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Alzheimer's benefit is Aug. 14
The Wellfleet Alzheimer's Association 10th Annual Reception and Charity Auction will be 3 to 7 p.m. Aug. 14 at Sweet Seasons at the Inn at Duck Creeke, 70 Main St., Wellfleet. With wine, hors d'oeuvres and live and silent auctions beginning at 3 p.m. $10 suggested donation. 508-737-3328.
Health connector website
Shopping for health insurance during the open enrollment period just got easier for folks who purchase coverage on their own. The Mass. Health Connector website has a new search function that helps consumers narrow their options by doctor, hospital, price and insurance carrier. Through Aug. 15, insurance shoppers can connect at www.MAhealthconnector.org for help in enrollment. There's also a customer service center at 1-877-623-6765.
Grief and Loss Support Group
Beacon Hospice, Inc., is hosting a six-week Grief and Loss Support Group, to run Thursdays through Aug. 18, 9 to 10:30 a.m. "Healing While in Nature's Company" is held on the grounds of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster. Group is free of charge, but pre-registration is required. Call Charlene Poliquin at 508-778-1622.
Cape Cod Beer Bash
Enjoy music by the Jeff Lowe Band, along with a cookout and live and silent auction, 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 19 at Cape Cod Beer, 1336 Phinney's Lane, Hyannis. A portion of the evening's proceeds will benefit seven local non-profits. $25 (ages 15+) includes four food/drink tickets. Call 508-775-5656.
Against the Tide
The Mass. Breast Cancer Coalition's "Against the Tide" event on Aug. 20 includes a one-mile recreational or competitive swim, two-mile kayak, three-mile fitness walk and 5Krun. It's at DCR's Nickerson State Park from 7 a.m. to noon. This is the premiere event to raise money for breast cancer prevention. More info on participating at 508-246-3047.
"Celebrate Summer Memories"
Help benefit Alzheimer's Services during an evening fundraiser beginning at 6 p.m. Aug. 28 at Wequassett Resort & Golf Club, Pleasant Bay. Includes cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, dinner, live music and auction. $75, reservations at 508-775-5656.
Autumn Escape Bike Trek
The American Lung Association's 27th annual Bike Trek will be held the weekend of Sept. 30, and they're looking for volunteers in Plymouth (Friday), Brewster (Saturday) and Provincetown (Sunday). Overnight accommodations and meals are provided. If you're interested, call Judy at 413-505-5061 or email email@example.com.
Local aide honored
The Hyannis office of Bayada Nurses, a national leader in home health care, has named Angela Saluti of Dennisport as one of its health care "heroes." Saluti was recognized for her "dedication to excellence and her commitment to serving the clients with whom she works."
Falmouth Hospital receives endorsements
Cape Cod Healthcare has announced that Falmouth Hospital's cancer program received endorsements from two accreditation agencies: the Commission on Cancer and the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. Both are three-year accreditations by the American College of Surgeons. More information at 508-862-7891.
Red Cross news and events
The Red Cross, Cape & Islands Chapter, hosts "Spirit of America," an Open Mic benefit for victims of the recent Massachusetts tornados – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 13 at Pufferbellies, Iyannough Road, Hyannis. $15, $10 seniors, performers. Call 774-696-1621 for a performance time slot. … The Chapter is seeking volunteers for general support, health and safety preparedness, as well as disaster services and military family support. Training is provided free of charge. Call or visit the website for more information. … The Cape & Islands Chapter is offering a series of lifesaving courses in August and September, including Standard First Aid, CPR/AED for children, infants and adults, and combinations of these, plus Chokesaver for Restaurant Emergencies. … Now available: updated Media Guide for Hurricanes and Local Emergencies, and a free iPhone app that gives a list of shelters. … For a complete list of classes or for more info or registration, visit www.cciredcross.org or call 508-775-1540.
Rehabilitation Hospital offerings
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod hosts Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous meetings every Sunday 9:30 to 11 a.m. … AA meets Saturdays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. … A support group addressing issues of early onset Alzheimer's meets the fourth Monday of each month, 5 to 6:30 p.m. … A fibromyalgia support group meets the fourth Thursday of the month, 5 to 6:30 p.m. … The aphasia support group meets the first Wednesday of the month, 10-11:30 a.m. … The MS support group meets the third Sunday of the month, 1 to 3 p.m. … A stroke survivors support group meets the second Wednesday of the month, 1:30 to 3 p.m. … A mild brain injury and aneurysm support group meets the third Saturday of the month, 2 to 4 p.m. … Parkinson's support group meets the fourth Wednesday of each month, 2 p.m. … Hearing screenings are held the second Wednesday of each month by appointment (508-833-4141). Driver rehabilitation program: Those whose driving ability has been compromised by illness, injury or normal aging may take part in the Driver Assessment Program being offered at Spaulding (508-833-4141).
Call 508-833-4008 for details on these and other programs. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod is located at 311 Service Road, East Sandwich.
Open Wide for free dental care
The Tri-County Collaborative for Oral Health Excellence has launched an Open Wide Preschool Dental Disease Prevention Program that will offer several preventive dental procedures at no cost, along with assistance in finding affordable dental care offices. More information on the program, call BL Hathaway at 508-255-0009. The local Tri-CCOHE office is located at 115 Enterprise Road, Hyannis.
Caregiver support program
The Family Caregiver Support Program at Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands provides training and assistance for family caregivers. To determine eligibility to receive services, call 508-394-4630.
Dare to Be Alive
DTBA hosts an education and support group for individuals interested in organ donation, which will meet at 6 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, at Cape Cod Hospital in the Cape Cod Five room. All are welcome. More information at 508-398-1260.
New brain injury support group
The Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts has formed a new brain injury support group for survivors, caregivers and families. Meetings will be held on the third Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon at Mashpee Public Library, 64 Steeple St. More information at 1-888-607-7678 or at www.biama.org.
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support
An Alzheimer's Community Caregivers Support Group will be held the third Thursday of each month from 3 to 5 p.m. at Harbor Point at Centerville, 22 Richardson Road, led by Tamara Peach, Harbor Point's program director. The meetings will provide an opportunity to learn more about the disease and offer tips on ways to cope. Free and open to the public. RSVP to 508-778-2311.
Free health screenings
The Clinical Research Center of Cape Cod, 131 Attucks Lane, Hyannis, will hold free preventive health screenings for blood pressure and glucose on the second Thursday of each month, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information or an appointment, call 508-375-6360.
VNA Adult day health program
Compass Adult Day Health, One Auston Road, off Route 137 in Harwich, is actively accepting new clients. The VNA program offers a variety of programs and services as an alternative to nursing home placement, enabling seniors to remain in their homes while receiving therapy and support services on a daily basis. For information on the program, call 508-957-7755.
Need drivers
The American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery program is in need of volunteers from Cape Cod to drive local cancer patients to and from chemo and/or radiation treatments, especially those receiving treatment in Boston. Drivers use their own vehicles for these appointments. For more information call ACS at 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
Seeking volunteers
Solamor/Allegiance Hospice is seeking volunteers to visit patients under hospice care in nursing homes in the Mid- and Upper Cape areas. Volunteers are formally trained and become a valued part of the interdisciplinary team that serves end-of-life patients. Call Karen Spangler, volunteer coordinator, at 508-743-0203.
Audible Local Ledger seeking volunteers
The Audible Local Ledger seeks volunteers to help the print-disabled in our community keep in touch with the community around them. Become a volunteer reader and lend your voice to this service for the blind, visually impaired and print-disabled. Call Sherry Bergeron at 508-539-2030.
Elder Services help needed
Elder Services of Cape Cod is seeking volunteers for its Long-Term Care Ombudsman program, to monitor conditions in nursing homes as well as residents' concerns. Training provided by Elder Services. For more info call Cindy Cullen, 508-394-4630 x 530, or visit www.escci.org.
Mental illness support group
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Cape Cod offers a support group for families with a member who has a mental health situation or condition. The group meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the NAMI Cape Cod Office, 5 Mark Lane (off West Main St.), Hyannis. For information, call Jud at 508-364-9035 or email the NAMI Cape Cod office at email@example.com.
Stretch your food budget
Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands can assist those who may be having a hard time putting affordable and nutritious meals on the table during these hard times. All can apply for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) – Call SNAP Outreach for more information or to set up an appointment: 508-771-1727 x 164.
Grief support programs from Beacon Hospice
• Widow/Widowers Support Group: 8-week support group meets Thursdays, 10-11:30 a.m. beginning May 26 at Beacon Hospice Office, 259 Willow St., Yarmouthport.
• Motherless Daughters Support Group: 6-week support group meets Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. beginning May 31 at Beacon Hospice Office.
• Journey Through Grief Support Group: 6-week support group meets Mondays, 1-2:30 p.m. beginning June 6 at A Gathering Place Bookstore, 1525 Route 6A, East Dennis.
• Pet Bereavement Support Group: 4-week group, begins July 6 - Wednesdays at either 10-11:30 a.m. or 7 to 8:30 p.m., at For the Love of the Breed Pet Store, 4019 Main St., Brewster.
All groups are open to all and free of charge. Registration is required: call 508-778-1622 ext. 20.
VNA offers volunteer training program
The Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod Hospice is now offering a volunteer training program to men and women who are interested in providing support to patients receiving end-of-life care, as well as support to their caregivers. For more information on becoming a hospice volunteer and participating in upcoming training, call Gayle Johnson at 508-957-7709.
Individual and group grief support groups
The Grief Support and Referral Center of Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital provides individual and group counseling for needs surrounding grief, transition and loss. Current groups include "Spousal Loss Group," "Adult Parental Loss," "Young Widows," "Brown Bag Bereavement Lunch," "Transforming Grief Through the Mind/Body Connection" and "Adults Living Through Grief."
New groups form regularly; most insurance is accepted and no one is turned away for inability to pay. The center's Hyannis office is at 765 Attucks Lane, and there are offices in Falmouth, Hyannis and Brewster. For information on all programs and locations, call coordinator Ann Geagan at 508-957-0268.
Organ transplant awareness group
Dare To Be Alive Foundation, Inc. holds support group meetings on the third Thursday of each month at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, at 6 p.m. The meeting is open to all interested individuals. Call 508-398-1260.
Overcoming ostomy problems
The VNA of Cape Cod holds ongoing free ostomy clinics. The clinics will include a one-hour visit with a wound, ostomy and continence nurse. Clinics are held second and fourth Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to noon at VNA of Cape Cod, 434 Route 134 in South Dennis. For an appointment, call 508-957-7476.
Mended Hearts meets at CCH
Members of the Mended Hearts group meet every third Thursday at 4 p.m. at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis to discuss heart disease and share experiences. Those with heart disease and members of their family are welcome. Contact Tim Crane at 508-896-2560 or club President Pat Boris at 508-896-5941 or go to www.capecodmendedhearts.com.
VNA offerings
The Visiting Nurses Association, in conjunction with the Massachusetts chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, offers Young at Heart/PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise) at several Cape locations. A low-cost fee and a doctor's approval are required for participation. For more information on location or registration, or to observe a class, call 1-877-267-7700.
Help for moms
The Center for Breastfeeding, 327 Quaker Meeting House Rd. in East Sandwich, offers classes for moms and children all year long. Free lactation counseling and pump and supplies use are also available.
For class times and more information, call 508-888-8044.
HIV/AIDS testing, counseling
The Cape Cod Free Clinic & Community Health Center offers free, confidential testing for HIV and AIDS at its Falmouth and Mashpee offices. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 508-477-7090.
Independence House hosts support groups
Independence House in Hyannis sponsors a seeking safety support group at the office in Falmouth Hospital on Mondays at 5:30 p.m.; a children's empowerment group on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at the office in Hyannis; and a self-esteem focus group on Thursdays at the Hyannis office at 5:30 p.m. Call 508-771-6507.
Cancer support in Mashpee
Cape Cod Healthcare offers a Living With Cancer education support group that meets Tuesdays at the Mashpee Health Center, 5 Industrial Rd. Call 508-539-6215.
Alzheimer's services at county
The Barnstable County Alzheimer's Collaborative offers a program called Safe Return for those with Alzheimer's disease and their families. Call 508-375-6043 for information or to register a loved one.
Cape Cod Healthcare provides options for behavioral health, physical rehabilitation
The Kids and Teens Behavioral Health Assessment Center, 460 West Main St. in Hyannis, provides families with behavioral health assessments and treatment plans, as well as referrals and information about behavioral health services. Call 508-790-5903.
Send us your news
The Health section welcomes news of programs in Barnstable and surrounding towns, as well as achievements and events. Send your news to The Barnstable Patriot, ATT: Health, PO Box 1208, Hyannis MA 02601; or by fax to 508-790-3997, marked HEALTH; or to firstname.lastname@example.com


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WASHINGTON— In observance of the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and people of the Sea, a Mass will be celebrated May 22 at 12:10 PM at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (in the Crypt Church). The Mass is sponsored by the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) and the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington will be the main celebrant and homilist.
The National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Mariners and People of the Sea, was declared by the U.S. bishops in November 2005 to encourage U.S. Catholics to support, remember and pray for merchant mariners/seafarers, fish workers, port personnel and others in the maritime community and is observed in conjunction with the National Maritime Day in the United States.
This year, the observance takes on a special significance in light of what is going on at the Gulf of Mexico. Bishop J. Kevin Boland, episcopal promoter of the Apostleship of the Sea exhorted everyone "in a special way to remember those who lost their lives at sea and their respective families, and those who perished in the oil rig explosion in the Gulf Coast as well as those whose livelihoods are deeply affected by this tragedy." He also asked people to pray that "the efforts of all involved prevent further marine pollution."
Bishop Boland encourages Catholic dioceses to mark the fifth national day of prayer and remembrance by means of special petitions in the prayer of the faithful, homilies, or a votive Mass using the text for the Mass of the Blessed Virgin, Mary Star of the Sea.
Expected to attend this year's Maritime Day Mass at the National Shrine are Maritime Administration officials, the Philippines Consul General, the Secretary of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, representatives from the shipping and fishing communities, the Coast Guard, the National Transportation Safety Board, mariners and family members.
The International Maritime Organization has declared 2010 as 'Year of the Seafarer.' World Maritime Day is celebrated on the last Thursday of September to pray for the men and women involved in seafaring and their families. The Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People issues a "Sea Sunday" message every year.
Apostleship of the Sea is a worldwide Catholic maritime ministry for the spiritual and practical assistance to seafarers, fisher folks, their families and all those who work and travel by sea and the waterways. In the USA, AOS chaplains and their team are present in 49 dioceses in 61 maritime ports. Their ministry also includes coordinating a cruise ship priest program.
Ninety percent of the world's goods are transported by sea and the waterways. There are approximately 1.5 million seafarers worldwide in 10,000 commercial ships and maritime vessels.
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A Much Too Long (like This Title) List of Place- and Culture-Themed Coloring Books for Adults and Colorists of All Ages (but It Could Be a Whole Lot Longer)
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OK, here's the deal. Since adult coloring books are all the rage now, and because there are studies that show that coloring can reduce anxiety and stress, I decided I'd search Amazon to see what titles I could come up with on the topics of travel, places, cultures, and the like.
After I came up with 30 or so, I was feeling pretty good about myself, but then a few things happened. First, my tendency to be obsessive about lists kicked in and I felt the need to make my list not just longer, but all-inclusive. Then I realized that if I wanted to include designs and patterns (Indian, Celtic, Arabic, etc.) I'd never be done, so I eliminated them, as much as it pained me . . . because a lot of those book are pretty cool. But just when my list seemed more manageable, I discovered the whole library of Dover coloring books. I was bombarded with all their history-themed offerings, and I had to decide what made a coloring book "adult" rather than "for kids." I put some more titles in, left some out (more pain), and expanded my category from adults to "colorists," a term I see thrown around by publishers. I figure it means people who take their coloring seriously, even as they use it to wind down, people who are more-mature colorers who choose detailed pictures that can accommodate sharpened pencils, not just fat Crayons: colorists. Of course detailed pictures would include all those intricate designs and patterns. . . . Did I mention how much it pains me to leave them out?
So after all that, here's the list I've come up with. It's nearly 200 entries long, and it's caused me no small amount of anxiety to put it together. It wasn't just finding them all, but also arranging them (I gave up on working too hard on that), trying to get all the links straight, and realizing that my list is outdated before I hit the publish button.
What I'm trying to say is that my efforts to put together an exhaustive list have left me exhausted . . . and stressed.
I guess I need to order a coloring book so I can relax. Now, what about colored pencils? Is 24 enough, or should I go with 500?
- Vintage Travel Postcards Coloring Book: For Adults and Curious Children (Volume 1)
- World Traveler Coloring Book: 30 World Heritage Sites
- Travel Inspired Coloring: Coloring to Relax and Free Your Mind
- The Travel Coloring Book: Inspiring Change through Meditative Coloring
- Passport to Imagination: A Coloring Book For All Ages
- Colouring the World: A Sophisticated Activity Book for Adults
- The Look: An Around-the-World Fashion Coloring Book
- Masks of the World Coloring Book
- Christmas around the World Coloring Book
- Wonders of the World Coloring Book
- Tropical World: A Coloring Book Adventure
- Tropical Paradise Scenes to Paint or Color
- Jungle Paradise: A Coloring Escape into the Wild
- Beach Inspired: A Relaxing Coloring Book
- Take Me to the Sea: 30 Ocean-Themed Coloring Pages
- A Colorful World: Surf & Sun Coloring Book
- Lighthouses of the World
- Houses Coloring Book for Grown-Ups (Volume 1)
- Architectural Art: A Stress Management Coloring Book For Adults
- Cathedrals of the World Coloring Book
- Churches Coloring Book for Grown-Ups (Volume 1)
- Castles of the World Coloring Book
- Bridges of the World Coloring Book
- Color Your Way: The Bridge
- Warriors through the Ages
- The Story of World War I
- Story of World War II
- Amazing Cities: A Coloring Book of Fantastic Places in the World (Volume 1)
- Amazing Cities: A Coloring Book of Fantastic Places in the World (Volume 2)
- Splendid Cities: Color Your Way to Calm
- Fantastic Cities: A Coloring Book of Amazing Places Real and Imagined
- Adult Coloring Book: Dream Cities : Color Your Dream (Volume 2)
- Adult Coloring Book: Dream Cities 2 : Color Your Dream (Volume 4)
- Cities: Color Your Way to Calm with This Splendid Cities Coloring Book
- Creative Haven CityScapes: A Coloring Book with a Hidden Picture Twist
- The Colors of Asia: An Anti-Stress Art Therapy Adult Coloring Book
- Secret Tokyo: Color Your Way to Calm
- Colorful Tokyo: Explore and Color
- Creative Haven Japanese Prints Coloring Book
- Women in Japanese Art: Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints
- My Favorite Relaxing Coloring Book: Life, Myths and Fairy Tales of Ancient Japan
- Creative Haven Japanese Kimono Designs Coloring Book
- Kimono: Artist's Coloring Book
- Ancient Japanese Kimono Designs – 2: An Adult Coloring Book
- Japanese Dragons Coloring Book For Adults & Kids (Volume 50)
- Women in Japanese Art: Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints
- Japanese Geishas Stained Glass Coloring Book
- Life in Old Japan
- Floating World Japanese Prints Coloring Book: Color your Masterpiece & Clear Your Mind
- Color Your Own Japanese Woodblock Prints
- Samurai Warriors Coloring Book
- Exotic China: A Coloring Book For Adults
- Chinese Fashions
- A Coloring Book of Ancient China
- China: A Coloring Book For The Coloring Artist In You (Volume 3)
- Fashions from India
- Colouring the Lion City: A Sophisticated Activity Book for Adults
- Iran's Beauty: A Coloring Book
Latin America
- Mexican Vacation: Viva Mexico!
- Life in Ancient Mexico
- Creative Haven Mexican Folk Art Coloring Book
- Peru Travels Adult Coloring Book: Color Precious Moments in Peru
- Creative Haven Hello Cuba! Coloring Book
- Incas, Aztecs & Mayas
- Island Escape: My Caribbean Coloring Book
- Creative Haven Amazon Animals: A Coloring Book with a Hidden Picture Twist
- Colour Me Good London
- Coloring a Stroll in London: Featuring the Artwork of Celebrated Illustrator Thomas Flintham
- London, Paris, Rome Coloring Book: A Sophisticated, Travel Inspired Coloring Book for Adults
- Kings and Queens of England
- Life in a Medieval Castle and Village Coloring Book
- Medieval Fashions
- The Medieval Castle
- Medieval Jousts and Tournaments
- Knights and Armor Coloring Book
- Byzantine Fashions
- Tudor and Elizabethan Fashion
- Renaissance Fashions
- Cavalier and Puritan Fashions
- Late Victorian and Edwardian Fashions
- Victorian Fashions
- London, Paris, Rome Coloring Book: A Sophisticated, Travel Inspired Coloring Book for Adults
- Secret Paris: Color Your Way to Calm
- Paris Coloring Book
- The Paris Coloring Book
- Coloring Paris: Volume 1 – Intricate Color: Relieve Stress, Create Beautiful Art
- Coloring Paris: Volume 2 – Intricate Color: Relieve Stress, Create Beautiful Art
- Discover Paris: Destination Relaxation
- Cats in Paris: A Magical Coloring Book
- Coloring Paris: Featuring the Artwork of Celebrated Illustrator Tomislav Tomic
- Really Cool Colouring Book 3: La Petite Patisserie
- French Baroque and Rococo Fashions
- Empire Fashions
- Celtic Coloring Book: Mythology, Spirituality and Magic Celtic Coloring Book for Adults (Volume 1)
- Life in Celtic Times
- Celtic Fashions
- Venice, Italy Coloring Book (Volume 1)
- German Travel Moments Adult Coloring Book
- Color Me Berlin: A German Architecture Coloring Book (Volume 3)
- Madrid Spain Coloring Book
- German Travel Moments Adult Coloring Book: Color Highlights in Germany
- A Coloring Book of Rome
- Life in Ancient Rome
- Life in Ancient Greece
- Greece Coloring Travel
- Amour Greece: Everything Else
- Ancient Gods and Goddesses – Greece & Rome
- Greek and Roman Fashions
- Sparta! Warriors of the Ancient World
- Story of the Vikings
North America/United States
- Color this Book: San Francisco
- Color this Book: New York City
- Secret New York: Color Your Way to Calm
- The New York City Manhattan Coloring Book
- Discover New York City: Destination Relaxation
- Color New York City – Volume 1 – Wandering Tourist
- Wildlife of New York: A Five-Borough Coloring Book
- 3D Coloring: New York City
- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Coloring Book
- Coloring New York Jazz: Featuring the Artwork of Celebrated Illustrator Tomislav Tomic
- Historic Houses of New York State
- Scenes of Olde New York Coloring Book
- Historic Houses of New England Coloring Book
- The American House Styles of Architecture Coloring Book
- Victorian Houses
- The Victorian House Coloring Book
- Downeast Daydream: A Main Coloring Vacation
- Color Your Way through New Orleans
- Skylines of the United States Coloring Book (Volume 1)
- Creative Haven American Landscapes Color by Number Coloring Book
- Creative Haven Country Scenes Coloring Book
- Creative Haven Winter Scenes Coloring Book
- Color by Numbers for Adults: Country Casual Autumn Scenes
- National Parks Coloring Book
- Picturesque Country Scenes: Coloring Book for Adults
- Great Lakes Lighthouse Coloring Book
- Colorful Seattle: Explore and Color
- Alaskan Wildlife Coloring Book
- Indian Tribes of North America
- Great Native Americans Coloring Book
- Native American Masks Coloring Book
- North American Indian Crafts
- Northwest Coast Indians Coloring Book
- Southeast Indians Coloring Book
- Southwest Indians Coloring Book
- Woodlands Indians Coloring Book
- Plains Indians Coloring Book
- Navajo Rugs and Blankets: A Coloring Book
- Wigwams, Longhouses and Other Native American Dwellings
- Indian Life in Pre-Columbian North America Coloring Book
- Exploration of North America
- Columbus Discovers America Coloring Book
- The Story of Christopher Columbus Coloring Book
- Life in Colonial America
- Colonial and Early American Fashions
- Everyday Dress of the American Colonial Period Coloring Book
- Early American Crafts and Occupations Coloring Book
- Early American Trades Coloring Book
- Western Pioneers Coloring Book
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition
- The Story of Sacajawea
- Cowboys of the Old West Coloring Book
- Big Book of the Old West to Color
- Historic North American Forts Coloring Book
- Historic American Landmarks
- California Missions Coloring Book
- California Mission Coloring Book
- Story of the California Gold Rush Coloring Book
- The Story of the Alamo
- Old-Fashioned Farm Life Coloring Book: Nineteenth Century Activities on the Firestone Farm at Greenfield Village
- America the Beautiful to Paint or Color
- Color the Natural World: A Timber Press Coloring Book
- Nautical Scenes to Paint or Color
- Homes of the American Presidents
- North American Light Houses Coloring Book
- Washington D.C.: A Coloring Book for Kids and Adults
- Landmarks of Washington, D.C. Guide & Coloring Book
- Story of the American Revolution Coloring Book
- Fashions of the Old South
- Story of the Civil War Coloring Book
- From Antietam to Gettysburg: A Civil War Coloring Book
- A Soldiers Life in the Civil War
- The Story of the Underground Railroad
- A Coloring Book of Ancient Africa
- African Wild Lives
- In Memory of Cecil the Lion – Beloved Friends in Africa
- Wild Savannah: A Coloring Book Adventure
- Life in Ancient Egypt Coloring Book
- Gods of Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Fashions
- Hidden Egypt: An Artist's Coloring Book: Explore, Color, & Reveal
- Egyptian Stained Glass Coloring Book
- King Tut Coloring Book
- Life in Ancient Polynesia
- Hawaiian Plants and Animals Coloring Book
- A Coloring Book of Ancient Hawaii
- Story of Hawaii Coloring Book
- New Zealand Birds Conservation Coloring Book
- South Pacific Seafarers
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§ 8 Responses to A Much Too Long (like This Title) List of Place- and Culture-Themed Coloring Books for Adults and Colorists of All Ages (but It Could Be a Whole Lot Longer)
Thanks for the list. I was just looking at some of the adult coloring books in a craft store today and thinking I needed to find some postcard sized ones to be more portable. Now I have lots of new ideas.
Thank you for including Jungle Paradise in your extensive list! :)


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Investigators with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said they discovered a portable meth lab at a park on the Southside Sunday night.
Police said the hazmat bomb squad responded to the baseball field off South Jupiter Road just before 6 p.m. Investigators said they found materials used to make methamphetamine in one of the dugouts.
Officers have not made any arrests and did not give any information about suspects.
Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.


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Developed by Graham Yost and based on the works of crime novelist Elmore Leonard, the hit FX drama series Justified has proven itself to be one of the strongest written and best acted shows on television. One of the new additions for Season 3 has been actor Mykelti Williamson, as the mysterious Limehouse, a man who knows enough secrets to make almost everyone in Harlan uncomfortable.
During this recent interview about his role on the show, Mykelti Williamson talked about not knowing whether or not he'll be returning next season, the fun of being kept in the dark about where things are going, what he thinks of his character, how much he enjoys watching the show as a viewer, his favorite scene in the finale, and that he keeps a character Bible of his own potential storylines that he hopes to suggest, should he return. Check out what he had to say after the jump.
Collider: Do you know yet, if Limehouse will get to continue for another season?
Mykelti Williamson: I have no idea. I still don't know. The way we closed out this last season, which we just finished a couple weeks ago, I don't know. They leave it up in the air, which is fun. It's interesting. But, I couldn't tell you. The way it was done, nobody knows anything. I'll be surprised to see it. It's a la Hitchcock, when Hitchcock would give certain actors certain scenes, and then other actors other scenes, and they never really knew what was going on. It's like that. It's in that vein, but it's cool.
How much were you told about Limehouse when you signed on to play the role, and how different did he turn out to be from what you expected?
Williamson: I knew what Graham [Yost] wanted to accomplish, and I think we got really, really, really close. I think we achieved everything that Graham saw in the Limehouse character. He's a banker. He's not really a bad guy, but not really a good guy. He's whatever he has to be, which means that he's all of the above, if necessary. But, the Limehouse I prefer is the one that walks on the dark side. That's why I keep him on the dark side, a little bit more. I think you have to have an element of darkness present, at all times, to give it the credibility that he will go complete dark side. I like this character a lot. It's creepy. I was in the aisle in the grocery store, a couple weeks ago, and this woman saw me and recognized me and left the aisle. It was hysterical. I was like, "Wow, it's working!"
Did anything surprise you about him?
Williamson: I'm surprised, every single day. There's a team of writers and everyone has a different contribution, which helps to build this pyramid. There are things that I see on the page and I go, "Oh, my god, I never thought about that," and that's great. I'm surprised, every single day that I go to work. One of our producer/directors, Don Kurt, is one of those men who's cut from the same cloth as Michael Mann or Jon Avnet, who scares the hell out of actors because you don't know what's going to come out of this man's mind, and it's always a challenge to try to achieve it or elevate what he throws at you. So, Don Kurt has a lot to do with it, too.
Was that desire to keep Limehouse drawn to the dark side something that was established, from the beginning, or was that something you brought to it?
Williamson: Well, the good thing about being on a show like Justified is that you stick to the premise, but not necessarily every single word that's on the page. We don't have anal, insecure writers. It's free-flowing. It's like training in martial arts. You know what the format is and what the style is, and then you adapt the style to your instrument and you make it work. That's what it's like, working on Justified. It's like training with a Jujitsu master. It's wonderful. I love it.
What can you say to tease what's left to come on this remainder of this season?
Williamson: As you watch the season unfold, you'll realize that Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) has met a very formidable foe, unlike any other foe he's come up against, in the past, and it makes him scratch his own head. You're also going to see Raylan in situations you've never seen him in. Justifiably so, you're going to be really upset at some things you see, coming down the pike. That's really all I can tell you without giving it away. Just stay tuned. There's some things that I don't even know are going down, and I can't wait to see it.
Do you enjoy watching the show, as a viewer?
Williamson: Absolutely! This past month, I would say that 80% of the scenes were written right on the set because we all had ideas. Tim Olyphant is the kind of guy where that producer title he has is not just a vanity title. That cat works hard, man. He works so hard. He's got great ideas. He's always got a brilliant contribution. He throws things at you and you just have to pick something. So, actors who read the script when it was sent to them, when they see the show, they don't know what was done in someone else's scene because it's all different. It's fun for all of us because it's never just like you thought it was going to be. It's always different. I'm always surprised by the Limehouse effect and how he effects other characters, like Boyd Crowder, for example. I've been watching this show for a couple of years, before I was invited to come on, and I always hoped I'd be invited. But, when I was invited, it scared the hell out of me because I love the show and I don't want to be the guy that screws it up. So, it was terrifying. But, being there with those guys, there were no egos. Everybody checks their ego at the door and they just grind and get it done. Walton [Goggins] is one of those actors who is so fascinating to watch. He surprises me, in the scenes that he's in with me. I'm surprised, all the time.
Who is your favorite character on the show?
Williamson: My favorite character on television is Raylan Givens, Tim's character. That's the coolest damn character on TV. I would switch hats with that dude, anytime. I'm serious. But, he's also got a very hard job. The way he does that, it's like the new school Clint Eastwood. He's a bad-ass and I love it.
Do you have a favorite scene from this season?
Williamson: Not a favorite. I have several favorites. There's a scene coming up in Episode 13 that's the big showdown scene. I won't even tell you who's in it, but it's a hot mess, and that's one of my favorites. Things appear to go in one direction, and then someone makes a decision and it just changes everything and all hell breaks loose. Nobody knows who's left standing. I love that, man. That's really cool.
If you come back for another season, is there anything you'd like to see Limehouse do?
Williamson: I have a whole character Bible of potential storylines, but I won't share them with anybody because sometimes you can get ahead of yourself.
Are those storylines you came up with?
Williamson: Yes.
Do the writers listen to your suggestions?
Williamson: Every day. We listen to them, and they listen to us. We throw stuff at them, and they go, "Whoa!" And then, it's on the page and you go, "Okay, now I have to make it work." At first, it was just in your head, but now it involves cameras moving around and lights and effects, and you have to make it work.
What are some of the differences between work that you've done previously and being on Justified?
Williamson: I've been fortunate that I've been able to work with the people that I want to work with, so I've been able to avoid the high drama people that don't have a lot of talent, but they have a lot of stuff going on around them that draws the press like flies. I've been able to stay away from guys and girls like that, and work with just really genuinely talented people. Justified is different for me, in the fact that I never know what to expect when I go to work. Even though I have the script and I've learned the lines, driving to work, I always get butterflies in my stomach from the anticipation. Tim Olyphant is a machine. He never stops thinking and being creative. You can learn a scene, but on your way to work, you know that it's not going to be the same. You just know that, and you're wondering how it's going to change and how it's going to be different, and you've got to learn it really fast because we're runnin' and gunnin', man. This show moves so quick. That's fun and exhilarating. But, this location is so far. It's literally 100 miles away from my doorstep. From my driveway to where I park at work is 100 miles, exactly. Sometimes it's 100.3, but it's always about 100 miles to get to work. It's cool. It's a lot more fun. Plus, people haven't seen me play a dark character like this as often. That's rare. They're used to seeing me as the guy from Forrest Gump, Bubba Blue, and this is definitely not Bubba.
Does that 100-mile drive help you get into character?
Williamson: It's hard to get into character in traffic, in L.A. All L.A. traffic does is piss you off, and I try not to bring anger to the work. I just try to bring darkness to the work. The beauty of the characters on Justified is that all the human beings that are written are all flawed. Even with the good guys, you see darkness surface. With the dark guys, you see their humanity, every now and then. You get a peek into their humanity and you go, "Is he a good guy or is he a bad guy?" He's a bad guy, but you just got a chance to see that you do still have things in common with that person, as far as humanity is concerned. I love the writing on this show, and I'm so happy it's done and I didn't screw it up this year.
Is there anyone that you based this character on?
Williamson: No. Graham Yost came to me with some research and some information on a real person who was like this Limehouse guy. He was a banker. He hid the money for the white criminals, in the black holler, because the white criminals knew that nobody would dare try to go in the black holler at night and steal their money, so this guy had it. Graham came up with the name Limehouse because of a legendary person who used to entrap black people into slavery, and he was black himself. His name was Limehouse, and he would hire farm workers, but they would never, ever be able to get back home because of him. So, he's a collage and a combination of those different people that Graham Yost knew about, and some people that I grew up with and that I didn't like very much.
No one does psychopath as well as Neal McDonough has done it this season. How much fun has it been to play with him?
Williamson: Neal is like a brother to me. We love each other. We did Boomtown together. So, when Graham called us and told us that he was going to pit us against one another, we're always trying to one-up each other anyway, on the golf course or whatever it is we're doing. It's really fun to go at it with McDonough, all the time, every single day, because I know he's trying to out think me, and I'm definitely trying to set his behind on fire, so I see flames coming out of his back pockets. So, we're after each other every day, and it's a lot of fun. And he loves what he's doing. He loves being crazy. He just gets tickled sometimes and starts giggling.
For you, as an actor, what is it that you hope the audience sees behind the darkness of Limehouse? Are you drawing on parts of yourself to find that humanity in him?
Williamson: Well, my approach is that I go to prisons and visit inmates and just talk to them about life and choices, and I use my choices, as an actor, to talk to them about choices in life. One of the things that I find a lot of the guys behind bars have in common is that we perceive them as bad guys, but when you talk to them, that's somebody's son and somebody's grandson. Most of those guys just lost it for about 20 seconds. If you think about that, and how much your life changes from losing it for 20 seconds, it puts everything in perspective. They don't walk around as bad guys, but they are human beings and they sometimes make a decision to do something really bad. They're all trying to right a wrong. They feel like they've been wronged, somehow. That's all these characters on Justified do. They feel like they've been wronged, whether they're right or wrong, and then they just take the situation into their own hands and you've got a bad guy.
Do you feel like your character sees his duties as a decades long responsibility?
Williamson: Yeah. The essence of the character is that he simply wants to be left alone. He cut a deal with Mags (Margo Martindale), that she would keep drugs and everything out of his community, if he would do some banking for her, and keep her records and her money straight, and protect it from anybody getting ahold of it until she called on it. But, once the Mags equation was no longer subsistant, now the whole world is falling apart, around this man. He's really pissed off with Mags for killing herself because now he's got to deal with all these people he never had to deal with before, and he simply wants to be left the hell alone. That's what he does what he does. Losing Mags opened up this whole world to all these crazy people.
What does Limehouse think of Dickie Bennett (Jeremy Davies)?
Williamson: Limehouse doesn't like Dickie Bennett. He thinks he's a fool. He thinks he's dangerous. He doesn't really think he's Mags son, anyway, because of rumors that are floating around in the black holler. Limehouse just despises this guy, and wants him to go away. He doesn't want to kill him, but he wants somebody else to do it. He just wants Dickie gone 'cause he just thinks Dickie is a complete fool and a screw-up.
Justified airs on Tuesday nights on FX.


text: A slick PR job has not stopped the spread of anti-BP sentiment in the wake of health problems [Reuters]New Orleans, United States of America - Peter Frizzell never thought his watersports off the coast of Florida would destroy his health. "After sea kayaking after BP's spill happened, I was sitting at my desk and started coughing up loads of blood," Frizzell, an avid outdoorsman, told Al Jazeera. "My doctor ran a scope down to the top of my lungs and said my bronchi were full of blood." Frizzell's medical records bear out that he was exposed to toxic chemicals, and he is far from alone. Since the spill began in April 2010, Al Jazeera has interviewed hundreds of coastal residents, fishermen, and oil cleanup workers whose medical records, like Frizzell's, document toxic chemical exposure that they blame on BP's oil and the toxic chemical dispersants the oil giant used on the spill. The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention lists the toxic components commonly found in chemicals in crude oil, and several of these chemicals have been found in the blood of people living in the impact zone of BP's disaster. Several toxicologists agree, and now one accuses both BP and the US Environmental Protection Agency of knowingly placing people in harms way since they both had prior knowledge of the harmful effects of the oil and dispersants. "BP told the public that Corexit was 'as harmless as Dawn dishwashing liquid'," Dr Susan Shaw, of the State University of New York, told Al Jazeera. "But BP and the EPA clearly knew about the toxicity of the Corexit dispersants long before this spill." Shaw, a toxicologist in the university's School of Public Health, has been studying the health effects of chemical exposure for 30 years. She is also the president and founder of the Marine Environmental Research Institute, and explained that BP's Material Safety Data Sheets for Corexit warned that the dispersant posed high and immediate human health hazards. "Five of the Corexit ingredients are linked to cancer, 33 are associated with skin irritation from rashes to burns, 33 are linked to eye irritation, 11 are or are suspected of being potential respiratory toxins or irritants, and 10 are suspected kidney toxins," she added. "BP's own testing found that workers were exposed to a possible human carcinogen from the dispersant. "We predicted with certainty the widespread human health crisis we are seeing in the Gulf today," Shaw said. Hazardous to human health A newly published study conducted by doctors at Houston's University Cancer and Diagnostic Centers and reported in the American Journal of Medicine, sheds more light on the potential health repercussions for the more than 170,000 people who worked in some capacity to clean up the 2010 disaster. Their blood tests suggest an elevated health risk for Gulf spill cleanup workers. The study shows that people hired to clean up Gulf of Mexico beaches and marshes during the 2010 oil spill have significantly altered blood profiles that, just as Shaw and other toxicologists warned, put them at increased risk of developing liver cancer, leukemia and other disorders. Based on extensive monitoring conducted by BP and the federal agencies, response worker and or public exposures to dispersants were well below levels that would pose a health or safety concern. BP statement "People in the Gulf were exposed to massive amounts of crude oil and Corexit dispersants, both of which contain multiple toxic chemicals, including volatile organic compounds and carcinogens that are hazardous to human health," said Shaw, who served on the Department of Interior's Strategic Sciences Working Group - a team of 14 scientists charged with assessing consequences of the oil spill and recommending policy actions in the Gulf. "The combination of crude oil and Corexit is exponentially more toxic than either alone, since they contain many ingredients that target the same organs in the body." Dr Riki Ott, a toxicologist, marine biologist, and Exxon Valdez survivor, told Al Jazeera she sees clear indications of widespread toxic chemical exposure across the four-state impact zone of BP's oil disaster. "It's pretty clear to me, after spending a year in the Gulf coastal communities during 2010 and 2011, that the suite of illnesses that developed during this time were above and beyond the background level of illnesses incurred in the Gulf," Ott said. "People across four states expressed concern that these headache-dizziness-nausea-respiratory problems-blood disorders-skin lesions were different than anything they'd experienced before, and far more intense." Ott said that people she is seeing along the roughly 900km impact zone are all consistently describing these same symptoms of exposure to chemicals in the oil and dispersants. Skin lesions like this have become common in the impactzone of BP's 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico[Erika Blumenfeld/Al Jazeera] "Medical literature supports that these are the symptoms, and I would expect to see increased rates of early term miscarriages for women, early developmental issues for children born to women who were exposed to breathing these fumes and vapours, and also continuing chemical hypersensitivity." Unfortunately, what Ott describes is precisely what many Gulf residents are experiencing. "We're seeing spontaneous miscarriages, and cancer is rampant," Trisha Springstead, a nurse of 36 years in Crystal River, Florida, told Al Jazeera. "These are occurring in Orange Beach, Alabama, and all over Mississippi and Alabama…women are not carrying to term." Dean Blanchard, owner of Dean Blanchard Seafood in Grand Isle, Louisiana, told Al Jazeera he knows many fishermen who participated in the oil clean-up operation who have since died. "I've never seen anything like this in my life," Blanchard said. "I know more than half a dozen guys who were totally healthy before the spill who worked on the clean up. They found out they got cancer and within one or two months were dead." Dr Wilma Subra, a McArthur Fellow Genius Award-winning toxicologist in New Iberia, Louisiana, has tested the blood of BP clean-up workers and residents. "Ethylbenzene, m,p-Xylene and hexane are volatile organic chemicals that are present in the BP crude oil," Dr Subra recently explained to Al Jazeera. "Exposure has been prolonged enough to create long-term effects, such as liver damage, kidney damage, and damage to the nervous system. So the presence of these chemicals in the blood indicates exposure." Ongoing problems According to Dr Shaw, thousands of people in the Gulf - clean-up workers, fishermen, residents - have now reported multiple severe symptoms related to chemical exposure from the spill. "What ties them together as a group is their spill-related health problems, which are also typical of the health problems reported from previous oil spills," she said. "Some of these include: blood in urine, heart palpitations, kidney damage, liver damage, migraines, multiple chemical sensitivity, neurological damage, memory loss, rapid weight loss, respiratory system damage, skin lesions, muscle spasms, seizures, and temporary paralysis." Frizzell is experiencing many of these symptoms. Peter Frizzell's medical notes show exposure to toxicchemicals. His towel is soaked in blood he coughed up[Photo: Peter Frizzell] "I have neuropathy, my lungs are destroyed, I can't feel my feet and legs at times," he explained. "I still have skin lesions come up. How crazy is that that, out of nowhere, your lungs just explode. The day after I was exposed I soaked two full-sized bath towels with coughing up blood. That's an indication of how much blood I was losing." Crude oil contains hundreds of toxic and carcinogenic ingredients, including volatile benzene and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Benzene, a principal component of oil, is a human carcinogen that causes nerve damage, leukemia and other haematological cancers. Official response Al Jazeera asked Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal what his state was doing to safeguard people against chemical poisoning. In an earlier statement to Al Jazeera, Jindal's office said: "Coastal residents and response workers will be compensated through the deal reached between the Plaintiff Steering Committee and BP. BP must follow through on making whole [properly compensating] impacted residents and workers who experienced or are still experiencing health impacts as a result of the spill." At time of publishing, Al Jazeera continues to await an updated response from Jindal's office. Testimony in the second phase of the BP trial has just come to a close, and the penalty phase against BP has now begun, which is likely to take months. Litigators expect many of the personal claims filed against the oil giant to continue to take years. Under a settlement with BP, clean-up workers are entitled to some medical payments for certain ailments that they can prove were tied to the spill-related work and their exposure. BP stressed that workers received safety training and personal protective equipment in coordination with government safety agencies. "Based on extensive monitoring conducted by BP and the federal agencies, response worker and or public exposures to dispersants were well below levels that would pose a health or safety concern," the company said. Denying toxicity "To deny the toxicity, BP deliberately put 170,000 workers in harm's way," Dr Shaw said of BP's response. "BP told clean-up crews on the boats not to wear respirators because it made them look bad to reporters. A proper protective response would have been hazmat-style suits for anyone coming in contact with Corexit and oil." Joe Yerkes was a Florida fisherman who joined BP's oil clean-up programme because he was put out of work by the spill. When he tried to return to fishing after the clean-up, he quickly became so sick he was unable to continue. I have spent the last three years literally trying to survive. Joe Yerkes, former Florida fisherman He became violently ill, began bleeding from his nose and ears, and began vomiting blood. When Yerkes couldn't get well, he had his blood tested and found it contained high levels of chemicals which his physician attributed to BP's oil disaster. Following the advice of his attending physician, Yerkes was forced to move away from the Gulf. "I have spent the last three years literally trying to survive," Yerkes, who now must use a cane to walk and regularly gives himself intravenous treatments, told Al Jazeera. "I have chronic headaches, a fever, and suffer chronic unbearable pain in my muscles and joints, and have had chemical pneumonia twice so far." Dr Ott is critical of how the US federal government has reacted to the health crisis. "It is irresponsible at best, and disingenuous at worst for the federal government to pretend that people can be exposed to these chemicals and not connect the dots between these illnesses and what made them sick," she said. Dr Ott is particularly troubled because she has seen all this before. For years after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, she watched as her friends suffered from the same symptoms of chemical exposure she sees today in the Gulf of Mexico. "I saw many of them adjust to living being chemically ill, then on the other end of the spectrum, unfortunately, I've lost a lot of friends through this - because some people just died," she added. Dr Ott explained that chemical illness is a debilitating condition, and believes that now in BP's impact zone, chemical illness is neither being diagnosed nor treated. She concluded: "In the Gulf, there is a blanket denial that this is happening at all." Follow Dahr Jamail on Twitter: @DahrJamail SOURCE: Al Jazeera ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dahr Jamail Health Environment Humanitarian crises US & Canada United States


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I just watched The Hunger Games movie. Here is my rather long review:
To summarize, it was excellent. And I'm not the only one who thinks so because The Hunger Games scores an 86% on RottenTomatoes.com. Film critics might like it a little less than fans, but critics usually do (they are using a different metric than scoring on a scale of 1-10 on how much they enjoyed it).
The Hunger Games movie is not a cinematic masterpiece in the sense of being an industry-changing film, but if judged according to its intent, which is to bring the book to the screen, I give it at least four stars. Maybe even five. In my opinion, The Hunger Games is the most faithful adaptation of book to movie that I have ever seen.
Is it missing some things? Certainly. But for the most part, the things it is missing weren't in the book either, or are unrealistic to expect in a book-to-film adaptation.
Below are specifics, if you care to know details.
Some critics felt the film lacked artistry, and maybe there were some missed opportunities, but there were a number of very good directing choices that I thought worked well, such as the way the rebellion in District 11 was filmed (really loved that). I did find the shaky camera to be a bit hard to watch, especially in the opening scenes, but I think if I wasn't in a theater (IMAX at that), it wouldn't have bothered me. I stopped noticing it later.
The Plot
Every plot point, major and minor, made it into the film. The movie certainly won't confuse anyone who hasn't read the books and (in my estimation) will entertain (and appropriately disturb) both fans and newcomers. Obviously, it wasn't totally identical line by line, but all the pieces were there and the details that movies typically change were implemented exactly as described in the book, such as the dress Katniss wears to the Reaping and Prim forgetting to tuck in the back of her shirt. Even the hissing cat that Katniss hates (Buttercup) made it into the movie, though Movie Buttercup is black and white instead of mustard yellow (not important).
The only major departure was the additions of scenes taking place outside of the arena during the games, such as conversations between President Snow and the Game Maker, Seneca Crane. These were not in the books since the books are restricted entirely to Katniss' POV, but they are really fantastic additions. I also really, really liked the uprising in District 11, which happens in the books but is something that Katniss hears about afterward in summary. Seeing it was really powerful.
So…if you didn't like the way something happened in the movie (and I can think of a few things I might have written differently if it were my story) it probably happened that way in the book too, or close to it.
The Violence
As I mentioned in my last post on Four Things That Disappointed Me About The Hunger Games, I have seen reviews of the movie that felt that the violence was glossed over, but I felt it was exactly the same as the books. You see people die, but not in grisly detail, and there's blood, but it's not horrifically disturbing. It is a YA-targeted. With the way they filmed it, a movie like this can be shown in classrooms (14+).
Different Or Missing Elements
Some things in the book weren't in the movie. Here are a couple:
Madge — In the books, Katniss has one friend outside of Gale named Madge. She's the mayor's daughter and they eat lunch together at school. In the books, Madge gives Katniss the Mockingjay pin. In the movie, Madge is cut from the story and Katniss gets the pin at the Hub and gives it to Prim. This didn't impact the story at all. Actually, it helped it because it allowed for more scenes between Katniss and Prim.
Styling Prep Team — In the book, there are three people on Katniss's beauty prep team. They all have names and personalities. They are frivilous people (though harmless) and allow us to see what ignorant, spoiled people the Capitol citizens are. In the movie, there are people that help Katniss get to Beauty Base Zero, but that is it. They have no speaking lines and there isn't that party scene where the prep team eats and then take pills to induce vomiting so they can keep eating (which disgusts Katniss since her district is starving).
Cato's Body Armor — In the book, Cato gets body armor from The Feast. This is to protect him from Katniss' arrows, but it ends up working against him. In the movie, I don't THINK they show Cato as having armor, but I can't remember. At any rate, he dies faster in the movie.
There were probably other things, small things, but it was all pretty miniscule as I didn't notice the absence enough to remember it when writing this summary.
The Setting
I LOVED what they did with the setting. Panem was perfect, from the gaudy and lurid Capitol fashion to the somber gray of District 12. The technology was really well done too. I couldn't have asked more from the setting. Even the Mutts were well-designed and believable, moreso even than in the books.
Actors and Characters
The casting is spot-on.
Jennifer Lawrence delivers a stunning performance as Katniss Everdeen. She portrays "tough and guarded, but somewhat naive and vulnerable" wonderfully and her acting is believable. Katniss is not a character who shows much of what she is thinking, especially to people she doesn't trust, which is just about everybody, but you can read her character through Jennifer's actions and mannerisms. Of course, being a movie, we aren't privileged to Katniss' internal commentary, which is extensive in the books and really adds to her character and her relationship to other characters, but her story comes through. If anything, the lack of internals is a reason to read the books after you've seen the movie (for "more").
Josh Hutcherson was a likable and believable Peeta Mellark. I wasn't certain about him at first, because the Reaping is such a solem affair, but as soon as he starts smiling, he projects Peeta's charisma and charm.
Liam Hemsworth embodies Gale. He is exactly what I imagined physically and emotionally. His ease and understated flirtation with Katniss and devotion to her family, as well as his underlying anger at the Capitol and assurance of his strength and independence, come through in a few brief scenes.
Woody Harrelson was the perfect Haymitch. I don't think there was a single thing I wish he had done differently.
Donald Sutherland was an eerily disarming/icily malevolent President Snow. He was great. I was thrilled to learn he would be playing the part.
Elizabeth Banks was a delightful Effie Trinket. I didn't care for Effie Trinket in the books (you aren't really supposed to, though she is harmless) but Banks made me love her while staying true to her character.
Lenny Kravitz was a surprise casting to me, but he accurately projects Cinna's inner calm. He was in the movie less than Cinna is in the books and the instant bonding between him and Katniss feels a bit rushed, but I felt like their connection was like that in the books too. Cinna is someone who just "gets" Katniss on first acquaintence and she feels this and accepts it, no explanation needed. The only thing I wish they had added was the exchange between Katniss and Cinna when she learns he is new as a Hunger Games fashion designer. She tells him that must have gotten stuck with District 12 (a losing District), or something to that effect, and he replies "I asked for District 12″. This was a character defining line for Cinna in the books and I would have liked to have seen it in the movie.
Stanley Tucci as Caesar Flickerman was great. The scripting was perfect too. He was the perfect talk show host — all about presentation and performance and schmoozing the audience with the "appearance" of amicability and sincerity in everything while delivering upbeat, callous commentary on an ugly situation. The way they utilized his character to explain to the audience some of the things that Katniss thinks in the book was also exactly the right way to do it.
Wes Bentley played Seneca Crane, which is an expanded part in the movie, and I really liked the additional scenes with him, in which we get to see what happens from the POV of the Game controllers in the Capitol. Also, people should dress up like him for Halloween. His beard was priceless.
I quite liked Willow Shields as Prim too. Her role in the movie is small and largely silent, but her screams and tears at the Reaping felt authentic and communicated the affection between the sisters, which is really about all you need. (Note: Prim's character develops more as we get to know her better throughout three books, but she is barely in the first book and it was the same in the movie.)
Amandla Stenberg (Rue) also fit her part. Rue is killed off fairly quickly after meeting Katniss (in terms of minutes on screen), but this was due to time constraint. I guess Gary Ross could have spent more time watching them wander around together in the woods eating and getting to know each other, but I am glad he didn't. Rue's purpose was to befriend Katniss, die, and trigger rebellion in her district, which they showed, and I am SO GLAD the time was spent there because it was really moving. One minor quibble was that they didn't show Rue's skill of hopping from tree to tree, but probably this was unrealistic or unsafe to film. They did capture her as quiet and swift and clever and sweet, and her death was sudden and tragic, which was enough.
Really everyone — Katniss' mother, Cato (Alexander Ludwig), Foxface (Jackie Emerson), Thresh (Dayo Okeniyi), Clove (Isabelle Fuhrman), Marvel (Jack Quaid), Glimmer (Leven Rambin) etc. — were more or less like they were in the book (or close enough to make no difference…for what characterization they had).
As you can see there are a lot of characters for a 2 and a half hour movie. Many of them are under-developed in the sense that you don't really get to know them or connect with their role in the drama, especially in the arena, but you aren't supposed to. Most of the tributes die within the first few minutes of the games. Katniss never even learns their names. She doesn't WANT to know them. Those that survive longer are only developed so far as they interact with Katniss, which is minimally. Katniss wants to survive. She is someone who avoids relationships even in the best of times, and to survive, she has to kill people, or watch them die, even the ones she likes. The experience is supposed to be traumatic, somewhat frenzied, and there isn't really time or desire for relationships, so I thought it worked.
The Theatre
I saw the Hunger Games movie in IMAX at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. This was a great experience. The theatre has raised seats so that no one's head blocked my view and the screen is simply enormous. There were lines well before the opening of the doors and I think it is there for one week only. Some pics:


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Modest amounts of chocolate may reduce the risk of stroke in men, judging by a new study from Sweden's famed Karolinska Institute.
"While other studies have looked at how chocolate may help cardiovascular health, this is the first … to find that chocolate may be beneficial for reducing stroke in men," said lead author Susanna C. Larsson, Ph.D. (AAN 2012)
This news echoes results from a similar diet-health study in women, published last year by the same team.
These studies' positive findings fit with the conclusions published last year by researchers from England's University of Cambridge, who analyzed the results of earlier clinical trials and epidemiological studies.
For more on that subject, see "Chocolate's Heart Benefits Affirmed" ... and peruse other reports in the Cocoa, Tea & Coffee section of our news archive.
Chocolate linked to reduced stroke risk in men
For the new study, 37,103 Swedish men – ranging from 49 to 75 years of age – were given a diet intake questionnaire that included questions about chocolate intake.
The men's health status was tracked for just over 10 years, and during which time 1,995 suffered a stroke.
Compared with those who ate no chocolate, the men who ate the most chocolate were 17 percent less likely to have suffered a stroke.
The Swedish team's analysis accounted for the effects of other foods linked to reduced stroke risk.
The men in the highest-intake group reported eating the equivalent of just over two ounces (63 grams) of chocolate per week.
The Swedish team also conducted a separate analysis of five studies that included 4,260 stroke cases.
That analysis showed that the risk of stroke for men and women who ate the most chocolate was 19 percent lower, compared to those who ate no chocolate.
And the risk of stroke was about 14 percent lower for every increase in weekly chocolate consumption of 50 grams (just under two ounces).
Prior study linked chocolate to stroke reduction in women
Last year, Larsson's team published the results of a similar study, in which they followed 33,372 women, aged 49 to 83 years, for 10 years.
They, too, answered questions about how often they had eaten chocolate – and 95 other foods associated with higher or lower stroke risk – during the year before.
Larsson's team separated the women into eight categories based on the amount of chocolate they reported eating: from none to three or more times a day.
The median intake (half ate more, half less) of the women in the highest-chocolate-intake group was about 2.3 ounces a week.
During the decade of follow-up, the women in the chocolate-loving group were 20 percent less likely to experience a stroke … even after adjusting for other lifestyle factors linked to reduced stroke risk.
And, as Dr. Larsson noted, "The protection started at [eating] more than 45 grams [about 1.5 ounces] a week."
Both studies were supported by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, the Swedish Research Council/Committee for Infrastructure, and the Karolinska Institute.
Credit given to cocoa's rare antioxidants
According to Dr. Larsson, "The beneficial effect of chocolate consumption on stroke may be related to the flavonoids in chocolate. Flavonoids appear to be protective against cardiovascular disease through antioxidant, anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory properties. It's also possible that flavonoids in chocolate may decrease blood concentrations of bad cholesterol and reduce blood pressure." (AAN 2012)
The uncommon flavanol-type antioxidants in cocoa appear to possess extraordinary health benefits, compared with other flavonoids.
(Green and white tea are the only other substantial sources of flavanols, and they pale by comparison to cocoa. See our sidebar, "Antioxidants or gene-influencers?".)
That said, no one type of flavonoid is superior to consuming the combinations we get by eating a variety of whole plant foods.
This is because flavanols other flavonoid-type polyphenols seem to enhance each other's beneficial "nutrigenomic" effects in synergistic ways.
The study's outcome was rather surprising, since about 90 percent of the chocolate consumed in Sweden during the decade of the study was milk chocolate, which contains only about 30 percent cocoa solids
Given the likelihood that stroke protection stems from the flavanol-type antioxidants in cocoa, Larsson suggested that people choose dark chocolate (65 percent or more cocoa solids) over the milky kind.
Antioxidants or gene-influencers?
Whole plant foods abound in so-called "antioxidants" – primarily carotenes (carrots, squash, peppers, and wild salmon) and polyphenols, which occur in most plant foods … but most abundantly in berries, cocoa, tea, onions, beans, and whole grains.
Among other likely beneficial effects, these compounds' known "nutrigenomic" influences on gene switches and cell-signaling tend to moderate oxidation and inflammation.
The apparent health benefits of plant foods rich in carotenes and polyphenols almost certainly flow from these nutrigenomic effects, rather than from direct antioxidant effects in the body.
Evidence linking diets rich in fruits and vegetables to beneficial nutrigenomic effects may well explain why they're associated with lower risk of degenerative heart and brain diseases.
American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Chocolate: A Sweet Method for Stroke Prevention in Men? August 29, 2012. Accessed at http://www.aan.com/press/index.cfm?fuseaction=release.view&release=1099
Buitrago-Lopez A, Sanderson J, Johnson L, Warnakula S, Wood A, Di Angelantonio E, Franco OH. Chocolate consumption and cardiometabolic disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2011 Aug 26;343:d4488. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4488. Review.
Larsson SC, Virtamo J, Wolk A. Chocolate consumption and risk of stroke: A prospective cohort of men and meta-analysis. Neurology. 2012 Aug 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Larsson SC, Virtamo J, Wolk A. Chocolate consumption and risk of stroke in women. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Oct 18;58(17):1828-9.


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End of Nations will go into phase three of its closed beta on September 7, according to Trion, Participants will be able to try out elite companies, which are basically the players own private army. The beta event will end on September 9 at 11.59pm EDT. You can still sign up for it here. The MMORTS […]
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Trion Worlds and Syfy have released a short documentary video detailing Defiance, which is both an online shooter and science fiction drama set 35 years into the future.
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Conspiracy Theory or Truth Theory? | in5d.com | Esoteric, Spiritual and Metaphysical Database.
As we are finding out more and more, many truths have been either distorted or hidden in order for those in power to maintain control over society. The obvious answer, for those in power, is to eliminate the competition in any way possible in order to keep the masses subservient and controlled.
Rockefeller did this within the medical industry when he created colleges that taught physicians how to write prescriptions that fed Big Pharma versus teaching holistic ways to CURE symptoms and diseases. Look no further than experiencing heartburn or acid reflux. Big Pharma says that you can eat anything if you take an antacid but your body is telling you that you need to boost your alkaline consumption.
Another example is how Nikola Tesla powered the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on free energy. His financier, J.P. Morgan, was unable to charge people for this invention so he suppressed the idea in the name of greed, power and control. Morgan believed that "He who controls the energy, controls the power." As we know, Morgan was one of the founding fathers of the world's largest Ponzi scheme, The Federal Reserve, who creates money out of thin air that is not backed by anything.
Anyone with half a brain that isn't tainted by fluoride knows that it was impossible for Lee Harvey Oswald to kill John F. Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas TX, especially when the shot came from an angle that was impossible for Oswald to make. The official story has conspiracy written all over it, yet we passively accept this as the truth.
That is no different than the 911 fairy tale in which 2 planes allegedly took down 3 buildings when never in the history of steel reinforced building have ANY ever collapsed at near free fall speed. Many people aren't even aware of Building 7 and how that collapsed when it was never even hit by an airplane.
The main stream media constantly labels ANYONE who questions ANYTHING as a conspiracy theorist and that we should accept THEIR version of the truth. People, such as myself, get labeled as being part of the "fringe element" when in fact, those who are most powerful have the most to lose and thus, create the "outrageous" stories that they expect us to believe.
Screw that. Question EVERYTHING because the truth is RARELY shown in our texts and by the mainstream media.
Like Carlin says about the labeling of people as kooks who believe in conspiracies: "they made that something that should not even be entertained for a minute that powerful people might get together and have a plan. It doesn't happen. You're a kook…"
Look no further than George W. Bush after 911 when he said, "Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories," yet the Zionist press, who write the textbooks for our children to "learn" from never mention how his grandfather, Prescott Bush, was arrested during World War II for funding both sides of the war. Only the winners record the history…
I could go on and on but I think you get the gist. Question everything including anything and everything on this website. Listen to your gut and use your own discernment. If you hear something outrageous, does it sound like it could possibly be the truth?
At the highest level of free masonry, they have a motto: "Ordo ab chao" which means "Order out of Chaos". Look around you. This has been the template for hundreds of years, if not thousands.
If you ever had a hunch or a gut reaction that something wasn't the truth, then you are a conspiracy theorist as well! We have all been lied to at some point in our lives and have found out the truth through various sources. The word conspiracy is defined as "A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful" and/or "The action of plotting or conspiring". Congratulations! There is absolutely nothing wrong with you! If you didn't question everything, then you would be incredibly gullible which is what our world leaders want us to be.
Look no further than to President Obama who pledged transparency but refuses to release his college records and transcripts. Is this a conspiracy? You betcha!
During World War II, Hitler put fluoride in the drinking water to sedate the prisoners. This is why we have fluoride in most of the drinking water in the United States. This is also why many people choose not to question everything. Were you aware that fluoride is the main ingredient in Prozac as well as in rat poison? Did you know that fluoride is so toxic that if it were dumped in the ocean, it would kill everything in its proximity? Are you aware of where fluoride comes from? Do you still think fluoride is good for you? If your dentist thinks so, then he or she is a moron and is regurgitating what he or she was brainwashed to learn in Rockefeller's universities. Do your own research and find out the TRUTH.
Also see: Cash Cow Exposed: The Conspiracy Behind Big Pharma
The bottom line is finding out the truth whether or not you are labeled as a conspiracy theorist or not. Like Gandhi said, "Even if you are the minority of one, the truth is still the truth."
- Conspiracy Theories as Psy-Ops (disinfo.com)
- Infographic: Are the Feds Preparing for Civil War? (pakalertpress.com)
- 33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True (msamba.wordpress.com)
- Still Think It's a Crazy Conspiracy Theory? Agenda 21 Commercial (dprogram.net)
- Conspiracy Theory is Now an Art Form, Claims New Book CRYPTOSCATOLOGY from TrineDay (prweb.com)
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- Toxic Chem-Trails are real not a wild conspiracy theory! (reinep.wordpress.com)
- ActivistPost – Fluoride Removal Victory In New York – 10December2012 (thegoldenagedaily.wordpress.com)
- ActivistPost – Fluoride Removal Victory In New York – 10 December 2012 (lucas2012infos.wordpress.com)
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Being thought of as a local "character" does not bother musician René De La Prade in the least. On the contrary. "Yeah, me being thought of as a 'character' is kind of inevitable," she says with a laugh. "I guess I just have a hard time being conventional. If I dressed and behaved like everyone else, I think I'd be really bummed out all the time."Born in Nicasio, De La Prade rose to local- character status while playing accordion for tips on the streets of San Rafael, often doing so while dressed as a pirate. "I used to busk a lot, but I had to stop," she says. "It wasn't worth the effort. If people want good street musicians in San Rafael, they have to learn to tip better!"Though she still plays for tips, her faithful legion of fans know her mainly as a member of the rising punk-powered Celtic band Culann's Hounds (www.sfhounds.com), a high-energy ensemble playing traditional Irish and Scottish music with an appealingly nontraditional stage presence. Not only does De La Prade play the accordion like she was trying to make it catch fire, she has a certain knack for combining apparel. A few months ago, for example, you might have caught her wearing a WW II aviator's helmet, with a vintage T-shirt topped off with a weathered pirate jacket, super short miniskirt and knee high socks, with a flash of bare thigh that she says made the whole ensemble work."These days, I've maxed out my pirate clothes. It works for me, because when you think of it, the button-box accordion is a very piratical instrument. Actual pirates played them. And they hold up well in extreme environments." The same might be said for De La Prade.Culann's Hounds play April 2 at the Fourth Street Tavern, 711 Fourth St., San Rafael. 415.456.4828.—D.T.
"I'm kind of a late bloomer," Ann Trinca laughs. "It wasn't until I was in my 30s that I realized that I could do something and if it didn't work, that was OK." Thank goodness for advanced age because Trinca, now 37, has taken another flyer doing something that could possibly not work but emphatically does.With encouragement from gallery owner Jessel Miller, Trinca has opened the Nest—part art gallery, part happenings space, part studio, part curio shop—with photographer Norma Quintana in downtown Napa. With its sign cribbed by Quintana from the remnants of a national grocery chain, the Nest, signifies "building an environment with everything that you use and create," Trinca says.Tired of urban life after living in San Francisco in her 20s, Trinca came to Napa to take a position with the then-fledgling Napa Valley Arts Council. There, she was part of a two-person team putting on open studios, hosting exhibitions and serving the valley's art community. "And that's how I came to know more about Napa's art community," she says simply. In 2002, Trinca helped to cofound Pearl Necklace, a hand-made post-feminist zine famous for its great launch parties and quarterly issues featuring such ambitious themes as motherhood. It folded in 2006. "The Nest is sort of a physical of manifestation of Pearl Necklace in that I want to bring in everybody from all sorts of backgrounds and get them to experiment," she says. The current exhibit is "Natural History" and, as with all Nest shows, a portion of proceeds go to the "Nest egg," a burgeoning grant pool from which Trinca and Quintana plan to begin awarding monies through the arts council. "Our motto," Trinca says with cheer, "is 'Live creatively, give generously.'"The Nest, 1019 Atlas Peak Road (behind Jessel Gallery), Napa. A terrarium workshop in conjunction with the current exhibit is slated for March 29 at 11am. $45; reservations required. 707.255.7484.—G.G.


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Easy, Painless Setup
MageSend takes away the complexity of configuring email for your Magento store, and requires only two easy to obtain access credentials in order to begin sending email.
The built-in self-test button will send a test email via the SES service and report any installation issues such as extension conflicts.
The included setup guide will take you through installation and advanced configuration of Amazon IAM, Amazon SES, Amazon SNS and the DNS records (DKIM, SPF and SPF2) you need to maximize your store email deliverability.
Send and Bounce Logging Support
MageSend supports full outbound sent email logging, so you can review any messages being sent, and ensure no customer communication is going out unexpectedly. MageSend also listens for and receives delivery, bounce and complaint notifications configured to be sent back to your store from Amazon's servers. This will allow you to identify problem email addresses such as email@example.com and deal with them appropriately.
Monitor Email Traffic
MageSend reports near-real-time email stats in the Magento Admin, you can keep an eye on the number of emails being sent, and also the bounces, rejections and complaints occurring each day. Combined with the fine-grain logging of outbound and problem emails, you can easily monitor and track your store's email sending.
Well Coded, Easily Customised
With over 20,000 downloads of my open-source SMTP extension I have a proven track record of delivering reliable software. MageSend represents a further iteration my open-source software to become a complete, premium email solution for any Magento store. Many modern Magento coding approaches have been adopted, to ensure a reliable and compatible extension that can integrate with any existing extensions that may rely on sending emails or modifying emails. The entire extension is unencrypted, so you're free to browse, review and modify it – note though that if you do choose to modify the code it will not be supported.
Backed by Industry Expertise
Since 2009 I have been helping merchants send email from Magento stores. I have supported countless stores and have distilled the experience and knowledge into this extension. It represents the best way to send email, and maximum deliverability to your customers. It's backed by the most reliable Amazon servers, it's easy to log and debug, and it can handle hosting firewalls to ensure your emails get through without outbound SMTP access.
Powered by Amazon
There are only a handful of organizations with the internet clout to deliver emails globally. Amazon is one of them and they offer an email service backed by their trusted email servers called Amazon SES. This extension will take advantage of that service, you simply sign up and provide your AWS credentials. The Amazon SES rates for emails are ultra low 10c per 1000 messages at last check.
Amazon SES Regions
MageSend supports multiple Amazon SES regions, allowing you to choose a location close to your Magento store hosting for low latency email sending.
Supported versions
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Frequenty Asked Questions
Does the extension support sending newsletters from Magento?
Yes, but we urge you not to use it. The Email newsletter functionality built into Magento is half-baked at best. The emails you send, and the metrics and reporting you get back are well below the required standard for effective email marketing.
MageSend recommends you use professional (free/paid) services such as:
Campaign Monitor
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Sendy (which also uses your Amazon SES account!)
How will the outbound emails work with my customer service?
The extension will send the emails
'From:' your store email addresses. That means that you control the configuration of the sending email addresses, but you also need to ensure you have verified all of them with Amazon, to prove you own them and are allowed to send on behalf of them.
Having said that, it's fairly common, and best practice, to use a support desk service for managing inbound customer communication. That way all outbound emails, and all inbound emails can be run through a mailbox such as email@example.com. MageSend works well in this sort of email configuration, and it will giv you a great platform to grow your customer support team.
MageSend recommends you use a customer support service such as:
I'm not happy with my purchase, what should I do?
If you're not happy (for any reason), we're not happy. Contact email@example.com and we'll arrange a full refund. No questions asked.
How do I know if the extension will be compatible with my store?
Extension clashes are an inevitable fact of Magento store life. The good news is the extension will detect clashes and alert you during self test. If the clash is minor, the event based integration that MageSend uses should make it easy to resolve the conflict. For more advanced conflict resolution, we offer a custom development service for an additional fee. Contact us for a quote.
I'm a highly technical user, will the extension suit me?
Let's talk nerdy, MageSend is fully compatible with modman Magento module installation management. It's fully event-enabled for both pre-and post sending integration. It's written along the most recent core Magento guidelines for email template integration. If you want to talk nerdy just get in touch with us.
Release Notes and Releases
1.1.1 – Magento 1.9.2 compatibility release. Support for ACL changes in recent Magento patches and 22.214.171.124
1.1.0 – Magento 1.9.1 compatibility release. Support Magento email queue (and allow bypassing it). Bug fix for non-internet facing admin configurations and SNS notifications.
1.0.9 – Add support for new Delivery notification feature, bug fix for https graphs on the Email Stats page.
1.0.8 – Amazon SES region bug fix (affects SNS messages in US West region)
1.0.7 – support for new Amazon SES regions, minor bug fixes
1.0.6 – bug fixes (send friend, rewrite subclasses testing), 1.8.1 release, improved error handling, backwards compatible to PHP 5.2
1.0.5 – bug fixes (graph dates, ACL roles for non-admin role users), 1.8 release, Additional self testing
1.0.4 – bug fix: BCC order-copy emails not sending
1.0.3 – feature: add log cleaning option
1.0.2 – bug fix: https URL for SNS subscription did not match requested scheme.
1.0.1 – initial public release.
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