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US actor, comedian and screenwriter (1973-) (Wikipedia entry)
Published on 28 July 2016 28 July 2016 by Ewan MLeave a comment
It is apparently incumbent on every white dude on the internet to register his opinion on this new 'reboot' of Ghostbusters, the 1984 film which brought together a handful of comedic actors and writers (most prominently from Saturday Night Live) in a supernatural-themed comedy pitting aforesaid actors against a demonic threat to New York City. And so again we have a handful of comedic actors and writers (mostly from SNL) in a supernatural etc. etc. The remake largely refocuses the film on the four titular characters (three dorky scientists and one subway worker played by Leslie Jones) and their comedic interactions. Supporting characters — including their chief antagonist, who in a nod perhaps to the source of much of the online "criticism", is an introverted, maladjusted guy with very little in the way of a defined character — are reduced to a number of cameos from the original cast, and a fine turn by another SNL alum Cecily Strong as the mayor's sceptical and unhelpful aide. Oh, and Chris Hemsworth as a beefy but very very stupid receptionist, who threatens at times to steal the film. He doesn't though, because Kate McKinnon does that, as the compellingly weird Jillian Holtzmann, who also gets one of the key later action sequences, a relatively short but thrilling single-handed paranormal combat. I don't know, maybe the script isn't so tight in all respects, and I have to concede I was pretty drunk when I watched it, but I really fail to understand a lot of the film's critics. Perhaps the humour won't appeal to everyone, but it all seemed pretty funny to me, plus there were scares reminiscent of the first film. And as far as I can recall, there aren't any scenes of anyone being sexually pleasured by a ghost, so bonus marks for that. As I see it, though, quite aside from the comedy and horror, the key points are: representation for leading characters who are women, who don't need the help of men, who get to be intelligent and have that define them rather than their looks or their sexuality, and who get a happy ending. That much seems rare enough in contemporary Hollywood blockbuster films that I think it's worth trumpeting.
Director Paul Feig | Writers Katie Dippold and Paul Feig (based on the 1984 film by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis) | Cinematographer Robert Yeoman | Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Chris Hemsworth | Length 116 minutes || Seen at Peckhamplex, London, Friday 22 July 2016
Categories Classification: 12(A), Country: USA, Rating: ***½ (3.5)•Tags 2016, chris hemsworth, comedy, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, friendship, ghost story, hollywood, kate mckinnon, kristen wiig, leslie jones, melissa mccarthy, paul feig, robert yeoman, superhero film, usa, written by a woman
Welcome to Me (2014)
Published on 6 April 2016 5 April 2016 by Ewan M1 Comment
Stories about characters with mental health issues crop up every so often, and I need to make it clear from the outset that I'm not one to judge how competent these films are with respect to the issues they raise. If for example Silver Linings Playbook seemed a bit cavalier with its characters — it seemed to me to have a propensity to treat them as adorably and irretrievably kooky — there are other voices who nevertheless adored it. I wouldn't say quite the same about Welcome to Me (it seems less willing to laugh at its protagonist), but it does advance Kristen Wiig's unlikely claim to be one of the most versatile actors currently working, or certainly one who'll happily attach herself to outwardly uncommercial prospects (Kristens seem to make bold and unconventional choices, as her namesake Stewart is another I'd pick out in this category). Wiig plays Alice, a woman with a personality disorder who wins big on the lottery and uses it to realise her dream of a reality show on a local cable access network run by brothers Rich and Gabe (respectively James Marsden and Wes Bentley). Her flights of fancy become increasingly trying on the producers — one of whom is played by Joan Cusack, and indeed this is a film with many pleasing small roles for excellent actors — and on the brothers, but she garners a bit of cult success. Welcome to Me itself seems destined for cult status, and if it's not always perfect, it does find a very interesting, blackly comedic tone in its awkward and stilted exchanges. Kristen Wiig is of course the glue that holds the whole thing together, and she shows great adeptness at the comedy, though this is perhaps unsurprising, given the overall sense that this film is like an extended final skit on Saturday Night Live (always the slot where the greatest weirdness is allowed to flourish).
Director Shira Piven | Writer Elliot Laurence | Cinematographer Eric Alan Edwards | Starring Kristen Wiig, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley, James Marsden, Joan Cusack | Length 87 minutes || Seen at Curzon Bloomsbury, London, Wednesday 30 March 2016
Categories Classification: 15, Country: USA, Rating: *** (3)•Tags 2015, comedy, directed by a woman, eric alan edwards, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, james marsden, joan cusack, kristen wiig, linda cardellini, mental health, psychological drama, shira piven, usa, wes bentley
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
Published on 10 August 2015 28 January 2016 by Ewan M1 Comment
You can sort of understand why this film might be troubling to censors, who in the UK have slapped it with an 18 classification. It's not that it's particularly sexually explicit, or nasty or degrading, but that it deals with Minnie, a young woman of 15, having an affair with her mother's boyfriend. But probably more concerning to censors is that it's entirely told from her point of view, in which adult characters have no moralising role in Minnie's development (if anything her mother encourages her to flaunt herself more), and in which Minnie is unapologetic and unashamed about what she wants. But that's a perspective so little seen in the coming-of-age genre, that it makes me wonder if my dislike for the genre is more its usual focus on gamine young women being objects of adoration seemingly unattainable to oily spotted teenage dudes, or other boring tropes of male self-actualisation like going out into the wilderness, or bonding with older guys to learn some Truth about masculinity. In any case, I imagine the thematic and narrative focus here partly has something to do with its setting in late-70s San Francisco, as well as being based on the autobiography of Phoebe Gloeckner, a cartoonist growing up under the artistic influence of such figures as Aline Kominsky (mentioned here, later married to Robert Crumb). I've read her first published anthology, A Child's Life, and it's fantastic not to mention quite boldly graphic (Gloeckner also spent some time as a medical illustrator). Some of the nastier edges have been toned down in the film, but there are still magical little efflorescences of animation that crop up every so often around Minnie. However, aside from its singular focus and unapologetic take on adolescent sexuality, the film also chiefly benefits from the performance of Bel Powley, largely a newcomer to film (although previously on TV in the UK, and the undoubted comic star of A Royal Night Out earlier this year), who impresses as Minnie largely for her unaffected ingenuousness and wide-eyed wonder, without ever feeling the need to dress up for the attention of men. As it's based around her recorded diaries, there's a fair amount of teenage solipsism, but this never overwhelms the story and is generally treated as gentle comic fodder, as Minnie knocks about from one adventure to another. Being told from Minnie's point of view, Alexander Skarsgård's Monroe is a sort of affable loser rather than anyone more threateningly creepy, while her mother just seems strangely absent (something Kristen Wiig, playing it straight, is very good at doing), though the appearance of her feared stepdad Pascal (Christopher Meloni) is a brief but enjoyable cameo and his advice sets up Minnie's closure with Monroe perfectly, though you'll really have to go see the film to know what I'm talking about. So I recommend doing that. It's certainly not what you'd usually expect from an 18-rated film.
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Director/Writer Marielle Heller (based on the graphic novel The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner) | Cinematographer Brandon Trost | Starring Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig | Length 102 minutes || Seen at Picturehouse Central, London, Saturday 8 August 2015
Categories Classification: 18, Country: USA, Rating: **** (4)•Tags 1970s, 2015, alexander skarsgard, bel powley, brandon trost, coming of age, directed by a woman, drama, film reviews, films seen at the cinema, kristen wiig, marielle heller, mothers and daughters, new year's resolution 2015, period film, san francisco, teen film, usa, written by a woman
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
Published on 29 November 2013 30 January 2014 by Ewan M3 Comments
ADVANCE SCREENING FILM REVIEW || Director Ben Stiller | Writer Sean Conrad (based on the short story by James Thurber) | Cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh | Starring Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Sean Penn | Length 114 minutes | Seen at Cineworld Shaftesbury Avenue, London, Monday 25 November 2013 || My Rating likeable
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When I wrote about The Paperboy earlier this year, I talked a lot about what for me is the defining quality of a two-star film (at least under my ratings system as it was; you could also call it a 5/10 or grade it a solid B), and this new film from Ben Stiller hits all those middling marks. There are plenty of ways in which this is not objectively a good movie (if such a critical standpoint can be said to exist), but it's one I found fascinating in all its strangeness. Unlike The Paperboy, Walter Mitty does seem to be straining after awards credibility — which may explain its pre-Christmas release date — but at its heart it's every bit as perplexing as the more luridly pulpy Paperboy.
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Categories Classification: PG, Country: USA, Rating: **½ (2.5)•Tags 2013, adam scott, adventure film, ben stiller, character study, comedy, drama, film reviews, kristen wiig, new york, sean penn, stuart dryburgh, usa


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Graduation 2019 - Congrats Middle College Students!
Sumner County Middle College High School students were awarded high school diplomas during a ceremony at Vol State Saturday. Twenty-three of those students also received associate degrees from Vol State two weeks ago. It may seem a bit odd to get a college degree before your diploma, but due to the scheduling of the annual events, and the uniqueness of the academic program, that is the case. Middle College High School students take classes on the Vol State campus, earning high school and college credit at the same time. It allows students to get a jump start on their college career, entering university with many college credits.
Two senior speakers were elected by the graduates. Isaac Ramirez is set to attend the University of Alabama at Huntsville in the fall, where he has received a full-tuition scholarship and a seat in the Honors College. He plans a dual degree in biology and chemistry towards his goal of a career as a medical researcher. Jaimee Brown received the Mary Cole Nichols Award from the college this year, for exceptional service in improving the quality of student life. She will attend Austin Peay State University for a degree in Criminal Justice. She plans to work in federal law enforcement.
Graduate Profile: Tari Pearson
Pre-Nursing graduate and TN Reconnect student, Tari Pearson, took her first swing at college straight out of high school. Life then got in the way of her finishing. At 48 years of age, her five kids are now grown, so it's time for Tari to finish the degree she began years ago.
"I don't have a personal life right now, because my focus is getting through school … I just do what I'm focused on doing, and that's getting to that [registered nurse] status," she said.
Tari has worked as a professional caregiver for around ten years, which will give her much experience to bring to the table as a nurse. One interesting fact is that she was a caregiver to Johnny and June Carter Cash. She shared that the Cashs are just two of the many clients that have made her career as a caregiver meaningful. "I was with June the day her pacemaker went out … She had a beautiful spirit about her, always smiled, she was forgiving," she said.
Tari said she feels that she can make more of a positive difference by moving up from a caregiver to a registered nurse and wanted to return to school to take her career to the next level.
"I'll be a first generation graduate. Vol State gave me an opportunity to move forward."
After Vol State, Tari is looking to transfer either to Tennessee State University or Cumberland University to continue her studies in Nursing.
-By Rachel Keyes
The Vol State Spring Graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 4 will be streamed live starting at 10am. Everyone is welcome to view. Visit: www.volstate.edu/graduation
Graduation 2019 - Congrats Middle College Students...

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Q: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_csv' I am trying to create a Python app (using Kivy). I am at the stage where I would like to push it to my device, however I keep getting an error message:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_csv'

Here is a link to a trimmed version of the log output (trimmed to the error: https://gist.github.com/dipeshjoshi01/d3ec50995acb2e4b4f89e0c7fccb9b82) which shows this.
I've looked around and it looks like my Python wasn't installed correctly on my virtual Ubuntu device, and it is missing the "_csv.py" file. But it also looks like this can't be installed.
From what I have read online, people recommend to uninstall, then reinstall python again as the version could be corrupted. I am a bit nervous about doing this though, incase it messes up the Python that should be there.
Can anyone talk me through how I would go about getting this file back onto my device (either how I should un/reinstall Python, or an alternative way).
Apologies if this is a basic question, I'm very new to Ubuntu, but looking forward to learning more about it! If it helps, I am running Python3.6.

A: I have a very limited knowledge of Python coding, but you might try executing:
'pip install csv' in a terminal. AFAIK, some missing modules have to be installed via pip. Also, you may want to go here for Adrian Rosebrock's excellent "Py Image Search" website for some easy-to-understand Python tutorials. Some of them are written for the Raspbian OS (the OS that many Raspberry Pi SBC users run), but I think much of the coding used may apply to other Linux-based OSes.
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Battlestar's parting shot.
March 21, 2009 by krisis
Last night was the series finale of Battlestar Galactica.
Elise and I are hopelessly devoted to the show. After watching the miniseries from Netflix we went all-in, picking up the DVDs on our fifth anniversary before eating sushi in a snowstorm and ensconcing ourselves at home to devour the first two seasons.
We have been addicted ever since. Intriguingly, it's the only piece of media we've ever both been equally obsessed by. I like Buffy more. She likes Alias more. I like Tori more. We hardly ever meet in the middle.
It's been a wonderful thing to share over the past two years, so much so that it even unexpectedly snuck into our wedding vows. After a terrifyingly thrilling first half of a final season last year, the Sci-Fi network held over the final episodes to air in a single sprint from the night before our wedding through yesterday, Gina's birthday.
Elise and I have watched each one, and with each our dread has mounted. After a strong kickoff of melancholy and mind-bending revelations, each further meandering turn of the plot seemed to steer us farther away from an exciting resolution to the series.
Having finally arrived at that resolution, I can say that it wasn't worth the trouble. Any future fan of the show should just end things with the mid-season revelation that earth is a bombed-out husk. Or, for a happier version, proceed directly from Galactica's jump to husk-earth to about forty minutes from the end of last night's episode.
Whatever you do, just don't watch the entirely of the ten pointless, miserable, badly executed hours of television that came between those two points.
(spoilery stuff starts here)
In that interstitial time the decline has been steady. Not only have entire episodes passed by sans plot, but even previously trustworthy elements like dialog and lighting have taken a nose dive.
There have been seeming hours of Edward Olmos crying, drunk, or drunkenly crying. Endless montages of damage to the interior of the ship. A mutiny whose sole point seemed to be to dispose of two primary characters who didn't fit into the final chapter of the show.
That's not to say there weren't any good parts. The mutiny was terrifying and efficient. No Exit's theatrical staging and execution were a thrill. The revelation of a missing cylon model and Kara's subsequent piano aptitude combined to form the best shocker the show has ever delivered … which was hilariously refuted by show-runner Ron Moore, who has repeatedly backtracked and said that the "Daniel" model wasn't meant to be Kara's father!
After all of that, as of two weeks ago the show did manage to paint itself into a somewhat interesting corner. Hera, the supposed future of humanity and cylonity, had been kidnapped (again) by a suddenly (again) rogue (again) Boomer. Meanwhile, the damage of their exodus rendered the Galactica nearly inoperable, and capable of precious few future jumps.
If at that point you had read me the following summary, I would have told you that Moore was a genius, that the slow setup was entirely worth it, and that Battlestar Galactica would end in an epic, operatic blaze of glory:
After nearly transferring his flag to the basestar, Adama has a change of heart about the fate of the Galactica. He decides its last mission should be to save Hera and possibly destroy The Colony. Most of the crew decides to join him, and through their conviction and the literal and figurative fires of their most intricate battle they forge a path to the destiny of the human race – a pristine, unmolested earth.
Upon arrival, the Galactica crew dissipates to the proverbial wind, having each served their purpose in shepherding their civilization to a new home. Laura and Galactica both pass away as expected. In a shocking final revelation, Kara – as the personification of the ship and all her struggles – also disappears into thin air.
So, just reading that summary, I would say, "Wow." And then I would blinkblinkblink for several minutes, because it is just too perfect. How could you possibly frak up such a succinct act-out for such a landmark show?
Well, Ron Moore and a room full of salaried staff writers apparently could.
Despite hewing exactly to the above summary, the entire finale was a ridiculously ornate cliche built upon a foundation of many smaller cliches.
Let me see if I can accurately sum it up for you. First, there was last week's tepid offering
Daybreak, Pt 1: We found The Colony! Meanwhile, saving a little girl from the Cylons is totally worth the lives of the most qualified people in the fleet! Let's draw a line down the middle of the hangar bay! No, Cottle, you can't come, but Lee – the only person qualified to be Admiral OR President – climb aboard!
PS: We couldn't think of anything bigger and scarier than The Hub, so we went and watched some other sci-fi shows, and decided that it's a Vorlon Ship made of biological material! And, it's on the verge of a black hole that isn't a black hole, but a naked singularity, where almost anything can happen! Isn't that cool! I bet all the B5 and DS9 fans in the audience will love it, just like they love peanut butter and jelly!
PPS: OMG, AND FLASHBACKS!!!SAFDASFASDF
Which lead to the following
Daybreak, Pt 2: Let's make up an elaborate plan based on Ellen's apparently photographic memory of the hallway layout of The Colony! The plan involves inserting our two teams at arbitrary points on the ship to look for Hera in an unknown location! Let's insert a completely pointless B-plot about Laura working in sick bay, because teachers are just like nurses! Let's do a roll call! Let's have Baltar be a stock marine stand-in for the sake of convenience, since he clearly has no other use to us on our hardest mission of all time! Caprica too!
Let's jump a bunch of raptors out of BSG with no apparent impact to the integrity of the ship! Let's show five minutes worth of CGI shots of guns! Let's have BSG breach the colony but not compromise air quality inside at all!
Let's have Boomer have a last minute change of heart! Again! Let's have all of the people meet up conveniently and escape without a problem! Oh boy, that makes this whole plan seem really elaborate and hard, especially compared to elaborate and hard plans in Hand of God, Resurrection Ship, Exodus, and The Hub!
Let's totally forget about the part about the naked singularity, because we couldn't think of any cool things to use it for! Then, let's have twenty minutes of dramatic tension based on Hera being a dumbass and none of the marines she is running past noticing her! Then let's have a dramatic showdown in the CIC where we offer the one thing to the Cylons that they really absolutely shouldn't be let to have, again, to save a little girl! Then let's have Tyrol dramatically strangle Tory, risking the fate of the entire human race just because she killed Cally, who would have surely had the final four executed if she had been let to open her giant bitch mouth after almost killing Galen with a wrench!
Let's have Racetrack's dead body launch her nukes by mistake! Then let's have Cavil shoot himself, do a fourteen hour miniseries about Kara typing in the coordinates from Watchtower into FTL, and then mix in the best CG ever shot for television with this awesome stock footage we bought from the Discovery channel!
Let's gloss over how BSG managed to contact the rest of the fleet while it was in fixed orbit over the moon! Let's have the entire "human" population give up thousands of years of technology to plant crops and hunt gazelles with pointy sticks! Let's have eighteen goodbye scenes like in RotK! Let's have Bill inexplicably leave behind his son to talk to Laura's grave for the rest of his life, leaving an entire raptor inexplicably remaining on Earth for people to discover in the future!
PS: ZOMGS, I have an idea how to get this puppy up to three hours!!!!111!!1!! Let's do a C-plot all in flashbacks with Tigh in a titty bar and Laura sleeping with a former student! And, um, I guess you can do some meaningful stuff with Starbuck and Lee, too. You have have four minutes for that, but only if they have to act drunk the entire time.
Actually, maybe Jacob does a better job at summarizing, while reaching the same conclusion (as does the Tor roundtable):
The story itself was interesting, but the execution was simplistic, verging on nonsensical.
The elements I liked were the most insane and unexplained bits of business – the batshit crazy things that went so far past nonsensical that they came back around to being good television. Kara and Lee's constant antagonism being connected to their first drunken encounter so many years ago. Romo being president. "Watchtower" being the map to awesome-Earth all along (which halfway implies that someone in the past knew about Earth and decided to encode it in the cylons in such a way that could only be decoded by hybrid offspring). Flying the entire fleet into the sun. Baltar returning to farming with Caprica at his side. Kara as a wacky rogue angel, and Head Six and Baltar tramping around in Times Square scaring tourists.
That's a comprehensive summary of what I loved. Yes, there were some other interesting character beats, and some fine acting. I'm not calling either into question. Rather, I'm criticizing the same writers who inexplicably rushed through the fantastic plot of Revelations for learning nothing from their mistakes and doing the same thing in the actual finale of the show.
Why plot a show this well when you won't take the time to execute it effectively? I just can't understand. I'm convinced that if you handed my summary above to a hundred dedicated fans of the show (myself included), over half of us would have scripted a more satisfactory resolution to the show.
Everything else was a disappointment, and in being a disappointing end they recast the rest of this half-season in a harsh, unforgiving light. For all the slow development and missed opportunities leading up the finale, Ron promised the end would be worth it. Now we have him saying things like
The idea was that when Racetrack hits the nukes, they smack into the Colony and it takes it out of the stream swirling around the singularity, and it fell in (to the singularity) and was torn apart. But as we were cutting the show for time, and taking out frames, one of the things that became less apparent was that the Colony was doomed.
They didn't have enough time to pay off the ridiculous black hole cliche they took such great pains to set up in the first place? Does that sound kind of lazy?
Good, because that's what they were:
We spent a day just in the room just chewing over plot: "How does Lee land? How does Kara get in? Which corridor are they going down?" It was frustrating and just kind of a pain in the [butt].
I went home, and I wasn't very happy. Took a shower and in the shower and in the shower I has this epiphany — it was never about the plot. The joy of the show has always been in the characters. The next day on the whiteboard in the writers' room, I wrote, "It's the characters, stupid." I said, "We'll figure out the plot. There will be a plot, it will be good, we always manage to pull that stuff out, let's trust in that for now, and let's figure out what we want to do with these people."
I said, "I have some images, I don't know what I want to do with them. I have an image of a man in a house trying to chase a bird out with a broom. I don't know who it is, but I like it and it's somehow meaningful so let's put it up on the board."
Seriously, I did not make that up. I found it after I wrote the entire rest of the post and it proves me to be 100% correct. They did have a good plot, and they did get lazy about its execution.
Nice to know that my hours and dollars of viewership and fandom got tossed out the window at a story meeting because plotting a sensible finale was too much of a pain in the ass.
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Ha! I kept thinking of RotK, too. I'd think, "Well, I'd be okay if it ended here." And then another scene would come along. And I'd think, "Well, okay." And then there would be another scene. The 150K years later bit with the robots was ridiculous. I didn't have unreasonable expectations, but wow, that last hour was a disappointment.
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Grief is a natural process that occurs when we lose someone or something in our lives. I was never told by anyone in the medical field to prepare for grief when I was diagnosed with a chronic illness as a teenager. Instead I felt ashamed, frightened and less entitled to these feelings because I was still technically breathing and 'alive'. However, after many years of doubtful thoughts I realised I had lost something. I had lost something drastic in the form of my life, an identity, physical abilities and good health for the prolonged future. I had also lost my teenage years, friendships, a social life, my aspiring career, my ability to study, finding opportunities and most importantly, the ability to a quality of life. It was nearly my sixteenth birthday when I was told that my health issues were chronic and incurable. It was a whole cauldron of loss that unexpectedly arrived at a time and age where you are supposed to be discovering who you are as well as enjoying yourself.
A certainty in life is that we will all suffer with grief at some point, however illness can be a constant grief. To those who haven't experienced illness, the concept of mourning the loss of an old life before chronic illness arrived may not be envisioned as acceptable, or even possible. Especially illness on a chronic scale. However, the majority of us know it is not fair to physically compare the loss or coping mechanism of a person to somebody else who is also suffering a personal bereavement. Grief can come in all different forms, such as grieving over loved ones, pets, divorce, relationships, a job, financial woes. Grief shouldn't cause a person to be judged because there is no correct way, entitlement or category in which it needs a purpose.
There were many attributes that I went through over many years. Sometimes I felt all of these things at once, other times purely numb. Over my situation I have felt, anger, completely helpless, depressed, fearful, sadness, anxiety, low moods, loss of appetite, doubts and disbelief. Its is a consuming, drowning feeling. It's a constant weight to carry around, however realising it is all a process in your grief is a big step towards acceptance.
I was in denial for such a long time that my condition was actually chronic. Being told you can't be cured or really helped in an illness is a terrifying experience in life. For a long time I was so angry at what my situation had become, I blamed myself, my body, my genetics, anything that I could. However, there is no correct answer as to who or what is to blame for my health circumstances. It simply is a case of, it is what it is. I've come to realise there is no time limit on grief and no particular reason for it to consume you.
Upon reflection, because we are facing chronic conditions, there really is no time limit when it comes to the period of our grief. Sometimes it lasts a few years, a few months, weeks and sometimes we are reminded of it's presence every day. Anything can trigger the feeling. My own examples of when I am reminded of my own grief being, when I physically can see how different I've become to those of similar age, when I envision where I should be in life if I didn't have an illness, feeling stuck in my situation or when my body and mind feel like they've hit a brick wall countless days in a row. But typically, its usually when I'm having a really bad day with chronic pain and the realisation of how life has drastically changed through my illness.
Many things can effect the loss of life we feel and the reoccurring effect it may have on us. My own handling with grief comes in surges. Just like how we mourn the death of a loved one on their anniversary, poignant moments bring on all the old feelings of grief and possibly some extra on top for my increasing health problems. For instance, I find New Years really difficult to process.
Grief is draining, physically and mentally. There is so much that you lose, that just disappears from your life with a chronic illness. It has made me feel very numb, but at the same time distressed and unable to think straight. These types of feelings may convince you that you have mental health problems, but it also could be a factor or a form of grief. Nonetheless, grieving is a positive step, because you are being open to your feelings. The repercussions of shunning these emotions away in the long run usually ends with them exploding massively. Don't run from or block out your emotions. Find a way that you are comfortable with and that is suitable to your situation to confront it head on.
There may be examples that you may not deem worthy enough to feel sad over, however these things are very worthy of your emotions. You have the right to feel sad. It's important that you go through these emotions in order to get yourself in a better mental state towards acceptance. I really don't know why those with chronic illness, especially young teens and adults, are never told to prepare for the grief they may face. A brief warning on the subject may be what stops the cycle of despair and questioning for such a long time. It is something that is faced by everyone who deals with their individual illnesses and I am positive doctors are very aware of this. I do hope that over time, this changes and young people are prepared for and warned about the adversity they will possibly face.
Another process of grief is bargaining or wishful thinking. For example, praying for an easier life or for life to not be as bad as it seems. As well as feeling like you are being punished in the form of health problems. Not everybody is religious or spiritual and feels it is necessary to have relationship with God or a higher power. However for some, they really appreciate, find comfort and seek this within their everyday lives but at testing times especially. I'm not here to preach my own religious views, as I believe it's a personal choice as to what someone believes in. I wouldn't judge individuals in their reasoning for what they believe. However, I do believe I will find the strength to endure a hard life with illness, whether people think that comes from a higher power or within themselves is up to them to decide.
Even though those with chronic illness tend to live fairly isolated lives already, many of us end up isolating ourselves even further in order to deal with the grief. We can segregate ourselves in order to deal with what is on our minds in private, as well as our everyday pain. However, sometimes it helps as a form of release to share your feelings with someone you can trust. It may not occur to the person you are closest too that you may be facing this hurdle. They may not think this actually happens during illness. After taking a few years to actually accept that I was indeed grieving a loss of my life but especially my teenage years, I used this term to my Mum and she was instantly very supportive that in fact, this was true to my situation. Sometimes, I like to speak of what I am going through with someone close and some days I find it easier to process by myself. There is always someone to speak to in a difficult situation, even if it feels incredibly daunting. Speaking to those who you trust might be an outlet in releasing some of what you are facing or even speaking to a grief counsellor.
I'm not quite sure whether healing is a certainty in grief. When I suffered a personal loss of a really close family member a couple of years ago, I always tried to comfort myself and my family with the fact that you never get used to the fact they are gone or that you'll never see or speak to them again. That factor doesn't become easier to accept. However, you just learn to adapt to a new way of life without them. I believe this is true within chronic illness too, I can only hope that eventually we will all adapt and work through our grief of the loss of our previous lives. We will never be cured of grief, it is simply seeking happiness in ways that are suitable to our mind sets at present.
Through out my life, I'm pretty sure I've never never completely healed from what I have lost. However, it's not all negative. I am grateful for the emotions I have been through because I now have great empathy on a scale that probably wouldn't have hit me till a later point in my life. Although it was never easy, I'm grateful to have been through such testing times as these kind of hurdles put me in touch with very difficult emotions from a young age. I know that my illness has allowed me to relate and be courteous towards others of any age who may be struggling, for the rest of my existence. I'm sure many with chronic illness feel this way too. It's a strange limbo, weirdly all that causes the intense feeling of grief is actually teaching you one of the biggest learning curves mentally, in your life. You become stronger and wiser in the long run. A case of the good with the bad, if you can really look for the positive in the situation.
Moving on with life after grief is a difficult obstacle within illness. You can't physically change the way in which your health or illness declines, this is obviously something that we learn to accept will usually be at its own peril. This affects your day to day chance of "living" so engaging or creating an active lifestyle or social life to divert your mind is always going to be a more challenging step. Find the things that make you happy and that you feel are manageable within your circumstances. Aimlessly spending your day in bed when all you want to be doing is working hard,mixing socially and living is a hard cross to bear. You lack structure and routine in chronic illness however when you go through typical grief in life, keeping your normality is something that is pressured to be vital. Illness is very unpredictable and most of us are housebound, no two days are the same but one thing that is certain is pain. It's hard to find your new outlet of structure. There doesn't seem as many outlets to distract and divert your attention in illness, going out becomes increasingly difficult so you feel at a loss. A focus is good, even if you can't leave the house try to think of something you may find enjoyment in.
I think goal setting is something that is helpful in grief. Clinging on to hope of unattainable dreams, although at the start is something I may have attained to get back too, I no longer found suitable once I was confirmed disabled and chronically ill. I felt like it was holding me back more because I was pondering over what could be. I even found this dragged down my mental state. It is really sad to leave behind goals and dreams but I instead now want to focus on building adapted dreams or small goals. I am determined to find a new calling in life so to speak. As difficult as it may seem, try to find a new goal you can work towards with your disability, that is still in your heart but seems more achievable. Its always good to have a goal in life to work towards, the key in disability is making sure it's attainable and not impossible for your strengths and weaknesses.
You have your own individual battle with acceptance, adjustment and grief. You can feel these emotions for as long as you wish if that's what helps you overcome and accept your current position with chronic illness. It will always be highly valid in your journey, because it is an intensity of emotions and frustration from a significant loss in your life. I still deal with my grief. It's something I have accepted that will be a figure that swoops in often and when it pleases. It usually comes and goes during darker periods with my illness. I'm no longer frightened of this feeling as I know I'm entitled to feel this way. I know that the reasons I have these overwhelming surges are stemmed from illness and I deal with them as and when they arrive. Something that really helped me was knowing that the majority of others with chronic illness felt like this too, however that is only something I learnt along the way.
I thought that writing this post would make me incredibly sad and tearful, however it is something I've dealt with for such a long time that I feel more accepting to its presence. I know I will always mourn for what could've been in life, however I also look forward to what I can make for my future and my happiness. There will always be down days and I am aware of that.
For a person to find themselves in this kind of situation is not easy .Even if you feel like the grief cycle isn't completely ending, you may notice that over time you can go for longer periods without these consuming feelings. Like I've said in my "finding a balance" post, it is also important to deal with what is happening right now rather than looking too far ahead. Only those who have been through chronic illness will understand the grieving process we go through to mourn what our lives once were. Grief is a normal and an important process of living, especially when it comes to dealing with chronic illness. Without grieving for your old life or the life you craved, you won't accept your new reality and move forward positively and in a stronger mental state to deal with the future hurdles of illness. Finding a new happiness with your adapted life and a fresh outlook, as difficult as it may seem is the only option to progress in acceptance of your new way of living.
Great read! I have suffered with Gastroparesis since 2005 butbwasnt officially diagnosed until 2007. However, it is only recently in the last month after seeing a therapist that the depression and sadness was actually me grieving the loss of my old life. I am slowly trying to accept this life as my "new normal" and I am trying to find the balance of things I can and cannot do. I have also come to accept that not everyone is willing to understand what I am going through, but if they want to walk away from me that's okay too.


Shouldn't have to give a reason why.
Music : No surprise - Daughtry.
I've passed my artefact, though it looks like hell.
Oh yes, after DnT, had lunch w Joel & headed over to his house.
Bought groceries. French Fries & Sausages.
Well, there were scrambled eggs too! Yumm!
Joel tried some Milk plus Fries & Coke plus fries thing.
Not in the mood to blog anymore.
So yes, I will get more that 7.5 for DnT.
People asking me not to act hypocrite now.
How I know how many marks I will get. The cambridge markers are also grading it right.


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Missouri Basketball
Missouri basketball players again excited to play for fans
The Tigers tipped off their 2012-13 college basketball season on Friday evening with Mizzou Madness.
By Dave Ryan Oct 15, 2012, 12:44pm CDT
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Eager to erase memories of their jaw-dropping defeat in last year's NCAA tournament, Frank Haith's Missouri Tigers opened up their 2012-13 college basketball season on Friday with the team's annual Mizzou Madness event.
The festivities included both men's and women's team scrimmages, along with an exciting dunk contest that was eventually championed by 6'4 senior guard Keion Bell. For Haith and his players, though, simply getting back on the floor to give fans something to cheer about was the single greatest success of the evening.
"I think that's what this night is for, to get those guys to see the energy and the emotion and passion from one another," Haith said through the team's official site.
And after missing all of last season with a disheartening ACL injury right before the year began, fifth-year senior forward Laurence Bowers echoed Haith's sentiments about playing before such a supportive crowd once again.
"It was a great experience," Bowers said. "I put my heart and soul into this school, and to get back out there and perform in front of the fans, it was breathtaking. I thought this event was great, and I'm looking forward to coming back out here on Oct. 29."
With Bowers, Michael Dixon and Connecticut transfer Alex Oriakhi each entering their final years of eligibility, Haith will once again feature an upperclassmen-laden squad that should rank among America's best. Considering how junior Phil Pressey is also on the verge of becoming an elite collegiate point guard in an offense tailor-made for his strengths, it looks like Missouri fans have every reason to be excited for this upcoming season.
Missouri Tigers Announce Mizzou Madness Schedule
Missouri players thrilled to play for fans again
Mizzou's Phil Pressey is CBS' top point guard


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An excerpt from Throwaways (the new Die Hard for Girls book)
Throwaways will be published by Sassy Books in 2014.
It's the second book to feature crime-fighting duo Nancy Kerr and Tommy McIntyre.
Here's a wee taster...
As the ball gag cut off her cries for help, Diane tried to steady her breathing. If she didn't, she'd suffocate. She sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow in her head and imagined she was in the kitchen singing along with Kyra as they washed the dishes; little Kyra standing on a stool so she could reach the sink, her wee sleeves rolled up so her top didn't get wet. But, no matter how hard she tried to tune everything out one thought was trapped in her head: she'd never see her daughter again.
"It's good money,"Traci had chirped as she'd flicked a strand of hair behind her ear. She was platinum blonde today. "All we need to do is put on a girl on girl show, lez it up a bit and we're onto a big score. It'll be fun."
She made a gesture with her hand as though she was counting money. "From what I've heard this punter is seriously loaded, and not shy about throwing his cash around either."
The prospect of a big pay day was tempting, but Diane had never done anything like that before. With her, a blowy down a dark lane and a wee car ride to the back of a disused warehouse was more her usual. She'd never done any lezzy stuff, but she couldn't afford to turn this job down. Not with her Kyra needing some shoes.
Despite the protests in her head, she said, "Okay, sounds good. But, how did you find out about this gig? Do you know the guy?" She'd long since learnt that if something sounded too good to be true, it always was.
Traci shook her head."Nah, but a friend of mine vouched for him."
"Who's your friend?"
Her question made Traci smile, but it wasn't a friendly smile. "If I told you that, doll, what's to stop you cutting me out and doing the gig yourself?"
There was an implied threat in her words. Diane knew she'd get rag dolled if she crossed Traci. She'd seen her in action enough times; once she'd dragged another girl along the pavement by the hair because she accused her of stealing one of her punters. The other girl had screamed like a banshee, but nobody had gone to help her. You looked after yourself on the streets and never got involved unless you wanted your face rearranged. That was rule number one.
Traci hadn't been capable of battering anyone the last time she'd seen her. Her ginger hair (he must have ripped off her wig) had been hacked off. Tufts of it stuck out, reminding Diane of one of the hairdressing dolls Kyra was always playing with. She called it Angel, but it was the ugliest thing she'd ever seen, especially after Kyra had cut off its hair with nail scissors when she'd been out of the room.
What Diane wouldn't give right now to have the doll on her lap whilst Kyra used her best lipstick as blusher.
A tear trundled down her cheek. Nobody was ever going to find her. She'd die here, alone in this damp, dark room, with rats that were as big as cats scuttling around. She'd starve to death and then they'd eat her, gnawing on her face first; sharp, jagged teeth tearing into skin and bone. She'd seen that in a movie once. All she'd been given to eat was bread that was only fit for the birds and milk that smelled funny. She'd thought about not drinking it, but with nothing else to drink she was always glad when she saw the plastic cup.
When he brought the food, it was the only time he removed her gag. He'd leave her for five minutes then return to replace the gag. If she resisted he'd inject her with one of those needles he always carried. Pain would scream through her veins and then she'd be out of it. She'd wake up with a raging thirst and tendrils of hair sticking to the sweat on her face. But then there were worse things than being injected…
As a division of labour, it didn't come more unfair than this. As Tommy sat in a comfy car, heater up full bung, sipping a Starbucks and leisurely munching on a cheese and onion bagel (with extra fried onions), I was standing outside, shivering my barely covered butt off, as the wind whooshed up my skirt and the rain came down like nails.
This was summer in Scotland.
Huddled in a doorway, in a scraggy blonde wig, and my best Pretty Woman outfit, I'm already soaked to the skin. And, I know it won't get any better because there are men who will pull over in their cars and ask how much I charge for a blow job or full sex.
As downward spirals go, this was bad. At least it would have been if I hadn't been out here to catch a killer and not because I was reduced to turning tricks for a living.
I know I don't have to say it, but all text is © Copyright Jenny Thomson 2013.
Any breach of copyright and I'll send Nancy round.
Be warned: she carries a taser and has a seriously bad attitude:)
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Hell To Pay features in the Daily Record - with another author called JK Rowling:)
YOU KNOW YOU'VE HIT THE BIG TIME, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE DAILY RECORD
Hell To Pay's in the top right hand corner:)
I'm in the Scottish Daily Record's today talking about my crime thriller Hell To Pay with someone called JK Rowling.
Well, we're on the same page and it's her Robert Galbraith novel that nobody was supposed to know she wrote that was being featured.
Although, I think I need the publicity more than her. Think she sells a few books:)
Winners of the Name a Character after you contest
When Hell To Pay came out in July, I held a competition for readers. The prize, a starring role in the 3rd book in the series, Don't Come For Me.
There was only supposed to be 3 winners, but thanks to an amazing response (and because I'm so garbage at naming characters) I decided to have 5 winners.
Thomas Dettingen
Kirsty Lothian
Per Lundberg
Connie Lundy
Bonnie Smith
Congratulations to all the winners. Thanks to everyone who entered and who took the time to write a review for Hell To Pay.
Each winner will have a character named after them in the 3rd Die Hard For Girls book, provisionally called Don't Come For Me.
Each winner will receive a complementary copy of the book when it comes out in 2014.
Here's a wee taster -
Nancy Kerr's in a lot of trouble.
Boyfriend Tommy McIntyre's missing, presumed dead, and the police think she's killed him.
But, how can she prove her innocence when she's got no idea where he is, or whether he's alive or dead?
Two week promotion for Hell To Pay on Kindle
Find out how the story ends -
For a limited time only, Hell To Pay is available on Kindle for
99p on Amazon.co.uk
$1.54 on Amazon.com
99cents on Amazon.ca
Grab the novella that's been labelled kick lit?
Check out an excerpt from Hell To Pay - It's Die Hard for Girls
I'm sure I'm not the only one sick of hearing about people especially women being the victims of crime. Too often the perpetrators get away with it leaving their victim's life in tatters. That what's inspired me to come up with the Die Hard for Girls series.
These books come with a guarantee - in the Die Hard for Girls series the bad guys (and gals) will always get their comeuppance and the good guys their revenge.
I hope you will agree with me that it's time that us gals had books that are kick lit rather than chick lit.
Why not order Hell To Pay today?
Hell to Pay is is available from all good bookshops, including Amazon. Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk
On July 26th, 2013, the book will be released on Kindle
Check out this excerpt... on the excellent Wattpad site.
Hell To Pay is out now in paperback
I'd so many things planned to launch Hell To Pay. Fun things like a virtual book launch with balloons and party food and a plane to write the title across the sky (that may be a lie).
Then Amazon went and ruined it all by bringing out the book a month early. So, here it is with less fanfare than I would have liked.
For now, Hell To Pay is available on Amazon UK and Amazon.com and in all good book stores (both online and in the real world), as a paperback. Soon it will be released on Kindle Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com
Stay tuned for details...
So, why should you part with your hard-earned cash to buy Hell To Pay?
Because it's the first ever Die Hard for Girls book
The bad guys get what's coming to them
When Nancy gets revenge she goes for it big style
And ladies, if you're having a bad day, this is the book for you.
YAY... Hell To Pay, the first Die Hard for Girls book, is available for pre-order on Amazon NOW
Nancy Kerr refuses to be a victim - even when she walks in on her parents' killers and is raped and left for dead.
Fourteen months later, she wakes up in a psychiatric hospital with no knowledge of how she got there.
Slowly her memory starts to return. Released from the institution, she has just one thing on her mind – two men brought hell to her family home. Now they're in for some hell of their own....
The good news is that you can pre-order the book now from Amazon.
If you order now from Amazon.co.uk you will get 10 percent OFF and Free super saver delivery.
Hell To Pay will also be available in all good book stores and will also be published as a Kindle book.
Why Die Hard for Girls?
I don't know about you, but I'm sick of reading about appalling things happening to women, whether one of our sisters is being attacked on a bus in India or having acid thrown in their face by a jealous ex, and far too often the perpetrators are not brought to justice.
That's what inspired me to write Die Hard for Girls. The first book in the series is Hell To Pay.
These books come with a guarantee: The bad guys will always get their comeuppance and their victims justice.
Why not join the Die Hard for Girls revolution today?
An excerpt from Throwaways (the new Die Hard for G...
Hell To Pay features in the Daily Record - with an...
Check out an excerpt from Hell To Pay - It's Die H...
YAY... Hell To Pay, the first Die Hard for Girls b...


Attractions: Ski & Bike Rental/service Place. They Also Have A Drop Box For Rentals When You Go Night Skiing!
Description: Casual dinning with farm-to-table menu features local produce, all natural meats, PA farm-stand cheeses and sustainable seafood, which matches up to the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort's mission of reducing its carbon footprint and encouraging a healthier lifestyle.


Please join us to help plant 100 large native hardwood trees (3-4 ft. tall, large root systems) at the Mill Creek Park section of the Mill Creek Greenway. Sponsored by Friends of Mill Creek Greenway. friendsmillcreekgreenway@comcast.net.


My 2-year-old daughter loves trains. One of her favorite books is about the transcontinental railroad, and she gleefully hollers choo-choo from the back seat when she glimpses an Amtrak train. What she doesn't know yet is that her great-grandfather spent his life working on the railroad. In the 1930s, he left middle school and eventually became a pipe fitter for the Southern Pacific Railroad to support his mother and siblings. As a Mexican-American in Tucson, Arizona, the job was perhaps his best shot at lifting his family out of poverty.
Despite some of his supervisors vocally doubting his abilities, he persisted. When the work took him to outposts in Ogden, Utah, and Oakland, California—away from my grandmother—he regularly commuted to see his growing family.
Rebecca with her daughter in San Francisco.
As a child I couldn't grasp the sacrifices they made to realize the American dream. Instead, I yearned to blend in with my classmates, whose grandparents didn't watch telenovelas, speak another language, or expect them to go to Catholic Mass every Sunday.
This struggle is something my daughter won't face. Her physical traits—blue eyes, blonde hair, pale complexion—don't hint at her Mexican-American heritage. Her last name is Irish. She attends an immersion preschool, but we rarely speak Spanish at home. When she spends time with my father, they watch YouTube videos of farm animals instead of telenovelas. I haven't taken her to a single Mass, much less baptized her.
I consider it my responsibility, however, to ensure she understands how her family fought to forge a better future on her behalf. She must know that even if her class and skin color afford countless privileges, her forebears were determined to win dignity and equality when few recognized their worth. This knowledge is her inheritance. I hope it will guide her in a world that offers too many opportunities to be cruel to those we don't know or understand. I will one day show her the paintings her great-grandmother made in her 50s, after obtaining a GED and attending community college. I'll describe how my father's classmates and teachers bullied him for speaking Spanish, and how he went on to receive a master's degree.
I'm not a devout Catholic like my father, but I will take her to church eventually because she deserves to witness faith firsthand. We don't live close enough to relatives to have Sunday gatherings where she can play tag with a dozen cousins. I can guarantee, though, that she'll appreciate the importance of family ties.
I won't know for a long time if I'm doing this right, but if it sustains my daughter in some critical way, I will have succeeded.
Rebecca Ruiz is a senior features writer at Mashable.


Naama Benziman was born in Jerusalem in 1968. She graduated from Bezalel Art and Design Academy in 1992 and is now completing graduate studies in Visual Literacy. She works as a freelance artist, editor, curator, illustrator and author, and as a lecturer at Israel's top visual arts academies. In 1998-1999 she wrote and illustrated a feminist column for the mass circulation daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Benziman's artwork has been featured throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Her posters for the right to education and the universal right to housing won the international poster competition by Poster For Tomorrow (2011 & 2013).
Benziman's illustrations for Emilia, her second book for children, won an Honorable Mention in the Picture Book Illustration competition awarded by 3x3, The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration (2014) and the Merit Award in Hiii Illustration 2015 International Competition (China, 2016). Benziman received the Ministry of Culture and Sport Prize for Plastic Arts (2016) and an Andersen Citation for Illustration (2017).


I love cats and I work as a volunteer in an animal shelter that is specialized in cats and rabbits. I also like theater, art (especially paintings), nature, seas or lakes, sailboats and knitting. So if you send me a card with one of these subjects, you make me very happy. Or a movie poster postcard of a Hitchcock movie or a movie based on a story of Edgar Allan Poe. A card of your city or country also would be very interesting.
It would be nice to hear something about your country or city, your life, your pets, or how your day was.
At this moment I would love to receive bird postcards for a special project of mine.


Meseret is an active and caring girl who lives with her mother and three siblings. She enjoys going to school and helping her family, and has dreams of becoming an Engineer when she is older! Sadly, Meseret's father disappeared, and the small income her mother makes doing cleaning is not enough to support her vulnerable family. Meseret hopes to be able to continue her education and achieve her dreams.
By sponsoring Meseret, you can ensure that she is able to receive the resources she needs to remain in school, and has hope for a brighter future!


any one get one yet?
If you want to wear your phone allegiance on your sleeve, it looks like you literally can. Verizon is reportedly sending out the shirt above to some customers who have purchased the DROID. We were completely unaware that Verizon was giving out shirts to turn folks into walking advertisements but hey, a $100 million dollar ad campaign is so much more than just commercials and print ads.
If anyone has details on how to get one of these Droid Does T-Shirts, please let us know in the comments. Is it really from Verizon? Or is it some fanatic DROID lover screen printing his affection? In any case, how do we get one?
In the mean time we have to ask, would you wear one?
Could be that you'd get more responses if people understood your question, which would be, "Who's got their shirt?"
Oh, hell, I know, no one cares about correct spelling anymore....but the fact remains, words mean things.
Spelling Nazi? Nope. Just trying the best I can to navigate the downward spiral of people's vain attempts to use the language to actually COMMUNICATE with each other. It gets worse day by day.
"Super Moderator"? You ought to know better. Shame.
Spelling Nazi? Nope. Just trying the best I can to navigate the downward spiral of people's inability to use the language in their vain attempts to use the language to actually COMMUNICATE with each other. It get's worse day by day.
No shirt for me neither, but I did get a thank you invoice in the mail after I bought my droid.
No shirt, but I'd love to have one. Anyone learned how to get one of these yet?
I ordered my Droid online from Verizon about a month ago. I didn't do anything special. The t-shirt just showed up yesterday with a "Thank You" on the box in the DROID font.
How do you get them? Do you have to buy a droid from verizon directly? Or can you buy it anywhere?
For those who got shirts, I'm curious as to what size they sent you...?
Size large. The article below has photos of the entire package.


I can't wait to see the finished bag! I've got three pairs of wool pants that belonged to my late mother. My niece asked me to make a bag from them so I've been looking for ideas. I like the looks of yours so far!
I am almost done! I need to do the finishing touches!


Last week women from throughout the IAM got together to discuss issues of importance to women both inside and outside the Union. IAM District 78 sisters attended and took an active role in the presentations and deliberations. By the conclusion of the conference, with the motto "Unite to Fight", our Canadian sisters, (pictured above with GVP Stan Pickthall)) seemed both united and ready to fight.
Union Brother Keith Good passed away March 18, 2019 in his 81st year.
Keith was hired at Champion/Volvo Motor Graders in Goderich Ontario, Canada in the Warehouse/Shipping Dept. as a stock Controller on November 13, 1972, and at that time became a member of IAM&AW LL 1863 (now LL 1975).
Keith retired December 1, 2003. There will be a celebration of Keith's life on Saturday, March 30, 2019, from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. on the third floor of the Goderich Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 109.
International Women's Month – volunteer and get involved!
Ottawa, ON – More than 350 union and political activists, including 72 IAM members, roamed the offices of 200 MP's and Senators on Parliament Hill this week lobbying for a national Pharmacare Plan, Pension Reform, and Labour Law Reform. The IAM members also lobbied the politicians to support the call for a National Aerospace Strategy.
IAM Canadian General Vice President Stan Pickthall and IAM Québec Coordinator David Chartrand were front and center with the NDP and the Bloc Québecois at news conference calling on the government to support a national aerospace strategy.
Montréal, QC – IAM Canadian General Vice President Stan Pickthall and IAM Québec Coordinator David Chartrand will unveil the IAM's Aerospace report in Montreal on Monday February 4th. This major report emphasizes the urgency of addressing challenges in the Canadian Aerospace sector.


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Q: When running mocha test I get "object is not a function" but not when i run the test directly when i run "mocha" to run all my tests i get this error:
var should = chai.should();                  ^
TypeError: Property 'should' of object #<Object> is not a function

However when I run "mocha test/filename.js" on the file in question it runs fine.
The chai.should() came from a question I asked previously.
latest node/npm/mocha/chai/should
What would cause such discrepancy in such between the different runs?
thanks

A: It appears since mocha was loading should in earlier tests like,
var should = require('should');

and trying to use that should globally, so when it got to my
var should = chai.should();

in later tests it would bomb because it conflicted, so when running the test alone there was no conflict.
I solved this by going through all my tests and redefining my should requirement to the one above.


A number of companies in the United Kingdom are consulting with a firm that manufactures and implants microchips into people.
Biohax, a Swedish company that provides human chip implants, told the Telegraph it was in talks with a number of UK firms to implant staff with the devices. The report says one large company currently in talks has hundreds of thousands of members of staff.
This is starting to make Orwell's 1984 look pretty tame. I don't know about you, but the idea of my boss being able to track me outside of work isn't a pleasant one.
These microchips are about the size of a grain of rice and normally implanted under the skin between the thumb and forefinger, according to The Guardian. The chips can store information such as medical data, or be used as a key pass to open doors and allow some employees access to restricted areas while keeping unauthorised personnel out.
The Confederation of British Industry, which represents 200,000 UK businesses, has responded to the report calling it 'uncomfortable reading'.
The general secretary of the Trade Union Congress, Frances O'Grady, also expressed her concerns over employers microchipping staff.
Looks like those tin foil hat conspiracy theorists get some things right after all.


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BOSSE-DE-NAGE - S/T LP
First time on vinyl! Over the last decade, SF Bay Area's Bosse-de-Nage has operated at the forefront of the post-black metal movement, and with albums like All Fours and Further Still, the band cemented their place as touchstones of the genre.
Their self-titled debut—an early foray in the blackgaze sound—was recorded in 2007, but not officially released until 2010. The CD version of the album was one of The Flenser's first releases, and a vinyl edition has always been a critical omission in both the band's and the label's catalogs. Remastered and sounding better than ever.


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Nov 1, 2021, 10:25 AM
Near Chicago:
Halloween party shooting kills 2, injures over a dozen
TEHRAN, Nov. 01 (MNA) – Two people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in an overnight shooting at a Halloween party in suburban Will County, authorities said Sunday.
A patrol sergeant heard about a dozen gunshots after 12:30 a.m. in Joliet, which is about 45 miles southwest of Chicago, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office, Washington Post reported.
The sergeant went to a home and found more than 100 people fleeing a party.
Additional officers arrived and found victims in the backyard and at nearby homes, and more shots were heard nearby, authorities said.
The Will County Sheriff's Office said more than a dozen people were hospitalized.
Two people were confirmed dead, and four others were seriously injured.
Police estimated about 200 people attended a Halloween party at the home, and the shooting occurred outside near a DJ booth set up in the backyard.
Authorities said it appeared the shooting happened from "an elevated position on a porch looking down over the crowd."
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In commemoration of the 90th Anniversary of the Grand Canyon this week, Viator.com is featuring great discounts on many of its most popular activities throughout the different parts of the Grand Canyon. Travelers to Las Vegas can easily add big value and excitement to their trip with a selection of 130 activities and experiences to choose from at Viator.com.
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This week marks the 90th Anniversary of the Grand Canyon receiving its National Park status back in 1919. The experience experts at Viator.com are featuring some great discounts on many of their most popular activities throughout the different parts of the Grand Canyon so travelers can easily add big value and excitement to any trip to Las Vegas.
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Nathaniel Simmons, senior in contruction engineering technology, and DeMarcus Edwards, senior in mangement and marketing, bring Stomp-A-Palooza event to a close with a dance Thursday, Nov. 14. This was the second annual stomp-a-palooza. Logan Wiley
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On Nov. 14, the fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha held the second annual "Stomp-A-Palooza" in the Dotty and Bill Theater in the Bicknell Center.
The sororities Alpha Sigma Alpha and Sigma Sigma Sigma competed against each other in a stepping dance competition. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha taught the sororities the choreography, and they also taught members of the audience during the event. Alpha Sigma Alpha won the competition.  The prize money and 5 percent of the proceeds will be going to the Circle of SisterHood, which supports the education of girls in poverty.
"It's an annual event that they try to gather all of the Greek sorites in the name of livelihood on campus to keep our students engaged, in a fun and interactive way," said Emely Flores, assistant director of the office of student diversity.
Alpha Phi Alpha taught the sororities the stepping choreography in the week prior.
"I like the fact that it brings us together, it allows it us to work with the sororities on campus because we spend a lot of time teaching them the steps so we're just able to further grow a bond with the sororities," said Nathaniel Simmons, senior in construction and engineering technology. "It's just really important for us to reach out and network with other organizations on campus."
Simmons is part of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, which organized and led the event.
"I like working together with the coaches, they're all really nice and it's a lot of fun," said Katie Crawford, junior in exercise science. "It's a good team bonding experience between my fellow sorority members."
Crawford competed in Stomp-A-Palooza with her sorority Alpha Sigma Alpha, which won the competition. The sorority will donate the proceeds and prize money to the Circle of SisterHood, which provides underprivileged girls with access to education.
"It's just raising awareness and funds for a really good cause," Flores said. "I'm just really proud of them."
This is the second year that Stomp-A-Palooza was held.
"We actually think it was very successful, so we hope next fall when we're having our Alpha week because that we can have this event for the third time," Simmons said.
Alpha Phi Alpha is a part of the Divine Nine, or the National Pan-Hellenic Council.
"The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) is a collaborative organization of nine historically African American, international Greek lettered fraternities and sororities. The nine NPHC organizations are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Divine Nine," according to Wikipedia.
Alpha Phi Alpha is the only National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternity at Pittsburg State University.
"The Divine Nine culture isn't really established here on Pittsburg state university, especially with us being the only Divine Nine organization, so to be able to come out and hold the events we hold it continues to show the school and community new things they've never seen before," Simmons said.
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Well the early and mid-September this year have seen a flurry of updates about new Smartphones and some have hit the market. The king of all the latest is none other the Apple smartphones iPhone X, iPhone 8 and others. The latest update is of the major rival to that, it's Google to possibly announce the upgraded version of its Pixel smartphone. The date of the event is officially confirmed by Google as October 4th. Aren't you curious to know whether it will match the likes of iPhone 8 and Samsung Note 8?
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This is totally new from Google announcing the new smartphone in an unexpected way, at least for some. The official release date has been announced in an official landing page and the page collecting our email address to send more updates about the device in a specifically crafted manner. The smartphone will be unveiling at an event that will be taking place in San Francisco at 9 AM PT on October 4th.
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Along with the landing page, Google also released a YouTube video where the video has touched upon the common problems any smartphone faces in his/her daily usage. The video has been titled as "Funny you should ask" which already crossed 1 million views on the platform in just a couple of days.
It displays an user querying on google search about general problems with his/her phone battery, features, heating in nature and lots more. Having watched the video one can possibly expected a phone which focuses on providing solutions to key problematic areas like the battery life, camera, self-updates, voice recognition, speed durability and much more. Watch the video by yourself and have fun.
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Similar to recently unveiled Apple iPhone 8 & X, we can expect that Google Pixel have IP68 water and dust resistance. The operating system will be of the latest android OS Oreo. Experts suggested that the device will be available in both Standard and XL version, more like the initial Google Pixel phone.
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By Kevin Adger | January 2, 2020 at 7:46 AM MST - Updated January 2 at 12:45 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Safe Shift store has a new home after moving from the south side to 2801 East Grant, where the new location has more space and more items.
The Safe Shift store has been around for two years and serves as one of several fundraisers for the Greater Tucson Fire Foundation, a nonprofit that supports EMS personnel and firefighters. The money helps the foundation with health and safety and wellness programs for firefighters.
Foundation representatives say the three main killers of firefighters are heart attack, cancer and mental health. The money spent at the store will be used for research and could save lives.
The new location has 8,500 square feet of sports equipment, furniture, books, electronics and other home decor items. It is run by volunteers who worked hard to get the store up and running. The store is open the first Thursday-Saturday of every month from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Friday attack conveys extent of 'the church bombing cell' - Daily News Egypt
Egypt Friday attack conveys extent of 'the church bombing cell'
Friday attack conveys extent of 'the church bombing cell'
Qena Security Directorate published posters of alleged cell founder, leader, Amr Saad, suspicious former MB member, currently pledged allegiance to IS militant group
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Upper Egypt has been slightly far from the militancy Egypt has been facing ever since the ouster of former President Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, with the exception of Minya, which was targeted twice in attacks against Coptic Christians.
Last month the Military Court sentenced 13 people to death on charges of bombing churches. The court has dubbed a militant cell as 'the church bombing cell'. The Qena Security Directorate published posters of what it named as the founder and leader of the cell, Amr Saad, an alleged former member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who has now pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group.
Among the numerous attacks which targeted Coptic civilians, two of them were in Minya, however the rest extended to Tanta, Cairo, and Alexandria.
Saad is said to have participated in the Tanta and Alexandria bombings which claimed the lives of dozens of Copts. He is also believed to be number two of the most wanted militants after former officer Hisham Ashmawi.
One of several incident which took place in Upper Egypt was in June 2015, when two militants died and five Egyptians were injured in a suicide attack in Al-Karnak temple in Luxor. One of the militants died as a result of explosive device detonating whilst in his possession, an interior ministry statement read, without mentioning details on the precise cause of death of the second fatality. A third militant was injured during a gunfire exchange between security forces and the militants. The injuries included Egyptian civilians and security personnel.
In November 2017, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi vowed to restore stability by eradicating terrorism, placing the military and police in charge of completing the task within a period of three months. This had followed a massive first-of-its-kind terrorist attack against a mosque in the city of Al-Arish, which killed at least 305 citizens.
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Жан-Бати́ст Мари́ (; —31 октября 1991, Палестро, Французский Алжир, ныне  Алжир) — французский дирижёр.

Биография
Работал преимущественно с парижскими оркестрами: Оркестром концертного общества Парижской консерватории, оркестром Парижской оперы; в 1961—1979 гг. главный дирижёр Оркестра Ламурё, с которым, в частности, в 1966 г. исполнил премьеру Мессы «Cum Jubilo» Мориса Дюрюфле.

В то же время как концертный дирижёр Мари так и не смог в полной мере раскрыться — как утверждают, из-за того, что испытывал постоянный страх перед публикой.

Специалисты выделяют осуществлённую Мари запись сюит из балетов Лео Делиба «Сильвия» и «Коппелия» (1977, EMI), отмечая, что его трактовка «скорее внушительна, чем грациозна, но лежит вполне в рамках французской традиции».

Записанный Мари в 1961 году для лионского лейбла «Teppaz» (Мари записал для этой фирмы целую «Концертную коллекцию») диск музыки Габриэля Пьерне, включавший увертюру на баскские народные темы «Рамунчо» (из музыки к пьесе Пьера Лоти), концертштюк для арфы с оркестром (солировала Лили Ласкин) и сюиту из балета «Сидализа и Козлоног» (), как полагают, многое сделал для возрождения интереса к творчеству этого композитора.

Кроме того, среди записей Мари — Идиллия «Зигфрид» Рихарда Вагнера, сборник сочинений Карла Марии фон Вебера, концерт для трубы с оркестром Иоганна Непомука Гуммеля (с трубачом Морисом Андре) и многое другое.

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