Midterm elections: Online vote on Tuesday

The midterm elections held on November 4 and polls will open from 7am to 7 pm. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann say most of the calls received by his office on election day are from people trying to locate their precinct.  

They provide a link by which everyone can easily find their location:

MS Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann

First enter your address into the field and the locater will easily locate the correct polling address. For voting in New York State, voter must be citizen of 30 days and at least 18 years old. Voters who are outside New York State can go to CanIVote.org to find a poll site in their area.   

Those who are in jail or a parole of conviction have not permitted to vote and those who are not register yet are not allowed to vote because registration takes 25 days to be effective.  

The Secretary of State's elections hotline, to report problems, is 844-MSVoter, or 800-829-6786. For election reminders on your phone,  text MSVoter to 95577.

“Car Talk” shows co-host Tom Magliozzi has died

Tom Magliozzi, who was co-host with his younger brother Ray in the show “Car talk” died on Monday at his home. The show broadcast on NPR, which was most popular for more than thirty years. He was died at age of 77.

He died from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, according to NPR reports. 

Magliozzi and his younger brother had got fame with personalities as “Click and Clack” on the weekly car talk show, which went national in 1987. 

The weekly one hour long show broadcasted on NPR about the mechanical problems of cars which viewed through an automotive prism: Why does a car suddenly stop working? Should I give this clunker one more chance? Why won’t my husband pay for a mechanic to fix our car? 

The show “Car Talk” reached more than 4 million listeners in a week. In one segment called “Stump the Chumps” callers would be asked questions if the advice was not correct which they received. The episodes heard on 660 stations but the brothers stopped to telecast new episodes in 2012.  

Walking Dead

 

“Walking dead” season five has arrived on AMC, episode five titled with a name “Slabtown”. It is a horror drama television series developed by Frank Darabont and based on the comic book series. 

The Walking Dead has struggled to find the story line for mild-mannered Beth Greene in season two while Season four began to remedy that by sending her off for survival training with Daryl after the fall of the prison but season five “Slabtown” is the episode where Beth is free to carry out the full episode without any help of her fellow survivors. 

It is the episode that tests her confidence and tells the storyline of season five, how an hour makes the tension of the previous three episodes even without Rick and the rest of the gang.  

Rick Grimes is a former sheriff’s deputy who was in coma for several months but when he wakes up he discover the world but he realize he is the only person that still alive. After reaching home he started to discover his wife and son. He goes to Atlanta where he meets another survivor who takes him outside the camp.

There Rick finds her wife Lori and son Carl with his best friend and a small group of survivors who struggle to fend off the zombie hordes.

The star casts of the movie are Andrew Lincoln as Rick Grimes, Steven Yeun as Glenn Rhee and Chandler Riggs as Carl Grimes.

Daredevil Nik Wallenda tightrope walks between Chicago Skyscrapers

Daredevil “Nik Wallenda” has successfully completed two walks between two skyscrapers at Marina city without a net or safety on Sunday night.  

All Fans gathered at Marina’ city tower to watch the Nik at around 6 pm, how he crossed the skyscrapers on a 19-degree incline for the first stage of a walk and wearing a blindfold on a second stage.   

   

"I feel incredible. So thankful, obviously, that I made it across safely," Wallenda said at a press conference after the challenge. "Hopefully more people around the world are inspired, that if they work hard enough, they will achieve their goals." 

Wallenda took 6 minute and a half to walk the wire at 19 degree angle from the Marina city west tower to the other side of the river with wearing a red jacket. 

“I love Chicago and Chicago definitely loves me,” said Wallenda as he walked the wire, with the crowd of thousands below him screaming in support. “What an amazing roar!”

The Disney Channel broadcast Wallenda’s walk live, the Channel could cut off the live walk if something went wrong. 

Wallenda used only a pole for the balance; he has made nine Guinness World Records. He started his training to walk on a wire when he was just 2 year old and completed his first wire walk.  

Brittany Maynard killed herself with Dignity

The 29 year old “Brittany Maynard” killed herself with dignity and ended her life since she was diagnosed with “brain cancer”. Some people have condemned her decision while others have cheered. Some people are saying that it pleaded with nature. 

Maynard died on Saturday after took lethal medication prescribed by a doctor. He died in her bedroom, in the arms of her closet and surrounded by her family, Sean Crowley, a Compassion & Choices spokesman, said in a statement today.   

“Compassion & Choices” a non- profit organization said on its facebook page that “We're sad to announce the passing of a dear and wonderful woman, Brittany Maynard. She passed peacefully in her bed surrounded by close family and loved ones".   

Brittany was suffering from head and neck pain for a long time and earlier this year, she moved with her husband “Daniel Diaz” from San Francisco to Oregon after she knew her diagnosis.

Brittany released an emotional video for Compassion & Choices about her terminal illness and why she ended her life. On You Tube, the video got more than 9.3 million views; her fund’s website had visited more than 4 million times.  

In a post on her Facebook page Saturday she thanked "all those who have without hesitation helped me," and expressed her love for her family and close friends. 

"Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love," she wrote. "Today is the day I have chosen to pass away with dignity in the face of my terminal illness, this brain cancer that has taken so much from me... but would have taken so much more."