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Top 10 Reasons People say "No" to Counseling:
Seeing a psychologist can be a difficult decision. Here are some common concerns:
1. "Receiving counseling is a sign of weakness."
Although it may feel this way, this is not accurate. Addressing a personal problem requires courage, confidence, and strength--courage to be willing to feel pain and confdence that you possess the inner strength to overcome challegnes and emerge even more resilient.
2. "People who go to counseling are crazy. I'm not crazy!"
University students are high-functioning people, not "crazy" people. It is not crazy to feel sad or unsure. In fact, those feelings are typically a symptom of a high level of sanity. Counseling helps people to develop new coping strategies that typically help people to get back in touch with their sense of clarity, direction and motivation.
3. "CLU is too small—everyone will know what I talk about."
Counseling at SCS is strictly CONFIDENTIAL. Psychologists at SCS must abide by strict legal and ethical standards. In short, without your permission, we cannot inform anyone about what you said—or even that you were seen by us. True, there are some exceptional situations in which a psychologist must share some information revealed in a counseling session. Here is a brief description of those rare cases, which we discuss in greater detail prior to our first meeting with you:
Psychologists have a legal responsibility to disclose information without your consent if it is necessary to protect you or others from serious harm. Threats of physical violence, a life-threatening inability to care for one's self, and cases of abuse of dependent people are the most common examples.
4. "I wouldn't even know what to talk about."
Just like physicians, psychologists are trained to assist you to assess whether there are ways you think, feel and/or behave that you might improve. People often discuss academic performance, relationships, adjusting to life challenges/changes, managing stress, or choosing a major.
5. "I can't afford to pay for counseling."
Counseling at SCS is FREE OF CHARGE.
6. "I can always talk to a friend. I don't understand how talking to a stranger can be helpful."
Friends can provide wonderful support and empathy, and that is often enough to help us through difficult times. A counseling relationship is different. In a friendship the needs of both people must be attended to. In counseling, the listener is an expert and the focus is solely on you, creating a much greater opportunity for growth and change. .
7. "I don't believe just talking can do any good."
Counseling involves much more than just talking. Counseling provides a way for us to understand who we are and how we relate to the world around us. In counseling we uncover new ways of looking at our problems and this often gives us new ways to cope. Talking with a professional relieves the emotional pressure caused by keeping our thoughts and feelings to ourselves.
8. "I'm betraying my family."
Counselors are sensitive and respectful of concerns about family traditions and privacy. If conflicts about loyalty to family and culture are of concern, these issues can be discussed in the first session before more personal matters are addressed.
9. "If I talk about my problems, I'll just make them worse."
In fact, examining previously suppressed concerns helps dissipate the pain they caused and helps us gain clarity about our emotional pain. This provides a forum for exploring choices, which produces better decision making.
10. " I may want to go to graduate school or be in the military or the CIA, and having been in counseling could get in the way of my being accepted."
- No employer or graduate school can force SCS to share your counseling records.
- Neither the fact that you seek counseling nor any information about the counseling sessions will appear in your student academic record.
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How We Keep Our Hearts Open. ~ Sherri Rosen
If anyone knows about not giving up, it's the Dalai Lama.
Fleeing Tibet when he was young, he made his way on a dangerous journey to India, where he's been ever since—losing his country. Now in his late '70s, he knows about not giving up, and doing amazing good in the world.
Never give up.
No matter what is going on,
Never give up.
Develop the heart—
Too much energy in your country
Is spent developing the mind
Instead of the heart.
Be compassionate,
Not just to your friends
But to everyone
Be compassionate.
Work for peace—
In your heart and in the world
Work for peace.
And I say again,
Never give up.
No matter what is going on around you
Never give up.
~ the Dalai Lama
So as I'm sharing this with you—what I share comes from my heart. In this poem, the Dalai Lama talks about giving too much energy in our country, developing our mind and not our heart—as witnessed by our technological advances.
But how are we doing in relationships?
You see, it's very scary coming from my heart—much different than coming from my head. My heart is open, vulnerable and can be hurt easily.
Coming from my head, there's no risk—my ego can be cool. The heart is a whole different ballgame.
I don't like getting hurt. If I was in the least bit hurt, I would shut down like a clam, or stay angry, but that didn't work. I never really knew what was going on, and I really didn't like who I was. I wanted to be cool: always have the right answers, not humiliate myself and not show my vulnerability. As a result, most of my conversations were superficial, always on the surface, never allowed to go deep.
The heart muscle is big—it can take a lot. As a matter of fact, so much so that all of our hurts can make our hearts stronger and bigger and not want to ever give up…if we stay open.
But—and I say a big but—sometimes we fall in love and it goes wrong, we don't get that acting job, our manuscript is rejected over and over, our team keeps losing, we don't pass a medical exam.
Or we are in a long term relationship that no longer works for us. One changes, the other one doesn't. I don't want anyone to see how vulnerable I can be, and then try to take more advantage of me.
I put myself out there a lot, and because of that I can get hurt a lot. I need to take a lot of alone time to recharge myself and to be able to go back out into the world. And, to understand, deeply understand who I can be vulnerable with.
People tell me I have a great big heart—almost like they can see it when they talk to me.
Many times my heart has been the spokesperson for people who aren't able to explain what is going on for them. I pick things up intuitively, but I need to realize that it's the other people's stuff and not mine. Realizing what's yours and what's mine.
My heart speaks the truth, sometimes it wants more and doesn't get it. What to do? Not give up. Not to be afraid to speak what my heart needs, even at the risk of not getting what I want at the time.
If I am at odds with someone—someone wants one thing and I want something else—how can we resolve the situation? Can we be flexible with one another or is it just a plain "no" and that's it? And sometimes things can't be worked out.
Sometimes when I speak to people, I can see my words bouncing off of them—I can actually see that they aren't taking in what I'm saying. They've disconnected from our conversation and gone away (emotionally). Depending upon who it is, sometimes I will say something, and that can take the conversation to a whole different level, in a good way.
So I am not saying "go out there and open your heart and get hurt", but I am saying if you don't keep your heart open, you will never know what true love and compassion is.
Sherri Rosen is now living in Harlem, New York. She has had her own publicity business for 12 years, giving a powerful voice to people who are doing good things in the world. She writes her own blog at SherriRosen.com.
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EDI History
Since electronic data interchange (EDI ) has earned a reputation as a complex, rigid, and expensive means of business document and data exchange among trading partners, one would expect it to be relegated as a relic of a bygone era. In the computer business, where new technologies can come and go almost overnight, EDI should have long become an artifact, let alone a technology with a mid-life crisis considering a number of younger technologies, such as DOS or FORTRAN, have already succumbed to extinction.
emerged in the 1960s when the railroad industry sought a way to speed up and
automate business communications between remote computer systems and to eliminate
the high cost of sending paper documents by snail mail. However, the concept
did not fully take hold industry wide until the 1980s when standards were introduced
to define data exchange and when it became apparent that business-to-business
(B2B) computer-mediated communications would require all parties to adopt a
common protocol for purchase orders, advance shipping notices (ASN), and other
pertinent documents. As a result, several technical committees have developed
protocols governing such exchanges, which channeled through value-added
networks (VANs) carrying these exchanges became collectively known as EDI.
finance, insurance, and other industries have heavily leveraged EDI and proprietary
communications lines to conduct business. Also, major manufacturers, such as
automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and consumer
packaged goods (CPG) companies, have embraced EDI and mandated that their
suppliers do the same. However, implementation of the technology has initially
caused many a headache particularly in smaller companies.
EDI vs XML
Indeed, EDI has a reputation for being expensive to set up and run, given the companies had to deploy numerous VANs, which drove their suppliers' network costs up and forced suppliers to be proficient in various communications protocols. Aside from the upfront cost of the EDI infrastructure software, companies choosing to go with a provider of VAN EDI networks, face additional costs in maintenance and transaction processing fees alone. For the above reasons, one would expect companies to begin gravitating in droves toward extensible markup language (XML) and related web services for transaction communications.
Indeed, in theory, XML shows many advantages, since unlike EDI, it was specifically designed to use the Internet as the data transfer mechanism. Also, while organizations in an EDI network have to set up direct point-to-point connections between each participating system, XML's extensibility means that any number of participating companies, which have agreed on a data format for transactions, can supposedly freely exchange data electronically. In short, XML has initially not only promised to ease the technical pain of integrating the flow of data between systems, applications, and people, but also to reduce the cost of this process through faster transactions throughput, improved trading partners' data quality, elimination of manual processes and, other potential cost saving benefits.
Nevertheless, while at the surface there would be few economic or strategic reasons for organizations to persist with EDI, many seem reluctant to adopt the alternative at this stage. In fact, there has been almost negligible growth in the number of organizations replacing their EDI-based systems with XML. Furthermore, it seems that sales of EDI-based products and services are even growing, given some estimates that EDI transaction volumes increased almost 20 percent in 2003. To be fair, though coming from a miniscule install base, XML transactions volume almost doubled during the same period and it still constitutes a single digit percentage of overall B2B transaction flows.
natural question is how come EDI has sustained its popularity and what factors
are inhibiting the take-up of XML in earnest. Well, it appears that there is
no immediate incentive for enterprises to move away from EDI. The key reason
for this is that the number of organizations using XML has not yet reached the
"critical mass" of at least double digits percentage of overall B2B data flow,
while the estimated number of large and mid-sized organizations using EDI is
estimated between 250,000 and 350,000 worldwide. For the time being, the wealth
of businesses that have invested significant resources in EDI still use the
technology for B2B communications, and many see EDI as the best choice for secure,
reliable transactions, given it is a mature, standardized, and trusted medium.
Namely, the leading EDI standards, such as the X12 and EDIFACT, continue to
meet the ever-evolving needs of more than a dozen industries, as opposed to
the ongoing evolution of a myriad of industry-specific extensions (dialects)
that are added to the base XML standard—many of which are non-interoperable
and still a work in progress. It is thus a small wonder that XML adoption and
perceived value is higher where there is a mature industry initiative and standard
like RosettaNet, CIDX, UCCNet,
AS2, and so on within respective hi-tech, chemical, and retail and consumer
goods sectors.
traditional VAN companies have begun to do EDI business over the Internet and
the big buying giants that have always used VANs, such as Target
and Home Depot, are still very happy with the way that they
do business, because it works for them. And as long as these big hubs demand
their suppliers to do business with them via EDI, VAN providers are going to
stay in business.
when a large number of an enterprise's supply chain partners start implementing
XML will other trading partners start seriously considering XML as an alternative
to EDI. Particularly in the ongoing sluggish economic climate, companies are
typically looking to extract maximum value from their existing IT assets. As
such, C-level executives are highly loath to write off significant investments
in their EDI infrastructure, although some of these systems may date back as
far as the 1980s. This is particularly true when many vendors have so far failed
to make a compelling return on investment (ROI) case for a switch to
XML, because nowadays XML capital and labor expenses are still higher than those
of EDI since users need software (and accompanying skills) to do XML translation.
Conversely, despite high initial set-up and value added service costs, EDI implementations
can actually be cost-effective, while the advent of web-based EDI connectivity
standards, software, and services has lowered the entry barriers for many companies
that, initially, would not have considered it an option.
Namely, during the past few years, a number of EDI suppliers have breathed new life into this old workhorse technology by developing offerings that use the Internet as the communications medium, eliminating the need for multiple VANs and driving the per-transaction cost downward. In addition, vendors have developed hosting services that reduce or eliminate customers' need for in-house EDI resources, whereby, further, EDI complexities can be hidden behind a browser-based "thin" client interface, making EDI communications practical for many small companies that would not have considered its use before. As a result, although XML is more flexible and easier to use than EDI, EDI protocols will run for years among major manufacturers or retailers that have heavily invested in their use and have the clout to demand their trading partners use EDI as well. As a matter of fact, EDI, XML, and any other format are merely "semantics" and input streams for expressing data, and whether a transaction is transmitted in EDI format or XML is largely secondary to the fact that electronic document and data exchange is growing rapidly.
EDI, XML in Tandem
positive news for end users is that EDI and XML might not present an either-or
choice at all, but rather offers technologies in tandem, given that
significant interoperability between EDI-based and XML-based systems is already
taking place. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an industry
standards organization, has for some time been working on proposals for standardizing
a way to secure EDI transactions over the Internet. Despite this co-existence,
in the long term it might make economical sense to switch to XML, since the
plethora of market-driving vendors like Microsoft, Oracle
or IBM that have been incorporating support for XML in their
products as the enabler for web services (see Liberty Alliance
vs. WS-I; J2EE vs. .NET; Overwhelmed .YET? ) means B2B trading environments
will, ultimately, be dominated by XML. Furthermore, the price of many XML-based
software products will eventually come down, which is unlikely to occur with
EDI VANs, while the industry-specific standards will inevitably mature. Eventually,
the XML traffic will exceed EDI X12 protocol traffic, but it will not necessarily
be a replacement. X12 is still the dominant format for things like purchase
orders and invoices, whereas, for newer things like collaborative forecasting,
there are no widely used X12 documents so far and this might motivate users
to exchange data in XML.
is only logical that EDI VANs and other providers of integration as a service
would seek to reinvigorate their business value proposition by adding applications
to their "plumbing" portfolios to offer more of an application-like, vertical
solutions-oriented approach to trading community integration requirements. As
an example, vendors that have eyed delivering packaged data synchronization
software and transaction delivery services would be e-commerce network services
vendor Transora and product information management software
maker Trigo Technologies. Both these companies recently announced
plans to work together on a joint offering that combines their products.
contrary to the above competitors as well as to Inovis and
Sterling Commerce, which partnered to fill in key functional
gaps in product information management (PIM) and data synchronization
areas, the direct acquisition of HAHT by Global eXchange Services
(GXS) shows its commitment to the retail sector.
A company that is dependent on EDI for transaction routing should look hard at companies such as GXS as its pathway into the XML century. What is most important to them should be how smoothly the translation service can be implemented in terms of integration with their other systems. Therefore, size and technical strength are not as important as experience with the same systems users might have. But even if a company has the specific experience users need, it does not necessarily follow that they will benefit from it. Therefore, when negotiating terms potential users should make sure they have guaranteed access to the individuals who have worked on their kinds of systems. Given XML and EDI concurrent use for some time in the future, companies should think carefully about how to leverage the mix as to minimize the risk of duplicating efforts where both systems doing virtually the same work.


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Check Top Ten Poker Tells for casino poker tells.
Poker tells have been called the body language of poker, but tells have never been just about body language. Online players have no
bodies to betray their thoughts, but actions do. Tells are simply the act of inadvertently betraying information. You don't need to be
seen, or even have a body for that.
A tell can be any activity that that reveals useful information to your opponents. I first wrote about online poker tells around the
turn of the century, the caveman days of online poker. One of the tells I mentioned then was
The Stall. Back then, when players played at
two tables at a time at most, The Stall was one of the most comically obvious, predictable and exploitable actions online. Inexperienced
players would stall before betting the river when they had a powerful hand, as if they were unsure of what to do. Many years later now,
The Stall is used just as often now by more experienced players as a reverse tell, to try and pretend to have strength. This makes The
Stall now fairly unreliable, but it still is a tell nonetheless. It is just harder to decipher what it means.
Also, now that some players play as many as eight games at a time, slow play is more of a regular occurrence. The value in observing a
Stall now occurs when a player breaks from their usual betting patterns. For instance, if a player has been playing crisply --
apparently with a good connection and only playing one game -- but then suddenly goes into a Stall, this will almost always mean
something. On the other hand, if a player who has been playing slowly suddenly is making bets promptly as soon as it is his turn, this
means something also. It will not have the same meaning in all cases, but simply being aware that an opponent has altered their normal
behavior will almost always be helpful in that it should wave a caution flag in front of your eyes.
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Analyzing betting patterns is an enormous part of playing winning online poker: speed of bet, call or raise, sizing of bets in pot
limit or no limit. A large percentage of online players now are regulars. They play a lot, which means they get into rhythms or
habits. Their standard rhythms are exploitable, but any deviations from the norm represent the key moments to focus on. You don't want
to call someone's all-in bet when they deviate because they have the nuts, but you do want to call when they deviate because they have
a busted draw in a key pot... and you don't want to be clueless about the very fact that they have deviated!
The Rant. Many online poker tells are the result of bad players telling you that they are about to play even worse than normal.
How nice of them. The most obvious of these announcements is The Rant. Flawed players go on
tilt in all sorts of poker games, and online is no exception.
The thing about online is loudmouths and bullies can't
glare at, roll their eyes or do some other belittling physical action. But via the chatbox they CAN insult their opponents. They can't say
"change the deck" but they can rant about software being rigged against their genius-level play.
Boiling it down to the basics, a player who goes on a rant about stupid opponents or rigged software might just as well paint themselves
purple with ten inch letters: "I am on tilt". Besides obviously horrible opponents, ranters are THE players to target in
any game, even more so than obvious multi-tablers. You want to play against people on tilt, but you also want to be sure you don't
take them off tilt by playing a weak hand at them that helps them to calm down. Go ahead and goad abusive players in the chatbox.
These are almost always players who think they are far better than they are, and play considerably worse when losing than when
winning. They will often make the game. Treasure the ranters. To a large degree, winning poker is about defeating people who act
stupidly. Ranters are at the top of the list.
Chat revoked. While not a subset of the rant, a small number of online players list "chat revoked" or something similar
as their location due to the cardroom blocking their chat privileges for some prior immature or rude chat outburst. When you see one of
these players who needs to tell you that their chat is revoked, you know you are dealing with an immature person. They are also more
likely to tilt (though not necessarily, they could have had chat revoked for racist or misogynist talk). If most chat revoked players
lose a pot in an ugly way, you KNOW they wish they could call their opponent an idiot or worse. The WANT to rant. They WANT to insult.
They want to exacerbate the tilt impulses they are feeling. You can even push them further by saying something like "nice hand"
to the winner. You should be able to see the steam coming out of the chat revoked player's icon.
The Gloat. While not universally true, players who like to gloat after winning a pot are normally significant, longterm,
weak-tight losers. Someone who regularly wins
doesn't need to draw attention to that fact. Someone who is seldom a significant winner and needs to draw attention to that fact will
be insecure as well as weak-playing. Gloaters are much easier to bluff after they begin to gloat, because they hate to now seem like a
loser. They don't mind folding on the flop, or on the turn when an overcard hits, because they can pretend they got sucked out on.
What they hate to do is be beaten on the river by an opponent with a superior hand. Gloaters can go on mega-tilt if they start losing
after gloating, but more often they tighten up and enjoy their moment. They don't get them very often.
The Whiner. Chatbox-whining players are different than the above. People who whine in public, to a group of strangers who
couldn't care less, are very likely used to whining. In other words, a whiner is not likely to be on tilt when losing. A variation of
The Whiner is The Challenger who whines "let's play head-up" any time someone beats him two hands in a row, or three
of so ugly hands in an hour. Both these types are serious, long-term losers.
The Rocket Scientist.
Any player who sees fit to lecture about how to play, and then is blatantly wrong, is a short term target. These players almost never last
very long, are often first-timers and are seldom exploitable over time.
Online tells almost always give you information, but don't confuse "it means something" with "it means the same thing in
every situation." Using the "in turn" betting buttons is a good example. Using the auto-check almost always means weakness,
but the auto-bet and auto-raise buttons can have very different meanings depending on the street where the betting occurs. Auto-raise
before the flop is surely always a sign of real strength (unless a player is a maniac or obviously tilting). Auto-raise on the flop
will more often be a sign of false strength, where someone is trying to protect a marginal hand.
Some tells carry over from casino poker, like a player impatiently taking the blind out of
position, or right before having to take the big blind
the next hand. Other tells are pure creations of online poker, though perhaps not tells per se, like using a statistics program to see
an opponent's flop percentage.
When playing online you can't see your opponents, but you can see what they DO. Just like in the rest of life, what people actually do
is what matters. How they act reveals their confidence, skills, backbone, maturity and level-headedness. The betting actions and chat
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Heal Thyself First. ~ Donna Quesada
It is February—the month of love, so, in the spirit of the season, here is a note about the importance of healing your own heart first.
At the higher levels of the world's wisdom traditions, the differences grow dim in the light of their shared messages. Central among these, is the appeal to tend to your own healing and transformation, first and foremost. They say it is essential to purify yourself before trying to fix the world. In other words, although we do exactly the opposite, in the form of finger-pointing, whistle-blowing and fault-finding, the call is to look to the inside before looking to the outside.
Rather than simply take it for granted, I would like to explore the reasons why this makes sense.
Firstly, because when we are hurting, depressed and despondent, or, angry, annoyed and angst-ridden, we are less likely to be open to the needs of others. We are, instead, more likely to close ourselves off and tuck ourselves away into a protective cocoon where we are simultaneously unwilling, unavailable and unable to be of service to anybody else.
Secondly, because while we're on this planet, the very least we can do—even if we don't do much good—is refrain from causing harm. And when we're suffering, we're likely to lash out on others in myriad ways, from the little things, like general rudeness, to the big things, like the Columbine massacres.
Finally, in a more etheric sense, an open and balanced heart center—what the Yogis call the anahata chakra—can have a natural healing effect on others. When we heal ourselves and become peaceful on the inside and our hearts start to open, we tend to radiate warmth, and that creates joy all around.
Edited by Tanya Lee Markul, Yoga Editor.
Donna Quesada has a background in Zen Buddhism and is certified to teach Yoga in two different traditions. She is the author of Buddha in the Classroom; Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers and is a contributor to The Poetry of Yoga. She lives with her family in the heart of cinema land, Culver City, CA, where you'll likely find her walking her nutty little terrier Marcel. Websites here & here.
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An article that truly reflects the saying, "Love yourself first, before you can love others."
A very insightful discussion and description of how to be content with oneself, before entering the social and emotional sphere of others. Yes I believe if individuals can better understand themselves and heal individual problems, their perspectives and thought processes in life would be much more clear!
Great Article!
Donna, I am touched by what you shared here. You made some great points! This line especially jumped out at me:
Secondly, because while we're on this planet, the very least we can do—even if we don't do much good—is refrain from causing harm.
Such words of wisdom! I do my best to surround myself with people who are embodying this.
Unfortunately lately it's seeming like these people are few and far between.
And I am not saying I do it perfectly . . . . . But yes, this is my mission – to treat myself with 100% unconditional love and compassion. When I do this, that love can only radiate out to others.
Generally our actions are a reflection of our own sense of worthiness. When we feel unworthy — we see everyone as unworthy. Funny how that works!
Thank you, Troy.
And thank you, Dee. It was lovely to connect with you, via our articles. The idea of not causing harm is one of the vows taken in the Zen tradition. I think it's lovely, too.
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Depending on which result you get, you can figure out if the problem is at your end or at the website's end.
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DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is a very handy tool. I use it all the time when I have connection problems with dotTech. It allows me to find out if it is because my ISP sucks or if my website truly is down in which case I go yell at my webhost. I am sure everyone will find it very useful also.
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Ok this is quite helpful..but when it says its just me how can I be able to access the website again?? Desperately need to know..
and what happens if I can´t access to DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com?
then is it just me or also them
ive tried this and found a site is down for "just me"…….so, ok how do I get it back up?
check mine too : isthatsitedown.com , it has tool to check many sites in one click and the top ten sites list
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Super idea! But who do I ask when DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is down??? Har-har-har
@ jumbi – thanks. I honestly never thought that the first scenario was possible. The second one, I presume, is more likely?
If the "problem is at my end" how do I access the site referred to? Perhaps my logic is faulty, but I would expect "a problem at my end" to impact on all sites I wish to visit.
This site only works for a direct URL. I have a couple of sites which use redirection and this site says they are down when I can access them OK.
As you won't know if an address needs redirection this site is not so useful as I'd hoped
Sorry, I didn't understand the explanation. I tried the dfeojm dottech.org>Enter in the FF address bar and got 'couldn't locate any documents'. Clearly, I'm doing something wrong.
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It's here folks! The Pawn Stars Slot Machine is now in operation! We caught up with Corey last night giving it a go for the first time. Corey says he enjoys the game and it was quite interesting trying hammer out a good deal with himself. Be sure to stop and haggle with your favorite Pawn Stars the next time you're hitting the slots!
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Factors Correlated With Fatigue in Breast Cancer (FATSEIN)
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The aim of this study is to identify the determinants of cancer-related fatigue, and the long-term effect of the different adjuvants treatments will be explored. A prospective longitudinal study in women diagnosed for the first time with stage I-III breast cancer and who have undergone surgery, has been designed to meet the study aims.
Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer
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|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Factors Correlated With Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients Before, During and After Adjuvant Chemotherapy
- The Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20) questionnaire is used to assess patient's fatigue. [ Time Frame: Breast cancer patients complete the questionnaires before surgery and at several times depending on their adjuvant treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Questionnaires regarding personality traits (LOT "Life Orientation Test" and the trait-version of the STAI "State Trait Anxiety instrument"), Quality of life questionnaire(EORTC QLQ-C30), and the state-version of the STAI will be also completed. [ Time Frame: For the LOT and the trait-version of the STAI: only before the surgery, for the QLQ-C30: before surgery and several times during adjuvant treatment and for the state-version of the STAI: several times during adjuvant treatment ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
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|July 2008
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Breast cancer patients treated by adjuvant chemotherapy after their surgery. The time points of data collection are before the start of the first, second, fourth and sixth cycle of chemotherapy. If patients are treated by radiotherapy after the chemotherapy, there are 2 measurements points pre- and post radiotherapy.The others measurement points are at 12,18 and 24 months after surgery.
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Breast cancer patients no treated by adjuvant chemotherapy after their surgery. For patients treated by radiotherapy after surgery, there are 2 measurement points pre- and post radiotherapy. The others measurement points are at 4,6,7,8,12,18 and 24 months after surgery.
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Recruitment began in September 2008 and is planned over a 24-month period. Participants with breast cancer are recruited from three French cancer centers, the Alexis Vautrin anti-cancer center of Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, the Georges-François Leclerc anti-cancer center of Dijon and the Paul Strauss anti-cancer center of Strasbourg, France. Participation to study is proposed to all women with newly diagnosed breast cancer the day preceeding surgery.Included patients are asked to complete the questionnaires several times.
Inclusion Criteria:
- aged 18 years and older
- newly diagnosed with stage I-IIIA breast adenocarcinoma
- have undergone surgery
- WHO performance status score equal or lower than 2
- able to provide informed consent
- speak French and able to complete self-report questionnaires
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnancy
- bilateral breast cancer
- metastatic breast cancer
- patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- known psychiatric disease or dementia
- no previous history of cancer
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01064427
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|Principal Investigator: Velten Michel
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|Guillemin Francis, PU-PH
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|Conroy Thierry, PU-PH
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Keywords provided by Central Hospital, Nancy, France:
breast cancer
adjuvant chemotherapy
quality of life
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Breast Neoplasms
Breast Diseases
Neoplasms by Site
Skin Diseases
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Kuk (Kek or Keku) was one of the eight primordial elements in the Ogdoad creation myth. He represented darkness in combination with his female aspect Kuaket (which is simply the female form of his name). As with the other three male elements, Kuk was depicted as a frog, or as a frog-headed man.
Kuk represented darkness, obscurity and night. This darkness was the chaotic darkness which existed before the creation of the world. However, although he was a god of the darkness, he was also associated with the dawn and given the epithet, the "bringer-in of the light".
It is sometimes suggested that Kuk and Kauket were associated with Khnum, Satet and Hapi of Abu (Elephantine). It is also suggested that he was also associated with Sobek.copyright J Hill 2010
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Dear Kelly,
I have a 9 year old daughter who is spoiled rotten by her father. I do my best to keep her grounded and yet every time I try to punish her for doing something wrong, he intervenes and tells me I'm being too hard on her. She mouthed off to me the other day, and called me a name while stomping out of the room, while I was on the phone with a client so I took her cellphone away. She threw a fit and, of course, dad gave it back to her. At this point I want to tell them both to pack their bags and move out because, at this rate, I don't want to be around when she becomes a teenager.
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Well you can't kick your child to the curb because your man is an idiot. Instead, you first have to lay down the law with him, make him adhere to it, and if he doesn't- kick HIM to the curb. If you let him have his way your daughter will become one of those Mean Girls we all got bullied by in High School and your resentment for both of them will grow. Side note: it seems to me your husband doesn't respect you. Do you have any idea why that might be? I suggest you get to marriage counseling A.S.A.P and find out so you can raise your daughter with manners, humility, and some sense that God (and you) gave her!
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The H5N1 bird flu virus is entrenched in 31 of the country's 33 provinces and will cause more human deaths, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement released late Tuesday.
The H5N1 virus has killed at least 236 people in a dozen countries worldwide since it began ravaging poultry stocks across Asia in 2003. It has been found in birds in more than 60 countries, but Indonesia has recorded 105 deaths, almost half the global tally, according to the World Health Organization.
FAO's sharp warning comes amid a flurry of bird flu outbreaks across the region. Chinese officials earlier this week announced the H5N1 virus was responsible for killing birds in poultry markets in the southern city of Guangzhou. Meanwhile, India last week confirmed a fresh poultry outbreak near Calcutta. The country has been battling the virus since January, resulting in the death or slaughter of some 4 million birds.


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A manhunt was underway for two suspects after an assistant district attorney was gunned down Thursday outside a courthouse in Kaufman, Texas.
The prosecutor was shot five times around 9 a.m. local time outside the Kaufman County Courthouse, ambushed while getting out of his car, KDFW-TV is reporting.
Sheriff David Byrnes said the killing was an attack on the criminal justice system."This is the next level (of crime)," he said.
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that "authorities with knowledge of the assistant DA's caseload say he had been heavily involved in the investigation of members of the Aryan Brotherhood."
A probe is underway to determine if the shooting is connected to that investigation, the Morning News says.
The victim was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. The identity has not been released because his family hasn't been notified, Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes said.
Security officers and deputies closed nearby streets in Kaufman, a North Texas town of about 6,700 residents less than 40 miles from Dallas. Kaufman schools were put on lockdown.
Lawyer James Lee Bright told the Morning News he arrived at the courthouse just as officers began swarming the scene.
"Within two or three minutes, the whole square was literally flooded with officers," Bright said. He said he saw a woman shaking as she told a bailiff she had witnessed the shooting.
The building was put in lockdown, then people were allowed to leave in groups, depending on where they were parked, he told the Morning News.
"When you hear a DA at 8:40 in the morning is gunned down by two people, I think there's a reasonable presumption that it's not random," Bright said.
Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood said the courthouse remained closed and it would be up to the sheriff to determine when it would reopen.
Wood told the Morning News he saw the victim every day in the courthouse hallways.
"He was revered and he did an outstanding job," Wood said. "We see each other every day. ... It's a very small courthouse."
"It's a horrible situation," Wood told the Morning News. "None of us would have ever expected anything like this to ever happen in our county."
The shooting has resulted in warnings elsewhere. WFAA-TV in Dallas reports that the email below was sent by the Dallas County DA to his staff:
"This message is not intended to scare anyone but please be advised. A Kaufman County prosecutor was fatally shot a few minutes ago outside the Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman. Two masked gunman are the suspects. They have not been apprehended yet.
Please be aware of your surroundings when leaving the building for your safety. This is probably a isolated incident but until further notice if you plan to work past dark today please be careful and ask security for assistance escorting you to your vehicles if needed. I will keep you informed as to the arrest of the suspects when i am notified. Don't panic but please be aware of your environment when leaving the building."
Kaufman Police Chief Chris Aulbaugh said the shooting would have a major impact on Kaufman.
"Any loss of life, especially someone out there protecting the community, would have that effect," he said.
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Delbert Lester Fulk, son of Mack and Ethel (Ice) Fulk, was born July 23, 1926 near Houston, MO. He passed away Saturday February 18, 2012 at his home making his age 85 years, 7 months and 26 days.
On July 31, 1959 he was united in marriage to Joan Elizabeth Starnes. They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary July 31, 1999; the event was hosted by nieces Marcia McKay and Judy McCarter and nephew Richard Mackey.
Due to failing health he had stayed a few months at the National Health Care in West Plains, MO for rehab. The caregivers said regardless of how he felt he always greeted them with a big smile.
Delbert was a hard working man. As a young man he worked at a sawmill and milked cows for several years. He began working for Brauer Bros shoe factory in 1959 and continued working when Brown Shoe bought the business in 1974. He retired July 24, 1991 after 31 years of service. He enjoyed gardening and tending to his farm animals, especially his pets. He also loved to go squirrel and coon hunting.
Delbert was a kind, gentle and caring man, always ready to help family, friends and neighbors. He never charged for his services, his reward was being able to help others. He loved his family very much and enjoyed his 2 nieces Marcia and Judy Lay and nephew Richard Mackey as children and later years of their lives. They filled the void for the children he never had. He loved them as his own and the love was mutual.
He is preceded in death by his loving wife, Joan, his parents, Mack and Ethel, two brothers, Edgar and Bob, one sister Lovene, 2 brothers-in-law, Loyal Lay and Russell Mackey.
He is survived by two sisters Lavonne Lay of Broken Arrow, OK, Zella Mackey of Cabool, MO, two nieces, Marcia McKay and husband Tim of KS, Judy McCarter and husband Jim of Broken Arrow, OK, nephew, Richard Mackey and wife Stacie of St. Peters, MO, two great nieces, Cortney McKay and Jenneca McCarter and great nephew, Jeffery McCarter.
Delbert will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Memorials may be made to Ozark Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to www.evansfh.com.
Visitation will be held from 11:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Evans Funeral Home, with services being held at 1:00 P.M. with Rev. Kendall Ford and Rev. John Wisdom officiating. Pallbearers are; Darrell Scheets, Cory Scheets, Gary Akers, Terry Akers, Darren Ice and Keith Swisher. Honorary Pallbearers are: Gary Grogan, Art Williamson, Darren Scheets, Shawn Watson, Richard Mackey, Jim McCarter and Tim McKay. Burial will be in Ozark Cemetery under the direction of Evans Funeral Home.


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Just finished two new classes for Kelby Training, which are in the pipe, and will most likely come out fairly shortly. They're pretty in depth looks at creating, with just light and a plain wall, an environment in which dancers can thrive, create their own sublime shapes, which then, at camera, you simply hope to capture. I'm a big believer in the fact that when the camera observes a performer, it simply stands in service to their creativity. Consequently, the best thing a shooter can do is provide a comfortable place for them to experiment, light them simply and well, and then sorta, kinda, get the hell out of their way.
I'll never be known as a dance shooter. I'll really never be known as any particular kind of shooter at all, being resolutely, the generalist. (I spun from this studio into a job for the Geographic where I'm traveling with 27 cases of gear, two Suburbans, and negotiating the shooting of large, static objects.)
And I enjoy both of the above styles of assignment in equal measure, though I have to admit that the interaction with dancers is a helluva lot more fun. It's a safety valve for me, to shoot dance. Think of a vent on a pressure cooker. I've always been a star struck kid when it comes to virtually any of the performing arts. Recently, I was in Vegas for a gig, and I took my youngest daughter with me. (Her first time in Vegas, and she really liked it. Should I be worried?)
We went to the "O" show, and both sat there with our jaws dropped at the exquisite talent on stage. I feel the same way about looking through the lens at dance.
The above set featured modern dancer Jeff Mortensen, and he was able to create whimsy in the air, assisted by two Elinchrom Rangers into long strip soft boxes, one directly overhead, and one off to either side, depending on his gesture. I "found" Jeff through the long standing relationships of David Cooper, a friend and fellow shooter based in Vancouver. David is one of Canada's leading theater and dance shooters, and his daughter Emily (who calls herself Mini-Cooper) is not far behind in terms of skill. They are prominent members of the creative community in Vancouver, which is a city I love to go and work.
I was also able to work with Lisa Gelley, Josh Martin, and Shay Kuebler of the 605 Collective modern dance troupe based in Vancouver. They are dedicated to creating new versions of aesthetics in the air through the intricate interweaving of their articulate bodies while in flight. Above is Josh, lit with two TTL speed lights. Below, bigger lights were used, a combo of Ranger and Quadra.
Keeping things simple, we used just one speed light for the above shot of the soulfully expressive Bevin Poole. Here's where you need to explain yourself as a photographer, and try your best not sound like a complete lunatic. I had no relationship, really, with Bevin, until she walked into the studio. I had just seen her picture. But for some reason, I saw her short hair sort of tufted and her face and body painted in some way shape or form. I don't know where that came from, it just did. Here's where collaboration with an excellent makeup artist is irreplaceable. I discussed this off the wall notion with Tamar Ouziel, an extremely talented HMU artist in Vancouver, and she immediately got on board with it, made suggestions, refined the idea and made Bevin up. Bevin, bless her, listened to me, a complete stranger, as the first things I said to her were that I wanted to paint her face and body and nestle her in a bird's nest of tulle. She listened, smiled, cocked her head to the side, and said, "Sure." (This is another reason to love working with dancers. They not only agree to your fevered, improbable imagination, they then take it and enlarge it, enhance it, and embody it.)
I helped Lastolite re-design their very popular 24″ Ezybox, creating one with a white interior instead of a silver. (As I've mentioned, I kind of feel like a golfer who's been on the Tour for thirty years, and finally got asked to design a course.) I was happy to pitch in, as I've been using the Lastolite stuff for a long time now, and their product manager, Gary Astill, is an amazing designer. I used the white Ezybox for the above. I would have been a bit apprehensive about using a silvery interior on this white on white study. What I needed was a quiet fade from highlight to shadow, and not something abrupt and contrasty. It worked well, as the one light in the picture. What you see below is the whole set, and all of the lighting. (To the left is a heater. With the tempura paint drying on Bevin, she got cold. Dancers don't have much body fat, so that was a point we made during the shoot in terms of creating a comfort zone for them.)
Keeping it simple, once again, the below is two speed lights, a main and a fill. The main is kind of a new kid on the block called the Lastolite 8 in 1 umbrella, which I've been using a lot, mostly in shoot through mode, with the mask on it. It tends to create a more controllable light, with good fall off into shadows, which you can, in turn, choose to fill in or not. What the light is doing here is simple. What the dancer, Alexander Burton of Ballet BC, is doing, is not.
Speed lights were also used for the wonderful leaper, Gilbert Small, below, also of Ballet BC.
The classes really discuss fully the use of all manner of lighting, most of it very simple, brought to bear in the studio, which is, as I always feel, an empty box you fill with your imagination. It also emphasizes the importance of collaboration with the dancers, the makeup artist, and the crew. Any photo that might be any good that comes out of a day in the studio like this is very much the result of a team effort and the creative input of all involved. I was blessed on the set with Tamar, and Syx Langeman, a talented Vancouver shooter, our own Mike "Double Guns" Cali, and of course David Cooper, whose studio we rented. (Anyone traveling to Vancouver in need of a studio, contact David. His shop is about as comfortable and complete as studios get.)
The above is of Alexis Fletcher, who is truly magnificent. She is particular, as classical dancers tend to be, and she can float through the air as effortlessly as the rose petals we blew into the frame with her. She would look at every frame we shot together, and effectively, she coached me through it. She remarked on my timing, and her form, critically, but also wonderfully. Because of her devotion to craft, she, effectively, pushed me to be a better photographer on the set that day.
A number of years ago, I had a show of my dance work at the Shanghai Art Museum. They asked me to write up something that addressed the notion of why one would shoot dance as a theme. Here is what I wrote.
"I have always photographed dance, ever since I moved to New York to become a photographer. One of my first apartments in the city was on 65th St. just by Lincoln Center, nexus of the dance world, and home to the New York City and the American Ballet companies. Through my windows and walks in the neighborhood, I would see these lissome creatures, hair pulled tight in the inevitable bun, dance bag over the shoulder, lovely to look at, even in their occasionally ungainly, splayfooted gait. Dancers all, making their way to the studios just across from my tiny, dungeon-like studio apartment.
I grew curious about this world, and managed to find my way into the studios with my camera. There I began to witness the beauty, the audacity, and the sheer grit of the dancer. The reasons for their sidewalk awkwardness became apparent. Dancers are not meant to trudge through the concrete grime and blaring traffic of the city. They are creatures of flight, stopping just short of having wings, with astonishing abilities to parse the human figure into a wide range of shapes and stances, all of them equally, impossibly beautiful. They are meant to be in motion, on stage, magnets for the eye, and thus the camera.
In the course of their careers, dancers will have many partners, but a constant one is the camera. Why else to fly and leap so magnificently, except to have that flight recorded and preserved? No other medium has the ability to slice time, and freeze moments. Given the quicksilver, all too brief career of a dancer, this is highly desirable. The photograph preserves that split second when it appears gravity is suspended, and the rest of us, earthbound earth forever, gasp.
These photographs are my own gasps. I have been privileged to simultaneously have had my breath taken away and my camera to my eye many times. This selection represents a few of those moments. The camera is the dancer's eternal partner, lockstep in a lovely pas de deux."
I sincerely thank Scott Kelby and the whole Kelby clan down in Tampa for creating the opportunity to both shoot and teach something that means a lot to me.
More tk….
Lewis.w says:
on February 6, 2012 at 9:23 am
Words as beautiful as the images themselves.
Andor says:
on February 6, 2012 at 9:57 am
Amazing images and story again – thanks for sharing Joe!
christine pincince says:
on February 6, 2012 at 10:02 am
Dear Joe,
You made me cry. Truly..
Of course your art, as expected, is beyond perfect. But it is your honest heart felt awe of what you are privledged to do that underlines all, that I believe has shaped you into the gifted photographer and good man you are. thank you for sharing this and yourself. It is a brave, inspiring and rare gift to us, your ardent admirers.
Joe S says:
on February 6, 2012 at 10:07 am
Looking forward to them Joe. My daughter is an aspiring ballerina!
DaveB says:
on February 6, 2012 at 10:34 am
Thanks for taking the time to share whaz-up… inspirational shots and more stuff coming and I haven't even finished Sketching Light yet…
Tim Skipper says:
on February 6, 2012 at 10:57 am
Awesome as always Joe.
Steve Wylie says:
on February 6, 2012 at 11:06 am
Thanks again, Joe, for these images. And thanks even more for the props given to David Cooper, who has led me and a handful of lucky shooters through two unforgettable workshops in his studio, choreographing and shooting the 605 gang and the artists from Ballet BC. These are truly wonderful people. Alexis Fletcher is indeed the epitome of grace and loveliness, and an absolute joy to work with, as are all of the dancers at Ballet BC and the 605 Collective. I cannot wait for your collaboration with David and these amazing dancers to be released on Kelby Training.
Ben Weddle says:
on February 6, 2012 at 12:05 pm
I've been working as a photographer ever since I realized I couldn't hit a curveball and along the way, I've collected my select few photographers who's imagery I respect and whom have influenced me as well. I look upon your body of work along with Gregory Heisler and Howard Schatz and realize there is a level of finish I can still aspire to.
Your on-camera presence, innate likability and lack of pretentiousness makes you an effective communicator and having just read your piece describing your dancer exhibit, I'm as equally impressed with your prose.
I'll carry your tips, attitude and energy with me as I capture my particular view of our world and hope someday our paths will cross. I think we could be friends.
Ben Wedddle
Michael Cooper says:
on February 6, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Joe, I have been shooting since I can remember. Now I work commercially in Toronto and teach lighting as well. Your gift to other photographers is extremely valuable and I want to thank you for sharing your insights. I hope your collaborations continue to grow and spread and that your courses may come out east as well.
The other Cooper. Michael Cooper
JayM says:
on February 6, 2012 at 2:45 pm
Always inspired.
My wife and I saw "O" at Bellagio a couple of weeks ago. It was a constant effort to keep my jaw from hanging slack. Amazing.
stephen says:
on February 6, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Joe, you disabled Right Clicking on your website? What is this, 1999? If somebody wants to borrow images of your site, there's about 1200 other ways besides the right click.
robert says:
on February 6, 2012 at 6:55 pm
Joe, thanks for the heads up on the Kelby class. I will be looking forward to learning from it. It was great to read your passion for dance. I have taken thousands of dance photos (along with operas,plays, etc), but almost always during full dress rehearsals on a stage as I was limited by both studio space and knowledge (film production background). The athleticism and beauty in dance creates a world separate from all others. If I would have taken my first ballet class at 2 and not 22, I might be the one in front of the camera and not behind it. I have had people tell me my photos are beautiful and I tell them that I am just the guy that clicks the shutter; the dancers do all the work. I just received Sketching Light in the mail last week… hopefully that holds me over until the Kelby Training classes come on-line.
Jay Mann says:
on February 6, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Nice inspiring read to start the day, thanks.
esquissewei says:
on February 7, 2012 at 8:04 am
looking forward to it
Donfer says:
on February 7, 2012 at 10:37 am
thanks for sharing , master ~
Joe says:
on February 7, 2012 at 10:59 am
Another great post. Inspirational as always. And more evidence that you write as well as you shoot. Kudos!
Jason Halayko says:
on February 7, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Hey Joe,
Your classes are pretty much the reason I joined Kelby Training last year so I am really looking forward to these new ones. Reading your blog really makes me wish I still lived in Vancouver, but maybe I can try something similar over here in Kyoto.
Joe Ethridge says:
on February 7, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Bravo Joe! Looking forward to the videos as they are always great, not to mention my love of dancers and photography. Thanks and a tip of the softbox.
Kyle Jerichow says:
on February 9, 2012 at 7:23 am
Hey joe,
oddly enough kamila and I were discussing a photo concept that invloved a lot tulle while we were in Vancouver, and putting some more preperation into it that we're here in the ROK. I may get a chance to shoot it in a few weeks.
I am glad that your personal shoot went so well with the aid of Kelby Training!
All the best,
Dave R. says:
on February 9, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Very much looking forward to another set of training videos. I'm a Nikon guy and am learning my SB900, and always find your insight invaluable. I have a shoot tomorrow with a boxer to get some shots for promotional purposes (shooting outdoors). Your videos on Kelby Training are the first things I referenced to get some good tips. Also thumbing through your new book for tips as well. Thanks again for the time and effort put into your training material. It's helping immensely with my learning curve.
Ken Toney says:
on February 11, 2012 at 8:59 am
Joe, can't wait to see the new training at kelbytraining.com! Thanks for all the tips on the D4, I'm waiting on mine now. I was wondering if you had any firmware issues that you knew of in the ones they sent you?
Bryan says:
on February 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm
striking images and beautifully lit. i always enjoy your work and find it inspirational
Chris Jung says:
on February 13, 2012 at 9:44 am
I can't wait!
doğum fotoğrafçısı says:
on February 14, 2012 at 2:22 am
very inspirational. thank you!
ivor says:
on February 15, 2012 at 3:45 am
As someone else said above, your work is really inspirational
Jon Mold says:
on February 15, 2012 at 6:50 am
Wow, can't wait to see them Joe. Come on, get them published. Shall I give Scott of kick?? 😉
Jay Shuttleworth says:
on February 16, 2012 at 10:00 am
Joe, thanks for a great post, very inspirational photographs, thankyou
patrick papougnot says:
on February 17, 2012 at 11:36 am
Hi there,
Bonjour from France!
Just finished reading 'Sketching Light'. It has been an A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E delight and a real pleasure to discover how and why you do so honestly well and to the best of your ability. Stunning images, fantastic drawings about Numnuts, Val and the equipment used to get stunning pictures.
I like your passion for life and your true respect of the subjects you shoot… Your work is full of energy throughout intelligent and humoristic comments. Tip top job, Joe!
Many, many thanks for sharing with us such talent and hard work. You are 'genial'.
And now it is time to go back to my D1X and my 3 SB-50DX flashes for more flash photography experimentation in my neighbourhood. I may be a poor lonesome teacher far away from success but my heart is with you. All the way!
A Bientot,
Nick Croken says:
on March 2, 2012 at 2:36 pm
Hey Joe,
I love what you did with Jeff. He is a friend of mine from highschool and we collaborated a couple of years ago. I always find it interesting to see how two photographers interpret the same subject. http://redlinephoto.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/gymnastics/
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Recently I became interested in the advantages of using a hammock, and I purchased the Clark Jungle Hammock. I absolutely love the comfort of a hammock now, and sleep much better in one. However, there's one thing I didn't think about before purchasing one.At the campsite, I really enjoy the few hours in my tent during the dark hours before going to bed. There's lots of room to move around, and I feel very safe and comfortable in my tent.The first time I brought my hammock car camping, though, the idea of having to confine myself in it for the next few hours before I went to sleep didn't sound fun at all. I did bring my tent too, so opted to sleep in it that night.I'm curious, how do people make good use of time, say between 7 and 10pm, when camping in a hammock?Thanks.
I seem to never be awake for more than a few minutes before I fall asleep in mine. I use a Hennessey, which can be used as a chair too. I hang out with everyone else before it is time for bed. Sit pad. You will be more rested and will be able to hike longer. Spend less time in camp. Sweet dreams.
Edited by kthompson on 02/20/2011 08:54:19 MST.
Thanks Ken.I actually went on a trip with a bunch of friends, and also found that I spent time with the group until it was time for bed and then jumped in the hammock.I think being solo on my car camping trip led to me feeling somewhat exposed out there in my hammock. This is probably part of the learning curve involved when transitioning from tent to hammock camping.The comfort of a hammock, in my mind, can't be surpassed, so I'll definitely be looking into getting past some of these challenges.Thanks again for your help. Before sleep I usually do some reading too. I made it a point to leave my laptop in my car :) (needed it for business the next morning).
Read, listen to music, watch video, journal.
I'm officially switching back to hammocks.Its just way more comfortable to sleep in,and better on my back.Pus lighter to pack and way less bulk.
Edited by kingstumps70 on 05/02/2011 12:15:33 MDT.
I'm curious how many hammock/tarp/lines/UQ setups will weigh less than a tent and mattress. I would look to choose a hammock setup for its comfort in spite of the weight penalty.
Since you asked here's my setup:Grand Trunk Nano-7 Hammock with tree straps and whoopie slings - 10.83 ouncesDB Bugnet - .67 ounces (yes - only 19 grams)Lawson Equipment HexaLite 11'x9' tarp with guylines and 4 stakes - 10.37 ouncesTe-Wa Summer Breeze Underquilt (good at least into the 40's IME) - 10.83 ouncesTotal weight? 32.7 ouncesI add my BPL UL60 Quilt (12.91 ounces) for a total sleep system weight of 45.61 ounces that has me comfortable down at least to 40 degrees and would probably be fine into the 30's. Hammocking doesn't have to be heavy...One other note: My tree straps are considered pretty heavy. I use 1" webbing and have a 6' strap and an 8' strap because I've found it gives me the most flexibility as to where I hang. There are lots of people who wouldn't be caught dead with a strap longer than 3' or so.
"There are lots of people who wouldn't be caught dead with a strap longer than 3' or so."Wow. That would be totally useless out here in Redwood country. Wouldn't go around some branches. The 8' ones are too short sometimes. Nice hammock setup Kevin. Huge tarp.
Ken,Thanks for the comment. I hike mostly in Pennsylvania where I rarely have to go to a tree larger than 1 foot in diameter, but there are times when I need the extra length.The tarp is a brand new one from Lawson Equipment (formerly Mountainfitter). It's an 11'x9' hex hammock tarp and it's a work of beauty. He now has it posted on his website (www.LawsonEquipment.com) and it's on sale...
It is pretty hard to get lighter than the tarp, mattress, bivy system. It is also pretty hard to go back to ground after hanging for a night or two. As to the OP I like to set the height of my hammock so I can sit comfy and then do my whatevers. It leaves enough space for gear underneath and it's not so far to drop when something fails in the middle of the night. I use my mattress instead of an UQ. The foil/foam reflective windshield shades also make dandy thermal breaks. They can usually be found in most dollar stores I have made several MYOG hammocks made from the tarps that cover lumber in lumber yards. They are almost free weigh a couple oz. and last for a full season if folded and tied properly. That said I am taking my WWII jungle hammock this weekend. It weighs a ton by most standards but it is almost stormproof and can go to ground if needed. The weather is/has been totally whacked.Jeff,Maybe post a pic for me so I can compare to the WWII?On the groundHangingMYOGWelcome to the Fold,BJ
"It is pretty hard to get lighter than the tarp, mattress, bivy system"I think it CAN be.. but it is totally possible to remain below the weight of many bivy systems, as well. Many hammock rigs are in fact, a tarp, mattress, bivy system, just off the ground. I like that many of us hangers are doing so well in the UL range, its good motivation and inspiration for those who seek to go lighter with a hammock rig. my lightest, most crazy set up is a WB traveler w/ whoopies, a zpacks hex Cuben tarp, and a summer UQ - all three for under 2lbs (27.5oz, total)that's the weight of most commercial bivy+pad combos, without even adding a tarp.. ;)
Edited by mikeinfhaz on 06/03/2011 12:17:23 MDT.
I love the kiln dried hammock!!! ;)Seriously good use of found material!
I think for many of us hammockers it's not difficult to come in at or under a comparable tent system. However, I think the hammock affords greater flexibility and more comfort (for most people).I've read many times about people having a hard time finding a suitable tent site. I can't think of a single time (below treeline) where I've read the same being said about hammocks. Likewise many people sleep incredibly well in a hammock. I can't stand sleeping on the ground anymore.I like that I can stop pretty much anywhere I can find two trees. The weight will vary depending on conditions. If I don't carry an underquilt and other cold-weather gear it's very easy to keep things light.
Question: Is any company trying to incorporate the light weight insulated air mattress technology into a hammock for insulation (like the Neoair)? So instead of putting some kind of pad inside or using an under quilt, the hammock could be blown up once it is hanging and the whole hammock would be insulated. My guess is that a hammock like this could weigh less than 2 pounds and be good down to VERY low temps--like 0° F. As for what to do with your time in camp with no tent, the hammock should enhance your freedom. If it is raining, you have more space under your tarp than you do in a tent and if your friends will hang around under your tarp, you can lower your hammock and sit it in it and be very comfortable.
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