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People tend to forget that actors are professionals who are practicing their craft. It takes a lot of training to be able to accurately portray another person and that's especially true when that person is nothing like the actor or actress playing them.
Whether an actor needs to play someone drunk or sober, they aren't (usually) going to shoot up actual heroin to make it look like they are shooting up heroin-- that's why they are called actors! Then, there are those times when the scene is so difficult or horribly uncomfortable to shoot, the people involved just need to knock back a drink or two... to take the edge off. Think about it for a second: you need to act in a love scene with a coworker while both of you are married and dozens of people are watching and talking you through it. Even some of the greatest actors of all time needed a shot or two for some of those scenes.
We dug up these times 15 Actors Who Had To Drink (A LOT) For Their Roles.
We had to get the most obvious one out of the way first. Comedy Central's Drunk History is the perfect example of a show that couldn't possibly work without people getting drunk on set. It's in the title and there's a good reason for it. The premise of the show involves getting guest celebrities drunk so they can retell a particular period of history, which is then acted out in the exact manner they narrated.
Most of the time, the guest stars get so wasted, it takes a long time to shoot their dialogue and, on occasion, some have even thrown up they got so inebriated. Just about any period or important event from history has been covered on the show. Whether it's the story of Al Capone or how the bra came into being, they aren't afraid to get wasted and cover it. We admit this one is somewhat of a cheat, but the comments would have burned us alive if we didn't include it.
Sex scenes with two actors are probably difficult to shoot for most people, but when a third person is introduced, the awkwardness only increases. Wild Things is known for its over sexualized depictions of a threesome and the three stars in question, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, and Matt Dillon have all admitted they needed to turn to a bottle of tequila to get the job done.
It seems tequila is there for a lot of actors who need to get through a sex scene (just keep on reading to see what we mean). The scenes in Wild Things were pretty racy back in 1998 when the film came out, but they have definitely stood the test of time. Nearly two decades later and it's probably the only scene most people can recall.
If there's one thing we know about Johnny Depp, it's that he has a true appreciation for his friend, Hunter S. Thompson. He has played a version of the famous writer twice; once in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and a second time in The Rum Diary. Depp's love and appreciation are what brought The Rum Diary to the screen. While visiting the journalist's home, he found a manuscript and decided to turn it into a film that evening. Director Bruce Robinson even came out of retirement to direct it.
Unfortunately, Depp wasn't the only person to imbibe while filming. Robinson was six months sober when he and Depp partook in a bottle of Chivas Regal on set. It's said that they frequented the bottle throughout the filming process, which likely helped Depp get into character (Thompson was a notorious drug and alcohol user).
It's unfortunate they drank whiskey on the set, though. Not drinking rum while shooting a movie called The Rum Diary seems like a lost opportunity.
There's a lot of drinking going on in Fight Club, but Brad Pitt and Ed Norton are professionals who wouldn't drink while working... and they didn't. At least, not exactly. While taking a break from filming, the two cast members decided to throw back a few and hit some golf balls into a catering truck. The two were just having some fun and taking a load off when director David Fincher decided to point the camera in their direction.
Remember the scene in the film where they are hitting golf balls off into the distance while drinking and just hanging out? That's what Fincher shot: two actors taking a break, hitting some balls, and taking a few drinks.
In the other scenes where they are drinking beer like the one pictured, they were sober. In a way, that's disappointing as these guys are so good at their jobs, it certainly seemed like they were truly drinking. Thankfully, Fincher decided to put the scene into the movie and hardly anyone ever noticed.
Shia LaBeouf has had a few problems on and off the screen in recent years, but he does take his job seriously.
In the film Lawless, LaBeouf plays a bootlegger in Virginia during Prohibition. In order to "get into character", the actor turned to moonshine and would drink himself silly before shooting. His reasoning was to make his character look like he had been drinking, which he accomplished by drinking.
LaBeouf said "I did it for the movie. I didn't drink off set for no reason....I did it because, when I showed up on set the next day, my f---ing eyes looked like this and my face…had that drunk bloat that I needed, that I couldn't have if that wasn't going on."
According to his co-stars, he did drink on set as well and this caused numerous problems. Mia Wasikowska attempted to leave the production due to her discomfort in working with LaBeouf-- she had to play his love interest and he was volatile on set. Other cast members described his drunken antics as aggressive behavior.
Peter O'Toole was known throughout his time in front of the camera as something of hellraiser. He was never shy about his drinking though it took a few years before he admitted to it during the filming of Lawrence of Arabia, his breakthrough performance. Shortly before filming a camel-riding scene, he and co-star Omar Sharif got drunk... so drunk in fact, they had to tie themselves to the camels in order to film the scene.
It's actually a little worse than you might think. During the shooting, he was so intoxicated, he didn't know where he was or what he was doing. That's impressive given the stellar performance O'Toole gave in the film.
It wasn't the only film he was sloshed filming either. During The Lion in Winter, he lost the tip of a finger in a boating accident, dipped it in some brandy and wrapped it back into place. It was a few weeks before he realized he put his finger back the wrong way around.
If you ever wondered how actors could make it through shooting scene after scene of them drinking beer and wondered how it was possible, it's because they were drinking non-alcoholic beer. Sure seems like a no-brainer, but mistakes can be made. While shooting the movie Drinking Buddies, which clearly deserves a place on this list, Anna Kendrick was throwing back non-alcoholic beers like crazy until someone accidentally gave her the real thing.
When you think about it, mixing the two up is pretty easy and she ended up drinking a lot of it. According to Kendrick, she was embarrassed about her drunkenness on set. "I was pounding beer, and I didn't realize it was real until halfway through the take. I was like, I'm super drunk right now! "
This was a case of an actor accidentally getting drunk on set, but going forward with filming the scenes anyway. We have to wonder, how much of what she was doing was acting and how much was just Anna Kendrick sloshed at work?
The opening scene of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now features the main character, Captain Benjamin L. Willard, played by Martin Sheen, drinking in a hotel room. Sheen was so devoted to playing the character "method", he wasn't drinking water during the scene and got himself so wasted, he ended up injuring himself. When he punches the mirror in the scene and bloodies his hand, That isn't stage blood, but rather Sheen's dripping all over the set.
Sheen came to work drunk that day, and it was the first day of filming. Coppola was probably smart to turn the cameras on his star and shoot him even though he was intoxicated. Most of the film was used in the shot, which is one of the strangest opening scenes in any film. The shots you don't see are of Sheen attacking his director. Literally. That's what happens when you get a Sheen drunk on set.
If you know anything about the production of what many call the first Hollywood summer blockbuster, Jaws, you know there were some major issues. Steven Spielberg had to contend with a mechanical shark that barely worked and production delays that threatened the whole project. What you may not know is that Robert Shaw drank so much during the filming, he had to be dragged on and off the set.
During the scene where Shaw's character has a monologue about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis (pictured), he was so intoxicated, the crew had to carry him onto the set and set him down. He continued drinking so much, he actually blacked out, which cut filming short for the day.
The following day, Shaw came in and made up for his drinking by shooting the scene that made it into the final cut of the film, but most of the time, he was difficult to work with and created a lot of problems on set.
This one is a bit less about drinking to get through filming a scene and more about showing up for work drunk. Carrie Fisher spoke a lot about her drinking, especially during her filming of The Empire Strikes Back. The cast and crew didn't shy away from a party, but on one occasion, Fisher and Harrison Ford bumped into the Rolling Stones and you can guess what happened: they partied and got wasted. There's nothing wrong with that -- it's even expected when you hang out with the Stones.
The only problem was the following day since the party never ended and they continued to drink well into the morning. By the time they arrived on set to shoot the scenes of the Millenium Falcon arriving at Cloud City, Fisher and Ford were still pretty drunk. "We weren't hung over....we were still in our cups. And if you watch the movie you can see that: Harrison and I are smiling as we arrived in Cloud City. Doesn't that sound like a euphemism?" You will never watch that scene the same way again.
What do you do when you know for a fact the film you are working on will be a big, stinking pile of suck when it finally hits theaters? According to John Leguizamo and Bob Hoskins, you drink your troubles away.
If you have seen the horrible adaptation of the classic Nintendo Entertainment System game, we are sorry for you, but you also know how bad of a film it is. We won't go into just how bad it is here since there is a limit to how many words a person will read before passing out, but let's just say, some movies are best left entirely on the cutting room floor.
Leguizamo brought a bottle of Scotch onto the set so he and Hoskins could get through filming the crap that was Super Mario Brothers. The two got so wasted on set, Leguizamo accidentally slammed a van door on Hoskins' hand, injuring him. Hoskins needed to wear a cast after the injury, which you can see in some of the scenes of the film... but you are better off taking our word for it.
There are two kinds of people who have seen Black Swan: those who watched the movie and those who watched one scene in the movie. Whether you are one or the other doesn't matter since you definitely saw the scene in question. This is one of those situations where two professional actors with no sexual chemistry have to make it look like they are completely and wholly into one another and have graphic sex for the world to see.
According to a source on set, the actresses split a bottle of tequila to get in the mood. According to Portman and Kunis, no alcohol was imbibed during the filming of the scene, but it's likely they were just being professional when asked about it. Either way, it's a steamy scene so we couldn't blame them for knocking back a few to get through it.
It's hard to believe, but Margot Robbie was fairly new to acting when she smashed into Hollywood in Martin Scorcese's The Wolf of Wall Street. Her work prior to the film was on television and only one movie so this was a big break for her. Even the most veteran actors have trouble filming sex scenes, but when Robbie had to film a rather graphic one with Leonardo DiCaprio, the Australian actress needed a little help. She got the help she needed with a few shots of tequila.
She was so scared of filming the scene, a crew member took pity and offered her a flask. Initially, she refused, saying it was only nine in the morning, but she acquiesced and slammed a few. "And I did three shots of tequila and then took my clothes off and did the scene and I was fine," she said. "It really helped stop my hands shaking, and gave me a little boost of confidence."
Given that she had to shoot the scene completely in the nude and it was her first scene, it's hard to blame her for turning to Doctor Tequila for some help.
Billy Bob Thorton is known as something of a drinker and rumor has it, he was drinking "in character" on the set of Bad Santa.
Thorton hasn't been shy about discussing his drinking on set either. He admitted that most of his scenes in the film showing his drunken antics were shot while he was drunk. His methods might raise a few eyebrows, but his on-set intoxication certainly pulled off a memorable holiday film that is still associated with the Christmas season.
Thorton is an excellent actor and he could have certainly pulled off playing the truly bad Santa, Willie in the film sober, but he chose to do it drunk.Whatever his reasons, it's not surprising he pushed for a sequel, which came out in 2016.
For our last entry, we decided to go with the last guy you would expect to get wasted on the job: Fred Astaire.
According to his daughter, Ava, the legendary dancer and star of the silver screen prepared for the drunken dancing scene in Holiday Inn by downing a shot of bourbon before each take. That doesn't seem like a lot of alcohol... it's just one shot. What you probably don't know is that they took eight takes of that scene before they decided upon the last one. That means that the scene they decided on for the final cut was the one where Astaire was the most inebriated.
That's eight shots of bourbon to film one scene and for most people, dancing and acting after eight shots of bourbon is something of an impossibility. Not for the legendary performer who could dance circles around pretty much anyone and everyone sober so seeing him do so on the sauce only helps solidify his abilities as one of Hollywood's greatest.
Did we miss any of your favorite drunken actors or actresses? Let us know in the comments who we should have added to the list.


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Systemic Memome Project
2047, Heidelberg, Germany
In the early days of the internet, optimists believed that cheap access to the world's storehouses of information would vault humanity into a new, brilliant future. Not least among their predictions was that networked communications would bring the gift of understanding. People of all ages, races, and beliefs would be joined together in enlightened discourse, becoming brothers and sisters in arms.
They forgot one thing: humans are still humans. The internet did not turn us into angels, and giving people the ability to learn about differing viewpoints has never meant that they'll take advantage of it. In fact, the internet arguably led to a reinforcing of 'weak epistemic closure' among many groups, a still-extant phenomenon in which individuals and communities become stuck in arguments and beliefs that have little to no factual basis. Feodor Gottleib, Professor of Memetics at the University of Munich, explains:
"Let's take global warming as an example. Despite the vast majority of the world's scientists agreeing that man-made global warming was real, many refused to believe it. The only TV they watched, the only news sites they read, the only people they talked to, all told them one thing: that man-made global warming was a lie. Any contradictory evidence was countered with new sources that seemed perfectly legitimate at first glance, even if on inspection they didn't stand up. It was a kind of untethering from reality."
Weak epistemic closure was not a new phenomenon, but it took on a new guise as the internet allowed people to pick and choose their news sources and communities at will. The most niche beliefs could find a safe harbour online, and even relatively small communities could wield disproportionate political or economic power.
Researchers at the time understood that epistemic closure afflicted even highly intelligent people, so 'more education' didn't seem like a particularly useful solution. However, sociologists at Heidelberg believed that promoting 'memetic diversity' might be more effective. Professor Gottleib recounts their thinking:
"They knew that, in theory, just reading a different news site or making new friends would be enough to increase a person's and a community's memetic diversity. But that's easier said than done! We're creatures of habit, and most people, myself included, would be perfectly content to keep to their routines and live within their comfort zones. Opening yourself up to new ideas and the cognitive dissonance that they might bring requires genuine confidence, usually born of emotional and economic security.
"The point is, no one at the time really knew how to reliably increase memetic diversity. Even worse, no one even knew what the true state of memetic diversity was — a precondition, you'd think, of any solution."
The Systemic Memome Project was an attempt to remedy that. Conceived by an amplified team-of-teams from Heidelberg, it had the goal of creating a living map of the creation, mutation, and distribution of ideas around the world. The scale of the work and the difficulty of attempting to analyse a system from the inside led the team to make heavy use of prototype semantic AIs; even so, they suffered from data collection and privacy concerns, forcing them to use public data for their first draft map in 2047.
Compared to the versions we have today, Draft One of the SMP was childishly simple and distractingly coarse, updating merely once a day. To contemporaries, though, it was breathtaking — a shifting pattern of intricately linked ideas represented by modified Ithkuil-Marain symbols. The seas, oceans, islands, and continents the symbols described were not those of physical geography, but rather the shapes of every networked human connection on Earth and beyond.
The results were clear: memetic diversity was even lower than they had feared. The drought in ideas was not confined to individuals or communities of any particular ideology or place, but seemed to be almost universal. While billions were exposed to new ideas every minute of the day through their lenses and glasses, almost all merely bounced off, leaving no lasting impression. This was not wholly surprising — we can't be expected to absorb every new idea that comes our way — but the bounce rate was far higher than expected.
Politics was one of the worst categories for low memetic diversity, with the US Democratic Party showing signs of epistemic closure when compared against the decentralised parties of the new left. But across the world, voters in general tended to be extremely unwilling to consider new ideas.
There were some bright spots. Counter-intuitively, high memetic diversity was often found in seemingly isolated communities such as universities and clubs; researchers theorised that these places helped make their members feel secure enough to consider new ideas. However, those islands of high diversity were usually short-lived, disappearing within months or years as vested interests and ideologies crept in.
With the SMP map completed, the Heidelberg team addressed their next question: how could they increase memetic diversity? In search of answers, they tested thousands of 'diversification strategies' on unwitting subjects. One strategy used AI agents to manipulate online discussions towards considering new forms of gun control; another engineered out-of-context problems in tight-knit communities opposed to marriage contracts. Yet more experiments modified memes to make them more acceptable to isolated communities, or tailored to create novel carriers for them.
To the team's surprise, many of their experiments worked, sometimes a little too well. Following some internal strife, the team decided to publish their findings. A scandal erupted, quickly followed by strict regulations that required full public disclosure of any memetic manipulation experiments. Most believed that that would be the end of it, that if people knew that 'memegeneering' was going on, its effect would be nullified; and that most people would in any case opt out.
This turned out to be false. Memegeneering continued and the technology flourished, with artificially altered memes flooding into the world. Whether they were tagged or not (disclosure proving to be less than complete) made little difference, with many people enjoying trying to 'win' against engineered memes — something the memegeneers accounted for and relied upon. Those communities that restricted their members to provably real humans fared better for a while, at least until the practice of 'memetic puppets' briefly became a healthy source of employment for those willing to become memetic carriers.
The arms race escalated. Distrust grew and some communities retreated even farther from the world. Protective memetic monitors were developed, warning people when they were at risk of being manipulated. For many, these monitors had the unintended side effect of highlighting memetic manipulation 'at home' among their own communities, leading many to reconsider their beliefs. One wonders whether this had been foreseen by the Heidelberg team all along.
Today, we take memegeneering and memetic monitors for granted. We expect that there are powerful forces attempting to manipulate the memes we see and pass on. And we hope that we aren't being outgunned.

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Special Troops - Page 2
A Ranger Platoon in the 63rd Infantry Division??? Yes that's right and in Headquarters Company, 63rd Infantry Division
Well the "Ole Webmaster" will have to fill in a little something for the Special Troops Page. Way back when I was young and not the smartest kid on the block, I was assigned to B Company 363rd
Medical Battalion until along came a young lieutenant by name of Malcolm Toney. He told my company about his unit, The 63rd Infantry Division Ranger Platoon and asked for volunteers. The time was
just around Christmas of 1944 and I had been in the Army all of about three (3) months and was ready for "Action". Heck I couldn't even carry a rifle when walking guard in the Medical Battalion and I
wanted to get into the middle of this combat thing. See I told you I wasn't the smartest kid on the block. So up goes my hand to volunteer and much to my surprise I found myself in the 63rd Infantry
Division Ranger Platoon on 12 January 1944. It was all that I had expected and more, but an article which appeared in The Blood and Fire Newspaper on 18 March 1944 explains the Ranger Platoon
much better than I can. So here it is:
KNOW YOUR DIVISION: The Ranger Platoon, Lives in Tents- Acts as Night Raiders in Training.
Stealthy, noiseless, hard-hitting night marauders- those are the young volunteers who make up the 63rd Division Ranger Platoon. Started by MG Louis E. Hibbs shortly after the activation of the 63rd,
this platoon is unique in the Army. It is the first self-contained Ranger outfit in an infantry division. In action the Rangers will be called upon to do special tasks involving considerable danger and calling for
exceptional agility and toughness.
Throughout the winter at Camp Van Dorn the Rangers have shunned barracks. They live in pyramidal tents in a little encampment along side Beaver Creek, some nine miles from the barracks area. Their
training is of a specialized nature- they must of necessity be able to handle all the infantryman's weapons, from a cal.45 pistol to an 81mm mortar, and through training they have attained expert's ratings
with each weapon.
Lt Malcolm B. Toney, commander of the Ranger Platoon, has harkened back to pre-Revolutionary days in the training of his men, patterning them after those rugged Americans who composed Rogers'
Rangers. The men, all hand-picked volunteers, are given all the available knowledge of woodcraft, hunting and tracking as a basis for their training. Should they ever be stranded in woods or jungle, the
Rangers would be self-sufficient under even the most trying conditions.
In order to get his men where they will be needed in as short a time as possible, Lt Toney's program has called for frequent speed marches. Four miles in 30 minutes and eight miles in 75 minutes are
common practice to these fighting men, and before the completion of their basic training the entire platoon made a 25 mile march in 5 hours and 20 minutes without a single man falling out.
Most of the Rangers had already put in a year's service before coming to the 63rd. Some came from IRTCs, others from ASTP units. There are others who came via the paratroopers, artillery or
engineers. One bridge-building problem was recently solved by a Ranger who had previously gone to Engineer OCS for 10 weeks at Ft Belvoir, VA.
Nan Sun Chung, affable Chinese platoon sergeant of the Rangers was a veteran heavy machine gunner with a Hawaiian defense unit at the time of Pearl Harbor. he has many things to settle with the Japs.
In addition to the regular infantry hand-to-hand fighting methods, the Rangers have developed and improvised improvements from their own experience, bolstered by training the men have received in
other units. Pfcs Edward Capretto and James Eddy, both former paratroopers, brought with them some new tricks taught the flying infantry.
Since the Rangers live apart from the other troops, little is known of their daily life. It is rugged. They arise before dawn and there are no hot water facilites at Beaver Creek Camp. Following morning
chow they staff the Div. Ranger School throughout the morning. In the afternoon they have four hours of rigorous field training themselves. After these afternoon classes they have two hours in which to
clean their equipment, wash, eat and prepare for the evening's attacks on bivouacked troops of other Div. units. These attacks sometimes last throughout the night.
On one recent infiltration problem, Pvt Robert Barta lay just 10 yards away from a CP while bright flares burst overhead. He was one of a group of 12 rangers attacking that night with special instructions
to infiltrate and gather information, but to avoid physical contact or capture.
While his buddies spread out around the area and drew the attention of the bivouacked group with firecrackers, Barta approached as near the CP as was possible, then lay still. When the bivouacked
company was sure the the "attackers" had withdrawn, the CO gave his men a critique- which Barta overheard and reported back to him the next day! The CO had estimated the attacking force as an
entire platoon, they had created so much distrubance in covering up Barta's infiltration.
Pfc Harry Helm, taking a similar Ranger patrol to a bivouac area, took two hours to locate an outguard post without giving their own presence away. When "friendly" troops passed through the outguard
line he heard the exchange of challenge and countersign, and then he and his men boldly approached the sentinel with the proper countersign and passed through the lines and into the area.
While the rest of his patrol chalked "Ranger" on just about everything in the area, Helm looked for the Battalion CP. Unable to find it in the darkness, he awakened two men in a pup tent and asked them
where it was. Sleepily they got up and told him the exact whereabouts of the headquarters, then turned over to go back to sleep. Unwilling to let a single tent go unmarked, Helm proceeded to chalk the
Ranger trademark on the tent flap. "Just fixing your tent" he told the bewildered occupants. One of the soldiers came out, and when he saw the big white letters he was so stunned he didn't know what to
do. Helm escaped before the doughboy could sound an alarm.
The noise made by cooks is one of the foremost guiding beacons for the Ranger night forays, as the sounds of clanging pots and pans can be heard for a considerable distance in the field. Says one of the
men: "They might just as well send out a brass band to welcome us, as we can listen to the cooks and head straight into the center of the bivouac areas"
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Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the Ranger Platoon was disbanded after one of the large shipment of replacements out of the division in April 44.
I suppose I would have gone also, except at the time I was on leave and when I returned I was placed in Division Headquarters Company along with one or two other Ranger leftovers and did important
stuff like cut grass around the officer's mess until I volunteered again. See I told you I wasn't the smartest kid on the block. This time it was to go to the 254th Infantry regiment. I was reassigned to the
254th on my 17th birthday, 27 July. But that's another story.
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Infinity Ward and Activision have announced the Halloween Scream Event for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. The event starts October 9 and ends on November 1 at 10AM Pacific.
The event includes limited time MP playlists, new loot items, giveaway items and more for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.
The event will feature the following in-game in Infinite Warfare:
- Free Halloween-themed Supply Drop at the beginning of each week. The first Drop is available now for pick up in the Quartermaster.
- Free Halloween-themed cosmetic item every Friday, along with one final gift on October 30.
- Halloween-themed gear and loot, including brand-new zombie-themed Rig skins, available to earn
- "Boss Battle" mode, which starts on October 13, allows players to take on their favorite final bosses from each of the Infinite Warfare zombies modes. It begins with the first chapter, Zombies in Spaceland, and continues with the following chapters becoming available, two per week, ending with the ultimate battle in The Beast from Beyond (players must own DLC packs to access DLC chapters)
- Return of Gesture Warfare multiplayer mode to celebrate Halloween, which runs now through October 12 and allows fans to use gestures to humiliate and annihilate their opponents
- Carnage, a fan-favorite multiplayer map from the Retribution DLC pack, free to play and with double XP for all players from October 12 to November 1
Activision has also created a new website for the Halloween Scream event, showcasing a calendar of what to expect each of the four weeks.
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It was meant to be a romantic holiday of fairytale proportions. And there I was, sprawled on our big bed in our spacious Osaka apartment, in my underwear, my hair dishevelled…
… Consuming Pocky sticks by the packet, binge-watching Orange is the New Black, and trying to ignore my devastation at being abandoned by my lover midway through our trip.
After our dreamlike holiday romance in Bali, I had spent two months counting down the days until I saw him again. I had images in my head of how the trip would go – a kind of Nicholas Sparks trailer of never-ending romance.
So the reality came as something of a shock. His confused mess of emotions, in which his feelings for me were swallowed up entirely. My total inability to rekindle those feelings. Our attempts to recover what was lost by travelling as friends. Highs when he wrapped his arms around me, lows when he withdrew again. Then, eventually, a premature, flat farewell on a train platform.
So how do you deal with the aftermath, when you're in a foreign country, continuing on the same journey alone which you had planned to do with a romantic partner in tow?
Perhaps less insane human beings wouldn't. They'd arrange their flight home, take up therapy, and hide under their bed covers for a week. Bed seemed like a good option to me.
But I'm stubborn. The accommodation was already booked and it was too late to cancel. This had started out as my own trip anyway – he'd just come along for the ride – and I was determined to reclaim it. I figured I could easily recover that power, independence and control over your life you can only achieve as a solo traveller.
5 insights from getting ditched by your romantic partner while on holiday
1. Contacting families and friends goes a long way to keeping you sane
One of my greatest fears was having to discuss the situation with family and friends. To have a guy opt out of your romantic sojourn prematurely didn't exactly make for a postcard-perfect message home. And we always want to paint out holidays in the best light, right?
In fact, I was humiliated. I felt like I'd failed somehow. And despite my deep grief and despair, I didn't want to be seen as a victim.
I had almost daily messages from friends and family enquiring in chirpy tones (it seemed to me) how it was all going. I'm too much an open book to keep anything to myself (it goes without saying, since I'm now blogging publicly about it…)
But I never regretted telling anyone the full story.
In fact, all alone, I had all these pent-up feelings with no outlet. Contacting others helped me tap into my grief, shed some tears, and wrap my mind around the series of events myself.
We're lucky it's so easy these days to seek comfort from people some 8,000km away. People who will park on freeway emergency lanes just to answer your call. Who will send you endless puppy pics, inspirational quotes, and hilarious rants about boys in a bid to provoke a smile.
On R U OK? Day, one friend sent a simple message enquiring after my well-being, having no idea of recent events. My mental state was so unhinged that the thoughtfulness immediately brought me to tears.
These phone calls and messages provided much needed support and comic relief. They proved that while I might feel lonely, I wasn't alone. While I might feel small, I wasn't unloved.
2. Try to rush it all you want, but it's going to take time to process your feelings
In the immediate aftermath of his leaving, I actually felt a rush of adrenaline and a feeling of liberation. I was finally on my own, free from complications or anything (or body) weighing me down.
That feeling subsided. And what was left was a paralysing numbness. I was shell-shocked by what had happened.
While he was there, I'd spent so much time in damage control, trying desperately to create positive memories so that the whole trip wouldn't be ruined, that my optimism soon crashed when I found myself alone.
I tried to balance out the pain by keeping extra busy. But I soon became frustrated at how unaffected I was by the sights around me.
In one day, I learnt all about the Hiroshima bomb and then visited a beautiful island filled with old streets, temples and deer. There, I sat on a beach with a stunning vista. And I bawled, because I had felt the same emptiness through every experience.
Try as I might, I couldn't tap into the free-spirited, enthusiastic, curious traveller I typically am. I worried that the experience had somehow broken me.
So instead, I stopped resisting the feelings. I realised it was OK to feel this way. I took away any pressure to have fun by focusing instead on each moment. I threw out my must-visit itinerary and just started wandering aimlessly each day.
This new travel strategy actually suited my mood perfectly, and I started to have spontaneous moments of joy. They were always short-lived and still tinged with an underlying grief, but I held onto them as if they were 10,000 Pocky sticks.
3. Treating yourself is totally justified
Part of my new travel strategy was to spend more time following my emotional instincts and less following a stringent itinerary.
A lot of the time, this resulted in my shunning restaurants in favour of 7/11 bento boxes, eaten back at my apartment in my underwear. What can I say, I'm a classy girl.
I treated myself to a long baths morning and night. Sometimes, I threw in a facial mask to mimic a spa-like experience. I felt like a queen, even if I didn't look like one…
I actually planned a trip to an onsen on my last day in Japan as a way to take it easy and treat myself on what I expected to be a particularly difficult day (last days always put me in a more reflective mood). It didn't work out, but I think it also would have done the job wonderfully.
4. Taking photos is a perfect practice in mindfulness
On my final days in Japan, I discovered that I found a level of peace by going out at night with my camera. It forced me to people-watch and to be ever mindful of a potentially awesome shot.
It took me outside my head and put me in the moment – something that little else had succeeded in doing.
It helped that I was staying in or near some truly charming districts – the bright lights Dotonbori in Osaka and the ancient streets and temples of Asakusa in Tokyo.
5. Nature helps you gain a sense of peace
As a huge introvert, I don't take well to cities full of people. So I found it a real struggle to process my mental state while simultaneously coping with the crowds of Japan's overpopulated major cities. It only frayed my nerves even further.
So, when I was in Osaka, just a few days after he left, I removed myself from the chaos. I journeyed to Mino Park, a nearby nature reserve.
Here, the air was clearer, and I could choose any number of hiking paths that were entirely unpeopled. Butterflies flitted past and there was a constant hum from Japan's ginormous cicadas.
I drew energy from the peace around me. And it helped that nature doesn't give a shit about your love life. Mino Park recharged me and restored some faith in myself.
6. Nothing beats the kindness of strangers
When it came to my accommodation, I was a little trapped. I really wanted to move to a hostel to meet some people who could provide a welcome distraction. But it was too late to cancel the double rooms and apartments I'd booked – and they were holding my credit card hostage. Even if I was a no-show, they'd be charging me the rate for two regardless.
So I continued as planned, solo. And when I felt ready, I sought out company by chatting to receptionists and waitresses. I signed up to workshops – woodblock printing and a classic Japanese tea ceremony.
Every smile lifted my spirits. Every bow deepened my respect. The calm tea ceremony master brought me into the present moment and taught me how to achieve mindfulness through the simplest means.
It was only when I began to open myself up to their kindness that I started to withdraw from the zombie state. I started to understand Japan better. And its image in my mind shifted from a place where I was rejected to a place where I was welcomed.
For more oversharing, travel stories and insights, check out some of my other posts on the ARoamerTherapy travel blog.


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The last month and a half, my home church Fellowship Church has partnered once again with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity to build LaQuisha a home. It has been a fun the four days that I was able to be a part of the build. I'm looking forward to seeing it come to completion in a few weeks at the dedication.
The first day is always so much fun for me as the you get to swing the hammer, work out muscles you don't use every day, and slowly watch the walls take shape. It was also fun as it may have been about 8 years since I worked regularly with Knoxville Habitat for Humanity, but it just happened that Tony was the house leader for this build. Tony and I worked together quite a bit in the past and it was a lot of fun to work with him again. Another Yankee and a great Italian…a great combination!
I missed getting a picture of the house framing, but here's a picture of the house after the sheathing on the roof went up. I joined the Tuesday crew to help with this as this did not get that done on the first day.
The following week was time for the ROOF! My favorite part, and what I used to help lead when I was volunteering more regularly. We had a great crew and we got the shingles up in no time and the day ended sooner than expected as the crew below us framed the interior walls.
Last Saturday I was there with a crew to paint. We had a wonderful crew, a nice temperature outside, and I think it's the fastest I've ever seen a crew work. We didn't start till after 8:15am and I was home by 11:00am. I did remember to get a picture of the crew finally this time, so here are a bunch of shots of the work and one final one of the crew. These guys and gals were so much fun to work with. I even met another photographer who goes to my church, but she's on the dark side….she shoots Canon! 😉
I am looking forward to seeing this house complete and attending the dedication. I hope that many years of happiness and love will be spent in this home.
If you want to join a great cause, be sure to donate a Saturday or two of your time to working with the Knoxville Habitat for Humanity. It's amazing how much the joy in serving will bless not only the homeowner, but you as well.


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PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The South Plainfield High School and Piscataway High School wrestling teams met in a dual meet on Wednesday night and the Tigers, ranked No. 7 in the latest NJ.com Top 20 poll, defeated the Chiefs, 44-16.
With the win, South Plainfield improved to 10-1 overall and 4-0 in the Greater Middlesex Conference - Red Division while the Chiefs fell to 4-5 overall and 2-1 in the division.
South Plainfield never trailed in the match and won nine bouts with five being decided by pin falls. It also picked up bonus point wins on a technical fall. Piscataway came out on top in four bouts. There was no match at 195 pounds.
David Loniewski got things started for the Tigers at 126 pounds in 1:43 over William Irvin. Thomas Fierro followed that up with a pin at 132 in just 13 seconds. Jake Sisk put the hometown Chiefs on the scoreboard with a 5-4 tiebreaker victory over Alex Amato at 138 pounds.
Joe Sacco of South Plainfield then scored another pin for the visitors, this time in 1:40 at 145 pounds against Cameron Smith.
But the Chiefs won the next three matches to cut the deficit at the time to just two points at 18-16.
Piscataway's 152-pounder Marcus Petite pinned Xavier Santos in 3:42. Joseph Hatcher, at 160, earned a major decision by outscoring Marc Giordano, 13-3. And finally Gabriel Santos defeated Divon Pender by decision, 7-3, at 170.
The Tigers would run the table and win the next matches besides the double-forfeit to regain control of the dual.
Brenden Hedden edged Nicholas Lodato, 3-1, at 182, Zach DelVecchio, in the 220 pound match, pinned Eliezer Wolfskehl in 1:29, Julian Medina won in a tiebreaker, 3-2, versus Andre Felton in the heavyweight match, Julian Irizarry edged Desmon Pleasant at 106, 2-1, Jacob DelVecchio scored a 20-5 tech fall over Deon Pleasant, and Anthony White capped the match with a pin against Kendall Jordan in 1:21.
Both teams have numerous talented individuals that are among the best at their respective weights. For South Plainfield, White, Loniewski, Sacco, and Zach DelVecchio are ranked in the top eight at their weight according to NJ.com.
Luke Niemeyer, who didn't wrestle against Piscataway, is No. 3 at 195 as well.
For the Chiefs, Hatcher is the No. 4-ranked 160-pounder. Don't sleep on guys like Sisk or Petite also.
Next up, the Tigers, who came in second place at Henry Boresch Duals at Newton this past weekend, will head to the Hampton Coliseum for the Virginia Duals from Friday to Sunday. Piscataway will travel down to Monroe to take on the Falcons on Friday at 7:00 p.m.
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Tips to Give a New College Graduate for Financial Stability
It is common for college graduates to struggle financially after finishing school. This is usually because of the pressure of not having to depend on their parents anymore for their finances. That, however, does not mean there are no ways for parents and families to help the new graduate to avoid experiencing this.
Here are four tips that can provide to new college graduate the things and knowledge they need to be financially stable right out of the gate.
Provide them with land
If there is one gift that you can give to a new college graduate that will surely give them financial stability, it is land. With this, there are just a lot of things that you can do. You can use it to build a house you can use as shelter, or you can rent it out.
Or the land can be utilized for other means. Check out a Richland WA real estate listing from developers such as Retter & Company Sotheby's International Realty to support a recent graduate in your family or circle of friends.
Gift them with financial books
Being financially responsible and sustainable is a tough job. To help them plan what they need to do, financial books are going to be a big assistance.
Encourage them to pursue high-paying jobs
High paying jobs are the best ways to earn a lot of money. Make sure that they are passionate about the job though.
Help with student loan payments
Student loan rates are at its highest in recent years. Most graduates spend the first ten years of their life after university just paying off all the loans. By helping out in paying off even half of their loans, they will already be on their way to a better life.
Most people go through college so that their dreams will come true. By helping them get through the first few years after college, their new graduate will not have to experience major financial setbacks.


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Hello Android folks! Welcome to another #GalaxyNote4 article in this site. This post answers 9 more issues that we received over the past few days but if you can't find anything helpful, don't forget to also visit our previously published posts. For those new to our site, kindly visit our main Galaxy Note 4 troubleshooting page by following this link.
For now, here are the specific topics that we cover for you:
- Verizon Galaxy Note 4 won't send and receive MMS in MetroPCS network
- Galaxy Note 4 fast charge not working
- Water damaged Galaxy Note 4 overheating, reboots randomly | Galaxy Note 4 shuts off when using the camera app
- Galaxy Note 4 mobile data connection not working when roaming
- Galaxy Note 4 icons on the right hand side are not responding
- Galaxy Note 4 from Korea not charging and randomly reboots
- Galaxy Note 4 won't charge
- Galaxy Note 4 refuses to charge unless it's set down
- Cannot remove Message+ app from Vodafone Galaxy Note 4
If you are looking for solutions to your own #Android issue, you can contact us by using the link provided at the bottom of this page, or you can install our free app from Google Play Store.
When describing your issue, please be as detailed as possible so we can easily pinpoint a relevant solution. If you can, kindly include the exact error messages you are getting to give us an idea where to start. If you have already tried some troubleshooting steps before emailing us, make sure to mention them so we can skip them in our answers.
Problem #1: Verizon Galaxy Note 4 won't send and receive MMS in MetroPCS network
Hello. I hope you are well. I purchased a refurbished unlocked Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It is branded for Verizon, but I am on the MetroPCS network. The phone seems to work well. I am able to make and receive calls. I am able to send and receive text messages. I am not able to send or receive pictures via messages. I can send them using Facebook messenger, but not via the built-in messaging app. I have attempted to update the APN information. I used these two setups: https://apn.gishan.net/settings/833_12_t-mobile_apn_settings_for_samsung_galaxy_note_4.php https://apn.gishan.net/settings/833_23_metropcs_apn_settings_for_samsung_galaxy_note_4.php I'm not sure what else to do. MetroPCS says they cannot help because it's my own device and not one I purchased from them. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. — Martha
Solution: Hi Martha. Software of Verizon phones are notoriously difficult to modify and we often encounter identical issues being raised here. Changing the APN settings simply won't cut it and frankly, we are not aware of any way to modify a Verizon Note 4 to allow MMS sending and receiving when used in another network. This is one of the drawbacks of using a phone outside its intended network so we think you simply have to accept the fact that you'll never be able to use it for MMS.
Problem #2: Galaxy Note 4 fast charge not working
Fast charge isn't working. My fiance has the same phone and hers works so I know her cable and power thing is good. I've reset my phones cache, then backed up and factory reset. Same thing. It charges maybe 5% in an hour time if that. It does hold charge quite a while but takes nearly a day and then some to fully charge. It claims I'm connected via USB and I'm not. I've checked my charge port. Crystal clear. no debris I even sprayed electronic cleaner in it to be double sure. I can't figure out what's wrong with it. And yes, my fast charge is turned on, just doesn't work as of 4 days ago. — Youknowit1092
Solution: Hi Youknowit1092. Doing the basic software troubleshooting like wiping the cache partition, factory reset as well the ocular inspection of the charging port are, well, basic steps. The general rule in this case is to do the basics and proceed with repair or replacement if they won't change anything.
Fast charging feature both have software and hardware components and there's no way to know for sure which of the two is preventing it from working properly. If you think you need to have this feature working, contact Samsung so you can have the phone checked or replaced.
Problem #3: Water damaged Galaxy Note 4 overheating, reboots randomly | Galaxy Note 4 shuts off when using the camera app
Hi I have a Samsung Note 4. There has been slight water damage over 6 months ago. I dried the phone immediately and the phone still worked. Recently, my phone has been overheating and shutting off. Now, when I try to use my camera the phone will shut off, as it will when I try opening apps or during a phone call. There are times when I am not using the phone and it will shut off and restart on its own. Today I got a message on my phone that said the following: Kernel panic! KRAIT INFO Panic caller: mdm_sybsys_powerup+0xf0/0x12c Panic Msg: CP BOOT UP FAIL NEED CP DUMP Thread: mdm_helper_prox:678  Pm8841_rev: 0x0 Wait… Done! UDC START Please help. I have also removed the battery and then put it back in. After doing all that, the problems persisted and the above message displayed just today. — Seema
Solution: Hi Seema. We don't recognize the error message you mention so it's best if you do the basic software troubleshooting first such as the cache partition wipe, safe mode, and factory reset. Each of these procedures will deal with different possible aspects of the problem but if nothing will change after doing all of them, you may very well have a damaged phone. Below are the steps on how to do each of them.
Wipe Cache Partition
The cache partition is a directory where Android save files used for apps to run smoother and faster. If you've noticed, apps usually load slower during the first time you run it since installation. But the next time you open it, it would be faster and even smoother. Of course, not everybody can notice that.
Wiping the cache partition is one way to get the phone out of Safe Mode or from being stuck on the logo during boot up. This procedure will all files stored in the cache partition, and how it's done on the Note 4:
- Turn off the Galaxy Note 4 completely.
- Press and hold the Volume Up and the Home keys together, then press and hold the Power key.
- When the Note 4 vibrates, release both the Home and Power keys but continue holding the Volume Up key.
- When the Android System Recovery shows on the screen, release the Vol Up key.
- Using the Volume Down key, highlight the option 'wipe cache partition' and press the Power key to select it.
- When the wiping of the cache partition is finished, highlight 'Reboot system now' and hit the power key.
Boot Galaxy Note 4 in Safe Mode
Booting Galaxy Note 4 in safe mode will temporarily disable all third-party or download apps leaving pre-installed ones and core services running. This procedure can help you determine which of your apps is causing a problem.
- Turn off the phone completely.
- Press and hold the Power key and the Volume Down key.
- When the phone starts to boot, release the Power key but continue holding the Vol Down key until the phone finished restarting.
- Safe mode will be display at the lower left corner; you may release the Volume Down key now.
Perform Master Reset
Master reset is very useful when the phone can't boot in normally or stuck somewhere during boot up. The user will need to boot in recovery mode to be able to wipe the phone's data partition and reset all settings to factory defaults.
- Turn off the Galaxy Note 4 completely.
- Press and hold the Volume Up and the Home keys together, then press and hold the Power key.
- When the Note 4 vibrates, release both the Home and Power keys but continue holding the Volume Up key.
- When the Android System Recovery shows on the screen, release the Vol Up key.
- Using the Volume Down key, highlight 'wipe data / factory reset' and press the Power key to select it.
- Now highlight 'Yes — delete all user data' using the Vol Down key and press the Power key to begin the reset.
- When the master reset is complete, highlight 'Reboot system now' and hit the Power key.
- The Note 4 will restart but it will be longer than usual. When it reaches the Home screen, then begin your setup.
Problem #4: Galaxy Note 4 mobile data connection not working when roaming
My Note 4 works fine in home country but even with all the right settings it won't connect to the Internet. I get voice and text but as soon as I try the browser it says I am offline. This is despite saying it's registered on the network. Wifi works fine. My service provider has no answers. I carry two phones when travelling — an iPhone 6 and the Note 4, both with same service provider. The iPhone connects no problem. The top left hand corner of the phone shows the network but as soon as I key in the security code that network number becomes a G. This only occurs when roaming out of the country. Any ideas? — Geoff
Solution: Hi Geoff. This issue is best addressed by your carrier rather than by third party support teams like us. Roaming issues have a lot of carrier-specific aspects so only the technical support team from your carrier can fix the issue permanently. We think that your account or device may not be configured properly on their end so working with them is the only way to go. Roaming is more complicated than regular data connection because it involves another carrier in another country. Any problem in terms of account and technical configuration must be addressed first to see any difference. The bulk of the troubleshooting should be done in your carrier's side. The most that you can do on your end is to do a factory reset to make sure that there's no third party app or services affecting the firmware. If you've already done that you must continue working with them to solve this issue.
Problem #5: Galaxy Note 4 icons on the right hand side are not responding
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. In really good condition and looked after. One morning i was using it and everthing was fine. Then about an hour later, i started using it again and i found that it was not letting me touch the right icons etc. So i took the battery out and put it back in as i think that was strange. Everthing was working fine again then about 20 mins into using it it started to slow respond touch then it would go crazy and be touching on its own.
Right now i thought i will do a software reboot and wipe the phone as i think it could be due to virus or software problem. So I set the phone back and it worked fine for the rest of the day.
The next morning i got up and it started doing it straight away so I took the battery back out and tried again. And it works for like 5 mins then starts going crazy again. If u leave it alone for a bit then use it again, it's fine for a little bit. Please can you help me because people are saying i need a new LCD screen but if that was the case how dose it work fine one minute then not. — Abby
Solution: Hi Abby. Like in all Android troubleshooting, you should follow only one rule here — if software solutions won't fix it, then hardware must be to blame. That said, we say that you do the steps that we already outlined above.
The first thing that you want to do is wipe the cache partition, followed by a safe mode. As mentioned above, safe mode can help you identify the problem is it's due to a third party app only. Third party apps are the apps you install that do not come pre-installed on the device and are not built by Google, Samsung, or your carrier. Keep in mind that not all apps are created with the same expertise, funding, and intent. Some may work exceptionally well with a lot of Android firmware versions and phone models while others may only be for a targeted set of devices and firmware versions. As an end user, we often do not bother to check whether an app that we install is compatible or not but we say you start doing it, especially that you're having this problem. If you're fond of installing apps without checking where they come from and whether or not they're created by reputable developers, you should try booting the phone to safe mode. Once the phone is running in safe mode, observe it for a day and see if the screen continues to glitch. If it doesn't, that's proof that one of the apps is problematic.
Should the issue remains after wiping the cache and when the phone is running on safe mode, don't hesitate to revert the phone's software back to their defaults. If the problem is being caused by a software glitch that may have developed over time, factory reset should fix it. If nothing improves and the issue stays, there may be a screen problem so you want to have the phone repaired or replaced.
Problem #6: Galaxy Note 4 from Korea not charging and randomly reboots
Greetings. I bought my Samsung Note 4 from Korea. Ever since the phone arrived, I had problem with the charging system. The battery could not last for long. I could not use it for social media applications like Facebook, Whatsapp and all that because the phone will go off unannounced.
When the phone hit the ground, it goes off by itself and If you switch it off yourself, you cannot switch it back on. Whenever it goes off, you need to connect the charger to it before it can be switched on. I have it to my dealer, and he said it was the charging system. The charging system was replaced and it was worse. It could not be charged up to 100%. When it gets to 75% it start going down again even if the charger is connected.
The feedback I got from the Dealer was that since the Phone came from Korea, they need a charging system from Korea and that the new charging system which was bought was not from Korea hence the reason why the phone's problem got worse. The old charging system was fixed back and I could not have my phone back even with the initial challenges I had with the phone. This time, you need a USB port to even start the phone if not, it will not work.
I sent the phone to a different dealer. he told me that if I change the board, the phone will work normal. I am not sure if I spend that money the phone will come back to normal. Currently the phone is off without power in the battery. What do you think is the problem and how do I resolve it. Is the replacement of the Board, the solution to the problem? — Samuel
Solution: Hi Samuel. There's no way for us to know what the true cause of the problem is but we think it may be a battery issue. The initial release date of the Galaxy Note 4 was over 2 years ago so if your device was one of the first batches, there's a chance that the battery may have simply lost significant capacity to hold a charge. There's still a possibility that it may be a logic board problem but we say you try using a new battery first before you send the phone in for repair.
Also, make sure that you do the usual software troubleshooting for this case (wiping the cache partition, booting to safe mode, factory reset) including battery calibration. Here's how to do it:
- Use the phone by playing games or doing tasks to hasten power discharge, until the phone turns itself off.
- Turn the phone on again and let it turn itself off.
- Charge the phone without turning it back on.
- Wait until the battery says it fully charged to 100%
- Unplug the charger and turn the phone on.
- If the phone says it's not 100% anymore, turn it off, plug the charger back in and wait until 100% charge is reached.
- Unplug the charger the turn the phone on again.
- Use the phone until you drain the battery down to 0.
- Repeat the cycle once.
Problem #7: Galaxy Note 4 won't charge
Dear Droid Guy. I am having problems with my son's Note 4. It won't charge and I have tried all possible combinations of button resets. I have also carried-out a hard reset with no luck. On 2 occasions I have got as far as the Android boot screen but this lasts only a couple of seconds before the handset switches off again. When switching on the handset, the green led appears and flashes once and the battery icon appears on the screen as normal. However, after that point the battery icon flashes on and off (not the battery charge level) and the red led flashes in sync. The handset will not charge. The flashing battery icon is not normal and I've yet to find YouTube videos to try that go beyond the button reset suggestions. Have you come across this before and have any suggestions I might try? Thank you. Kind Regards. — Trevor
Solution: Hi Trevor. As what we told others above, Android troubleshooting is really simple. If you've already exhausted all software troubleshooting, bad hardware may be to blame. If the inside of the charging port looks normal (no debris or bent pin), there may be a logic board problem causing the issue. In some cases, a malfunctioning power IC is to blame. A thorough hardware diagnostics must be done to identify the problem. Our blog does not provide DIY (do-it-yourself) hardware troubleshooting and solutions because of the level of technical expertise tools required to do them so you want to send the phone in to Samsung instead. If the phone is already out of warranty at this time, bring it to an independent service center.
Problem #8: Galaxy Note 4 refuses to charge unless it's set down
So I got my friends Galaxy Note 4 (in pretty rough condition, the back of the phone is scratched up, the screen is smashed, things like that) and for the first few months had little to no issues that couldn't be solved with a hard or soft reset, but as of late the phone has been giving me troubles. It started off last night with the phone refusing to charge unless i set it down. (It ended up working in the morning) but then the phone earlier on today shut down at 4% battery. I've been using an Alcatel charger designed for a lousy old flip phone for the past month and its worked okay. I tried turning it on again but the screen where is says Samsung GALAXY Note 4 just flashes on and off.
I have tried removing the battery and holding down the power button for a long period of time (I'd say about 1-2 minutes) and putting it in again but to no avail. If I plug it in it shows the battery with the loading circle on it. I do not want to do a factory reset or my friend will get mad at me. What do I do? — Theheirofegg
Solution: Hi Theheirofegg. Factory reset is a necessary troubleshooting step in this case to ascertain if a software glitch is causing the issue. If you don't want to do that, you can skip it temporarily by using another battery. Other troubleshooting steps that you can try includes wiping the cache partition and booting to safe mode. Refer to the suggestions we provide above.
You can also try to use another charger and charger to see if it will make any difference.
Problem #9: Cannot remove Message+ app from Vodafone Galaxy Note 4
Hi. I recently purchased a Vodaphone phone with Android 6.0. Not realizing that "Message plus" was the SMS app, I downloaded "Messaging" from the Play Store. Then it asked me if I wanted to use that as my default SMS programme. Well that was all fine but now I have a notification that won't swipe away telling me to setup my message plus. Then to even further complicate things, i needed Facebook messenger otherwise it wouldn't let me get Facebook messages on my phone. Then the problems really started as it refused to let me use Facebook Messenger without making that my default SMS messenger. So I thought OK, I'll use that for the lot. Then I tried to delete the other 2 messenger apps and found I couldn't. I tried all 3 ways on the internet of deleting apps in 6.0, but my 6.0 doesn't function the way the instructions do. I thought the issues might be because I chose the simple home screen. So I changed it back to the standard, but still mine did not function the same. When I tap and hold on the home screen it only comes up with a "remove" option, to remove the shortcut. So I go into the app list and tap on the app, but it only has a "force stop" option on one and a "force stop" and "disable" function on the other. No "un-install" So I went to the play store, found message plus and clicked "un-install" but it is still in my phone asking me to set it up still!!! Help. How do I get rid of them? — Kirigeorge75
Solution: Hi Kirigeorge75. If you have a Vodafone device, Message+ app is most probably a pre-installed app, which means that it's part of the software package when the phone left the factory. Carriers often modify vanilla Android version from Google so they can add their own products to their devices. In other words, there's no way to remove Message+ app from your phone unless you root it and/or use custom software. Keep in mind though that rooting or using unofficial firmware can compromise the security of your phone so do it at your own risk. If you want to root your phone, try to do some research first and use Google to look for a good guide that will help you do it. Our blog does not provide rooting or flashing guides so we suggest that you start your search by going to forums and websites such as XDA Developers forum or Sammobile.
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Study links snoring to hypertension
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Snoring may contribute to high-blood pressure, according to a new study.
Researchers studied sleep and cardiovascular information on 6,132 people who were at least 40 years old. Suspension of breathing -- often while snoring -- induces stress, and stress increases the risk of hypertension, researchers said.
Doctors at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore and other participants in the study found that the risk of high-blood pressure increased with the severity of the apnea, or suspension of breathing.
"We found that there's evidence of sleep apnea and high-blood pressure both in younger and older individuals, both in men and women, and both in white, African Americans and native Americans and other groups," said Dr. F. Javier Nieto of Johns Hopkins.
Accompanying the report, published this week in the Journal of the Americal Medical Association, was an editorial written by Dr. Clifford W. Zwillich of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver.
He said treating apnea was not realistic approach to reducing hypertension.
Apnea may be caused by dysfunction of the brain center controlling respiration or by obstruction of the airway. The AMA Family Medical Guide noted that the obstructive form of apnea is more common in overweight people.
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On October 24th, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton visited Delta Bingo & Gaming to present CEO Cam Johnstone with an award for 50 years of outstanding commitment to the community. "The […]
On August 22nd, John Oliver, MP for Oakville visited Delta Bingo & Gaming and presented Cam Johnstone, CEO at Delta Bingo & Gaming with a certificate of recognition on celebrating […]
Delta Bingo & Gaming Niagara Falls is proud to support the drop-in programs at the Boys & Girls Club of Niagara. Funds raised through charitable gaming at Delta Niagara offer […]
Delta Bingo & Gaming Patrons and Staff raise over $50,000 to help residents of Fort McMurray. Oakville, ON – July 13, 2016 Patrons and staff of Delta Bingo & Gaming […]
Did you know that when you play at Delta Bingo, money is raised and kept within your local community? A portion of funds raised through the charitable gaming program at […]
Saint Michael Catholic High School Delta Gaming Niagara Falls Saint Michael Catholic High School believes in promoting academic, community and religious involvement with their students. Students are required to obtain […]
About 100 people gathered at Boardwalk Gaming Centre in downtown Barrie Thursday to celebrate a milestone – a $100 million milestone. That's the amount of money raised for local charities […]
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Facebook's Look Back videos show us everything from our years on Facebook — both the good and, in Darth Vader's case, the evil.
Comedian Joshua Dill has imagined what Vader's Look Back video would look had he used the social network instead of the Force. The video employs some of Vader's choicest quotes from the classic trilogy as status updates, while his iconic scenes from all six movies are reimagined as uploaded photos. His look back also includes the progression of young Anakin Skywalker to the Sith Lord we all know and love to hate.
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Selected as 2015's Member of the Year, Jenifer Morin has been a member of the NAIOP Northern Virginia Chapter for over 13 years. In addition to serving as liaison between her company and NAIOP, she has served on several chapter committees such as the Golf and Awards Committees.
She also assists the chapter with their marketing efforts by creating flyers and volunteering at registration tables for various NAIOP events. Most recently she assisted the chapter employees by teaching them how to use Twitter and often tweets on behalf of the chapter.
NAIOP Northern Virginia (Commercial Real Estate Development Association) was chartered in 1980 by a group of local developers. Governed by a Board of Directors and Executive Committee, which is elected annually, NAIOP Northern Virginia's professional staff is located in Alexandria, Virginia. With 52 NAIOP chapters in North America, the NAIOP Northern Virginia is one of the largest with over 900 members.
The association offers a full complement of services for its membership, including: monthly educational programs, an annual bus tour, annual awards program, annual and mid-year real estate forecasts, golf tournaments and legislative representation at the state and local level.


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Monday, October 5, 2009
gracias por la musica
Mercedes Sosa - Gracias a La Vida (YouTube)
A beautiful warm, sunny and relaxing day ended on a sad note for me.
My favourite Spanish-language singer, Mercedes Sosa died in Argentina.
Even though I never understood the lyrics of her songs, the emotive quality of her voice and the way it interwove with the melodies was understanding enough. I have loved her singing since I was first introduced to her almost 20 years ago.
I had half hoped that perhaps there was a chance of seeing her whilst here in her home continent.
Not to be.
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The robot base type of diorama by Benjamin Cheh. This built fit his earlier Robot MOC, also various type of LED lights were "buried" within the floor platform, which has a few different colours mood from red to blue that makes the creation even more awesome!
The idea of this MOC is great and so far i yet to see another creator with similar build. It really reminds me of Gundam series' base, especially the 4 LED and the robot walkway.
Please visit his flickr here.


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Sutton receives degree in nursing from Western Governors University
Robin Sutton of Lincolnton, has received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Governors University (WGU). The university held its 33rd semi-annual commencement ceremony at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City on July 15 and celebrated the graduation of more than 10,000 graduates.
At the commencement, the online, nonprofit university recognized 6,348 undergraduates and 4,140 graduates who have completed their degrees in business, information technology, K-12 teacher education, and healthcare, including nursing. Clayton M. Christensen, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Founder of The Christensen Institute, delivered the commencement address, and joined President Scott D. Pulsipher in honoring the more than 1,000 new alumni participating in the ceremony. Students who were not able to attend the ceremony in person were able to watch the event via live video stream on WGU's website.
WGU has made convenient and affordable higher education available to busy adults. Demand for its competency-based programs can be seen in the year-over-year growth of WGU's national impact.
Forty percent of this year's graduates represent the first generation in their family to complete college. The average time to graduation for bachelor's degrees was 2 years, 3 months and the average time to graduation for graduate programs was 1 year, 8 months.
Since WGU's founding in 1997, the online, competency-based university has awarded more than 87,000 degrees; 20,000 of them in just the past year. Designed to meet the needs of working adults, WGU's competency- based learning model makes it possible for students to fit studying into their busy lives. Students complete courses as soon as they demonstrate that they have mastered the subject matter, enabling them to move quickly through material they already know and spend more time on focusing on what they still need to learn. As a result, many students are able to accelerate their studies, finishing faster and saving money.
About WGU
Established in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors with a mission to expand access to high-quality, affordable higher education, online, nonprofit WGU now serves 82,000 students and 87,000 graduates in all 50 states. Driving innovation as the nation's leading competency-based university, WGU has been recognized by the White House, state leaders, employers, and students as a model that works in postsecondary education. In just 20 years, the university has become a leading force in changing lives of through education. WGU is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, has been featured on NPR, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and in The New York Times. Learn more at www.wgu.edu.


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Mon, Mar. 24, 2014 Posted: 12:50 PM
When was the last time you heard a politician share the Gospel, the good news that Jesus Christ came to earth to rescue us from our sin?
Yesterday Kentucky Senator Rand Paul posted on Facebook:
During church today they played this clip from Amena Brown performing the Gospel of John as you've likely never heard it before. Wanted to share it with you. http://youtu.be/8AY7lWG_8H0
Amena Brown is a spoken word artist and writer. This poem titled "In the Beginning" is based on John chapter one. The video was produced by BluefishTV, a video production company that specializes in making short videos for use as sermon illustrations.
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A clinical trial found that using carbamide peroxide, the active ingredient in earclear ear wax remover ear drops, was four times more effective in reducing the need for syringing than Cerumol.^1
Over stimulation by regular syringing or using cotton tips can cause excessive over production of ear wax. Hearing aids, which block the normal migration of earwax out of the ear, may also stimulate glands in the ear canal to produce more wax.
earclear is a non-water and non-oil based solution that helps to disperse and break up ear wax.
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Creativity, high technology and quality: three requirements of the international luxury industry.
In the early 90s, Richard David Zaoui regrets not only the lack of a business network but also of a demonstration involving SMB (worldwide leading luxury suppliers brands) sharing the same conception of the european luxury
That is why, he imagined in 1994, an exhibition called Les Places d'Or where profesionals, clients and prospects can meet in a prestigious area, with a muted ambiance at the Hotel "Le Crillon" in Paris.
This union of skills bound for perfumery; jeweler's; ready to wear; leather; culinary arts; wines and spirits; chocolate; delicatessen and press… give the opportunity to regroup in one area creativity, realizations and raw material.
The 13th edition of Les Places d'Or has took place the 14th, 15th and 16th November 2017 at the Hotel "Le Meurice" in Paris and has been supervised by Philippe BENACIN, CEO of The Group "Interparfums".
A selection of fifty companies, representing the new technologies of Design and Luxury Packaging ( creation of perfumes, cristal, glass, plastic, metal, cardboard, paper, wood and textile) received this year 3200 luxury international guests, with among them the leaders of the most prestigious brands.
Les Places d'Or are the reflect of international luxury and make of Paris a somptuous capitale.


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Celeste-Marie Bernier is Professor of Black Studies and Personal Chair in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of African American Visual Arts; Characters of Blood: Black Heroism in the Transatlantic Imagination; Suffering and Sunset; World War I in the Art and Life of Horace Pippin; Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art (1965-2015).
Celeste-Marie Bernier, Andrew Taylor
Edited by Celeste-Marie Bernier, Judie Newman, Matthew Pethers
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I had an interesting trip to a warehouse full of dreams this week. My brother, who lives in Canada, bought the car of his dreams. Before cutting the check he asked if I could take a look and make sure it was 'as represented' by the seller. Less than an hour's trip each way, so no problem.
The car was on consignment at StreetSide Classics in Charlotte, North Carolina, a place that has a reputation for selling a lot of classic and performance cars. They have a good reputation so far as I could find through some simple online research. Certainly, the T-Bird was exactly as described. All well and good.
The facility is not a showroom, it's a simple warehouse. Cars are parked door handle to door handle. It seems there must be a hundred of them. I didn't count, but as you can see, there's a lot. Many of them are classics. Muscle cars from the 60's and 70's. Corvettes and a few reproduction Cobras. Plenty of restored older cars, and many that are resto-rods of various flavors. Looking for a '66 Chevy II with the 350 mill, Muncie 4-speed and positraction? Got one, and in pristine shape.
For anyone from the Boomer generation, it's like a lifetime of Christmas's, all at once. All the totally awesome metal you couldn't afford as a teenager. If you've got the checkbook, you can be that teenager again, cruise the street in the ride of your dreams. It's all for sale.
Then I started to wonder about all the people who were selling these cars. I mean each and every one was customized in some way. The proud owner must have agonized over the choice of mag wheels. Fat tires or ultra low profiles? Big block or small? Low rider or street racer? A million decisions to be made, each and every one deeply personal and reflecting the taste and aspirations of an individual. Now they're stored in a big warehouse, waiting for someone with cash in their pocket.
What happened? I'm sure each one has its own story. Maybe the owner is just too old and can't drive their hot rod anymore. Health care being what it is, it would be easy to imagine needing the cash for medical bills. Time passes and fortunes change, we all have different priorities at different stages of life.
Even so, there's a certain feeling of melancholy when you see such amazing creations stored in a warehouse, sold for a lot less than what went into creating them.
John Lennon


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Eon Health Contracting & Appointment 2019
Eon Health, Inc. is a newly formed Medicare Advantage Plan operating in select counties in the states of Georgia and South Carolina.
Eon Health is committed to providing innovative care to the most vulnerable population by intertwining proprietary technology, compassionate service and contemporary care models to achieve quality clinical outcomes.
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Eon Health has a contract with Medicare to offer HMO and PPO plans; and also has a contract with Georgia and South Carolina Medicaid programs to offer Special Needs Plans (SNP).
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The objective of Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing is:
• Provide an opportunity to diploma holder in-service nurses to upgrade their knowledge and skills in order to respond to the changing health needs of the society;
• Motivate Nurses to improve clinical competence so as to provide quality care
• Develop teaching, administrative and research skills and
• Promote personal growth for better and promotional opportunities
Admission fee
Rs.11000 per annum
Examination & Evaluation
Continuous and term end evaluation approach is used for theory and practical assessment for each course. The total marks for the three year Post Basic B.Sc Nursing programme are 1800 (1000 for theory and 800 for practical).
If a student fails in Practical examination and viva voce then she/he has to appear for Practical examination and viva voce only. If student has failed in self-activities or supervised activities she/he has to appear in the activities in which she/he has failed. However, if student has failed in both self and supervised activities then she/he has to repeat the self and supervised activities and Practical examination.
If a student has completed the maximum period, i.e., 5 years of duration in the Post Basic B.Sc. Nursing programme, she/he will be given re-admission in the courses and practicals which she/he is not able to complete by paying fees prorate. The readmission will be required for those courses only which are not successfully completed by the students by paying prorate fees. A student is required to fill up the readmission form.