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Im pissed. Volition said the PC port would be done well. Guess I got had. The majority of gamers on PC are playing the game without issue right now, as has been shown across various reviews and forums around the world. As I just posted, we're looking to find any issues with ATI/AMD as well and will hopefully have something soon.
Im pissed. Volition said the PC port would be done well. Guess I got had.
The majority of gamers on PC are playing the game without issue right now, as has been shown across various reviews and forums around the world. As I just posted, we're looking to find any issues with ATI/AMD as well and will hopefully have something soon.
I certainly agree that theres no need to be pissed, so far I haven't seen any issues as with SR2, however saying that the "majority" is playing without issues seems like a bit of a stretch.
Same problem as everyone else.
Intel i5 2500k 3.3GHz
8gig RAM
AMD Radeon HD 6950 2gig XFX, 11.10 Drivers
Windows 7 64-bit
I have partly the same problem.
My Graphics hardware is a lot older (HD4850 1GB) yet the game runs fine on high settings, however, after about an hour of playing the framerate starts to slowly drop more and more. Restarting the game did not help, however a reboot and the game ran fine again.
AMD Phenom II X4 955. (3.2 Ghz)
Ati Radeon HD 4850.
6 GB ddr3.
Windows 7 64 bit.
I'm lucky i guess, i can play fine with it for about 2 hours until it becomes laggy.
I found that DX10/11 on LOW is unplayable for me while driving (constant freezing/stuttering) while DX9 on ultra is pretty smooth but doesn't look all that great.
Using 6990+6970. Tried 11.9, 11.10 and 8.912 beta drivers with and without crossfire.
Hi there guys, Dont know if its going to help on any way but its worth the try.Do you guys have by any chance have anything modified on catalyst? (3D settings), because if you do, on some games the settings are going to double and give poor performance.
Let me explain:If you maximize every single option on catalyst, and in-game, sometimes the games runs very choopy because the settings are doubled.My best advice is to put everything on default (via catalyst) and try the game normaly.Dunno if its going to work to any of you, but its worth the try.
When i had an ATI Card, sometimes i had performance problems because of that. Dunno if its that what you guys are experiencing. P.S: Since im running a Nvidia card, im not experiencing any problems. (GTX570 DirectCUii).
Just copy and pasting this from another forum I replied in:
So I bought this game because it looks like a lot of fun, but I can't even play properly because I get 20-25fps if I step outside of a building. This is with everything on low/off, and it doesn't even matter what resolution I'm at which is even weirder. It runs the same on the lowest and highest resolution. It doesn't even matter what's going on on the screen, it doesn't go down to 15fps, or up to 30fps, it just stays right around 20-25. Yet I can play Skyrim perfectly on med/high, and even GTAIV played fine on my computer. I know my computer is pretty old, but I'm playing other recent games perfectly fine, and they look way better than SR3 does. Specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 2.7GHz Black Edition (OC'd to 3.0) G.SKILL 4GB DDR2 800 ASUS M3N78 PRO Mobo EVGA GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB GDDR3 Most of the complaints I see are about ATI/AMD cards, so I'm not sure what my problem is. I plan on building a new computer next year since I don't need one yet. Until recently I haven't had any problems playing new games, and that was BF3 (understandable, lol) and then Saints Row 3. Is SR3 just really poorly optimized?
I am having the same issue, regardless of what settings I play at, even at lowest possible, the game is still choppy as hell. Worse is when disabling crossfire when some of the road textures don't render at all, flying car was cool to begin with but it gets old.
My System:
- i7 2600K @ 4.6GHz
- Tri-fire 6990 + 6970
- 16GB Ripjaws 1600 CL9 Ram
- Vertex 3 120GB SSD
I must say, although I was aware of the terrible port that SR2 was, I am bitterly dissapointed in this game in its current state. The graphics are not even that good (at ultra settings) for there to be any logical reason that the perfomance should be this horrible. Looks like its destined to be another GTA IV... I really hope not as the game has allot of potential but thats the way its heading so far. I hope we get a fix soon.
Same laggy play as SR2 but not quite as bad. It's barely playable for me. I can't play too long because it gives me a headache with all the laggy screens. It's just too damn fun and I want to play longer but the stuttering and low fps is driving me crazy. Here's my specs:
Win7 64-bit
8 gigs of RAM
Two Sapphire AMD Radeon 6970s setup as CrossfireX
Catalyst 11.10 with 11.9 CAP 4
Intel QX9770 Quad-core processor
Hey, I just saw that AMD released a new driver today, 11.11 with a CAP 11.11. I gonna try that and see if anything changes.
The new AMD drivers upped performance by about 10 FPS, but it's still unstable and changing settings have very little effect. Still unnaceptable.
I made a new thread about this problem before I realized there was this existing thread (sorry.) Anyway, this is the problem I'm having:
My CPU is a Core 2 Duo E8400 at 3.6GHz, my video card is Geforce GTX 560 Ti with latest beta driver. I have the settings on Ultra and get between 50-65+FPS during on-foot gameplay which I am pleased with, but any time I'm driving it drops to 24-30 and really struggles to even reach 30. I tried dropping the display presets down to High and then to Medium, even reducing resolution, but the performance while driving didn't change at all, which I found odd.


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ive done my filter 3 times since i got my car...1st time consisted of me not having a car for 3 days because i didnt bleed the system and there was an airlock...got to a point where the battery had a few hits left on it before it died completely.
2nd time i brimmed the fuel filter. when it went to stall i floored the pedal and it stayed alive!!!! muhahahaha
3rd time...muggins didnt put the rubber seal on correctly so it took loads of air in...Had to walk 2 miles to local fuel station with a jerry can...still couldnt get the sod started or primed, i called RAC gave them a story of having my filter changed at a garage and i just found a pipe loose. He got his syphon out and got it going for me ...
in the end i bought http://www.toolbox.c...ming-7464-65871 - exact same as what RAC carry.

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App Genius Develops Pixable for Android in Freakishly Short Time
Designing apps is a bit like pleasing two siblings: either you create the iPhone version first and risk pissing off Android users, or vice versa.
Fortunately for Pixable, that is no longer the case. The previously iPhone-only company announced at noon today that their photo-sorting app will be available in Android form, too.
Inaki Berenguer, co-founder of the four-year-old social media company, said that creating an Android app was always on his agenda, but that the company had just never gotten around to it. "The reality is that it was in the road map but we didn't feel any urgency to build it right now," Mr. Berenguer told Betabeat.
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Dolby Investor Relations
Board of Directors
Peter Gotcher is the Chairman of the board of directors and has been a member of the board since 2003. In addition to providing leadership for the board, Peter brings extensive experience in Dolby's traditional markets and emerging media, providing valuable perspective for the board and the Chief Executive Officer.
Peter is an independent investor focusing on investments in digital media technology companies. From 1999 through 2003, he was a Venture Partner with Redpoint Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital partnership. From 1997 to 1999, he held the same position with Institutional Venture Partners. He has served on the board of directors of several public and private companies. In addition to his position at Dolby, Peter currently serves as a director of GoPro, Jaunt, and Pandora. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Berklee College of Music.
Peter founded Digidesign, Inc., in 1984 and served as its President, CEO, and Chairman through the company's initial public offering in December 1993, and subsequent merger with Avid Technology in January 1995. Peter served as the General Manager of Digidesign and Executive Vice President of Avid until May 1996. Previously, he worked for Dolby Laboratories and holds a BA degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Kevin Yeaman joined Dolby Laboratories as Chief Financial Officer in 2005 and became its President and CEO and a director in 2009. Kevin brings strong leadership, experience in rapidly changing technology industries and an ability to thrive in dynamic environments to this role.
As Dolby's CFO, Kevin completed the company's transition from a private to a public company and helped close and integrate key acquisitions that were instrumental in expanding Dolby's portfolio of technologies into broader audio applications and new video opportunities. Kevin also built Dolby's financial infrastructure to pave the way for future growth across the company and its subsidiaries. Throughout his tenure at Dolby, Kevin has been an important leader in virtually every aspect of the business including setting the company's strategic direction, expanding into new digital entertainment markets and improving operations.
Prior to coming to Dolby, Kevin spent seven years at E.piphany, an enterprise software company. He took that company through its early stages as a technology start-up as its Chief Financial Officer. Before E.piphany, Kevin was with Informix Software, Inc. (now part of IBM) as Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations supporting the company's sales organization. Before Informix, he managed audit services, mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings for both high technology start-up companies as well as multi-billion dollar corporations in Silicon Valley and London while at KPMG LLP. Kevin holds a BS degree in commerce from Santa Clara University.
Micheline Chau joined the Dolby Board of Directors in 2013. She was formerly President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Lucasfilm Ltd., and brings significant experience in the entertainment industry to Dolby.
Micheline currently sits on the Boards of Directors of several private and nonprofit entities, including the California HealthCare Foundation, where she serves as Vice Chairman. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open-source software solutions, from November 2008 to August 2012, and also served as a member of Red Hat's Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
Micheline holds an undergraduate degree in English and Asian Studies from Wellesley College and a master of business administration degree from Stanford University.
David Dolby has been a member of the Dolby Board of Directors since 2011. Prior to joining the Board, David served as Manager, Strategic Partnerships at Dolby. In this role, David was responsible for managing Dolby strategic partnerships and technology standards for Internet media encoding, delivery, and playback. He also represented Dolby in technical and business working groups at a variety of international standards groups, including Universal Serial Bus, Digital Living Network Alliance, Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, and Blu-ray Disc Association.
David's experience includes roles at Kaleidescape, Inc., a company focused on high-performance music and movie server systems, and NetVMG, which developed route control software (and was acquired by Internap, a provider of IT infrastructure services). At Perseus Group (now GCA Savvian), David was an investment banking analyst focused on technology. He also worked for engineering firms Bechtel and Poe & Associates. David has undertaken his own ventures as well, including owning and operating a private aircraft-leasing business, and currently holds investments in several private companies.
David received a BSE degree in civil engineering from Duke University and an MBA degree from Stanford University.
Nicholas Donatiello has been a member of the Dolby Board of Directors since 2009. Nick has been the President and CEO of Odyssey Ventures, Inc. since September 1993. Prior to founding Odyssey, he was Press Secretary and Campaign Manager for US Senator Bill Bradley and a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Nick is a director of three of the American Funds managed by Capital Research and Management as well as the Schwab Charitable Fund. He is also a director of a number of private companies. In addition, Nick served as chairman of the board of Northern California Public Broadcasting, Inc. from 2006 through 2008.
Nick holds a BSE degree in systems engineering from Princeton University and an MBA degree from Stanford University.
Bill Jasper has been a member of the Dolby Board of Directors since 2003. Bill was the CEO and president of Dolby Laboratories until his retirement in March 2009. He joined Dolby in 1979 as Vice President, Finance and Administration and was named company President in 1983. He led the company through its evolution from a small technology innovator to an international entertainment technology leader. Over the years, he led the company through many of its technology transformations, including analog to digital, music to film, cassettes to DVDs, and audio-only to audio and video.
Bill is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and is an at-large member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Bill received a BS in industrial engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA in finance from the University of California, Berkeley.
Sanford R. Robertson has been a member of the Dolby Board of Directors since 2003. Sanford is a principal of Francisco Partners, the world's largest technology buyout fund. With a focus on structured investments in technology and technology-related businesses, Francisco Partners is a pioneer in the private equity category of Technology Buyouts.
Prior to founding Francisco Partners, Sanford was the founder and Chairman of Robertson, Stephens & Co., a leading technology investment bank formed in 1978, and sold to BankBoston in 1998. Since the sale, Sanford has been an active technology investor and advisor to several technology companies. Sanford was also the founder of Robertson, Colman, Siebel & Weisel, later renamed Montgomery Securities, another prominent technology investment bank. Sanford was one of the pioneers in the creation of West Coast technology banking as an industry in the late 1960s, and has remained one of the industry's most renowned participants to this date. He has had significant financing involvement in over 500 growth technology companies throughout his career, including 3Com Corporation; America Online, Inc.; Applied Materials, Inc.; Ascend Communications Inc.; Dell Computer Corporation; E*Trade Securities, Inc.; Siebel Systems, Inc.; and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sanford currently serves on the boards of directors of Pain Therapeutics, RPX Corporation, salesforce.com and the Schwab Charitable Fund.
Sanford received both a BA degree and an MBA degree with distinction from the University of Michigan.
Roger S. Siboni has been a member of the Dolby Board of Directors since 2004. Roger was the Chairman and former CEO of Epiphany, Inc., the leading provider of intelligent customer interaction software.
Before joining Epiphany, Roger was Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of KPMG Peat Marwick—a $9 billion, 85,000 person worldwide accounting and consulting organization. As COO, Roger led the firm to consecutive years of record revenue and profitability. Prior to becoming Deputy Chairman, as head of KPMG's Technology Practice, he grew that business by over 250 percent in his four years of leadership.
Roger currently serves on the boards of Cadence Design Systems and a number of private companies. He previously served on the boards of Active Software, ArcSight, Corio Systems, FileNet, infoGROUP, Macromedia, and Pivotal Software. He has also served on the boards of the Central Park Conservancy, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, and the San Francisco Exploratorium. A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, Roger is past Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Walter A. Hass School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.
Avadis Tevanian has been a member of the Dolby Board of Directors since 2009. Avie is a Managing Director of Elevation Partners, a private equity firm. Previously, Avie was the former Software Chief Technology Officer of Apple Computer. As Software CTO, Avie focused on setting company-wide software technology direction for Apple. Prior to his tenure as Software CTO, Avie was Senior Vice President of Software at Apple, a role he took on when Apple acquired NeXT in 1997.
As SVP of Software, Avie led the software engineering team responsible for the creation of Mac OS X and worked as part of Apple's executive team that engineered the turnaround and current success of Apple. Before joining Apple, he was Vice President of Engineering at NeXT and was responsible for managing NeXT's industry renowned engineering department. Avie started his professional career at Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a principal designer and engineer of the Mach operating system upon which Nextstep, and now OS X, is based.
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While I am enjoying a few days away from the office, I will be reposting some of the most popular past postings new readers may have missed.
Readers of these pages are well aware of my concern about weight bias and discrimination. This is not only a problem with the general public, but also explains much of the negative attitudes of health professionals, administrators and policy makers towards addressing the real plight of individuals with obesity – no one appears to be immune.
Unfortunately, weight bias jeopardizes patients' emotional and physical health – it is therefore important for all health professionals (and any one else, who is interested) to determine and become fully aware of their own level of weight bias.
To address this issue, the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity (Yale University, New Haven) has now released a toolkit, which is specifically designed to help clinicians across a variety of practice settings to test their own weight bias and which provides easy-to-implement solutions and resources to improve delivery of care for overweight and obese patients.
The resources are designed for busy professionals and customized for various practice settings. They range from simple strategies to improve provider-patient communication and ways to make positive changes in the office environment, to profound ones, including self-examination of personal biases.
The resource kit, consists of the following 8 modules:
MODULE 1: Increasing Self-Awareness of Weight Bias
MODULE 2: Improving Provider-Patient Interactions
MODULE 3: Overview of Weight Bias in Health Care Settings
MODULE 4: Office Environment Strategies to Reduce Weight Bias
MODULE 5: Weight Bias Resources for OBGYN Providers
MODULE 6: Weight Bias Resources for Pediatricians
MODULE 7: Weight Bias Resources for Bariatric Surgery Clinics
MODULE 8: Resources for Overweight Patients
I hope that all health professionals and individuals concerned about the discimination of overweight and obesity will explore these modules and help spread the word.
Ucluelet, BC
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Canadian Summit on Weight Bias and Discrimination | Obesity Panacea says:
January 10th, 2011 at 11:03 am[...] Quick note today to let people know about an event taking place next week. On Monday, January 17, the Canadian Obesity Network (CON) will be hosting the first Canadian Summit on Weight Bias and Discrimination. Our friend Arya Sharma has done an excellent job of discussing Weight Bias, so for a quick overview I suggest his posts on weight bias among medical students, the effects of weight bias on body weight, and how to determine whether you have weight bias. [...]


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Johnny Rivers
Johnny Rivers Tries His Rhythm Here
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, February 1965
AFTER EIGHT years in and out of show business, Johnny Rivers has finally struck gold – In USA. During the last year he's been packing ...
Johnny Rivers: The Folks Dancin' There Were All Shook Up
Profile by Gene Sculatti, Phonograph Record, October 1972
IF THE SEVENTIES are starting out, as they appear to be, making good on the debts incurred against all the various minorities over the years, ...
Johnny Rivers: Blue Suede Shoes
Review by Ken Barnes, Phonograph Record, July 1973
SIDE ONE OF Johnny Rivers' BLUE SUEDE SHOES album is the best work he's recorded in a long and often illustrious career. ...
Johnny Rivers: Road (Atlantic)
Review by Gene Sculatti, Zoo World, July 1974
THE PROBLEM with being an Interpretive talent (as opposed to a one-man writer-singer show) is that you're ultimately dependent on the material you select to ...
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2012 Rock The W.A.V.E Emcee's
Neil Hedley is an award-winning broadcast veteran who spent thirty years in radio in both Canada and the United States. He's also an author, speaker, television personality, stand-up comedian, singer, occasional actor, world record holder, and is one of those almost annoyingly proud Dads. Neil's first book, "'What Was That Number Again?' Crimes Against Advertising and How to Prevent Them", came … [Read More...]
These brothers come armed. Equipped with the well-honed tools of their rock 'n roll trade and the closeness of the family bond, the four Smith lads that make up modern alternative rockers Fairchild present a formidable musical threat. It is one destined to be taken seriously, as they build on the success of their 2009 debut album, Dare To Believe. The title of that first record was fitting. Jeff, … [Read More...]
Reverberating a raw, classic rock sound, FITZY is a rock act founded by a Toronto FireFighter who, when he is not fighting fires and saving lives, is a 14 year music career veteran accompanied by highly skilled, experienced musicians that blend the styles and influences of bands like The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes & Bon Jovi. Recording and touring across Canada and the USA has enabled … [Read More...]
Stone River
The band has been around for almost 8 years and has accomplished quite a bit since its birth. They have recorded a critically acclaimed debut "In the Valley of the Butterflies" with producer Tom Treumuth (Big Sugar, Helix, Honemoon Suite), played all across Ontario, opened up for their heroes the Black Crowes at Sarnia's Bayfest in 2008 in front of over 10,000 people, enjoyed radio play on … [Read More...]


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Group striving to revive gospel music
By Anthony Kadarrell Thigpen Post-Tribune correspondent August 9, 2013 2:16PM
Pharis Evans Jr. stirs a crowd of nearly 700 worshippers while singing an array of songs featured on the "Saints with a Vision" new CD. | Anthony KaDarrell Thigpen for the Post-Tribune/SunTimes Media
Updated: September 12, 2013 6:31AM
African-American churchgoers have a history rooted in traditional gospel music, and Pharis Evans Jr. is breathing life into the fading legacy, despite changing times.
As CEO of Fountain of Life record label, Evans, along with his 35-voice choir, Saints With a Vision, recently released the group's second CD, titled "Saints Alive."
The project consists of 18 traditional songs, including "It's in the Praise" sung by Gary's own Loretta Hearne-Thames, intended to revive life into gospel music.
Other artists like Davie Moore, Robin Covington, Janice Clarke-Dorsey and Faye Brewer sang soulfully to the crowd of nearly 700 worshippers.
"We emerged," Evans said. "We had a lot of molding and transformation that needed to talk place."
The group formed in May 1998, Evans explained. Their debut CD features a gospel hit, "I Wanna Say Thank You," that continues to gain airtime on radio stations nationwide.
Now, the group is wading through the trenches of the community supporting two not-for-profits, "Uncle Bernie's Kidz," and "Young Gentlemen's Society."
"We provide financial help to kids whose parents are incarcerated," Evans said. "We're not just putting out records and singing songs."
They also provide mentoring for young boys.
It has been 15 years since SWV released an album, but they continued spreading hope.
With a team of songs writers like Evans, Maulty Jewell IV, Eddie Howard, and Larry Roberts Sr., SWV is scripting inspirational lyrics to inspire listeners through the legacy of traditional gospel.
The heritage of gospel music has a long history in predominantly black churches.
Songs like, "Take my hand, precious Lord," and "Peace in the Valley" are a couple of the most popular gospel songs of all times.
The late Thomas Dorsey, who created the genre of gospel music, wrote them.
In the 1930s, Dorsey introduced modified rhythms, reflective vocal lines, and other blues components into religious songs.
More than 80 years ago, many churchgoers cringed at the birth of this blues-infused genre of music called traditional gospel.
Now, many churchgoers squirm at the timeworn sound for a different reason.
According to the Rev. Mark Frazier, pastor of New Star Light Missionary Baptist Church, traditional gospel does not appeal to young people.
"You have to be willing to change or you won't survive," he said. "We have to mix it up."
Frazier says churches today have to include genres like praise and worship, hymns, contemporary, quartet and traditional gospel.
Evans said he understands the importance of mixing up sounds to draw crowds ranging in different ages.
According to Fountain of Life manager Nicole Evans, the record label produces all genres of gospel music — even a nearly 75-voice teen choir called "Young Saints."
"Every concert we have draws a crowd," she said. "It's a positive thing."
She says more than 500 copies of the "Saints Alive" CD sold while the choir was still singing during the release celebration.
"Music sets the tone in churches," said nationally recognized songwriter and supporter Tony Tidwell. "When you bring all sorts of music into the church it make it difficult for people to get delivered."
He says the choice of lyrics and the style of music are equally important.
The revival of traditional gospel is no easy resuscitation, but "Saints Alive" is the CD project Evans says he plans to infuse into churches throughout America.


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Bassem Yakhour (Arabic: باسم ياخور) (born on August 16, 1971, Damascus, Syria) is a prominent Syrian actor, writer and director.
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SMITH COUNTY — No one lives in the home that burned, according to authorities at the scene. The fire is now out, but crews remain on the scene to put out any hot spots that may pop up.
There were no injuries. The home is a total loss. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Several fire departments are on the scene of a structure fire in Chapel Hill.
The fire was reported just after 9:30 am in the 13000 block of County Road 2241 off of Old Omen Rd.
FOX51 has a crew on they way, and will provide more information as soon as it becomes available.


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I know I am very late on this post, but I had to take a long time to think about what my word for this year would be. I finally came up with the one that fits me for 2014.
PERSEVERANCE. The past few years have been extremely hard for me. I kept trying to get back on track, but couldn't seem to stay on. I kept taking on tasks and opportunities that I failed to meet the guidelines for. My blogs stats have fallen to embarrassing numbers. I cannot tell you how much I could once again apologize to companies, brands, PR folks, and even friends who have set me up with campaigns that I have failed to complete. But this would be the third time or maybe even more that I would need to apologize to them for my failures. Once I have to apologize this many times, no one believes me anymore. And I GET IT. I do not blame them for not trusting me, believing me, or giving me anymore work. I once again, do not blame them.
This is what happens when someone (me) have severe depression. I mean well, but then get myself overwhelmed, I just shut down. COMPLETELY. I have been staying in bed, not going out, unless I absolutely have to, I don't turn on my computer, I DO check my phone, And I do go on Facebook and Twitter, and check emails. But I still feel frozen 98% of the time.
For people who know me, know that this is NOT ME. They understand I am not well. I cannot tell you the last time I have cooked, cleaned, done any work, have had fun like I used to, watched an entire 2 hr. movie, done things with my children like I have done in the past, answered a phone call, and more. I am REALLY lucky to have a caring support system at my home which consists of my husband, mother, mother in-law, and children.
Without them, my Home World WOULD COMPLETELY fall apart.
It takes me all the strength I have to do the small amount of things I do do. Most people don't understand. Unless you have been here (where I am) in this HELL, you wouldn't understand. Again, I GET IT.
No matter what all I have been through, I am still trying with all my might, to get back to myself. I keep trying, coming back to my blog (just like now) and doing what I can, which isn't much of anything at all, but the point is, I haven't given up all together. I keep trying. I want 2014 to be different.
So, my word I chose for 2014 is Perseverance. I want to not give up, and get things done. I want to Persevere through my Depression, battle it, and get rid of it once and for all.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
And My Passage For 2014 is:
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12


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This article argues that the United Kingdom's proposed "Universal Credit" fails largely because it fails to be universal enough. If it was structured more like the UK's child benefit system, it could be more effective and more of a step toward a Citizen's (or Basic) Income.
Citizen's Income Trust, "Editorial," Citizen's Income Newsletter, Issue 1 2013.