When you think of God, what comes to your mind? I have had many views of God throughout my life. As a young child, I heard that He was my heavenly father. I therefore saw Him as someone just waiting for me to make a mistake, and when I did, He had a 2×4 in His hand to smack me on the side of my head. My father never beat me, but he was stern and did not tolerate mistakes or wrongdoing. As a teenager, I didn't give much thought to Him at all. When I was in church, I didn't listen to the preacher. I was too busy joking and being extremely casual in my view of God because this was the way my parents seemed to be. I went through a period of time where I viewed Him as my buddy, who knew I would make mistakes, but that was alright because I was human and sin was just something we did. I knew He would forgive me so I just continued in my ways.
Then at the age of twenty one, I gave my life to Christ and received the salvation that came through His shed blood. Almost immediately, God began to show me who He truly was. I learned that my view of Him was so small; that He was so much bigger than I could ever imagine. It has taken me years to grasp what I know now, but I understand that I have only scratched the surface. What I want to do now is ponder the greatness and majesty of our God.
God has always been. Before anything else, God existed. Before space, time or angelic beings. There was never a point when God came into existence, because He never wasn't. He also will always be. There will never be a point when He will cease to exist. From before the beginning to after the end, He is.
God is infinitely powerful. There is no power greater than His, and there never will be. It is impossible to surpass it. We get a glimpse of it in the book of Job. In the twenty sixth chapter, Job declares the greatness and majesty of God in His creation. He says in verses seven and eight, "He stretches out the north over the void, and hangs the earth on nothing. He binds up the waters in His thick clouds, and the cloud is not split open under them." Verse eleven says, "The pillars of heaven tremble and are astounded by His rebuke." This chapter speaks of His mighty work of creation and his power to hold it together. Then we read in fourteen, "Behold, these are but the fringes of His ways." All that He did is but a small, small part of His power.
God has infinite knowledge. He knows absolutely everything. He does because He created everything. He created all matter, energy, time, space, physical laws and life. John 1:2 says, speaking of Jesus, "All things were made by Him and through Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made." He speaks through Isaiah saying "remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose.'" (Isa 46:9-10) He created all things according to His wisdom, knowing everything perfectly. He also knows all events in all time.
God is everywhere. God spoke through Jeremiah saying, "'Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?' declares the Lord. 'Do I not fill heaven and earth' declares the Lord." Jer 23:24 ESV If God fills the heavens and the earth, then He is everywhere. His spirit is in every nook and cranny of creation.
God is above everything. In Isaiah 40:22-23 we read, "It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness." Compared to Him, we are but grasshoppers and our rulers as empty space. We are nothing compared to Him.
God is not just another being among many. He is mighty beyond all comprehension and wonderful beyond all words. He created and sustains all things with but a word or a thought. He knows our every thought and deed; nothing is hid from Him. He raises rulers and removes rulers. He answers to no one. His ways are above our ways, and His thoughts above ours, just as the heavens are above the earth. There is nothing or no one higher than Him. And the beauty of this is that He loves us. He loved us before He created us. He knew we would fall, and prepared the way of salvation before the foundations of the earth were laid. He loved us so much, not wanting any to perish, gave His only begotten son as the payment for our sin.
If the President of the United States or some other important dignitary were to ask us for some time to talk, we would probably do whatever we could to meet with them. We would be honored that he even knew about us and wanted to hear from us. So many people fall all over themselves to see a famous movie star or professional athlete, let alone spend some intimate time with them. When the all powerful, all knowing, all loving God who created all existence and fills the heavens and the earth with His presence, wants to spend intimate time with us, do we have the same reaction? I will leave that up to each individual to ponder in their own hearts.
Thank you Darrell. Your encouragement is indeed appreciated.


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What You Haven't Been Told About Iran & The Middle East
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Is the information we are receiving from the US government and intelligence agencies about Iran and the Middle East actually fact-based or is it nothing more than propaganda? Was the recent assassination and attacks back and forth between the US and Iran nothing more than a pre-planned path to war? How did all of this come about? Did it just start in 1979 with the taking of hostages by Iran, or does it go back a lot longer? Is there a bigger game at play in what we are seeing in Iran and the Middle East? Victor Porleir joins me in this episode of Dissecting the Time on Sons of Liberty to expound upon what we are not being told by our government about our involvement in Iran and its history.
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What We Know of Sarge and His Mysterious Crew on 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' So Far
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"Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." returned for Season 6 with an explosive premiere this past Friday. Literally.
While Daisy is leading her team in search of FItz's cryo-pod in deep space, director Mack and his S.H.I.E.L.D. team on Earth are investigating a mysterious crop of dimensional portals keep popping up. With S.H.I.E.L.D.'s brain power in space, Mack recruits Natural Sciences professor Dr. Marcus Benson to help them understand these otherworldly anomalies.
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With the arrival of Sarge, Snowflake, Pax, and Jaco, here's what we know of Sarge and his crew so far:
1. Sarge (played by Clark Gregg) has the face of the late Phil Coulson.
2. However, Sarge (and his team) have never heard of S.H.I.E.L.D., and their arrival should be considered hostile as they have no issues executing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
3. Snowflake (played by Brooke Williams) is an unhinged wildcard of the mysterious team working with Sarge.
4. Jaco (played by Winston James Francis) is an intimidating wall of strength, and the muscle of the bunch.
5. Pax (played by Matt O'Leary), squirrelly and a little on edge, is the newest member of the group.
6. The team brought an armored 18-wheeler with them through the portal.
7. The team is on the hunt for something on Earth; we'll learn their intentions for the planet and to why Sarge has the face of Coulson as the season unfolds.
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"You never get over a suicide. You just learn to deal with it. The worst part is not knowing WHY. If I could just say he had been depressed, or seeing a shrink, or anything that might have explained it, it would have been better. But I just don't know why he did it" (Julie, whose teenage son hanged himself.)
Jim's 29 year old son had suffered from severe manic depression for 4 years when he jumped from a high rise apartment building. Jim DID know a reason, but found that to be of little comfort:
"It was just unbelievable to me. Why did he do this? Why didn't he come to me for help? And then I felt anger. For four and a half years, I had done everything under the sun to help him. What else could I have done? I felt very guilty because if I could have helped my son, I would have done anything."
While we often correctly say that "there is no such thing as more or less difficult, it is just different", there are some situations that are uniquely difficult. One is the loss of a child. Another is a death by suicide. And when these two situations come together, as it did for both Julie and Jim it can be a devastating blow to "suicide survivors" (this term for the purposes of this article refers to those who have lost someone to suicide.)
It is not my intention to outline the many and varied theories of suicidal behavior, many of which are conflicting. The focus here is on how we help support suicide survivors through their unique process. There are some sobering facts, however:
Every day, throughout the world, over 1000 people complete suicide
It is estimated that for every suicide there are 15 unsuccessful attempts
White males over the age of 50 make up approximately 10% of the population but account for 28% of the total suicide deaths
Men complete suicide three times more than women, but women attempt suicide five times more than men. Most attempts of suicide are made by women in their 20′s and 30′s
Suicide tends to run in families, but it is learned not genetic. Often it is unconsciously suggested as a means of coping with overwhelming moments.
People who talk about suicide complete suicide. Suicide RARELY happens without warning
When someone completes suicide, the mourning process for survivors is different in at least 2 ways. 1) The period of numbness and disbelief will be longer, extending the duration of the grief process; and 2) there is the added burden of understanding the motivation for the death.
For suicide survivors, the grief process is particularly long given the complexity of issues survivors struggle with. This means that one year after the death, the griever may still be in the depths of their grief, long after society expects people to be over their grief. Jim observes:
"I think before the grief really set in, it took over a year. I mean there are times when I still think this is unbelievable. But I think it took a year for me to really believe it. And I think that it was because I surrounded myself with him, looking at pictures, and talking about him to everyone that helped me come to terms with it in such a short period of time. I don't know if a year is a short period of time or not, but it is very real to me today."
For this reason, patience on the part of the helper is most important. There is no way to speed up the grief process. One can only go through it! Our task as helpers is to provide a safe and nonjudgmental environment where the griever can begin the telling of "the story" (of the life and of the death) and develop effective tools for dealing with their grief.
Perseverance is also required because, for many survivors, basic trust in relationships with others was broken when the person contemplated suicide. This means that it is often difficult for them to establish new relationships because they feel cautious about reconnecting or new connections.
One of the differences in the grief process after suicide is that the act involves a conscious choice, which is different than sudden death through accidents or cancer. It is this element of "choice rather than chance" that complicates the grief process.
The following is an example of some of the things survivors might say to themselves that lead to these feelings:
Shame – "What would people think of me if they knew my child completed suicide ?"
Blame – "I must have been a lousy parent if my child killed himself !"
Guilt – "I noticed she was depressed. Why didn't I do something ?"
Anger- "How could he do this to me?" You saw your loved one's life as viable; they saw it differently and chose to die. That is difficult to understand and impossible to bear. So often, after disbelief, the next reaction is anger and outrage. The survivor may feel the deceased acted with contempt towards them. Or perhaps they perceived themselves as unloved. Either way, we ask why they didn't see how hurtful this would be, or why they did not seek alternatives.
Fear – "Will my other children end up killing themselves too?"
Relief – "It's finally over !" (This feeling is more evident in cases where the person who died was abusive or had a long-standing difficult history of mental illness.)
Rejection – "I guess he didn't really care about me or he would still be alive."
Hopelessness- "What's the point in going on?"
Confusion – "How could this have happened? I just saw her yesterday and she looked fine."
Isolation – "I feel so ashamed and guilty about Joe's death that I don't want to see anyone. I bet they blame me for his death."
There are four areas of discussion and counsel that are particularly helpful to suicide survivors:
Listening to the story of the death
Expressing and understanding feelings
Anniversaries and special occasions
Stress, coping and using support systems
1. Listening to the Story.
To facilitate the telling of the story of the death, it is important to create a supportive atmosphere through gentle probing. We have included a number of questions that we commonly ask survivors to assist them in the telling of the story. These appear in the Appendix at the end of this chapter. The suggested questions in the appendix could leave the impression of an interrogative approach, if used verbatim, without proper nuances in timing and pacing.
The point to be made in asking these types of questions, is that the story needs to be protracted and spun out, through a recounting of the many details of what happened.
Many survivors feel uncomfortable talking to friends about the details of the suicide as they feel that these details are too horrific for others to absorb. Families sometimes avoid talking about difficult and painful parts of the story, even in discussions with one another. The fear is that these difficult elements may be too over-overwhelming for family members to bear because of their own grief. As bereavement counselors it is our job to be able to tolerate the intensity of emotion and detail that the telling of the story can bring about.
The initial goal is to have the family tell the story of the death of their relative or friend. It is through recounting the details that a number of key processes are likely to occur, these being:
Each person will begin to ascribe meaning to the suicide ( a beginning for the ever present question "Why?")
Each person will begin to experience some relief through acknowledging, identifying and working through their feelings of loss.
Each person will begin to create their own understanding about what has happened.
Further relief will occur through the experience of talking in a supportive atmosphere that allows the expression of all the details, feelings and thoughts related to the death.
One of the advantages of dealing with issues related to grief through suicide, in a group context, (familial or otherwise), is that the isolation that this grief can produce will be reduced through people coming together to talk about their experience.
From our experience, families who feel they have had an opportunity to tell the whole story, related to the death, and who feel their story has been validated, are better able to move on to issues in the present. Families who have not had assistance in understanding and making sense of the death are far more likely to get stuck in the repetitive talking about the death without resolution.
Going over the events in detail allows family members to hear each others perspective, to appreciate that everyone is in pain and to realize that they may all be at different stages in their grief, with each attributing a different meaning to what has happened.
It is helpful to encourage tolerance for differences by helping members listen to each others different explanations and interpretations and to accept that each one's perspective and rate of acceptance of what is happening is okay. The tendency can be for each person to want to convince the others that his or her version of the "truth" is the only "truth". Families who are struggling to understand the death, often ask counselors to answer the question of why did she or he kill themselves. The task is to educate the family through providing information based on other families' experiences e.g. "Other families have told me but this won't necessarily fit for you."
As you listen to the story, it is useful to prepare yourself by having a clear understanding of your own beliefs and values to do with suicide. One way of orienting yourself to these values is to examine and explore some of the popular myths regarding suicide e.g. "A person who completes suicide is mentally ill." Although this is considered to be more false than true, if the family has decided that their relative was mentally ill and is now free of the pain of that illness, it will be of no comfort to them if you espouse your view that John was not necessarily mentally ill when he hung himself. It is important that this understanding of one' s own values and beliefs pertaining to suicide are examined prior to working with families so as not to interfere with the process.
There are some important differences for a person grieving a death through suicide versus other types of loss. This is not to minimize the effect of other types of loss but more to raise awareness for the helper of certain processes and feelings which will be more prevalent and harder to come to terms with for family members.
As mentioned previously, feelings that are likely to be more intense after a suicide than after most other types of loss include the following:
Shame Relief
Blame Rejection
Guilt Hopelessness
Fear Confusion
Anger Isolation
Often the sheer intensity and complexity of such feelings causes concern for the griever that they might be going crazy. This intensity needs to be normalized when dealing with death through suicide.
When talking about any of these feelings it is important to validate and acknowledge how painful these feelings can be, while at the same time normalizing their intensity. One way to do this is to reassure the family that such feelings change over time both in frequency and intensity. To create a concrete example of this change over time, ask the family which feelings were most prevalent for them e.g. month ago, as compared to today.
The mix of emotions can be so overwhelming at times that it may be difficult to get people to identify just what it is they are feeling. Questions such as "What was most difficult for you over the past week?" will often elicit a recounting of a scenario that gives you a clue as to one or two specific emotions that were being experienced. This will provide you with the opportunity to explore these feelings and help them accept as well as understand the origins of these feelings.
This can be the first step towards resolution of these feelings and moving on. This can be followed by a discussion of how to cope effectively with these feelings.
Although not everyone will necessarily be troubled by each and every feeling listed below, are the feelings which survivors find most challenging to cope with, from our experience.
This feeling manifests itself as a result of the family' s perception that they failed in some way.
They often feel reproached by others, think that they are held in disrepute and can feel disgraced by what has happened.
Shame can be rooted in long held beliefs such as it is wrong or a sin to take one's own life. One of the experiences that families describe that increases their sense of shame, is the worry that they went through as to whether they would be allowed bury their relative on sacred ground. Even though this unwillingness to bury those who have contemplated suicide in sacred ground is rare today many families worry about this nonetheless as it is the decision of the individual minister, priest or rabbi to decide wheat the person will be buried on holy ground.
It is useful to draw out examples of where friends, family, clergy and others have been strongly supportive to them, thus proving by their actions that they do not see them as disreputable or disgraceful.
Families who lose someone to suicide often feel blamed. This perception that they are responsible for the death can come from within the family or from outside of the family. This is particularly true when the family has a history of abusive behavior. In trying to make sense of the death, people will sometimes blame (scapegoat) a relative for not having done more to prevent the suicide. This criticism may be expressed to a member who is attending the session or it may involve an absent relative.
As the helper, you need to allow expression of these thoughts but also have the person being scapegoated say how they feel about being blamed. Questions such as "what happened the time before when Joan was depressed or took pills? or "Just because Joe's girl-friend broke up with him, did any of you expect him to take his own life?" can help bring things back into perspective.
This sense that others are saying (or thinking) that a certain relative(s) or friend is at fault for the death, can be both real and imagined i.e. "If Joe had not been so neglectful of Sally, she would not have killed herself." is one example. This kind of thought or statement assumes that suicide is a cause and effect situation, meaning that one singular circumstance caused the death. Suicide is a complex phenomenon, so it is best not to oversimplify its causes.
"Jane must think I'm a terrible mother because my son killed himself" is another example of blaming self-talk often evident in survivors. How does one help families with their sense of blame for the death? Point out to the family that scapegoating is partly due to their need to have an answer – to make sense out of something that is senseless, but also that it is hurtful to the person being blamed. We find that this part of the process is initially cognitive, meaning that survivors are able to think they and others are not to blame long before they can feel this.
"No I can't say that I feel any guilt" is often contradicted by frequent use of the "should" word.
For example, "He had talked of suicide before. Therefore we should have done more to listen to him". Another example of this type of thinking or self talk is evident in the following statement: "We knew she was depressed and should have got her better professional help"
Although guilt serves a function for some people and is something they may need to dwell on for a while, eventually it is helpful to examine evidence to the contrary of their perceived short-comings. Frequent reminders of the times when they went the extra distance to support their relative, will eventually assist them to move beyond this painful feeling.
Although it is important during the session to remind the family of the efforts they made to assist their relative, it is not necessary to convince the family of their, superhuman efforts to protect their relative, at times. The realization for some tends to come long after the series of sessions is completed.
The level and persistence of this feeling makes suicidal bereavement different to most other forms of loss. Although the survivor's rage is often directed at multiple targets (incompetent doctors, demanding bosses, insensitive neighbors, uncaring relatives, an impotent God, etc.), the real source of much of the anger is the action of the person who chose to die and "abandoned, rejected or otherwise hurt me"
The work for the counselor is to help the griever identify as many people or situations with whom and about which they are angry. Anger at their relative is often the last area that survivors are able to acknowledge and work through. Permission to process this anger can be prompted with "what would you like to say to Joan if she could hear you now?" or "on a scale of one to ten, how angry are you with John?" Getting survivors to scale their feelings on a scale of 1 to 10 with one being the least intense and 10 being the most intense is often a quick and effective way for caregivers to understand the intensity of emotions survivors are feeling. Furthermore this technique allows survivors to measure the constant ebb and flow of their emotions. The above example can be followed with a question such as "what would it take to help you move from a 9 to an 8 on the scale in terms of your anger?" If they are stuck for an answer, simple suggestions may be made such as writing a letter to the deceased or saying it out loud in private to help them move on the scale. Helping survivors recognize that their feelings change in intensity through using scaling questions gives them hope of change and relief in the future.
Many families who have lost someone to suicide have a lot of anxiety and fear. This can be related to either of the following areas. One of these is concern for the safety of other members. "Might they opt for suicide as an answer too?" is a question some families have.
Another fear is the worry that members cannot tolerate talking about certain aspects of the death and that doing so "will make them feel worse and they will be less able to get through each day."
If we suspect the presence of these issues, we find that the most effective way of reducing anxiety is to address the issues directly. "Are you worried that Joan may hurt her self too?" followed by "Joan, do you have any thoughts of suicide?" gives the family permission to discuss and clarify their anxiety and fear.
The anxiety about each others' ability to tolerate discussion of difficult aspects, is dealt with in the very early stages of the sessions by using questions that ask about all the details of the death. The usual reaction is relief, and at times surprise, to get the unspeakable said. Listening to these fears can reduce them in size from the imagined insurmountable to the real and manageable.
It is useful to keep in mind that feelings of rejection can still occur even when the relationship to the griever was a conflictual one. The work here is to first listen to the family's feelings of rejection, and then invite them to eventually think about other possible circumstances that contributed to the suicide, other than that the suicide was a personal action aimed against them. Most families are only able to consider these other explanations later on in the grief process.
Some people express their despair that life will never improve and they can be very persistent in maintaining this perspective. The urge for the helper can be to work hard at convincing them that life will eventually get better. If you follow this approach the survivor may feel that you do not understand the magnitude of their hopelessness, which may cause them become further entrenched in this feeling, while you feel exhausted or impatient at their inability to change.
One of the ways for the helper to avoid this situation is to ask the griever questions that will help you understand the reasons for their feelings of hopelessness. These are likely to be related to the many other losses they have experienced as a result of the suicide. We refer to these losses as secondary losses. Examples of these secondary losses include: loss of companionship, status, income, role (parent, lover, child, sibling, mentor, etc. ), safety, home, etc. Questions that help explore this area include "Could you share with me what else has changed in your life since the suicide?" Validate that these many losses are hard to bear. Ask the person "what is the hardest part of the day for them and conversely which parts of the day do they find easier to deal with?" As they tell you about these experiences watch for small shifts in mood (either in duration or intensity).
An example of a small shift that we often hear is that of the survivor going on a small outing such as coffee with a friend or going to a movie. This example allows you to ask the person whether they think they would have been able to make this effort at all, e.g. three months ago. Often survivors only become aware of this improvement in their level of functioning when we point this change out to them.
Acknowledge that progress is not consistent. One way to help survivors feel their experience is not unusual or unique is to share with them statements such as the following: " Others tell us that there are times when they feel somewhat better and then unexpectedly they feel worse again." Gently hold out hope by explaining that things gradually do get better even though feelings fluctuate.
This state can manifest itself in a number of ways. Survivors are often so overwhelmed by their emotions that they are confused about what exactly it is that they are feeling. There can also be confusion about making the simplest decisions. Furthermore there can be confusion in their relationships with others. Often relationships that were previously stable and supportive, may no longer be so.
The main work here is to help survivors understand that this confusion is to be expected given the traumatic events they are going through; that they are not going crazy and that with time, they will regain their ability to manage daily tasks, routines and relationships.
One woman was convinced that she needed psychiatric care when her concentration became so bad, months after the death, that she could not make a simple choice over the purchase of a cosmetic. She felt less anxious about her confusion when she was re-assured that this experience is not unusual.
It is confusing when people who have been friendly and thoughtful in the past, react differently now, particularly at a time when grievers feel that they need the love and support of family and friends. This issue will be addressed further in the next section.
Most survivors feel extremely isolated after losing someone to suicide. The reasons for this are several. Firstly, a suicide in a family can lead to blaming one another for not preventing the suicide. Thus rifts can occur between family members, distancing them from one another and exacerbating feelings of isolation.
Feelings of isolation also result from secondary losses. For example, if a woman loses her husband to suicide and their social context was comprised of themselves and other couples, she may feel very isolated and alone when in the presence of couples. Added to this, loss by suicide often causes overwhelming feelings of grief for long periods of time, resulting in grievers finding it hard to engage in social activities leaving them more isolated. Often, friends and family feel strained in the presence of someone who is depressed and grief-stricken and inadvertently stop inviting this person to events.
This can feel like a further rejection for the griever and it is important to process these secondary losses.
Grief is a selfish process and friends need to understand that the ability of the survivor to give equally in a relationship is limited for long after the actual death. Recently a friend who lost her eldest child, recounted that she and her husband were having difficulty sharing their feelings of loss. Although she has a very strong marriage, she explained that if her husband was having a "good day" while she was having a "bad day", she hesitated to tell him about her anguish in case it "brought him down". This dilemma is very common amongst couples and family members and can create feelings of aloneness for the griever.
As well as difficulty in sharing thoughts and feelings within the immediate family, isolation can be perpetuated by the griever not knowing whom to tell what and how much to reveal to whom.
It is better to not assume that it is a good idea to "get everything into the open" by telling everything to all. Rather, help them to identify who they feel most supported by, and encourage them to share their pain with this person, disclosing at their own pace.
These can be particularly difficult to deal with, especially in the first year after the death, when all the anniversaries and special occasions are a first. Anniversaries can be particularly challenging if they represent festive occasions, such as Christmas, Hanukkah etc., which are remembered as times of joy. A further issue to contend with regarding anniversaries, is that various family members may want to celebrate these occasions in different ways.
Finally, survivors are often reluctant to create rituals that honor the person who died, as they worry that people might think this is weird or abnormal. We recently worked with a woman whose daughter had died in the Spring. On her daughter's birth date in June, she wanted to gather up her daughter's friends and spend an evening with them reflecting on her daughter's life. She was worried that others would misunderstand her actions and see them as weird or abnormal.
We supported her wish to celebrate this special day in her life, in this way. Much to her surprise, her daughter's friends were thrilled to have the opportunity to participate in the occasion and cherished the fact that this mother had thought of including them.
In reviewing this event with her, she talked about what a wonderful evening it had been. This client highlighted to us that our support helped her embrace the significance of that date in her life, rather than disregard the meaning of her daughter's birth date.
Each family member will need to decide how they wish to recognize these special occasions. In cases where family members are unable to agree on a particular way of honoring the deceased on anniversaries, we try to get them to agree to disagree, thereby modeling the need to tolerate differences in the grief process.
Grief is an exhausting process – both physically and mentally. Although we often hear about the emotionally exhausting part of grief, we hear less often about the physical toll grief can take on someone.
When dealing with grieving individuals, it is important to ask survivors how they are doing physically as well as asking them about their emotional well-being. Changes in eating, sleeping, concentration, energy level, etc. can all be strongly affected when dealing with grief.
Most survivors are good at recognizing what coping strategies do not work.
Ask survivors to think about a time recently when they felt less overwhelmed by their grief.
What were they doing at this time?
Support does not always have to be in the form of talking. Talking is a limited view of what constitutes support. Support and coping strategies, as we have come to recognize them, can include task-oriented activities as well as talking. It can be helpful to point out to the family that the person who comes by with food, or helps with chores or baby-sitting for a while, is also offering support in their own way. Families can interpret these other offers of support as a lack of caring , because the person did not talk about the death. Ask questions that help highlight what friends and neighbors have done that all add up to support.
Some survivors we worked with found watching movie videos took their mind off their pain, at least for a while. This can be a good coping strategy for those having trouble sleeping as it provides an alternative to tossing and turning in the middle of the night when it is harder to find someone to talk to.
Given the many physical challenges grief can create, regular contact with a family doctor is important to monitor weight loss or gain, sleeplessness, etc. Medication to help people sleep can often be useful for short periods of time. If someone is not sleeping properly, their ability to deal with other aspects of grief can be severely impeded.
Physical activity can also be useful during the grief process as it stimulates the part of the brain that helps fight depression. If physical exercise has never been part of the survivors lifestyle, this strategy may not be realistic, but even short walks can be helpful.
Many survivors feel suicidal during their grief process. This period can be frightening for care-givers. Survivors can be supported through this difficult period by having care-givers understand the reasons someone is feeling suicidal. It is imperative to provide survivors with the names and numbers of emergency clinics they can reach out to if they feel that they might act on their suicidal thoughts.
Generally, we end every session with clients by predicting that they may initially feel worse after a session (talking about feelings can bring troublesome emotions to the fore) and in the event of an emotional emergency, i.e. "I think I might act on my suicidal thoughts" – we assist clients to create a safety plan, which involves helping them identify what they will do if they become overwhelmed by their thoughts and feelings. These safety plans always involve non-destructive coping strategies such as doing something positive for themselves, calling a friend, seeing the doctor, calling the Distress Center, seeing their "priest," or going to the nearest hospital emergency department.
Our goal when providing grief counseling is to supply family members with tools to help them in their grief journey. Given that the grief process can continue for long periods of time, particularly in death through suicide, it would be impossible and counter-productive to see families through-out this period of time. The goal of these sessions is to help families work towards achieving a normal level of personal, interpersonal and day to day functioning.
In much the same way, by providing you with some of the topics and questions, to cover with families, we hope we have provided you with some of the preliminary tools you will need to do this work.


I'm tired of waiting, so I put out my own version of Vault Mirror for 2014. Vault Mirror is my baby, and nobody puts baby in a corner. This hasn't gone through the proper level of QA, which is why it's on my blog instead of the app store. Maybe it will make its way up to the app store, or maybe it won't. Whatever the outcome, I have you covered. Click on the link below to download Vault Mirror 2014. To use, just unzip and run.
New command line option: -WF. Downloads files based on your working folder settings.
New command line option: -noFail. If there is a download error, Vault Mirror moves to the next file instead of immediately aborting.
The cancel button actually works. In the past 6 releases, hitting the cancel button didn't actually cancel the operation. Nobody seemed to mind, but I thought I should fix it anyway.
Here are some tips on getting the most out of DECO. If you are not familiar with XAML or Visual Studio, then this video should help you with a few things.
Be warned, I'm not good at making pretty UI. The dialogs you will see in this video violate every rule of good taste. But the important thing is that you see the steps involved. This will allow you to create UI that looks much better.
So, you don't want to use AcquireFiles? You want to stick with web services? Fine, you can do that, but don't say I didn't warn you. The web service mechanism for uploading/downloading got real ugly in Vault 2014.
The main reason for the change was the file store server architecture. The database server controls things like security and the file store server controls the actual bits. So you need to make at least 2 calls for every file transfer. Also, there are special headers that need to get set on each call. They were optional in the last release but they are required for 2014.
The code above contains examples of AddFile, CheckinFile, CheckoutFile, and DownloadFile. All Vault operations are done through the WebServiceManager. No Connection object required.
One of the neat things about the UI components in the SDK is that they are also used by the Vault clients. This means that when the product gets localized, the SDK components get localized automatically.
All you need to do is grab the satellite assemblies and distribute them with your app. Oh wait, you don't need to do that. Dan Dulzo has already done this for you. Thanks Dan.
This should include all the langauges that Vault supports. If we missed one, let us know.
You should only use this for EXEs you write or when plugging in to a non-Autodesk application. If you are plugging in to an Autodesk product, the localization pack(s) should already be in place.
In the zip file are a bunch of folders with language codes for names. Grab the folders you want and place them under your EXE folder. For example, if your app is installed at c:\myApp\Program.exe, then your German language back would be at c:\myApp\de.
Don't feel you need to have one language folder. Feel free to dump them all in your EXE folder. At runtime, Windows will load the appropriate language pack based on the OS settings. If your language isn't in the language pack, the UI defaults to English, but you knew that already.
This language pack only supplies localizations of UI in the Vault SDK. Any UI you create yourself will have to be handled by you.


Premium choice beef fresh cut daily and accompanied with fresh vegetable medley, fresh baked bread, your choice of potato (baked or mashed), sweet potato fries, french fries, onion rings or basmati rice with choice of garden salad, caesar salad or cup of our soup of the day.
Fresh cut all natural angus New York strip steak. topped with house burgundy herb butter. 12 oz.
Fresh cut blackened New York Strip topped with our house blue cheese butter and mushroom sauce. 12 oz.
Served with fresh vegetable medley, fresh baked bread, your choice of baked potato, mashed potatoes, sweet potato fries, french fries, onion rings or bastami rice and choice of garden salad, caesar salad or cup of our soup of the day.
Smoked out back with blends of hickory and apple wood, seasoned with our special rib rub and basted with our house BBQ sauce.
A bountiful buffet of green & leafy, crispy and crunchy salads. Homemade Dressings: Poppy, Ranch, Blue Cheese, Pilot, Catalina, Honey Mustard Bacon, Thousand Island, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Blueberry Pomegranate Vinaigrette, White Balsamic Shallot Vinaigrette, Apple Vinaigrette, Fat Free Raspberry Vinaigrette or Caesar Served with our fresh baked bread.
Served with fresh vegetable medley, fresh baked bread, your choice of potato (baked or mashed), sweet potato fries, french fries, onion rings or basmati rice with choice of garden salad, caesar salad or cup of our soup of the day.
Served with Italian garlic bread and your choice of garden salad, caesar salad or soup of the day.
We gladly offer Sweet Springs Water by the glass at no additional charge.
Includes chips, fries, sweet potato fries, soup or garden salad.
Includes chips, fries, sweet potato fries, garden salad, or soup of the day.
A bountiful buffet of green & leafy, crispy and crunchy salads of crisp Romaine hearts, cucumber, red pepper, broccoli, baby corn and fresh tomatoes.


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Pixels 3D Blu-ray review
Anton van Beek | Feb 14, 2016
Misconceived action comedy is only good for sullying your memories of classic arcade games
When extraterrestrials misinterpret footage from classic videogames beamed into space in 1982 as a declaration of war, they decide to wipe out all life on Earth using technology based on the likes of Galaga, Centipede and Pac-Man. And with the military hopelessly outclassed, humanity's only hope lies with a trio of former arcade game champions (Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad).
Based on Patrick Jean's brilliant two-minute short of the same name that set the internet alight back in 2011, the feature-length Pixels simply uses the idea as the backbone for an idiotic Ghostbusters knockoff that sees Sandler and chums performing the sort of slapdash idiocy that passes for comedy in every Happy Madison production. Meanwhile, talented actors likes Michelle Monaghan and Jane Krakowski are wasted due to the screenwriters either having no idea how to write meaningful parts for women or no interest in doing so, lest it detract from Sandler's annoying man-child schtick.
And who exactly has Pixels been made for? While the 'jokes' may just about keep kids amused, the nostalgia value of Q*bert and Galaga will surely pass them by completely. Furthermore, anyone old enough to have played those games in their youth will no doubt find the rest of the film insultingly infantile and imbecilic. Happy Gilmore, this ain't.
Movie rating: 1/5
Picture: Of course, a movie as life-sappingly dull as Pixels was always bound to look absolutely amazing on Blu-ray. And that's what's happened – at least where the 2D encode is concerned.
Another of Sony's 'Mastered in 4K' presentations, the flat 2.40:1 1080p encode delivers incredibly vibrant colours that explode from the screen. Detailing also astonishes with its intricacy, while blacks are spectacularly deep and inky.
Unfortunately, the 3D encode doesn't hold up quite as well. Outside of a few sequences (Chapter 2's swirling arcade screens, Q*bert poking his nose over the lower black bar when he's first revealed in Chapter 12...) the image lacks significant volume. More damaging still is the impact of the drop in brightness, with colour failing to pop and blacks crushed to the point of eliminating shadow detail.
Picture rating: 4/5
Audio: The 2D Pixels Blu-ray was Sony's first Dolby Atmos release in the US, but this delayed UK outing surprisingly arrived with an Auro-3D track on the 2D disc instead. At the time of writing we aren't in a situation to audition this, so we'll to stick to commenting on the DTS-HD Mater Audio 5.1 mix: a perfectly well-rendered but not especially exciting affair that only really bursts into life during the movie's trio of major action sequences.
Extras: The 2D disc includes a music video, a stills gallery and eight behind-the-scenes vignettes (including a piece about Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani's cameo in the film). Notably absent is the original Pixels short.
We say: It may look truly sensational (in 2D) and boast the first Auro-3D soundtrack, but Pixels still sucks
Pixels 3D, Sony Pictures, All-region BD, £28 approx


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Q: installing nvidia driver I have just installed ubuntu 18.04 LTS on my Assus 556-UX notebook with Nvidia 930MX card. I have noticed that in the 'details' section in 'Settings' it still says the graphic card is the intel's on-board card, so I wanted to install the nvidia driver.
I am new to linux, what is the best way of doing this?
thank you

A: I usually install the Nvidia drivers from the terminal:
$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:graphics-drivers
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

(then reboot)
You should be able to switch between your Nvidia dGPU and Intel iGPU using:
$ sudo prime-select [nvidia|intel]

You can query which GPU is in use using:
$ prime-select query

NOTE: I have had huge headaches with Nvidia drivers lately, namely:

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*The Nvidia GPU doesn't power down after switching to the Intel iGPU.

*Lots and lots of "micro-stutter" when scrolling/dragging windows.

I found a "fix" (workaround?) for my particular laptop in regards to the first issue:

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*Edit /etc/default/grub after switching to the iGPU.

*Find the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash nouveau.pm=1"

*Remove the nouveau.pm=1

*From the terminal, run: $ sudo update-grub
I haven't been able to find a fix for the "micro-stutters", but this issue is subjective and will bother some users more than others (I'm in the former group, it bothers me a lot - so much so that I have uninstalled the proprietary Nvidia drivers and am currently using the Nouveau drivers, which are much "smoother" for most desktop functions).

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Boris Johnson strains to remain upbeat as new Omicron variant forces rapid crackdown
Less than a week ago, cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi took to the airwaves to predict that such was the progress of the vaccine programme, Britain would be the first big country to use vaccines to end the pandemic. Hours after he made those comments, scienziati 9,000 miles away detected a worrying Covid variant that , just days later, prompted Boris Johnson to announce emergency measures that he had hoped would never be reintroduced.
Il speed at which Omicron's initial discovery has led to the detection of cases around the world and the imposition of new restrictions has been startling. It is also a sign of desperation in Downing Street to avoid a lapse back into more severe restrictions, such as those the prime minister was forced to introduce – with great reluctance – last Christmas.
Even by Friday, with Whitehall officials scrambling to draw up options for the prime minister and cases emerging in Belgium and Israel, UK scientific advisers had concluded that the new variant was probably already here. "The predictions of the modellers are that, even if we haven't yet found this virus on our shores, it will be there," said professor Peter Openshaw of Imperial College London, speaking on Friday evening. Openshaw is a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group.
Travel restrictions were immediately placed on the countries affected, but scientists were already pushing for swift action elsewhere. "Any border restrictions are only about buying time. So if we slap them on quickly but drag our feet in doing everything else, it really is a waste of time," said Stephen Reicher, a member of the Sage subcommittee advising on behavioural science. "In fact, we are particularly vulnerable, given our acceptance of chronically high levels of infection/hospitalisation/death."
Such has been the pace of Omicron's emergence that it was little surprise when, on Saturday, the first UK cases emerged in Brentwood and Nottingham. Contact tracers were working over the weekend to find those they may have infected. Four more African countries were then added to the government's red list. Yet Downing Street concluded more was needed.
A prime minister who has faced criticism for his grip and style over the past few weeks tried desperately to retain his optimism on Saturday as he announced further restrictions, including compulsory mask-wearing on public transport and in shops, as well as PCR tests and self-isolation for people arriving in the UK. "I'm absolutely confident that this Christmas will be significantly better than last Christmas," Egli ha detto.
The government has, infatti, decided not to implement some of the Plan B measures in its toolkit – such as working from home and vaccine passports, which are fiercely opposed by many Tory MPs. The change on masks in England actually brought it in line with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, where masks are already mandatory on public transport and many indoor areas.
The restrictions will also be reviewed in three weeks – another sign of prime ministerial hopes that restrictions could be eased ahead of Christmas. Equally, tuttavia, it leaves space to put further restrictions in place as more is known about the spread of the variant and its effects.
As with the Delta variant, the government believes vaccines – and the booster programme in particular – form its main line of defence. While the new variant may be able to evade vaccines in terms of infection, there are hopes jabs can reduce serious illness. It is understood that the government's advisers on vaccine distribution are meeting over the weekend to agree that the booster programme should be offered to people younger than 40.
Professor Danny Altmann, from Imperial College London, was among those who said the move would be necessary. "Looking at the vast array of spike mutations, vaccine protection from neutralising antibodies will need to be as high as possible," Egli ha detto. "That means extending eligibility for a third boost across the age range as soon as possible. And of course, for a country where we only have about 75% [double] vaccinated, reaching out to the unvaccinated to get safe."
Some advisers have also been worried about the double whammy effect of Britain having to deal with both the Delta variant, which is still the dominant variant in the UK, and the new Omicron variant should it establish itself quickly here.
Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, pointed out the high levels of infection already in the UK – though hospitalisations are falling. Last Friday's Office for National Statistics figures showed that about 1 million people in the UK currently have Covid.
Although the new restrictions are a reminder of the fragility of the path out of the pandemic, the battles against Covid since spring 2020 have also provided huge advantages in tackling Omicron. While the new variant was flagged on Tuesday, both Novavax and Moderna – two pharmaceutical firms that produced earlier vaccines – said they were already working on a booster that would target Omicron.
Some experts also said they held out hope that, thanks to vaccines, Omicron may not cause more severe disease compared with the Delta variant. As the new measures were announced on Saturday night, Whitty acknowledged that the nation needed to be thankful for the scientific endeavours of the past 18 mesi: "If I can make one Christmas plea? It would be that when people raise their glasses this Christmas, they do so to the extraordinary scientists who produce the vaccines, the diagnostics, the drugs which will allow this Christmas, if possible, to be in a very different place to what it would have been without them."
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My husband and I ran into Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago for something but I can't even remember what it was. Whatever it was, we must have bought it because I remember being in the checkout talking with the cashier. I asked her about a lamp that caught my eye. I wasn't there to buy a lamp; I wasn't even in the market for a new lamp but I saw this one and we were meant to be. So I'm asking the cashier about the lamp. It seemed everything in that store was on sale except the lamp. I asked, "Are your lamps on sale too by chance?" She replied, "No"...but then she added "but they will be next week. They go on sale every other week." Well, that's a great tip. So, next week I went back and just as she said, the lamp was on sale at 50% off! Yep, I bought it...mostly for the shade. I love that little shade. That lamp came home with me and I put it in my den in progress. Although I wasn't looking for it, it was meant to be.
That is BEAUTIFUL! And, yep, that's the trick at Hobby Lobby - if it's not on sale this week, go back next week.


My first taste of Wee Nam Kee was during our honeymoon trip to Singapore where Paul and I met up with our Singapore-based friends for a post-wedding celebration. The restaurant wasn't hard to locate as we carefully followed the directions given to us -- take the train to Novena and cross the street to find Wee Nam Kee. I wrote about our wonderful experience here and to this day, I still daydream about the yummy cereal prawns and Hainanese Chicken that we had that evening.
A few months after we got back from Singapore, we heard some juicy rumors that Wee Nam Kee is coming to Manila! This was confirmed by a dear colleague who's very own brother is the man behind Manila's very own Wee Nam Kee. In other words, we now have a Hainanese Chicken savior. Hooray! Finally, good and authentic chicken rice is coming to our shores!
Sadly, hectic schedule and a bad case of amoebiasis restrained me from trying Wee Nam Kee right on its opening month. I died with envy upon hearing raves from fellow food-loving friends. I wrote Wee Nam Kee down on my restaurant wish list and vowed to visit it someday.
Fast forward two years after, it was Paul's younger brother's turn to celebrate his birthday and we all decided to dine at Wee Nam Kee in Serendra. How silly that it took me almost two years to finally try our local Wee Nam Kee. That was exactly how long I've tortured myself with my never-ending Wee Nam Kee daydreams.
It was Alvin's birthday and so we had to have a plate of noodles! We tried the Hong Kong Fried Noodles (Php. 255) which was one of the Chef's Recommendations. One order was good for all 8 of us since we also ordered other dishes as well. The egg noodles were well-cooked and I love how they have added plump shrimps and pork into it. It wasn't too overwhelming and filling.
That was just our first dish and we had 6 other dishes to enjoy that day. To ensure that no one will end up choking halfway through the meal, we tried their two new drinks-- the Cucumber Lime and the Mango Mint Shake. I was nursing a bad cold that day so I truly appreciated the citrusy flavor of the Cucumber Lime. It made me feel like I'm getting an extra dose of Vitamin C. Paul loved the Mango Mint which was a surprise as he's not a fan of anything with mint. I guess the sweet mango flavor overpowered the possible minty taste.
According to the menu, this is good for 6-8 pax and they were pretty accurate about that. Our party of 8 happily tried the two types of chicken and each one had his or her own pick. As for me, I was pretty loyal to the white Hainanese Chicken as I love to cover my meat with lots of ginger oil.
Another Chef's Recommendation. The squid rings were perfectly caramelized but the size was just a tad too small for our liking. I would have loved this had it been more sticky, with a dash of sesame seed and perhaps with a little spicy kick too.
I love Sweet and Sour Pork and for me the best, so far, is from Passion in Resorts World. Sadly this one was pretty ordinary and paled in comparison to that dreamy Sweet and Sour Pork with Fresh Fruits.
My mommy-in-law loves two things -- Roast Pork (Lechon Macau) and Salted Fish Fried Rice. She loves them so much that she can easily detect a good crispy Roast Pork with just one bite. I don't think she was very impressed with this one but it was a-ok for me. How I wish they'd serve this with some mustard the same way other Chinese restaurants would.
We loved this! Well, how can you go wrong with this type of fried rice? This went so well with our choice of dishes that day. For a while there, I forgot all about my 14-day Nestle Fitnesses Challenge! Obviously, I went beyond my supposed "balanced and healthy" meal that day. No regrets though, I'd definitely go back for more Salted Fish Fried Rice soon.
My sis-in-law and I love love love cereal prawns. Sadly not a lot of restaurants here in Manila can do this perfectly. Thus our great excitement to order not only one but two plates of Wee Nam Kee's Cereal Prawns upon seeing this in the menu. We loved it! The prawns were deep-fried to perfection allowing the shells to be edible. The sweet cereal that covered the prawns goes so well with our rice too. It was pretty addicting that I ended up polishing one plate off as I made sure to get the leftover cereals and dumped it all on top of my rice. Yum!
For dessert, the kind staff of Wee Nam Kee gave us three complimentary desserts to try.
I loved the mango jello on top of the creamy base. This one was pretty good as the mango tasted really refreshing and none of the artificial flavor you would get from concentrates and syrups.
The buchi honestly needed a little bit more improvement yet. While the chocolate filling was very rich and decadent, the buchi covering still needed to be a bit more sticky to make it authentic. I loved the milk chocolate while I found the white chocolate to be too sweet as I felt a slight shiver up my spine after taking a bite. Was that my blood sugar shooting up?
We had mixed feelings about this. It wasn't bad but it could have been better. The roti was a bit too flat and dry yet the banana was delicious when dipped into the caramel sauce.
Since Wee Nam Kee is a Singaporean restaurant, how I wish they'd consider bringing in traditional Singaporean desserts such as the Banana Fritters and or even the $1 ice cream sandwich! That would have been more fun to indulge on after enjoying a plate of Hainanese Chicken Rice.
Want to win a free meal at Wee Nam Kee? Watch out for my upcoming Holiday Giveaway happening soon!
Wee Nam Kee currently has three branches in the following areas: Ayala Triangle in Makati (846-8924), Serendra Piazza in Bonifacio Global City (822-7095) and at Alabang Town Center (478-9103). They are scheduled to open three more branches before the year ends. You may also call City Delivery to enjoy your Wee Nam Kee meal at home.


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New MMORPG Legend of Ymir Announced With Unreal Engine 5 & NFT Support
Korean developer WeMade Entertainment announced the development of its next-generation MMORPG titled Legend of Ymir.
Giuseppe Nelva
Published on January 6, 2022 Giuseppe Nelva
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If you're unfamiliar with WeMade, it's known for The Legend of Mir 2, The Legend of Mir 3, and Mir 4. In fact, Legend of Ymir is supposed to pick up the world view of the previous games and translate it into a Nordic setting.
The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5, supporting its technological advances like Lumen and Nanite. It even uses Epic's MetaHuman Creator for the characters.
We also hear that the game will support NFTs, which isn't very surprising considering that Mir 4 already does, allowing players to tokenize their characters and sell and trade them as NFTs.
In the video below, we get to see an introduction by the developer and a tech demo showing a location of the game running un Unreal Engine 5. A character named Brynhildr is also showcased, and she certainly looks very detailed, especially for a MMORPG.
At the moment, no platforms have been announced, nor a release window, but the developers mention that they will "return soon with a well-made next-generation MMORPG" for the players.
In the meanwhile, you can enjoy the video and see what you think.
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Happy Hippie Presents #InstaPride: AJ
18 and a half
Where were you born and where do you live now?
I was born in Lowell Massachusetts, and I now live in Townsend Massachusetts.
I usually go with "Queerest of the Queer" 🙂
What do you do for a living / what are you studying in school?
I just graduated high school and am going into college with an undeclared major because I'm not quite sure where my life is headed at this point. Otherwise I am a super cute pizza delivery boy.
I like to play a lot of Xbox (Even though I'm not very good) and I seem to have a shopping problem and that ranges all the way from eBay to the mall
Happy Hippie Presents #InstaPride: Gigi
I was born in Montreal Canada, but now live in Toronto and LA 🙂
Self-respecting, fun, caring and passionate.
I'm a YouTuber, but I was in school for Fashion in College.
I'm very much a mother of my puppy Bella-Princess, she is a full time job! But when I can get out of the house and let loose I never miss an opportunity!
17th June – Out and About in New York City
Miley was spotted out in New York City today (June 17th) after receiving her Inspirational Award at the amfAR gala last night. Check out Miley wearing some of her colourful clothing and her KEEPITBRIGHT.co.uk customised jacket in our HQ candids in our Photogallery:
004. Candids > 2015 > 17th June – Out and About in New York City
Miley Cyrus Gets Roaring Ovation For Powerful Pro-LGBTQ Speech
A beautiful thing happened in New York City last night. The American Foundation for AIDS Research held its annual Inspiration Gala, this year awarding Andy Cohen and Miley Cyrus with top honors. Along with getting down to an exuberant performance by Mary J. Blige and contributing to the live auction (for which Miley donated a hand-bedazzled collection of Caitlyn Jenner's "Vanity Fair" covers, signed by Caitlyn herself!), Miley brought the entire room to its feet with a beautiful and moving acceptance speech, using the platform to describe her dedication to the fight against HIV/AIDS and the tenets of her Happy Hippie Foundation.
Read the full transcript below.
Happy Hippie Presents #InstaPride: Tyler
I was born in NYC, raised in Boca Raton, FL, and now I'm back in NYC.
I am a young galaxy.
I am a freelance writer, LGBTQA consultant, model, and will soon have my own T-shirt company!
Happy Hippie Presents #InstaPride: Leo
I just turned 19 in May.
I was born in the Hunan province of China and now I live near Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Passionate, funny, creative, determined.
What do you do for a living /what are you studying in school?
I work at my school's LGBTQ resource center where I facilitate trainings around LGBTQ identities and ways to be a better ally. Right now, I'm hoping to study film. I really want to write and direct movies and television programs. I think it's such a great medium for storytelling.
I write. A lot. Like, seriously. I'm not really big on poetry, but I write a lot of short stories, fan fiction, ideas for short films. There are days where I'll spend hours just typing away, off in my own world. It's so liberating and so much fun.
Miley Cyrus Speaks to TIME!
Miley Cyrus: 'You Can Just Be Whatever You Want to Be'
It doesn't take much to summon a whirlwind of words from Miley Cyrus, who answers every question with a torrent. She darts from memories of football games in Nashville to pop star etiquette to how America is obsessed with sex—all so quickly that some words are hard to distinguish. (Except the profanity, which she uses at roughly the same rate teens use emoji.) Occasionally she slows, camping up her light Nashville drawl to mock the conservative politicians who are at odds with her new social-justice mission: teaching America that there's more to gender than deciding someone is a girl or boy in the delivery room—and supporting people across the gender spectrum. Read the rest of this entry
Miley Cyrus Reveals #InstaPride alongside Instagram!
Miley Cyrus has gone behind the camera lens to draw attention to issues affecting transgender and non-binary people.
The 22-year-old singer, who recently revealed her bisexuality, has joined forces with popular photo-sharing application, Instagram, to launch a series of portraits focused on the LGBT community.
With each picture set to be taken by the American star over the next two weeks, the series that has been titled #instapride and will raise awareness for the her charity, the Happy Hippie Foundation.
The first person to be featured was 19-year-old Leo Sheng from Michigan, who openly discussed his transition from female to male.
'I can't remember the last time I've been in a room with so much love, pride and respect for everyone's journeys,' he said in a caption. 'I hope that my portrait can inspire those who have the ability to share their own stories to find their voices.
'If there's anything that the last few years have taught me, it's that living an unapologetic existence is the most freeing thing you can do.'
Meanwhile, Miley – who posed naked alongside her pet pig Bubba Sue for the latest issue of Paper magazine – told the publication earlier this month that considers her own sexuality and gender identification as 'fluid'.
'I am literally open to every single thing that is consenting and doesn't involve an animal and everyone is of age,' she explained. 'Everything that's legal, I'm down with. Yo, I'm down with any adult – anyone over the age of 18 who is down to love me.'
Opening up about her sexuality in the candid interview, the chart-topper noted that because she doesn't 'relate to being a boy or a girl', she doesn't need her partner relate to being a boy or girl either.
She also recalled being aged 14 when she first told her mother Tish that she 'admire[s] women in a different way'.
In May, Miley officially announced the launch of the Happy Hippie Foundation, a non-profit she founded, which is dedicated to fighting injustice facing homeless and LGBT youth.
The organization, which Miley discusses in detail in Paper's 'Use your voice' issue, offers kids and teens art and animal therapies as a form of treatment as well as support.
Free to Be Miley: Miley Cyrus for Paper Magazine
Miley Cyrus is in the midst of making a heated point about animal rights, and she's getting so worked up about it her cheekbones are jabbing the keypad of the telephone, punctuating our conversation with errant beeps. She's calling from "the middle of the jungle" — or, more specifically, a tiny island in the Caribbean, where she's on vacation with her family. "If you could see where I am right now, you would be laughing so hard," she says. "I feel like I'm in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle, and something is about to zap me into nothingness."
Miley Cyrus for Paper Magazine
"I was doing a show two nights ago," Miley Cyrus tells us in our Summer 2015 cover story, "and I was wearing butterfly nipple pasties and butterfly wings. I'm standing there with my tits out, dressed like a butterfly. How the fuck is that fair? How am I so lucky?"
The story, on newsstands June 22nd, focuses on Miley's inspiration behind the Happy Hippie Foundation, a nonprofit launched earlier this year to help homeless and LGBT kids. The unapologetic, shit-kicking Miley we know is there, but we see an engaged and compassionate side as well — and a fluid sexual identification that connects her personal life with her social-justice dreams.
For the shoot, we got Miley together with creative director Diane Martel (who directed Cyrus' "We Can't Stop" video) and photographer Paola Kudacki. In addition to her shoot co-star, pet pig Bubba Sue, there was a glass pyramid, some body paint and very little clothing.
The issue, which we're calling Use Your Voice, also includes a conversation with Al Gore and Pharrell Williams about Live Earth 2015 and why "Happy" is a revolutionary song; we catch up with Charli XCX, Troye Sivan and Cody Simpson, and Mr. Mickey dines out with Betsey Johnson; we meet three out-and-proud gay country stars, who tell us about living authentically in their famously conservative genre; we dip a toe into the febrile dreamworld of French pop singer Petite Meller; and we celebrate nine living legends — from Quincy Jones to Joan Jett to Dolly Parton — who've used their voices to change the world. All this and more in our biggest summer music issue ever.
Come back tomorrow for the full cover story and more absolutely insane photos of Miley.


Everywhere you look there's a girl instagramming her avocado toast. I've seen more avocado toast on the internet than macarons lately, and that's really saying something. So I start this post with a disclaimer, this isn't an avocado toast, it's California Bruschetta. So very different, right? I was going to call these mini-avocado toasts, but my husband walked in to scoop one off the tray mid-click of my camera shutter and asked — "what is this? California bruschetta?" He gets full credit for naming this one (and truth be told, he has a lot of great ideas that end up on this blog that he doesn't always get credit for). So what inspired this delectable avocado creation? I'm participating in a little recipe challenge with Salt for Life, which makes me feel like I'm fulfilling a dream of being a contestant on Chopped. Salt for Life is a potassium based salt, so it's got the taste of salt, but with less sodium — excellent! Their team challenged me and a few other bloggers to come up with recipes featuring a few key ingredients and I'll be sharing three recipes these week that use those ingredients. My competitive side is coming out people, and I sharpened my knives like I was in the opening credits of Top Chef to create these recipes. Enjoy this one below, and be sure to vote for my recipes on Salt For Life's Instagram page with a "like"!
Slice french bread into 1" pieces, spread across a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
Toast bread under the broiler for 1-2 minutes, watching closely to avoid burning.
Let the toasts slightly cool and spread avocados on top, mashing into the bread with the back of a fork.
Top with halves of cherry tomatoes and thinly sliced pieces of red onion.
Squeeze lime juice lightly over the top of each piece, and season with Salt for Life, black pepper and red pepper flakes to taste.
Garnish with torn fresh basil and serve immediately.
Salted Caramel Ice Cream Sandwiches. Sweet Corn and Rainbow Chard Stuffed Shells.
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Home > Letter from the Director
Dear San Francisco Voter, September 9, 2022
The November 8, 2022, Consolidated General Election is the first election that uses the new boundaries for Supervisorial districts drawn by the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force and based on information from the 2020 decennial census. One effect is some voters may now live in a different Supervisorial district in relation to previous elections. For this election, voters in even-numbered Supervisorial districts will receive ballots that include contests for Supervisors. Voters living in an odd-numbered Supervisorial district will next vote for their Supervisors in the November 2024 election.
Visit our website for several maps that provide the new boundaries for not only Supervisorial Districts, but also State Assembly and U.S. Congressional Districts in San Francisco at sfelections.org/maps. The maps provide views that indicate the sections of the City in which voters will experience changes in their legislative districts and representatives.
You can also use the Department's "Voting Districts Lookup Tool" on our website to know if your legislative districts have changed at sfelections.org/myvotingdistrict. The online tool provides lists of the old and new districts which allows for a quick way to determine if any of your legislative districts have changed. You can also look for your districts on the back cover of this voter information pamphlet.
Your ballot will again include two contests for the U.S. Senate as well as two contests for the Community College Board. The U.S. Senate contest appearing first will elect a candidate to serve during the new term that begins in January 2023. The Senate contest appearing second will elect a candidate to serve the remainder of the current term which ends in January 2023. The Community College Board contest appearing first will elect three candidates to serve during the new terms that begin January 2023, while the contest appearing second will elect one candidate to serve the remainder of the current term which ends in January 2025.
Returning Your Vote-By-Mail Ballot
If you drop your ballot envelope into a blue USPS box, or a letterbox, be sure to check the date and time the USPS will collect your ballot. The reason is the Department can only count ballots in envelopes postmarked on or before Election Day, November 8, 2022. You can search for the nearest USPS boxes and pickup times at usps.com/locator.
Starting October 10 and through 8 p.m. on Election Day, the Department will provide 34 official ballot drop boxes in neighborhoods across San Francisco. Any voter may choose to use an official ballot drop box to return their voted ballot. You can find the locations of the ballot drop boxes in this voter information pamphlet and on our website at sfelections.org/ballotdropoff.
On Election Day, you can also return your voted ballot to any of the City's 501 neighborhood polling places or the City Hall Voting Center, open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tracking the Status of Your Vote-By-Mail Ballot
Voters can track their ballots as they move through the steps of assembly, delivery, processing, and counting at sfelections.org/voterportal. Voters can also sign up to receive notifications on the status of their ballots via email, text, or voice message at wheresmyballot.sos.ca.gov.
Accessible Vote-by-Mail System
Beginning October 10, any voter can use the Department's accessible vote-by-mail (AVBM) system at sfelections.org/access to access and mark their ballot using their own assistive technology. After marking an AVBM ballot, the voter must print out the ballot, place it in the envelope, and return the ballot envelope to the Department of Elections, ensuring the return envelope is postmarked on or before Election Day.
Voting in Person
On October 11, the Department will open its Voting Center located inside City Hall, and which is available to all voters, including non-citizen voters eligible to vote on the Board of Education contest.
The Voting Center will be open every weekday starting October 11, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., the two weekends prior to Election Day (October 29 – 30, and November 5 – 6), 10 a.m.– 4 p.m., and Election Day, November 8, 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. The Voting Center serves all City residents who want to vote in person, drop off their voted ballots, use accessible voting equipment, or, after the October 24 registration deadline, to register and vote provisionally.
On Election Day, polling places will open for in-person voting and vote-by-mail ballot drop-off services from 7 a.m. – 8 p.m. The location of your polling place is printed on the back cover of this pamphlet.
For more information, call the Department at (415) 554-4375, email sfvote [at] sfgov.org, or visit sfelections.org.
John Arntz, Director
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 48, San Francisco, CA 94102
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The contrasting rock formations and coarse sand at Ayrmer Cove, Devon.
The waterfall near Burrator Reservoir, Devon.
Jerome Harrington – Inspirational Blaschka: Making Fact Making Fiction As part of Jerome's commission for the National Glass Centre in Sunderland he asked me to provide him with some drawings which would then be interpreted into glass models. The images below show one of the final models along with the original drawing.


The Global Information Technology Report 2003-2004 is the third in a series, the result of a collaboration among infoDev, the World Economic Forum, and INSEAD France.
Recognizing the importance of benchmarking performance and disseminating best practices, the Global Information Technology Report assesses the progress of networked readiness in countries, revealing the obstacles that prevent countries from fully capturing the benefi ts of ICT. Beyond just providing a yearly "snapshot" of networked readiness, the Report establishes a process whereby governments, businesses and other stakeholders can evaluate progress on a continual basis.
The theme of the 2003-2004 report, "Towards a More Equitable Information Society" is one that reflects the relevance of ICT to economic and social development. In keeping with our theme, we have made a special effort to include 20 more developing countries, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa. This brings the country coverage up to 102 countries, making the report the most comprehensive assessment of networked readiness in the world.


LinkedIn Groups are a great way to build credibility for yourself or your business. You can join up to 50 of them, but why bother? What benefits could you expect to see by joining even one? Aren't they all overrun with spam and self-promotion? Assuming you're already not making obvious mistakes when using LinkedIn what benefits do groups offer?
They can be a miserable experience if they are managed poorly. But great ones exist and there's always the potential for you to create and moderate your own.
This one shouldn't be a surprise. LinkedIn is used by 94% of B2B marketers, compared to 87% for Facebook and 84% for Twitter, according to a 2016 MarketingProfs content marketing study. 2 out of 3 marketers highly rate LinkedIn's effectiveness in their organizations, compared to 55% for Twitter and a surprisingly low 30% for Facebook.
If you have a brand that sells to businesses in any way you should be on LinkedIn in some capacity.
But in what capacity, exactly?
If you have a smaller company it may be difficult to cost-effectively build the big audiences larger companies generate, limiting your reach. You could grow your audiences with LinkedIn advertising's excellent targeting options, but it's not cheap.
LinkedIn Groups allow you to create or participate in dedicated discussion forums on moderated business-focused topics. Post information that members find valuable or helpful and over time your audience can grow significantly.
But there are barriers you need to overcome to get there. Ask yourself an important question if you're thinking of creating a new group and give it an honest answer: why should this group exist and what purpose does it serve? If the answer has any hint of "selling" or "marketing" to users DO NOT CREATE THE GROUP. There are many thousands of pointless sales-focused groups already littering LinkedIn and they offer little to no value to users.
Competition is fierce! There are over 2 million LinkedIn Groups out there and most are dormant or dying. If you don't have a novel twist on a topic or a true niche that's unserved by existing LinkedIn Groups you'll likely fail without a significant advertising spend (and then likely still.) Find a group that already has a sizeable audience, great engagement, and rigorous moderators and start participating in it, first. Corporate-sponsored groups are a great place to start since they generally have more resources to effectively manage their groups professionally. We have a dedicated post answering the, "Should I create a group or join one?" question – check it out for all the details.
if you do decide that creating a new group makes sense, then the most powerful feature of LinkedIn Groups is that they give moderators the ability to directly email group members once per week. Members have to opt-in to group communication to be contacted but in my experience most do. Since people visit LinkedIn less than the other premier social networks they tend to like getting notified weekly when interesting content becomes available, assuming it's of high quality.
This is an opportunity to get your content to a targeted audience without resorting to costly e-mail marketing. You can use it to notify members of new, valuable, or popular posts in the group, constantly re-engaging them. Note I didn't say using it to directly sell or market to them. Your goal should be to be an influencer within the group first, thought leader in your niche second, and lead generator a distant third.
Content posted to groups must be focused on the topic or fall within the content guidelines provided by the group. Groups are not the place to spam your blog content; they are designed to be authentic environments for discussion, not "Content Marketing Craigslist."
LinkedIn used to support a Promotions tab within groups to allow a dedicated spot for promotional posts but these efforts were overwhelmed with spam. Many groups have been ruined by a combination of constant link-spam and lax moderation. Now the platform uses a set of algorithms that detects promotional (read: off-site links), irrelevant, inappropriate, or heavily cross-group-posted content and places it in a special publishing queue moderators must manually curate to allow them to be published at all. This makes more work for the moderator but gives them more control of the discussion.
Selectively engage in groups you have the time, interest, and experience to do so well. Don't "post and bounce" just to promote your services or products. You'll likely end up ignored, banned, or worse, professionally discredited. Industries are smaller than you think and peppering large numbers of groups with the same self-promotional garbage will get you noticed in the wrong way.
Ask valuable questions and give others' interesting, unique answers.
Turn off any auto-posting to LinkedIn Groups. A good moderator will ban them anyway. Only share reputable, helpful content and only do so in the context of a discussion to further it. Posting links to your blog in this way is a great way to gain blog followers but be sure you're only posting that link if it helps the discussion at hand.
Contribute regularly and consistently to multiple discussions. Think slow and steady, not carpet bombing for a short period of time. It takes time to build trust and influence. Give your peers time to recognize you and soon you'll find yourself being asked directly for your opinions.
DO NOT send LinkedIn invites to other members until you've had some (preferably positive) interactions with them in the group. A great time to do so is after you've had a positive interaction with them in a lengthy discussion.
A LinkedIn Group provides a dedicated channel to your customers or industry colleagues. "Give to get" should be your mantra. Yes, it's a cliche. But it matters here.
The average contact quality you'll get on LinkedIn is much higher in general than those from Twitter or Facebook and you need to treat them with the respect that deserves. A well-moderated group is usually comprised of very specific demographics which is a huge benefit, assuming you've done the work already to identify the demographics that matter to you.
It's hard work to post to LinkedIn Groups.
Only share your content as post responses in threads where it would add to the discussion. Do it manually so that you can target your posts to the individual audiences you find in each group. By manually, I mean to craft each response separately and possibly vary the text, tone, and language to speak most effectively to each group audience. For example, if you're a member of a pest control group and a small business owners group the audiences will likely be very different and communicate with different language and terminology. But, your content may be valuable to both. Build your responses such that they resonate optimally with each group.
You should see more targeted free marketing-qualified leads before you know it. A great example of this is Amar Ghose, CEO of ZenMaid software used LinkedIn Groups very effectively to generate a majority of their company's sales.
Assuming a group is managed well, it is full of people whose opinions you'd likely value in your line of work.
Using LinkedIn Groups to get feedback is one of the most powerful ways you can use them. Honest reviews are difficult to come by these days. Make sure to helpfully participate for a while before requesting anything. Ask group members to give feedback, reviews, and professional advice on your product, service, or offering.
Don't use this as a thinly-veiled way to promote content or market to members, for example," I just wrote this blog post, what do you think? Discuss below!!!" That's not asking for feedback, it's self-promotional and a good group moderator will never let it reach the page.
Ask people direct, clearly-bounded questions then expect and thank them for honest answers. Doing this can also be a great way to generate content ideas that you can further share with the group in the context of other discussions.
Feedback isn't the only thing you can gain from groups. Have a difficult business problem to solve, need an external unbiased viewpoint (not subject to internal politics,) or have a question about handling a difficult situation?
These types of questions get great engagement because they are asking for professional opinions, not leads, and you're giving group members a chance to shine. Chances are you'd personally value the counsel of a number of your fellow group members if you met them in person. Don't forget to thank those that give meaningful responses.
Be strategic in what content you post, how you post it, the groups you post it to, and how you behave in LinkedIn Groups. You'll not only grow your influence but see some undeniable benefits along the way.
What tips do you have for getting the most out of LinkedIn Groups?