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Starting on Thursday, November 5 at Boston University, Howard Zinn and producers and cast from THE PEOPLE SPEAK are embarking on a national college tour for Howard's forthcoming documentary feature film THE PEOPLE SPEAK.
All events are FREE!
To reserve a seat in advance (highly recommended) and for more info visit:
http://www.history.com/thepeoplespeakcollegetour
http://www.facebook.com/HowardZinn
( Coming soon to a campus near you! )
And check out The People Speak -- airing on History on December 13, 2009 -- the documentary inspired by Voices of a People's History of the United States and produced by Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Chris Moore, Anthony Arnove and Howard Zinn, and featuring Damon, Brolin, Rosario Dawson, Bob Dylan, Morgan Freeman, John Legend, Viggo Mortensen, Bruce Springsteen, Marisa Tomei, and Kerry Washington.
See a sneak peek preview at http://www.thepeoplespeak.com
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ok, nursing/medical shows? get your shit together. it doesn't take that much longer to do things right- trust me, i've been an RN for thirty years. it really doesn't take any time at all to do it right.
what brought this on? decided to check out Three Rivers tonight.
oh, god, the amount of money spent on fancy monitors and yet you can't get the mask on the respiratory patient correctly? you can't wipe off the connections before giving IV meds? you can't put the rails up on people's beds? but you can have fbi escorts through bomb scares, and people go off to surgery without a signed consent or any kind of checklist even a nameband, and the transplant surgeon comes into OR with her hair hanging out of her cap? yes, it's great that you've got a female transplant surgeon- so why does she have to be sloppy? why aren't the nurses on top of their patients' vitals- oh, i know because nurses don't actually do anything, except steal drugs (nurse jackie) or sleep with the docs (mercy).
it'd be SO EASY to do these little things correctly. so easy. and give people just that much more of a fighting chance of understanding how things work when they go to the hospital. which would be nice, yanno? because we have enough to do, doing things right, without cleaning up misconceptions people get from your sloppy misleading television.
just sayin.
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I do like community...and while I prefer to be 'invisible', I don't like to be alone. I want to see the research, now...
Group culture protects from depression
from the Press Release page of The Royal Society
28 Oct 2009
Collectivistic cultures, which promote social harmony over individuality, protect people who are genetically predisposed to depression from experiencing the condition. So says a study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which looks at how genes and environment can evolve together.
People living in individualistic cultures such as Western societies are more likely to suffer from a genetic tendency for depression than people in Eastern cultures, despite fewer people carrying the specific 'depression gene' being studied, say psychologists Joan Chiao and Katherine Blizinsky from Northwestern University. The research supports the idea that depression can result from both genes and the environment, and an interaction of the two.
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I found out about this movie because my son's involved with getting the distribution going, but now that I've seen the trailer, I just want to share the movie! http://omgmovie.com/ (I have a special fondness for Mr. Jackman, for lots of reasons. This just adds to them.)
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I would be remiss if I didn't link to ![[info]](http://s.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) alliwantisanelf's marvelous series of posts from last year in honor of Fire Prevention Month, including the very useful stuff people brought up in the comments. It's too easy to take for granted that our cities won't burn to the ground, but in fact, it's always a danger- this is why I support my local fire department's fund-raising activities, and hope you support your local fire department, too.
That said, anyone bring the marshmallows?
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So Fucking much
AND the creativity of the Original Poster.
theme music for the WIN.
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Y'all might know by now that when I'm working, I work night shift. Let me say right up front, yes, this is a choice I make, so that I can accommodate my various little frailties and still work enough hours to qualify for benefits most of the time. So, yes, the burden of accommodating the inconveniences of working nights is on me, I understand that.
That said, I have a new thing to work out. ( In which I go into some detail, both to set the scene and to present what I've already got as my night shift accommodation program. )
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from RR on LJ [direct quote cut&paste]
"Geocities
Did y'all know they were closing?
I've known that Geo is closing for nearly 2 months, but
I've seen a few people saying "OMG, what?" stuff in their LJs.
October 26th is Dead Day according to Geo, so people with
Geocities as a host need to 1) save your stuff on your computer, 2)
pay $5 or so a month to have Geo host it as a paid member.
Fans: Quick--run to all your favorite stories, archives, fan sites hosted by
Geo and save them to your computer unless the archivist has *stated* that
they're planning to reupload them somewhere else.
I think that many fanfic writers are not planning to move their site.
Fandom love comes and goes, and if your fave author has not been active
for awhile, they might not even realize Geo is about to pull the plug."
so, yeah- if something you love is on geocities, grab&go if that's possible.
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Went to the Mill Valley Film Festival tonight.
There is so much to say, and there are so few words to say it with.
Director John Hillcoat was there and spoke briefly before the showing. What a lovely man. So respectful of Cormac McCarthy's story, and the way it came to him. Courteous to the actors in the way he spoke of them. Grateful for being able to work in this medium of film, of storytelling. Appreciative that MVVF found a way to have the film as part of its opening night films. Thankful that we were all there for a 9:40pm screening.
His voice, when he spoke about Kodi- genuine respect, genuine care, genuine love.
The film: I'll talk more about it after its gone into as wide a release as it's going to. This, I'll say: I have never seen a more honest love story between parent and child. I've never seen a better filmic telling of a written tale. I've never seen so grim and sad a background bring to life the small things and large which make us humane, make us human. I've not felt this kind of hope in years.
It's technically perfect, from what I can tell. The acting is - it's remarkable. Everything I knew about them from the book, is in the film. The directing, the editing, the cinematography, costuming, set design and decoration, location scouting- to the last detail, perfect.
I don't expect it to win awards. It's --- people are scared of this world, this post-something world where it's down to who you brought with you inside yourself from before, and who you let yourself become, after, and what you leave of yourself with others. It is frightening to look at- but for me, it's more frightening not to look.
I want to be one of the good guys. I want to die carrying the fire.
I'm so very, very glad I saw this movie. I'll never see anything in my life the same way again.
It will always, always look better now, than it did before this evening.
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And I could really use the business. Am on worker's compensation while this shoulder gets better (got to love a good physical therapist, I'm tellin' ya!), but the money from that won't be coming for a while. So, to keep the purse from turning inside out, I'm reminding y'all that I Sell Books (&).
I have a selection of Usborne books; I have classics, I have science, gardening, art, children's books, poetry, fiction, travel, health sciences, movies on VHS and DVD (all NTSC/Region 1 though, sorry my international friends!), psychology and esoterica, philosophy, politics, biography, autobiography, and historical novels; I ship internationally as well as provide expedited shipping if need be.
If, dear friends/readers, you were willing to do a shout-out in your journals (only if you want to! no pressure! honest) I'd really appreciate it.
EnjoyIt! books&. I know, I'm still with Amazon- am still looking for another place, but so far I've not got one. So please- if your conscience will let you order from me, or recommend me, I'll really really appreciate the help.
Thank you for your time, and have a good weekend/week (whenever you read this.)
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First the not so good, or kinda not so bad: my shoulder injury is most consistent with a partial tear of the supraspinatus muscle, one of the rotator cuff muscles and the one that covers the bursa or capsule of the shoulder joint. It's possibly been tearing in little bits over a long time- after all, I started working in jobs where what I mostly did was lift people and move furniture when I was 12- but I did something in my last 10 days at work that aggravated it. So, here we are. There are exercises that will help. Rest, Ice, NSAIDS (for me, Naprosyn) and exercise for the next two weeks and then we'll see. *sigh* I miss the lad. I really do. And I whacked off about 10" of hair because I couldn't get my arm up high enough to pile it all on top of my head...I'm glad it's naturally curly and grows fast, but I miss my hair. *dramatic sigh* (lol)
The good news is, the physical therapist said that as long as there is no prolonged or heavy or over-head lifting with my right arm involved, I can re-open the bookshop. Which is very pleasing, because I have lots of good home-schooling books (Usborne and others); classics, out-of-print reference books, and so on. So if you're needing books, or, indeed, anything from Amazon, go in through my bookshop EnjoyIt! and if you buy, I get referral points, too.
Ok, I've got my cellie set to remind me every half hour to go play with my new toys: a stretchy band, over-door pulleys, and putty [my physical therapist gave me TOYS, how cool is THAT?] so, must be off and go have fun in a good cause.
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http://www.ilovelibraries.org/lovemylibrarian/home.cfm
Librarians in our nation’s 123,000 libraries make a difference in the lives of millions of Americans every day. Now is your chance to tell us why we should shine the spotlight on a librarian at your public, school, college, community college or university library. Nominate your librarian for the Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times I Love My Librarian Award!
Up to ten librarians will be honored. Each will receive $5,000 and be recognized at an awards ceremony hosted by The New York Times at TheTimesCenter in December 2009.
Nominate a librarian in one of three categories: public librarians; school library media specialists; or college, community college, or university librarians.
Nominations close Oct. 9, 2009.
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Librettist needed for operetta project (General)
Date: 2009-09-28, 10:24AM PDT
Reply to: gigs-kx4wz-1396463358@craigslist.org
ASCAP composer seeks librettist for collaboration on an original operetta concept.
Libretto experience preferred, but poetry and/or dramaturgical background also acceptable.
Enthusiasm, versatility, and imaginativeness a must.
Familiarity with Broadway and operatic idioms recommended.
Enjoyment of "cult classic" science fiction, horror, and/or dystopian cinema also preferred.
Project seeks to fuse the so-called "New Wave/Neo-Romantic movement" of American opera and musical theatre ("Dead Man Walking", "Harvey Milk", "Little Women"/ "Sweeney Todd", "Wicked") with the idioms of the cinematic styles mentioned above (see the work of George Romero, John Carpenter, David Cronenberg and Roger Corman, among others) to create a truly engaging new work for a new generation of operagoers.
CA [California] residence not required, as most collaboration will likely take place via email, etc.
* Location: General
* it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
* Compensation: Project is speculative, however, any eventual profits/fees will be divided as close to 50/50 as possible.
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(taking a cue from a friend here, with the + and the - and all)
(+) I have awesome friends, online and offline. AWESOME, awesome friends.
(+) my Presto plug-in water kettle has an automatic shut-off for when I get distracted and it boils dry. Thank you. Presto you have saved my kettle.
(+) because I like to stock up I have plenty of lovely teas and evaporated milk and good honey for said teas, and also Chai Maté.
(-) about two weeks ago now I injured my right shoulder at work. around 4 am after I did my checks and chores (in home care we do a lot of the care of the patient's environment, too- laundry, cleaning, etc.- and because I have AWESOME quietness skills I can do a lot while the lad is sleeping without waking him or his family) I sat down to chart and my right bicep felt very tight and sore, as though I'd been lifting 100lb sacks for an hour straight. I rested it for half an hour. The tightness and soreness abated. But at the end of my shift, when I have some amount of lifting to do, I found my right arm was weak.
what I SHOULD have done, in retrospect, is stop by work on the way home, report it as a work-place injury, and start worker's comp right away. Even though I was exhausted, it was going to be HOT, I needed to get to sleep, and starting the whole w/c thing takes HOURS. HOURS.
what I DID was go straight home, put ice on it, and try to get to sleep before my bedroom hit 95 degrees. And kept working. Compensating. Because, as smart as I am, as much as I would have advised anyone else to report it right away, I. Kept. Working. Because that's what nurses do. We compensate, and we keep working. We Do.Not.Stop. Oops.
So, not better by last week. went to see my doc, she wrote me off for a week, NO LIFTING so no modified duty. And in talking with her I realized I have to make the worker's comp claim. If my agency paid sick time, this wouldn't be such a big deal. If I'd saved more last year, not just enough to cover Europe but some cushion, too, it would not be such a big deal.
HOWEVER. I have started the process now. So at some point there will be some money. I've called my creditors (the few I have- student loans, etc.) and set up grace periods/deferments/lower payments/canceled accounts. I've got food and some money for fresh if I can't get it from gardens/freecycle, and enough gas in the car to get me to and from Physical Therapy. So it's ok for the next coupla weeks, and I'll know by then how it's going to play out, when I can work, and what W/C is going to come through with.
so (+) I have a job with W/C as a benefit. *whew*
(-) AND (+) EnjoyIt! is closed while I rehab. (-) because it would be a bit of income. But (+) because I can double check all my listings, see what's not selling and decide if I want to donate it instead, and work out (in my head) how I want to organize the books for easy shipping (which changes as they sell, as my stock gets smaller). So, that's good.
(+) I have this opportunity to live one-armed, mostly, for some time, so I am learning as much as I can about that limitation while I can't avoid it. I'm well aware it's not the same as a permanent change in my ability. But I'm hoping I can take the time I'd spend whining about not being able to have my own way all the time and use it to learn about myself, about this limitation, and about working with/through it, instead.
thus: (+) I have managed to get the old sheet off the bed, the new one on, and the laundry into the washer! (This is epic today, when it's usually zoop! zoop! with my magic wand, and all done.) I have soup, self-made with beans from one friend's garden (they dried on the vine, he was going to toss them out! oh no you don't! so I have shelled beans! one-handed! and made yummy soup) and fresh veg from another friend's and left-over rice from the housemates, and it is good. I have become adept at resetting my cellphone every 30 mins to remind me to take 5 mins for arm/shoulder exercises.
and I HAVE AWESOME FRIENDS. yes, I do. *nods* So, on the whole, the Early Autumn State of the Slashfairy is more + than -.
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