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A line was drawn and I was forced to choose, to stand on either side.They didn't expect my reaction I suppose as they seemed surprised.Surrounded by enemies in disguise I looked on at him and almost cried.I had to leave so I went to my hole and packed.Once my base is set up I'll have to let him know the truth.What damage can the beast really do in 7 days.My powers are strong and the pin pulled will collapse their sand castle.Each grain a subtle lie, rarely white.And as they fall I know in advance how each will cut him.Not deep, no.It will be like hundreds of paper cuts slicing through his chest until they rip out his heart.But if I do it now I can try to save him.I could salvage some happiness.If I do nothing he will dilute his emotions and slowly die, unhappy and relatively alone.So, which is worse..Slow unhappy death, or stepping into the light only to never feel its warmth on your skin again?

Dog Walking & Another Sleepless Night

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Took a walk with my dog. It was a long walk.I did not tighten the leash, each scent was sampled, and we lingered at every corner.A few blocks from home we picked up a familiar scent and found its source hiding in the shadows.We chased that gang of raccoons. A bunch of chickens they were. It was a fun chase, but they escaped down the sewer.While catching our breath we stumbled upon our first Cicada. A scared male making a lot of noise.Its nervous reaction scared us even more so we bit into its exoskeleton.After this first encounter I looked up and saw the first shooting star. Real quick across my right peripheral.Ran into a Cicada or three at the end of every block it seemed. They were camped out under trees and street lights.We saw 3 shooting stars total.The second was the best. It streaked across the sky for a good 10 seconds. It burned more brightly before it died leaving a huge streak of white across the sky.We sure showed those raccoons whose boss this time.Now me and my best friend are laying under the fan and falling asleep. Well, she is anyway.Sleep can't find me. I've been up for a long time again. Worse than usual.I did have a pleasant dream last time I slept. Slaying spiders and predators of the like.Slept with a ghost too. But its my waking hours that are haunted.

Momma's Couch Makes Me Dream Good

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I married a French woman and we consummated our union on top of a 10 story old stone church. We were living on the Independence square in my grandfather's old office. My mother came over one day upset; her ex-husband accused her of being a pedophile and she was going to lose her job. Luckily for us, he had recently had his chemo-ridden brain replace with a cyberbrain. My wife was a professional hacker and she broke through his firewall. While there, I extracted the necessary evidence to clear my mother and then planted a virus, one I designed myself, which killed him of "natural" causes after the trial was over. Later, my wife and I were going to community college at the Independence Center Mall. We studied computer languages. While in the food court with some of our friends we noticed the fashion department having a runway show on the catwalks above us. They were modeling wedding dresses and tuxedos for gay weddings. When a bunch of the models backed out, my French wife convinced our friends and me to participate. She walked me down the isle in tuxedo, I in beautiful white gown. She had a drawn on mustache, slicked back black hair, top hat, etc. We kissed and had a good time. Unfortunately, that was the final good time of the dream. It flash forwarded to bad times in the future. She was sleeping with all my friends which started getting on my nerves and we were signing divorce papers.==========================================I was in a hurry. It was dark and cold outside. I was late for class. The city was Kansas City but in a Dark City fashion. Again, my school, this time UMKC, was in a mall, Crown Center. There was some sort of organizing or protest going on outside, but I was in too much of a hurry to figure out what was going on. It was mostly black or brown students. I rushed to my class once inside, just past Z-Tecca. I sat in the back next to the gimpy guy with a plane but attractive girl I'd never spoken to next to me. After about 10 minutes of class there was a violent banging on the door as if someone was trying to break in. I looked around and realized that this class was full of white or light skinned people. They all started screaming and cowering in the corner like this was Columbine or something. My dream body knew what was happening and sprung into action, but my passive observer mind had no clue. I broke the desk top and held it like a shield, broke off the leg and used it as a blunt object. I told the gimp to stand behind me and use his crutch. Just then the door sprung open and there was a crowd of blacks with knives and sticks. We started beating the shit out of each other. I beat the first couple in front of me but several had gotten past and were beating some white girls next to me. I swung for the fences, knocking each of them out in one blow to the back of the head. I dropped my weapons and fled the building. All over the campus dark people were dragging light skinned people into the streets and beating them to death. I saw administrators, professors, students, janitors, all engaged in this battle. Periodically on my way home I was confronted by several gangs but usually got away unscathed. I tried to get on the bus and wasn't allowed because I was white. Apparently, people of color had finally realized the extraction and transfer system placed upon them and they were blaming those with fare skin. Once in the safety of my apartment I barricaded myself in. I wasn't sure how my neighbors would react as they are all mostly Indian. Before I woke up, I remember thinking that they were still missing the point. It isn't average white people exploiting them, its corporations.=====================================my mother's couch makes me dream good.

I've Got My Eye On You!

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Leavespacesbetweenyourwords! That's a little bit hard to read, right? Lots of kids have illegible handwriting because they leave little to no space between their words when writing. It's reeeeally hard to read because everything looks like one giant word. These little guys often end up having to re-write their work because the teacher can't read what's on the paper and it can be frustrating for the kids AND the teachers and parents. With CONSISTENCY, this can be pretty easily fixed!

The simplest and most convenient solution is to have the child "finger space" by placing his pointer finger after each word like this:

Pointer fingers are always available! Give reminders to "finger space" before and during writing. If that is not enough of a visual reminder, you can always use a "space stick". This could be a popsicle stick or a tongue depressor. The kids always like these and are motivated to use them.

To keep it fun, DECORATE the space stick! You can decorate or have the kids decorate with stickers, markers, or glitter glue. One of my favorites is "the EYE".....a big googly eye glued to the top and I tell the kids they need to remember to space because "I've got my eye on you!".

I've yet to meet a kid who doesn't giggle at googly eyes :) Others are just as happy with a simple smiley face for their "space man".

Learning to space between words might not sound like fun but you'll be surprised when ALL of the kids want a space stick! Why not make them available for everyone? They're super cheap and will help the ones who need to use it to REMEMBER to use it.
Until the habit is formed (this can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks), you'll need to offer some verbal and/or visual reminders every time the child starts a writing assignment until they remember on their own. The kids often surprise themselves when they see how word spacing makes their writing look so much nicer and easy to read! For some, that's motivation enough PLUS no more re-writing because the teacher can't read the work. The spaces might seem too wide but this is OK! It helps to over exaggerate the spacing when the child is learning so that they can really see the spaces. With practice, they will naturally adjust to typical word spacing. Happy Writing!
Jen Dermody, OTR/L

Lovin' Letters

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You've heard me say that it's just so important for kids to practice letters in lots of ways BESIDES using a pencil. OT's call this a multi-sensory approach and it helps for kids to use ALL of their senses when learning. The kindergarten students at one of my schools are learning the alphabet and their teachers did a great job using a multi-sensory approach! Students were given large paper cut outs of all of the capital letters. They painted the letters and then glued on items that start with that letter. For example, the letter B has lots of BUTTONS:

Letter C is decorated with COTTON and CANDLES:

And while letter Q can be a challenge, this student used Q-TIPS!

The students used all sorts of creative items to glue on their letter paintings. The various items will help the children learn and remember the letters which in turn will improve literacy and writing skills! If you want to practice at home and don't want a whole hallway of big letters, you can modify the activity and use smaller letters to find just 1-2 items for each letter. Maybe put a funny hat on the child.....we'll call it the "Thinking Cap"......and search the house for items that match the letter. Lots of fun!
Jen Dermody, OTR/L

8 Temmuz 2012 Pazar

Is U.S. Rep. Walsh questioning Tammy Duckworth's 'hero' status during CNN interview | July 2012

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U.S. Rep. Walsh appears to question Duckworth's 'hero' status Article By Katherine Skiba | Chicago Tribune reporter | July 04, 2012

Republican Rep. Joe Walsh is coming under Democratic fire over remarks that appeared to question whether challenger Tammy Duckworth, a Black Hawk helicopter pilot who lost her legs in combat in Iraq, was a "true hero." Duckworth's campaign on Tuesday called the comments an insult to veterans, while Walsh insisted that his words were being distorted and that he indeed believed she was a war hero.

The first-term lawmaker from McHenry made the controversial remarks Sunday at a campaign event in Elk Grove Village, and the comments gained attention after Democratic critics posted a video. Walsh began his criticism of Duckworth on Sunday by noting that heroes such as Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a former Vietnam prisoner of war, were uncomfortable talking about their service.

He said political advisers for McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, "day after day had to take him and almost throw him against a wall and hit him against the head and say, 'Senator, you have to let people know you served!'"

"That's what's so noble about our heroes," Walsh said. "Now I'm running against a woman who, I mean, my God, that's all she talks about. Our true heroes, the men and women who served us, it's the last thing in the world they talk about."

McCain wrote about his experiences in a best-seller, "Faith of My Fathers," and during his GOP acceptance speech in 2008, he referred to his time as a POW.

Walsh's remarks are being publicized by two groups that have begun online petitions against him.

The petition from VoteVets.org says it's time to teach Walsh that "all of our veterans are heroes and that we can never recognize them enough for their service." The petition from EMILY's List, which supports Democratic women who favor abortion rights, urges: "Stop the GOP from taking down our pro-choice champions. Tell Joe Walsh to stop questioning Tammy Duckworth's heroic service to our country!"

Duckworth, a former state and federal veterans affairs official from Hoffman Estates, is challenging Walsh in the Nov. 6 election for Illinois' 8th Congressional District seat in the north and northwest suburbs. She is a lieutenant colonel in the Illinois Army National Guard.

Kaitlin Fahey, Duckworth's campaign manager, said in a statement Tuesday: "Congressman Walsh's comments insult those who sacrificed to make this country free."

In response to the Democratic criticism, Walsh issued a statement calling the controversy a "political ploy to distort my words and distract voters."

"Of course Tammy Duckworth is a hero," he said. "I have called her a hero hundreds of times."

He added, though, that most veterans he has met since entering Congress rarely talk about their service or combat experiences while "that is darn near all of what Tammy Duckworth talks about."

McCain, too, has been a target of Walsh, who last spring said voters elected Barack Obama because he was an African-American historic figure and added: "It helped that John McCain was about 142 years old."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-04/news/chi-rep-joe-walsh-appears-to-question-tammy-duckworths-hero-status-20120703_1_federal-veterans-affairs-official-tammy-duckworth-war-hero

NYC Doesn’t Need to Offer More Taxis for Disabled: Federal Appeals Court | June 2012

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A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is not responsible for increasing the number of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs in the city.

Overturning a lower court ruling against the TLC, the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals found that the city’s taxi regulators were not in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and vacated an order that would have compelled all new yellow cabs to be equipped to handle wheelchairs until the system provided more robust access.

“It may be that there is a failure to provide meaningful access to taxis for persons with disabilities,” the ruling read. “But if so, it is a failure of the taxi industry in New York City.”

Neither the district court nor the appeals court agreed with the suit’s plaintiffs, including two wheelchair users, that the TLC is the “operator” of the city’s privately owned taxi industry, despite what the appeals court called its “pervasive” control over individual drivers and taxi owners.

But the lower court had ruled that the commission violated the ADA because so few of the city’s taxis are accessible to the disabled.

Of the 13,237 taxi medallions in the city, only 231 are reserved for wheelchair-accessible cabs, the court said in its decision. The chance of hailing an accessible cab within 10 minutes in Manhattan is only 3.3%, the court noted, compared to 87.3% for any yellow cab.

But the court found that the paucity of accessible taxis cannot be held against the regulators, since nothing in the industry’s rules precludes any taxi medallion owner from furnishing a cab that can handle a wheelchair.

The taxi industry is private, the court found.

“Accordingly, even if private industry (such as the New York City taxi industry) fails to provide meaningful access for persons with disabilities, a licensing entity (such as the TLC) is not therefore in violation” of the federal law, the court wrote, “unless the private industry practice results from the licensing requirements.”

The ruling removes one of the most pressing legal challenges to the TLC’s administration of the yellow taxi industry, even as the city is moving forward with a major expansion of car service.

Still on hold is a plan that would auction off 2,000 new yellow cab medallions, while permitting up to 18,000 livery cabs to convert to a new hybrid model — known as “borough taxis” — which would be permitted to accept street-hail customers outside most of Manhattan and the city’s airports.

That plan, passed by state lawmakers with the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has been temporarily stayed by a state judge on the grounds that supporters skirted the City Council to get it approved in Albany. The TLC and the taxi industry are awaiting a ruling on additional challenges to the borough taxi law, whose opponents say it will dilute the value of medallions.

Article By Ted Mann | The Wll Street Journal | June 28, 2012
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/06/28/court-city-doesnt-need-to-offer-more-taxis-for-disabled/

Illinois Group-Home Death of Paul McCann - Prison Sentence for employee Keyun Newble | July 6, 2012

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CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — A former employee at a group home in eastern Illinois has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the death of a developmentally disabled resident — a case that was the subject of previous 2 Investigators reports.

The Mattoon Journal-Gazette and Times-Courier in Charleston reports 27-year-old Keyun Newble was sentenced Friday in Coles County. Newble was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in April.

Newble admitted pushing the man during a confrontation last year but said he managed to stop a co-worker and co-defendant from beating him even more severely. The victim, Paul McCann, later died from what his family called “torture-like” punishment at the group home in Charleston.

The facility was part of a network of group homes run by the nonprofit Graywood Foundation that came under intense state scrutiny.

The case against Newble’s co-defendant, Marquis Harmon, is still pending.

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Illinois Gov Quinn orders oversight of investigations into the deaths of adults with disabilities | July 6, 2012

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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn issued an executive order Friday to increase state oversight of investigations into the deaths of adults with disabilities following a newspaper report that uncovered problems.

Last week, a Belleville News-Democrat investigation revealed that, since 2003, the inspector general of the Department of Human Services did not investigate 53 cases called into the agency's hotline about disabled adults living at home who were allegedly abused or neglected and later died.

Quinn's office said that William M. Davis, who was named inspector general in 2006, offered his resignation Friday. It'll be effective Aug. 1.

The newspaper found Davis' office was interpreting state law as barring it from investigating deaths because "the dead are ineligible for services." Davis, a state contract employee, collects a pension from his 25 years with the Illinois State Police, where he was a regional commander.

Quinn's executive order stated that "immediate improvements must be made" in referring, documenting and following up on the deaths of adults with disabilities when abuse, neglect or exploitation is suspected.

Advocates for the disabled applauded the governor's action.

"We urge DHS to act immediately in compliance with the governor's order," said Amber Smock of the Chicago-based group Access Living. "People with disabilities, just like all human beings, deserve peace of mind in knowing that they are safe at home. Fear that they may not be safe can lead to unnecessary and unwanted institutionalization."

Quinn ordered the inspector general's office "regardless of the circumstances" to report deaths that are the subject of pending complaint investigations to both the appropriate law enforcement agency and the coroner or medical examiner. The order also includes requirements for documentation and follow-up on deaths.

Quinn also ordered a review of all deaths of disabled adults since 2003 that were the subject of hotline calls but were not investigated.

"My action today will strengthen the protection of adults with disabilities and ensure the necessary steps are taken if abuse or neglect takes place," Quinn said in a statement.

The Belleville newspaper also found that coroners and medical examiners in 10 of the state's largest counties hadn't received calls from the Office of the Inspector General for the department after a disabled adult who lived at home died.

The newspaper reported that the agency determined a large number of calls to its abuse hotline weren't accepted by hotline operators for investigation. A total of 534 calls, 41 percent of the 1,289 calls received, were listed as non-reportable in 2011.

The calls included cases like Bonnie Matyasik, 51, who was suffering from end-stage cirrhosis and arrived at an emergency room Jan. 26, 2009, near Chicago with dried feces in her hair and under her fingernails. Matyasik was bruised and scraped along one entire side of her body from being dragged across a concrete floor by her mentally impaired caregiver. She died two days later.

"We recognize the deficiencies within the program and are committed to improving it," DHS Secretary Michelle Saddler said Friday in a statement from the governor's office.

Countdown to the ADA anniversary of July 26 - AAPD Speaks to Sue Swenson - (video)

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The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) released video's leading up to July 26, (in 2010) the 20th anniversary of the ADA....

YouTube Uploaded by AAPDvideo on Jun 30, 2010

TRANSCRIPT

Hi, my name is Sue Swenson. I am a mother of three sons. My middle son, Charlie, is an adult man who has multiple complex developmental disabilities, born in 1982, so before the ADA. I'm a Minnesota native, but I've been in D.C. since 1998 when I came -- actually, I came in '96 to do a Kennedy Fellowship in the U.S. Senate and in '98 I came back to do a White House appointment in the Administration on Developmental Disabilities.

What does the 20th anniversary mean to you?

I am really excited about the 20th anniversary of the ADA. First, because my son was born before it passed, and some of us from Minnesota happened to be in D.C. in 1989. We did manage to meet with the second senator, the junior senator from Minnesota at that time, Rudy Boschwitz, and turned him around. There were about 14 of us, half people with disabilities and half parents. So my introduction to the ADA was really very much about different parts of the disability community all working together, including families. Sometimes families are seen as outsiders a little bit, because we don't really understand disability when our kids are born. We are thrown into a medical model right away and it's kind of hard to fight your way out of that. To me the 20 years of the ADA has meant my coming of age with understanding what a disability culture is or what a disability paradigm is.

What changes have you seen as a result of the ADA?

One of the key changes that I have seen with the ADA was after the Supreme Court Olmstead decision, [which] really reached out in the developmental disability community and said, no, it's not okay to take people who have complex disabilities and hide them off to the side in some institutional setting, that really people had the right to the least restrictive environment or the most integrated setting or, in my mind, what do we need segregation for at all? So I think we have to start with full inclusion, full belonging and move from there. Of course there is no reason you can't be a little bit beyond compliance with the law. So I am always working in that space, trying to help people understand that just the compliance level with ADA is really not what we are looking for. We are looking for a vibrant and inclusive society that brings everyone into the fold and into belonging. And I think that we are starting to see that, I think it used to be harder in school, it used to be harder in communities to look at inclusion.

What still needs to be done or changed regarding the ADA?

As a society, we are so fast. Everything is so fast with us that 20 years seems like, "Hey, we should be done." And we're not done, we're not going to be done with the ADA. The Universal Declaration on Human Rights says that we have the right to a revolution. And I know I don't look like much of a revolutionary, but in many ways I am, and I think many of us who live with disabilities in our lives are revolutionaries. Not in the political or military sense, but in the social and cultural sense, and there are many changes that need to happen, coming in behind ADA. Reaching out to families, to help them understand that there are guideposts here. The wisdom of people with disabilities can help us figure out what do we want for our kids when they grow up. How can we begin to use the ADA to understand things like special education? Are we using our time with an IEP to really develop accommodations for our sons and daughters? Moving from that medical model of, say, therapy, cure, into more of an ADA world that says, what accommodations would allow my son or daughter to live with freedom, equality and liberty in the United States?

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7 Temmuz 2012 Cumartesi

Covering That Cinderella Song

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I'm doing my own version of that Cinderella song.Ya know, that one. It goes like this..
A dream is a wish your heart makeswhen You're fast asleep.In dreams you lose your heartaches.Whatever you wish for, you keep.Have faith in your dreams and somedayYour rainbow will come smiling through.No matter how your heart is grievingIf you keep on believingThe dream that you wish will come true.
....yea well, so far I've got..
A dream is a wish your heart makesand I hope this dream comes true.Because this dream is screaming.Its hopelessly believingthat I love you.
.. Its a work in progress. F-off.But uh, maybe I should just do it right? Hmm..Whatever I'm talking to myself right now like it matters I'm just gonna sleep.

To Whom It May Concern,

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I was up late writing a paper, drunk. Probably not a good idea but neither is drinking in general. Eventually worked myself into a stupor and found myself reaching out to your illusion. I've talked to many in text. I've touched other flesh. But nothing can even begin to reach the comparison of that ghostly caress. I don't know if it be smell, texture, dialect, or feel.. but each encounter has no comparable appeal. The compaction of morning spent in your bed . Forced connection of our flesh, touching and energy exchanged.. Feel like an addict and know nothing will come of my call out tonight. Temporary girl.. So cursed by the introduction into your world. I pulled pages from coloring books so we could be together.. in small way. Dreams never manifest. Listen to Cold War Kids.. what?,,, definitely stream of consciousness now.
Sincerely,Jonathan Piedimonte'''end.

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Upstairs I hear a family. A man and woman gently coo at their gurgling child. The delicate sprinkling of water over head, slowly trickling down the body. Laughter followed by the blank exaltation from child. Happy..
Me, I'm stuck on this toilet with a burning asshole. Got the beer shits. I'm constipated as well. Unfortunately, only in thought. Can't get anything done until the last minute and then its totally lacking clear judgment. Made up of random inclusions barely meeting the status quo.
Miss inspiration. Can't find it in anything requiring creativity. Is that side of me really that depressed? He will not come out no matter how desperately I call him. Blame this on a woman. No, myself. So unoriginal to only be productive in presence of a muse. So pathetic that my logical parts punish us both. They have barred my practice of finding another.
Oh, woe is me.

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Looking On At You Through My Windows

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Another came and went.A person who laid their self at feet.A person who gave an opportunity to be part of their life.A person who gave opportunity to give.Tried for days but only ended up tired, sick, and afraid.An awful Facebook friend at best.Looking on at their pictures too timid to like.Looking on and longing for a place in those scenes.Not those scenes but one where I can be.Too busy doing nothing to even be me.Reading books to be a better person.Peeking on breaks through binoculars at 12 story buildings.Conference calls, cleaning crew, and sad cell conversations.>>Clearing>>Composure>>Reentering the room.Then theres the girl who works in the library.>>Lights dim>>Jacket>>Scarf>>Hat>>Sigh.She stocks books.

5 Temmuz 2012 Perşembe

Mail Order Zombie #175 - DeadHeads, Book Reviews & Resident Evil: Director's Cut

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Mail Order Zombie #175 finds Brother D settling down for an in-depth look at the zombie comedy DeadHeads (dir. Brett Pierce & Drew T. Pierce), and he brings Need-A-Nickname Scott along for the roadtrip . . . er . . . ride. In addition to all this movie talk, this episode of MOZ also delivers reviews of two zombie books (David Moody's Autumn, reviewed by Casey Criswell; and James Knapp's State of Decay, reviewed by Silent Death) and a zombie videogame (Miss Bren reads a Resident Evil: Director's Cut review by Empty Wallet Gamers' Eric Lee Lewis). The Zombie Beat makes its return with Need-a-Nickname Scott's round-up of the latest in zombie news (with an assist from Richard from Wichita), 'dillo brings us a wee bit of fun in the form of a short audiodrama, and the rest of the MOZ Family get in on the act in the Feedback Discussion.

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Hungarian officials seize weapons to be used on World War Z - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/brad-pitt-world-war-z-guns-seized-246251
Brad Pitt is not going to be charged with illegal arms trafficking - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/brad-pitts-world-war-z-cleared-weapons_n_1267778.html
The Walking Dead breaks its own record - http://www.avclub.com/articles/walking-dead-return-breaks-series-own-record,69291/
The Walking Dead Deluxe TV Game - http://www.chipchick.com/2012/02/walking-dead.html
McFarlane created The Walking Dead special edition packaging - http://whatculture.com/tv/the-walking-dead-season-2-blu-ray-special-edition-with-screwed-zombie.php
Robert Kirkman sued by Tony Moore The Walking Dead - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/walking-dead-war-creator-robert-288671
Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies first look - http://www.horroryearbook.com/5425321/first-look-abraham-lincoln-vs-zombies
Zompocalypso teaser trailer - http://vimeo.com/36554780
Two Osama zombie film trailers - http://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/17/not-one-but-two-zombie-bin-laden-movies-nsfw/

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Mail Order Zombie: Episode 179 - Blood Splatter, Pretty Dead, The Hunger Games, Corman's World & The Americans

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Mail Order Zombie . . . now with TIMECODES! The dust has finally settled after the Dead Letter Awards and we finally washed the vampire smell out of the carpet from last week's Mail Order Vampire fun, it's time to get back to business here at Mail Order Zombie. In Episode #179, we're packing in the reviews when Brother D takes a look at Blood Splatter: A Guide to Cinematic Zombie Violence, Gore and Special Effects by Craig W. Chenery while Silent Death reviews Jake Bible's Dead Letter Award-nominated novel The Americans. On the movie-front, Miss Bren gets dystopian on Brother D with some talk about The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross), D reviews the upcoming zombie film Pretty Dead (dir. Benjamin Wilkins), and we use the documentary Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (dir. Alex Stapleton) as a palate cleanser. There are two (count 'em - TWO) contests running right now at Mail Order Zombie, and you'll have to listen to the Feedback Discussion to find out how you can win . . . stuff!

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BLOOD SPLATTER REVIEW (03:24)
CORMAN'S WORLD REVIEW (12:06)
THE HUNGER GAMES DISCUSSION (27:49)
THE AMERICANS REVIEW (1:01:52)
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Mail Order Zombie #181 - The Terror Experiment, Feed, Telltale's The Walking Dead, The Collective Volume 3

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Brother D is on pins and non-Euclidean needles as he looks forward to this weekend's H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & Cthulhu Con, but he's not so distracted that he can't put together Episode 181 of Mail Order Zombie! This time around, he takes a look at the 2012 zombie movie release The Terror Experiment (dir. George Mendeluk). This episode also features Part One of a two-part review of JABB pictures' latest anthology release The Collective, Volume 3. The Mail Order Zombie offers up some reviews of their own when Silent Death reviews the videogame The Walking Dead from Telltale Games, and a review of the Mira Grant's novel Feed comes from Eradication H. In addition to the Lovecraft Film Festival, Brother D will also be attending Crypticon Seattle this month where he'll be a panelist, so he talks about that as well before Miss Bren joins him for this episode's Feedback Discussion. (Brother D would like to formally apologize to the Lifetime television network. He's not entirely sure why, but he feels that he must.)

INTRO (00:00)
FEED (02:15)
THE TERROR EXPERIMENT (08:17)
THE WALKING DEAD (25:52)
THE COLLECTIVE, VOLUME 3 (29:18)
CONVENTION ANNOUNCEMENTS (45:05)
FEEDBACK DISCUSSION (48:37)

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JABB pictures

Simple Studies - Bandcamp

(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)

Mail Order Zombie #184 - War of the Dead, Exit Humanity, Eloise J. Knapp, Peter Clines, Scott M. Baker & Danielle Harris

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The American Civil War and World War II? Just add zombies! This time around, Brother D takes a look at the movies Exit Humanity (dir. John Geddes) and War of the Dead (dir. Marko Mäkilaakso). The Crypticon coverage continues with mini-interviews with authors Eloise J. Knapp, Peter Clines, and Scott M. Baker, and actress Danielle Harris. Kim tosses in her thoughts on Knapp's The Undead Situation and Gareth Wood's The Rise, and Miss Bren joins D to talk about their experience at Van Con before diving into the Feedback Discussion. (Special thanks to Between the Eyes for the opening and closing song!)

BRAIN TRAINING (LEARNING TO EAT) - BETWEEN THE EYES (00:00)
INTRO (02:37)
ZOMBIE BEAT (04:31)
ELOISE J. KNAPP (22:30)
THE UNDEAD SITUATION & THE RISE (26:19)
EXIT HUMANITY (28:45)
PETER CLINES (42:51)
DANIELLE HARRIS (52:00)
WAR OF THE DEAD (55:08)
SCOTT M. BAKER (1:09:26)
FEEDBACK (1:13:42)
FACE THE DEAD - BETWEEN THE EYES (1:40:16)

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Between the Eyes - http://soundcloud.com/samho-dream
tasty face by mc chris - http://mcchris.bandcamp.com/

BrickArms - http://brickarms.com/default.aspx

Eloise J. Knapp - http://www.eloisejknapp.com/
Peter Clines - http://www.facebook.com/PeterClines
Scott M. Baker - http://scottmbakerauthor.blogspot.com/

Among Friends - http://www.facebook.com/AmongFriendsMovie

Hollywood Reporter on World War Z - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brad-pitt-world-war-z-production-nightmare-336422
Clive Barker to rewrite Zombies vs. Gladiators - http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/zombies-gladiators-clive-barker-amazon-333066
AMC The Walking Dead marathon in July - http://tvline.com/2012/05/31/walking-dead-marathon-emma-stone-icarly/
Robert Kirkman’s Hyundai zombie survival machine - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-walking-dead-creatorwriter-robert-kirkman-transforms-hyundai-elantra-coupe-into-zombie-survival-machine-2012-06-15
Melbourne IRL Zombie Game - http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/zombie-apocalypse-comes-to-melbourne-20120611-205gg.html

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Mail Order Zombie #185 - Zombies vs. Strippers, The Dead Want Women, Craig DiLouie, Nate D. Burleigh & Lyle Perez-Tinics

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185 episodes into the podcast, and we're FINALLY talking about some Full Moon movies on Mail Order Zombie! Brother D takes a look at two recent Full Moon releases: The Dead Want Women (dir. Charles Band) and Zombies vs. Strippers (dir. Alex Nicolaou). D is still haunted by the ghosts of Crypticon Seattle, and to purge those demons, he shares with the MOZ Family interviews with zombie authors Craig DiLouie, Nate D. Burleigh and Lyle Perez-Tinics. (They're zombie authors in that they write about zombies. They're not zombies who write . . . at least, not yet.) And at the end of the show, Miss Bren takes her familiar position as the person who keeps Brother D on track during the Feedback Discussion.

INTRO (00:00)
CRAIG DILOUIE (02:58)
THE DEAD WANT WOMEN (11:30)
NATE D. BURLEIGH (29:16)
ZOMBIES VS. STRIPPERS (31:51)
LYLE PEREZ-TINICS (47:43)
FEEDBACK (52:15)

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ComiCONN Comic Book and SciFi Convention - http://comiconn.com/

Alex Nicolaou interview at Geekscape - http://www.geekscape.net/zombies-versus-strippers-an-interview-with-alex-nicolaou

Full Moon Direct - http://www.fullmoondirect.com

Craig DiLouie's Apocalyptic Horror Fiction - http://www.craigdilouie.com
Nate D. Burleigh's Horror Kraft - http://www.natedburleigh.com
Lyle Perez-Tinic's Undead in the Head - http://www.undeadinthehead.com

(Various production music produced by Kevin MacLeod.)