation of Major Field and Person Environment Fit: Sociological Versus Psychological Interpretations of Holland's Theory. Journal of Higher Education, 2001, 72, 6 (November/December), pp. 670-698.
Feldman, K. A., Smart, J. C., and Ethington, C. A. What Do College Students Have to Lose? Exploring the Outcomes of Differences in Person-Environment Fits. Journal of Higher Education, 2004, 75, 5 (September/October), pp. 528-555.
Feldman, K. A., Smart, J.C., and Ethington C. A. Using Holland's Theory to Study Patterns of College Student Success: The Impact of Major Fields on Students. In J.C. Smart (Editor), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research 23. New York: Springer, 2008, pp: 329-80.
C. Evaluation of College Teachers by Their Students
Feldman, K. A. Grades and College Students' Evaluations of Their Courses and Teachers. Research in Higher Education, 1976, 4, 1 (March), pp. 69-111.
Feldman, K. A. Consistency and Variability among College Students in Rating Their Teachers: A Review and Analysis. Research in Higher Education, 1977, 6, 3 (May), pp. 223-274.
Feldman, K. A. Seniority and Experience of College Teachers as Related to Evaluations They Receive from Students. Research in Higher Education, 1983, 18, 1 (March), pp. 3-124.
Feldman, K. A. Class Size and College Students' Evaluations of Teachers and Courses: A Closer Look. Research in Higher Education, 1984, 21, 1 (September), pp. 45-116.
Feldman, K. A. College Students' Views of Male and Female College Teachers. Part II Evidence from Students' Evaluations of Their Classroom Teachers. Research in Higher Education, 1993, 34, 2 (April), pp. 151-211.
Feldman, K. A. Reflections on the Study of Effective College Teaching and Student Ratings: One Continuing Quest and Two Unresolved Issues. In J. C. Smart (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Vol. 13. New York: Agathon Press, 1998, pp. 35-74.
D. Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom
Feldman, K. A. Research Productivity and Scholarly Accomplishment of College Teachers as Related to Their Instructional Effectiveness: A Review and Exploration. Research in Higher Education, 1987, 26, 3 (May), pp. 227-298.
Feldman, K. A. The Association between Student Ratings of Specific Instructional Dimensions and Student Achievement Refining and Extending the Synthesis of Data from Multisection Validity Studies. Research in Higher Education, 1989, 30, 6 (December), pp. 583-645.
Feldman, K. A., and Paulsen, M. B. (Eds.). Teaching and Learning in the College Classroom (ASHE Reader Series). Needham Heights, Mass.: Ginn Press, 1994, 704pp; second edition published by Simon and Schuster Custom Publishing, 1998, 724pp.
Paulsen, M. B., and Feldman, K. A. Taking Teaching Seriously: Meeting the Challenge of Instructional Improvement, ASHE ERIC Higher Education Report No 2. Washington, D.C.: The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, 1995. 187pp.
Paulsen, M. B., and Feldman, K. A. Toward a Reconceptualization of Scholarship: A Human Action Systemwith Functional Imperatives. Journal of Higher Education, 1995, 66, 6 (November/December), pp. 615-640.
Feldman, K. A. Identifying Exemplary Teachers and Teaching: Evidence from Student Ratings. In R. P. Perry and J. C. Smart (Eds.), Higher Education: An Evidence-Based Perspective. New York: Springer, 2007, pp. 93-129.
Feldman, K. A., and Paulsen, M. B. Faculty Motivation: The Role of a Supportive Teaching Culture. In M. Theall (Ed.), Motivation from Within: Approaches for Encouraging Faculty and Students to Excel, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, no 78. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1999, pp. 71-78.
Paulsen, M. B., and Feldman, K. A. The Scholarship of Teaching as an Action System. Journal of Higher Education, 2003, 14, 2 & 3, pp. 45-68.
Paulsen, M. B., and Feldman, K. A. The Conditional and Interactional Effects of Epistemological Beliefs on the Self-Regulated Learning of College Students: Motivational Strategies. Research in Higher Education, 2005, 46, 7 (November), pp. 731-768.
Paulsen, M. B., and Feldman, K. A. The Conditional and Interactional Effects of Epistemological Beliefs on the Self-Regulated Learning of College Students: Cognitive and Behavioral Strategies. Research in Higher Education, 2007, 48, 3(May), pp. 353-401
News & Events
March 2014 | ||
•Sociology Major Neha Kinariwalla receives Gates Cambridge University Fellowship •Ambassador Robert Toscano, March 24, 2014, 4:00 PM, Center for Italian Studies, Library, Room E4340, "Putin's Russia: Between Soviet Nostalgia and Traditionalist Nataionalism" •Valerie Leiter, Simmons College, March 13th, 4:00 PM, Health Sciences Center,Level 2, Room 408 (School of Health Technology and Management Conference Room),"Power, Rights, and Participation among Youth with Disabilities." Co-sponsored by the Program in Public Health •IHSS will present Lori Flores, Stony Brook University, Department of History, March 5, 12:00 Noon, SBS N320, "Battlegrounds of Masculinity: Latino Servicemen, Zoot Suiters, and Farmworkers in World War II" |
February 2014 |
•Tarun Banerjee receives Sociology Department's Judith Tanur Dissertation Research Award. •Crystal Fleming receives Career Enhancement Fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. •IHSS will present Lawrence Frohman, Stony Brook University, Department of History, February 12th, 11:30 AM, SBS N320, "Surveillance, Security, Divinity" |
November 2013 | ||
Michael Schwartz named Distinguished Teaching Professor by the State University of New York Board of Trustees | ||
October 2013 | ||
• Professor Adam Possamai, University of West Sydney, to speak on "Contemporary Religion and Australian Aborigines", Wednesday, October 30th, 3:00 PM, Stony Brook Manhattan, sponsored by the Dept. of Sociology, SBU Institute for Global Studies, and International Academic Programs and Services •Memory in the Disciplines Workshop welcomes Professor Suparna Rajaram, Stony Brook University, "Collaborative Memory: A Cognitive Perspective", Wednesday, October 30th, 2:30 PM, SBS N403 •IHSS co Sponsored with the Department of History presents Patrick Weil, CNRS and Yale Law School, October 30th, 4:30 PM, SBS N320, "From Emma Goldman to Edward Snowden: How Denationalization of "Radical" Americans Reshaped American Citizenship •IHSS presents Robert Chase, Stony Brook History Department, October 22nd, 2:30 PM, SBS N320, "Slaves of the State Revolt: The Prisoners' Rights Movement and the Construction of the Carceral State" |
September 2013 | ||
•Arnout van de Rijt wins $275k NSF grant for in vivo experimental research on arbitrary social inequality •Screening of the film, ESCAPE FIRE, Tuesday, September 17th, 4:00 PM, SBS N403 •IHSS presents Clayton Fordahl, Stony Brook Sociology Department, September 24th, 2:30 PM, SBS N405, Imperium in imperio: Martyrdom, the Roman Empire, and the Creation of Christian Sovereignty" |
May 2013 | ||
•Carrie Shandra wins Emerging Investigator Grant from the Social Security Administration •Arnout van de Rijt and Robert Harrison (IACS) win $38k SBU & BNL Seed Grant •Catherine Marrone receives Provost's 2013 Outstanding Lecturer Award •Ian Roxborough receives SUNY Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching •Sharon Worksman, Undergraduate Coordinator, receives SUNY Chancellors Award for Excellence in Classified Service •Sasha Rodriguez and Vanessa Lynn receive Stony Brook Turner Foundation Summer Research Grants •Tarun Banerjee and Gianmarco Savio named co-winners of the Sociology Department's 2013 David Street Award for best qualitative and/or theory paper •Hewan Girma named winner of the Sociology Department's 2013 Rose Laub Coser Award for best theory and/or research paper in gender studies •Paul Gootenberg, Professor of History and affiliated faculty member in Sociology has been named a Distinguished Professor |
Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4356, tel.: +1 (631) 632-7700


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I guess that all depend on where you live. There is actually an E6 lab right here where I live. I can drop off my film through their door slot after a day of shooting, and have it done the following afternoon. The cost is about $8.00 for 36 exposures - more than C41 done at a typical Walgreens. But less than having C41 processed and printed at an actual professional lab. Of course, Kodachrome has to be sent to Kansas for processing.
I'm just an amateur and relatively new to film but have used a few different types of film and here is what I've found: Ektar is a really good film to use on overcast days, it has awesome green tones especially in foliage under canopy. It can be quite 'moody' in this kind of environment. Portra is really a really great all rounder (I've only used 160 and haven't ran any 400 yet) and I love the reds. It shines on sunny days but even in lower light it still works great. Reala is ok but probably not my cup of tea. It has a very strong "70s" colour tone to it (well the roll I shot, anyway) but I was not a fan of the latitude. It renders a scene in a kind of retro way which might suit some people. I have not processed any of my velvia or provia yet but should be in the next couple of weeks. It seems that most people in the know prefer to shoot velvia 50 if they can afford it (I paid $130 AUD for a box of 20 in 4x5 and around $65 for a box of 120) In saing all this I am leaning more towards black and white these days and am actually going to look forward to blowing through all this colour film I have and just sticking to tmax, acros and ektar/portra/velvia. I like acros especially for the reciprocity characteristics and tmax has wonderful contrast
I suggest that you do not evaluate film based on prints someone else made. Today, with a limited amount of color paper choices, matching the negative to the paper is critical. And with the limited paper choices available to the home printer, it unfortunately leads us to scanning the negs to compare.
On another forum I mentioned that bad C41 processing from the 70s led me into slide film and Kodak/Kodalux processing. (I was told I was wrong and that all procesing was fine until about 5 years ago, I left that forum) As I went through the the 80s and early 90s I was happy with the mail order process I'd worked out. In the mid 90s I started doing my own developing. Then the big D started to change everything. Procesing options started to disappear very quickly, the higher quality, mass market ones went first. Today you are left with 3 choices, mass market that you wouldn't trust to lick a stamp; hi end hi price hi quality houses; do it yourself. DiY comes in 2 flavors, analog printing and digital printing/sharing.
Guys, this thread is like a decade old and stale.
I hope after 7 years you've chosen a film to use for landscapes. You are still shooting film, aren't you? :)
I use Kodak Portra 400 unless there is the subject is highly colorful such as sunrises, sunsets, red rock in the Four Corners Area of the US then I use Kodak Ultra Color 400 or Kodak Vivid Color from my stash in the freezer. The advantage of the Hasselblad or any MF camera that has changeable film backs or LF is that one can change film backs without lossing frames.


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18 Weeks
Your baby's growth: She can hear!
By now the bones of your baby's inner ear and the nerve endings from the brain have developed enough so that your baby can probably detect sounds clearly. Experts believe that one of the most comforting sounds she hears is Mom's heartbeat. She may also hear your voice, your stomach rumbling and the sound of blood moving through the umbilical cord to and from the placenta, which is now almost as big as she is.
Here's what else is happening to your baby this week:
- Starts to swallow. Some experts think thirst may trigger your baby to swallow. Since amniotic fluid is constantly being produced, your baby's swallowing of excess fluid helps keeps it at a constant level.
- Mimics breathing. Your baby's chest will continue to move up and down to mimic breathing, but she's not breathing air—just swallowing and inhaling amniotic fluid. This is a normal part of your baby's development. This intake of amniotic fluid will not harm her.
- Female reproductive parts. If your baby is a girl, the vagina, uterus, and fallopian tubes will be in place by the end of the week.
What's happening with you
- Weight gain. On average, pregnant moms have gained about 10 or 11 pounds by now. It's a good idea to gain weight gradually. By not putting on a lot of weight all at once, your body won't be as stressed, and you may have an easier time delivering the baby.
- Trouble sleeping. If you're having difficulty getting a good night's sleep because of this added weight and the resulting discomfort, try urinating before going to bed, propping yourself up with pillows in bed and resting on your left side.
- Ultrasound. This week your doctor may prescribe a mid-pregnancy ultrasound, which is often recommended sometime during the second trimester, usually between 18 and 22 weeks. This test can help your doctor assess fetal growth and development, screen for certain birth defects, check the placenta and umbilical cord and determine whether the projected due date is accurate.
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) support home birth for women with uncomplicated pregnancies. There is no reason why home birth should not be offered to women at low risk of complications and it may confer considerable benefits for them and their families. There is ample evidence showing that labouring at home increases a woman's likelihood of a birth that is both satisfying and safe, with implications for her health and that of her baby.
Pity Party
I feel sorry for the kids who's mom's I see on Facebook complain about how 'different' i.e. sad, frustrating, boring their life became once they became a mom. "No private time, no social life, no free time, no me time, etc.." I assume they're venting, but what will your kids think when they go back and see what they said about them?
So a funny thing happened on the way to the forum… Ok, well, not quite but I like that line. I'm on cd 22 today, and where I'd normally be testing to see if I'm pregnant, for some reason, I was tempted to take an ovulation predictor strip yesterday and it came out super positive?! I had taken some earlier in the month, and nothing, so I was amazed it was so dark yesterday. I took another one today just to see, and again, super dark and positive. I took a pregnancy test which looked negative but it was a dollar store test, and so based on a 28 day cycle, its still way too early to test… I had always been regular like clockwork, but I wonder if my cycles have changed after the hormone changes of the miscarriages? I guess its entirely possible!
According to Pink Pad, I'm on cd 19, and have 13 days until my period is due. I don't know what else to do except vent on my little micro blog. ha.
I'm so tempted to go buy some pregnancy tests. Maybe I will buy 13 just for some peace of mind. I like taking them, what can I say. Usually if I don't get a positive by the day my period is due, I know I am pretty much out for the month, because the last 2 times, I got early positives like a week before AF was due. It does make it a long wait, since that still means the earliest I will get a positive is like a week from now.
For some reason, Pink Pad has me on a 31 day cycle, but I really don't think my cycle is 31 days. I think its just that my body is trying to re-regulate itself after the d&c in December. So it thinks I ovulated yesterday, but I don't think I did.
Anywho- Another couple weeks of the waiting game.
Baby Showers Are Tough
Its hard for me to write this post without coming off as bitter or less than happy for my pregnant friends. I am super happy for all my friends that are pregnant and expecting their little babies but I am so sad for myself. So sad that sometimes I worry and wonder if the sadness will ever go away even after we do have a healthy baby (I assume it will).
The reason I would even write that going to baby showers is tough is because I know I am not alone in this. As someone who's had 2 miscarriages and currently ttc, I feel a particular kind of longing with each pregnancy announcement. I calculate how far along I would be at a particular stage, from our first pregnancy, I would be giving birth this week. From our second, I'd be showing. Instead, I'm in the longest two week wait of my life.
In one line, I can sum it up by saying I am thrilled for my friends and sad for myself. No one should have to feel that way, but we do and I know only God can get me through those hurt feelings, because there are no human answers.
So confused.
So today I am feeling so confused. I don't know if I feel weird, or if I am making up symptoms. My first pregnancy symptom has always been heartburn. And its either that, or I had too much coffee or pizza today, I don't know which. Plus, I texted Mike that I was listening to Pandora, to 2cellos song With or Without You (U2 cover) and I started crying! Like boohoo crying. Seriously. So, I am not going to make a big deal about it. Anything makes me cry these days. But I am definitely feeling weird.
I know its been like a month since I blogged. I guess if you're not pregnant its just no fun hanging around a blog with a bunch of pregnant ladies, and I didn't want to be the party pooper, you know, the one everyone feels bad for.
I didn't post an update, but we got the results from the genetic testing on the last pregnancy. The baby tested for the chromosomal abnormality trisomy 16, so there was next to no chance of any type of development or survival. I'm glad in that case that development stopped where it did.
Cycle woes.
The worst part of miscarrying is waiting for your cycle to get back on track. So, I've become that crazy person taking her basal body temp and peeing on ovulation testers. Its not necessarily to try and get pregnant again, but more so to know when (more or less) I am ovulating so we have a better idea when I do want to try again.
I have all the 'crazy ttc lady' props. Spiral notebook, scotch tape, thermometer on the nightstand, etc… But I swear, I am not crazy or ttc. LOL. I bought on amazon this great little kit of 100 ovulation strips and like 20 hcg pregnancy strips, which is awesome for like 17 bucks. I know its the cheap stuff, but its awesome for worry warts like me.
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Jan 2
Not much going on these days, except trying to get the apartment organized. I am a little depressed on and off, but more off these last few days, which feels like there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
I got really emotional at midnight on new years… Like an "I gotta get outta here" emotional, but I didn't get out. Mike's grandma cried too, so I don't feel so alone. I can only imagine what she was emotional about.
I told Mike I maybe want to try to get pregnant one more time, and would he be ok with that. He said yes, so I guess we'll see what next year brings.


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Low serum cholesterol and haemorrhagic stroke in men: Korea Medical Insurance Corporation Study.
I Suh; S H Jee; H C Kim; C M Nam; I S Kim; L J Appel (Profiled Author: Lawrence Appel)
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. firstname.lastname@example.com
Lancet 2001;357(9260):922-5.
BACKGROUND: In some prospective studies, haemorrhagic stroke occurs more frequently in individuals with low serum cholesterol than in those with higher concentrations. We aimed to determine whether low total serum cholesterol is an independent risk factor for haemorrhagic stroke (intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage) in South Korea, a country that has a population with relatively low concentrations of total serum cholesterol. METHODS: We measured total serum cholesterol and other cardiovascular risk factors in 114,793 Korean men, aged between 35-59 years in 1990 and 1992, in a prospective observational study. We used data obtained in 1992 for smoking and alcohol consumption. We divided total serum cholesterol into quintiles (<4.31 mmol/L, 4.31-<4.74, 4.74-<5.16, 5.16-<5.69 and > or = 5.69). Our primary outcomes were hospital admissions and deaths from intracerebral and subarachnoid haemorrhage in a 6 year follow-up between 1993 and 1998. FINDINGS: 528 men had a haemorrhagic stroke--372 intracerebral and 98 subarachnoid haemorrhage--and 58 were unspecified strokes. The relative risks of intracerebral haemorrhage in each quintile of total serum cholesterol (lowest to highest were: 1.22 (95% CI 0.88-1.69); 0.86 (0.60-1.21); 1.08 (0.78-1.48); and 1.03 (0.75-1.41). The corresponding relative risks for subarachnoid haemorrhage were: 1.44 (0.76-2.73); 1.13 (0.59-2.20); 1.21 (0.64-2.29); and 1.12 (0.59-2.14). INTERPRETATION: Low total serum cholesterol is not an independent risk factor for either intracerebral or subarachnoid haemorrhagic stroke in Korean men.
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1999S H Jee; I Suh; I S Kim; L J Appel
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2005Sun Ha Jee; L Ebony Boulware; Eliseo Guallar; Il Suh; Lawrence J Appel; Edgar R Miller
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2011Cari M Kitahara; Amy Berrington de González; Neal D Freedman; Rachel Huxley; Yejin Mok; Sun Ha Jee; Jonathan M Samet
Total cholesterol and cancer risk in a large prospective study in Korea.
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A search warrant was served at another location and additional evidence was seized, officials said.
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Jetpack Joyride Review (PlayStation Minis)
PlayStation Minis were made to be small, cheap, bite sized PlayStation fun that could be downloaded in seconds and enjoyed on your PS3, PSP and PS Vita and played anywhere. Sometimes they can be ports of popular smartphone games and that is the case with Jetpack Joyride. But how well does Halfbrick transfer over Jetpack Joyride to PlayStation devices? The answer: Very well!
In Jetpack Joyride, you are Barry Steakfries: A man stuck in a dead end job until he stumbles upon a secret facility where he discovers a machine gun jetpack (yes that's right, a jetpack that is propelled by firing two miniguns on the floor) which he decided to take. You then have to try and get as far as you can while collecting coins, dodging missiles, avoiding lazers and more.
You would imagine this would begin to get repetitive after a while but that is simply not the case. With the coins you collect you can purchase new gadgets that help during the game such as increasing gravity, turning into a bouncy ball when you die to gain distance, or magnates that attract coins. You can also buy boosts that can add effects such as a boost to a certain distance from the beginning or attract coins. Barry can also be customised with clothing as well as different Jetpacks like the Jetpack that fires $1000 bills in order to gain lift.
Missions and ranks help add longevity to the game by making you fulfil certain criteria in order to gain stars that help you rank up. This can be from narrowly avoiding missiles, getting to a certain distance, using gadgets and more. I found myself concentrating more on the missions rather than beating my high score due to the reward of completing them and kept me hooked on it longer. You will always have 3 missions to complete and once it is done then it is replaced with another so just when you thought they were all done, there is another challenge.
During the runs you can also collect a range of vehicles that act as both a shield in case you get hit but also a boost from the fire breathing metal dragon: "Mr Cuddles" to the Bad As Hog which lets Barry ride on a Harley while harbouring a shotgun gunning down scientists. They are wacky, fun and great to use. All with the exception of the teleporter, you don't get much control of it and be more of an annoyance than a beneficiary.
The game is very easy to pick up and play. The only button you need to be concerned about pressing while playing is the X button which controls thrust which means its very quick and easy to get into. This is really what a PS Mini should be like. A game which is not difficult to learn how to play and can be quick to get into. The graphics resemble that of the old Metal Slug games and has a very retro ascetic compared to the more polished graphical finish of Halfbricks other game Fruit Ninja.
All in all Jetpack Joyride is one of the best PlayStation Minis I have played and should be an essential to any PSP or PS Vita owner. Unlike many over games on the portables library, this game can be enjoyed whenever and wherever and doesn't require a substantial block of free time in order to play. But unlike other "5 minute thrills" this is a title you'll want to keep coming back to again and again. Jetpack Joyride is a game that is so simple to play but with an extremely catchy soundtrack and loads of re-playability.
The only problem is price… on Smartphones, Jetpack Joyride is now Free-To-Play while the PS Mini is around £3. Also updates for the smartphone version will unlikely carry over to the PlayStation Mini. I feel like this should have been on the new PlayStation Mobile suite as then it could be updated to keep up with the Smartphone version. If you don't mind paying up for the Minis version and really want it on your PlayStation device then get it as you will love it. Otherwise, it would probably be best to get it on the smartphone…


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Speed Camera was developed at DDB, Sydney, by executive creative director Matt Eastwood, creative director Steve Back, art directors /copywriters Ant & Alex, photographer Jason Loucas and retoucher Dennis Monk.


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Howard Oremland, RPh, MBA; Lauren G. Gallagher, MPH; John Schlie, PharmD; Dick Creager, MD, MPA; Anthony Palmieri, PharmD, MBA; Olga S. Matlin, PhD; and Steven M. Kymes, PhD
The past 2 decades have been marked by an increased awareness of the need for improved management of chronic pain and the aggressive marketing of new opioid formulations. This has been associated with an increased prevalence in prescribing of opioids, alongside an increase in the abuse of prescription drugs. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has described prescription drug abuse as the fastest-growing drug abuse problem in the United States.
Oxycontin (Purdue Pharmaceuticals, LP) is a controlled-release oxycodone first sold in 1995 and is today among the most widely prescribed opioid medications. The controlled-release formulation is expected to deter abuse, as the active ingredient is released over a specified time period, reducing the patient's ability to seek a "high" by taking more medication than prescribed. However, prescription drug abusers can achieve an enhanced high by chewing, crushing and snorting, or liquefying the pills. To inhibit this behavior Purdue developed an abuse deterrent technology version of Oxycontin that was approved for sale by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 2010; and in August 2010, the company began limiting sales exclusively to the abuse deterrent technology formulation.
A 2012 survey of 2566 opioiddependent patients conducted in part to assess the impact of the abuse deterrent technology on opioid abuse behavior reported that following release of the abuse deterrent formulation, there was indeed a decline in Oxycontin as a primary drug of abuse. However, this was accompanied by increased use of hydrocodone and other oxycodone agents, as well as increased use of high-potency agents such as fentanyl, hydromorphone and heroin.
We analyzed de-identified prescription drug claims to examine the impact of abuse deterrent formulations on the utilization of opioid medications. We specifically considered the impact of the introduction of an abuse deterrent formulation of controlled-release Oxycontin on medication utilization in a cohort of prescription drug benefit plan members who were long-term users of Oxycontin at the time of the release of the abuse deterrent formulation in August 2010.
This analysis was conducted using de-identified CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit claims data. Prescription drug benefit members who had at least 1 pharmacy claim in calendar years between 2009 and 2012 for medications commonly used to treat pain were selected for analysis (
Table 1
). Members with claims for antineoplastic medications were excluded to limit the analysis to members with pain not related to cancer. Our analyses were limited to opioid medications categorized as follows: Oxycontin, other oxycodones (including generic versions of Oxycontin), morphine sulfate, hydrocodone-acetaminophen combinations, and other opioid-based pain medications(eg, fentanyl, oxymorphone, tramadol).
We examined medication utilization rates among chronic and acute opioid users, measured as the number of prescriptions filled per 1000 eligible prescription drug benefit eligible members per year from 2009 to 2012. In addition, we examined utilization trends among chronic opioid users to identify changes in medication selection following introduction of abuse deterrent technology formulations in August 2010. For this second analysis we compared 2 cohorts: 1) patients who received at least a 90-day supply of Oxycontin during the 6 months before the introduction in 2010 of Oxycontin with abuse deterrent technology; and 2) a comparison group of patients who received at least a 90-day supply of Oxycontin during the 6 months prior to August 2009. Both cohorts were limited to members for whom Oxycontin was the only pain medication used during the 6-month look-back period. The outcomes of prescription drug use in the 12-month follow-up period (August to July) were: 1) patient remained on Oxycontin only; 2) patient discontinued all prescription opioid medications; 3) patient changed to a prescription opioid medication other than Oxycontin; and 4) patient added another prescription opioid to the Oxycontin regimen. We compared thpattern of utilization in the post period between these groups using the χ
statistic. All analyses were conducted using SAS 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina).
During each year from 2009 to 2012, approximately 4 million unique members from the analytic data set fi lled at least 1 prescription for an opioid pain medication and met our inclusion and exclusion criteria. The average age of members with a prescription for pain medication was 44.7 years (standard deviation ± 18.3) and 56% of opioid users were female.
Of the total prescriptions filled for opioid medication, over 99% were fi lled at retail pharmacies, 52% were for 10 days or less, and an additional 13% were for 11 to 20 days. Hydrocodone-acetaminophen combinations were the largest category of opioids, accounting for over half of all opioids prescribed. The overall rate of opioid use decreased by 8.3% between 2009 and 2012 (
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), with the even larger decreases observed in utilization of Oxycontin, morphine sulfate, and hydrocodoneacetaminophen combinations (19%, 10.5%, and 12.9% decreases, respectively).
The results of our analyses comparing a cohort of members who were Oxycontin users at the time abuse deterrent technology was introduced in August 2010 to a similar cohort of users in August 2009 are presented in
Table 3
. In both cohorts, approximately 10% discontinued use of all opioid medications during the year of follow-up. In the cohort that were chronic Oxycontin users in August 2009 (the year prior to the introduction of the abuse deterrent formulation), 2.2% of members switched to another opioid medication during the subsequent 12 months. Among members who were chronic Oxycontin users in August 2010 (when the new technology was introduced), 2.6% switched to a new opioid after the introduction of the abuse deterrent formulation. The differences between these cohorts were not statistically significant (
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Howard Oremland, RPh, MBA; Lauren G. Gallagher, MPH; John Schlie, PharmD; Dick Creager, MD, MPA; Anthony Palmieri, PharmD, MBA; Olga S. Matlin, PhD; and Steven M. Kymes, PhD
The authors examined trends in the utilization of prescription opioid medication following introduction of abuse deterrent technology for Oxycontin.
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Cabal Cut is now Extended Director's Cut of "NIGHTBREED," Coming in 2014
Scream Factory, the boutique cult and horror offshoot from Shout! Factory, swiftly blew many away this past July with the announcement they'd release the storied "Cabal Cut" of NIGHTBREED. A longer version that reinstates long lost material, the cut becomes a different film that finally restores the vision of Clive Barker in adapting CABAL. Now made official via things that makes things official like contracts, it's been revealed that the much anticipated NIGHTBREED Extended Director's Cut will not only hit DVD & Blu-ray, but digital distribution as well.
"I had a dream about the tribes of the moon. They would live in a city called Midian and, though they were monsters of every shape and size, they would be the heroes of a movie called NIGHTBREED," says legendary author Barker. "However, when I made the movie, the studio was not comfortable with this inversion of the classic structure. They wanted the monsters to be simple-minded scare machines, while I wanted them to be the dark side of all of us, mysterious and misunderstood. Finally, with this new version of NIGHTBREED, which contains over forty five minutes of previously unseen material, my original vision has been realized. Come with me to Midian, the city of monsters. The tribes of the moon await us."
Apparently in need of fine tuning now that the excised material has been restored, work is underway for NIGHTBREED The Extended Director's Cut, and we, much like you, can't wait to see it.
For more on NIGHTBREED and its history, see the Cabal Cut teaser below and visit the official site of the movement which helped bring this version to life, Occupy Midian.
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I've been waiting many years to finally see a longer cut of Nightbreed ever since reading in Fangoria way back when how much was cut out of the film. I refused to buy a copy on VHS or DVD, hoping one day a fuller version would come out. Thanks to everyone who made this happen.
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Report from the Commission - Directorate-general for humanitarian aid (ECHO) - Annual Report 2008 {SEC(2009)825) /* COM/2009/0290 final */
[pic] | COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES | Brussels, 1.7.2009 COM(2009) 290 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid - (ECHO) Annual Report 2008 {SEC(2009)825) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 3 2. General policy aspects 4 3. Global overview of DG ECHO's humanitarian operations in 2008 5 3.1. Overall situation 5 3.2. Main interventions in 2008 by region and allocation of funds 7 3.3. Comparative analysis 8 3.4. Disaster Risk Reduction including disaster preparedness activities 9 3.5. Linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD) 9 3.6. Main partners in the humanitarian operations 9 4. Relations with Stakeholders 10 5. Other activities 10 6. Conclusion 11 Annexe : The annexe provides further details on: - A country by country overview of humanitarian operations; - Relations with stakeholders; - Results of evaluations and; - Financial tables. 1. INTRODUCTION The European Union's humanitarian aid policy reflects its founding principles – solidarity, tolerance and respect for human dignity. Humanitarian aid, while not a crisis management tool, is one of the pillars of Community action for countries affected by natural or man made disasters as well as by complex emergencies[1]. Through its activities in disaster areas and its active contribution to promote respect for and adherence to International Humanitarian Law[2], the European Commission has asserted itself as a major player in international humanitarian aid. Today it is the largest single donor in operations providing assistance, relief and protection to populations in third countries affected by humanitarian crises. The Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid[3] (DG ECHO) is the service of the European Commission responsible for providing humanitarian assistance to the people affected by conflicts or disasters, both natural and man-made, in third countries. This general objective contributes to the strategic objective of the Commission " Europe as a world partner " included in the general objective of External relations[4], set out by the European Union (EU) Treaty. DG ECHO defends the humanitarian space and principles, which are increasingly under threat, by maintaining a high level of engagement in the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD[5]) principles, remaining committed to high quality assistance and maintaining a transparent dialogue with other key players. DG ECHO does not implement assistance programmes itself. It is a donor who implements its mission by funding Community humanitarian actions through partners who have signed either the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) such as European NGOs and International Organisations (Red Cross family) or the Financial and Administrative Framework Agreement (FAFA) for the UN agencies. DG ECHO's task is to ensure that goods and services get to crisis zones fast through its partners. The rapidity of aid delivery is facilitated by special provisions in the Financial Regulation and their implementing measures. These structural arrangements also enable DG ECHO to deploy technical assistants (ECHO experts) in the field thereby ensuring identification of vulnerable sections of society, an accurate assessment of needs, a rapid identification of suitable partners and projects to meet such needs. This is followed up by on-the-spot monitoring of partners' and projects' progress in order to ensure sound financial management in support of the declaration of assurance that resources have been used for their intended purpose. Based on its experience in responding to disasters, DG ECHO also works at promoting disaster preparedness in order to reduce both vulnerability and exposure of people to risks and disasters as well as to reduce the economic costs of such disasters. With a view to the effective discharge of its mandate, DG ECHO may support – where appropriate and necessary – capacity building measures of its implementing partners. The current report is being issued in compliance with the requirement of art. 19 of the Humanitarian Aid regulation: "At the close of each financial year, the Commission shall submit an annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council with a summary of operations financed in the course of that year. The summary shall contain information concerning the agencies with which humanitarian operations have been implemented. The report shall also include a review of any outside assessment exercises which may have been conducted on specific operations". This report sums up DG ECHO's main activities implemented in 2008. The annex provides an extensive overview of the operations funded in the various countries and regions where DG ECHO provides assistance through its partners and statistics extracted from the 2008 financial report[6]. 2. GENERAL POLICY ASPECTS Although the humanitarian situation throughout the world does not change drastically from one year to the next, humanitarian needs continue to remain high and interventions are increasing in terms of frequency. In the last decade, the number of natural disasters has increased substantially, mainly due to the effects of climate change. Nine out of every ten disasters are now climate-related[7] and over the past two decades, the number of recorded disasters has doubled. Natural events often turn out to be disasters, because of the high level of vulnerability and lack of coping capacity of populations, in particular in developing countries. In parallel to these disasters whose origin is partly found in human behaviour, the number of conflicts has not changed significantly but tend to last longer and increasingly destructive. The consequence is an increasing demand on global humanitarian aid. The challenge humanitarian donors like DG ECHO face is to keep a necessary equilibrium between the funding of actions aimed at prevention of humanitarian disasters and quick response to emergencies, be they natural or man-made. On a policy level, the signing of the European Consensus[8] on Humanitarian Aid by the Presidents of the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission in December 2007, followed by the adoption of an action plan[9] , is a considerable step forward for the European Union which has finally given itself a common set of values, principles and objectives intended to strengthen the coherence of its overall humanitarian action. The Consensus stresses the importance of the principle of diversity of the implementing partners and, as such, recognises that each of these bodies has comparative advantages in the response to specific situations or circumstances. As part of the implementation of the action plan, a conference on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) was held at the European Parliament on 16th September 2008. The objective of this conference was to widen awareness raising to IHL violations and explore, in the framework of the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid, ways to better promote respect of IHL at European Union's level. Finally, in March, the Commission adopted a communication on " reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity ", to respond to increasing challenges whether they come from natural disasters or man-made crises and in order to reinforce the Union's capacity to provide civil protection and humanitarian assistance either on its own territory or in third countries. 3. GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF DG ECHO'S HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN 2008 3.1. Overall situation Through its Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid (DG ECHO), the Commission provides humanitarian assistance to the victims of natural or man-made disasters in third countries, on the sole basis of humanitarian needs. This year, the Commission's needs-based response to humanitarian crises in over 60 countries was channelled through 90 funding decisions, totalling €937 million . The initial budget of €751 million was reinforced on several occasions in order to respond to new crises and natural disasters occurring during the year and also, most importantly, in order to reply to soaring food prices. In 2008, DG ECHO had to deal with the effect of soaring food prices . As a result of the surge in the prices of basic food aid products and oil, the cost of responding to the humanitarian needs identified for 2008 escalated significantly. Furthermore, the poor populations' vulnerability to crises increased as they have to devote more of their limited resources to food purchases. In order to tackle the short-term effect of rising food prices, the budget for DG ECHO's emergency food assistance almost doubled in 2008, with additional resources drawn from the Emergency Aid Reserve. At the end of the year, the food aid budget was €363 million, allowing aid to reach out to more than 25 million people. In addition to the food crisis, natural disasters accentuated by climate change, continue to increase both in frequency and severity, affecting more frequently and more severely already vulnerable populations. Natural disasters created serious damage in the following geographical areas in 2008: cyclones/hurricanes in the Caribbean region, affecting Haiti, Bahamas, Cuba, Madagascar and in Burma/Myanmar; droughts in the Horn of Africa, Sahel, Republic of Moldova, Paraguay, Honduras and Palestinian territories; earthquake in China; epidemics in Benin, Latin America and the Caribbean; floods in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nepal, Namibia, India and Yemen; period of extreme cold in Peru and Bolivia and typhoons in Laos and Vietnam. The Commission had to respond speedily to help thousands of suffering people, who in some cases already affected by other crises. In terms of " man-made" crises, the conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in South Ossetia in August led to emergency intervention in favour of the population affected by this new conflict. Kenya was affected by widespread political turmoil following the disputed presidential elections. The post-election violence led to the displacement of more than 500,000 people. In 2008, Yemen experienced an escalation of the internal conflict in the north of the country. In August, the failed signature of a peace agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Government of Philippines sparked renewed fighting in the southern island of Mindanao, causing the displacement of more than 550,000 people. At year end, around 320,000 people remained displaced, with no perspective of a solution in sight. Finally, in Sri Lanka , the government revoked the 2002 ceasefire agreement and intensified their offensive in the north of the country. In addition to these new crises, the Commission had to manage worsening humanitarian situations often involving protracted, complex emergencies dating from previous years. The two main examples are Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through its humanitarian aid budget – food aid included –, the EU provided humanitarian assistance to an estimated 143 million beneficiaries in third countries[10]. In addition, 18.5 million of people were supported in respect of disaster preparedness, by strengthening community resilience and local response capacity. The Commission allocated a total of €552 million (i.e. 58.9% of its total final budget) to ACP countries, the largest recipient of DG ECHO's funding, followed by Asia and Latin America (€192 million – 20.5%) and Eastern Europe, New Independent States, Middle East and Mediterranean countries (€156 million – 16.3%). The application of needs-based principles[11] has led to the following geographical breakdown[12] of the funds committed for humanitarian aid in 2008 (in '000): Humanitarian assistance in 2008 | Unit/Region | Total | % | A/1: Africa, Caribbean, Pacific | 551 847 | 58.9% | Sudan and Chad | 197 000 | Horn of Africa | 167 897 | Central & Southern Africa, Indian Ocean | 126 200 | West Africa | 39 100 | Caribbean | 21 650 | A/2: New Independent States, Middle East, Mediterranean | 152 635 | 16.3% | Middle East, Mediterranean | 124 860 | Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia | 27 775 | A/3: Asia & Latin America | 192 327 | 20.5% | South Asia | 94 257 | South East & East Asia | 64 000 | Latin America | 34 070 | Non-geographic instruments | 39 833 | Capacity building, grants & services, DREF[13] decision and other | 7 021 | 0.7% | Technical Assistance | 25 000 | 2.7% | Support Expenditure | 7 812 | 0.8% | TOTAL | 936 642 | 100% | . For 2008, of the 41 countries currently experiencing a crisis as defined by the evaluation, 15 have been considered as extremely vulnerable: of which 11 in Africa, the others being Afghanistan, Chechnya (Russian Federation), East Timor and Yemen. In conformity with the methodology used, DG ECHO committed in 2008 85% of its initial planned budget on the main line for humanitarian aid (23.02.01) in priority areas of high humanitarian needs . DG ECHO's aid strategy continues to focus on forgotten crises ( situations where major humanitarian needs receive little attention on the part of donors - reflected by the low level of aid received - and the media). DG ECHO's analysis and methodology for identifying forgotten crises is based on both quantitative data (lack of media coverage or low donor support combined with high needs) and qualitative factors (field assessment by DG ECHO experts and desk officers). For more detail on forgotten crises, see annex, part II. The results of Global Needs and Forgotten Crises assessments can be found on the Europa website http://ec.europa.eu/echo/policies/strategy_en.htm. 3.2. Main interventions in 2008 by region and allocation of funds The Commission had to deal with a high number of natural disasters and man-made crises, but also with worsening humanitarian situations, sometimes protracted, complex emergencies already existing in previous years. D.R. Congo , for example, has posed a significant challenge to humanitarian organisations over a number of years with recurrent outbreaks of fighting in the east of the country causing hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes. The Darfur region in Sudan is considered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and consequently the international humanitarian aid effort is enormous. The lives of millions of people depend on external aid. Interventions listed in the following sections are detailed in annexe – part III. 3.2.1. Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP countries) In 2008, DG ECHO allocated its largest funding to Sudan with a total of €167 million and to the Democratic Republic of Congo (€45.5 million + €8 million for the ECHO FLIGHT service). The other major interventions in Africa which required more than €20 million of funding were, Somalia (€44 million), Chad (€30 million), regional drought preparedness programme (€30 million), Zimbabwe (€25 million) and Ethiopia (€40 million). 3.2.2. Middle East and NIS The Commission continued its response to the serious humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip which did not show any improvement in 2008, in spite of the resumption of structural assistance to the Palestinian Authority in December 2007. In addition to the political situation, the most vulnerable segments of the Palestinian population in the West Bank were affected by two climatic events: frost and drought. Funding of €82.8 million was provided to cover food needs of the most vulnerable population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. €30 million was also used to respond to the humanitarian and food needs resulting from the Iraqi crisis for beneficiaries inside and outside Iraq. In the Northern Caucasus, the Commission pursued its funding to the victims of the Chechnya conflict in approving a total amount of €11 million. 3.2.3. Asia €39 million was allocated to help people in Burma/Myanmar affected by cyclone Nargis which hit the country, €36.3 million targeted vulnerable people affected by the conflicts and natural disasters in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. €20.15 million was allocated to people affected by natural disasters in Bangladesh (rodent infestation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, remaining needs from cyclone Sidr which hit the country at the end of 2007, heavy monsoon rains at the end of September 2008, combined with heavy water surges resulting in water-logging in the South-West). An additional €351,000 was allocated to support the (Burmese) Rohingya refugees present in Bangladesh. 3.2.4. Latin America Finally, €34 million were allocated to Latin America of which €12.5 million for the victims of the Colombian conflict and the rest in response to several natural disasters, such as the La Niña phenomenon in Bolivia and Ecuador, drought in Paraguay and Honduras, cold waves in Bolivia and Peru and floods in Guatemala and Honduras. 3.3. Comparative analysis In the chart below, the comparative analysis of the geographical distribution of funding decisions for the period 2004-2008 shows that the relative share of the funding to ACP countries is continuously increasing, apart from 2005, when this trend was reversed, leaving the lion's share of funding for Asia for the two main crises in that part of the world: the tsunami and the earthquake in Kashmir. If one looks at a five-year perspective, it should also be pointed out that the funding for the various regions and areas of the world is very variable, which confirms that DG ECHO intervention is by nature and definition short-term oriented. It should also be noted that over 96% of the humanitarian aid budget is for funding humanitarian operations, whereas less then 4% is for support and administrative expenditure (information, audits, evaluations, support staff, etc.). See annex, section VIII. [pic] 3.4. Disaster Risk Reduction including disaster preparedness activities As part of its mandate, DG ECHO finances activities to prepare for and reduce risks faced by the most vulnerable communities and those most exposed to natural disasters. Considering the increasing awareness of the importance of preparedness, the substantial rise in the number and intensity of disasters over the last decades and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015 that calls for all governments and international organisations to prioritise and invest in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), DG ECHO has stepped up its funding for community-based disaster preparedness over the past years and is prepared to further refine its approach. Whilst remaining within the limits of its humanitarian mandate, DG ECHO can support a multitude of actions by making use of its proven strengths. DG ECHO's contribution to DRR is channelled through its DIPECHO programme, drought preparedness initiatives, the integration of disaster preparedness measures in relief operations and advocacy efforts. There are two main ideas at the core of DG ECHO's disaster preparedness approach: on the one hand, making communities more aware of the risks they face and, on the other hand, increasing their resilience. At the same time, activities have been started which are intended to strengthen capacities of the local public institutions responsible for protecting their populations. Disaster preparedness activities are implemented through a wide range of partners who are working in close collaboration with local organisations, which makes access to the most vulnerable and marginalised communities easier. With its new action plan launched in South East Africa, DG ECHO is now present in seven regions of the world particularly prone to natural disasters. 3.5. Linking relief, rehabilitation and development (LRRD) DG ECHO's assistance also aims at facilitating, together with other aid instruments, the return of populations to self-sufficiency wherever and whenever possible, and to permit the phasing out of DG ECHO funding in good conditions. In that perspective, DG ECHO is actively engaged in implementing a linkage strategy between relief, rehabilitation and development "LRRD" and in developing stronger cooperation with other Commission services or donors. 3.6. Main partners in the humanitarian operations The humanitarian aid provided by DG ECHO is implemented through partners. DG ECHO works with about 200 non-governmental organisations, United Nations agencies and International Organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies. Having a wide and diverse range of partners is important for DG ECHO, ensuring efficient coverage of an increasing list of needs all over the world. DG ECHO has developed close working relationships with its partners at the level of both policy issues and management of humanitarian operations. In 2008, DG ECHO implemented its humanitarian operations through NGOs (44%), United Nations agencies (46%) and International organisations (10%). During the year, DG ECHO reviewed, reassessed and refined the partnership agreements governing relations with its partners, by streamlining the procedures without compromising the control over the monitoring and supervision of the aid delivered. In doing so, the effectiveness of humanitarian aid has been maintained. For more details on the annual spread between families of partners, see annexe section VIII.5. 4. RELATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS As in previous years, DG ECHO pursued its active relationship with other European Institutions, Member States and International Organisations and continued to promote respect for international humanitarian law and humanitarian principles (humanity, impartiality, non-discrimination and neutrality). It also ensured that the obligation to respect the humanitarian space during emergencies has been taken into account in the European and international debate. DG ECHO consolidated a solid working relationship with the Humanitarian 'Rapporteur' of the European Parliament. Close contacts with the French and the incoming Czech Presidencies were pursued. In this regard, work has taken on particular importance with the creation of a new Council Working Group on Humanitarian and Food aid. In the framework of its relations with non-EU donors, DG ECHO maintained contacts with the US including the organisation of a Strategic Partnership Dialogue (SPD) as well as other meetings and pursued its relations with other key donors. Finally, DG ECHO continued to ensure representation and visibility of the humanitarian perspective in UN fora and ensured that EU co-ordinated positions, resolutions and statements in UN bodies reflect the EC policy. More details on these stakeholders are given in annexe – section V. 5. OTHER ACTIVITIES In the context of its activities, DG ECHO has also to deal with other issues to support delivery and quality of Humanitarian Aid: 1. Development of a DG ECHO security and safety policy for staff involved in the delivery of humanitarian aid; 2. Support to the reinforcement of partners' institutional capacities in some specific areas to improve their capacity to respond quickly and efficiently to emergencies through capacity building programmes; 3. Strengthening of its rapid response capacity in the field by organising multi-sectoral teams; 4. Communication strategy and information and 5. On training initiatives, DG ECHO supports the " Network on Humanitarian Assistance" (NOHA) which offers a multi-disciplinary post-graduate diploma. Details of these activities are given in Annex – section VI. 6. CONCLUSION DG ECHO continued to respond speedily to unforeseen events in order to help thousands of suffering people sometimes already affected by long term crises. These long and increasingly destructive conflicts have dramatic consequences not only on the current populations who are permanently dependent of humanitarian assistance but also on future generations. If climate change is the most important factor in the increase of humanitarian needs, global food crisis is the immediate problem. Added to the world financial and economic crisis, it is foreseen that many developing countries will reach the critical poverty level. Any decrease in international investments and assistance due to the crisis would particularly affect the most vulnerable regions. Since its creation DG ECHO has continuously adapted its strategy so that its aid reaches the most needy populations. It is clear that the current geopolitical context poses new challenges. One is to protect a threatened humanitarian space and to promote adherence to International Humanitarian Law by all parties involved in an armed conflict. Another is the need to ensure coherence between increasing number of actors in order to bring effective and appropriate aid to those in need. Finally, on the political side, the effort of co-ordination launched by the signing of a European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid – and the adoption of the action plan for its implementation – will allow DG ECHO to mark its ambition to actively contribute to the definition of a humanitarian policy and to strategic questions regarding the capacity to provide appropriate and effective humanitarian aid where most needed. [1] COM(2008) 130, Reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity [2] http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/section_ihl_in_brief?OpenDocument [3] See Council Regulation n° 1257/96 [4] Article 21 Para 2.g of the EU Treaty [5] http://www.goodhumanitariandonorship.org/ [6] Available at http://ec.europa.eu/echo/funding/key_figures/echo_en.htm [7] The Economist's, J. Holmes, "The Year in 2009", More help now, please (p. 110) [8] OJ C 25 – 30/1/2008 [9] SEC(2008)1991 – May 2008 [10] Out of this figure, DG ECHO assisted 13.5 million IDPs on the total amount of 26 million reported – www.internal-displacement.org (IDMC, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, Global overview of Trends and Developments in 2007) [11] DG ECHO delivers its aid on the basis of humanitarian needs assessment using two complementary indices: the crisis index and the vulnerability index explained in part II of the annex [12] Breakdown by budget line of the total committed in 2008 is available in part VIII [13] Disaster Relief Emergency Fund


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