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Dr. Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr. Alina Kerimkulova, Dr. Olga Lunegova, Dr. Aibek Mirrakhimov, Dr. Nazira Alibaeva, Dr. Malik Nabiev
Department of Internal Medicine, Kyrgyz State Medical Academy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
National Center of Cardiology and Internal Disease, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz-Russian (Slavic) Univeristy, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Erkin Mirrakhimov
Gönderim Tarihi: 06 Mayıs 2013
Kabul Tarihi: 06 Ekim 2013
Amaç: Adipositler tarafından salgılanan 167 amino asitli protein
olan leptin obezite ile bozulmuş lipit metabolizması arasındaki
olası bağlantıyı oluşturur. Vücutta leptinin içeriği beden
kütle indeksiyle (BKİ) yakından ilişkilidir. Leptinin dislipidemiyle
ilişkisi konusundaki çalışmalardan elde edilen veriler çelişkilidir.
Kırgız halkında leptin düzeyi daha önce araştırılmamıştır.
Bu çalışmanın amacı Kırgız ırkında leptin ile lipit parametreleri
arasındaki ilişkiyi araştırmaktır.
Çalışma planı: Çalışmaya Kırgızistan'da yaşayan ≥30 yaşlarında
Kırgız ırkından 322 kişi (145 erkek, 177 kadın) alındı.
Antropometrik parametreler [boy, kilo, bel çevresi (BÇ), kalça
çevresi (KÇ)] ve kan basıncı (KB) ölçüldü. Laboratuvar testlerinden
açlık kan şekeri (AKŞ), lipit profili [total kolesterol
(TK), trigliseritler (TG), yüksek yoğunluklu lipoprotein (YYL)
kolesterol, düşük yoğunluklu kolesterol (DYL) ve serum leptin
Bulgular: Serum leptin, her iki cinste BKİ, BÇ, TG ve erkeklerde
TK ile pozitif korelasyon göstermektedir.
Sonuç: Leptin, Kırgızlarda her iki cinste BKİ, BÇ ve TK, erkeklerde
TK ile ilişkilidir.
Anahtar Kelimeler:
Beden kütle indeksi; leptin; lipitler; Kırgızistan; bel çevresi.
Obesity is associated with dyslipidemia and cardiovascular
disease.[1] However, the underlying
mechanisms of this association are not fully understood.
A possible link between obesity and impaired
lipid metabolism may be found through the molecule
leptin, a 167-amino acid protein, secreted by adipocytes.[
2] Since 1994,[2] leptin has attracted the attention
of researchers as it was found that its content in the
body reflects the amount of energy reserves accumulated
in adipose tissue and
is closely associated with
body mass index (BMI).[3]
In contrast, data obtained
from studies on the association
of leptin with dyslipidemia
are contradictory.[4]
Some studies have found a
positive correlation of leptin with triglycerides (TG) and no relation to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(HDL-C).[5,6] On the other hand, some studies
have found a correlation of leptin only with HDL-C.
[7] The level of leptin has not been studied previously
in the ethnic Kyrgyz population. Thus, the purpose
of this study was to investigate the relationship between
leptin and lipid parameters in a group of ethnic
Study population
This cross-sectional study assessing the prevalence of
cardiovascular risk factors was conducted from April
to July 2008 and included adult persons from the general
population permanently living in Kyrgyzstan. Exclusion
criteria included those who underwent surgery
within one month prior to the study; those with severe
chronic diseases of the liver and/or kidney; those
with thyroid dysfunction; patients currently receiving
treatment with corticosteroids, lipid-lowering drugs,
or insulin; pregnant women; and persons of non-Kyrgyz
ethnicity. In total, 322 native ethnic Kyrgyz (145
males, 177 females) aged ≥30 years were included in
the present study.
All participants gave written informed consent for
the study. The study protocol was approved by the
Ethical Committee of the National Center of Cardiology
and Internal Medicine. All persons were examined
by a cardiologist with collection of complaints,
medical history, and physical examination, including
measurement of anthropometric parameters (height,
weight, waist circumference [WC], hip circumference)
and blood pressure (BP). BMI was calculated
using the formula: BMI = weight (kg) / height (m)2.
Obesity was defined if BMI was ≥30 kg/m2 and abdominal
obesity (AO) if WC was ≥102 cm in males
and ≥88 cm in females.[1]
Laboratory analysis
Blood samples for laboratory tests were taken in the
morning on an empty stomach. Biochemical analyses
were carried out in the Dir Adjoint du Département
Hommes, Natures, Musée de l'Homme (Paris, France)
and included blood glucose in plasma and serum lipid
profile (total cholesterol (TC), TG, HDL-C). The
concentration of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(LDL-C) was calculated with the Friedewald formula.[
8] Serum leptin level was assessed using solidphase
enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) (DRG Instruments
GmbH, Germany). Hypertriglyceridemia was
defined if TG level was ≥1.7 mmol/L and low HDL
level if <1.03 mmol/L in males and <1.3 mmol/L in
Statistical analysis
Statistical analysis was performed using the Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 12.0
(SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL). Comparison of variables
with a normal distribution was performed using a set
Student t test and results are presented as mean ± standard
deviation. Variables with nonparametric distribution
were compared using the Mann-Whitney test
and are presented with median values (25th and 75th
percentile). Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA test was used to
compare the differences among three groups. The relationship
between variables was assessed by Spearman
rank correlation. A p-value <0.05 was considered
to be statistically significant.
Clinical characteristics of the patients enrolled in the study are presented in Table 1.
The mean age was 51.7±9.6 years, and the median
leptin level was 7.8 ng/ml. 29.2% of the included
persons had obesity, 41.9% had arterial hypertension,
42.2% had AO, and 6.8% suffered from type 2 diabetes
(Table 1). Analysis of lipids showed hypertriglyceridemia
in 30.1% of patients and low HDL-C in
59.9% of the study participants.
In order to evaluate the association of leptin levels
with cardiometabolic risk factors, all participants
were stratified into three groups based on tertile of
leptin (males: <3.0; 3.0-5.51; ≥5.52 ng/ml (Table 2);
females: <9.6; 9.6-16.6; ≥16/7 ng/ml (Table 3).
Comparative analysis of the groups showed that
males in the upper tertile of leptin had high values of
BMI, WC, WC/HC and glycemia compared to patients
with lower leptin levels. The frequency of obesity and
AO increased with higher levels of leptin. The abovedescribed pattern was traced for females as well, although
the age of the groups was comparable.
Analysis of the lipid parameters showed significant
differences in TG level in both males (p<0.001)
and females (p=0.02). The other lipid profile components
were comparable between tertiles in both sexes,
except for TC in males (p=0.001) (Tables 2, 3).
Next, Spearman correlation was performed between
leptin, anthropometric data and laboratory
parameters (Table 4). No correlation of leptin with
age was revealed. In patients of both sexes, leptin
positively correlated with BMI, WC, TG, and glucose
concentrations. However, leptin correlated with TC in
males, and negatively correlated with HDL-C in females
(Table 4).
Leptin is secreted mainly by adipose tissue. As an
important body weight regulator, it promotes various
physiological mechanisms in accordance with the
state of energy balance, and informs the hypothalamus
about the energy stored in the adipocytes. Leptin
plays an important role in the regulation of feeding
behavior: its concentration decreases in a state of hunger
and increases after a meal.[9] It is known that leptin
level reflects the amount of adipose tissue in the body,
and hyperleptinemia is typical for alimentary obesity
and АО.[10]
In the present study, serum leptin was significantly
associated with general and abdominal obesity. In addition, a strong correlation was observed between
leptin levels and BMI in both sexes. In our study, the
leptin level in females was 3.1 times higher than in
males. Similar results were shown in other studies.
[11,12] Gender differences in leptin may be due to the
action of sex hormones: it is thought that androgens
have a suppressive effect on the leptin concentration.
[13] The studies on the association of leptin with estrogen
and progesterone showed conflicting results.
[14,15] At the same time, higher leptin levels in females
may be due to the influence of other factors, such as
the structural differences in the hypothalamus[16] and
the higher content of subcutaneous adipose tissue in
women.[13,17] It is known that leptin is predominantly
secreted by subcutaneous adipocytes,[18] and in some
studies, its association with subcutaneous fat tissue
was much stronger than with the visceral tissue.[19]
Studies on the association of serum leptin and
lipids have shown conflicting results. Some studies
found no relation of leptin to the parameters of the lipid
profile.[20,21] Other studies have shown a significant
positive correlation between leptin and HDL-C[7,22]
and TG.[5,10] In the present study, a positive correlation
was found between leptin and TC in males and a weak
negative correlation with HDL-C in females, which is
probably due to the higher prevalence of hypercholesterolemia
and decreased HDL-C in males and females,
respectively. At the same time, among patients
of both sexes, leptin level was significantly correlated
with TG blood concentration.
Indeed, TG is stored in adipose tissue as the main form of energy, and there is a strong correlation between
the TG blood concentration and adipose tissue
deposition. Thus, its association with leptin may be
indirect through the presence of obesity.[23-25] In addition,
some studies have shown that leptin is associated
with the factors responsible for lipid metabolism.
Hyperleptinemia is associated with increased synthesis
and decreased cholesterol absorption.[26] Cohen et
al.[27] also demonstrated that leptin can specifically
inhibit the gene encoding stearoyl coenzyme A desaturase-
1 - the enzyme involved in the synthesis of
TG and a very low-density lipoprotein in the liver.
However, the exact mechanisms of leptin regulation
of lipid synthesis in the liver are not fully understood
and require further research.
Previous studies have shown that leptin levels vary
by ethnicity. The highest leptin level was reported in
South Asian (Indian) people in several studies,[28-30]
and was significantly higher compared with persons
of Caucasian and Chinese ancestry, independent of
age and BMI. African-American subjects were also
reported to have greater mean levels of leptin[31] compared
with Caucasians, Hispanics and those of Chinese
origin. In Chinese people, the level of leptin was
lower than in other ethnic groups.[28,31,32] In addition, it
was also shown that the unit change in leptin per unit
change in BMI differed across ethnic groups and was
significantly higher in the Chinese subgroup.[31]
In conclusion, hyperleptinemia, especially in patients
with obesity, should be seen as a sign of energy
imbalance of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism associated
with the development of cardiovascular disease
and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Obviously, leptin, as a
biomarker for body fat, reflects a hitherto unexplored
activity of adipocytes and contains important information
about the risk of cardiovascular disease.[33]
The results of our study show that leptin is associated
with general and abdominal obesity and dyslipidemia.
However, further large-scale prospective studies are
necessary to better understand and closely examine
the physiological and pathological functions of leptin.
The authors thank E. Heyer, Dir Adjoint du Département
Hommes, Natures, Musée de l'Homme (Paris,
France) for performing the biochemical analyses. No
potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article
are reported.
Conflict-of-interest issues regarding the authorship or
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We're getting kind of a "Peter Pan"/Lost Boys vibe from The Ceremonies' "Land Of Gathering" video.
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Watch The Ceremonies' "Land Of Gathering" video after the jump.
Directed by Ceremonies member Matthew Cook and Jason Chen, "Land Of Gathering" features the band (aka Los Angeles brother trio Matthew, Mark, and Michael Cook) waking up as "Peter Pan"-ish Lost Boys and exploring the great unknown. (Kinda like falling down an "Alice In Wonderland" rabbit hole, but way less trippy and fewer riddle-telling characters.)
As they wander through the cartoon wilderness, the boys finally arrive at a door, which leads… off a cliff. But since this is clearly some kind of dream state, the boys aren't afraid of heights. In fact, they jump right off the cliff, successfully land, and somehow manage to find their way through that canvas the 3-D band's been painting. Suddenly the cartoon and 3-D worlds collide and the band comes face-to-face with their 2-D doppelgangers. See that, folks? IT'S CALLED USING YOUR IMAGINATION!
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Grapefruit Gelatin Recipe
We have no idea where this recipe originated, but this unique salad is always well received. It's a popular choice with a sandwich for our luncheon combinations and is also served as a dinner side dish. Many people prefer it to a tossed salad.—Watts Bar Resort, Joyce Probst, Watts Bar Dam, Tennessee
- 8 jars (16 ounces each) grapefruit sections
- 1 cup water
- 8 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons salt
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1. Drain grapefruit, reserving 6 cups juice; set fruit and 4 cups of juice aside. In a saucepan, combine 2 cups juice, water and gelatin; let stand for 1 minute. Cook and stir over low heat until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat. Add sugar and salt; stir until dissolved. Add lemon juice and reserved grapefruit and juice. Pour into two 13-in. x 9-in. pans. Cover and refrigerate until set. Yield: 30 servings.
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State schools CEO Bill Harrison says he's retiring next month. It comes a week after a judge ruled that Superintendent June Atkinson should run the state's school system.
Harrison was appointed to the newly created position earlier this year by Governor Beverly Perdue. The judge ruled that Perdue's move was unconstitutional and that the elected schools superintendent should be in charge of the system.
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Gusting winds were a strong force Tuesday at the Johnson County Girls Track and Field Meet, but Center Grove overcame the elements and the competition to post its 11th straight team title.
The Trojans took the team crown with 192 points, followed by Greenwood (158), Whiteland (119), Franklin (86), Indian Creek (43) and Edinburgh (2).
Greenwood's Tori Harper won Performer of the Meet honors, taking two individual wins.
Center Grove coach Wes Dodson said his team's performance was strong and fits in with his goals for this season.
"I have to be super-excited. Olivia (Rassel) got the school record in the 100 that stood since 1989 or something a long time ago, and we had a great 4x400 time all by ourselves," Dodson said. "We won a lot of events today, so hopefully this will get us started because we have another big meet in a week and a half with conference. It's good to score a lot of points."
For Greenwood's Harper, the meet began with a heat race and then the final in the 100 meter hurdles, which she won with a time of 16.42, putting up a 1-2 finish with teammate
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Harper then scurried over to the long jump pit and also won that event with a jump of 16-0 ¼, beating Whiteland's Brianna Accinelli's jump of 15-8.
Harper's jump was her personal record in the event, improving on her previous best by more than nine inches despite having to delay taking her qualifying jumps because of the hurdles. Rather than it being a hindrance, she said her work in the hurdles helped her in the long jump.
"In a regular event the events are pretty close together," she said. "There's not much time for rest because it's constantly bouncing. It helped having two heats because it loosened my muscles up before I went over, and we still had that little break before I went over, so it kind of pumped me up."
Center Grove set the tone for its performance on the evening with a convincing win in the 3200 relay, as the team of Alexa Kovacs, Lindsey Kovacs, Rachel Dever and Taylor Hickey won in a time of 10:18.44.
The Trojans took a 1-2 finish in the 100-meter dash, with Rassel recording a winning time of 12.14 seconds, edging teammate Kiara Mabien. Mabien won the 200 meters in 26.19, and Lauren Rau won the 400 for Center Grove in 1:02.62.
Center Grove raced to an authoritative win in the 400 relay, with the quartet of Aaliyah Clinker, Allison Utterback, Mabien and Rassel taking top honors in a time of 50.66.
The Trojans completed their relay dominance in the 1,600 as the team of Clinker, Rau, Rassel and Alyssa King won in 4:12.23.
Rassel is a freshman standout whose three first-place finishes on the night were punctuated by breaking the school record in the 100 meters. She said she didn't single the county meet out, but rather uses it as another step to continue progressing toward her season goals.
"I try to get better every single event, that's the goal," she said. "I got my personal best in the 100. (The wind) kind of hurt in the 4x100 because of where I was on the track, but in the 100 it was good because it was at my back."
Another strong performance came from Whiteland's Danielle Muse, who won the 1,600-meter run, holding off a challenge from Greenwood's Alexandra Dalton in the home stretch and recording a school record time of 5:14.26. Muse made it two for two in distances with a winning time of 2:26.57 in the 800 meters.
Muse said she was happy with the wins but wants to continue building on the performance as she pursues her goal of reaching the state meet.
"I'm happy for my 1,600 and 800 wins. I've been consistently running alone in the 1,600 and my times were in the 5:20s, so this was the first time I've been able to get under that and to break the school record is something we're very excited about," she said. "The 800 was pretty average considering what I usually do, but considering the wind and having run a 1,600 it was pretty good."
In the other distance event, Greenwood's Dalton won the 3,200 with a time of 11:49.15.
Center Grove's Tori Long won the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 49.75. Long said the strong wind at the Franklin stadium on Tuesday impacted her event, but added that she tried to use it as a positive.
"I think it does (affect me) in a good way. My mom tells me that if you can get over it, it's a mental advantage, kind of like having someone in front of you to chase. It's a good encourager," Long said. "I think I'm getting better every meet. I'm excited to see how much better I can be. In terms of technique I felt pretty good."
In field events, Taylor Pennington defended her high jump title in the meet by clearing a height of 5-6, while Melissa Nelson of the Trojans won the pole vault with a winning height of 10-0. The weights were both won by Whiteland's Madison Csaszar with distances of 36-3 in the shot put and 121-7 in the discus.
Csaszar said winning the event as a sophomore fulfills a personal goal but added she knows she can achieve better distances in each event.
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Since we last visited SheMuscle...
They've got glistening, hard bodies covered in bulging muscles with well-defined abs. Yes, the women of She Muscle prove that the old maxim of bigger is better holds true for the ladies, too, as they strut their well-oiled physiques and reveal all for your pleasure. These babes are definitely a female muscle worshipper's dream.
SheMuscle is a decent website, but it isn't perfect. You see, its 400 or so videos used to be downloadable, but now they can only be streamed in an embedded Flash player. All the videos look great, but they used to have higher bit rates back in the day.
Most of the movies are available as full-length files, but you'll often find some that are broken up into parts. Since those parts aren't listed in order, it can sometimes be tricky to find what you're looking for. What doesn't help is that the older clips aren't even labeled as being part of a series.
You'll see lots of posing that shows off those muscles, sometimes in a gym and other times a hotel room. Some of the bodybuilders show you part of their workout regimens. Personally, what really got my heart pumping was seeing them strip naked and, in a few cases, there was Sapphic stroking where two bodybuilders teased each other's muscles and pumped up the steamy factor to 10!
You'll also find 501 photo galleries and many come with big photos that you can view in an automatic slideshow. With over 250 models, there's a good cross-section of women, like ebony muscle goddess Kim Buck and hot pumped-up blonde Nicole Savage. You'll also find fitness models with leaner physiques. Some pecs are left natural, while others have breast implants.
I really admire the dedication these women have to build their bodies into statuesque perfection. They deserve to be worshipped, but they could demand to be too. The idea of a woman who could physically, as well as mentally, dominate me is a definite turn-on. Just seeing them on screen makes me weak in the knees. Although my ultimate fantasy is to be lifted and carried or put in a wrestling hold by one of these taut hotties.
It seems as though the website has posted at least a dozen new videos and eight sets of pictures in the last 30 days. However, it now offers fewer photo sets than it once did and the number of videos hasn't changed all that much since 2013. It's possible that the content is being rotated, but I'll give the site the benefit of the doubt since I can't be sure of it.
At least the monthly membership drops quite a bit after the first month. You really couldn't ask for a better bargain, even if the vids aren't downloadable. Plus, you get the rest of the Female Muscle Network as an extra, which includes Female Muscle Cougars, Dirty Muscle and Female Muscle Pornstars. She Muscle is an ideal destination for anyone who loves babes with muscles.
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SANTA ROSA -- After months of debate concerning Santa Rosa's say in the governance of a renewable energy-focused public power agency under development in Sonoma County, representatives of the county's largest city voted Tuesday to become the latest municipality to allow the agency to serve its residents and businesses.
Representing nearly 34 percent of power customers countywide, the Santa Rosa decision marks what many consider to be a significant advancement of Sonoma Clean Power's goal to ultimately displace Pacific Gas & Electric Co. as the predominant supplier of electricity to Sonoma County.
Leaders in developing the agency expressed willingness to consider a number of conditions that Santa Rosa had demanded before joining the agency's joint powers authority, signaling an intention to adopt those provisions during the next scheduled meeting of its joint powers authority on July 25.
The council spent several hours discussing those provisions, ultimately directing city staff to return with a resolution that describes those precise conditions for a consent vote during its next meeting.
In joining Cotati, Sebastopol, Windsor and the combined unincorporated areas, the Santa Rosa vote means more than 75 percent of the more than 200,000 ratepayers in the county will be eligible to receive service from Sonoma Clean Power as it plans to begin serving a limited customer base on January 1.
Leaders in developing the proposal have said that the agency's survival was not contingent on Santa Rosa's membership, with existing members representing 44 percent of ratepayers and already rivaling the current customer load of California's first community choice aggregation power agency, Marin County's Marin Clean Energy.
Yet Santa Rosa represents a significant potential pool for customers, nearly equal to the combined unincorporated areas and cities and a significant portion of the $172 million in estimated revenue if all potential cities were to participate.
The majority of that revenue would be allocated to power purchasing and rate control, but adding Santa Rosa gives the agency additional clout with wholesalers while increasing the potential funding pool for programs to spur renewable energy development.
"The business case for including Santa Rosa in Sonoma Clean Power is strong," said Geof Syphers, interim chief executive officer for the agency.A list of conditions
While city staff recommended that the council allow Sonoma Clean Power to serve customers in Santa Rosa, Tuesday's resolution included a number of recommended conditions for its participation.


text: Led Zeppelin finally put their catalog on Spotify this month, allowing users of the service to stream their entire catalog. Everything from Led Zeppelin I to Celebration Day (a live chronicle of their 2007 reunion concert) is there right now. So we figured it was a good time to poll our readers and determine their favorite Led Zeppelin albums. Click through to see the results – and listen to our favorite tracks off each album below. —Andy Greene


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I've been using qt (source) for a while now.
I just did a clean install on my computer. Using ubuntu 10.10 from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
I've got qt source package from here: http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.2.zip
(all required dependencies are in place)
Now I've got multiple issues while trying to configure & build, which I didn't have before:
the configure command I use:
$ ./configure -v -confirm-license -opensource -dbus -phonon -phonon-backend -opengl -xrender -xrandr -xfixes -xinerama -xsync -xshape -no-declarative -nomake demos -nomake examples
the error message I've got:
bash: ./configure: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
I found a solution for this, it was a known issue some time ago
the .configure file format had to be adjusted using dos2unix
(I tried older qt source's, eg: 4.7.0, I used before without issues, they don't work either anymore)
Once it's done there is an another issue while trying to execute the same command, the error message is:
You don't seem to have 'make' or 'gmake' in your PATH.
Cannot proceed.
no make?!? = )
I found also others had a similar issue, but there is no working solution, nor the root cause is know for this.
Anybody have any ideas?
Thank you!


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Profile: St. Mary's Catholic Church
This week we are profiling St. Mary's Catholic Church, which was founded in 1912 and serves about 2,700 families, or 10,000 individuals.
Name of congregation leader: The Rev. James Ries is the pastor.
Service times: Saturday vigil takes place at 5:15 p.m. (English) and 7 p.m. (Spanish); Sunday services are at 6:30, 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., with Spanish services at 7:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
The church also features an Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on the second day of the month.
Activities and groups: St. Mary's gives food to the homeless and poor on Thursday mornings (volunteers are being accepted). There are also six different prayer groups that meet throughout the week, as well as Faith Formation classes for children and adolescents.
Ministries: The church is affiliated with Pathways to Hope, a Fullerton-based nonprofit organization that has several homes in the area that open up to homeless families.
Upcoming events: An appreciation dinner for volunteers is planned March 15. There is also a parish picnic coming up in July.
Location: 400 W. Commonwealth Ave., Fullerton.
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This will be Exavery's 12th loan from Tujijenge Tanzania. He used the previous loans to start building his house, paid school fees and household expenses, installed electric wires in his house and increased on his books stock. He has paid back all his loans successfully. He requested this loan to buy more books to sell. His dream is to one day be able to supply to big organizations.
Exavery will share this loan with his loan group "Mt. Udzungwa", which has a total of 15 members who will hold each other accountable for paying back their loans.
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About Tujijenge TanzaniaThis loan is administered by Tujijenge Tanzania, which was founded in 2006. It has operations in Dar es Salaam, the coastal region, and the Lake Victoria region. The organization aims to reach out to micro entrepreneurs and provide them with financial and social intermediation services because capital is one of the major barriers to development and success for micro-enterprise initiatives in Tanzania.
For more information on Tujijenge Tanzania, please visit its partner page, or join its lending team.
This is a Group Loan
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With the loan, Comfort plans to buy two bags of corn, one bag of garri, buckets of kumkum (dried, graded cassava), a bag of onions, two cartons of fish, tomatoes, magi, and salt for retail. She believes this activity will succeed because of her longevity in this activity and also she has so many customers. Her business site is located in a strategic place where many people pass by. The high demand for her commodities in the community is a reason for the success of the activity. The community will benefit in that many people prefer to buy directly from the farm at cheaper prices.
With the profit, she plans to provide better education, health care for the family and expand her business. She prefers a loan from GHAPE because of the convenient repayment period, low interest and the social education they provide.
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This loan is administered by Grounded and Holistic Approach to People's Empowerment (GHAPE), a non-profit non-government organization based in Bamenda, Cameroon. GHAPE takes a multi-faceted approach in working towards the empowerment of the poor and poverty alleviation. Every client is trained in business management, basic health, life skills, financial management, profits and losses, and family values. Clients are also required to contribute a small amount into a personal savings account; most clients save much more than the minimum requirement. GHAPE instills a sense of family and community among its clients and staff and has developed a strong bond of trust between the organization and its clients.
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From the small Seattle University and Bastyr College to the sprawling University of Washington campus, food services are adopting a more sustainable approach — offering more fresh, local dishes and even composting what's left behind.
BEFORE I TELL you about what three local universities are doing to address the issue of sustainability in food service, let's have lunch.
Come along with me, figuratively speaking, to the Cherry Street Market at the Seattle University student union.
We'll have a salad with roasted squash, wheat berries and local greens, assembled from the fully stocked salad bar (which also features kimchi). Stews include Hungarian pork and a totally credible lamb vindaloo served with naan. Grilled Lummi Island sockeye salmon is 10 bucks. If you're on the go, grab a ham and fig sandwich with Beecher's Flagship cheese.
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Yes, I am insanely jealous of today's college students and their awesome dining-hall food. And at the end of the meal, everything left on my tray, including the plastic silverware, cups and napkins, went into the compost bins. When I was in college in the mid-'90s, the dining-hall food consisted of all-you-can-eat commodity slop, most of which went straight to the landfill. I wasn't surprised that Northwest college food services are leaders in sustainability, but I was floored by how good the food has become. (And that they were serving kimchi.)
I shouldn't have been surprised, according to Buzz Hofford of Bon Appétit Management Co., which has served Seattle U for more than a decade. "Trying to find the best-tasting products around, it initially really drove us toward buying fresh, buying locally, because that's where the flavor is."
How local can he go? "During the summer, about 80 percent of our produce is bought locally," Hofford says. Over the whole year, that drops to 40 percent. Their beef comes from Country Natural Beef (hormone- and antibiotic-free); chicken is similarly local and antibiotic-free.
Everything is antibiotic-free on the menu at Bastyr University, the college of naturopathic medicine in Kenmore, because the cafeteria is 100 percent vegetarian (and more than 65 percent organic).
At the University of Washington, Michael Meyering of Housing and Food Services is moving in the meatless direction. "We're trying to get more into plant proteins," he says. "I think plant proteins are a lot more sustainable than nonplant proteins." Sure, everyone knows that a cow has a larger carbon footprint than tempeh. But can a college dining hall really produce good-tasting vegetarian and vegan food?
"We've got some really good recipes," Meyering says. "Ten years ago, eew, it was horrible. This is actually really good."
So I had lunch at 8, the cafeteria at McMahon Hall. Bypassing the burgers, I went for the Indian-spiced spinach and potato stew with chickpeas and rice, and a side of steamed local asparagus. (Price: about $12.50.) Meyering was right: It was hearty, savory and satisfying.
Just as I was patting myself on the back for ordering the vegan lunch, I was one-upped by senior Joanna Wright, who brought a salad consisting of produce grown on campus at the UW Urban Farm. "I feel really lucky to be at UW right now," Wright says. "The UW Urban Farm is kind of an outdoor classroom. It's a place where students can come and learn hands-on about sustainable urban agriculture."
The Urban Farm is a student project that doesn't supply the dining halls — yet. Wright is also a member of Students Expressing Environmental Dedication (SEED), which worked with the food service to bring composting to all the dining halls and is now helping bring composting to the residence-hall floors so the dregs of that midnight burrito don't have to go to the landfill.
Yes, you can't talk about college food without diving into the compost heap. That's a good thing, and not just for environmental reasons.
One thing that hasn't changed since I was in college: Students are, often by necessity, cheapskates. They'd like their food to be organic, local and sustainable, but not if it costs $27.
The food service now sends a majority of its waste, more than 500 tons a year, to a compost facility in Everett. Not bad for a program that just started in 2004. Composting not only turns trash into fertilizer; it also saves money. (Seattle U and Bastyr also have comprehensive composting programs.) That's part of how these colleges are able to offer high-quality food with an environmental pedigree at prices comparable (adjusted for inflation) to what I was paying for industrial food in 1993.
I don't mean to make it sound like everything is deliciously carbon-neutral at the colleges. UW still relies on Tyson's factory-farmed chicken (though they buy cage-free eggs from Wilcox Farms in Roy). And Wright, a vegetarian, would like to see more meatless main dishes.
The only food growing on campus at Seattle U is an herb garden. Most food-service produce, even when local, comes from large-scale farms.
But students who bring up these issues are likely to find a sympathetic ear, not the cold shoulder of The Man. Hofford is a longtime member of Slow Food USA. And Meyering seemed insulted when I asked how the food service responds to student demands. "We're trying to stay ahead of the students," he said. "We should do it without being pushed."
Matthew Amster-Burton is a Seattle freelance writer. John Lok is a Seattle Times staff photographer.


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Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation No. R (94) 11 on Screening as a Tool of Preventive Medicine (Oct. 10, 1994).
The Committee of Ministers,
Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members and that this aim may be pursued, inter alia, by the adoption of common action in the public health field;
Noting that chronic diseases are the major causes of death and a high social and economic burden in developed countries;
Considering that screening for the early detection of some of these diseases, could in principle provide a method for their control;
Considering that, as yet, there is no absolute proof of the value of screening and early treatment in most diseases;
Considering that few, if any, diseases can at the present time be regarded as fulfilling all the desirable criteria for screening, and that the recommended evaluative procedures are not often carried out in full;
Recognising that the implementation of widespread screening programmes raises major ethical, legal, social, medical, organisational and economic problems which require initial and ongoing evaluation;
Taking into account the provisions of the Convention of Human Rights and of the European Social Charter;
Bearing in mind the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data of 28 January 1981, as well as the provisions of Recommendation No. R (81) 1 on regulations for automated medical banks and Recommendation No. R (83) 10 on the protection of personal data used for purposes of scientific research and statistics,
Recommends to governments of member states
that they take account in their national health planning regulations and legislation
of the conclusions and recommendations set out in the appendix to this recommendation.
Appendix to Recommendation No. R (94) 11
1. Introduction
1.1. For the purposes of this recommendation, screening means applying a test to a defined group of persons in order to identify an early stage, a preliminary stage, a risk factor or a combination of risk factors of a disease. In any case it is a question of detecting phenomena, which can be identified prior to the outbreak of the disease.
1.2. The object of screening as a service is to identify a certain disease or risk factor for a disease before the affected person spontaneously seeks treatment, in order to cure the disease or prevent or delay its progression or onset by (early) intervention.
1.3. The value of existing forms of screening for infectious diseases is fully acknowledged but these established methods are not considered in detail in this recommendation. Emphasis is made on screening for chronic degenerative non-communicable disorders.
1.4. Screening is only one method of controlling disease. It should be viewed in the whole context of reducing the burden of ill health to the individual and the community by, for example, socio-economic, environmental measures, health education and improvement of existing health care and disease prevention systems.
1.5. Environmental factors are recognized as important contributors to disease, but inherited factors may also play an important role. With the advent of new genetic knowledge, an increasing number of genetic diseases and genetic risk factors for disease will be identified and offer the possibility for new screening procedures. As the procedures for genetic screening are not fully established nor fully evaluated, they have not been included in this recommendation.
1.6. The present position is that the implementation of screening in European countries is fragmentary, with few national screening programmes for the total population but many screening schemes restricted to population groups.
1.7. Because there are differences in health needs and health services, as well as in ethical values and in legal norms and rules between countries, the decision to implement a particular screening programme should be taken in co-operation with the medical profession by each country. Nevertheless there are common general principles and problems which are equally relevant to all systems.
1.8. Screening is a tool which is potentially capable of improving the health of the population but it also has adverse effects. Constant care should be taken to ensure that in any screening programme the advantages prevail over the disadvantages.
1.9. The general benefits of screening are often described. It is, however, also important to be aware of the adverse effects which can be :
- stigmatisation and/or discrimination of (non) participants;
- social pressure to participate in the screening and undergo the intended treatment/intervention;
- psychological distress where there is no cure for the disease or where the treatment and/or intervention is morally unacceptable to the individual concerned;
- exposure to physical and psychological risks with limited health gains;
- creation of expectations which probably cannot be fulfilled;
- individuals who are positively screened might experience difficulties such as access to insurance, employment, etc.;
- severe side effects of invasive clinical diagnosis of false positives;
- delay in diagnosing false negatives;
- unfavourable cost-benefit relationship of a screening programme.
1.10. The various problems which are encountered in the introduction and provision of screening services are interrelated.
Nevertheless a distinction may be made between those concerned with:
i. ethical and legal issues;
ii. selection of diseases (medically) suitable for screening;
iii. economic aspects and evaluation of screening;
iv. quality assurance;
v. organisation of a screening programme;
vi. scientific research.
2. Ethical and legal values
2.1. Effectiveness is a necessary prerequisite for the screening to be ethical. It should nonetheless be kept in mind that screening can be effective and still unethical.
2.2. Advantages and disadvantages of screening for the target population and the individual must be well balanced, taking into account social and economic costs, equity as well as individual rights and freedoms.
2.3. Failure to make known information on the positive and negative aspects of the screening is unethical and infringes the autonomy of the individual.
2.4. The decision to participate in a screening programme should be taken freely. The diagnoses and treatments which may follow the screening should also require a free and separate consent. No pressure should be used to lead somebody to undergo any of these procedures.
2.5. The right to privacy requires that the results of the tests as a general rule are not communicated to those who do not wish to be informed, are collected, stored, and handled confidentially, and adequately protected. It is preferable not to screen individuals who do not wish to be informed of the results of the screening.
2.6. Neonatal screening can only be justified if the intervention is of direct health benefit to the child. Otherwise screening should be postponed until the child can decide for itself.
2.7. No personal data derived from the screening should be communicated to third parties unless the data subject has given consent to it or in accordance with national law.
2.8. When a screening programme is provided as a service and conducted also for research purposes, the decision to make available personal medical data stemming from the screening programme for research purposes should be taken freely, without undue pressure.
The decision not to take part in the research should not in any way prevent the individual from participating in the screening programme.
3. Criteria for selecting diseases suitable for screening
3.1. The disease should be an obvious burden for the individual and/or the community in terms of death, suffering, economic or social costs.
3.2. The natural course of the disease should be well-known and the disease should go through an initial latent stage or be determined by risk factors, which can be detected by appropriate tests. An appropriate test is highly sensitive and specific for the disease as well as being acceptable to the person screened.
3.3. Adequate treatment or other intervention possibilities are indispensable. Adequacy is determined both by proven medical effect and ethical and legal acceptability.
3.4. Screening followed by diagnosis and intervention in an early stage of the disease should provide a better prognosis than intervention after spontaneously sought treatment.
4. Economic aspects
4.1. The increasing financial burden of health care makes it necessary to assess the economic aspects of screening. However these aspects should not be the overriding consideration. In all screening programmes human consideration regarding the value and quality of life, life expectancy as well as respect for individual rights are of prime importance.
4.2. Economic assessments are necessary to enable rational decisions to be made on the priority to be given to alternative ways of using health resources.
4.3. Measurement of the economic aspects of screening is not fully mastered. Early detection and treatment may be less expensive than late treatment. However, available studies relate only to present screening costs and further work is necessary to determine possible cost control in the long term.
4.4. Non systematic screening or spontaneous screening results in high marginal costs. Only systematic screening is able to provide means for controlling cost. Therefore, constant care should be taken to ensure that in any screening programme the allocated resources are used in an optimal way.
5. Quality assurance
5.1. Screening should aim at the highest possible standards
of quality from the medical and organisational point of view.
5.2. Because of the expectations that screening creates as well as its adverse effects, screening should meet the highest quality assurance standards in all its aspects.
5.3. An assessment of the scientific evidence of the effectiveness of screening in the control of a disease should be made by experimental studies before introducing a screening programme as a service. The practical arrangements for a mass screening, which are directly linked to the health structures and systems, should obtain the same effectiveness as that obtained in the randomised trial.
5.4. Having implemented a screening programme, it should be subjected to continuous independent evaluation. Evaluation will facilitate adaptation of the programme, correction of deficiencies noted and verification of achievement of objectives. The adverse effects of the screening programme should not be ignored in the evaluation which should be carried out by independent public health experts.
5.5. If quality assurance standards are not met in the long term it should be possible for the screening programme to be corrected, and, if this is not possible, stopped.
5.6. The programme must evaluate participation, and
the percentage of people screened in the target population, the technical quality
of testing and the quality of diagnosis and treatment provided as a follow-up
for persons with a positive test result.
Severe side effects of false positives should be revealed and evaluated.
5.7. There is a need for more teaching of medical students in epidemiology and its application to measuring the effects of screening. Similarly post-graduate education in this field is also needed to enable practising doctors to understand the principles and evaluation of screening.
5.8. Provision of screening programmes requires that training in techniques and interpretation of screening tests is included in undergraduate and post-graduate medical teaching programmes.
5.9. A screening programme requires resources in both staff and technical facilities for carrying out the screening tests. In many instances tests can be performed by non medical staff. Provision should be made for initial and further training of the medical and technical staff who will be involved in performing the screening tests and interpreting their results. Technical methods, including automated techniques, are useful in screening for some diseases. Quality of screening methods should be monitored.
6. Organisation
6.1. The organising body of a screening programme should be held responsible throughout the programme. The organisation of a screening programme should comply with what is described in national guidelines and protocols.
6.2. Within the organisational framework the target population should be defined (by age or otherwise) as well as the frequency of screening tests and the general and specific objectives and quality assurance guidelines.
6.3. It must be stressed that screening cannot succeed without co-operation between preventive and curative systems. Organisation must be tailored to the structures of the health system. If appropriate structures in the curative health care system are lacking, screening should not be implemented until they are developed (pilot programmes, for example). There are various degrees to which screening services may be integrated with curative services or develop as a separate speciality. The advantages and disadvantages of these should be assessed separately in different health care systems.
6.4. Provisions should be made for the financing of the programme, the cost of organising and evaluating the structure, the cost of testing, the cost of quality assessment and monitoring, and the cost of the follow-up care of those people who screen positively.
6.5. Process and outcome indicators should be constantly evaluated.
6.6. Systematic collection of data is required in screening programmes to serve the needs of the individual and of the health service. To that end, data should be collected on the target population, on persons screened (with dates and the results of the test carried out), and on the results of eventual diagnostic examinations. Access to a morbidity register considerably facilitates evaluation.
6.7. Adequate protection of all data collected by means of a screening programme should be guaranteed.
6.8. Participation of the public in screening programmes is determined by personal factors (for example attitudes, motivation and anxiety) and by situational factors (waiting time and efficient organisation, for example). These can be influenced for instance by health education and by good organisation of the screening procedure.
6.9. In order to ensure optimal participation by the target population, the best possible information should be widely provided and awareness-raising and education programmes should be organised for both the target population and the health professionals.
6.10. Invitations should be accompanied by written information on the purposes and effectiveness of the programme, on the test, on potential advantages and disadvantages, on the voluntary nature of participation and on how data will be protected. An address should be provided for those who require further information.
6.11. Participants should be informed on how, when and where their test results will be available or will be communicated to them.
6.12. The positive results found at screening should always be confirmed by subsequent diagnostic tests before commencing a treatment/intervention, unless the screening test is a diagnostic test. It is absolutely essential that adequate diagnostic facilities are available to confirm or reject the screening finding as soon as possible. Similarly, treatment facilities must be available and easily accessible to the confirmed cases. The work load placed on the health services by screening can be very large, especially since most screening programmes also lead to incidental pathological findings unrelated to the disease at which the programme is aimed.
6.13. Combining screening for several diseases into a multiple screening procedure may seem to be convenient to the individual and economic to the programme, but such a "package deal" may negatively influence the extent to which most of the criteria for screening including age limit and frequency would be met.
7. Research
7.1. Research into new, more effective, screening tests must be encouraged and the long-term effects of the various methods of treatment and provision for positive subjects studied. Research must be further developed to answer the numerous social, ethical, legal, medical, organisational and economic questions as well as psychological problems raised by screening, on which evidence is incomplete.
7.2. Quality assurance concerning research programmes should be conducted into the effectiveness of the various screening tests, the practical arrangements for screening, the measures to increase participation, the means of improving test efficiency, follow-up to and provisions for screened positive assessment process and all the economic aspects.
7.3. Information gathered during screening should be available for the purpose of scientific research, for the improvement of health services, and for the benefit of future screening, taking into account full respect of autonomy and confidentiality and the protection of personal privacy.
8. General remarks
8.1. It is particularly important that political decision-makers and target groups should be kept informed of the current state of knowledge about the value of screening for particular diseases. Improved communication should be encouraged.
8.2. Governments should promote the research and evaluation necessary for assessing the value of both new and existing programmes. This form of research necessarily means large-scale research which, in some instances, may be designed as international collaborative studies. Scientific evaluation is the only way in which the positive and negative effects of screening can be assessed in order that a rational decision can be taken on whether a screening programme should be implemented and what resources should be allocated.
Quality assurance (as defined by World Health Organisation) :
"All those planned and systematic actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that a structure, system or component will perform satisfactorily in service (ISO 6215-198O). Satisfactory performance in service implies the optimum quality of the entire diagnostic process i.e., the consistent production of adequate diagnostic information with minimum exposure of both patients and personnel."
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Myanmar-with a Leica X1 and "Kodachrome" by John Shingleton
Myanmar-with a Leica X1 and "Kodachrome"
By John Shingleton
I have just returned from two weeks in Myanmar over Christmas and the New Year.
Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) is the land that time has passed by.Once a jewel in the British Empire it gained independence from Britain in 1948.A military coup in 1988 led to estrangement from the West and the imposition of economic sanctions. Since 2010 Myanmar has moved back towards democracy. Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton visited late last year and sanctions are being lifted.
The sleeping beauty is waking up and re engaging with the world .
And what a beauty it is .The years of sanctions have had a wonderful side effect leaving a beautiful country suspended in a less frantic time .No obsession with brands,no KFC, McDonalds, Starbucks ,Coca Cola or even a mobile phone system connected to the outside world and a beautiful, friendly, modest and highly religious people.They are very poor but seemingly content and their culture remains intact .On the other hand the infrastructure is very poor and the education and health systems are even worse and large sections of the country are still closed to tourists as the government fights separatist and insurgency movements in the north and west.
Myanmar has a basic mobile( cell) phone system but it is not connected to the outside world and anyway it uses old 2G and CDMA technology which is not compatible with western phones .There is internet/wi fi access in the main population centers but it is slow apparently.It is not a place for tourists who want 24/7 connectivity. I left all my mobile devices at home.It was so liberating and so much easier at airline security.I'll do it more often.
Since the sanctions were lifted tourism is expanding very rapidly but it needs a big investment to handle the projected numbers.Sadly the portents are not good for this growth being tasteful with massive, crass overdevelopment of tourist facilities in nearby Thailand,Bali,China and particularly Vietnam showing how easily beautiful places can be wrecked.The Myanmar I saw may have been a once ever opportunity.All the precedents suggest that in 5 to 10 years it will be gone .I count myself very lucky to have seen it now.
If you are considering visiting go now but only visit if you are prepared for an extraordinary experience involving third world conditions.Don't even think about going if you want "home away from home"or you don't like dust and the smoke from cooking fires in the morning and evening.
I flew into Yangon( formerly Rangoon) then upto Mandalay and then sailed slowly down the Ayeyarwady ( formerly the Irrawaddy) River on a traditional river boat for 8 days stopping at towns and villages on the river banks which are not usually accessed by tourists.It was an extraordinary trip.
For this trip of a lifetime I took my Leica X1 compact camera with a Voigtlander optical viewfinder,one spare battery ,battery charger and just one SD card .I also ,wisely ,took a Kiwi filter tube,lens hood ( $40 off eBay) fitted with a B&W clear filter.I used this the whole time and it protected the camera and the lens from the all-pervasive dust.I had my Canon G9 in my bag as a reserve for any mishaps..
For readers who are not familiar with the X1 it is a Leica made compact camera with a fixed 24mm (equivalent to 35mm on a full frame 35mm) F2.8 lens and an APSC sized sensor.It is a much maligned camera and as I described in an earlier post on this site see http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2012/02/13/from-leica-3a-to-x1-a-51-year-journey-by-john-shingleton/ I struggled with mine in its early days but now I love it although I sometimes feel that Steve Huff,myself and one of my friends are its only fans! At the end of the day I don't care what all the forum "experts" think of it because it takes beautiful images and it has simple controls and easy to access menus.It does not have IS,GPS,WI FI or take movies.It just takes superb still pictures which suits me .Having just a fixed lens does involve compromises but in so many ways it makes things easier as I do not have to make any decisions on which lens to use and it is so light to carry -a critical factor after years of carrying bags of gear around.Been there done that-had a sore back to prove it.
Not having a long lens means that I really have to be in a subject's face when taking people shots and so I developed a technique for doing this without ,hopefully, causing any offense .In fact it invariably generated smiles all round as well as some great images.
I took about 320 photos over the 14 days of the trip .Pretty restrained by most people's standards equivalent to 9 rolls of 35mm film but I am trying to adopt a more deliberate and considered film photography like approach to taking digital photos.I deleted about 100 of these on the trip and then culled them down to 110 when I put them onto the computer back home .I ended up with 110 images which I am really pleased with including perhaps some of the best photos I have ever taken in the past 50 years.I am a great believer in being a very tough editor .It's easy to take bad photos so why keep them? They just use up hard dive capacity .So I am brutal and discard everything which is not "very good" or at least "very good" by my criteria.
I have always been a big fan of the photography of Steve McCurry who has shot many great photos in the Middle and Far East including the iconic Afghan girl photo which graced the cover of National Geographic magazine and has since been published thousands of times .McCurry was the master of Kodachrome slide film with its big,sharp ,supersaturated images.In fact Kodak selected him to shoot the last roll of Kodachrome manufactured in 2010.
I loved Kodachrome and if we were still all using film I am sure that I would have used it on my Myanmar trip to try to emulate Steve McCurry.Anyway I did the next best thing I emulated Kodachrome as far as possible by shooting all my pictures as both RAW and JPEG files.I shot the JPEGS on the Leica's vivid setting and they are the big surprise .They really are vivid and they remind of Kodachrome.They may not be natural but to me they say very loudly "this is Myanmar" and that's what I wanted.I hope that you appreciate my personal take on a very unique place.
If you would like to see many more images from the trip go to therollingroad.blogspot.com
30 Responses to "Myanmar-with a Leica X1 and "Kodachrome" by John Shingleton"
Pleasant images. Though having shot lots of real-film Kodachrome, I'd have to say its hues aren't "vivid" as you alluded to. Fujifilms Velvia film was vivid yes, but not Kodachrome. Properly exposed and processed I'd say Kodachrome was realistic, possibly slightly saturate. But not vivid.
A most enjoyable article. I'm not an owner of the X1 but I wondered whether you would expand on your technique for getting in close (which you allude to above).
Many thanks.
Loved your post and images. I also just returned from Myanmar and made some of my best images there. Traveled to Mandalay, Bagan, and Yagon in 5 days. Just redid ticket to Asia in fall to include Myanmar again to go Inle Lake as our stay was too short. The people were wonderful and easy to photograph.
I traveled light with M8, 2 lenses, and Sony RX 100. Used Sony 2 to 1 and images from all were beyond my expectations. Although the coming increase in tourism to the area would be good for the Burmese economy it is fortunate for us that we got to see the area before the onslaught.
Thanks for the article.
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Gorgeous pictures, John. I think the vivid color matches the subject matter perfectly, and aren't at all overdone. I find amusing the comment that using a standard setting on a Leica camera has produced results that are not "Leica -like.." Of course, one can't put too much stock in comments from folks who won't even give their names.
Wonderful photos, John! Thanks for sharing.
Hi John,
Funky colors! – not at all sure though that the 'kodachrome'-label is really appropriate here however they seem to work quite well nonetheless with the subjects and scenery at hand – dusty & warm in Myanmar, eh?
I didn't realize that there were that many 'haters' of the X1 nor X2 – actually I think there's great lenses on that series – the prize for sure can put a lot off but hey, it is what it is;o)
Enjoyed looking at the shots!
Lovely photographs and interesting writing.
I can assure you in today's world it won't be the Japanese tourists who come in their tens, then hundreds of thousands, it will be Koreans and Mainland Chinese! Siem Reap in Cambodia is an example of how things are and will be. Such is the new economic world.
But as you said, this is about pictures and you are right. I commend you for travelling light and shooting selectively. I do agree that the colours or perhaps a little overdone but you can reprocess as you like, whenever you like.
love your photos man! great adventures!
I travelled to Rangoon and Bagan in 1996, when it was more closed. However, it was one of the best trips I ever went on, as no one hassled us, there was an absence of commercial brands, although Labatts Blue beer was available! I don't think the lack of cell phone compatibility is a big deal, as we were there when these mod-cons weren't widely available. The only other place I have been that compared was Bhutan. I guess I better go back soon before it becomes too modernized and turns into Cambodia or Thailand.
I used a Fuji 645 with a fixed 60mm lens and Provia film for most of trip in SE Asia. The pictures turned out very well.
Very interesting and pleasant to read article, John. Bravo! Congrats! I have to agree with Chris Noll, that I don't really get the Kodachrome vibe, but nonetheless great pictures from a great traveling experience !
The Posts on Steve's website are getting better by the day :-) Let's keep them coming
Best regards,
I've shot a lot of Kodachrome (yay for its longevity in storage after processing) but the saturation evident in these shots is waaay past the Kodachrome "look".
Problems arise when small colour shifts are emphasised by ratcheting up the vibrance; some of the skin tones appear somewhat overdone and not true.
Great subjects and scenes.
X1 jpegs though better than X2 (out of camera) they should not be anywhere as good as 'X' series DNGs + RPP's simulation of Kodachrome. But getting the Leica look does require some, no make that lots of tinkering.
One of the best posts I've seen on this website so far. Congratulations.
Doesn't look like Kodachrome. At all.
John, overall some nice shots in terms of composing. Nonetheless, I think you don't explore the full potential of your X1. I know my X2 very well and I know exactly how I can get this dramatic Leica look out of its DNGs – I miss this look in your fotos, they are too bright and the color is somehow weird. The X1's DNGs can be developed easily in such a way that they become Leica-like.
Another hint (I recently left a similar comment related to a bad Sony RX1 shot): If people are looking into your camera and expect to be part of the image, do not drop them out of the sharpness zone. By this approach you only state that you know that depth of field exists but that you don't know how to work with it skillfully.
Thanks for your kind comments re the composition of the pics.However you have rather missed the point of the post.As I have owned Leicas since !967 ( yes really ) I am very familiar with the Leica look and usually shoot in DNG nowadays but as I say in the article–"I shot the JPEGS on the Leica's vivid setting and they are the big surprise .They really are vivid and they remind of Kodachrome.They may not be natural but to me they say very loudly "this is Myanmar" and that's what I wanted.I hope that you appreciate my personal take on a very unique place."
So I clearly understand that they are not natural and to some/many the colours may appear weird-it is my attempt at a "personal take".
I can't accept your comment re depth of field . On the photo in question there was only very limited dof available I was that close to the subjects.Each to his own.As a matter of interest that particular photo was taken in a very isolated village and from their reaction I suspect that the children had not seen a digital camera before .
I disagree, I thought the picture of ther three boys was probably the best of the ones above (I assume this is what your referring to?).
If all three were in focus it would just be a standard snap of some kids in front of a plain background. As it is, by focussing the viewer on the one boy it really stands out for me, particularly as he is not looking into the camera, so it really makes him seem apart from the other two, which I think reflects my experience of Burma very well; the slightly otherworldly and serene element, which the decision you made with depth of field in this picture emphasises.
Very nice and no doubt a great experience. Love the photo with the cattle pulling the cart especially.
Thanks for sharing your experience and well done. Getting away from the commercialism of the westernized nations sounds wonderful.
I'm not getting the Kodachrome vibe though. Still looks digital… not in a bad way, but if its what you like then keep running with it!
So Steve you went to Myanmar sponsored by Leica? Ahahhaaahaaaa :)))
Great post, great photos and an interesting read. I can understand you will not know everything about Myanmar just after a two week holiday, but who cares, sometimes the pictures speak louder than words.
First, Klaus should note that Steve Huff did not take these photos and these are not his opinions. That post should be deleted.
I went to Myanmar on a photo tour in 2011 and agree with all the comments in this post. I took a DSLR, a Leica M9 and a Leica X1. My wife ended up using the X1 most of the time and it is a very good camera. The legitimate criticisms of the X1 are its cost relative to options such as the Fuji X100 and the limited versatility, particularly a fixed 35mm equivalent lens and high grain at high ISOs. It takes very good photos, not as good as the M9 or DSLR, but very sharp and useable for such a small and simple camera.
Bandwidth was the problem I found with the internet in Myanmar. We often could not get on the internet if we tried during the day or early evening but could later on. We also had good, clean hotels and great food on our trip. At this stage a tourist really needs to go with a tour. Credit cards are not accepted due to US sanctions and the people there have a strange attitude about US cash. They will only take crisp unused bills. Some will take used bills but usually at a discount. Arranging hotels, picking restaurants and arranging transportation would be very difficult for an outsider.
The poverty is often mentioned when describing Myanmar but that is somewhat misleading. There is a difference between lack of wealth and the kind of crushing poverty that destroys culture and leaves people no time beyond the daily struggle to just survive. We did not see crushing poverty on our trip. We found an old and deeply devout Buddhist society that has simply not developed due to wars and isolationist dictatorship. We didn't see people live in cardboard houses and begging or scavenging for food. It may have been there in some of the cities but we just didn't see anything like that anywhere we traveled. The villages are mostly whole and healthy communities of farmers and their families living in well made bamboo houses. Their culture is strong and admirable. It is a culture frozen in time and imprisoned, until recently, by an exploitative military government. The people and the government basically exist side by side.
The photo opportunities are extraordinary and this post is correct that it will not last in such a pristine state much longer. Before long it will be difficult to get into places like the Shwedagon Pagoda for all the tourists that will jam the place, especially when the Japanese tours begin coming. See it now if this kind of travel and photography interest you.
Thank-you for shaing John Shingleton's work. Very stong and compelling photography. It's nice to see the work is about the art and not the gear. A simple camera in great hands can create beautiful images as opposed to great gear in the hands of a not so good photographer. I enjoy seeing blogs about the work of such talent. I will say, i do enjoy blogs about gear too especially when thinking about a purchase, but in the end, it's about the talent.
Fantastic images from your trip:-)
I really like the bright colours you got, and some really great portraits.
You are not the only Leica X fan…I left my dSLR at home and only travel with my Leica X2. It is a joy to use and give great images without being a hassle to carry. Actually a lot more fun than a dSLR and less intrusive. I wonder if your subjects had been so willing to pose if you had a big camera?
Gee, I talk to my friend in Myanmar on her cell phone every week (I live in U.S.). Nice to know that I'm doing the impossible.
In my experience you can call in to countries that have older technology, but your modern hardware doesn't work there.
I may have misundersood what my guide told me re mobile access to the outside world but I am right about "western" 3G/4G phones not being compatible with the Myanmar system-I tried it just to make certain.Anyway it does not matter as this blog is about photography not cell/mobile phones so no worries.
There's no roaming, because the roaming agreements that are needed to allow use of a mobile outside of it's home country were not possible to enter into with Burma's telecoms companies because of the sanctions. There is also no mobile data network. Most hotels have free wifi though.
I work in a very blackberry heavy industry, so being in Burma for a week and a half would have been bliss even if it hadn't been one of the most remarkable places I have every visited.
Lovely shots – you've really caught the friendliness of these people well, and the lighting in shot #5 is fabulous. It sounds like you found the single-focal length "limitation" quite liberating!
Just one slight correction: the military coup in Burma occurred in 1962, not 1988. What happened in 1988 was that the military dictators allowed an election to occur – one they were confident of winning, but in fact lost to Aung San Suu Kyi's party; a result they chose to ignore!
Great set of images and on the website. I admire your restraint in not shooting and keeping everything. Taking photographs or making photographs – it is so easy just to take with digital when it does not cost anything to take the second and third best images just in case!


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