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Dr. D. Ross Campbell is an adult, adolescent and child psychiatrist and a noted author and lecturer on parent-child relationships. He was the founder of the Southeastern Counseling Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and served as its director until retiring in 1996. He also served as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University Of Tennessee College Of Medicine.
Dr. Campbell earned a B. S. degree from the United States Naval Academy and served four years in the Navy including service as First Officer on a destroyer that was sent out to meet the Soviet ship bringing nuclear missiles to Cuba during the early 1960's. The destroyer had been taken out of "mothballs" and was commanded by a Navy Reserve Captain who had had no combat experience. When the Russian ship refused to identify itself and responded with vulgarities when the communications officer inquired as to what cargo they were carrying, the Captain ordered Ross to have the crew, all of whom were Navy Reservists except Ross and one other officer, to prepare to fire on the ship. When Ross protested that they had not been authorized by the President to open fire, the Captain threatened to have him court marshaled. The Captain had "gone ballistic" (as described by Ross) when the Russian Captain had ordered his crew to dump their garbage, sewage, and oil waste off the stern and the U.S. destroyer took on much of it. Ross, the young sailor, grew up fast, when as a twenty-four year old husband and father, he was about to have to give the order to start World War III. The Russian Captain saw what was about to happen and showed better judgment and began to turn the huge, very modern, battleship around.
Ross became a Christian as a first year student at the Naval Academy and sensed that God wanted him to be involved in some type of ministry. Though he held an engineering degree from the Naval Academy, following his military tour of duty, and thinking in terms of medical missions, he applied to 13 medical schools even though he had taken no college biology courses. He was accepted and enrolled at the University of Florida Medical School from which he received his medical degree. He performed an internship at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in North Carolina, and following the internship, Ross directed a mission hospital in Bolivia for one year on the base of Wycliffe Bible Translators. It was during this experience that his interest began to shift to psychiatry. He returned to the University of Florida and served his psychiatry residency at the University's Shands Medical Center in Gainesville. He followed this residency with a residency in adolescent and child psychiatry.
A prolific writer, Dr. Campbell's first book, How to Really Love Your Child, published in 1977, has sold over two million copies and has been translated in over 40 languages. Revised and updated in 2004, it continues to be an internationally acclaimed bestseller. His book, How to Really Love Your Teenager, received the Gold Medallion Award. Other books written by Dr. Campbell include Kids Who Follow, Kids Who Don't; How to Keep Going When the Storms Keep Coming; Your Kids and Drugs; Getting a Clue in a Clueless World and Kids in Danger. His book, Five Love Languages of Children, with co-author Gary Chapman, was published in 1997. The Northfield Publishers, a division of Moody Press, released Parenting Your Adult Children and Relational Parenting, Raising Good Kids in a Troubled World. How to Really Love Your Angry Child was published by Cook Communications. Additional books include How to Really Parent Your Child, How to Really Parent Your Teen, and Helping Your Twenty-Something Get a Life and Get it Now, all released by Thomas Nelson Publishers. How to Really Love Your Grandchild was published by Thomas Nelson Publishers in 2008, and Helping Your Adult Child, co-authored by Gary Chapman, was released just a couple of weeks ago. Many of these books have been translated and published in other countries throughout the world.
In addition to his writing, Ross has lectured on parenting throughout the United States and in a number of European countries. He is currently a seminar leader and board member of Ministering to Ministers Foundation. Ross has felt God's leadership in guiding his life and profession. He took early retirement, in part, in order to spend more time writing and working with ministers and their families. He views his pilgrimage, training, and experiences in the first two-thirds of his career as preparation for the past 15 years that he has devoted to working with clergy families, including giving 55 weeks serving as a clinician in MTM's Healthy Transitions Wellness Retreats for Ministers and Spouses. He has given countless hours in follow up counseling and in coaching those who were participants in the retreats, as well as with scores of ministers/spouses who were beneficiaries of some aspect of the MTM ministry other than the Wellness Retreats. Ross has also addressed numerous ministers groups and provided leadership to denominational leaders and church leadership groups.
Dr. Campbell has been a major architect in helping mold the MTM ministry and develop the retreat model into the quality and depth for which it has become known. He has been an inspiration to the leaders and participants in the 98 Wellness Retreats held in 11 states which have included 968 participants from 34 states plus Canada and the Bahamas and representing 38 denominational affiliations directly and indirectly. He has been a major factor in helping MTM touch the lives of approximately 10,000 ministers/spouses since MTM's inception in 1994.
It is not unusual for someone at a Wellness Retreat to say upon meeting Ross, "You do not know me, but you helped us raise our children; your books were our 'Bible' for child rearing." The "trickle down" effect of Ross' life, career, writing and ministry can been seen in the following experience that I persuaded Ross to put in written form:
I fought the Soviet Union on the high seas for four years. At that time they had a far larger Navy than we did and their behavior on the high seas was unscrupulously ruthless.
Little did I know that years later what transpired between the Soviet Union and me would be totally different. In 1986, tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States were at their greatest. In an attempt to calm these tensions, the Soviet Union sponsored the Moscow Book Fair. My book, How to Really Love Your Child, and its publisher were invited to the fair where the book was on display. Through the door entered an enormous muscular woman dressed in an elaborate Soviet Union uniform. She was the head of all the Soviet Union Social Services.
She noticed my book on display, took it to a nearby table and read it from cover to cover (the book was printed in Russian). It took her two or three hours to read the book. When she was finished, she went up to the president of the company that published my book and said, "My people need this book and we would like to buy it." The president replied, "I'm so glad that you enjoyed the book but I hope that you noticed that it is a Christian book." To this the Soviet officer replied, "Of course." The president then carefully commented that the book could not be divided and had to be used in toto. The woman then explained that she would leave it just as it is. She also exclaimed that she wanted a copy of this book in every Soviet household.
When I was told of these happenings, I was quite skeptical after my experiences with the Soviet Navy on the high seas. I did not think much about this episode until late one evening twenty-three years later in Chattanooga. I heard a knocking at my door. At such a late hour, I was startled to see a strikingly beautiful twenty-year old woman waiting there. I greeted her trying not to startle her and she said, "I am Anna Romanov from Russia and I am looking for Ross Campbell". I answered "I'm Ross Campbell." Anna responded, "I've been looking for you for some time. Almost all of my acquaintances in Russia asked me to find you." I said, "Why"? She then replied, "The Soviet government and the Russian government have kept parents supplied with your books and most of us are now Christians. I am a student at Southern College in Collegedale" (near Chattanooga).
Everything Anna said left me in shock, especially when I realized that the Soviet woman who was in charge of Social Services had actually told the truth. The thought that came powerfully to my mind was "Indeed, God works in mysterious ways."
In 1997, the governor of Tennessee appointed Dr. Campbell to the Board of Trustees of Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute.
Dr. Campbell is a licensed pilot. He has often used his twin engine, Baron 58, to provide his transportation to and from Wellness Retreats and MTM board meetings at his own expense. His numerous interests include hiking, traveling, and reading. Born and raised in New Mexico, his love of the outdoors and of the West keep him in touch with environmental issues.
Dr. Campbell has four adult children and seven grandchildren. Pat, his wife and soul-mate of 49 years, died in 2005 following a long battle with cancer. He resides in Signal Mountain, Tennessee.
Compiled by Charles H. Chandler, Executive Director, MTM Foundation, Inc.
Dr. Ross Campbell fell to his death while hiking in the mountains of East Tennessee, about an hour from his home, on Friday, November 2, 2012. His untimely death was a deep loss to his family, friends, and especially to the mission and ministry of the MTM Foundation. He was so identified with reaching out to wounded ministers, that expressions of sympathy were sent in the form of contributions to the MTM Foundation.
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Q: Designing a radio frequency PCB with wireless communication Sorry the last post I had was not specific enough! I am new to designing a PCB for my project. The goal is to develop a radio frequency PCB that has power and radio sources that can perform wireless communication. I am very new to this. I have a lot of questions regarding how should I get started or even what software I would need to code for the PCB. Are there any videos/ tutorials that can help me get started? Some relevant examples will be great!
Thanks so much for your time!
Edit: I added a schematic (brianstorm of my thoughts) that explain what I am trying to do.. I am trying to measure the data (voltage) from the sensors and hoping to wire that with the PCB. But the goal is having the wireless communication and transmit the data. I was reading using maybe NRF24L01 Transceiver Module that might save me a lot rather then designing my own RF? (I'd need to design an antenna which I am not experienced with..)

A: I would suggest your first (or even your first few) PCBs designs not be RF PCBs. An RF PCB one where the RF is actually running through the traces on the PCB you design. Use a radio module instead and mount that to your PCB. That's why they exist.
In RF, everything matters...which is kind of a problem when your hands will be full learning new things without having to worry about RF.
Not only that, it sounds like you will be juggling a microcontroller as well. It's definitely a recipe for failure to try and juggle learning two things (general PCB and microcontroller), and then a third thing that's affected by everything. Just general PCB design or the microcontroller on its own is more than two handfuls already.

A: To implement radios, you need at least these skills
(1) understanding of Ground Planes, and how to locally provide the charge surges demanded by the Receiver and Transmitter and MCU and Sensors; for that, you need to understand the shunt-cap and series-resistor or series-inductor "L" filtering of VDD
(2) understand how an electric field can couple across a PCB; Howard Johnson stated the coupling OVER A PLANE will drop off by 1/Distance^3; you may wish to explore electric fields of various topologies: wire-wire, wire-plane, IC_lead-IC_lead, and become skilled at sketching Efields
(3) understand how changing currents can couple across a PCB, whether through air or thru FR-4, and how the presence of copper foil regions may be your key to RF success
(4) learn about dense rows of VIAS to strap top and bottom GROUND plane regions together, and how the via-spacing relates to wavelength and attenuation
(5) realize the noise floors will be 10^8 weaker than a 1 volt signal, for 1 Hertz (1 bit per second) data rates; thus about 0.01 microVolts peakpeak for ultra slow RF links; don't even think about those; oscillator wander will kill you; instead think about 10,000 bit per second links with about 1 microvolt PP coming from the antennas; or think about WIFI with about 100 microVolts PP from the antenna; notice HOW SMALL THESE RF Receiver signals are, compared to the +3.3 volts of your MCU clocks and I/O.

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export type ImageVector = {
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  hatch_pattern: p.VectorSpec<HatchPattern | null>
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export const TextVector: p.DefineOf<TextVector> = {
  text_color:         [ p.ColorSpec, "#444444" ],
  text_outline_color: [ p.ColorSpec, null ],
  text_alpha:         [ p.NumberSpec, 1.0 ],
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export type AxisLabelText = Prefixed<"axis_label", Text>
export type AxisLine = Prefixed<"axis", Line>
export type BackgroundFill = Prefixed<"background", Fill>
export type BandFill = Prefixed<"band", Fill>
export type BandHatch = Prefixed<"band", Hatch>
export type BarLine = Prefixed<"bar", Line>
export type BorderFill = Prefixed<"border", Fill>
export type BorderLine = Prefixed<"border", Line>
export type GridLine = Prefixed<"grid", Line>
export type GroupText = Prefixed<"group", Text>
export type InactiveFill = Prefixed<"inactive", Fill>
export type LabelText = Prefixed<"label", Text>
export type MajorLabelText = Prefixed<"major_label", Text>
export type MajorTickLine = Prefixed<"major_tick", Line>
export type MinorGridLine = Prefixed<"minor_grid", Line>
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export type OutlineLine = Prefixed<"outline", Line>
export type SeparatorLine = Prefixed<"separator", Line>
export type SubGroupText = Prefixed<"subgroup", Text>
export type TitleText = Prefixed<"title", Text>

type Mixins = Text | Line | Fill | Hatch | Image

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In our increasingly busy society, the land of maximum productivity, continuous rushing around and lunches on the move, it's easy to put ourselves at the bottom of the priority list.
But how are we meant to keep up and get all these things done if we don't look after ourselves first. Yoga is a great way to take some time out for yourself, turning your focus back in towards yourself and giving you the time you need to reconnect, rejuvenate and recenter. Whether it's the slower paced Yin Yoga that takes your fancy, the more dynamic Vinyasa Flow classes or somewhere in between with Slow Flow, there is always something to suit everybody at every level.
Yoga is not just for the body, helping improve strength, stamina, coordination and flexibility, it is also good for the mind. By slowing down a little and bringing our focus and attention back in towards ourselves and our breath, we are giving space to allow our mind to relax. By focusing on the breath we become conscious in the present moment, whilst allowing our nervous system to be calmed and reducing stress and anxiety. In Yoga we call it pranayama, 'prana' meaning breath or life force and 'yama' meaning restrain or control. Your body can't relax if your mind and breath are racing and believe it or not they are directly linked to one another. Did you know that breathing more slowly and taking longer breaths can actually reduce your appetite. People who breathe quickly or rapidly often overeat. There are so many benefits to pranayama, apparently 70% of our body's waste is eliminated through the lungs.
So breathing deeply actually helps your body get rid of waste and function more easily. Not to mention the huge amount of positive benefits breathing deeply has on your brain by supplying it with oxygen. There are many different practices of pranayama, but the simplest one is to just find yourself in a comfortable position wherever you may be and bring your focus and attention to your breath, first noticing how if feels to breathe and the sound of your breath, and then gradually beginning to expand each breath, making each inhalation and exhalation a little bit longer and a little bit more even than the breath before, allowing your breath to fill your whole body. By focusing on calming your breath it automatically calms your mind and in turn your body. If you do nothing else today, just find some time to really breathe!
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Reykjavik, 1 June: The most prominent Church here, called Hallgrimskirkja, was today packed to capacity with 1200 people as they came to hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his first ever visit to Iceland. Many people were also seen standing on the sides of the church hall with all seats being filled and many others unable to fit in waited outside to have a glimpse of His Holiness as he made his way out.
The Tibetan Nobel Peace laureate was invited by the Bishop of Iceland, His Grace Karl Sigurbjornsson, to address the special inter-faith gathering of "peace and prayer" held in the Church located in downtown area of the country's capital Reykjavik. This public inter-faith event attended by representatives of various religious and faiths such as Islam, the Catholic Church of Iceland, the Bahai Community of Iceland, the Russian Orthodox Church of Iceland, etc., was organised especially to coincide with His Holiness' June 1-3 visit to Iceland.
Bishop Sigurbjornsson in welcoming His Holiness spoke about the Tibetan leader's untiring witness to peace and hope.
"The suffering of your people and country, Tibet, from which you had to flee fifty years ago, has touched a deep cord in our hearts. We Icelanders are a small nation cherishing our freedom and we can identify with the pain of oppression. In a world of escalating violence, hate and retaliation your witness to the way of peace, compassion and reconciliation has been beacon for us all," the Bishop said.
Speaking on the occasion, His Holiness said that on his first visit to Iceland he was pleased that his first public engagement was an inter-faith event that was keeping in tune with one of his main commitments of promoting inter-religious harmony.
Commenting on the topic of "Peace and Hope", His Holiness told the large gathering that it was good to base our life on hope because no one can predict the future. He said if a person lost hope then sometimes they commit suicide and this is why it is much better to remain hopeful and follow the path of peace and non-violence.
"Only through cultivation of inner peace can we attain lasting and long-term peace in the world. All the religions and faith have the same potential to promote peace," His Holiness said, adding that "Religion must be the method to solve problems and not create problems".
Thorhalla Bjornsdottir, head of the Organising Committee of the "Dalai Lama in Iceland" group, at whose initial invitation His Holiness was visiting Iceland, said that the visit of His Holiness, who arrived here last night from Copenhagen, Denmark, has had a positive impact on the people here.
"His Holiness has reached out to many people in the country. One percent of the people in Iceland have bought a ticket to attend his sold-out public talk on Tuesday. It seems he has opened the heart of everyone and given hope at this critical time the people of Iceland are facing", she said.
Iceland is a small country inhabited by 300,000 people and the country is still in the grip of the major economic crisis. Many here believe that His Holiness' visit could not have come at a better time to give a sense of hope to the people and the wisdom that money alone cannot bring about happiness. It is apparently with this in mind that the organisers of His Holiness' public talk tomorrow has suggested "Compassion, Value and Happiness" as the topic for the public talk.
outside the church to greet and wave at His Holiness.
Earlier in the morning, His Holiness gave an audience to the Ambassador of India and members of the visit Organising Committee and volunteers. He also gave an interview to Iceland's oldest newspaper Morgunbladid and addressed a "meeting with the press" where he answered questions ranging from the Tibet issue to his impression about Iceland, which he said, like Tibet, enjoyed a clear blue sky.
separately call on His Holiness.
"The facts that government ministers and other political leaders are approaching us for meeting with His Holiness clearly show their regard for the warm public mood and positive response to His Holiness' visit to Iceland", said Mr. Tsering Tashi, the London- based Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, responsible for coordinating the Iceland visit and who is accompanying the Tibetan leader on the Denmark and Iceland leg of the current four country visit.
His Holiness' visit is also receiving good coverage in Iceland's TV channels and newspapers.


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Australia's 2019-20 National Criterium Series will kick off in Launceston. The Stan Siejka Launceston Cycling Classic on Sunday, December 8, will start the three-race competition. A Super Crit in Melbourne on Sunday, December 15, will be round two with the winners decided on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Night Riders in Adelaide, part of the Tour Down Under. Individual riders accumulate points during the series to decide overall winners. The Launceston Classic has built a reputation as one of Australia's best criterium races. It consists of a 1.1-kilometre circuit around City Park, including a 16 per cent gradient hill leading into the notorious peanut roundabout and consistently attracts crowds of around 10,000 each year. Previous competitors include Robbie McEwen, Stuart O'Grady, Caleb Ewan, Britain's four-time Tour De France champion Chris Froome and Tasmanians Richie Porte and three-time winner Matt Goss. Cycling Australia's Kipp Kaufmann said the inaugural year of the NCS in 2018 brought the sport closer to fans. The Tasmanian riders at the track world cup in Glasgow missed out on finals in the team pursuit. Perth's Georgia Baker and Devonport's Macey Stewart teamed up with Kristina Clonan and Alexandra Martin-Wallace to finish sixth in the women's qualifying in a time of 4:23.638 as Great Britain won gold. In the men's qualifying, Launceston's Josh Duffy combined with Leigh Howard, Conor Leahy and Godfrey Slattery to clock 3:57.832 and finish seventh as Denmark claimed victory. Trek-Segafredo has announced the squad that will support Launceston's Richie Porte in the WorldTour in 2020. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy's 2014 Tour de France winner, headlines the nine newcomers along with America's 18-year-old junior road world champion Quinn Simmons. Like Porte, Campbell Town's Will Clarke returns for the second half of a two-year contract.
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Launceston Classic kicks off 2019-20 National Criterium Series
Head up: Cam Ivory avoids some last-lap carnage to race home ahead of Raph Freienstein in last year's Launceston Classic. Picture: Phillip Biggs
Australia's 2019-20 National Criterium Series will kick off in Launceston.
The Stan Siejka Launceston Cycling Classic on Sunday, December 8, will start the three-race competition.
A Super Crit in Melbourne on Sunday, December 15, will be round two with the winners decided on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Night Riders in Adelaide, part of the Tour Down Under.
Individual riders accumulate points during the series to decide overall winners.
The Launceston Classic has built a reputation as one of Australia's best criterium races. It consists of a 1.1-kilometre circuit around City Park, including a 16 per cent gradient hill leading into the notorious peanut roundabout and consistently attracts crowds of around 10,000 each year.
Previous competitors include Robbie McEwen, Stuart O'Grady, Caleb Ewan, Britain's four-time Tour De France champion Chris Froome and Tasmanians Richie Porte and three-time winner Matt Goss.
Cycling Australia's Kipp Kaufmann said the inaugural year of the NCS in 2018 brought the sport closer to fans.
The Tasmanian riders at the track world cup in Glasgow missed out on finals in the team pursuit.
Perth's Georgia Baker and Devonport's Macey Stewart teamed up with Kristina Clonan and Alexandra Martin-Wallace to finish sixth in the women's qualifying in a time of 4:23.638 as Great Britain won gold.
In the men's qualifying, Launceston's Josh Duffy combined with Leigh Howard, Conor Leahy and Godfrey Slattery to clock 3:57.832 and finish seventh as Denmark claimed victory.
Trek-Segafredo has announced the squad that will support Launceston's Richie Porte in the WorldTour in 2020.
Vincenzo Nibali, Italy's 2014 Tour de France winner, headlines the nine newcomers along with America's 18-year-old junior road world champion Quinn Simmons.
Like Porte, Campbell Town's Will Clarke returns for the second half of a two-year contract.

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Film Review: A Tale of Two Coreys (dir by Steven Huffacker)
I just finished watching Lifetime's first "big" film of the year, A Tale of Two Coreys, and I am probably just as shocked as anyone to say, "It wasn't bad."
In fact, I would even say that it was pretty good.
Shocking, I know.
A Tale of Two Coreys, of course, is a film about the tumultuous friendship between actors Corey Haim and Corey Feldman. They were stars in the 80s and outcasts by the 90s. They were infamous for their struggles with drugs and all the other demons that come with being famous at a young age. Eventually, Feldman ended up in the direct-to-video dungeon while Haim found himself essentially unemployable. Somewhat inevitably, they eventually found themselves reunited via reality television. Corey Haim died in 2010, at the age of 38. After his death, Feldman announced that, at the height of their stardom, both he and Haim were victimized by Hollywood pedophiles.
Over the past few years, Lifetime has aired several celebrity biopics and a few "unauthorized" movies about the behind-the-scenes drama on TV shows like Saved By The Bell, Full House, and Beverly Hills 90210. With the exception of the 90210 movie, none of them have been particularly memorable. Too often, they promised the "true story," just to deliver a watered down version of what everyone already knew. Combine that with some questionable casting choices and you'll understand why veteran Lifetime watches often roll their eyes when Lifetime announces another celebrity biopic.
Somehow, A Tale of Two Coreys manages to escape the Lifetime biopic curse.
Now, just to make clear, A Tale Of Two Coreys does not name names. There's a scene in which a Hollywood executive leads Corey Haim (played, as a teenager, by Justin Ellings) into a trailer but the man is never identified by name and the scene is shot in such a way that we don't even get a clear look at his face. Later, both Feldman (played, as a teen, by Elijah Marcano) and Haim discuss some of the new "friends" that they've acquired since becoming stars. Again, no names are dropped but it's not hard to read between the lines. It's not until they're adults and reality show co-stars that Feldman (now played by Scott Bosely) and Haim (Casey Leach) discuss what happened to them when they were younger.
Of course, famous people do pop up throughout the film. Brandon Howard plays Michael Jackson in two scenes. Jennifer Peo plays Carrie Fisher, who is seen telling Feldman to get off the drugs. If you watch carefully, an actor playing Tom Hanks shows up in the background of one scene. He doesn't get any lines but he certainly does get annoyed with Feldman.
The film continually returns to the theme that both Feldman and Haim were, essentially, dropped into the middle of Hollywood without any supervision. Feldman's parents (Ashley Scott and Patrick Muldoon) are portrayed as being leeches, more concerned with the money that Feldman could bring than Feldman's mental or emotional health. On the other hand, Haim's parents (Paula Lindberg and Brian Huskey) are portrayed as being loving but hopelessly naive about the world that their son has entered. The end result is that neither set of parents were there to provide any sort of guidance to their children.
It's a deeply melancholy portrait of fame with Haim and Feldman quickly going from being innocent children to jaded, coke-snorting adolescents to eventually becoming adults who still haven't come to terms with past. Admittedly, their stardom was a little before my time so I can't really attest as to whether the film is a hundred percent accurate but director Steven Huffacker kept the story moving at a steady and tragically inevitable pace and all four of the actors who played Feldman and Haim did a good job of bringing their characters to life.
All in all, it was a surprisingly good film.
Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged A Tale of Two Coreys, Ashley Scott, Brandon Howard, Brian Huskey, Casey Leach, Elijah Marcano, Film, Jennifer Peo, Justin Ellings, Keith Coogan, movie, Patrick Muldoon, Paula Lindberg, review, Scott Bosely, Steven Huffacker | 1 Comment
Cleaning Out The DVR: Deadly Exchange (dir by Tom Shell)
(Hi there! So, as you may know because I've been talking about it on this site all year, I have got way too much stuff on my DVR. Seriously, I currently have 181 things recorded! I've decided that, on February 1st, I am going to erase everything on the DVR, regardless of whether I've watched it or not. So, that means that I've now have only have a month to clean out the DVR! Will I make it? Keep checking this site to find out! I recorded Deadly Exchange off of the Lifetime Movie Network on December 6th, 2017!)
Thinking about opening up your home to a foreign exchange student?
Personally, I think that's a great idea. During my junior year of high school, I took an English class with a South African exchange student named Sean. He was a swimmer with a charming accent and a killer smile and needless to say, nearly everyone in the school was in love with him. He once approached my at a party, looked down at the diamond heart pendant that fell right above my cleavage, and said, "I like those," before winking and moving on. With his accent, he could get away with it. He left after a semester, leaving many a broken heart behind.
So, I say open up your home to those foreign exchange students. However, Deadly Exchange says, "Not so fast!"
Deadly Exchange is an example of a "Be Careful Who You Let Into Your House" Lifetime film. Samantha (Lindsay Hartley) thinks it'll be good idea to serve as host to a foreign exchange student. Both her husband and her oldest daughter have died and her other daughter, Blake (Victoria Konefal), is still struggling to deal with the loss. When Chloe (Valentina Novakovic) arrives from the UK, she almost seems too go to be true. She's nice, polite, and, like me, she has red hair. Chloe is soon encouraging Blake to break out of her shell and hang out with more people than just her geeky friend, Jack (Rhys Matthew Bond). With the help of Chloe, Blake even becomes a cheerleader!
However, there are a few drawbacks to having Chloe in the house. For instance, Chloe has a habit of stealing people's phones, drugging their drinks, flirting with their boyfriends, and drowning their other friends. Whenever Samantha starts to get too concerned about Chloe and her influence on her daughter, an email shows up from Chloe's parents, suggesting that Samantha throw Chloe a birthday party or do something else that would generally cheer Chloe up. Of course, what Samantha doesn't realize is that those emails are being sent by Chloe herself…
I really liked Deadly Exchange, largely because it was a good, old-fashioned Lifetime melodrama, one that didn't take itself too seriously and wasn't worried about going totally over the top. Chloe may have been a little bit disturbed and she did kill a few people but she did it with so much style that it was fun to watch. When Chloe wasn't busy with murder and email, she was subtly but cleverly driving a wedge between Samantha, Blake, and everyone they knew. Any experienced Lifetime viewer knew exactly what Chloe was doing and what would probably happen as a result but, largely thanks to Valentina Novakovic's cheerfully evil performance, it was still a lot of fun to watch. Of course, with a film like this, the villain is always the most interesting character but, as her unwitting victims, Linday Hartley, Victoria Konefal, Jason-Shane Scott, and Rhys Matthew Bond were all sympathetic and made a good impression as well.
(That said, I was definitely Team Chloe for most of the film.)
Deadly Exchange premiered during the days leading up to New Year's Eve so I imagine a lot of people missed it when it originally aired. But, since Lifetime repeats all of their movies about a hundred times a month, it'll probably air again soon. Keep an eye out for it!
Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Deadly Exchange, Film, Jason-Shane Scott, Joanne Baron, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, Lindsay Hartley, movie, review, Rhys Matthew Bond, Tom Shell, Valentina Novakovic, Victoria Konefal | 1 Comment
Recipe for Disaster: THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (20th Century-Fox 1972)
Posted on January 6, 2018 by gary loggins
Although 1970's AIRPORT is generally credited as the first "disaster movie", it was 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE that made the biggest splash for the genre. Producer Irwin Allen loaded up his cast with five- count 'em!- Academy Award winners, including the previous year's winner Gene Hackman (THE FRENCH CONNECTION ). The special effects laden extravaganza wound up nominated for 9 Oscars, winning 2, and was the second highest grossing film of the year, behind only THE GODFATHER!
And unlike many of the "disasters" that followed in its wake, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE holds up surprisingly well. The story serves as an instruction manual for all disaster movies to come. First, introduce your premise: The S.S. Poseidon is sailing on its final voyage, and Captain Leslie Nielsen is ordered by the new ownership to go full steam ahead, despite the ship no longer being in ship-shape. (You won't be able to take…
Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged 20th Century Fox, Carol Lynley, Cracked Rear Viewer, disaster movie, Ernest Borgnine, Gary Loggins, Gene Hackman, Irwin Allen, Jack Albertson, Leslie Nielsen, Pamela Sue Martin, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Ronald Neame, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens, The Poseidon Adventure, Through the Shattered Lens | 6 Comments
Cleaning Out The DVR: Tiny House of Terror (dir by Paul Shapiro)
(Hi there! So, as you may know because I've been talking about it on this site all year, I have got way too much stuff on my DVR. Seriously, I currently have 181 things recorded! I've decided that, on February 1st, I am going to erase everything on the DVR, regardless of whether I've watched it or not. So, that means that I've now have only have a month to clean out the DVR! Will I make it? Keep checking this site to find out! I recorded Tiny House of Terror off of Lifetime on June 29th, 2017!)
Before I start this review, I have to admit that, when it comes to the tiny house movement, I lost interest as soon as I saw the words "tiny" and "house." I mean, I understand that they're supposed to be better for the environment and easier to take care of. And I get that right now, a lot of people are pretending that they don't care about material possessions and all that stuff. But, honestly, the only reason I would want a tiny house would be so I could keep it in the backyard of a bigger house.
That said, despite my lack of interest in the tiny house movement, I was a bit intrigued by the idea of a Lifetime movie set in a tiny house. After all, one of the great things about Lifetime films is that everyone, regardless of how poor or criminal they may be, usually lives in a large and tastefully furnished house. How, I wondered, would Lifetime handle setting a film in the type of house that is largely favored by retirees, hippies, and displaced persons?
Well, I'm glad to say that Lifetime handled it pretty well. Of course, they were clever enough not to set the entire film in a tiny house. There are several scenes that take place in a technologically advanced mansion and there are also several scenes that take place in Gravity Hill, a lovely little town where a magnetic field regularly plays havoc with electricity, cars, and cell phone reception. Tiny House of Terror was a surprisingly lovely film to look at. The small town was lovely. The scenes set in the big city were properly dark and menacing. The finale made great use of creepy shadow and light. Credited with cinematography is Jon Joffin and he certainly did a great job.
The film itself tells the story of Samantha (Francia Raisa), who was married to a tech billionaire named Kyle (Jesse Hutch). When Kyle disappears while climbing a mountain, Samantha is left distraught. Even worse, she finds herself a prisoner of her technologically advanced mansion, which was apparently designed to only recognize Kyle's voice commands. (Imagine if Alexa suddenly got a passive aggressive attitude and you'll understand what Samantha is going through.) It turns out that Kyle was planning on opening up a tiny house community in Gravity Hill. He was going to allow Samantha to do the landscaping. Only one tiny house has been built and Samantha decides to move out there, both for her own sanity and to complete Kyle's final project.
Of course, things are never simple in Gravity Hill. It turns out that some people in town don't want a tiny house community. No sooner has Samantha moved into her tiny house then strange things start to happen. Is it the magnetic field that's making things (like kitchen knives) fly at Samantha or is something more sinister happening? Is Samantha being targeted and does it have anything to do with Kyle's mysterious disappearance?
I liked Tiny House of Terror far more than I thought I would. Because it's structured as a whodunit and there are a few flashbacks and time jumps, the film require a bit more concentration than the typical Lifetime film but that's okay. It pays off in the end. Francia Raisa did a good job in the lead role, as did Nanzeen Contractor in the role of her sister. I may not care much about the tiny house movement but Tiny House of Terror not only held my interest but rewarded it as well.
Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged David Stuart, Film, Francia Raisa, Jesse Hutch, Jon Joffin, Lifetime, Lisa Marie Bowman, Matt Bellefluer, movie, Nanzneen Contractor, Paul Shapiro, review, Tammy Gillis, Tiny House of Terror, William Vaughn | 2 Comments
Artwork of the Day: Amazing Stories (by Arnold Kohn)
Posted on January 6, 2018 by Dazzling Erin
by Arnold Kohn
via pulpcovers.com
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Truly An Upper "Crust" Comic
Posted on January 6, 2018 by Ryan C. (fourcolorapocalypse)
Ryan C.'s Four Color Apocalypse
There are those who think that autobiographical comics are essentially over and done with, and in darker moments of my past I confess to having perhaps felt that way myself, but in recent years cartoonists such as Noah Van Sciver, November Garcia, Mimi Pond, and Max Clotfelter — to name just a few — have done much to re-invigorate a genre that, for many years, Gabrielle Bell and John Porcellino were essentially carrying on their shoulders after the '90s autobio boom went bust. Now, I would suggest, it's time to add the name of Sarah Romano Diehl to the list of the new wave of illustrators who have found that the most fertile creative ground to exercise their considerable storytelling "chops" on is to be found within their own lives.
The Seattle-based Diehl has done some interesting travelogue minis in her time, but with Crust, her new self-published memoir…
What Lisa Watched Last Night #173: Blood, Sweat, and Lies (dir by Lane Shefter Bishop)
On Friday night, I watched the first Lifetime film of 2018, Blood, Sweat, and Lies!
Why Was I Watching It?
I just told you. It was the first Lifetime film of 2018. There was no way I couldn't watch it.
Of course, there was a slight conflict in that Blood, Sweat, and Lies premiered at the exact same time as the U.S. Figure Skating Championship. So, while Blood, Sweat, and Lies was originally airing, I was busy yelling at the judges for the way they treated Ashley Wagner. (Whatever controversy she may find herself in, I will always be on the side of Ashley Wagner.) However, as soon as the I finished yelling, I switched over to the DVR and I watched Blood, Sweat, and Lies.
What Was It About?
Once upon a time, Mel (Hannah Barefoot) was a college track star. In fact, she was such a committed athlete that she decided to major in something easy so she would have more time to run track. Apparently, in the weird, alternative universe that this film takes place in, art history is an easy major. However, Mel quickly fell in love with art and, when she graduated from college, she gave up athletics to become a curator. ("That's all you can do with an art history degree," she said with a laugh while I, the proud recipient of a degree in art history, tried to resist the temptation to throw a show at the TV.)
So now, Mel is a successful curator but she misses being an athlete. When she breaks up with her boyfriend, she decides to start a new chapter in her life. She joins the local gym. She gets a personal trainer named Trey (Adam Huber). Since this is a Lifetime movie, it takes Trey about 60 minutes to go from being a supportive nice guy to a full-on psycho stalker. When Mel starts dating a muscular art collector named Adam (Matt Cedeño), Trey is not happy…
I think the biggest mistake that anyone could make with Blood, Sweat, and Lie would be to take any of it too seriously. If you take the movie seriously, then you'll probably complain that it was predictable, the plot was full of holes, and Mel should have known better than to have trusted Trey in the first place.
However, if you're like me, you'll assume that this film was meant to be at least a little bit satirical and you'll find a lot to be amused by. For instance, consider the opening scene in which Mel is seen holding a knife and smearing what appears to be blood on her face. At first, we assume that she's just a typical Lifetime movie psycho but it's soon revealed that she's actually just trying to make a cake.
Or how about the scene where Trey and Adam meet at the gym and proceed to exchange passive aggressive insults. That was like Overage Dudebros Gone Wild.
Or there's Mel's best friend, Leslie (Briana Lane), who is not only a brilliant hacker but who also apparently shares every single thought that pops into her head. Often times, I got the feeling that Leslie understood that she was just a character in a movie and she was actually pretty okay with that.
And, of course, there's the scene where, while Mel and Adam make love, Trey sits in his office and monitors Mel's heart rate. It was strange, wrong, weird, and hilarious all at the same time. And really, that's pretty much a perfect description of the entire film. It was just so melodramatic and full of over the top emoting that it was hard not to find something about it to enjoy.
(Plus, while I was watching the movie, I came up with a drinking game where you take a drink every time Adam or Trey calls someone "bro.")
What Did Not Work?
Art history is not an easy major! (Admittedly, it was easy for me but I understand that there were others who definitely found it a little bit difficult.)
And you can do a lot of stuff with an art history degree … well, maybe not a lot of stuff but definitely some stuff… Actually, I guess the film kind of has a point as far as that's concerned. But still…!
"OMG! JUST LIKE ME!" Moments
Despite the fact that Mel and I were both art history majors, I actually found myself relating more to Leslie. This was largely because both Leslie and I tend to say, "O. M. G" in politic conversation.
Art history majors never get the respect they deserve.
Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Adam Huber, Ashley Wagner, Blood Sweat and Lies, Briana Lane, Drew Roy, Film, Hannah Barefoot, Lane Shefter Bishop, Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network, Lisa Marie Bowman, Matt Cedeño, movie, review, What Lisa Watched Last Night | 1 Comment
Music Video of The Day: Beautiful Life by Armin van Buuren feat. Cindy Alma (2013, dir by ????)
Life is beautiful, y'all.
I don't have much to say about this video. I just like the song and the imagery. Sometimes, this video inspires me to go outside and look up at the clouds and appreciate the beauty all around me. Other times, I watch this video and I ask myself if maybe it's actually about the end of the world. To a certain extent, some of the imagery in the final half of the video reminds me of the 1998 Canadian apocalypse film, Last Night. The clouds may look beautiful but from the way the video abruptly ends, you do have to wonder if maybe all that beauty was a prelude to everything simply ceasing to exist.
Well, no matter! I like the song. I like the video. In the end, that's what really matters.
Posted in Music, Music Review, music video | Tagged Armin van Buuren, Beautiful Life, Cindy Alma, Lisa Marie Bowman, Music, music video, music video of the day, review, song | Leave a comment


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Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester thank you most sincerely for your hospitality and organisation in arranging their attendance at the Service to Commemorate the Seventieth Anniversary of Victory in Japan day at St Martin-in-the-Fields on 15th August, 2015. Their Royal Highnesses were honoured to be part of such a special occasion and were extremely moved by the fitting tribute made during the Service. The Duke and Duchess would wish to pass on their thanks and appreciation to all those involved for such a special and memorable occasion. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester would like to convey their very warmest regards to Pauline and everyone at the NFFWRA and they look forward to seeing you again in the not too distant future.
On August 15th 2015 the day started very early for some of us, but not as early as NFFWRA Secretary and FEPOW Chaplain Pauline Simpson's, who was being interviewed by the BBC before breakfast in Trafalgar Square. Pauline would say 'what breakfast?', then got on with the business at hand and her day got busier and busier up to and including the wonderful Church Service at St Martin-in-the-Field. What a beautiful Church to hold this very important Service of Remembrance, with the bells of St Martin's, being joined by those at St Paul's and Westminster Abbey ringing out a warm welcome and alerting London to the forthcoming events of the day.
This alone took over three years to bring to fruition and out of the blue for Pauline to get a call from Buckingham Palace asking whether she would accept the proposal of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh who wished to attend was the biggest surprise, but what an honour for both Pauline and the Veterans.
On the big day I must thank the Committee and Associated members for their time helping the Stewards of St Martin-in-the-Field with Security, and seating the congregation within the Church at times under pressure, but with professional decorum as St Martin's became full to bursting. Everybody was seated on time, with the FEPOWs, wives, widows and Civilian Internees close to the Royalty in attendance.
Amongst the congregation, special guests were in attendance by invitation of NFFWRA, these included representatives of the 1942 Infantry Division, Ambassadors from the Commonwealth, the Military and the Royal Commonwealth ex servicemen's league. We were delighted that Viscount Slim and the Countess were able to join us and that Viscount Slim read a lesson at the Service and of course the Prime Minister was also in attendance.
Her Royal Highness the Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by the Earl and Countess of Wessex arrived with our Patron the Duke of Gloucester and the Duchess of Gloucester, and were introduced first of all to Pauline followed by the Senior Clergy before entering the church.
At the end of the Service Pauline escorted the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh to the Portico of the Church to introduce Bob Hucklesby, our President, and other veterans and dignitaries to Her Majesty who was very interested in talking to everybody, and spent more time than was planned with them. The Royal household were getting worried about the time this was taking but The Queen was not to be rushed.
I met and introduced TRH the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Prime Minister and Viscount Slim to Eric Adie and Jack Jennings (Pacific Star veterans) and also to Vic Nibbs (Burma Star veteran).
Leslie Clark the Chairman of the Java 1942 FEPOW Club introduced the Earl, and the Countess of Wessex (the Java Club Patron) to her group of veterans and dignitaries.
Outside, Trafalgar Square was packed with the general public cheering the Queen and the Royal family as they departed, not worrying about the veiled threat against them, in fact the Duke of Edinburgh said 'well the roof of the Church didn't get blown off did it!' The cheering continued as the Veterans left the church to attend the service in Horse Guards Parade with the Bells continuing to ring out over London.
After the service at Horse guards, the Veterans marched (or was it strolled) down Whitehall. Some were even seen dancing! The crowds, in their thousands, cheered and clapped the veterans all the way to the Abbey gardens at Westminster where they gathered together for tea and goodies in the company of HRH Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, who enjoyed their time so much they left much later than planned.
As many of you are aware accommodation had been arranged by Pauline for as many of us as possible to stay at the Union Jack Club close to Waterloo Station, so we were able to meet up with friends both old and new on the Friday and Saturday evening. Anna, Pauline's daughter arranged for the free taxis to transport the veterans from the Union Jack Club to St Martins and again they waited at Westminster Abbey to transport people to their destinations. Some I believe were even taken home!
A special supper was laid on by NFFWRA at the Union Jack Club for 144 people on Saturday evening. A three-course meal with tea or coffee, all free for our FEPOWs wives and widows. We are extremely grateful to our Members and Associate members who for the past three years have been supporting our fundraising events to finance this event. We were sorry that the size of the banquet room did not accommodate more than the 144 who attended as we could have doubled the attendance. Pauline's daughter Lauren, a professional singer, appropriately dressed in a military uniform and her grandfather's medals sang many old 40's songs with union jacks waving and hearty singing by all which made the evening very special. A boozy fruit cake made by a friend of Pauline's eldest daughter Anna was cut by Pauline, and everybody had a slice on a Union Jack napkin, with more jolly singing and some dancing. A great end to a very emotional but happy day.
I am sure you would all like to join me in thanking Pauline for the magnificent Service, her family, committee and others for all their help and support to enable this special day to take place.
As you can imagine, Pauline's postman has been extremely busy delivering cards and letters of appreciation, even from the Royal Household, and rightly so!
An amazing £3200 was raised at the collection taken at our VJ Day Service. An amount of £1600.00 has now been sent to Combat Stress – The Veterans' Mental Health Charity and £1600 to NFFWRA as advertised in our Order of Service. Thank you most sincerely for your generosity. On behalf of everyone, a big 'Thank you' to Pauline.
"The Service at St Martin-in -the Fields – "The highlight of the day – a beautiful and fitting location with different perspectives of remembrance, the beautiful voices of the choir, the veterans great grandchildren lighting the candles, so symbolic of keeping the memories of the fallen but also, keeping alive the horrors of war and the need for prevention".
"Beautiful, appropriate and well organised and we appreciated the presence of the Royal family and the Prime Minister" The beautiful hymns, the combination of the choir and the band was electric.
"An incredible spectacle! The crowds were amazing, my father had the time of his life!
They really are a strong generation and an inspiration to us all.


My current collaborations include leading the INTERPRET-DD Study, which is taking place in 20 countries: Argentina, Bangladesh, China, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda and Ukraine.
Lloyd CE, Roy T, Nouwen A and Chauhan AM. Epidemiology of depression in diabetes: International and cross-cultural considerations. In : Katon W and Holt R (eds). Journal of Affective Disorders, 2012;142 (Supplement 1):S22-29.
Lloyd CE, Underwood L, Winkley K, Nouwen A, Hermanns N, Pouwer F. The epidemiology of diabetes and depression. In: Katon W, Maj M, Sartorius N (eds), Depression and Diabetes. Wiley/Blackwell 2010. ISBN: 9780470688380.
For more than two decades I have been collaborating with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Since 1989, when I first went over to the USA as a doctoral student, I have been working with a fantastic team of researchers led by Professor Trevor Orchard, on a longitudinal study of the natural history of diabetes complications in adults with Type 1 diabetes, known as The Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) Study, which has resulted in many publications.


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Віктор Федорович Григоров (8 червня 1939, с. Семенівка, Запорізька область — 2002) — український живописець, художник-монументаліст .

Заслужений діяч мистецтв України (1993).

З життєпису
1961 закінчив Кримське художнє училище імені М. Самокиша, 1967 — КХІ (у В. Чеканюка).

Учасник виставок з 1974. Член СХ УРСР (1976).

Персональні виставки відбулися в Києві (1993, 2002), Відні (1991), Лілі (1993), Руані (1999), Сорренто (1994), Единбурзі (1997).

Роботи зберігаються в музеях і галереях України, Франції, Італії, Німеччини, Австрії, Великої Британії та інших країн.

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Note: I wrote this post on October 7th, 4 weeks to the day day after my Mom died. I've been sharing parts of this process on my blog, but in order to protect myself, I am sharing them a couple of weeks, or in this case about a month or so after I wrote them. I want to be able to look back at these posts and see how I've grown… Besides, the emotion seems less sharp and raw a couple of weeks later. Perhaps this is my way of gaining perspective. So, ignore scattered thoughts. Ignore poor grammar and punctuation. These words were a pure stream of emotion.
I can't believe I just typed that. I haven't spoken to my Mom in 4 weeks and 1 day. And I don't want this time to go any faster, but then at the same time I want this year to be over. I don't want to wish away the days, but I don't want to hurt this much either.
A couple of days ago I took the girls shopping and we bought a Christmas decoration; in October. Because I had to. Because when all three of us saw the miniature, festooned Christmas tree standing on the little green pedestal with the glass bell jar lid over it, we knew we needed it.
And this purchase wasn't made without thought. Instead, it was bought with intention.
I can celebrate these coming holidays and the procurement of this adorable little Christmas tree on a pedestal is my committment to myself and my girls that I intend to experience the holidays; to be thankful for them and to be merry.
But right now, today, I don't feel merry.
I'm not living the day second-to-second anymore; but the magnitude of her passing is creeping in. I've decided that the loss of my Mom isn't just one death; it's a series of small deaths.
There have been times in the recent past that I've audibly gasped when I read something; or when I thought of something. You don't just lose your Mom and then that's it. Instead there are small, subtle and sometimes giant searing reminders that brand themselves on your heart throughout the day. All day. Her death, to me at this moment, has been one enormously profound loss and then a series of smaller, just as painful losses.
When she died, I told Lila that her Nana passed away. I told her that she was now in heaven. That she couldn't talk to her on facetime anymore. That she was now in Heaven.
AND…there you have it… another small death.
Tonight I had to take Vivivenne to the Emergency Room because when we were playing before bed I was grabbing her feet and wrists to put her in bed. (She was giggling; we were laughing…) I lost hold of her and her wrist fell from my grasp; I held on to the other wrist, spraining it.
She screamed. And screamed. I took her, fearing that I had broken her wrist. (It was just a sprain.) But while they were taking my medical history they asked if I had any record of cancer, etc. Then they asked if anyone in my family did.
Fabulous. I get to tell someone today, on the 4-week mark, that my Mom's no longer living.
And there it was: another small death.
It's when I instinctively think, "I need to call her" and I pick up the phone and realize that I could call her until I am blue in the face but she's NEVER going to answer. Ever. Ever again. Never.
The day before I left Missouri, on September 20th, we buried my Mom's ashes. We decided that burying would be better than scattering. Scattering just didn't seem permanent enough.
The box that contained her "cremains" (such a stupid word) weighed about 5 lbs. A 120 lb. woman now in a 5 lb. box.
The label on the box was written in that ugly funeral font and it had her name on it.
We opened the box, then the bag containing her ashes and Taryn and her husband and her sweet Eli, myself and Craig and my Mom's husband buried her.
First, my sister suggested that we should bury her in her garden. And we did. Right near her peach tree. Her garden was gorgeous; though in September it was starting to wither. The hole was dug, I can't remember if Lance or Craig dug it, and then Craig asked if we wanted to pour her ashes in the earth.
And I slowly poured the white, feathery ashes and pebbles into the ground. The contrast of the white remnants of my Mom against the dirt made an impression… and then that was that.
We chose two other spots; in the back of her property under a canopy of trees with little acorns all around and finally in a flower bed that my Mom had created by encircling it with rocks. Near a little wooden bench that she had so perfectly placed.
And I cried. Heavy tears.
And once again it felt so weird that we were there; on her property; in her home doing something so very personal… without her.
It was also so moving to see her two sons-in-law quietly following our lead as my sister and I decided where my Mom should be. They stoically dug, quietly, slowly, with purpose and with love and respect.
After we were through, I walked and I cried and I stared into the sky, squinting as I was hoping to peer into Heaven. I stood with the sunlight on my face and I thanked God that it wasn't raining. I was crying enough and I certainly didn't need God crying, too.
We buried her and I didn't feel closure.
We all sort of went our own separate ways in those minutes after we buried my Mom. We all needed to digest this. The signficance of what just happened was beyond measure.
You only bury your Mom once.
A bit of time passed and my sister, her husband and sweet Eli had to leave to go pick up Aubrey from school. My Mom's husband was somewhere else, too. I went into the house and continued packing and looking… Craig, unbeknownst to me, had went out and carved two crosses in the trees near where we buried my Mom.
This quiet act. His tribute to her moved me beyond words.
It made my heart swell and break at the same time.
This is the hardest thing I've ever gone through.
There has been nothing harder.
There have been words that have resonated so deeply with me, though.
One particular word of wisdom has been to surround myself with people who were in my Mom's circle, those who I don't know well. Have them tell me a story about her. Because hearing others' experiences and stories makes me feel close to her and it makes me feel that I still have a relationship with her. Because, as my friend said, relationships are all about sharing experiences and growing, right?
So today I asked my Mom's best friend to tell me something about her.
I can't wait to get her response.
And up until this time, I don't feel like I have.
But, I'm smiling as I type this on my iPad because of what just happened. A few seconds ago.
My Mom played Words with Friends every night and so I played with her. We'd usually have a few games going at a time and we'd chat whenever I could find the time. I haven't played Words with Friends and had even thought about deleting it from my phones and iPad… but I can't bear to do it because our chats are still there.
Anywho, I'm pretty sure that after her death I turned off my Words with Friends notifications and just as I finished typing, "So many people have asked me if I've had a dream, or if I've had a sign…" right up there… a few lines up… I heard a noise.
It was my Words with Friends game. Dinging at me.
Now, I've been on this iPad typing for the last month and I hadn't heard that ding once.
I'm not kidding you. If you play, you know the sound. It's the chime that dings when it's your turn.
I think I'm going to end this here. On a good note. On a positive note.
« We told them we ate their candy.
I never comment, I am just a random blog stalker and honestly, I don't even remember how I came across your blog. But I read, over here, in silence and I just couldn't stand it anymore. I think I have had more moments of clarity and and "moving forward" through my own process by reading yours. It's not the same, completely different, but so very the same in a completely different way. My sister died on September 3rd… (I can't really write more about that right now, I am not ready… it took 3 minutes just to type those words out). So, thank you and I am so sorry for your loss.
I can't help but believe it's your mom sending you these signs. I think you know it, too 🙂 Keep your chin up and keep writing. Thank you for sharing these personal memories and thoughts. It really is helpful to so many who are grieving or know what it feels like to lose someone so loved and so dear.
Oh, thank you Rachel. Truly. I appreciate your support. You have no idea how loved I feel.
BLESS YOU, friend. CLOSURE IS DUMB. How in the WORLD do you find "closure" in loss? It's stupid. I hate the concept. Thank you for saying that you don't believe it exists. I absolutely do not either.Love you. Visit me.
Kylee – I just don't know how you are able to put all this loss and hurt into words so beautifully. Truly a gift. I admire your strength and honesty. I warms and breaks my heart at the same time. Lots of love.
Oh Kylee. Your words. Your emotions. Your honesty. Your strength. So beautiful and raw and real.Thank you for continuing to write and share. (Though many days it may not always feel like it, It actually makes me know you will be OK because you are writing.)And that is a sign. She is there. Watching over you. Smiling down on you. Ready to beat you at Words with Friends! It isn't in the way you want, but she is there. Hold on to that. Talk to her when you are happy or sad or having a bad hair day 🙂 And I agree with M., there is no closure. There shouldn't be closure. There is just living in a way that was different than before.HUGS to you my friend.
And what Craig did. No words for such a beautiful gesture.
I had to wait a few days to read this. I saw you posted it, but I wasn't ready. Today, I read it. And cried. Silent, understanding tears. Oh, Ky. I love you. I wish I had words. This journey–it's not fair. I'm just going to say it. It's not fair.


This year, CITE is scaling to evaluate a number of new product families, including post-harvest storage technologies, educational technologies, malaria rapid diagnostic tests, and water test kits.
CITE will also continue work on evaluating water filters, work that began last year in Ahmedabad, India and the Consumer Reports labs in Yonkers, New York.
Learn more about each of our planned 2015 evaluations below.
Each year, about one-third of the food produced globally goes to waste, much of it as a result of post-harvest loss. Smallholder farmers and the communities they feed are among those hit hardest by these losses. CITE will evaluate the technologies most often used by these farmers such as multi-layer bags, containers, and silos in the Jinja and Gulu districts of Uganda.
For this evaluation, CITE will focus on evaluating products' sustainability and scalability in partnership with the World Food Programme and Makerere University. Both partners are well equipped to help CITE investigate the local supply chain and adoption aspects of crop storage technologies.
Educational technologies of all types are quickly gaining popularity across the developing world. Governments, school districts, and teachers have made investments in these technologies in hopes that they will aid learning and achievement. However, assessing the best uses of an educational technology in the classroom is difficult. Not only do uses of the technologies vary, but these different uses also can affect a variety of factors in the classroom.
CITE will create and test a replicable framework for governments, organizations, and schools to effectively evaluate educational technologies for specific uses in their classrooms. This evaluation will take place in India, and will primarily focus on English language learning software.
The matrix will be of general use for evaluating educational technologies in developing countries, but CITE is also working with World Vision and USAID to design a specific adaptation of the framework to help evaluate submissions in its literacy-based Grand Challenges for Development competition: All Children Reading.
Building on CITE's water filter evaluation work, the team is evaluating water test kits in India. Using filters and test kits together is crucial. Using an improved water source does not guarantee that water is safe. Recontamination of water can occur even after water is filtered for several different reasons.
CITE will work closely with the Water and Sanitation Management Organization in India to understand how user skill and training influences the results of water tests and to compare different tests based on their ease of use.
CITE will also continue work on evaluating water filters, with plans to publish its water filter evaluation report in Spring 2015.
Rapid diagnostic tests are an important tool to combat malaria in resource-constrained settings. They offer a fast and accurate diagnosis of the disease and do not rely on lab equipment or trained personnel. Rapid, accurate diagnosis for malaria is important to ensure early and effective treatment, facilitate public health surveillance, and prevent drug resistance.
The effectiveness, or suitability, of rapid diagnostic tests is well understood and documented due to extensive World Health Organization (WHO) evaluations and guidelines. In addition, there is literature on concerns and approaches in integrating rapid diagnostic tests into a community from the patient's and health worker's perspective. However, there is less known about the scalability of these products, including how sustainable business models can encourage use and pharmacies' willingness to stock the product.
CITE will evaluate the scalability of the rapid diagnostic tests on the market in Uganda, examining business and service models, pricing schemes, and availability for the technologies recommended by WHO.


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"Technological advances such as research and development of new antimicrobials have allowed, in our environment, a remarkable decrease in mortality related to the infection and a better control of it".
DR. JOSÉ LUIS DEL POZO LEÓN
DIRECTOR. INFECTIOUS DISEASES SERVICE
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The Service of Infectious Diseases is a multidisciplinary service in which specialists in Infectious Diseases from the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Clinical Microbiology collaborate.
In this service we work on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the diseases produced by an infectious agent, which can be bacteria, virus, fungi or parasites. The infections affect the human being causing very different processes that can be located in any tissue of the human body, so they require a specific approach while integrated with other specialties.
This service carries out its activity on three fronts: care work, focused on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases; teaching, with training of medical students, resident doctors and nurses; and research vocation, through the development of clinical and laboratory studies with a marked translational character.
Infectious diseases are currently one of the main causes of morbidity, both at community level and in the hospital environment, and with the increasing increase in infections caused by microorganisms resistant to antibiotics will become in the coming years one of the leading causes of death worldwide.
The development and spread of multi-resistant bacteria (MRC) is a real threat to global public health, recognized by the WHO, the United Nations and the European Union itself among many other institutions, because serious infections caused by MRC have a worse prognosis than those produced by the same bacteria when they are sensitive to antibiotics. In 2007, the European Center for Diseases Prevention and Control (ECDC) estimated at 25,000 the number of deaths per year in Europe due to BMR. More recently, it is estimated that in 2050 they will reach one million per year, surpassing cancer as the leading cause of death. In this worrying global scenario, Spain occupies the first place in the world in antibiotic consumption without any epidemiological reason that justifies it, and one of the first in Europe in infections by BMR. In 2018 the Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology launched the first BMR registry. Eighty-two hospitals from 15 Autonomous Communities participated. The number of hospital stays in the participating centers during the week of the study was 233,172, which represents approximately 26% of the total number of hospital stays in Spain during that period. A total of 903 patients with BMR infection were registered. The number of patients with BMR infection who died during the first month of follow-up was 177 out of 903 (19.6%).
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We are evaluating the efficacy of new molecules that will improve the prognosis of these infections, as well as studying new therapeutic strategies such as non-antibiotic substances or electromagnetic fields.
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Q: Query sum in more than one table How are you ?
I have mysql database.
I am trying to make a query a bit complex. I am going to write down what I have done so far.
Query NO1
SELECT BONOD_AMOUNT, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM  `BONOD_DETAILS`
WHERE BONOD_ID
IN (
SELECT BONOD_ID
FROM BONOD_TABLE
WHERE USER_ID =16
)

The result is :
    BONOD_AMOUNT    BONOD_DETAILS_ID
    10000           3
    1520            4

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Query No2
SELECT SUM( AMOUNT ) THE_SUM, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM EXPENSES_TABLE
WHERE BONOD_DETAILS_ID
IN (
SELECT BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM BONOD_DETAILS
WHERE USER_ID =16
AND BONOD_ENABLE =1
) GROUP BY BONOD_DETAILS_ID
UNION ALL
SELECT 0 AS THE_SUM, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM BONOD_DETAILS
WHERE BONOD_ID
IN (
SELECT BONOD_ID
FROM BONOD_TABLE
WHERE USER_ID =16
)
AND BONOD_DETAILS_ID NOT
IN (SELECT BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM EXPENSES_TABLE
)

The Result is :
 THE_SUM    BONOD_DETAILS_ID
 270        3
 0          4

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So, I would like to have a subtraction query from BONOD_AMOUNT in #Query1
and The BONOD_AMOUNT in #Query2
The Results can be:
 THE_SUB    BONOD_DETAILS_ID
 9730       3
 1520       4

A: The easiest way is to just join these two on the BONOD_DETAILS_ID and subtract that first column:
SELECT
    sub1.BONOD_AMOUNT - sub2.THE_SUM AS THE_SUB, sub1.BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM
    (
        SELECT BONOD_AMOUNT, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        FROM  `BONOD_DETAILS`
        WHERE BONOD_ID
        IN (
        SELECT BONOD_ID
        FROM BONOD_TABLE
        WHERE USER_ID =16
        )
    )sub1
    LEFT OUTER JOIN
    (
        SELECT SUM( AMOUNT ) THE_SUM, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        FROM EXPENSES_TABLE
        WHERE BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        IN (
        SELECT BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        FROM BONOD_DETAILS
        WHERE USER_ID =16
        AND BONOD_ENABLE =1
        ) GROUP BY BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        UNION ALL
        SELECT 0 AS THE_SUM, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        FROM BONOD_DETAILS
        WHERE BONOD_ID
        IN (
        SELECT BONOD_ID
        FROM BONOD_TABLE
        WHERE USER_ID =16
        )
        AND BONOD_DETAILS_ID NOT
        IN (SELECT BONOD_DETAILS_ID
        FROM EXPENSES_TABLE
        )
    ) sub2 ON sub1.BONOD_DETAILS_ID = sub2.BONOD_DETAILS_ID

I would imagine that could be simplified, but since I can't see your data and have no idea about the relationship of your tables, I can't say for sure. I can say that this will get the results you are looking for though.

A: I believe there is a small mistake in your #Query2. in the union all part.
I think to work, you should do the followings:
SELECT 0 AS THE_TOTAL_SPENT , BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM BONOD_DETAILS
WHERE BONOD_ID
IN (
SELECT BONOD_ID
FROM BONOD_TABLE
WHERE USER_ID =16
)
AND BONOD_DETAILS_ID NOT
IN (
SELECT BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM EXPENSES_TABLE WHERE USER_ID = 16
)

so, as JNevill answered. The query will be
SELECT A.TOTAL_AMOUNT-B.THE_TOTAL_SPENT AS TOTAL,
A.TOTAL_AMOUNT, B.THE_TOTAL_SPENT,A.BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM
(SELECT BONOD_AMOUNT TOTAL_AMOUNT , BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM  `BONOD_DETAILS `
WHERE BONOD_ID
IN ( SELECT BONOD_ID
FROM BONOD_TABLE
WHERE USER_ID =16
)) A,
( SELECT SUM( AMOUNT ) THE_TOTAL_SPENT, BONOD_DETAILS_ID
fROM EXPENSES_TABLE
WHERE BONOD_DETAILS_ID
IN (
SELECT BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM BONOD_DETAILS
WHERE USER_ID =16
AND BONOD_ENABLE =1
)
GROUP BY BONOD_DETAILS_ID
UNION ALL
SELECT 0 AS THE_TOTAL_SPENT , BONOD_DETAILS_ID
FROM BONOD_DETAILS
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How do you think James Bond likes his PHONE CALLS – SHAKEN or STIR? Based on an initiative founded by the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) to combat Robocalls & Spoofing, the answer is BOTH!
STIR/SHAKEN is a framework that was created to help combat illegal caller ID spoofing and stop robocall companies from masking the true numbers of unwanted and illegal calls. STIR, or Secure Telephone Identity Revisited, is a call-certifying protocol while SHAKEN, or Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENs, verifies that the caller's ID is appropriate for the call from this end user. The idea is to make it so that the identity of every call is authenticated when it originates — kind of like a digital signature — that allows you to rest assured that the number on your caller ID is indeed the right number for the originating caller.
How does this framework help combat Robocalls?
The strategy is very similar to the approach that was used years ago to combat email spam. Providers redirected email messages identified as spam into a different inbox to filter out unwanted emails. Once spam stopped showing up in inboxes, it stopped being profitable and email spam overall went on the decline. The thought behind STIR/SHAKEN is that if you eliminate the ability for spammers to impersonate a phone number, the economics will stop making sense and the practice will dry itself up.
So how is this accomplished? A user makes an outbound call. The originating carrier checks the call source and calling number to determine the validity of the calling number. The originating carrier then uses its authentication service to create a SIP Identity header which is encrypted with a private key. The call with the SIP Identity header is then sent to the terminating carrier. The terminating carrier's verification service obtains the public key from the digital certificate of the originating carrier and begins the verification process. Once the calling number has been validated as not being spoofed, the call is completed to the called party. Via this framework, a call will always be authenticated by originating carrier and verified by the terminating carrier before reaching consumers.
Carriers such as T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T and more are already on-board and as recently as January 10, 2019, have implemented the STIR/SHAKEN standards. As annoying – and potentially dangerous – as robocalls are, with proper steps, the telecommunications industry is working together towards minimizing, or eventually eliminating, their existence. With STIR/SHAKEN, you will once again be able to pick up your phone with confidence and know that the number on your caller ID can be trusted.