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Cain Velasquez, Chad Mendes And Mike Pyle Learn Some Australian Rules Football.
golly look at the size of the guy next to Mendes he is huge.
cain looks liek a midget lololol
lol nm actually watching the video he is not that big at all just looks that way in the photo and prolly cuz he's mext to 5'3 Mendes lol.
not trying to be a dick or anything just pointing out Cains last name was spelled wrong:)
Bruno: Fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.
lol Mendez and Cain don't look like they have almost 100 lb weight difference.
i can't undestand how cain is a heavyweight…
he looks small
going to a Aussie rules game is fun and (in QLD anyways) heaps of women show up without boyfriends
Those guys are used to kickin balls!
so why exactly does mike pyle look bigger than cain?
Wow Cain kicked the ball once and he was like"F*** that I'm not playing with a ball I'm an adult".
Yeah it's odd.We already knew Cain was a pretty small HW but in a shirt he looks even smaller.There should be a HW and Super HW weight class for guys his size.He can't be a 260 pounds guy and he's too big for 205.
F*** I was hoping I'd get to see those boys actually play some rugby.
I guess I've never watched Australian rules football. Is it fun watching them bounce, kick, and hit a ball with their fist through a toilet seat?


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More Fun Facts About Max Schneider
Be honest, you've always wanted to know more about How to Rock's Max Schneider. And now you can! The star let Alloy in on five facts we might not know about him from his middle name to what he always carries on him to his favorite beverage, he spilled it all!
With out further ado, here's some facts you might not know about Max Schneider according the the guy himself:
"One, I had an African coming of age ceremony instead of a barmitzvah when I was 13... long story, I'll probably tell you another time."
"Number two, my middle name is George, Maxwell George Schneider."
"Number three, I bring my ukulele everywhere I go, play a little music in the park, always have it with me."
"Number four, I love zip lining, anywhere in the world, it's my favorite thing to do, I love doing that."
"I love coffee, it's one of my favorite things in the world and I love tasting different coffees. And I love you guys!"
Awww, well isn't he sweet? Now we know when he's not zipping from coffee shop to coffee shop, he's playing sweet jams on his ukulele!


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Gifford is awesome. He's funny as hell and cool to hang out with. His classes are largely based on Plato, which you will come out of VT having read the works of maybe 8 times. He runs his class as an open discussion, but he gets a lesson across anyways. Smart guy. A little disorganized. But cool.
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I am in Thailand and we have excellent herbal shops here. I just looked up the name of this one in Thai ( yaa tai bai ) and tomorrow I will go see if they have it :)
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Unit 9: Similarity
Essential Questions:
- Why do scale models work?
- Why is similarity so important in the real world?
- How do we know when figures are similar?
- AA Postulate
- SSS and SAS Similarity Theorems
- Right triangle similarities (altitude drawn from the right angle to the hypotenuse).
- Geometric mean
- Ratios between similar figures: lengths, areas, and volumes
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- Proof: Similarity thoeorms -> Angle bisector theorem, side-splitter theroem
- Solving proportions between similar figures.
- Apply similarity to fractal problems.


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Florida Food Stamp benefits may be going down November 1st
FLORIDA -- More than three and a half million Floridians could see their food stamp benefits cut on November 1st.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program -- also known as SNAP, or food stamps -- got a bit of a boost in 2009 because of the Recovery Act.
But that financial boost is set to expire this November.
That means families may be looking for alternative ways to put some food on the table.
So area food banks are getting ready for the impact, but they aren't as prepared as they would like to be.
We are down in donations of food by about 30,000 pounds. That's significant for us.
And while a lot of people give during the holidays, we also see a lot of folks coming in for the holidays, too."
Manna Food Pantries gave out about a million pounds of food last year in Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties.
It relies on volunteers and donations to function.


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MORE than 600 concerned parents, residents and staff at Castle Park School in Kendal signed a petition pledging their support for the installation of traffic lights on nearby Sedbergh Road.
Pupils Connor Davis and Darcey Looker handed over the petition, signed by 670 people, to Cumbria County Councillor Geoff Cook, chairman of South Lakes Local Committee.
Headteacher Helen Richardson said: "We already have a crossing outside the school but we need those traffic lights at Sedbergh Road. Cars come down the hill too fast, they do not stop, they do not see children crossing until it's too late. And the road is getting busier and busier."
Connor and Darcey appealed to councillors at the meeting to 'help us have a safe journey to school'.
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According to CBS SportsLine, our starters are Amar'e (C), Randolph (PF), Gallo (SF), Walker (SG) and Felton (PG). I don't see Walker starting at the 2, even with Buike hurting. They also have Chandler backing up Randolph at PF. I certainly don't see that happening either. And Amar'e has said he wants to play the PF primarily.
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Turiaf - C
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NEW YORK (AP) - A $400 million makeover is giving New York's iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st century style.
And some preservationists aren't happy about it. They see the overhaul of America's biggest department store as scrapping classic Beaux Arts and Art Deco touches in favor of the latest trend in retail design - something like an Apple computer store.
Preservationist Theodore Grunewald says it's about protecting the store's cultural and architectural heritage.
But Macy's officials say it is premature to compare the renovation to Apple. Work will not be completed until 2015. They also stress they will revive some of the building's distinctive original features.
The flagship of Ohio-based Macy's is best known for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and as the inspiration for the 1947 Christmas film, "Miracle on 34th Street."
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A Eye-Opening Range of Roots
(Arrowhead grows in marshes, is harvested in fall and early winter, and is a starchy corm - which is a swollen stem end of a plant rather than a true root or tuber - with higher protein, mineral, and fiber levels than the similar starchy potato or taro. Arrowhead can be prepared much like potatoes, as evidenced in the recipe for Arrowhead Leek Soup and Roasted Lemongrass Chicken with Arrowhead. It is particularly prized a as New Year's food in Japan.)
From Andean tubers (various special potato varieties) and Arrowhead, Roots alphabetically and quite elegantly moves to beets, burdock root, carrots, celery root, crosne, galangal, ginger, horseradish, Jerusalem artichokes, jicama, lotus root, malanga, parsley root, parsnips, potatoes, radishes, rutabagas, salsify, sweet potatoes, taro, turmeric, turnips, wasabi, water chestnuts, yams, and yuca. Each chapter introduces the vegetable and contains about ten recipes for using it in simple to slightly more sophisticated ways.
Perfect Local Eating Handbook
For all those try-to-be locavores in chilly climes, Roots seems to be a must-have for getting through the long winter months when storage vegetables like potatoes, beets, and carrots are a local eater's best friends. Sure, there's a lovely recipe for Celery Root Rémoulade and a Cream of Celery Root Soup, which are two fairly obvious and common uses for celery root, the hairy bulb available from mid-fall through winter in many regions. But there is also a Celery Root Purée With Pear and Truffled Celery Root Flan With Bacon Garnish - two ways to mix up how you use one particular root vegetable, but also a jumping off point for how you might use others.
While Roots call itself a "definitive compendium" (a daring stand to take about oneself!), I see it more as a source of real inspiration. It's part love letter to root vegetables and part intimate portrait that details why underground edibles are lovelier and tastier than they often get credit for.


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I've been waiting many months to play an Xbox Kinect game I actually wanted to shout about. Fruit Ninja Kinect is it. All it took was a fortnight to get round to shouting about it »
On an upcoming archaeological dig in Jordan, University of California, San Diego students will have to make room in their luggage -- alongside the trowels and shovels -- for a Microsoft Kinect »
Electronic Arts has written a blog post to explain how gamers can get in on the current Alpha and upcoming Beta tests for Battlefield 3 »
Students in Switzerland have combined two of Wired.co.uk's favourite things: Kinect and quadrocopters »
Game developers and app creators of all stripes and all sizes are cottoning on to the idea that free games can still pay »
E3, gaming's monster week-long tradeshow, has now officially kicked off Companies like Microsoft and EA have held their conferences, we saw our first glimpse at Nintendo's Wii U controller and we learned the official price of the PlayStation Vita »
The Xbox 360 dashboard will receive a complete redesign this year (its second since launch), with Kinect integration, better game invites, cloud storage for saved games, YouTube videos and Bing Search »
Battlefield 3, the explosive war sim from DICE, will beat Modern Warfare 3 to shop shelves by two whole weeks, EA announced at its E3 keynote »
If robots, interactive art pieces and dancing games haven't convinced you to get Kinect yet, Microsoft's epic barrage of camera-enabled titles from E3 might just force your arm »
Microsoft has plenty of promise and potential to live up to. This time, it's with the motion-sensing Kinect camera for Xbox 360 »
E3, the biggest event on any gamer's calender, is just around the corner. The three-day-long, Los Angeles expo kicks off proper on 7 June »
Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 after a bunch of websites got their mitts on leaked secrets and spoilers about the game »
To celebrate the spiny little urchin's big anniversary, Sega has announced an all-new game: Sonic Generations »
Valve's mind-melting sci-fi puzzler Portal 2 has hit Steam a few days early after ardent fans raced through an ARG and pumped countless hours into a selection of indie games »
Ben "Heck" Heckendorn has fashioned his latest mutation: a vintage Atari 2600-style shell with the guts of an Xbox 360 »
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft will cease to introduce new versions of the troubled MP3 player to concentrate more heavily on ventures like Windows Phone 7 »
Guinness World Records has announced that Kinect, the Xbox 360's motion-sensing controller, has become the fastest selling consumer electronics device in history »
UK retailer GAME is trialling a new system that lets frugal gamers get their hands on cheap, pre-owned games, just a week after they come out »
Epic Games' gory sci-fi trilogy Gears of War will see its final instalment launch on 20 September, publisher Microsoft has announced »
Microsoft will release an official software development kit for its Xbox 360 Kinect motion-sensing peripheral this spring »
Mobile retailer Phones 4u has launched a contract that lets customers upgrade their handset as often as every six months, without egregious upfront costs »
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These days wearing the jersey of the team he rooted for as a child counts as fair punishment for losing a bet with Boyz II Men, at least when you're the regular season MVP of the team that lost it is. That is what Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will have to do for the next seven days as his team could not overcome the staunch defense of the San Francisco 49ers in a 30-22 loss on Sunday.
Rodgers invited Boyz II Men to Lambeau Field when Nathan Morris of the popular R&B group offered the bet. My personal opinion is that it would have been more of a punishment to ask Rogers to wear a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey, since the guy grew up in California anyway and rooted for the 49ers. That said I'm sure that Rogers teammates are taking every opportunity to poke fun at him. While having a moment to sit back and think about it, I couldn't help but think of other bets they could placed that would have been a little bit more fun and entertaining for us fans, here are just a few:
Aaron Rodgers Should Play As A 49er… Against Green Bay
While I doubt the crew at Boyz II Men have enough star power left in their careers to make this happen, wouldn't it be something if they could? Just imagine, last year's regular-season MVP playing for the team he grew up watching against the team that pays his salary…oh the irony! Plus that move would have its benefits on both sides of the football. First of all the Green Bay Packers would be able to work on their defensive schemes as the best quarterback in the NFL would be ripping apart his own team. Secondly we clearly know that the San Francisco 49ers don't exactly favor Alex Smith all that much because they went after Peyton Manning last year. Since they did not get Peyton as they had hoped they now would have an excuse to bench Alex and court the true golden boy they desire in Aaron Rodgers. All is well that ends well.
Rodgers Gets A Tatoo Of The 49ers Logo On His Forehead
There is no question that getting a tattoo on your forehead screams convicted criminal. But as long as you're the MVP and you never get caught for performance-enhancing drugs, this is something that you could get away with. Besides, I'm sure there are plenty of 49ers fans that already have a tattoo of their favorite team somewhere on their bodies, why should Aaron Rodgers be any different? Since Aaron Rodgers is such a popular player I am sure that he could score a great deal from some guy who treats his body like a canvas and leaves permanent imprints on people for a living.
But What If Aaron Rodgers Won The Bet?
Let's face it, with the Green Bay Packers having home field advantage in Sunday's game many people probably thought they would beat the 49ers and they were the statistical favorite after all, so what if they had won? Normally I would say that being in a boy band as a career is punishment enough, but Boyz II Men really did have a classic sound that everyone loved back in the day so we would have to take things a step further. If Aaron Rodgers has to wear his childhood favorite teams jersey for a week as punishment for losing to them in a game, Boyz II Men should be forced to perform for free at the concert of their favorite childhood boy bands, the always classic Beach Boys.
See you all again next time and may the winners be yours.
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Five arrested over Newcastle crash
Five people have been arrested after a man was hit by a car in Newcastle in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Police were called to the incident on the B1318 Great North Road, near Jesmond at 2:27am. The 19-year-old pedestrian sustained potentially life-threatening injuries, and remains in a critical condition at the Royal Victoria Infirmary.
Three men, aged 28, 20 and 19, and two women, both 20, have all been arrested in connection with the crash.
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When sent this will be one of the hardest and best lines at Sheep Nose. I know several individuals who have made it about half way up the face to a point a little to the right of the shallow scoop where it appears you have to make a huge move up and left to a sidepull and somehow use it.
Right of Into Thin Air and left of Scarry, steep shallow scoop.
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Tewksbury High attempted the near-impossible and then went out and accomplished it Saturday night, taking first place in two individual running events at the Merrimack Valley Conference championships at Lowell's Cawley Stadium.
Bridle won the her third consecutive MVC 400-meter dash championship in 59.30 seconds and came back less than 30 minutes later to run the 100-meter dash, winning that event in 12.74 seconds and making history in the process.
"You never get a double winner (in two track events) at the league meet," "This is the first year that running two individual events has been allowed at the MVC meet, but the schedule makes it so difficult that no other sprinter, male or female, even tried it. So obviously this was something that had never been done, or even attempted, before."
Up until this year, runners were only allowed to compete in one individual race, one field event and one relay at the MVC meet. But the 2011 rules were amended to allow runners to compete in two track events, if they could pull it off.
"It's almost impossible to do, particularly a 400/100 double," Byrnes said. "There's just not enough time to recover from the 400 in time to do well in the 100. On top of that, most 400 kids aren't powerful enough to run the 100, and most 100 kids don't have the endurance to run the 400."
Fortunately for Bridle, meet officials inserted a 15-minute break between the 400 and the 100, giving the Tewksbury High speedster time to recover. Bridle was the only girl in the 400-meters to break 60 seconds, besting Andover's Sydney Eberth by a full second. But that's when things got tough.
"There's no way I thought I could win both," Bridle said afterward. "It usually takes me a good half hour of just lying on the ground to recover from the 400. There's no way I thought I could be ready in time for the 100."
But Bridle's coach thought differently, escorting her back into the infield almost immediately after the 400, and getting her preparations for the 100 started.
"Byrnes just told me to get my mind off the 400 and get ready for the 100, so I did," Bridle said. "He rubbed out my calves (to get rid of the tightness from the 400) so I felt pretty good."
Bridle took first place in her preliminary round heat in the 100 just 21 minutes after winning the 400. She came back 30 minutes later and out-raced Andover's Terra Organisciak for a clear-cut victory in the 100-meter finals, earning a place in the record books.
"It feels great," Bridle said. "Byrnes told me he thought I could win the 100 when we were talking about (the MVC meet) this week. But I wanted to run the 400 because that's my race. So I decided to do both."
Bridle's win in the 400 would have been a remarkable feat in its own right. She suprised the rest of the MVC by winning the 400 at the 2009 league meet as a freshman, and successfully defended her championship at last year's MVC meet.
"She's now a four-time MVC champion, and she's only a junior," Byrnes said. "We've never had that before. We've had some pretty good sprinters come through our program. Mary Brady set school records 20 years ago in the 400 and 200 that still stand today. We've had some great athletes, but I'd say as sprinters go, it's probably Mary Brady and then Jess. There's been some real good ones, but Jess is the latest and probably the most consistent of all of them."


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[Original Airdate: March 20, 2014] In this new episode, Outdoor Wisconsin travels to Door County to learn about cherry picking. Camping and fishing are just part of the fun at Petenwell Park in Adams County, and we'll visit a gunsmith in Waukesha County for advice on handgun maintenance. Plus, the beauty of the ice caves at the Apostle Islands.


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The focus right now clearly needs to be the product on the field, but team management is doing a good job of preparing for success in future seasons as well. Here are few things to think about looking at the Bengals' 2014 salary cap:
12th - team rank in terms of committed cap room (ascending)
1st - tied for most players under contract in 2014
10th - team rank in cap space if all 2013 cap room carried over
7th - team rank in cap space if adjusted for full 53-man roster (using 3rd year player salary)
Michael Johnson and Anthony Collins are the most significant free agents so the team could certainly resign them without any issue - should they choose to want to do that. A.J. Green is likely to get a $4M raise to his 2014 salary, but even that looks easy with a potential $29M in cap room next year.
Of the six teams with more potential cap room, only the Colts and Vikings are 2012 playoff teams that have more cap room than the Bengals. Miami could breakthrough as a playoff team this year (and Miami is anyway a desirable place for free agents in general). The other teams have serious questions at QB so this will certainly be a factor when free agents decide where to go.
It will be interesting to see the team's priorities next offseason. This summer they had to lock up a considerable number of their own players. That won't be true in 2014 so we may finally get to see some free agent "action" next summer.


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TICONDEROGA — The Carillon Garden Club of Ticonderoga and Hague is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.
A luncheon was held recently at the Hague Community Center to mark the year that the club was founded and became part of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State and the National Garden Club.
Currently, it has more than 40 members, some of whom have belonged for 30 years or longer.
"Each member is dedicated in one way or another to making our local world a better place through beautification efforts, aiding in the protection and conservation of natural resources and advancing the fine arts of gardening, landscape design, floral design and horticulture," Co-President Betty Rettig said in a news release.
"Members also enjoy monthly meetings featuring an interesting program.
"Some members participate year round, while others are only able to join in activities seasonally."
Residents of Ticonderoga, Hague, Crown Point, Silver Bay, Port Henry, Putnam and areas beyond belong to the club.
To contribute toward future appreciation of the environment, the club sponsors a student each year to attend Camp Colby, a State Department of Environmental Conservation camp in Saranac Lake.
"Many students are also given opportunities during the year to learn about and appreciate nature through activities organized by the club's Youth Committee," Rettig said in the release.
"Our senior citizens are also involved in activities organized by club members."
Throughout the communities of Hague and Ticonderoga, members can be seen planting and maintaining gardens to brighten key areas for residents' and visitors' enjoyment.
In order to finance these projects, two fundraisers are held each year.
In November, fresh balsam holiday wreaths and sprays are decorated and sold; in the summer, a card/game party and luncheon is held.
As a gift to the community, Carillon Garden Club members prepare and serve an extensive buffet of seasonal goodies following the Champlain Valley Chorale's holiday concert in December.
As part of the reception, members also display holiday decorations and collections at Holiday Magic, held after the concert.
Guests may attend Carillon Club meetings, which are held on the third Thursday of the month, March through November, and the club welcomes new members.
Dues are $20 per year. Programs of general interest are announced in the local papers.
For more information, call Rettig at 585-7247 or First Vice President Joyce Cooper at 585-2640.


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May 18, 2011
: Flood Relief and Safe Delivery Initiative Progress Report
February 1, 2011
: Naya Jeevan continues Medical Camps, Checkups, and Hospital Referrals for Flood Impacted Families and Pregnant Women in Sujjawal, Thatta
November 4, 2010
: First Successful Delivery at a Hospital under Naya Jeevan's Safe Delivery Initiative for Flood Impacted Pregnancies
October 28, 2010
: Naya Jeevan's Team in Collaboration with FLP Conducts a Medical Camp at the Jomshoro Relief Camp
October 11, 2010
: Naya Jeevan's Team Returns from a Safe Delivery Initiative Pre-Assessment Site Visit of FLP's Jomshoro Camp
September 21, 2010
: Google donates $1 Million to Charitable Organizations involved in the Response to the Pakistan Floods including Naya Jeevan
September 20, 2010
: Naya Jeevan's Safe Delivery Initiative for High Risk Pregnancies
September 17, 2010
: Flood Relief & Recovery Effort Supporters - Thank You for your Generous Contributions and Efforts!
August 30, 2010
: Jonathan Lewis blogs about Disasters, Pakistan, and Naya Jeevan's Social Model & Pakistan Floods Response on the Huffington Post
August 29, 2010
: Naya Jeevan's Flood Relief and Recovery Efforts - A Summary by Naya Jeevan's COO Irum Musharraf
August 29, 2010
: US Now San Francisco Bay Area Flood Relief Benefit Dinner raises funds for Naya Jeevan's Flood Relief and Recovery Efforts
August 24, 2010
: Naya Jeevan's Team Returns from Relief Efforts in Mardan and Charsadda
August 24, 2010
: Acumen Fund has launched a tapestry forum "On The Ground in Pakistan" - a simple way to show our solidarity
August 19, 2010
: A Team from Naya Jeevan will be leaving for Mardan and Charsadda on Friday to help with Relief Efforts - Pre-Assessment by Dr. Aftab Iqbal
August 18, 2010
: How Naya Jeevan is Supporting Relief/Recovery on the Ground in Pakistans Flood Impacted Areas - A Message from Naya Jeevan's CEO Dr. Asher Hasan
August 13, 2010
: Resource Finder Tool for Crisis Responders Launched by Google with help from Naya Jeevan
August 10, 2010
: Donate to Naya Jeevan to Help the Flood Victims
August 10, 2010
: Donations to Flood Relief Responders
August 10, 2010
: Pakistan Flood Disaster's Impact Description from Wikipedia
May 18, 2011: Flood Relief and Safe Delivery Initiative Progress Report
After 9 months of on-the-ground efforts towards flood relief, Naya Jeevan has published a report that describes the activities undertaken and results achieved. This includes 115 high risk pregnancies that were provided high quality medical care and delivery facilities under the Safe Delivery Initiative, 3888 NGO school children in the flood affected areas who were provided with Naya Jeevan's health care coverage for 2011 under the NGO School Initiative, several medical camps undertaken at flood affected areas, and delivery of medicine and clothing to flood affectees through partner organizations. View the full
Progress Report
February 1, 2011: Naya Jeevan continues Medical Camps, Checkups, and Hospital Referrals for Flood Impacted Families and Pregnant Women in Sujjawal, Thatta
After setting up the logistics for the Safe Delivery Initiative in Hyderabad/Jomshoro, Naya Jeevan proceeded to move into phase two of the Safe Delivery Initiative in Thatta. The
NARI project team (funded by the
Packard Foundation
) in collaboration with Naya Jeevan will identify high risk pregnancies in the
camps and their neighboring villages. These pregnancies will be transported to one of three partner hospitals. Here these pregnancies can be delivered in a safe environment. The pregnancies will be monitored and evaluated by Naya Jeevan, while the HANDS team will work on the ground to make sure the pregnant ladies are educated.
Naya Jeevan's team visited the FLP camp at Sujjawal Bund on January 20 to collect demographic data and understand the needs of the community. Based on our survey of the people present we found 104 households, 619 residents, 413 children, 261 females and 11 pregnancies. The Naya Jeevan team returned to the camp on January 28 to conduct a medical camp in collaboration with the HANDS and UNICEF teams.
Naya Jeevan would like to thank:
team for the ground support that they are providing for the safe delivery initiative.
GlaxoSmithKline Pakistan
for donation of important antibiotics and medicine for flood affected.
Life Bridge and Dr. Geet for coming all the way from Karachi even though they are busy arranging a mobile camp in Dadu just to see how they can help this specific community.
The Naya Jeevan supporters especially
to allow safe deliveries for these flood affected ladies.
for identification of these camps.
Dr Aftab Iqbal, Naya Jeevan's Medical Services Team Leader maintained a
Field Log
of his observations and experiences. Excerpts from his field log are reproduced below. The full field log can be viewed
. The rest of the photo album from the medical camp can be viewed on our
Facebook Page
Naya Jeevan doctors Dr.Aftab and Dr.Fahad started seeing patients and with the help of Naya Jeevan team members Faisal, Zeeshan and volunteer Arshad who took the role of delivering and counseling on medicine use. Naya Jeevan team member Ahmed helped Dr.Fahad translate and back translate in Sindhi. A HANDS team member helped Dr.Aftab with translation and logistics.
HANDS lady health workers and nurses helped Naya Jeevan doctor, Dr. Zahra, find and counsel pregnant ladies on how to avail free delivery service and counseled on potential complications of pregnancy. They also made sure the ladies received iron and folic acid supplementation and understood the importance. They also gathered the women and taught them the importance of hand washing, soap use and ORS. Soap and ORS was also distributed to the families. One lady bathed her son and brought him back in clean clothes within one hour. It was very exciting to see how the community was participating.
Over the course of the day Naya Jeevan doctors went on to diagnose cases such as rickets, suspected polio, severe malnutrition (marasmus), de-compensated liver disease, skin diseases such as impetigo (a contagious bacterial infection mainly involving the face of children), suspected leprosy, severe anemia, and a lot of respiratory tract infections. They also had the chance to see a young child with umbilical hernia that had the potential to strangulate. Immunization status of children was asked and many of them had not had the full course of vaccination.
One high risk pregnancy struck us all. She was a lady that was seven months pregnant with her first child who had gone mute over the last month. She had also stopped eating properly and wasnt communicating to anybody. One of the differential diagnosis of this lady was post traumatic stress disorder due to the stress of delivering a child post floods in a limited resource setting. Naya Jeevan and HANDS have noted down the details of this pregnancy and would be ensuring that she is evaluated medically and psychologically so she delivers safely and remains in good health to raise her child.
November 4, 2010: First Successful Delivery at a Hospital under Naya Jeevan's Safe Delivery Initiative for Flood Impacted Pregnancies
Lal Bibi, a flood affected mother at the Jomshoro relief camp, delivered a healthy baby at our collaborating hospital Wali Bhai Rajputana Hospital in Hyderabad today. Both the mother and the baby are happy and healthy and will be discharged soon at no cost to them.
Naya Jeevan had recently partnered with the Wali Bhai Rajputana Hospital for the hospitalization and safe delivery of full term pregnant mothers within the flood affectees. We also collaborated with Edhi Ambulance to transport the patient and an attendant. Naya Jeevan's Dr. Aftab and Dr. Fahad accompanied the patient and facilitated the completion of all paperwork and formalities at the hospital.
Naya Jeevan's Safe Delivery Initiative plans to cover high risk third-trimester pregnancies within the flood impaced communities we serve. The high risk pregnancies are supported and delivered by one of our network hospitals. The cost of the delivery and newborn care (immunization, circumcision, and incubator care) are supported by your continuing donations to our Flood Relief efforts.
October 28, 2010: Naya Jeevan's Team in Collaboration with FLP Conducts a Medical Camp at the Jomshoro Relief Camp
Naya Jeevan's medical team led by Dr. Aftab Iqbal held a medical camp at Jomshoro this past week in collaboration with the
Future Leaders of Pakistan (FLP)
. Four doctors treated 76 patients at the camp and distributed medications. The rest of the photo album from the medical camp can be viewed
October 11, 2010: Naya Jeevan's Team Returns from a Safe Delivery Initiative Pre-Assessment Site Visit of FLP's Jomshoro Camp
Naya Jeevan had planned to cover high risk third-trimester pregnancies using the flood relief & rehabilitation funds. These high risk pregnancies would be taken to the nearest network hospital and the cost of the delivery and newborn care (immunization, circumcision, and incubator care) would be covered by Naya Jeevan's safe delivery initiative funds.
Future Leaders of Pakistan (FLP)
has twelve camps in Sindh. Two camps are in Jomshoro and two are in Hyderabad. This target population is in our Phase 1 of the delivery initiative.
The biggest concerns of the flood victims residing in the camp were a) Medical needs of women and children, b) Water and Sanitation, and c) Economic recovery and rehabilitation. Dr Aftab Iqbal, Naya Jeevan's Medical Services Team Leader maintained a
Field Log
of his observations and experiences. Excerpts from his field log are reproduced below. The full field log and his list of recommendations can be viewed
The community men told us that their village still had flood water when they last had men visit it four days ago. The earliest they could even think of going back was after Eid. The village was an hour and a half drive away from the camp location.
The men told us that a team of foreign doctors had come in Ramadan and taken all children to Karachi for de-worming and scabies treatment. They however feared that most of them had gotten the diseases again. Many of the children had rashes and were continuously itching themselves (scabies, impetigo, and fungal infections likely).
The men said most of them were farmers who cultivated land on rent. They had invested in cotton harvests but all that was lost. I asked them if the land owners could help. They told us that the land-owners make them sign a contract at the beginning of the year that promises a return of a certain amount. Also, many men have to now pay for the machinery damaged by the floods. This was horrifying to hear. They then said that they were thankful that no one in their village had died and they were optimistic of the future. This gave me great inspiration and courage. Here they had lost everything they owned yet still looked forward to re-building their lives.
A quick survey revealed that there 48 families in the three camp zones. The total number of inhabitants came up to 224. These families had 131 children. There were 106 reproductive age (12 & above) women in the camp. We found 6 pregnant ladies (all of them in their last trimester). The families with more than two spouses got one camp for each of the spouses (05 men with more than one wife). Two of the camps were for storing ration given by FLP. One camp was used as a guest camp for visitors to the camp.
September 21, 2010: Google donates $1 Million to Charitable Organizations involved in the Response to the Pakistan Floods including Naya Jeevan
As part of their
Clinton Global Initiative
commitment this year,
is providing $1 million in charitable grants, as well as technology support to help the people of Pakistan recover from the floods crisis. This increases the original $250,000 donation to 7 NGO's including Naya Jeevan working on the ground in Pakistan right after flooding on August 13. In remarks during the opening plenary at CGI, Eric Schmidt noted the importance of bringing 21st century technology solutions to disaster relief work. Read Google's full announcement on the
Official Google Blog
Google's Crisis Response
webpage (in English and Urdu) provides a range of information and resources developed by Google and partner organization for flood relief efforts. Google shared Pakistan
data with UN agency UNOSAT (responsible for using geo-spatial info to coordinate response to disasters). Mapmaker is a product that allows users to improve Maps by uploading local landmarks themselves. The Google Maps team has regularly updated the best available imagery which can be viewed on a
Local Portal
put together by local super mappers. Google also launched
Resource Finder
, an experimental tool that aggregates info on health facilities and what services they offer.
September 20, 2010: Naya Jeevan's Safe Delivery Initiative for High Risk Pregnancies
Naya Jeevan is working on a safe delivery initiative in which we aim to cover at least 500 high risk third-trimester pregnancies within the flood impaced communities we serve. The high risk pregnancies would be supported and delivered by one of our network hospitals at a cost of $100 per delivery. The safe delivery initiative is being supported by your continuing donations to our Flood Relief efforts.
Kalsoom Lakhani, Director of
ML Resources Social Vision
(a Naya Jeevan granter), wrote a blog
"The Cacophony of Tragedy"
on the
CHUP! - Changing Up Pakistan
blog she founded. The blog entry describes the grim state in Pakistan and the healthcare challenges the flood victims face.
September 17, 2010: Flood Relief & Recovery Effort Supporters - Thank You for your Generous Contributions and Efforts!
Naya Jeevan appreciates all our supporters for their generous contributions and efforts - you continue to help alleviate the health impact on the survivors of one of the largest disasters in recent history. We would especially like to recognize Fauzia Adeel Butt of Dubai, UAE for raising over $21,000 and Samar Khan Niazi of Singapore for raising over $6,300.
Dr. Hina Chaudhry of
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
and Robin Solomon of
Mount Sinai Medical Center
in New York City arranged for a donation of about 100kg of antibiotics and other medicines worth over $20,000. The medicine was shipped free by
and was delivered to our flood relief partner
UM Trust
whose doctors shall use the medicines in the ongoing daily mobile camps they hold in Charsadda and Nowshera.
Naya Jeevan also appreciates all those who are actively engaged in flood relief and recovery efforts on the ground in Pakistan. Please remember to provide the highest quality of healthcare to the victims using the
Sphere Project Handbook
. The Handbook defines and upholds the standards by which the global community responds to the plight of people affected by disasters, principally through a set of guidelines that are set out in the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response.
August 30, 2010: Jonathan Lewis blogs about Disasters, Pakistan, and Naya Jeevan's Social Model & Pakistan Floods Response on the Huffington Post
Jonathan Lewis
, Founder/CEO of the
Opportunity Collaboration
, Founder/Chair of
MicroCredit Enterprises
, and Contributing Blogger at the
Huffington Post
featured Naya Jeevan in his blog post
Stop the Disasters. Pakistan, and Then What?
In Pakistan,
Naya Jeevan
, a carefully selected
Opportunity Collaboration
Fellow, is a nonprofit social enterprise providing low-income families with affordable access to quality, catastrophic healthcare. The flood waters on the nightly news are proving Naya Jeevan's social model works.
The Pakistan floods of 2010 are the worst disasters in the last half century. One-fifth of Pakistan is covered with floods and 20 million people are displaced and suffering.
Read Naya Jeevan's
Pakistan Floods Response
. Then act.
August 29, 2010: Naya Jeevan's Flood Relief and Recovery Efforts - A Summary by Naya Jeevan's COO Irum Musharraf
What Naya Jeevan has been Doing
Facilitating Referal Cases to Private Healthcare Networks:
Naya Jeevan's medical team has been supplementing the efforts of
UM Healthcare Trust
as volunteer doctors and counselors in Mardan and Charsadda. Naya Jeevan is also supplementing their work by taking referral cases to our network of private hospitals for in-patient, surgery, trauma and cases that are outside their scope and capacity
Delivering Medicines:
Naya Jeevan's Business Development team has negotiated US $25,000 worth of medicines from pharmaceutical partners for the benefit of flood victims. These needs are communicated by our medical team's on ground work with
UM Healthcare Trust
CDRS / Shine Humanity
Mapping Healthcare Facilities:
Since early August Naya Jeevan has been working with Google to map private/non-profit healthcare facilities and collect statistics on hospital services and capacity across Pakistan e.g. number of beds, ER, surgery, maternity. This
Resource Finder
tool will provide efficiency to relief workers and referrals.
Relief Phase Plan Through December 2010: Safe Deliveries and Post-Natal Care for High Risk Pregnancies
Naya Jeevan and
Future Leaders of Pakistan
(a youth led community service organization) have identified a dire need within the flood affected communities we serve. There are thousands of women who are in their final trimesters in the area within a 2-hour radius of Karachi (Thatta, Sujawal, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, etc.) who do not have access to safe birthing facilities (most of them are living in make-shift tents). For US $100 you can bring one of these high-risk pregnancies to safe birthing facilities and provide post-natal care to the infant for 1 year (to include immunizations). Our goal is to raise US $50,000 and bring 500+ women and their newborns to safety.
Recovery Phase Plan: Naya Jeevan Health Plan for Flood Victims
In line with our core expertise, Naya Jeevan's goal is to sustainably provide quality health care access beyond the relief phase, and in to the recovery phase for flood victims. As displaced populations are re-establishing income streams, our health insurance model ensures reduction of household income expenditure on healthcare costs. Our community health insurance model will expand healthcare access to our network of private hospitals and quality controlled non-profit partners across Pakistan. We will be allocating funds raised to sponsor flood-affected communities in Mardan and Hyderabad.
August 29, 2010: US Now San Francisco Bay Area Flood Relief Benefit Dinner raises funds for Naya Jeevan's Flood Relief and Recovery Efforts
Iftar and Dinner Fundraiser
sponsored by Bay Area organizations was held to raise funds for and awareness of the plight of 20 million Pakistanis affected by the worst floods in the history of Pakistan. The fundraiser attracted more than 350 attendees. Naya Jeevan was one of the recipient organizations of the donation money raised. Some videos featured in the event include
Interview with Imran Khan
"Water" - Flood Devastation Video
Pakistan Flood - Stats and Suffering Montage
Relief Effort Montage
"Pakistan Then and Now" Montage
, and
Beautiful Pakistan and Relief Effort Combined Video
August 24, 2010: Naya Jeevan's Team Returns from Relief Efforts in Mardan and Charsadda
The Naya Jeevan team returned from Charsadda/Mardan. Shaban Khalid very graciously provided all the transport and logistics. Dr. Aftab Iqbal saw nearly 100 patients with assistance from volunteers (Alizeh Atif & Mrs. Atif) at a medical camp
UM Healthcare Trust
set up in Meoli village adjacent to the Swat river. Sabeen F. Haque provided counseling to over 45 women, of whom 18 were pregnant and dehydrated/malnourished.
Special thanks to Atif Mumtaz, Mumtaz Sb and Sher Akber for hosting us at UM Healthcare Hospital in Mardan. Truly a dedicated group of individuals who we will continue to support. Kudos to Fauzia Adeel Butt, Nabeel Butt & Anil for making the trek out to Village Meoli, Tehsil Tangi, District Charsadda, KPK/NWFP all the way from Dubai and Lahore to join the Naya Jeevan and
UM Healthcare Trust
CDRS / Shine Humanity
teams and assess the on-ground situation of villagers impacted by the recent floods.
Dr Aftab Iqbal, Naya Jeevan's Medical Services Team Leader maintained a
Field Log
of his experiences with the relief efforts. Some of his observations are reproduced below. The full field log and his list of suggestions for future camps can be viewed
The doctors would rapidly assess the patients & write up a prescription, the pharmacists would pass out the medicine and counsel on its use, Shaban would register the patients and Sabeen, Alizeh and Mrs.Atif would interact with the women under the supervision of Dr.Babar. Food rations and water purification tablets would also be passed out.
For the next four hours I saw what seemed an eternity of skin diseases. Practically everybody had either scabies or impetigo or contact dermatitis or fungal infections. I saw people with puncture wounds that hadn't received anti-tetanus injections and men with wounds that were infected and dirty. I looked at kids with diarrhea and stomach pain. People with conjunctivitis teared up and eventually I even saw a person with otitis externa (ear infection) from swimming in the dirty flood waters. Everybody needed ORS and counseling on maintaing an adequate electrolyte balance. Compounding the situation was that people were fasting and thus during the day were exposed to loss of electrolytes.
Over the course of the day we saw over 150 patients. In addition to the common diseases due to the flood (skin diseases, gastroenteritis, upper and lower respiratory tract infections, conjunctivitis, puncture wounds, and infected wounds) we started seeing sporadic cases of suspected malaria. I didn't get a chance to interact with the ladies but from the feedback I got many were pregnant. Some of them were nursing and breastfeeding and yet pregnant again. All of them were anemic and most were fasting in spite of the tough conditions. Sabeen, Alizeh and Mrs. Atif sat down with them and gave counseling sessions of pre-natal, and post-natal care.
As we left we could see the smiles on the faces of people. It was a small effort on our part but that is all that was needed to make them feel wanted. In return they gave us immense love and respect. And this was a village that had seen the worst of the flood a few weeks back. Could you imagine what the situation would be like in lower Punjab and Interior Sindh where flood waters are still rising? UMTrust is in need of volunteer doctors for their mobile relief camp projects in Charsadda, Nowshera, Gilgit and Sukkur. Naya Jeevan plans to help in the Sukkur camp. If anybody is interested please contact either UM Healthcare Trust or us.
August 24, 2010: Acumen Fund has launched a tapestry forum "On The Ground in Pakistan" - a simple way to show our solidarity
The world has been slow to react to the enormity of the floods in Pakistan. Pakistan urgently needs the world to stand with her during this grave humanitarian crisis.
Acumen Fund
has launched a forum
On The Ground in Pakistan
which allows you to post your stories or photographs on Pakistan, and any links regarding the flood. Please share what you are hearing or doing on this site doing so will help demonstrate to the world that people (Pakistanis and non-Pakistanis) are taking action to help. We urge you to raise your voice in support for Pakistan by adding to the tapestry and highlighting other ways to help.
August 19, 2010: A Team from Naya Jeevan will be leaving for Mardan and Charsadda on Friday to help with Relief Efforts - Pre-Assessment by Dr. Aftab Iqbal
A team from Naya Jeevan will be leaving on Friday to assist with flood relief efforts in Mardan and Charsadda. They will collaborate with 2 highly credible and performance oriented relief agencies:
CDRS / Shine Humanity
UM Healthcare Trust
Dr Aftab Iqbal, Naya Jeevan's Medical Services Team Leader got a chance to talk to Dr. Qasim who is spearheading the relief efforts for UM Healthcare Trust. Dr. Qasim is based in UM Healthcare Trust's main camp in Chargulli, Mardan. They are collaborating with CDRS / Shine Humanity who are also staying with them.
They have two mobile vans that travel to different locations: one usually to Charsadda - very badly affected according to Dr.Qasim, and one in a location that needs assistance according to their assessment e.g they are going to Nowshera tomorrow.
They cater to approximately 125 patients a day and can handle general OPD, minor surgeries and vacccinations (they have three fridges and have cold storage boxes for transport). They have seen a shift in the demography of the community from wholly camp-based to partially based in the community (staying with neighbors and community buildings such as schools).
Dr. Qasim wanted us to note the following points:
Skin Diseases:
Practically everybody is suffering from Skin diseases due to contact with the water. They are seeing contact dermatitis, fungal infections, allergies and scabies. He requested we arrange Scabion lotion, steroidal skin creams, antibiotics (mainly gram positive like Amoxicillin for Impetigo), anti-allergics (like Loratadine, Diphenhydramine) and anti-fungal creams (Clo-trimazole).
Diarrheal Diseases:
Diarrheal Diseases are rampant. They need ORS, fluid & electrolytes, Septran & tetracyclines, Floroquinolones, Metronidazole, and anti-Amobeics (Entimazole). As you might have been following in the news there has been a Cholera outbreak and the doctors have been advised to treat all diarrheal diseases as Cholera.
Respiratory Infections:
Upper Respiratory Tract Infections have become common and they need Pencillins and Erythromycin. They also requested cough syrups like Cofcol.
Gastric Problems:
They have now started seeing gastric complaints and requested antacids and anti GERD medications like Ranitidine.
For children they have requested deworming medicine (Zentil). They also need antibiotic and cough syrups.
For women they have requested iron pill supplements.
The top priority in vaccines is in the following order:
Tetanus - most important practically everybody needs it because of contact with dirty water
Cholera - least priority because they are treating everybody with diarrhea for Cholera as per recommendation anyway
Water Purification Tablets:
They are in need of water purification tablets such as Dettol, Pure and Aqua.
August 18, 2010: How Naya Jeevan is Supporting Relief/Recovery on the Ground in Pakistan's Flood Impacted Areas - A Message from Naya Jeevan's CEO Dr. Asher Hasan
Naya Jeevan
, a California based not-for-profit social enterprise, is currently engaged in supporting flood relief efforts by partnering with 2 highly credible and performance oriented relief agencies:
CDRS / Shine Humanity
which is run by American singer-turned-humanitarian relief worker Todd Shea &
UM Healthcare Trust
which is run by Stanford University graduate, Atif Mumtaz. These organizations are providing emergency supplies, food, medical treatment, etc. to the afflicted population in remote villages of Charsadda district.
We would like to extend these relief efforts by enrolling large numbers of flood victims into our Naya Jeevan health plan which will give these villagers access to quality, private hospitals for secondary/tertiary care in Mardan or Peshawar (~20-30km from these areas in Charsadda) over the next year.
Scaling the current relief efforts of our local partners and providing extended healthcare protection are the two major objectives of our ongoing public fundraising drive. In addition, we are reaching out to large corporations, especially pharmaceutical companies & individuals to provide medicine and products that can be used towards the relief/recovery efforts on a large scale.
Leveraging Technology: the New, Innovative Face of Disaster Relief
The TED fellows community in Pakistan (of which we are members) has launched a web platform
Pakistan Flood Incident Reporting
which leverages the sms-mobile technology platform developed by Ushahidi for the Haitian earthquake. Once we are on the ground in flood-affected villages of Charsadda on Friday afternoon, we can start sending sms reports of the status for real-time updates to the website.
In addition, the Google Health Team led by Dr. Joanne Stevens and Prem Ramaswami, and the Google Pakistan Country representative Badar Khushnood have been working with Dr. Aftab Iqbal from Naya Jeevan on a hospital/clinic locator
Resource Finder
August 13, 2010: Resource Finder Tool for Crisis Responders Launched by Google with help from Naya Jeevan
has deployed an early version of their
Resource Finder
tool. Resourse Finder is a tool for Crisis Responders to help map and disseminate updated information about Health Facilities and Services. After the floods crisis, this tool will continue to be useful to the health professionals of Pakistan in knowing the health facilities available.
Naya Jeevan's team members collaborated with the Google team to map the health facilities in Pakistan and helped populate the data especially with information on health facilities e.g. number of beds, facilities available. The immediate aim was to help relief workers find the nearest health facility for a particular condition in the flood stricken areas e.g where is nearest dialysis center from Sukkur?
Naya Jeevan also helped Google connect with local and international public health experts. Google was impressed by our response and ability to gather people that they released the tool during the testing phase. This tool was used in Haiti post-disaster. This is the first time they are releasing it during an ongoing disaster.
The official Google announcement about their crisis response and the
Resource Finder
tool can be read on their blog post
Responding to the floods in Pakistan
. Google's
Pakistan Floods Crisis Response
website provides links to news, donation options, Resource Finder tool, Person Finder tool, satellite imagery, and useful tools and resources from other organizations.
August 10, 2010: Donate to Naya Jeevan to Help the Flood Victims
We at Naya Jeevan believe that all aid going into Pakistan, especially via reputed organizations is being put into good use. Naya Jeevan is providng complimentary help to these organizations. While these organizations are focusing on relief, food and shelter (as they should be) we are aiming to make sure that the flood victims are taken care of throughout the year. Our health plan will make sure that the health needs of the affected will not be discontinued when the relief organizations have to pull out.
Over the next few months, during the acute phase of the emergency, many flood survivors will be at increased risk for diarrheal diseases, skin diseases and many other infectious outbreaks spread due to over-crowded under-sanitized conditions.
Your contributions to Naya Jeevan will help enroll flood survivors into the Naya Jeevan Health Plan. The Health Plan will take care of the hospitalization & emergency needs of flood victims for one whole year and will ensure that quality healthcare is continuous and sustainable. Contributions to sponsor the Naya Jeevan Health Plan for Flood survivors can be made from our
Donations Webpage
As we had announced earlier, the first 1500 children to be covered under the Naya Jeevan health plan under our
Ramadan Calendar Campaign
are in the flood-affected areas of Dir and Charsadda, Pakistan.
August 10, 2010: Donations to Flood Relief Responders
Find organizations to donate to for flood relief efforts e.g. food, water, shelter on the
All Things Pakistan Blog
or the
InterAction Member Responders List
August 10, 2010: Pakistan Flood Disaster's Impact Description from Wikipedia
The 2010 Pakistan floods began in July 2010 after heavy monsoon rains affecting the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Punjab as well as parts of Baluchistan. At least 2,000 people have been killed and more than 722,000 homes have been badly damaged or totally destroyed. The United Nations estimates over
20 million people are suffering
with over 160,000 square kilometers (~1/5 of Pakistan) affected as a result of the flooding, exceeding the combined total of the affectees of 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005 Kashmir earthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
a fifth of Pakistan's total land area was impacted
by the flooding. UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon said that it was the worst disaster he had ever seen, and asked for an initial $460 million for emergency relief, 20% of which had been received as of August 15, 2010. Extensive damage to infrastructure and crops significantly harmed the struggling Pakistani economy.
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Oh, boy, it's that time again already! Time to take a look at 10 of my personal favorite projects and recipes linked up at last week's Shine on Fridays party! Since there are only five {?!} days left until Christmas, I thought I'd pick some really fun things that I *think* you could pull off at the last minute to help make your holiday merry, bright, and DIY!
Printable Fabric Gift Tags: Practically Functional
Isn't it amazing how much classier a fabric gift tag can be than a paper one? Stop by Jessi's post to get these adorable free printable tags, and print them out on whatever surface you like!
Rudolph Crochet Hat Pattern: Repeat Crafter Me
My friend Sarah is at it again, this time with an adorable Rudolph hat pattern that would look aDORable on any little one in your life!
DIY Holiday Monogram Door Decor: norrey
I love the festive look of this berry monogram! Now I just have to figure out how to hang an "L." Sigh.
Ornament Topiary: Southern Scraps
Gorgeous! I'm loving this simple to make topiary…the colors, the ornaments…everything about it! Nicely done, Fonda!
Salt Dough Ornaments: Pincushion Creations
LC and I have made our share of salt dough ornaments, but ours have always been cookie cutter shapes. I love the fun 3-D effect of this snowman family!
Felt Snowman Ornaments: The Pin Junkie
Must. make. these. Um, if you'll excuse me, I have some white felt to go buy…
Christmas Jar Vases: Eyes on the Source
A simple jar becomes a festive centerpiece…check out how to make your own!
Split Pea Wreath Brooch: Miss Information
This is so easy, so cute, and so inexpensive! I think while I'm buying my felt, I need to pick up a bag of peas…
Peppermint Meltaways: Silver Boxes
Yup, still on my peppermint kick. Thanks for making me hungry, Steph!
Dark Chocolate Orange Shortbread: White Lights on Wednesday
Mmmm. Dark chocolate. Orange. Shortbread. Together. Julie, I hope you saved me some!
What were some of your favorites from last week?
Be sure to join us again for a brand new party, starting at 9 PM EST tonight!
Hugs and Glitter,
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WOW they are awesome features, I think I'm going to pin the lot of them, I do need someone else to crochet though . Merry Christmas if I'm not around tomorrow xo
Great features, I'm so thrilled my fabric tags are included in with them! Thanks Amy!
As always, thanks for the great ideas!
What wonderful features. I love seeing what you highlight from the week.
Heehee, thatnks for featuring my cookies, Amy!
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Government regulation was justified on the theory that telephone companies, like electric utilities, were natural monopolies. Competition, which was assumed to require stringing multiple wires across the countryside, was seen as wasteful and inefficient. That thinking changed beginning around the 1970s, as sweeping technological developments promised rapid advances in telecommunications. Independent companies asserted that they could, indeed, compete with AT&T. But they said the telephone monopoly effectively shut them out by refusing to allow them to interconnect with its massive network.
Telecommunications deregulation came in two sweeping stages. In 1984, a court effectively ended AT&T's telephone monopoly, forcing the giant to spin off its regional subsidiaries. AT&T continued to hold a substantial share of the long-distance telephone business, but vigorous competitors such as MCI Communications and Sprint Communications won some of the business, showing in the process that competition could bring lower prices and improved service.
A decade later, pressure grew to break up the Baby Bells' monopoly over local telephone service. New technologies -- including cable television, cellular (or wireless) service, the Internet, and possibly others -- offered alternatives to local telephone companies. But economists said the enormous power of the regional monopolies inhibited the development of these alternatives. In particular, they said, competitors would have no chance of surviving unless they could connect, at least temporarily, to the established companies' networks -- something the Baby Bells resisted in numerous ways.
In 1996, Congress responded by passing the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The law allowed long-distance telephone companies such as AT&T, as well as cable television and other start-up companies, to begin entering the local telephone business. It said the regional monopolies had to allow new competitors to link with their networks. To encourage the regional firms to welcome competition, the law said they could enter the long-distance business once new competition was established in their domains.
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· How to become a better wildlife photographer?
I've been thinking a lot lately about how I might be able to improve my wildlife photography. It occurred to me that this might be an interesting topic for discussion here on the forum.
I've found it really difficult to come up with ideas that I can actually put into practice. So far all I've decided is that I need to try more difficult shots even though I know this means I will get a lot less keepers. In practical terms I plan, for instance, to try and improve my bird shots by taking more BIF images. I also plan to practice shooting in manual mode (I currently favour aperture priority). My reasoning here is that I could improve the technical quality of some of my shots by shooting at lower ISO which means shooting at a shutter speed below that which my camera defaults to when using aperture priority.
Can any of you share any steps that you have taken in the past or that you are working on now to improve your wildlife shooting? This can cover any aspect of wildlife photography from finding subjects through to the PP process.
Now whilst I am sure that buying a 1D MkIV and 600mm L would be a big step forward that isn't going to happen so let's keep this to ideas that don't involve purchasing new kit!
Thanks in advance,
Jan 14, 2012 at 03:39 PM
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i have the same problem, but i always shoot in manual mode, but i find it hard to take bif images, what focus thing should you use for that, ai servo or ai focus?? should i use the center focus point?? my setup is 5d mark II and 400mm 5.6 L
Jan 14, 2012 at 03:51 PM
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I think this is a good idea Paul, hopefully people will add ideas on they themselves think help them improve.
When I was a newer member of this forum one of the more experienced members pushed me to shoot in manual exposure mode. I was quite apprehensive at first. I was afraid of missing shots. Finally I steeled up my courage and took the leap. I have never looked back. As smart as the camera is a person has a far greater ability to decide how to set the exposure.
Another thing that has happened with me over time is that I take less throw away shots. For the most part I don't just shoot to shoot. When I started I took every shot that came my way. Of course most to them were garbage, doomed from the moment I took them. Now I take more time setting up the shot. I'm very aware of back ground, lighting, overall composition and such. Unless it is a rare shot I just don't see the sense of taking a shot that stands no chance of being good.
I'm a firm believer in going back to the basics every now and again. Revisit learning from step one, we all fall into bad habits and need to recognize what bad habits we have fallen into. Also a solid understanding of the basics of exposure, DOF, composition go a long way towards improving one's self.
I wrote an article on some of the basics for Raymond Barlow's blog on the basics a little while back, here is the link for those interested.
Jan 14, 2012 at 04:24 PM
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Tim's article is great; very good advice to those starting out and a very good reminder to those of us who keep toiling away with mixed results.
Jan 14, 2012 at 04:35 PM
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Very good idea for this thread. I don't know about anyone else, but I am certainly going to compile what I learn here.
Two things that have helped me, especially with birds and animals, is to learn as much as you can about behavior, so that you can try to anticipate what might occur. Such as juvenile Osprey calling for food, start looking for Mom or Dad returning with fish. Or the movement of an Owl or Eagle prior to take off. Doesn't always work, but it does help.
Especially on BIF, shoot through the action, don't just stop when you think it is done, go a couple of more frames. This gives you a better chance for keeping focus and composition on your last "keeper" shot.
Look for the unusual, try a weird angle, go Portrait once in a while.
I have vacilated between full Manual or Aperture Priority with Auto ISO on my Nikons. Whichever you do, be constantly checking as things change rapidly.
While I do ignore more "throw-aways" these days, I still will take some of those ISO 3200 shots before I get good light for two reasons. The first is to get myself into the "shooting mood", the second is that once in a while something really cool happens, even at 1/50th of a second and 800mm.
But by far the most important thing is practice, then practice again. Good thing, it is really tough to wear out a CF card.
Jan 14, 2012 at 04:49 PM
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Some thoughts to share Paul:
If you are out and are not 'seeing' shots that seem to be interesting in front of and around you then look more often 'through' your lens as it lets you isolate and compose better at times.
I chuckle at Tim's comment on Manual exposure, he and I over the years have exchanged a tremendous amout of shared PM's, I always shot Av and never ever looked at a Histogram for a long while
I strongly recommend pushing to use Manual exposure and learn your Histogram! When the light is continously changing then fall back on Av but when dialed in on Manual you will be very impressed and consistent.
For longer lenses without IS a monopod has given me a nice edge to sharpness but also so has taking time to do a Micro Adjust on the lens body combo I am shooting and it is well dialed in with a 1.4TC on it too.
Simply changing your angle from which you shoot certain subjects can make a wonderful impact to the image and give you cleaner more welcoming BG's to work with. Eye level with your subject can have greater impact!!
One more thought, shoot florals too
Best to you and your desires to continue to improve
Jan 14, 2012 at 04:57 PM
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what works for me, and maybe for others as well, is to have that camera ready BEFORE I leave the house. wild animals usually don't wait for me to get ready.
Jan 14, 2012 at 07:03 PM
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Some good information provided above - particularly as it pertains to shooting in M. It's really isn't that scary. Just start on easy subjects - your dog, backyard animals etc.
But good technique won't do you any good unless you have something to apply it towards. So my tip is for you to establish a network for information. For example, a few years ago, I was looking for burrowing owls. Two members on here stepped up to the plate and I am still in debt to both of them.
And when we had snowy owls show up here this year, I had 3 people contact me within the same 24 hours. Also include online sources - bird forums and so forth. And, I'm sure this almost goes without saying, be willing to share with others too. THEN get out there and apply your skills.
Jan 14, 2012 at 07:15 PM
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Get to know your subject, and with the use of blinds and patience, you can get closer without having to resort to 500+mm lenses. I find the closer I am to my subject, the more exhilarating the experience.
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Regards #2 Tony, I will grudgingly admit that you got reasonably close.
Jan 14, 2012 at 09:09 PM
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(1) Shoot JPG only, and do no more than 3 FPS.
(2) Remeber that target proximity beats FL.
(3) Be your own sternest critic.
(4) Do not follow common cliches, follow your own instincts.
(5) Experiment with gear and techniques.
(6) Do as little image post processing as possible.
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Jan 14, 2012 at 10:19 PM
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Given the large number of fine contributing photographers on this fotum to learn from, when you post, post only a single shot and ask for detailed critique. You'll find that when you focus their attention on a single image, the quality of critique goes up.
Jan 14, 2012 at 10:59 PM
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I don't know that I have much to add, but I'm definitely interested in the advice of our wonderfully talented fellow N&W FMers. I completely agree with what Tim said. I had the same experience being scared of that 'M' and once I learned it, I've never looked back. Even now, once in a while I'll shoot Av, when the light is changing, but I always sigh before I do it because I know I'm losing some control of exactly what the camera is doing, and once you've shot manual for a while, you'll love being in control of all the settings! Also, not 'wasting' shots is important. I used to go out and be snapping shots of every bird I saw - that's good at first - but now I can judge when that birds too far away, too backlit or the light's terrible and i don't even touch the shutter button. It helps me think more about the shot and more carefully choose how I want to shoot a subject, and I definitely improved my keeper rate but I also think my keepers are much better because more thought is going into each shot. I'm sure others will have wonderful advice for you, this is just my $.02 about my own experience - I'm definitely still learning.
Jan 14, 2012 at 11:20 PM
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I still have a long way to go, so no expert in any way but I'll share some that helped me.
I started with manual for landscapes and that taught me so much about the control I have in various situations. This made the move to shooting other stuff in M much easier. I generally shoot a lot on aperture but whenever I'm going to settle in and get serious about a location or subject I check my settings from a nice snap and switch to M starting with that speed/aperture.
Slowing down and really working your subject for quality photos as Tim pointed out, that really provides output you'll be happy with and you won't spend all night tossing the garbage either.
If the light isn't good, decide if you really want to shoot color and end up with marginal output when you likely will find B&W will shine in these situations. If you still like shooting B&W film, this is an excellent use of that time. Much of the time I just leave the camera in the bag and focus on enjoying the day. These times are perfect for just sitting there watching subject behavior. You need to do it, save the good light for shooting.
Behavior: for each subject, spend the time learning not only their general behavior, but most importantly how they act when they start feeling pressured. Learn this and you'll not only get more opportunities, but get much closer without stressing them. This means recognising they are uncomfortable and either backing off or changing your behavior such that they feel you are not a threat. Much of the time, it's just stopping and letting them get used to you being there and not a threat. Generally setting up and letting them come to you works best but that's not always possible. Learn threatening behavior and avoid it. This is really true for bears, but just as true for many species.
On a more personal note: Lately I've been self learning Flicker behavior as we have 3 regulars, today there were 5 in the backyard, and one day about two weeks ago seven! It's amazing what they will tolerate and what will immediately spook them (white shirt vs. dark shirt, go figure). They used to always sit in a large tree nearby and if I walked out on the deck they were gone but now since we've been very careful not to try to shoot too much (or otherwise stress them) they come straight to our tree both before and after feeding. I can be standing by the window or even with the slider open and a couple just take note and go on with their business. It's taken a couple years to get that trust going and seems they are passing that to their offspring now. I'm hoping at some point to be able to start getting near MFD photos with impunity, we're not there yet.
Jan 15, 2012 at 12:48 AM
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All of the advice above is excellent. If you follow it you will have excellent photos that will look like everyone elses excellent photos and this will dilute the attention your work will get. Im not saying that you should not follow the advice just given; you need to step outside the box and think creatively or go places and see things that others are not.
It sounds like you want to improve your technical skill and to do this you need to challenge yourself as you are describing. When photos dont come out well you need to ask why and adjust. This can be painful so please enjoy your success as well.
Once you master the technical things you can begin to really grow as a wildlife photographer if you find a mentor or go out on a pro lead seminar. You are not looking to learn technical things from them; you may learn some excellent spots from them. The thing you need to learn is how they see. There awareness of the environment, the way they see pictures before they take them. When you learn these lessons, what you need is time, determination and patience.
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Lots of truth to what has preceeded my comments. I grew up with manual and worked through all the different auto developments. I would never go back now. My thought; use all the available technology but learn the nuances; to over or under expose when required. This takes practice. Todays PP technology is so good that minor errors are easily correctable. BIF, use Servo and centre focus. The newer cameras being released may change some of this. Don
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Thanks to everyone who has responded so far to my question. There is some terrific advice here and lots of ideas for me to try out. Great to have this input from some of the photographers whose work I admire most on this forum.
I won't single out any of the responses above as I think each of them has something to offer.
Thanks for taking the time to respond here, I am really looking forward to giving some of these suggestions a go.
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