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The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm

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The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm has served the people and pets of Monroe County for 132 years. Our state-of-the-art facility focuses on quality animal care and humane education.

Our Mission: Weâ€™re committed to building lifelong bonds between people and animals, through education, community outreach programs and the prevention of animal cruelty.

The Letters The past year has been an extremely busy and important one for the Board of Directors at the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm. An extensive search ensued to find a new President/CEO, and a board retreat took place to develop a new strategic plan that will chart our future for the next three years. The top priority of the newly created strategic plan is to address the burgeoning cat overpopulation crisis. It will take a community-wide effort to find creative solutions to address this huge problem, and it will require strong financial support from the community to implement the solutions. The Board of Directors is very proud of the staff at the Humane Society. They perform the day-to-day work of the shelter and deliver the highest quality outreach programs to our community. They enrich the lives of thousands of animals every year and make it possible for animals coming into the shelter to find compassion, warmth and a chance at a new life. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to take this opportunity to thank the community-at-large for their past financial support and ask for your continued assistance.

Typically an annual report gives us a chance to look back at what we’ve accomplished. The hard part about working at Lollypop Farm is actually taking those few moments to look back and to applaud our accomplishments. As an organization and as a staff we are so mission driven and passionate about making a difference for the animals and people in our community that we rarely stop to say “Good Job!”. We are always on the move looking to improve our programs and services to match what our community needs. As you read through this annual report I hope you’ll take a moment along with me to say “Great Job”. Some of our highlights include launching our Pet Peeves behavior help line, which received it’s 1,000th call since it’s inception in 2003. Our cruelty department made nearly 3,000 field visits in an effort to prevent animal neglect and/or intentional acts of cruelty. We adopted over 7,000 animals to loving new homes, built on an outstanding core of volunteers, and added to our state-of-the-art clinic. We are thankful for such a talented and dedicated group of staff and volunteers, but are especially appreciative of our supportive and committed community. Without you, we would not be able to accomplish the good we do. Thanks so much,

Rosemary L. Bergin

Alice Calabrese Smith

Chair, Board of Directors Humane Society at Lollypop Farm

President and CEO, Humane Society at Lollypop Farm

The Vision The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm envisions a time when our community celebrates the human / animal bond; embraces the mutual benefits therein; and treats all fellow beings with care, compassion and respect.

The Shelter 14,753 needy and homeless animals were brought to Lollypop Farm in 2004. Of that number 8,691 were found to be adoptable with 7,067 adopted to new homes. Our goals are to reunite lost pets with their families and to find loving new homes for those who are unwanted or abandoned. We also give pets an opportunity to regain their physical and mental well-being through our foster care program. Pets are available for adoption at Lollypop Farm in Fairport and at Lollypop Farm West in Brockport. To combat pet overpopulation, all dogs, cats and rabbits are spayed or neutered before leaving the Humane Society.

Veterinary Medical Services The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm has a clinic that includes a staff of two veterinarians, five veterinary technicians, and one veterinary assistant. Our state of the art equipment includes gas anesthesia machines and two EKG machines. The Lollypop Veterinary staff performed 5,577 surgeries in 2004 consisting primarily of spay/neuter procedures. In addition to surgeries on dogs and cats, the Lollypop veterinary staff has performed surgical procedures on rabbits, guinea pigs, geese, chickens, roosters, ferrets, sheep, and goats. The veterinary staff assists the Investigation Department by examining and treating abused animals and performing forensic necropsies. The clinic also provides an Externship Program for veterinary students and an Internship Program for veterinary technician students.

The Programs Community Outreach • Pet Assisted Therapy—Last year our PAT program made 231 visits to 95 different facilities in Monroe County, including nursing homes, enriched living and independent living facilities, adult day care, developmentally disabled centers and psychiatric centers. All P-A-T dogs have passed both the Canine Good Citizen and Therapy Dog International tests. Currently our program boasts 89 volunteers of the human kind and 78 of the four-legged variety. • Pet Peeves—Behavior Help Line; a joint project with the AD Council of Rochester. Received over 1,000 since it’s inception in March 2003. • Pet Loss Support—Offered once a month as a free service to the community. • Senior-for-Seniors—Matches dogs/cats six years and older with adopters 60-years of age and older free of charge. • Pets are Welcome (P.A.W)—Our Rochester Pet Friendly apartment listing. Identifies over 200 apartments & townhouses in the Rochester area that open their doors to pets. • Dog Obedience classes—Over 1,620 people registered in 2004 for puppy, basic, and advanced obedience as well as agility classes.

Humane Education • Host daily participants from BOCES • The Farm Camp: 327 children in 2004 and offered camp scholarships to those in need.

Veterinary Pet Assistance • Spay/Neuter Incentive Program (SNIP) – Helped 1,520 low-income families to combat pet overpopulation by offering financial assistance to help with the spaying and neutering of their pet. • Pet food and veterinary assistance is offered to individuals who would otherwise be unable to afford the companionship of a pet. Assisted over 100 individuals last year.

The Cruelty Department Our Animal Cruelty Investigations Department fielded 1,193 complaints in 2004, ranging from reports of mild neglect to criminal acts of intentional cruelty. The results produced 2,851 field visits, 345 impounds/ rescues, and 14 arrests.

Volunteer profile Stitch Marilyn Lucas is one example of the many terrific volunteers Lollypop Farm is thankful to have. She has given over 1200 hours since starting as a Humane Society volunteer in July of 2000. Marilyn staffs our Lollypop Shop where adopting families buy their food and supplies, completes loads of paperwork for our membership department and recently spent hours organizing our computer/mailing room. She quietly “gets the job done” and often works extra hours when she notices a need. In addition, Marilyn has raised more than $1,000 by creating baskets of dog/cat goodies, filled with fun and useful items for pets mostly purchased and contributed by Marilyn. The beautiful baskets are raffled at our events. Her generosity and her pleasant personality make us grateful she joined the volunteer team.

“Stitch” is one of the many neglected pets that are brought to Lollypop Farm. Upon arriving, he was immediately brought to our clinic to have a gaping wound closed and a huge tumor removed. Despite his painful past, this cat exudes affection. “Stitch” has touched a host of people at this shelter, from the cruelty investigations department, to the shelter clinic, to foster care—which in this case was the office of a staff member. As a result of all their efforts, Stitch is on his way to a loving new home.

The Farm Each year, nearly 150,000 visitors enjoy the farmyard at Lollypop Farm. This unique exhibit allows families to learn more about farm animals and offers these unwanted animals a safe, caring environment while they await loving new homes. Every summer children ages 4-13 enjoy our popular Lollypop Farm Camp. Kids develop respect and understanding of all living creatures, while becoming familiar with the responsibilities involved in caring for animals. Thanks to M&T Bank and Rochester Female Charitable Society for making our Farm Camp Scholarship Program possible.

No shelter in the world can boast of a more dedicated & generous corps of volunteers.

Volunteer Program A dedicated 779 people, gave 38,149 hours in the last fiscal year. We are thankful to have a strong base of long-term volunteers who support our day to day operations. Several Lollypop West volunteers have been there since that adoption center opened. Volunteers have stepped into new roles such as counselors on the Pet Peeves Behavior Help Line and intake assistants in our clinic. A volunteer with the Humane Society can have a varied “career” by taking advantage of advanced training offerings. Just as valuable—and valued—are those volunteers who choose to keep it simple and provide hands-on animal care, in the shelter or at home in foster care. Each and every role a volunteer fulfills, helps carry out the mission of the Humane Society.

Here is a list of volunteers who worked at least 100 hours during the two years ending 6/30/04. Space does not permit us to list the therapy animals, or the people who worked up to 100 hours. Many more people worked at events and in foster care. On behalf of the animals, we are grateful to all. Over 1,800 hours Jean Hoyt Over 1,100 hours Clyde Glover Russ Roberts Over 1,000 hours Janet Steehler Over 600 hours Carol Anjard Jim Sloan Over 500 hours Joan Alper Laura Carra Dee Czarnecki Ron Dries Marilyn Lucas Peggy Munch Tess Myers Trish O'Rourke Carol Shuckra Gary Wagner Ruth Yeaton Over 400 hours Karen Atkins Catherine Cullen Anne Dobson Adam Goldfarb Linda Hill Karen Martin Emily Osgood Christina Owens Pamela Will Collin Wolff

Over 300 hours Michelle Benton Tim and Becky Coghlan Carmelita Fedin Jean Ferrara Barbara Fornalik Dennis & Audrey Gifford Michelle Gross Don Kramer Jen LeBaron Michels Joi Oberman Carolyn Olsen Terry Speck Mary Anne VanHanja Jim Wackerow Jennifer Weir Michelle Wise Over 200 hours Janice Aldridge Sue Allen LuAnn Blackburn Judy Breckenridge Lise Brovitz Jenna Calabrese Roxanne Carroll Cheri Crist Rurh Dawson Carol Derkits Tina Fantigrossi Jennifer Frame Barb Froelicher Don Guglielmi Jeanne Henderson Katherine Kneuer Jim Koon Nina Korbut Joy Landauer & Steve Hoysic William & Judy Lenhard

Cindy Leyrer Sally McCreedy Brenda Meaker Anne Milne Ione Newman Agnes Paglia Rita Radtke Betty Richardson Kirsten Rohl Alyssa Rupp Sandy Ryan Mary Schmidt Curt Sniders Nanette Sorrentino Karen Unckless Julianne VanEps Claire & Charles Welch Mary Williams Elise Wojciechowski Over 100 hours Filip Ambrosio Katie Amoroso Doug Anderson Anja Bakland Ken Baldwin Carol Bartosh George Bauerschmidt Heidi Beifus Joseph & Kim Blodgett Susan Bocchetti Stephen John Bohn Pat Brown Heather Byrne Anita Calderon Colleen Cassidy Lori Chace Heather Chartier

Stephanie Chiumento Margo Clark Dorothy Cooper Al & Donna Coppernall Jessica Cornell C.J. Delles Elizabeth DeKoff Bonny Dunham Manuela Eckert Joshua Edmundson Heather Edwards Christine Embling Doris Entz Chris Felo Gela Fogle Angie Ford Corrine Fry Suzann & Samuel Fryer Pam Gabryel Christine Gannett Deborah Gargantiel Christine Garvey Kristin Germeroth Kathy Giacherio Neil Giuliano Carol Glaess Terri Green Jan Guldbeck Amanda Hine Frank Holiday Patricia Iman Susan Jaeckle Ryan Kane Corinne Kantowski Jan Kellner Susan Kesselring Andy Kicera Bob Klafehn JoAnne Kovacich

Darlene Koza Jennifer Lawler Ron Marianetti Sue Martin Lisa Matiukas Sheena Maynard Deb McGlynn Sharon McGovern Michelle Montana Patrick Montana Dot Naetzker Mary Palumbo Karen Paprocki Clark & Marcia Patterson Rick Pressley Autumn Radle & Bryan Moody Mary Reilley John Reily Terri Riker Jo Anne Rinallo Heather Robertson Karen Ross Kathy Scott Susan Sixbey Keith & Karen Splain Zachary Splain Bert Stanley Joyce Strazzabosco Sally Thomas Megan Timmons Gail Tredoux Fran Wakefield Pat Waddell Ashley Wawrzynski Jamie Weigel Jeanne Yonker Nancy Zinn

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Agility Advertising Alliance Leasing, Inc. Bayer Advantage Flea Control Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP Business Methods, Inc. Canandaigua National Bank Canfield Vet Dog & Cat Hospital CB Richard Ellis Century Mold Co., Inc Chamberlain D’Amanda Chili’s Grill & Bar Clorox Fresh Step and Scoop Away Communicate Wireless Constellation Brands, Inc. CountryMax Creature Comfort Pet Sitters, Inc. DBI Properties Dog Watch Eber Bros. Wine & Liquor Corp. Flower City Glass Company Grizzard Gutchess Lumber Co. Harris, Chesworth, O’Brien, Johnstone, Welch & Leone Hill’s Pet Nutrition Home Properties Of New York Hover-Davis HSBC Bank USA Insero, Kasperski, Ciaccia & Co., P.C.

Invisible Fence of Upstate New York Karpus Investment Management Lori’s Natural Food Centers M&T Bank Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream Mann’s Jewlers Med-Scribe Monroe Veterinary Associates Oakleaf Landscape Associates PaeTec Communications, Inc. Paris-Kirwan Associates, Inc. Parlec Inc. Perkins Restaurant & Bakery PETsMART Charities Pics Telecom Public Abstract Corporation Scopa Advisors Sonship Printers Stanley Steemer The Farash Corporation Thomson West Tri-County Chiropractic, PC TruForm Manufacturing Corp Walter Colley Images Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Woods Oviatt Gilman, LLP

The Donors Without the wonderful support of our community, our work would not be possible. Although we do not have the space to thank all of our generous contributors, gifts of any amount are always appreciated. Each gift is a heart-warming tribute to the devotion from our community to the animals in our care. We would like to thank the following donors who gave $250 or more from July 1, 2003â€”June 30, 2004. Mr. George E. Abbott Ms. Lisa Abbott Ms. Georgia Abrams Mr. Lawrence W. Adamski Ms. Sheryl Ahumada Gail & Walt Albers Ms. Donna Aldridge Terry & Carmen Allenbrandt Doug & Sally Alling Ms. Joan Alper American Time Manufacturing Amy Jenkins Cutler Fund Carol & James Anderson Ms. Patricia Anderson Deborah and Michael Antoniades JoAnn & Joseph Arcarese Ms. Cheryl Arnold Ms. Maryanne Asaly Mrs. Lillian Atkins Ms. Amy Backus James & Mary Bailey William & Mary Edwards Baird Edward & Linda Baird Mr. George Ballish Robbie and Peter Baltzer Dr. Betsy Balzano Thomas & Kim Bamford Bandit's Bathhouse and Pet Grooming Salon Ms. Lugene Bara Ronald & Jacquelyn Barber Ms. Donna Barbieri Barks & Bubbles Grooming Gary & Beverly Barna Mr. Fred Barricelli Ms. Ellen Bartholomew Henry & Ellen Bartolf Mr. Walter Barwald Mr. Jim Basquil Mr. Frederick Bauer Mr. Peter Bauer Ms. Joanne G. Bauman Ms. Lora Bauman Leonard & Lorraine Bayer

Ms. Nina Beach Mr. Daniel Beagley Mr. William Beck Lawrence & Holly Beck Ms. Ginger Bedard Harry & Nancy Beilfuss Mr. Nicholas C. Bensko Dr. Beth J. Benson Paul & Debbie Benson Mike & Brenda Bialaszewski Dr. Jean Bidlack Gail Bierworth Mr. Stephen Bird & Ms. Mary O'Connell Lionel Bittner & Barbara Kroll Dr. Gabrielle Bodnar & Dr. Daniel Levin Mr. Robert K. Boeckman, Jr. Ms. Louise A. Boillat Ms. Dawn Bolden Mr. Robert Boni Ms. Nancy A. Booth Mr. Richard Borsa Jr. Ms. Kayla Bovenzi Ms. Eleanor Bower Mrs. Irene Boyce Ms. Mary Brick Brockport Elk-Etts, Lodge #2210 Ms. Judy Broderick Barry & Pat Brown Dr. & Mrs. James W. Brown III Anne & Gordon Brown Ms. Terry Brown Ms. Anita F. Brown Mr. Richard F. Brush Rod & Kathy Bryant Ms. Deborah J. Buckner Ms. Martha Bullock Ms. Nancy Bumbery Sharon & Charles Burgio James & Mary Anne Burkhart Mr. Donald Burns Ms. Aleta Burri Ms. Julie Bushnell Ms. Virginia Butler & Mr. Dennis Floss John & Jessie Buzawa

Ms. Carol Buzzard Ms. Julie Byrne Ms. Barbara Calabrese Mrs. Alice Lee Calabrese Smith Frank & Suanne Cali Canandaigua National Bank Ms. Jacquelyn M. Canute-Goss Mr. Ronald Carey Ms. Pat Carnahan Ms. Sandra Caruso Ms. Leigh Casey Ms. Tamara Casey Terry & Mary Catherman Mr. John Catlin John C. Chadbourne Chamberlain, D'Amanda, Oppenheimer & Greenfield Gerald & Lynette Chapman Chappell's Auto Recycling & Scrap Lynn & Joe Charles Ms. Jacqueline A. Chase Ms. Ruth Cheavacci Mr. Burleigh Chillcott James & Janet Chisholm Ms. Frances Chubaty Ms. Patricia D. Chuhta Ms. Janis M. Church Ms. Joanne Cichanowicz Richard & Mary Cicotta Ms. Eleanor Clark Ms. Ann Clark & Mr. Patrick Fulkerson Chris & Kim Clark Clark Patterson Associates Mr. Alfred Clark, Jr. Ms. Norma Claus Gerald & Suzanne Clayton Mr. Daniel Coder Ms. Mary Anne Cody Rebecca & Tim Coghlan Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Cohen Ms. Christine Colaluca Mr. & Mrs. Corydon Collins Ms. Sandra Colocino Dominick & Marilyn Condello

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Giving Back: A Family Affair The Murphy/Linares Family Edith Murphy has always had a love for animals. She brought her four daughters out to visit the “old” Lollypop Farm often. She describes her dog “Mandy”, a mixed-breed dog, as the nicest dog she ever had. Mrs. Murphy met “Mandy” many years ago at Lollypop Farm. “Mandy” was a victim of abuse, confiscated due to cruelty, and Mrs. Murphy fell in love with her the moment she saw her.

The Media Every day local media organizations help the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm stay top-of-mind with area residents. Special thanks to these groups for their invaluable support, and please, tune in! WOKR TV 13 – Thursdays at Noon WROC TV 8 – Thursdays at Noon and Sunrise Pet Tuesday Morning 10 NBC – Fridays at Noon RNews – Tuesdays Online 93.3 WBBF – Fridays at 8:10am 92.5 WBEE – Fridays at 8:20am 103.5 FM WNNR – Friday afternoon Genesee Valley Pennysaver – Weekly Pet of the Week Penfield Community TV Bulletin Board Rochester D&C, Online Pet of Week

Although her daughter Edie (Murphy) Linares grew up around animals, it was the death of her favorite cat that started her involvement with Lollypop Farm. “Tuxedo” was a stray cat and when she passed away, Edie came to Lollypop Farm to do something in her memory. She ended up sponsoring two cat condos at Lollypop Farm one in memory of “Tuxedo” and another in honor of her daughter Emme. Edie has also volunteered in the gift shop, adoptions, with events and foster care. Emme has helped her mother with volunteer work and attended our popular summer farm camp. Edie’s husband Chris, a senior vice president at Hickey Freeman, has frequently asked Hickey Freeman to sponsor Humane Society events and will soon be joining our Board of Directors. Both the Murphy and Linares’ families have also taken steps to provide for the Humane Society in the future. Mrs. Murphy set up a charitable remainder trust listing Lollypop Farm as a beneficiary and the Linares’ have included the organization in their will. The Linares have also included provisions in their will for their beloved Lollypop adoptees. The family currently has three pets from Lollypop, a dog and two cats. “I feel like we hit the jackpot���, says Edie.

The Dollars Year Ending:

June 30, 2003 June 30, 2004

Support Gifts & Donations & Bequests: 1,872,439 Donor Designations (United Way): 216,337 Memberships: 233,359

1,073,774 201,061 237,469

Total Support:

Program Revenues: Interest & Dividends: Transfer from Endowment: Total Revenue:

1,268,857 195,893 280,375 1,745,125

1,243,199 200,900 914,861 2,358,960

Total Support & Revenue:

Program Services Shelter: Farm: Law Enforcement: Other Programs:

2,140,141 222,929 475,291 478,545

2,103,043 299,783 219,905 510,307

Total Program Services:

253,591 496,763 750,354

302,405 435,821 738,226

Supporting Services Management & General: Fundraising: Total Supporting Services: Total Expenses:

Board of Directors John Bartolotta,Vice President & Group Manager. M&T Bank Rosemary Bergin, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester Martha Britt, Director, WW Human Resources, Eastman Kodak Company Barry Brown, VMD, Owner, Canfield Vet Arunas Chesonis, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, PAETEC, Communications Inc. Donald Chesworth, Attorney, Harris Chesworth & O’Brien Joanne Cichanowicz, Community Volunteer Carol Silver Elliott, President & CEO, Career Development Services Pamela Evans, President, Evans Consulting Group Steven Hess, Community Volunteer Frank Insero, Managing Partner, Insero, Kasperski, Ciaccia & Co. Janet Kellner, Community Volunteer Michael Leone, Attorney, Harris, Chesworth & O’Brien T.C. Lewis, Principal, Greentree Capital Management Robert Mann, Owner, Mann’s Jewelers Laurie Mark, Vice President, Key Bank Gloria McDermott, Community Volunteer Tina Power, Certified Public Accountant, PAETEC Communications

The Humane Society at Lollypop Farm 99 Victor Road Fairport, New York 14450 (585) 223-1330 Animal Cruelty Hotline (585) 223-6500 Open Mon-Fri 11am-7pm Sat & Sun 10am-5pm

Lollypop Farm West At Petsmart 1989 Transit Way Brockport, New York 14420 (585) 637-7508, ext. 765 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm Sun 10am-6pm

Photography: ©2004 / Design: ©2005 Diane Fitzgerald-Harris Printing: Xerox / Digital Retouching: Justin Arcangeli

Lollypop Farm Annual Report 2004


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Kōnae Ako Overview This kōnae ako examines the purposes and obligations of rangahau, with a specific focus of rangahau as opposed to research. It requires ākonga to understand the elements and process of rangahau through the creation of a rangahau plan. The relationship between rangahau and creative, innovative and or effective practice within a specific field as selected by the ākonga will be investigated. Ngā Whāinga (Aims) For ākonga to advance their understanding of the purposes, obligations and process of rangahau; and to prepare to engage in a rangahau journey. Ngā Putanga (Learning Outcomes) 1. Examine purposes and obligations of rangahau. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of rangahau methodology, conceptual frameworks, literature review, proposal and reporting. 3. Investigate the relationship between rangahau and creative, innovative and effective approaches to practice.Understand the purpose and obligations of rangahau.

Kia Mataara (Special Notes) This kōnae ako is the second in a series of three Kaupapa Rangahau kōnae ako that are delivered across all degrees within Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, with one rangahau konae delivered per year of a three year degree. Te Kawenga - What is being engaged with. Arotahi - To focus. Aro - To look to ‘see’ to understand. Tahi - One or a particular thing; be it an issue, an angle, a relationship, an insight etc within a kaupapa. Research skills and understandings being further developed and refined.

WTTMD602.2 Assessment Schedule Te Whakapuaki (Introduction) There are two summative assessments for this kōnae ako.

Te Whakatauanga Mahi Tuatahi (Assignment One) Creative, Innovative and Effective Approaches to Practice Ngā Putanga: 3 Weighting: 40%

Select an example of an innovative, creative or effective approach relevant to a selected kaupapa. Discuss, in a presentation, the part rangahau has played in enabling in the development of the approach.

Te Whakatauanga Mahi Tuarua (Assignment Two) Rangahau Plan Presentation Ngā Putanga: 1, 2, 3 Weighting: 60%

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Examination of purposes and obligations of rangahau

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Identification of difference between abstract, literature review, proposal and report

Goals and timeframes

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Private Food Tour to Discover the Flavors of Florence

This amazing private tour will take you to discover the authentic flavors of the Florentine cuisine, one of the most renowned in Italy: from the "truffle sandwich" with olive oil, to prosciutto and cheeses, until getting to a delicious Italian coffee and ice cream.

Taste the amazing flavors of the Tuscan traditional cuisine
Start the day with an Italian espresso, a unique delicacy in the world
Try the typical Truffle sandwich, a special dish made in Tuscany
Visit the Central Market of San Lorenzo to breathe the Italian atmosphere
Taste cheeses, meats and wines of Tuscany, for an unforgettable eXPerience

Through this private tour of the centre of Florence you will have the opportunity to discover the typical flavors that characterize the Florentine and Tuscan cuisine: with our professional guide, you will explore the most picturesque alleys of the city, following the thematic thread of the "good and healthy food".

A private food tour to discover the flavours of Florence

This private food tour will start in the morning, when you have an early opportunity to taste an authentic Italian espresso in a typical bar in the centre of Florence: that coffee is a tradition, and while you drink it, you will understand why no Italian can start the day without it.
Then, the tour will take you to the discovery of a typical Florentine dish: the "Truffle Sandwich", which simply is a sandwich with ham and topped off with a special truffle cream that makes its flavor unique.

Taste the typical food of Florence

The food tour will continue along the streets and alleys of Florence, while your guide will tell you stories and interesting facts about the city and its traditions, particularly those about delights.
There also will be a stop at the Central Market of San Lorenzo, a charming place beloved by tourists and locals; here you can find the most genuine and fresh products, while the atmosphere will fascinate you with its uniqueness.

Discover the real Italian wine and other typical products

During the tour, you can taste some local products, such as the olive oil, the croutons and the "schiaccia", a typical Tuscan dessert. Further, you will also stop in a typical winery, where you can enjoy a glass of wine accompanied by a selection of Tuscan cheeses and prosciutto.
This gastronomic tour will end at an ice-cream parlor in the centre of Florence, where you can enjoy a great Italian gelato: the best way to conclude this fascinating private tour of the culinary traditions of Florence.

  • Centre of Florence
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  • Italian Coffee Tasting
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  • Tuscany Cold cuts Tasting
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We suggest you to wear comfortable shoes and clothes. In summer, don't forget a bottle of water. In winter, bring with you an umbrella.

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I had an awesome time with tour guide Beatrice, she took me through the history around town while trying out different local food in different places. My goodness, the different types of food I tried were amazing. I'm satisfied that I chose private over group option, Beatrice was beyond my expectation and found her service to be highly professional and very knowledgeable. As I got to know Beatrice during our short time, I felt her passion and love for Italy. Thank you for your time Beatrice!


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This song was so overhyped. Busta's verse was trash, Eminem's was okay but could've been a lot better. And the beat is absolutely horrible. The only good thing here is Em using his higher pitched Slim Shady voice. But that is about all that is good here. And this song was built up as a battle rap...They aren't battling each other at all. Total disappointment.

This may change their careers and the game forever. Can't for this collaboration and the drop of the album. #eminem #busta

Go listen to it on YouTube. Very disappointing. Especially from rappers of their caliber. It starts off and you think the beat is going to be sick and then it stays the same for 5min. Just listen to it for yourself. I feel bad for those who preordered.

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Asking the Wrong Questions: Neuromania, Music, and iPods

I’m not a neuroscientist, but I highly respect their work and what they can tell us. If only some neuroscientists thought the same about other disciplines (including musicology). Lately there has been a rash of claims coming from ‘Dr. Phil’ neuroscientists; that is, respectably trained neuroscientists who have become public figures and now use their notoriety to make claims not substantiated by research. The public, though, is duped into thinking that these statements must be true. The New York Times recently ran a piece about telling people how fMRI scans show that they love their iphones. This ‘neurotrash‘ generated some real backlash which you can find here. I’m writing this to at least help set the record straight on certain statements on music made under the guise of neuroscience, and in the hopes that people stop making reductionist arguments about brain studies and see that music is a complex social activity.

Music has been particularly prone to these sorts of outrageous claims. The best known incident is of course the ‘Mozart Effect’, the never to be duplicated 1993 study without a control group that found a temporary rise in spatial reasoning in grad students after listening to some classical music. The notion caught public attention, though, was expanded on in Don Campbell’s 1997 book The Mozart Effect, went so far that the Georgia governor asked for funding for a new Mozart album for every newborn child, and spun off into all of the baby Mozart edu-toy junk around today sold to parents as ways to make kids smarter without having to interact with them. Well, Don Campbell is at it again. In an interview at, he says all sorts of problematic things. But that’s not even the most egregious neuroscience and music post this week, so I’ll leave Don Campbell for now.

I’ve been heavily critical of Daniel Levitin (at McGill, author of mass market book ‘This is your brain on music’) in conference presentations and in a couple writings hopefully to press before too long. To his credit, Levitin does use current neuroscience to discredit things like the ‘Mozart Effect’. In his aforementioned book, Levitin usually starts a chapter with the latest in neuroscience, and shows that many previous assumptions about music and the brain were incorrect, and that current studies are inconclusive. He then goes on to say why the music he prefers (‘classic’ rock) is the most pleasing to the brain. In short, Levitin does well summarizing neuroscience research (from what I can tell being a non-neuroscientist), but then draws conclusions not at all based on his research but his own preferences and assumptions. In that process, he speaks with the authority of science things that cultural musicologists like myself know are more complex or just plain wrong.

Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the iPod, and so the New York Times interviewed Levitin. They asked him all the wrong questions! The sort of cultural questions they asked him should have been answered by a musicologist or sociologist. I can think of plenty of other better people to interview, but instead they interviewed him. I’ve attached the interview below, with my own comments in [bold in square brackets].

Oct. 23 is the 10th anniversary of the iPod. Daniel Levitin reflects on the little gizmo and the many ways it has changed our lives — and the way we listen.

Has the iPod brought more music — more rhythm — into our lives? [not a neuroscience question] Yes. The average 12-year-old can hold in her hand more songs than my great-grandfather would have heard in his entire lifetime. Also, digital music is a great democratizing force for musicians. They no longer have to go through the narrow turnstile of record companies. [this is highly debatable…]

Does listening to music through headphones — rather than loudspeakers — affect what we hear? Headphones potentially offer greater clarity, but at the loss of power and low bass response. Another difference with headphones — a team of researchers in Britain just reported that using headphones reduces your sense of personal space on subways: you’re willing to let someone stand closer to you if you’ve got your tunes playing. [research yes, but social research not neuroscience]

Does listening to an iPod affect your hearing? Adolescents routinely listen to their iPods at levels exceeding 95 to 100 decibels. That’s about the same loudness you’d hear standing near the tarmac as a 747 takes off. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health allows only eight hours a day of 85 decibels in the workplace; more than that, you’re going to damage your hearing. The hair cells in the ear are very delicate. Once damaged, they usually don’t recover. [Hmm. Was there any other device that let you carry around music before an ipod. Oh yes, the walkman! Most of these questions could have been asked about that device]

Is iPod sound quality better or worse than a basic home stereo system? Worse. The MP3 standard ruined high fidelity. It’s possible to upload CD-quality onto the iPod. But most people opt for the default, lousy quality of MP3 and M4A compression. An entire generation has grown up never knowing high fidelity, never hearing what the artists heard in the studio when they were recording. This is a real shame. [The value of hi-fi is not about neuroscience. I’ve been a studio musician, and hi-fi or not, a mastered recording is not the same as what you hear in the studio when you are multi-tracking.]

In your book “This Is Your Brain on Music,” you say music works like a drug. Say more. Listening to music with others [but not alone?] causes the release of oxytocin, a chemical associated with feelings of trust and bonding. That’s partly why music listeners become so connected to the artists they like. Plus, the nucleus accumbens — the brain’s well-known pleasure center — modulates levels of dopamine, the so-called feel-good hormone. (This same brain structure is active when people have sex, or when cocaine addicts take cocaine.)

Can music have mood-altering effects? Lots of people use music for emotional regulation. It’s similar to the way people use drugs such as caffeine and alcohol: they play a certain kind of music to help get them going in the morning, another kind to unwind after work. Brain surgeons perform their most concentration-intensive procedures while music plays in the background. [Another socio-cultural response]

iPods change the way we “share” music. For one thing, we don’t listen together. So? Music listening used to be an activity that we did with great ceremony. We’d invite friends over and sit down, pass the album cover around, study the artwork. And when the record started, we’d listen intently together and do nothing else. In short: music listening was deeply social. The iPod has turned music listening into a mostly solitary experience. [this is the worst answer of the bunch. ‘The past’ simply sounds like what he did as a teenager. There was music before recordings, but since it didn’t affect him it likely doesn’t matter. A scientist needs no knowledge of history, right? And what seems more social to you – sitting down and listening quietly or dancing to music?]

iPod Shuffle lets us listen to music in more or less random order. Does this make any difference in how we listen? Shuffle has given us a new way of listening: mashes, or songs that we might not otherwise put together. When it works, it’s fabulous — we hear Billie Holiday followed by Jimi Hendrix and we can hear the connection between them. But when it doesn’t work it’s disorienting, pulling us out of the hypnotic reverie that good music programming induces. [Another answer that could have been from anyone you pulled off the street]

iPod owners tend to download singles instead of albums. What is the effect of that? An obvious loss: the album. For decades, artists assembled and sequenced songs to make a larger musical statement, the height of which resulted in concept albums, from Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” to Green Day’s “American Idiot.” Breaking an album up into singles disrupts the artists’ original intention for the work. Also, we tend to lose the opportunity to discover songs that don’t jump out at first. [So, maybe it’s time to look at history again – even in popular music, the album is a development. Pre-1960 was all about the single]

Any science on why certain songs get stuck in our heads? Scientists call them earworms. We don’t really know anything about the why of them, but we know something about the what. Usually they’re songs that are melodically and rhythmically simple — most people don’t have the “Ring” cycle stuck up there — and it’s usually just a short loop. [so scientists have gotten around to calling them something, but that’s as far as it seems they have gotten. Great work there!]

How do we get rid of those songs? The tried-and-true way is to think of another song and hope that pushes out the first one. Here: think of “It’s a Small World After All.” [not only did you make me angry with this interview and cause me to waste productive time on this blog post, but now I’ve got that song in my head. Thanks a lot!]

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CULT MOVIE REVIEW: Vanishing on 7th Street (2011)

Awash in end-of-the-world, apocalyptic imagery, the creepy Vanishing on 7th Street (2011) may just make you afraid of your own shadow.

Especially if you suspend disbelief and don’t dwell too deeply or too thoroughly about the exact nature of the film’s menace.

Now available “on demand,” this latest genre effort from director Brad Anderson (Session 9 [2001] and The Machinist [2004]) commences with Paul (John Leguizamo), a film projectionist on the job, as he reads a book about inexplicable mysteries.

In short order, we get insert shots of the book’s interior, and our eyes register pages devoted to such topics as “the Roanoke Colony” and “dark matter.”

Then, in an instant, the world itself changes.

There’s a power outage and everyone sitting inside Paul’s theater vanishes, leaving their clothes and popcorn behind.  Paul survives, but he seems to be the last man standing.

Elsewhere, another lone survivor named Luke (Hayden Christensen) soon discovers that the disappearances are apparently global and — worse than that — that something new and insidious seems to be dwelling inside the night: a kind of creeping blackness, a shadow life form.

At the news station where he worked, Luke sees his girlfriend Paige vanish on recorded videotape, in the middle of her weather report.  In mid-sentence, she is just gone, and her clothes drop to the floor.

Soon, Paul, Luke, a little boy named James (Jacob Latimore) and a desperate woman named Rosemary (Thandie Newton) meet up at the only urban establishment that still has electricity and light: Sonny’s Happy Hour Bar.   There, they feed a gas generator constantly, and discuss ways to escape the city.  They also have plenty of time to ponder what might have happened to the world.

Most disturbingly, as Luke reports, the sun has been coming up later and going down earlier each day, meaning that the spell of darkness is expanding.  And, creepily the shadow figures dwelling in the dark seem to know everything about you, and can trick you by imitating the voice of your dead brother or the cries of your missing baby.  They want to lure you into the darkness…

Paul believes that something similar happened to the Roanoke Colony circa 1590, and that these survivors are now experiencing “the last spin on the reel,” (like a film projector powering down…); that God has “closed-up shop.”

Utilizing a surfeit of gloomy night exteriors and foreboding, doom-laden high-angles, Anderson throws the viewer right into the middle of this strange and unsettling mystery.  Many of Anderson’s shots in Vanishing on 7th Street also boast some remarkable depth too; featuring the looming “Darkness” spilling over surfaces like a flood, and holding up for us shadows that appear oddly familiar; distinct

It’s as though the vanished people have been taken, yet their mobile, malevolent shadows remain here on Earth as sentinels.  Many shots also feature creeping darkness spilling over walls and bridges like an unending supply of black paint, descending irrevocably upon terrorized, doomed characters.

The idea of creeping blackness devouring matter and light is not new.  It was vetted brilliantly (and with hair-raising horror…) some thirty years ago in Sapphire and Steel’s second serial, set at an abandoned train station.  And, *ahem*, I myself used dark matter and the Roanoke disappearance as narrative connections in the second season of my web series, The House Between (2007 – 2009), particularly in the episodes “Distressed” and “Ruined.”

Yet,  as I always like to point out, it’s not necessarily the originality of a story that’s important; it’s the way the story is depicted that counts.  Vanishing on 7th Street successfully evokes such end of the world films as The Omega Man (1971) and Night of the Comet (1984) and goes about its business with a grim, almost choking atmosphere.  Like The Birds, for instance there are no easy answers offered here, and in the dark half-light of the movie we are left to interpret what occurs for ourselves.

I appreciate that ambiguous aspect of the film very much.  Rosemary raises the issue “is this Hell?” and certainly there’s the “left behind” allusion here. By contrast, Luke suggests “there’s no reason” for the vanishing, and that it is simply “random.”  From this sense of ambiguity comes audience uncertainty and involvement, and Anderson makes the most of those feelings.

For me, I came away with the distinct sense that this is literally a disaster of Biblical proportions; a religious apocalypse in the most fundamentalist sense.  Those who survive the initial vanishing are “fallen” or “sinners,” at least under a certain microscope.  Luke left his wife to pursue his career (and Paige).  Rosemary was a drug addict who ultimately turned her life around, etc.
And those who make it to the last act in the film (set in a church, to put a fine point on it…) are the ones who boast innocence, purity, and love.

Finally, the character names Luke, Paul and James specifically recall Scripture, so I felt these monikers were also a sub-textual hint about the nature of the “event” as well.

None of this information qualifies as a spoiler, however, because it would be just as easy to read the mystery another way; with another point of view.  Someone could have an entirely different theory from mine, and still make it work.

The creeping darkness makes for a splendid visual menace in Vanishing on 7th Street, and Anderson handles it ably.  The problem, however, is that — as one character states — “the math doesn’t add up.”  If the survivors go into the darkness without a light, they vanish.   Fine.  Well, how much light are we talking about here, and what kind of light?

How pitch black must it be for the shadow creatures to take you away?  For instance, the film features a gorgeous shot of the moon over the eerie, empty city.  But moonlight is light, right?    And, isn’t it dark inside your pocket?  Or under your hat?  Or in the shadow of the bathroom door?   When people stand next to each other, they sometimes eclipse light as well…

On close scrutiny, the concept of using light as a protection from creatures that ARE the dark isn’t fully fleshed out or believable.  This is an occasion where ambiguity is a bad thing.  The characters state things like “There are no known laws of Physics operating here” for cover.  You may or may not be willing to buy that, especially when a character’s survival depends on knowing the light/dark ratio necessary to continue living.

Also, I have a big problem that the characters — generally well-portrayed as intelligent, resourceful survivors — never think to set the city on fire, even when they create makeshift torches.  You want light?  You want to escape?  Take the city down!  There aren’t any other survivors there, so it wouldn’t be murder.

Instead, setting a fire would be a guaranteed way to keep the darkness at bay for a good long time, I would think.

I remember when people complained about Mark Wahlberg being chased by the wind in The Happening (2008), and in some way, this is a similarly nebulous — if more overtly visual — threat.  As neat as it looks, and as creepy as it is, it’s hard to parse in a way that makes sense.

And yet — and this is a big “and yet” — the movie is really about spiritual uncertainty; about the need to cry out “I exist” before your flame is finally snuffed out.

In fostering a feeling of spiritual catastrophe, of existential angst, of faith or lack thereof, it is not necessary for the threat to make conventional, scientific sense, one might argue.  God Moves in Mysterious Ways and We Do Not Understand Them.  That’s sort of the point, I submit, and though I generally hate that idea because I think it’s a dramatic cheat (see: Battlestar Galactica’s finale…), in short form like a 90 minute movie I find it far less objectionable than as the solution to a multi-season mystery (also see: The Lost finale).

If it sounds like I’m on the fence about Vanishing on 7th Street, you’ve got the picture.  For me, this could be the ultimate two-and-a-half star movie.  Almost — but not quite — good.   I could watch it again  in a year from now, and it could drop down to a two star rating or move up to a three, if that makes sense.

What I enjoy most about Vanishing on 7th Street is that Anderson doesn’t spoon feed the audience answers.  And he doesn’t slather on unnecessary action sequences or special effects just to make the movie punchy or pacey.

For the most part, this is a mood movie about four people who end up in a bar together after the rest of the world has disappeared, and wonder what the hell happened.  It’s a perfect Twilight Zone premise, and the execution is good even if I don’t quite buy all those moments in which the shadows creep up and almost get a protagonist, then a character crosses into the light and it retracts.  Somehow it feels too easy; to simple.

But aside from the specifics, I enjoyed the dark, heavy, unsettling tone of Vanishing on 7th Street.  Over the end credits, you even hear the lyrics to “Your Good Thing,” which ominously suggest  “Your real good thing is about to come to an end.”

That’s a perfect, chill-inducing note to go out on; and to unquiet your slumber for a night.

6 responses to “CULT MOVIE REVIEW: Vanishing on 7th Street (2011)

  1. THANK YOU. Holy. I was wracking my brain trying to find the meaning of this movie. Your review gave me some clarity. I’m usually so good at determining the meaning behind movies but this one just baffled me. But hey! One thing. What did you get from the whole “Croatoan” deal? I researched Croatoan and apparently it was a Native American tribe. But whyyyy Croatoan?

  2. Well Brad Anderson stated that he would have made a bigger film, maybe more action sequences if his budget was bigger, so maybe that was fortuitous, but not really planned. I got the impression that the dark suppressed electrical charge, recalling Christensen's character stating that he just placed new batteries in a flashlight that no longer worked. But fire just needs oxygen so maybe that would've worked, regardless, they did not try. That too might have been a indication of a small budget also. Maybe the survivors survived by pure luck instead of divine providence. A certain character could have survived if that character had kept going instead of playing hero. And exactly what was Leguizamo's sin? Redemption is a huge part of religion, then Newton would have seemed to achieve that by getting her life back on track and giving birth. So yes, there were indeed religious overtones, mainly by the Newton character, but explanations were all over the place, Croatoan was written on a bridge, there was also a conversation on physics and dark matter. Kinda reminded me of the attempt at explanations in the beginning of 'Phantoms'.Ambiguity is a Anderson trademark, he is building quite a nice body of work. He states he is not a genre director, but he certainly has the skill to drive a story of this sort. Anderson is a patient, cerebral filmmaker and 7th street is a very interesting, chilling film.

  3. I thought it was erasing a blackboard that got too filled with shit. adam and eve are kids in end, hence the red apples. not that it’s religious b.s., but I think they were trying to tell plausible version of reckoning and Lost Colonly was battery test. Reminded me of old Cat People. Should, might gain a cult following. I guess I give it 3 stars for doing something different

  4. I lol’ed @ the part where the reviewer said “set fire to the the city” that’s exactly what I would’ve done. But I think there is something more intrinsic here, stated in the title it’s self. On the 7th day God rested, and by doing so all the darkness, demons, and evil took the advantage and invaded the world, idk, just my 2 cents. Taken at face value and not meticulously deconstructed it’s an ok movie.

  5. I think the movie is about global warming, the global warming debate, renewables, and Obama among other things. The movie is set in Detroit, home of the auto industry, the dwindling light is the life of the planet, people represent the environment and the global warming argument, the darkness is global warming swallowing life, making it disappear, I exist refers to the gw debate. The solar powered light leading them to Chicago (Obama) to supposedly try make it better. Heaps more but C’mon it’s all there.

  6. I saw it as a social commentary on the deterioration of Detroit and the cycle of hopelessness and depression that comes with being rundown and economically ruined. It’s all a metaphor.

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For the New Year, Again

Sunday, December 27, 2009 – For the New Year, Again

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~ Bill Vaughan

New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday. ~ Charles Lamb

New Year’s is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions. ~ Mark Twain

New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ~ Mark Twain

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. ~ George William Curtis

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average… which means, you have met your New Year’s resolution. ~ Jay Leno

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone to wish it on anyone lightly. So let’s just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that ~ Judith Crist

New Year’s Resolution: To tolerate fools more gladly, provided this does not encourage them to take up more of my time. ~ James Agate

It wouldn’t be New Year’s if I didn’t have regrets. ~ William Thomas

The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears. ~ W. H. Auden

The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year’s Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you’re married to. ~ P. J. O’Rourke

We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves. ~ Lynn Hall, Where Have All the Tigers Gone? (1989)

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. ~ Douglas Adams

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. ~ Oscar Wilde

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want. ~ Dan Stanford

Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn. ~ C. S. Lewis

All human wisdom is summed up in two words – wait and hope. ~ Alexandre Dumas

I confess, I do not believe in time. ~ Vladimir Nabokov

Time is the reef upon which all our frail mystic ships are wrecked. ~ Noel Coward

So little time and so little to do. ~ Oscar Levant

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive. ~ John Sladek

The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet. ~ William Gibson

A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Prudens futuri temporis exitum Caliginosa nocte premit deus.] – Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus), Carmina (III, 29, 29)

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that’s my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again… the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul. ~ J. G. Ballard

I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it. ~ Ray Bradbury

Predicting the future is easy. It’s trying to figure out what’s going on now that’s hard. ~ Fritz R. S. Dressler

It is the business of the future to be dangerous. ~ Alfred North Whitehead

FUTURE, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured. ~ Ambrose Bierce

When you find yourself locked onto an unpleasant train of thought, heading for the places in your past where the screaming is unbearable, remember there’s always madness. Madness is the emergency exit. ~ Alan Moore

We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like. I have prepared one of my own. I have placed some rather large samples of dynamite, gunpowder, and nitroglycerin. My time capsule is set to go off in the year 3000. It will show them what we are really like. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

Nothing puzzles me more than time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less, as I never think about them. ~ Charles Lamb

The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time. ~ George Patton

It takes a lot of time to be a genius; you have to sit around so much doing nothing, really doing nothing. ~ Gertrude Stein

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. ~ Groucho Marx


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The Last Post?

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I am in Benalla hospital on four nights respite to give Pauline a break and to get some better pain relief for myself (Aug 27 – 31).

I was nervous about going this time around as it may well merge into my final illness … and this would become my Last Post.

Pauline is nervous too!  She fears that I will not come back and that I will die this time around.  If that is how it pans out, we have to accept that.

There are scheduled posts into October that will be published automatically – even if I am no longer around.

As I write this, I have no intention of giving in. However, as things deteriorate, I will probably welcome the end. Will I be brave enough to accept the syringe pump of morphine and sedatives which is the start of the dying process?   I will certainly take one last shot at recovery before submitting to the syringe pump!

Just in time, I found Lee Gallagher – or should I say he found me – to continue this blog with the developing story of his life with Prostate Cancer.  I wish I could be around to see how Lee records his story but I am sure you will be following his progression with PCa.

I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone from family, friends, and blog readers, who have taken an interest in my story. What I have left behind can become a valuable resource for others who develop this disease if it is regularly updated. If there are any others who wish to be a contributor, please leave a message and it will be arranged.

What have I learned since contracting Prostate Cancer?

  • I have prepared myself as much as I am able for the end of my life.
  • I have prepared the family to accept it.  They have already come to terms with the grieving process.
  • Smoking gives you emphysema which makes it difficult to breathe as your body deteriorates.
  • Diet can be a contributor to contracting disease.  Increase alkaline foods and reduce acidic foods.
  • Boost your immune system.  It is the only tool your body can fight back with.  That is why I take Lactoferrin capsules and, over the last four years, I believe it has been worthwhile.
  • Natural Progesterone cream should be tried to see if it improves your general well being or “Quality of Life”
  • Supplements and preventative measures are pretty useless once you have been diagnosed and the tumour has escaped the prostate.  Hopefully, they will slow the progression but they will certainly not stop it or cure the cancer.

Please take notice

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30 August 2012 at 12:00 am

The alarm bells were ringing

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Yesterday, I had been suffering from pleuretic pain in my left lung.  Every time I breath in, the pain grabs me.  Well, it was serious enough for me to ring my doctor to see what could be done about it and his response shocked me.

He told me that they can give me intravenous antibiotics in a high dose to try and control it.  If it cannot be managed, It will lead to me dying and he asked if I wanted to chose that as an option.

Like, I’m ready to call it quits?  Not bloody likely!

There is still too much life in this body, mind and spirit to take the voluntary suicide option.

I have spent four years training this man to tell me as he sees it – what is good is good – what is bad is bad.  Apparently, he sees it quite differently to me at this moment.  But, I know I am not ready to toss in the towel.    Hey Doc, we are not on the same page.

The way I feel, at this moment, is that there is no immediate threat to my continuing existence.  Of course, that can change overnight with an unplanned event  happening that drags me off to hospital – and potentially the end.  But, let’s see how it plays out.  I can’t see it happening tonight!

I must admit, there is not much point to my ongoing existence if I cannot get past this lung problem.  Whilst I am uncomfortable and in pain, all I can do is sit and wait for things to improve.  I cannot get up and move around – or do anything useful.  It makes you wonder, “What is the point of continuing?”  I am certainly not ready to say goodbye yet!

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8 May 2012 at 12:00 pm

The Will To Live – 29 April 2010

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To live forever – an unobtainable goal – has to be measured against the obtainable goal of living a good life until we have to die.

I had never realised the strength in the will to live.  Those who have followed this blog since I was diagnosed with prostate cancer some four years ago, would have to agree that I have prepared as well as one could and accepted the inevitability of my terminal disease.  Yet, as close as I came to death a month ago, I have no indication that my time is up.

Right now, life is a struggle.  Whilst the pain is managed with opiates, and I sleep well all night, my day times are simply filling in time as I am not stable enough to participate in anything.  Due to emphysema, my breathing is shot and I am on life support oxygen most of the time.  I also need Ventolin with cortisone to help open my airways but it is a variable battle.  Things can be fine for hours on end yet simply going to the toilet can have you bent over trying to catch your breath.

Last Thursday, Anita – the District Nurse – phoned and found me incredibly short of breath.  It concerned her so much that she called back an hour later to see if I was still struggling.  I was, so she called around after lunch.  After contacting my doctor, Chris Lourensz, we turned up the oxygen supply to 4 litres a minute and that made a big difference.

Pauline contracted a bad cold a few weeks ago and, as I sleep with her, I got it too.  An X-Ray shows heaps of phlegm in my lungs.  I am on antibiotics to get rid of this muck.

Visiting the doctor is a major deal as he is located in Benalla – a 40 minute drive away – for an update and new
prescriptions.  That means an oxygen bottle and a bag of clothes in case he wants me to go to the hospital where I can get some more specialised treatment.  As it turned out, I opted to come home and return to the hospital if things turned sour.  Today has seen an improvement with little need for oxygen throughout the day.  It seems that the antibiotics are doing their job in breaking away the phlegm in my lungs.  If that works, I will live to fight another battle.  If not, I am in trouble.

My general condition is terrible as I am not eating well enough.  I have lost a couple of kilos in the last fortnight.  Of course, losing one’s appetite is an early sign that the end is near.  As the body shuts down, one has little need for nourishment.  Now, what quality of life is that?

Now, this is where I get confused.  I know that my time is running out – my doctors have told me so – and my body agrees with them.  Yet, I have no sense of approaching the end.  Sometimes, when I go to bed, I advise Pauline that I might need an ambulance before the morning.  Yet, I get through waking in a much better state.

People tell me I am one hell of a fighter.  However, I am not trying to fight the outcome.  I am simply doing what needs to be done to keep on going until the inevitable final illness overtakes me.

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29 April 2012 at 8:06 pm

Greg’s diary – 12 April 2012

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I woke about 10.30am when the District Nurse called to check up on me. They call Mondays and Thursdays on behalf of Palliative Care in Benalla offering any help they can from bathing me to allowing Pauline some time off to go shopping, play bowls etc.  By the way, Pauline had a big win on Tuesday in the Grand Final of the 100 Up competition at the Euroa Bowling Club with a follow up picture in the local paper.

My biggest problem is breathing as I am suffering from emphysema – no doubt from a lifetime of smoking.  Stupid me … in hospital when I was expecting to live a matter of days, I started smoking again after a 15 month cessation.  Now, I am not as bad as the guy in the TV commercial, but I need oxygen to sleep and when my breathing deteriorates during the day.  I also use a specialised puffer first thing in the morning.  I play my guitar as a measure of my breathing ability.  If I can get out a song, I am doing OK.  Today, I didn’t pick up my guitar at all.

As the body slows down preparing for the inevitable, you are robbed of your energy.  The other day, I tried to stand on the bottom rung of a kitchen ladder and could not make it up just 6 inches.  So yesterday, I started a step-up exercise on the side of a brick (about 4 inches).  I was able to do about 8 reps only.  That’s bloody weak.

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12 April 2012 at 8:12 pm


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Conservatives Try To Blame Super Bowl Blackout On Green Energy

Oh, give me a break Drudge…

Alan Colmes’ Liberaland

Never mind that energy-efficient lighting had nothing to do with it.

The Drudge Report snarkily linked to an Energy Department article published Saturday that praised New Orleans for being at the “Energy Efficient Forefront” and noted that the Superdome “features more than 26,000 LED lights” that conserve energy. However, others quickly pointed out that those are exterior lights, not the lights that went dark inside the dome.

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Jivamukti Yoga

Jivamukti, a Sanskrit word meaning “liberation
while living
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David Life
and combines a vigorous physical practice with an
equally strong foundation in ancient spiritual traditions of Yoga.
Its distinct style integrates the physical, psychological,
and spiritual aspects of yoga practices
into a modern
lifestyle without losing sight of the ancient and universal
goal of the practice – liberation

The Jivamukti Yoga practice provides a pragmatic and experientially
oriented life philosophy, grounded in ethical precepts to guide
inner and outer work, and an original, creative approach to living
and being. A Jivamukti Yoga class is a vigorous physical and
spiritual practice that pushes beyond the limitations often imposed
by the mind and incorporates chanting, asanas, music,
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yoga (deep listening), and meditation (connection with the
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Gannon and Life are cofounders of the Jivamukti Yoga Center in New
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For the first time since August 1, I feel awesome.  I feel “alive” and empowered.  I am hopeful.  I am excited.  Answering “The Call” can do that for you.

On August 1 I began miscarrying my second pregnancy.  There was nothing to be done, and we were gung ho to conceive again as soon as possible.  Once my menses returned we went for it and got pregnant again.  I guess I have no trouble becoming pregnant.  Unfortunately I began bleeding from an early first trimester subchorionic hematoma [level III research article] on October 7.  I was misdiagnosed with a blighted ovum and treated as though my body was not miscarrying correctly.  By the time I learned about the misdiagnosis, I had lost too much blood to save the pregnancy.  I lost the baby at about 7 weeks on October 14.

So how can I possibly be saying that I feel AWESOME less than a week following my miscarriage?  Let me count the ways:

  1. Officially started a local chapter (the first in Montana) of the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
  2. Scheduled a benefit screening of The Business of Being Born (BOBB) for December 8 at the Roxy Theater in Missoula, MT
  3. Was put in contact with some terrific natural birth advocates and caregivers thanks to the BOBB production team (thanks to them for facilitating awesomeness)
  4. Continue to receive excellent holistic care from my chiropractor
  5. Received a free half-hour massage with my amazing massage therapist thanks to my chiropractor and a few enthusiastic students
  6. Was able to space out my schedule a bit better and alleviate some work distress
  7. Receive regular positive feedback about my maternal-child heath advocacy efforts
  8. Had an AWESOME time at the Farmers Market hanging out with my new friends and meeting other people passionate about childbirth issues

I’d like to describe my day to you.  First, let me say that I have never done anything like this before in my life.  Generally speaking, I am a selfish and protective person; I can be quite stingy with my time.  I like “me me me” time a whole lot.

I’ve logged a number of late nights lately.  I’ve been collecting information and putting together materials for today’s event.  I started working with a new to me program called Scribus, an open source program that aspires to “compete” with Adobe Pagemaker.  It’s a bit quirky, but it’s not like I read any “how to” for using it.  Getting ready to advertise takes a lot of time and effort.  And it made me very nervous . . .

Yesterday (not a moment too soon) I was ready to print my materials.  I created a bookmark that people could take away.  (It’ll also make a good book-stuffing library project.)  I quickly made a chapter pamphlet geared towards explaining who ICAN of Greater Missoula is and what services we will provide.  I also created the 1/4 page flyer about the movie that we handed out at the market.  I went to bed around 1am this morning.

Today I woke up around 7am, worrying about what time to arrive at the market.  I was afraid of getting there much past 8am, but since it is cold and sprinkly, I decided to stay home until my friends planned to arrive at the market to help.  By about 8:45am I was set up and already (nervously) handing out flyers.  One of our city council candidates set his stuff up across the sidewalk from me, and it was good to talk to him about public issues in Missoula.

My friends arrived with all kinds of fancy materials from the Birth Center.  I was glad to have a couple of people there to boost my confidence.  (Those people who are pushy with flyers around town really annoy me, so I wasn’t sure how to approach the whole flyer distribution technique!)  The Birth Center representative brought out these really cool “Jelly Babies” (wish I could find a link to a picture), but I think they were scaring “the straights”, so we had her put them away.  Interesting how suspicious people can be.  Some people were afraid we were some pro-choice group or some pro-life group when actually we’re a pro-“life choice” group of sorts.  Plus, come on, who’s right to life are we fighting for here – not only the baby but also the MOTHER.  Oh yeah, her.

I found that I had better success with the flyers when I was over at the food area getting coffee and after I took the table down and was shopping at the market myself.  (I hope that’s a helpful bit of info for anyone planning to advertize on foot.)  I ran into a few University colleagues, and those interactions were good for me, I do believe.  One of the men I talked with works with my Dean.  (Score!)  Another guy I talked to is the MOST popular instructor on campus, it seems.  He’s going to hook me up with another professor and see how BOBB can fit into the context of a current human sexuality course.  I met other doulas, a CNM from out of town, other moms and dads, other people connected with naturopathy (is that even a word or did I just invent it?).  I was invited to speak about birth complications and cesarean awareness at a Birth Center class on Monday night.

I feel like this is just the tip of the iceberg.  Missoula is primed to gather around this issue – I just know it.  I feel confident that the Missoula Independent will support us somehow.  I have a former student who works for a local TV station so maybe I can get the story out through her.  So many ideas.  So many opportunities in the making.  So much to be done.

Still haven’t figured out why I feel awesome?  Well then you need “a lesson in awesomeness”.  (I love that saying.)