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Am I Covered For Life Insurance While Abroad
Us Brits are real globetrotters. In fact, in 2019, the average UK resident was abroad for around 9.8 nights and a total of 72.6 million trips were taken. And we're not just leaving the UK for vacation purposes, more and more of us are relocating permanently. The number of Britons leaving the UK is at a 10-year high since the recent referendum.
A job opportunity, a desire for a lifestyle change, or a need for a relaxing holiday; there are a number of things that can lead to us to pack our bags and leave the country, whether it's a quick trip or something long term. And with so many people leaving the UK for vacation or emigration purposes, it's no wonder you might be concerned about whether you're covered by life insurance while abroad.
How could travelling abroad affect my policy?
In some cases, if you move away from the UK, you can run the risk of no longer being considered a UK resident and therefore, your policy might not cover you should you die. Visiting a high-risk country that has been flagged on the policy details as unsafe could also affect your cover. Should you pass away in such a country, your policy may not pay out.
There are plenty of ways in which travelling could affect you, depending on the details of your chosen policy. The important thing is to check in advance that a policy covers you while abroad before you commit to buying it.
What to look for in a policy if you plan to travel
Insurers may have different rules depending on the length, the nature or the location of your trip.
Short term trips
A short term trip might include going on holidays, visiting family or taking a business trip overseas for example. It could be a couple of days in length to a month or two. Many standard life insurance policies will provide cover when you travel to countries deemed 'safe' or 'low-risk'. You must check the policy's Key Facts document to confirm that you will still be covered when you enter your desired destination.
You might live abroad for all or part of the year. This could include expats like families relocating overseas, people moving away for work or young people travelling long-term or on a working holiday visa.
And it's not just young people seeking greener pastures, lots of retirees wish to spend the best part of their golden years outside of the UK. The number of British citizens aged 65 and over living in other EU countries (excluding Ireland) is around 247,000.
When it comes to moving abroad, it's not just the country you're emigrating to that could affect your insurability. The length of time you plan to spend there or when you leave the UK could also affect it. Check an insurer's Key Facts document to see what an insurer defines as 'living' abroad and to see if your travel plans could be affected by policy conditions.
Am I covered by life insurance while abroad?
Here at Choozi we work with leading UK insurance brands, each insurer has their own specific terms and conditions when it comes to insurance while abroad. We'll tell you what you need to know, show you what's out there and help you weigh up your options impartially, and explain everything clearly. However, it's up to you to check the Key Facts document provided by an insurer to get more information on your cover while abroad.
What factors could affect my cover?
We can provide guidance on what factors could affect your cover but again, you must check the relevant Key Facts documents provided by the insurers.
Your life insurance acceptance terms could be affected by residency and travel plans in the past, present and future. You will answer any questions that relate to this during the application process.
It's also important to be aware that some insurers might not cover you if something happens while you're engaging in a high-risk activity like scuba or skydiving for instance*. Or, if you're travelling to somewhere considered high risk in terms of armed conflict, health risks like certain diseases or infections and political instability**.
Some will offer you cover as long as you're a UK resident at the time in which you take out the policy and you make your payments from a UK bank account***. Some insurers will continue to provide the same cover if you move abroad as long as you refer to your plan documentation for specific details of your cover and any exclusions that may apply****.
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If you tend to take holidays each year or you travel frequently for work, it could be worthwhile making sure your chosen policy will cover you under these circumstances.
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Q: Convert zero values to NaN for specified rows within Dataframe I have a joined dataframe containing daily precipitation between 1979 and 2020 from two sources:
          precip_1   precip
time
1973-01-04  0.0       NaN
1973-01-07  0.0       NaN
1973-01-08  0.0       NaN
1973-01-12  0.0       NaN
1973-01-17  0.0       NaN
        ...       ...
2020-12-27  NaN  0.434374
2020-12-28  NaN  0.923621
2020-12-29  NaN  0.012130
2020-12-30  NaN  0.064116
2020-12-31  NaN  2.041316

[16978 rows x 2 columns]

What I'm trying to do is set any zero values in the months 6-8 to NaN, but leave any zero values outside of those months. I understand that I can use the following function to do this:
df1 = df.replace(0, nan)

But what I can't seem to figure out is how to select only certain months within the dataframe. Any Ideas?
Many Thanks

A: You could try converting your time column into a DateTime object to easily compare the months. After doing this you can use the apply function alongside a lambda function to compare the date and change them as you described. Hope this helps!
import pandas as pd
import datetime
data = {'time':['2020-01-18','2020-02-29','2020-6-28','2020-7-27'],'precip_1':[0.434374,0.923621,0,0]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
df['time'] = df['time'].apply(lambda x: datetime.datetime.strptime(x, '%Y-%m-%d'))
df['precip_1'] = df.apply(lambda row: 'nan' if (row.time.month > 5 and row.time.month < 8) and row.precip_1 == 0 else row.precip_1,axis=1)

A: Replace works very well, but it doesn't play well with logic from other columns, so this actually looks like a better case for the .loc accessor.
df = pd.DataFrame(
    [
        ['2020-06-05', 1],  # > 0 value, don't change
        ['2020-06-05', 0],  # 0 value, change to nan
        ['2020-12-05', 1],
        ['2020-12-05', 0],  # wrong month, don't change
    ],
    columns=['date', 'precip']
)
df.date = pd.to_datetime(df.date)

df.loc[(df['date'].dt.month.between(6, 8)) & (df['precip'] == 0), 'precip'] = np.nan

Output:
        date  precip
0 2020-06-05     1.0
1 2020-06-05     NaN
2 2020-12-05     1.0
3 2020-12-05     0.0

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Fossil fuel companies are eager to get their hands on the most profitable reserves of oil and gas they can find. Often these are located in countries where there are repressive laws and weak environmental regulations. Oil companies benefit from the silencing of opposition and are free to cut corners and ignore the concerns of local communities.
Often, oil companies will form close, long-term partnerships with dictators and repressive rulers, safe in the knowledge that big changes in policy or resistance to their operations is unlikely. Many companies pay large sums of money to military or armed groups to protect their operations.
When concerns are raised that those they partner with are responsible for repression, enforced disappearances and even torture, oil bosses brush this off, saying they 'don't do politics'.
In Egypt, BP has made increasingly lucrative deals with every successive regime, while new repressive laws have silenced protest against new drilling projects in the country.
Shell paid millions to the military and other armed groups in Nigeria to make sure its operations go unchallenged.
Statoil/Equinor has just formed a new close partnership with Azerbaijan's state oil company, a country where freedom of expression is hampered by a repressive regime.
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Written by: JYADE OLD
A room full of infrared images.
In one, a man leans against a tree. Another man licks his ear and cradles the behind of a third man. A fourth man kneels before them.
A wall plastered with surveillance images, each suspect assigned a number.
What kind of invasive world is this?
A world where there is no relationship between subject and photographer. There is no contract or mutual understanding. All because the photographer is invisible.
Can our society gain something from these private moments captured in public places?
This exhibition of images and videos taken by artists from around the world is titled 'In camera and in public'. Naomi Cass, curator, explores the balance between morality, anxiety and artistic right.
You may think you have the right to demand someone on the street, in a park or at the beach to stop taking photos of you, but think again.
According to Mark Davison, professor of law at Monash University, individuals aren't protected from photographers.
'We do not have a general right to privacy in this country,' he says.
Davison spoke at the 'Photography as crime' symposium held in conjunction with 'In camera and in public' as part of the Melbourne Festival. Along with four other academics, he explored the changing nature of photography and the law in public places.
Davison made it clear that the borders between what is public and what is private can be very unclear.
Many photographers make a living by photographing strangers in public spaces. Melissa Miles, photography historian and theorist at Monash University, wonders if it is necessary to define when photography is acceptable for artistic purposes and when it crosses moral lines.
'Should we legislate the context of photography?' asks Miles.
In Australia, contextual lines are usually drawn in relation to privacy, especially concerning children. However, in countries such as England, these lines are more closely tied to the threat of terrorism.
In her research, Miles conducted a survey that included 261 photographers of varying levels and ages.
'When taking photographs in public places 75% of respondents had been asked to stop taking photos. 75% also said it had changed the way they took photographs and the places they went to photograph,' she says.
Miles believes that these results raise concerns about the impact that conservative attitudes could have on the historical record.
'Heavy restrictions could result in a limited photographic legacy,' she says.
Symposium attendee and amateur photographer Stephen Alomes voiced similar concerns.
'Children are being left out of history,' he says.
Just this week, the ABC used an image from 1954 of children waving flags as the Queen arrived in Canberra, with the aim of locating the people in the photo. Without this, and thousands of other images people, places and experiences would be cropped out of history.
Next time you step onto the street and notice a camera snapping away, remember you could be forming an important part of our historical record.
Jyade Old is studying the Graduate Diploma of Journalism at La Trobe University and is part of upstart's editorial team. Follow her on Twitter: @jyadvantage.
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Our story begins in Minnesota, where we grew up spending our time on the lake and running through fields with dreams of living in the big city. We had chores, and arguments about those chores, but we were instilled with hard-working values at a young age.
After college, we worked at large firms and moved to big cities. But it's funny how life comes full circle. We eventually settled back in the country and decided to pursue a life of creativity. RedBliss Design was born.
As sisters, our similarities and differences have made us a solid team for over 17 years. Where one is boisterous, the other is quiet. One believes that more is more and the other believes less is more. When combined, there is perfect harmony – most of the time!
Being in the business of spreading joy is truly rewarding. Finding ways to do it that capture the spirit, style and persona of our clients is paramount to us. Each creative journey hinges on big ideas and tiny details. The result is bold, distinctive and personal.
It is our love of creating drop-dead gorgeous first impressions that expanded our work from mailbox to tabletop and inspired the launch of our Chroma chargers/placemats and stationery products. Our charger collection is fast-becoming a tabletop staple at events worldwide. The line is also available at Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus.
Our goal is turning ordinary experiences into expressive, authentic moments. We do it for the jaw drop.


Having a window in the shower and having the sunlight wash in with the water.
An evening walk while the heat of the day still lingers, paired with a diet coke and push pops.
Cream colored nail polish on my toes.
New, fabulous red wedges that I want to wear every single day.
Finishing season 2 of Mad Men (Don! Get out of CA!) and a bottle of champagne at the same time. Luxury.
Long flow-y white skirt wrapped up in my legs while writing on the couch.
Having all of the windows open, every single one, and feeling perfectly comfortable.
Jamming to the neighbors top 40 from over the fence on a breezy afternoon.
Finally putting the table in its place.
I also have a window in my shower, and I LOVE it! People often ask if it makes me uncomfortable, but I'm on the fourth floor and don't stand directly in front of it when showering, so of course it doesn't! I just love having the light and — when the weather permits — the breeze!
I love natural light while showering. My friends in Seattle had tons of windows in their bathroom, but also a skylight above the shower. I could have lived IN THAT TUB.
Freakin awesome. I've taken our shower-window for granted, but I'm totally going to ENJOY it next time.
Thanks for the reminder to find these little things every day.
They are far from small joys!
-Getting important documents in the mail or fax (at work) that I've been pestering people about for weeks!
-Never getting tired of a song, putting it on repeat, and rocking out to it AT WORK: Today = this one! its amazing!
-last night – waking up laughing hysterically to myself THREE TIMES and falling back asleep still with the overwhelming happy urge to laugh and feeling silly happy all day because of it….
You want a small joy, try mixing spiced run into a good, tart apple cider. It tastes like apple pie and hugs!
– Editing a paper in bed with a red pencil.
– Finding a cat in the sock drawer.
– On a lonely day, being surprised for lunch by the significant other.
Oh Lauren I am so glad you are this happy. And you made me smile. Nail polish! Red shoes !
You are so right it is all about the small things. Or maybe it is the small things that are huge. Happiness plays hide and seek, it seems.
to come out of the oven and it's making the whole kitchen smell like heaven.
Other things that bring me joy… a good book, spending a whole morning at a library or book shop, tea with friends, ICE CREAM, a late walk like you said, light in the house as well (yeah yeah ), oh and wearing a dress on a warm day. Sending you hugs, I would invite you over now. I hope you have a nice weekend.


The Gallery offers a broad range of visual arts from the original bequest of Richard Glynn Vivian (1835-1910), which includes works by old masters as well as an international collection of Swansea China.
The 20th century is also well represented with modern painting and sculpture by Hepworth, Nicholson and Nash alongside Welsh artists such as Ceri Richards, Gwen John and Augustus John, with the Collection continuing to acquire work by today's artists.
Discover the Gallery's Collection and Richard Glynn Vivian's original bequest.
You can also see hundreds of oil paintings from the Gallery's Collection through the BBC's 'Your Paintings' website.
A selection of works from the Permanent Collection from 1700 to the present are available in chronological order.
Founded in 1911, The Gallery offers a broad range of visual arts from the original bequest of Richard Glynn Vivian (1835-1919) to art of the twenty-first century.
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is famous for its collection of Swansea and European pottery and porcelain.


A Photo of a Life Guard outside Horse Guard. The Household Cavalry is made up of two mounted Regiment The Life Guards and The Blues And Royals Division. The regiment date back to the 1660, carrying out ceremonial duties for State and Royal occasion. The Household Cavalry is also a Armour Division of tanks and Armour vehicles, there Colonel-in-Chief is HM The Queen.
I took this photo at Kew Gardens, the lady was posing for a photo among daffodils. Same she wasn't looking at me, but you cant have everything.
Taken in Winchester Hampshire, The old Bishops Palace standing next to Winchester Cathedral. Residence of the wealthy and powerful Bishops of Winchester since Anglo-Saxon time. The surviving ruins of the palace date largely from the 12th century, the work of Bishop Henry of Blois. The palace was also Know as The Anarchy, it was a very important building, and was the location for the wedding breakfast for Queen Mary and Philip of Spain on the 25 July 1554 which was the last great occasion here. The palace was destroyed by the Roundheads during the English Civil War in 1646.
Black Swans are a large bird, with mostly black plumage and red bills. Native to Australia and are the state bird of Western Australia, brought to the UK as ornamental birds in the 1800s.
A reflection of a Medieval fortress Caernarfon Castle. In 1969 1 July Prince Charles was crowned here as Prince Of Wales.
The Adder about to strike my lens as a means of defence. The Adder is the only venomous snake native to Britain, a highly developed venom injecting mechanism. The Adder is not a aggressive snake, but when its trap or caught or trodden on then it will strike. The effects from a bite are nausea and drowsiness, followed by severe swelling and bruising around the area of the bite. So treat Adders with respect and leave them alone. So when out walking in woods or heathland or the golf course take care where you walk.


As the Dirty Kanza 200 has grown in popularity, so has the quality of the field. This year's race brought out an international group of heavy hitters to vie for the crown of King of Dirty Kanza.
After the early rain and mud and then dust settled, Ted King was back on top at the DK200. King added a second win to add to his 2016 crown. Josh Berry rode with King a good 50 miles after Checkpoint 2 before settling for second, and Geoff Kabush won a three-man sprint to take third at the end of the 206-mile race.
We chatted with the three podium finishers in the interviews below. For the full story's of Saturday's Men's race, see our DK200 race report.


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TigerLilly suggested this one after GypsySoul thought she deserved an Iron Bladder Award, or some such, for superhuman endurance as reported in the Bathroom Break topic. So nominate your pals for silly awards here. Silly but kind awards...
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one suspects this was not on his mind back in the day. Or any other time either. But it's well deserved and it's a treat to see. (And folks, if RT comes to your town and you have not seen him, check him out, and not just because the Queen likes him now!)
Gratefaldean - in my experience of sending vines, shipping to the US normally takes 10 -14 days so you should get it soon.....hope you do anyway. I have not ordered 'Live at the BBC' yet, but I should do.. Does Thompson live in California now? I had no idea. Anyway he does indeed looks pleased to get some recognition from his home country. Good for him; he is right up there with the best of them..
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Christmas in July?
Is that a nuclear war, and a coronation of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ?An outstanding halo will prove it to all.
gratefaldean
I thought he looked pretty pleased about the whole affair. Good for him, not bad for a California dude, by way of London, England. So...I ordered his new Live at BBC box from Universal in the UK. Received a shipping notification on 6/14, hasn't arrived yet. CB, how long should I wait before I start getting nervous? No idea what a typical overseas delivery would be, and no tracking info either...
I'm sure mixed emotions are involved, but it's pretty cool just the same!
A serious award for Richard Thompson
http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=1350 And I was listening to 'Pour Down Like SIlver' when I saw this on Eurotraders. So what's it like to become part of the establishment RT? Did you tell the Queen you would meet her on the ledge?
TigerLilly
I like it too, Dean! This conversation could get quite controversitous, just as long as we don't get derisoversatious as well! ********************************** I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
Submitted by localcrew on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 11:20
A few of us on the boards
A few of us on the boards are stagehands....try running a follow spot at a show (rock, opera, theater etc...) and hope and pray you don't have to take a leak. Especially if you're running a truss spot right above the stage!! .....not to brag but we at least have lucky bladders if not iron....
Submitted by TigerLilly on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:34
I nominate
Sunshine Daydream, for a "Magic Fingers" award, for his talent in making sure that we can't miss his posts!
Also nominate
C.C. Joe, for a "Gift of the Gab" award.
Submitted by richard on Mon, 08/20/2007 - 22:28
Jackass of the century. or Best effort to cut off your nose to spite your face. Way to go Dudes!
Submitted by TigerLilly on Tue, 08/21/2007 - 03:22
Blueberry award
for JurassicBlueberry for that awesomely blue recipe. Put it in "sat down to my supper" thread too perhaps?
Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Tue, 08/21/2007 - 04:15
see if i can prove you right Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
Rhino Awards
Rhino would appear to be nominated for few Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
Big Honor
to Seattlep for coming back from Iraq, and refinding the Dead. Had to say that, even though I seem to be dominating here thus far. Will be quiet for a while now:-)
Managed a double
on the download controversity Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
should read controversy
:-) Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
Spanish Bob!But you did that here on purpose, right? Just to show anyone who's confused what your award is for?:-)
I DID
You want a typo award now too, or what? Not to be controversitous or anything!
so I saw...
I nuked the duplicate, though. Bob, you seem to have a lot of experience with the double-posting bug!
Submitted by c_c on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 04:46
Tiger Lilly
Tiger Lilly gets my nomination for __________________________ (please fill in the blank) love and peace.
Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 05:11
is still there too much of Morroco's finest Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
must be ANOTHER duplicate that I nuked...
Oh well. I'm sure there's an award in here somewhere.
Submitted by TigerLilly on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 09:42
THERE IS, marye
am just waiting for the right witty title to come to me, which it will...OR perhaps someone else will beat me to it, which would be great! But can say right now that you and izzie get the Deadicated Mod High Award of Honor, and that's for sure!
Submitted by Hal R on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 23:13
TigerLilly's awards
TigerLilly gets my nomination for "Most Beautiful Name On The Site". The orange flower that grows wild in the midwest. When I see the name I think of the flower in nature and am transported away from computer world. TigerLilly also gets the "Good Vibes Award!" Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
Submitted by TigerLilly on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 00:13
Thanks alot Hal R. :-)TigerLilly is what my dad called me as a kid, 'cuz Lilly is our last name. Still does sometimes. Am partial to that flower too. While I'm at it, posting here and all, GRTUD definately gets the Hot Tuna award for excellence in culinary journalism. for those who are confused, see the "sat down to my supper" thread.
Submitted by cosmicbadger on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 03:15
what a gent
I would like to nominate grateful34 for exemplary good manners and cool in the churning madness that is the Tapers Section Forum right now ------------------------------------------------- On August 23rd, 2007 grateful34 said: I just want to make a correction and apology for misspelling's David Lemieux's name in my previous post ---------------- An fine example of an unsolicited and thoughtful apology .....need I say more.....eeerm..no!
Artichoke award goes to Cosmicbadger, for making at least some of us laugh in a time of crisis.
artichoke award
REALLY! Thank you!
Submitted by cosmicbadger on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 00:29
aww thanks folks
"the sword of righteousness is made of irony"
special profanity award
goes to Izzie for elegantly gratuitous uses of the word 'Fuck'
Submitted by TigerLilly on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 09:17
Yeah thanx izzie
Have been restraining myself from using that word in the forum, even though is one of my favorites lately.;-) Is it allowed? Can we be crass as long as we aren't insulting anybody directly? Perhaps so, as have seen c.c. joe use it once or twice, I think.
Submitted by Marshun on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 09:46
S.T.A.R. Award for journalistic farout sight
The Scientific Transative Astronomical Research Award is hereby presented to along with a Doctorate in General Space Research to our esteemed colleague here at Dead.net - Dr. Golden Road. He has uncovered and reported on many very cool things from the Bonnaroo Music festival to the following story that has literally blown galaxie's and minds to the outer limits of perception. It also kicked in a pretty cool flashback just reading it!*! (not sure why it was posted under "turn on channel 6 but i guess it doesn't matter anyway.) We have the report here. Thanks "Doc" Golden Road for the devotion and visions. Dilated Pupil? By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer 1 hour, 59 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Astronomers have stumbled upon a tremendous hole in the universe. That's got them scratching their heads about what's just not there. The cosmic blank spot has no stray stars, no galaxies, no sucking black holes, not even mysterious dark matter. It is 1 billion light years across of nothing. That's an expanse of nearly 6 billion trillion miles of emptiness, a University of Minnesota team announced Thursday. Astronomers have known for many years that there are patches in the universe where nobody's home. In fact, one such place is practically a neighbor, a mere 2 million light years away. But what the Minnesota team discovered, using two different types of astronomical observations, is a void that's far bigger than scientists ever imagined. "This is 1,000 times the volume of what we sort of expected to see in terms of a typical void," said Minnesota astronomy professor Lawrence Rudnick, author of the paper that will be published in Astrophysical Journal. "It's not clear that we have the right word yet ... This is too much of a surprise." Rudnick was examining a sky survey from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, which essentially takes radio pictures of a broad expanse of the universe. But one area of the universe had radio pictures indicating there was up to 45 percent less matter in that region, Rudnick said. The rest of the matter in the radio pictures can be explained as stars and other cosmic structures between here and the void, which is about 5 to 10 billion light years away. Rudnick then checked observations of cosmic microwave background radiation and found a cold spot. The only explanation, Rudnick said, is it's empty of matter. It could also be a statistical freak of nature, but that's probably less likely than a giant void, said James Condon, an astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He wasn't part of Rudnick's team but is following up on the research. "It looks like something to be taken seriously," said Brent Tully, a University of Hawaii astronomer who wasn't part of this research but studies the void closer to Earth. Tully said astronomers may eventually find a few cosmic structures in the void, but it would still be nearly empty. Holes in the universe probably occur when the gravity from areas with bigger mass pull matter from less dense areas, Tully said. After 13 billion years "they are losing out in the battle to where there are larger concentrations of matter," he said. Retired NASA astronomer Steve Maran said of the discovery: "This is incredibly important for something where there is nothing to it." "All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him." "Everybody's dancing in a ring around the sun"
Submitted by Golden Road on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 14:30
Bow and Bend to You
Thanks Marshun! Always a treat to know there's someone "out there" reading. I knew that diploma from the Unversity of Space I got in Red Rocks, back in '79 would come in handy for something, even if nothing at all.... "All energy flows according to the whims of the Great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him."
Submitted by GRTUD on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 15:17
Thanks TigerLilly.....
I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe! Thanks again and just want you to know that I'm working on a new one that I hope will be as good with more common and interchangeable items. Bon appetit!Congratulations to my nemesis (Dr.) Golden Road. We've known each other so long I feel as though he's become my alter ego. Oh and I'm glad you're over the Lyme's disease, Marshun. That's a terrible affliction and not always easy to get properly diagnosed. You guys are all fantastic and the bright part of my day.... The Dude Abides!
Submitted by GrayFolded on Fri, 08/24/2007 - 22:08
izze and marye for MOD'S OF THE YEAR
For putting up with all the insanity in the Tapers Section..... I wonder what would have happened at the old dead.net with no mods??!!!!! The Tapers Section was the only thing we had there.....And with Free-Form topics, it would have been a train wreck...Ahhh, the Wild West... Kudos Ladies.... Dead to the Core www.myspace.com/bongwizard
Submitted by cosmicbadger on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 01:07
use of the F word
to help Tigerlilly in her dilemma I can reveal the following The owners of this website have assumed complete control over the f word (and its derivatives) on this site and for unexplained and frankly suspicious reasons have delegated its exclusive use to izzie They are however amenable to non commercial trading, so if you are desperate to use the naughty expletive you have to persuade izzie to leave it out of one of her posts! Fortunately the lawyers who designed this arrangement inadvertently overlooked the popular Irish term 'Feck' which is entirely free for use whenever and wherever you like, and, according to Wikipedia ' is syntactically interchangeable with fuck, though it has no sexual connotations' oooops PS
Submitted by TigerLilly on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 01:24
don't wanna ruin izzie's fun
thus "feck" is a good suggestion, cosmicbadger. Can it be used JUST like the other word, ie:fecking, etc?
expletive deleted
Indeed, the terms 'feckin'', 'fecked' and 'fecker' are all in use and can be used as an alternative to that other word, except there is not really a sexual connotation. The terms are quite commonly heard in Ireland and as they are a degree less offensive than the word with the 'u' instead of the 'e' For a real education in the use of feck, try to see the wonderful comedy show 'Father Ted', featuring three bizarre Irish priests ministering to the population of the remote Craggy Island. It showed in Channel 4 in the UK and I start laughing just thinking about it...the network seemed unconcerned about the amount of feckin' in the show.... but I do not know if it was exported Any Irish correspondents out there to provide further illumination? sorry for the diversion from the awards ....but hey..what the feck!
Submitted by alta on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 08:23
feck and shite
Don't forget shite. Ahh... Father Ted.
Submitted by marye on Sat, 08/25/2007 - 12:28
whoa, thanks for the pointer, badge!
off to see if Netflix has that movie. If it's as funny as you say, my entire Irish Catholic family will be all over it. grey, thanks for the kind words. And thanks, in general, to all youse guys.
The Edgar Allen Bats in the Belfry Award
Goes to Golden Road, for his masterpiece about his encounter with a creature of the night in the movie thread. Am totally in suspense about how this man vs. nature mini-drama will end. Hats off for great storytelling!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by Sunshine-daydr… on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 00:08
Father Ted
is/was a tv series not a film Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Spanish Jam
Submitted by izzie on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 11:14
taking a fucking bow
I accept that award, thank you very much. I couldn't get my brain around why folks were upset that Gans had edited the word Fuck out of his post! My choices were to give them many many fucks to contend with, or perhaps to start editing their posts for them, to include Fuck. this fuck provided by: izzie
Submitted by cosmicbadger on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 11:51
izzie now you have also just walked away with the effing acceptance speech award too. I'm still laughing............. (this fuck provided by: izzie)
Submitted by fred williams on Sun, 08/26/2007 - 14:02
Phucking
I think using a ph gives it a tad more class. So Congradu-phucking-lations! See rolls of the toungue the same, but adds an extra bit of fucking class when reading. What the phuck do ya'll think? ( this fuck brought to you by the letters "P" and "H")
Submitted by cosmicbadger on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 02:14
best laugh of the week
Nomination goes to MaddieDigital for his wonderful accounts of watching the Dead in England in the '70s and 80's Go see at www.myspace.com/fadinghorses some readers might now start to understand how it is impossible for UK Deadheads to take themselves too seriously ;-)
Submitted by stone jack baller on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 19:25
The Great Lemieuxski
DAVID LEMIEUX *** THE ULTIMATE PRANKSTER
Submitted by Hal R on Tue, 08/28/2007 - 21:27
Zippy Award
I nominate marye for the Zippy the Pinhead award for starting a topic "Who Is Lily Allen?" on this site. Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
Hey Hal R
What or who is "Zippy the Pinhead". Have googled Lily Allen this morning, and is some great stuff to be found. As a matter of fact, think I will nominate her right now for: Miss Personality New and Upcoming Celebrity who has already managed to be banned from performing in the U.S. In my limited browsing, seems like this young lady just might be 'bout as clever as Brittany Spears. Come on cosmicbadger, you are the resident Lily Allen expert, number one fan. Help us learn MORE about this fascinating young woman.
Zippy is an American Superhero (in my strange view of reality)
Are We Having Fun Yet? TigerLilly, here is part of the description from Wikepedia. But to really understand just google and get on the Zippy website. You have to see him to understand and to understand one must be slightly and happily deranged. marye gets the award because putting Lilly Allen on this site is the kind of thing that Zippy would do. Here you go, but do look at the strip on the Zippy site. "Zippy made his first appearance in Real Pulp Comix #1 in March 1971. The comic strip began in The Berkeley Barb in 1976 and was syndicated nationally soon after, originally as a weekly strip; it has been a daily feature since 1985, distributed by King Features. The Zippy comic strip has a cult following of devoted readers; however, there are those who find the strip incomprehensible. This antagonism and confusion is so common that the official Zippy website contains a tutorial on understanding the comic strip [1]. The original home of the strip was the San Francisco Examiner, where it was first published daily in 1985. It was picked up for worldwide syndication by King Features in 1986. When the San Francisco Chronicle canceled Zippy briefly in 2002, the Chronicle received thousands of letters of protest, including one from Robert Crumb, who called Zippy "by far the very best daily comic strip that exists in America". The Chronicle quickly restored the strip, but dropped it again in 2004, leading to more protests as well as grateful letters from non-fans. The strip continues to be syndicated in many other papers, but often ranks at or near the bottom of reader polls[2]. The strip is unique among syndicated multi-panel dailies for its near-absence of either straightforward gags or continuous narrative, and for its unusually intricate artwork, which is reminiscent of the style of Griffith's 1970s underground comics. [edit] Characters and content Zippy's original appearance was partly inspired by the microcephalic Schlitze, from the film Freaks (which was enjoying something of a cult revival at the time), and P.T. Barnum's sideshow performer, Zip the Pinhead (who was not a microcephalic, but was nevertheless billed as one)[3]. (Coincidentally, Zip the What-Is-It's real name was William Henry Jackson or Johnson (according to various sources); Griffith's full name is William Henry Jackson Griffith, after his great-grandfather, the noted photographer.) However, Zippy is distinctive not so much for his skull shape, or for any identifiable form of brain damage, but for his enthusiasm for philosophical non sequiturs, verbal free association, and the pursuit of pop culture ephemera. His wholehearted devotion to random artifacts satirizes the excesses of consumerism. Zippy's unpredictable behavior sometimes causes severe difficulty for others, but never for himself. Zippy almost[4] always wears a yellow muumuu with large red polka dots, and puffy, white clown shoes. He is married to a nearly identical pinhead named Zerbina, and has two children, Fuel-Rod and Meltdown. He has three close friends: Claude Funston, a hapless working man, Griffy, a stand-in for Bill Griffith who often appears in the strip to complain about various aspects of modern life and Shelf-Life, a fast-talking schemer always looking for "the next big thing". A humanoid toad, Mr. Toad (less commonly Mr. the Toad) who embodies blind greed and selfishness, appears occasionally, as does Zippy's angst-ridden brother, Lippy. The Toadettes, a group of mindless and interchangeable amphibians, also pop up here and there. In his daily-strip incarnation, Zippy spends much of his time traveling and commenting on interesting places; recent strips focus on his fascination with roadside icons featuring giant beings; Zippy also frequently participates in his long-running conversation with the giant fiberglass doggie mascot of San Francisco's "Doggie Diner" chain (later, the Carousel diner near the San Francisco Zoo). The website encourages people to send photos of interesting places for Zippy to visit in the strip. His most famous quote is "Are we having fun yet?," which has become a catch phrase. It appears in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. Zippy's signature expression of surprise is "Yow!"" Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
Yow! HalR
Have been mising something indeed. Am very fond of "slightly and happily deranged", so will explore Zippy the Pinhead with great pleasure, I suspect.
marye thanks Hal for the honor
but admits the whole thing was TigerLilly's idea!
Submitted by izzie on Wed, 08/29/2007 - 17:50
Hal R!! Story teller of the year!
I don't think I need to add anything to that nominiation. Hal, you rock.
no kidding!
we're not worthy!


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Q: Destructure a map in another map? I have the following data structure:
{:file #<File /foo.bar>, :resolution {:width 1280, :height 1024}}

I would like to write a function that destructures the :resolution key into width and height symbols.  Something like
(defn to-directory-name [{{:keys [width height]}} wallpaper]
  (str width "x" height))

Is something like that possible with destructuring?
Thanks.

A: (defn to-directory-name [{{width :width height :height} :resolution}]
  (str width "x" height))

Works for me.

A: You must first destructure :resolution, then get width and height:
{{:keys [width height]} :resolution}


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Author: De Ana J
Catching Up: April and May 2015
So I didn't make a Catching Up post last month because I was getting ready for WisCon but don't worry I got the wrap up for the few things I did during April and May.
Arsenal for Democracy:
More Than A Hairstyle: The Resurgence of Natural Hair
After Baltimore: In defense of riots
I was also in an episode of the Arsenal for Democracy radio show.
Take a moment to check those out if you can. Also make sure you check out the Nerdgasm Noire website! We're going to start putting even more content there as well!
Author De Ana JPosted on June 8, 2015 October 20, 2016 Categories WritingTags #BlackLivesMatter, Arsenal for Democracy, Nerdgasm NoireLeave a comment on Catching Up: April and May 2015
Erasure: My Feelings on Proving POC Exist
There is a lot going through my head right now. After a fantastic weekend at WisCon 39, I'm trying to get back into the swing of writing regularly and have gathered a surprising amount of ideas over the past few days. However with all of the new ideas that have been floating around in my head there are also new doubts and worries, some of which are minor and some of which are slightly existential.
I think I should back up for a moment and let you know where all this begins. At WisCon I got the opportunity to once again interview Daniel Jose Older about his upcoming novels. During the interview, in a conversation about how realistic his novels were because of the diversity, I'd jokingly asked how he felt knowing that in 1000 years, his novels would be used as the proof that there were People of Color in the year 2015. He expressed not just hope, but certainty that it wouldn't be the case, and that it seemed as if with campaigns like #WeNeedDiverseBooks, #INeedDiverseGames and many others, media was going towards a more accurate portrayal of race, gender and sexuality in the world.
I agree, but it feels like we have a long way to go, as evident (at least to me) by the fawning over the feminism of Mad Max: Fury Road. It'd been suggested to me by several people that I should watch it, and for a few weeks I felt apprehension about my concerns about not being as excited to see it as others. The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic Australia but has no Australian Aboriginal Women in the main cast. To me, it seems empty to say that a movie is Feminist when it ignores and almost erases the stories of the women native to the setting.
If you ever wonder why twitter campaigns calling for diversity in media are important this is why. We shouldn't have to prove a thousand years from now that we existed. We shouldn't have to re-discover our histories because they were drowned out by the stories of those with power. The erasure of People of Color, especially Women of Color, being treated as the standard is why things like the K Tempest Challenge, #INeedDiverseGames, #WeNeedDiverseBooks, #DiversifyAgentCarter and so many other hash tags and calls for diversity are important. So going forward, as a Midyear's Resolution to myself I've decided to not be afraid to speak up when I feel trepidation about dishonest representations. So….. wish me luck?
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I'm Going To WisCon!
Two years ago was the first time I went to WisCon. My friend and podcast co-host Jamie had suggested I go after my first Arisia convention. I thought it would be a fun trip, especially because before and after I'd be able to hang out with my Chicago friends. It was an interesting experience and became a regular trip with me and my friends.
This year I'm paneling again! About what, you ask? Of course Black nerd culture as it pertains to Black women. I'm super excited and wanted to share with everyone what panels I'll be on.
Saturday 5/23/2015
Podcasts for Beginners
So you want to start a podcast. You have a computer, a mic, and Skype. What else do you need? How much is good editing software? Where's the best place to host? How do you get your podcast listed in all the right places? A panel of seasoned podcasters is ready to answer your questions, give great advice, and probably pop their Ps.
Twitter: #PodcastsforBeginners
Just Say No to #DollarStoreThor: A Sleepy Hollow panel
The first half of Sleepy Hollow season 2 had much of the fandom asking: WTF happened! The first season was amazing and gave us all hope. The second season dismantled nearly everything that made it attractive to its viewers. Fans wondered why it was so hard for networks to consistently depict characters of color with complexity and respect. But then the second half of the season happened, and everything changed. And that finale was a blatant apology to every fan who abandoned the show. Is this the power of the audience made manifest? Should we give Sleepy Hollow another chance?
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Is Anyone Listening? Black Women's Experience in Podcasting
Podcasting has been around for more than a decade and has given access to different voices without access to commercial radio or television. Yet around 70 of the top 100 podcasts in Stitcher & iTunes are hosted exclusively by men, with only around 10 exclusively women-led. This number is drastically smaller for exclusively Black women hosts of podcasts. This panel invites Black women to share their experiences as a podcast host, challenges keeping an audience engaged, being relegated to "niche," and combating sexism and racism in another media largely dominated by white, cis-gendered men.
Twitter: #IsAnyoneListening
Standing In The Sun: How Shonda Rhimes Redirected Hollywood's Spotlight Onto Intersectional Feminism
2:30–3:45 pm
Whether you love her, hate her, or are just absolutely annoyed with her, you cannot deny that Shonda Rhimes has significantly changed the course of American television and how members of marginalized groups are portrayed onscreen. Ms. Rhimes made her mark by challenging and redefining "The Norm", and in return, she has under her belt over eleven years of acclaim, four wildly popular dramas, and a growing number of Emmy and Golden Globe awards and nominations. Get ready as some of Shondaland's frequent guests take us on a tour of what Shonda got right, what Shonda could have done better, and what Shonda absolutely nailed!
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Nerdgasm Noire Network Live At Wiscon!
Ladies of the podcast Nerdgasm Noire Network take over Wiscon to discuss various topics such as best sci-fi movies & books, fantasy versus sci-fi genres, terrible witches in Sleepy Hollow, increased representation of POC in network television, and more! Come hang out with us! Bring your nerd rants, corny jokes and guilty pleasures!
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If you're there, make sure you come see me! If not, make sure you check out the hashtags!
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Any Customer Can Buy Any of the Merchandise of Any of the Characters They Want, As Long As The Character Is White and Male
When I woke up this morning I immediately got on Twitter to see what I'd missed in my sleep. A bunch of my Midwestern friends are at C2E2 so I've been reading all of their Con related tweets to make up for the fact that I can't be there. While scrolling through my timeline, I saw a few of my friends discussing the Marvel Bobble Heads being sold on the Hot Topic website, specifically this one:
As you can tell (more from the box than the actual doll) the character is supposed to be Heimdall. Not the Norse God version, not the comic book version, but the Marvel Movie verse version who's played by Idris Elba in both of the Thor films. So why is the doll white when the character, actor AND EVEN THE PICTURE OF THE DOLL ON THE BOX is Black?
It seems like a big (read: racist) mistake, but one of the many that Marvel is making when it comes to their merchandising. Recently the Internet has pointed out that out of all of the six main characters in The Avengers, Black Widow is the one with the least merchandise out. If you go to the Target website alone you'll see that while Hawkeye doesn't have any merchandise out for just himself, he's still featured on more items featuring the Avengers as a group than Black Widow, who is totally excluded from most of it. Black Widow also only has 5 items available, as opposed to the 111 for Captain America, 70 for Iron Man, 66 for The Hulk and 25 for Thor.
But it seems that Marvel isn't the only company who thinks only White Male toys sell. Funko — the company that makes the bleached out Heimdall above – seem to have played around with color changes with Characters of Color before. For the Assassin's Creed video game character Connor, Funko decided to ditch the darker tone of the character in the game in favor of one much like Heimdall.
Bleaching out the Men of Color in merchandise and limiting merchandise for women isn't where this stops either. When it comes to Women of Color, it seems that some companies think the best course of action for their merchandising is to exclude them entirely. McDonald's Happy Meal toy for the the movie Home feature only one of the two main characters, Oh. The other main character, a black Trinidadian girl named Tip, was only featured on the box of the Happy Meal.
My money is green like everyone else's, but it seems as if most companies don't think this. While I'm more than willing to spend my money on toys, posters and just about anything of my favorite characters from my favorite shows, it bothers me that my money seems to only go towards things that don't represent me. People of Color, especially Women of Color are growing a voice in Pop and Nerd culture, and we have money to spend too. Representation is important, so maybe companies should start to recognize that and give Fans of Color the merch that they want.
Author De Ana JPosted on April 26, 2015 October 20, 2016 Categories Gaming, MoviesTags Assassin's Creed, Black Widow, Connor Kenway, Heimdall, Marvel, The Avengers, ToysLeave a comment on Any Customer Can Buy Any of the Merchandise of Any of the Characters They Want, As Long As The Character Is White and Male
#NotDonald4Spiderman and Other Feels About The Spiderman Reboot
Earlier this week it was announced that Sony is going to be collaborating with the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the new Spiderman movies, which means Spiderman can now be intertwined with the movies that MCU has already released (Ironman, Avengers, Captain America etc.). This news is fantastic, because although Sony still has the rights to the Spiderman movie franchise, Marvel is allowed to make the movies. Marvel has been doing a great job with the movies so far, despite some minor pitfalls (**cough**Ironman 3/Thor 1 and 2/Captain America 1/waiting so damn long for a Black Panther movie and having the audacity to make it after Ant Man who nobody really gives a sh*t about**cough**) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe would feel a little more complete with the addition of a hero with spider senses. I was genuinely excited.
Then I saw the resurgence of #Donald4Spiderman.
I feel like before I get into my feelings about this I have to address two points, the first one being yes, I dislike Donald Glover and the second one being no, I don't dislike reboots. However my disagreeing with that hash tag for this new Spiderman movie actually comes from the opposite end of the aforementioned feels. I actually do think Donald Glover would make a really good Peter Parker. He (like Tobey Maguire in the aughts) is a 30 year old man who is very good at being an awkward teenager, and despite his claims that Twitter does nothing, there was immediate support for his potential casting as Spiderman because…. well because the internet.
However we've already seen the story of Peter Parker in movie form. In fact we've seen it twice, and the last time was so recent I don't even think it's made it's way to Netflix yet.
We do have other characters to pull from though. The #Donald4Spiderman hash tag in it's original incarnation was able to pave the way for a new character named Miles Morales in the Marvel Comic Book Universe.
Let's consider the following, The Marvel Cinematic Universe is already pulling stories from the Ultimate Marvel Comic Universe storylines, the new Avengers movie is loosely based on the Age of Ultron Avengers comics. Spiderman was a huge part of that, but because of the weird way the different studios owned specific character franchises, Spiderman as a character had to be scrapped from the whole thing. They had to rewrite almost everything for the Cinematic Universe. So instead of rehashing the story of Peter Parker, which we've already heard no only ad nauseam but ad nauseam with BOTH of his early love interests, how about we get to know Miles? If Marvel can basically skip over Hank Pym and dive immediately into the Scott Lang story for Ant Man (and again who cares) why can't develop a movie about Miles? Especially since the only other superhero movie that will feature a black hero as the main character (Black Panther) is going to be pushed back to 2018, after so many were frustrated it took this long.
In the upcoming months we'll be sure to here lots of news about the decisions Marvel and Sony are going to make about the character and casting choices for this movie, but I doubt that neither the #Donald4Spiderman nor the #MakeMineMiles factions of Nerd Twitter will get what they want. For now we just wait and speculate until more official news comes out.
Author De Ana JPosted on February 11, 2015 October 20, 2016 Categories Comics, MoviesTags Spiderman, TwitterLeave a comment on #NotDonald4Spiderman and Other Feels About The Spiderman Reboot
#BlackLivesMatter: Gaming Against Police Brutality
There's a lot going on in the world right now, and a lot of times folks in the U.S. are so busy wagging their fingers at what's going on outside of this country, they forget or downright ignore the things that are happening right here. If you've been paying attention to any social media and at this point even mainstream media, then you should be familiar with trending topics like #ICantBreathe and #BlackLivesMatter. The internet has been an amazing tool in spreading the word about the police brutality that is still happening today in the U.S. and how detrimental it is to POC, specifically Black people.
Over at The Spawnpoint Blog, they came up with an idea to help in their own way. They're planning on doing a gaming livestream this weekend to help raise money and awareness for a good cause:
"On Jan 17-18, 2015, we ask you to join with us and stream on Twitch. This happening will provide a deliberate space for you to have fun with the community, and to reflect on the unequal way people of color, and specifically African-American people, are treated by law enforcement. We will support the families of those that were lost by donating to the Eric Garner Fund, and The New York Lawyers Guild that continues to organize protests and bail funds for those imprisoned for exercising their 1st Amendment rights on this matter."
–Kahlief Adams of The Spawnpoint Blog
If you would like to donate or would like more information on the event please check out the post on The Spawnpoint Blog entitled Want To Help Support Victims of Police Brutality? Here's How!
Author De Ana JPosted on January 15, 2015 October 20, 2016 Categories GamingTags #BlackLivesMatter, The Spawnpoint BlogLeave a comment on #BlackLivesMatter: Gaming Against Police Brutality
I've never been good at New Year's Resolutions. Normally I make big plans to do things like read 50 books in a year, change my entire diet around, change my style, workout more. By the end of January, I've always given up on half of my big ideas, and by the end of February I can barely remember what I had promised myself.
This year, I'm planning to do a little better by having more reachable goals for myself. Instead of giving myself set goals that are a struggle to do, instead I'm going to try an do more. I plan to read more books than I did last year, I plan to eat better than I did last year. I plan on working out more. Wearing what makes me feel good more. Writing more. Doing more.
Cheers for doing more in 2015!
Author De Ana JPosted on January 1, 2015 October 17, 2016 Categories Happy New YearLeave a comment on Happy New Year!!!
Storm Is Dark Skinned and Other Controversial Ideas Shared On Twitter (Actually Just That One)
Sometimes I forget that sharing your thoughts on twitter make other people think your tweets are an invitation for a counter argument. I'm not going to lie, in my earlier Twitter days I've made that mistake myself, but have since learned to generally keep my opinions out of other people's mentions. Unless the tweeter is my friend or if something really offensive has been said and needs to be addressed. This is a personal rule for me, but sometimes I get a little irritated when I open my Tweetdeck and see what seems like an aggressive counter argument that I didn't ask for in the first place.
"I <3 Kate Graham but Storm is dark skinned. I know sommayall think Ororo was Hall[e] Berry shade but that's a lie Fox told you."
I made the mistake of putting that on twitter after reading about a casting rumor. I just typed it out and hit ctrl + Enter. I wasn't really expecting much of it until I got a a few responses that ranged from "It's no big deal!" to "Who cares?" Which really got under my skin because obviously, I care.
Growing up, one of the things that I searched for constantly in anything I consumed, whether it was books, tv or movies, was for characters that looked like me. Being that I'm both black and female, those representations were hard to come by. Even at a very young age I noticed that there was a particular shade of black that was acceptable when you went in movies and tv. Storm was a character that I, like many other young black girls, treasured because in both the comic and that cartoon series she was a medium brown to dark skin tone.
Now I know people will write this off as nerd rage, or try and convince me that the fact that Kat Graham is black should be enough; that may be ok for you, it's not for me. Black people come in several different shades, and I think it's lazy casting to ignore that. There are so many talented actresses out there that are mid-tone to dark skinned, it makes no sense not to cast her as such.
Representation is important for a myriad of reasons, but media shouldn't take shortcuts and just represent one aspect of an entire people. Until it stops taking shortcuts, I'm going to continue speaking out when I feel like it's failing. Why? Because I care, that's why.
Author De Ana JPosted on December 13, 2014 November 6, 2016 Categories Movies, Social Media, TelevisionTags Storm, TelevisionLeave a comment on Storm Is Dark Skinned and Other Controversial Ideas Shared On Twitter (Actually Just That One)
Pre-Blocking for Personal Health
I'm on Twitter a lot. Like it or not, Twitter is one of the best sources of breaking news. If used properly, you can find first hand information as it happens instead of waiting for news outlets, which though they say they aren't, tend to be biased in some of their interpretations of events. Twitter can be educational, fun and also help friends who live far away from one another keep in touch. Unfortunately, despite all of the good Twitter can do, it can also be used for evil.
You may or may not know it (let's be real here, you know), but Twitter has issues with harassment. Anyone who's participated in a trending topic knows about the Egg Icon'd accounts that pop up to say all manner of mean things, but sometimes there's a picture, or a full profile and identifiable person behind those threats and abuse. When you're bothered by these trolls, they could be at it for hours and it can range from mildly annoying to extremely triggering and scary. Just ask anyone who participated in the #GamerGate hashtag in the past few months.
I've dealt with enough trolls in my time on the internet, and am constantly trying to figure out how to make the places I frequent safe spaces for me without having to go entirely private. Luckily a friend told me about his method of keeping trolls away. He pre-blocks. Pre-blocking is easy. Normally when friend on twitter gets into an argument with an obvious troll I just open the trolls profile and block them (or mark them as spam, depend on how fake it looks or how offensive they are). Then I just wipe my hands and walk away. That's it. It keeps those trolls away from my profile long before they have a chance to bother me.
That's not the only method of pre-blocking people, there are many apps on the internet that will do the work for or with you. Another method I use is The Block Bot, which has been a tremendous help because it has tiers you can subscribe to and the lists are compiled by people and if necessary, subscribers can request a troll be added.
These are just two of the methods you can use to make Twitter comfortable for you, and hopefully they've been helpful. If you know of any other methods or apps to use, share them below!
Author De Ana JPosted on December 6, 2014 November 6, 2016 Categories Social Media, TechnologyTags TwitterLeave a comment on Pre-Blocking for Personal Health


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Apple announces iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, less expensive iPhone XR in phone line revamp
At long last, Apple's new iPhones are official. As expected the company introduced two new iPhones: The iPhone XS, super-sized iPhone XS Max.
Apple announces iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, less expensive iPhone XR in phone line revamp At long last, Apple's new iPhones are official. As expected the company introduced two new iPhones: The iPhone XS, super-sized iPhone XS Max. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2x7YPoH
Eli Blumenthal, USA TODAY Published 2:01 p.m. ET Sept. 12, 2018 | Updated 9:32 p.m. ET Sept. 12, 2018
Preview the new iPhones from the Apple event in Cupertino, California Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks about the new Apple iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and the iPhone XR at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif.(Photo: AP)
The long wait for new iPhones is now officially over.
At its annual September event, Apple introduced three new iPhone models the iPhone XS (pronounced "ten-ess" not "ex-ess"), iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR (pronounced "ten-are" not "ex-are"). The new models are successors to last year's iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
As rumors anticipated, the new models ditch the home button in favor of the iPhone X's edge-to-edge display with Face ID facial recognition replacing the Touch ID fingerprint scanner.
All three phones have the company's faster A12 Bionic processors and are water resistant. Storage will start at 64GB on all models, with other options available including a 256GB option for the top XR phone and a 512GB option for the top XS line.
More: Live coverage: Apple expected to unveil its next iPhone
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iPhone XS and XS Max
The iPhone XS lineup (Photo: Apple)
The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are the two premium iPhones and direct successors to last year's popular iPhone X. Similar to the iPhone X, the iPhone XS has a 5.8-inch OLED display.
The XS Max can be equated to a "Plus" sized device, packing a supersized 6.5-inch OLED screen into a phone that is roughly the same size as Apple's previous Plus devices, which had 5.5-inch screens.
6.5-inch iPhone XS Max is also now official, as rumored. Same size as the Plus size iPhones, but with a 6.5-inch screen in place of the Plus' 5.5-inch screens #AppleEventpic.twitter.com/wh5WBJicWA
— Eli Blumenthal (@eliblumenthal) September 12, 2018
Apple says battery life on the iPhone XS will be 30 minutes longer than the iPhone X's, while the larger XS Max will last an hour an a half longer than the iPhone X.
A new virtual SIM card, or eSIM, promises to make it easier to use the phone while traveling, allowing you to hop onto a new network without having to take out your regular SIM card.
New iPhones, Apple Watch announced at Apple event
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept. 12, 2018 in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
The iPhone XS, right, and XS Max are displayed side to side during an event to announce new products at Apple headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
The new picture controls features are shown on an iPhone XR during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Apple CEO Tim Cook, right, laughs with actor Jon Hamm during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
The new Apple Watch Series 4 is displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Jonathan Ive, Apple's chief design officer, left, looks at some new iPhone models with CEO Tim Cook during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
A photograph is displayed on a iPhone XS Max during an event to announce new products at Apple Headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
The new iPhone XR is displayed at Apple headquarters during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks about the new Apple iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and the iPhone XR at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
The new Apple iPhone XR is on display at the Steve Jobs Theater after an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks about the Apple iPhone XS and Apple iPhone XS Max at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, speaks about the Apple Watch Series 4 at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., speaks at an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept. 12, 2018 in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Apple CEO Tim Cook, left and soccer player Alex Morgan discuss the new Apple Watch 4 at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Lisa Jackson, Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives speaks at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks about the Apple iPhone XS at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, speaks about the new Apple iPhone XR at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Kaiann Drance, Apple's senior director, iPhone Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks at an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Jeff Williams, chief operating officer of Apple Inc., speaks during an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on September 12, 2018 in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the iPhone XS during an event on September 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. NOAH BERGER, AFP/Getty Images
CEO and founder of HomeCourt, David Lee, right, and former NBA player Steve Nash talk about the Apple iPhone XS at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Phil Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple Inc., speaks at an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, California. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Kaiann Drance, Apple's senior director, iPhone Worldwide Product Marketing, speaks about the Apple iPhone XS at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Jeff Williams, chief operating officer of Apple Inc., speaks during an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept. 12, 2018 in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks about the Apple Watch at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Attendees start to fill in seats prior to an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park on Sept.12, 2018 in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
People stand outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Photographers take pictures outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
Attendees wait for a product announcement event to begin on Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. NOAH BERGER, AFP/Getty Images
People wait outside of the Steve Jobs Theater before an event to announce new Apple products Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Cupertino, Calif. Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP
While both the iPhone XS and XR will be water resistant, the XS line will be slightly more durable, able to withstand up to 2 meters of water resistance for up to 30 minutes. Apple also claims it will be able to better survive "everyday" spills into liquids such as water, coffee, tea, soda and beer.
Both phones will have dual 12-megapixel rear cameras as well as a 7-megapixel front sensor. Among the new improvements are bigger sensors and the ability to adjust the depth of field of a picture to blur the background even after a photo has been taken.
New iPhones let you change depth of field on portrait shotseven after you took an image. pic.twitter.com/Ws1Ucb0e4J
— Ed Baig (@edbaig) September 12, 2018
Available in silver, "space gray" or gold the iPhone XS will be available for preorder this Friday, Sept. 14, starting at $999 for the 64GB XS and $1099 for the 64GB XS Max.
The phones go on sale next week, Sept. 21.
Apple's iPhone XR in blue (Photo: Apple)
In addition to the new premium XS line, the more colorful XR looks to bring the iPhone X design to a cheaper price point.
With a 6.1-inch LCD display, lower quality than the XS devices' premium OLED panels, and a single 12-megapixel rear camera it skimps on several of the iPhone XS lines bells and whistles.
While the 6.1-inch display seems large, with the reduced bezels above and below the display the phone will be slightly smaller than a traditional "Plus" iPhone and only slightly larger than the 5.8-inch iPhone XS.
But at a starting price of $749 for the 64GB version, it will also be $250 cheaper. One other perk: The iPhone XR will be available in a variety of colors including black, white, blue, coral, yellow and (Product) RED.
The iPhone XR will be available for preorder on Oct. 19, with devices going on sale one week later on Oct. 26.
Those looking for iPhones with a home button will be able to get the iPhone 7 starting at $449 or the iPhone 8 at $599 (with their "Plus" varieties still available as well). None of the recent iPhones, however, will have a built-in standard headphone jack.
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Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed in south Kashmir's Shopian district today after the killing of two locals militants in an encounter with security forces yesterday. Thousands of people participated in separate funeral prayers of the slain in their ancestral villages. Two local militants, Abid Ahmad Rather and Arshad Ahmad Shiekh, a district commander for HM outfit were gunned down in five hour long encounter with forces in Pinjoora area of the district on Thursday. One of their associates had managed to flee. Police claimed that the duo was operating in the district for last one year. The killing of the two triggered massive protests and clashes in the area. Forces resorted to tear gas shelling and fired pellets resulting into the injuries to at least six persons with three of them receiving pellets in eyes. To mourn the death of the two, reports said, all the shops, business establishments, private offices and educational institutions remained closed in Shopian town and its peripheries today where as transport remained off the roads. Reports said that soon after Friday prayers, people assembled outside Jamia Masjid and staged protests. The protesters mostly youth attacked Court Complex Shopian with stones and rocks. The police and CRPF men deployed in the area resorted to teargas shelling and cane charge to disperse the protesting and stone pelting youth. The clashes continued for hours together, reports said. Thousands of people, reports said, participated in the funeral prayers of the slain. In Vehil area of Shopian, residents offered funeral prayers twice due to the huge participation of the people, witnesses said. In Hirpora, native village of another slain, Arshad Ahmad, reports said, thousands of people from different villages of the town participated in the funeral prayers. 'He was buried amid pro-freedom and anti-slogans slogans,' said an eyewitness. Hurriyat (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, addressed the funeral procession over phone. In his address, reports said, Geelani urged the people to stay away from upcoming parliamentary and assembly polls.