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Periodically patterned nanostructures have imparted profound impact on diverse scientific disciplines. In physics, chemistry, and materials science, artificially engineered photonic crystals have demonstrated an unprecedented ability to control the propagation of photons through light concentration and diffraction. The field of photonic crystals has led to many technical advances in fabricating periodically patterned nanostructures in dielectric/metallic materials and controlling the light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. In the field of biomaterials, it is of great interest to apply our knowledge base of photonic materials and explore how such periodically patterned structures control diverse biological functions by varying the available surface area, which is a key attribute for surface hydrophobicity, cell growth and drug delivery. Here we describe closely related scientific applications of large-scale periodically patterned polymers and metal nanostructures.
The dissertation starts with nanoplasmonics for improving photovoltaic devices, where we design and optimize experimentally realizable light-trapping nanostructures using rigorous scattering matrix simulations for enhancing the performance of organic and perovskite solar cells. The use of periodically patterned plasmonic metal cathode in conjunction with polymer microlens array significantly improves the absorption in solar cells, providing new opportunities for photovoltaic device design. We further show the unprecedented ability of nanoplasmonics to concentrate light at the nanoscale by designing a large-area plasmonic nanocup array with frequency-selective optical transmission. The fabrication of nanostructure is achieved by coating non-uniform gold layer over a submicron periodic nanocup array imprinted on polystyrene using soft lithography. The gold nanocup array shows extraordinary optical transmission at a wavelength close to the structure period. The resonance wavelength for transmission can be tuned by changing the period of the gold nanocup array, which opens up new avenues in subwavelength optics for designing optoelectronic devices and biological sensors. We then demonstrate strong exciton-plasmon coupling between non-toxic CuInS2/ZnS quantum dots in solution and plasmonic gold nanocup array. The photoluminescence decay rate of quantum dots can be enhanced by more than an order of magnitude due to the high electric field intensity enhancement inside the plasmonic nanocup cavity. This solution based metal-nanocrystal coupled system has great promise for biological applications such as biosensing and biolabeling.
Moving to the area of biomedical applications, we fabricate nanopatterned biopolymers as templates for controlling the release of therapeutic drugs coated on the polymer surface. From careful drug release experiments performed over extended time periods (e.g. eight days), we find that nanopatterned polymers release the drug slower as compared to the flat polymer surfaces. The slow-down in the drug release from nanopatterned surfaces is attributed to increase in the surface hydrophobicity confirmed by the contact angle measurements and microfluidic simulations. This nanoscale drug release control scheme has great promise for improving the performance of drug-eluting stents in cardiac therapies.
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Post the IPL 2018 auctions, the franchises have a new look to the team with many new faces coming up and some old veteran players to represent their local franchise. With the 11th edition of Indian Premier League to start off in April, team Circle of Cricket gets down to list the key players from Royal Challengers Bangalore squad who can make a difference with their performance this year.
The team of Bangalore has made three final match appearances losing all of them to Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016. The team is headed by Virat Kohli and Denial Vettori being the coach of the team
.Royal Challengers Bangalore is one of the IPL teams with most number of supporters. RCB is a star-studded team. That's why the team has this large number of fan following. They have 9.09 m Facebook likes and 1.93 Twitter followers.
The star Indian batsman Virat Kohli will definitely be going to lead the franchise with his special abilities to take responsibility in tough and tense situations. Virat Kohli carries a sense of responsibility and positive vibe through which all the team members get confidence and boost to perform up to their level best.
The run-machine of Indian Cricket is the second leading run scorer after Suresh Raina with scoring 4418 runs. The top order batsman will have Ab de Villers and Brendan McCullum with him in the squad who can seriously produce some damage for the opponent team.
In this IPL tournament, Virat Kohli will have to manage and use his bowlers well in the middle overs especially at the death overs.
Chris Woakes
The British all-rounder who was bought for a huge amount of money Rs 7.4 crores can be one of those deadly skillful players who can single handily turn the course of the match. Chris Woakes is an attacking player who can bat and bowl at the same time and produce something efficient.
The latter has played 13 IPL matches and taken 17 wickets at an average of 22.7 which is very good for any side. Moeen Ali and Sarfraz Khan will play a supporting role with Chris Woakes hammering and taking wickets for RCB in the IPL 2018.
Umesh Yadav
Vidarbha's fast swinging bowler Umesh Yadav who was bought for Rs 4.2 crores for his extra pace and swinging skills. The bowler has an extreme power that can outplay any opponent. He used to play for Kolkata Knight Riders but was not retained nor bought back by the franchise.
Umesh has lots of variety in his bowling, he can bowl quick bouncers, full pitched deliveries and even accurate yorkers in the death overs for his team. Mohammad Siraj and Nathan Coulter-Nile are some other seaming options for the team who can perform as a team unit.
Yuzvendra Chahal becomes another key bowler for RCB. he has been getting the backup of his skipper Virat Kohli in the Indian team. In the recently concluded ODI series against South Africa, the pair of Chahal and Kuldeep bamboozled the Protean batsmen to the core. Chahal in the process took 16 wickets and was used at various stages of the innings by Kohli. He will be another key Indian bowler alongside Umesh Yadav who will now play for RCB after plying his trade for KKR since 2014 to 2017.
The players listed above, form the core strength of the franchise and have the ability to win matches for the team. It will be great to see how each one of them performs under Daniel Vettori who is the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore.

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Theoretically, efficacy is the power of an agonist to impart stimulus to a system for a given receptor occupancy. Thus, if one agonist produces 50 per cent maximal system response through occupation of 10 per cent of the existing receptor population while another requires 40 per cent receptor occupation, then the former can be thought to have four times the 'efficac/ of the latter in terms of producing tissue response. The method of Furchgott (1966) does this through comparison of equiactive responses on log occupancy-response curves ( response expressed as a function of the logarithm of receptor occupancy). However, a pre-requisite to the correct use of this method is an unbiased estimate of agonist affinity (needed to calculate receptor occupancy). As noted previously, the very fact that receptor isomerization of the receptor by agonists corrupts estimates of affinity (see equation (7)) makes the use of this method circular and flawed.
An alternative method is to compare the relative maximal response of agonists as an estimate of relative efficacy. Thus, comparisons are made at saturating concentrations of agonist (with respect to receptor occupancy) and affinity ceases to be an issue. The relative maxima of two agonists can be a useful surrogate measurement of relative efficacy providing that the system maximal response is not obtained. Often because of the amplifying effects of cellular stimulus-response mechanisms, receptor stimulus exceeds the system capability to register response and a 'tissue' maximal response for a number of agonists is observed, that is, all are full agonists. This does not mean that the agonists are of identical efficacy, but rather that the efficacy of the agonists exceeds the capability of the system to differentiate them. Generally, the further away from the receptor the response is measured, in terms of biochemical reactions that take place after receptor activation, the more amplification occurs. Thus, the best opportunity to measure relative maxima as a reflection of true agonist efficacy is at the earliest step in the stimulus-response chain. This is activation of the G protein. Thus, differences in the capability of agonists to stimulate exchange of GDP to GTP on the G protein can be a useful measure of relative efficacy (i.e. Jasper etal. 1998; Umland etal. 2001).
In terms of the models of GPCR systems, the relative maxima of two agonists denoted A and B are given as:
ETC Model
CTC model
It can be seen that this experimentally derived parameter depends upon efficacy terms and does not involve affinity.
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Oil rose for a second day on signs Iran and world powers will miss another deadline for a nuclear deal that could end sanctions on the OPEC producer.
Futures gained as much as 1.9% in New York, after climbing the most Thursday in more than two weeks. Senior officials involved in the negotiations said it was too late to reach an agreement by Friday morning in Vienna, the last chance to qualify for a 30-day review in the US Congress. A measure of crude trading volatility was near the highest level in 12 weeks.
Oil's advance is paring a second weekly loss driven by China's equities rout and the turmoil in Greece. Iran, the fourth-largest producer in OPEC, plans to boost crude exports and recapture market share, should international sanctions be lifted, Buniness World Online reported.
"If there is a deal, that puts more supply into the market. Oil will probably trade sideways until the dust settles. Moreover, I think we will spend more time around this level," Jonathan Barratt, the chief investment officer at Ayers Alliance Securities in Sydney said.
West Texas Intermediate for August delivery increased as much as 98 cents to $53.76 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $53.65 at 2:08 p.m. Singapore time. The contract rose $1.13 to $52.78 on Thursday. Total volume was 33% above the 100-day average. Prices have fallen 5.7% this week.
Nuclear Deal
Talks on Iran's nuclear program were deadlocked as interlocutors from the Islamic Republic argued over persistent differences. Should the deadline be missed, any future agreement will be subject to 60 days of scrutiny.
Iran's plan to boost exports by 50% would require an extra 500,000 barrels a day of production, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of America Corp. and Societe Generale SA said last week.
"The impact of Iranian oil expected to come onto the world markets after it signs the agreement on its nuclear program is still difficult to forecast, as there are too many other global factors," said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.
"Injecting new oil into world markets certainly could impact prices. But the price depends on the global economy at large."
Siluanov said such macroeconomic factors like big crude consumers' feelings also have their impact on the price.
"The oil price undoubtedly is formed due to market demand and supply and today we see that the instability of financial markets in China has already influenced the price," he said. "If there is enough demand, the impact will be minimal."
A further fall in oil prices would result in a recession in US shale; it would not be cost-effective to invest in shale, that is how the market self-regulates, according to Siluanov.
"We'll be analyzing the situation, Russia has enough reserves and will not suffer much from an oil price decline while it has already had such an experience two years ago," Siluanov said, adding he does not think such a situation could happen again.
Oil prices almost halved in the last six months of 2014, with Brent crude diving below $45 for the first time since 2009. However, crude prices have rallied strongly to around $60 per barrel since the beginning of 2015.


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the Oude Toren ("Old Tower") is a solitary building among convex fields. Originally, the tower was located against the church in the heart of Oostelbeers, but that village has been relocated long ago. The church has collapsed and what remained has been torn down.
of the tower will be upheld as much as possible. All the suggested adjustments are therefore a confirmation of the archaic image. The suggestion is that the tower could accommodate a modest, yet high quality exhibition.
there is a grassy plain on which the archers' guild has planted several shooting posts. This empty space is the ideal place for a small, multifunctional building. Within its surroundings, the building looks like a green hill. A hill from which a wall fragment protrudes. "When we found out that the name of the nearby Hillestraat is likely a toponym – 'hille' means 'hill' – we have decided to call the multifunctional building 'De Hille', after its shape".
that is equipped with a large glass façade over the entire width of the room. This façade can be opened entirely and has a view over the archers' field. The gatherings that will take place in this building will be announced through flags and banners, just like in the olden days. These will inform everyone in the area about activity when it occurs and will disappear when there are no activities in or around the building.
as a passive unmanned resting area that provides shelter and a scenic view over the convex fields. When the door curtain closes, a refuge appears; a small seat that has been incorporated into the brickwork of the wall in a mediaeval manner.
Project Name: De Oude Toren
Location: Oostelbeers – Holland
Client: Gemeente Oirschot
Program: Exhibition space, multifunctional space
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March 24, 2017
The highly-controversial special election to fill the 197th Legislative District has a winner — for now.
City Commissioner Al Schmidt tweeted the totals for write-in candidates Friday afternoon.
Emilio Vasquez, the Democrats' promoted candidate after Freddie Ramirez was kicked off the ballot, received 1,970 votes.
Green Party candidate Cheri Honkala, who was also absent from the ballot because paperwork was filed late, only received 282 votes, according to the unofficial returns.
Unofficial 197th Special Election voting machine + paper ballot write-ins:— Al Schmidt (@Commish_Schmidt) March 24, 2017
Emilio Vazquez- 1,970
Cheri Honkala- 282
It was clear after Tuesday's election that one of the two write-in candidates had won, as Republican Lucinda Little, the only candidate on the ballot, earned 198 out of the 2,681 total votes cast.
Emilio Vasquez wins the 197th District race. But candidate Cheri Honkola alleges misconduct and plans to go to Fed court @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/LCm1Bwo4Tc— Aundrea Cline-Thomas (@AClineThomas) March 24, 2017
The write-in count took place Friday morning. But before the tally, Honkala said Thursday she was filing a federal lawsuit to have the election results voided, alleging massive fraud and misconduct in the election.
West Chester attorney Samuel C. Stretton, who a filed the lawsuit on Honkala's behalf, wrote a letter to Commissioners Schmidt, Anthony Clark and Lisa M. Deeley notifying them of the campaign's intent to sue. It read, in part:
"We have evidence of at least one if not more ballot boxes at the victory party for Emilio Vasquez. I have been told of evidence of voters being intimidated in the voting booth. There is evidence of election workers such as judges of elections assisting people to vote for the democratic candidate. There is evidence of other voters being misled repeatedly and other acts of misconduct."
State Republicans called on Attorney General Josh Shapiro to investigate the election because of the alleged fraud and illegal tactics, which include accusations that Democrats handed out "write-in" stamps and staffed polling locations with unauthorized poll workers.
Local officials are already looking into the allegations. According to Metro reporter Sam Newhouse, the Philadelphia district attorney's election fraud task force announced Friday afternoon an investigation regarding the special election.
.@Philly_DAsOfc opening investigation into #specialelection197. Asking for evidence/witnesses re: mult reports of election law violations pic.twitter.com/8EFat8LD2y— Sam Newhouse (@news_haus) March 24, 2017
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09/18: Call for tenders to realize a socioeconomic analysis on marine litter best practices
Plan Bleu launches a new call for tenders to undertake a socioeconomic study on marine litter best practices to prevent/reduce single use of plastic bags and bottles
The main objective of this consultancy is to enhance knowledge on the socioeconomic aspects of single use plastics prevention/reduction measures, building on the outcomes of pilot projects where best practices to reduce / prevent single use plastics have been implemented. The goal is to go beyond the scope of the pilot areas, and to cover the whole Mediterranean basin, to the extent possible.
The consultant(s) will thus produce a socioeconomic analysis on marine litter practices to prevent/reduce single use of plastic bags and bottles, including an overall analysis for the whole Mediterranean basin, and a specific focus on best practices in pilot areas.
A binomial of consultants – a Senior Expert supported by a Junior Expert – could carry out the Consultancy and endorse together the role of "Socioeconomic analysis expert".
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GIFT-MENA at the 8th Euromed Seminar in Barcelona
The GIFT-MENA Network participated to the 8th Euromed Seminar entitled "The positioning of the Union for the Mediterranean in the Southern Neighborhood of the European Union" organized by a consortium led by the National School of Administration in France (ENA), financed by the European Union, at the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean in Barcelona from December 12 to 15, 2016.
Represented by Mr. Hakim Firadi, Director of the Institute of Finance of the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Morocco, member institution of the GIFT-MENA Network, it was an occasion from GIFT-MENA to share its experience in a round table entitled "Networking for Training, Higher Education and Research in the Mediterranean". Mr. Firadi's presentation was followed by an interactive discussion with the participants on the subjects tackled in the presentation and others highlighted by the rountable's speakers.
Speakers from the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean, EU institutions, EU Member States and neighboring countries took part in the seminar, which offerefd a rich platform for dialogue and interaction between the participants.
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The Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA) of 2012 give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to collect annual user fees from active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and finished dosage form (FDF) facilities. The fees are due on October 1 of each year. FDA must receive the full payment within 20 days of the due date.
The FY 2015 facility fees are:
- Domestic FDF facility: $247,717
- Foreign FDF facility: $262,717
- Domestic API facility: $41,926
- Foreign API facility: $56,926
What happens if FDA does not receive the payment on time?
The facility will be placed on a publicly available arrears list and no new drug submission referencing the facility will be received until the fee is paid. Along with this, all FDFs and/or APIs manufactured in the facility will be deemed misbranded, making it illegal to ship the products into interstate commerce or import them into the U.S.
Can FDA require a company to pay multiple facility fees?
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- The activities in the separate buildings must be closely related to the same business enterprise
- The two facilities must be under the supervision of the same local management
- FDA must be able to cover both facilities in a single inspection
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Niko the endangered snow leopard cub is moving into a new home at the Tulsa Zoo. Guests can see the cub beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7, in the Robert J. LaFortune WildLIFE TREK Life in the Cold building.
"At 12 weeks old, Niko is developing into a healthy and active juvenile snow leopard," says Joe Barkowski, vice president of animal conservation and science. "Our Animal Care and Animal Health teams will continue monitor Niko's behavior and development during his time on exhibit. Being a young feline means periods of high activity, like jumping and playing, paired with lots of naps. So we ask our guests for understanding if they stop by and Niko is not easily visible," Barkowski says.
The Life in the Cold exhibit is planned as a temporary home for Niko. The space, which was created for the Arctic foxes, is not suitable for a fully grown snow leopard, Barkowski says. Niko will move into a larger holding area within the zoo and the Arctic foxes will return to their exhibit sometime this fall, based on Niko's rate of growth.
Niko's birth was in conjunction with the snow leopard SSP, or the Species Survival Plan ®, which manages species in Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited zoos across the nation. Ranging in mountainous areas of Central Asia from Afghanistan to Kazakhstan and Russia to northern India and China, there are only 4,000-6,500 snow leopards left in the wild due to poaching and habitat loss.
The Tulsa Zoo will soon break ground on a new exhibit, The Hardesty Snow Leopard habitat, part of the Lost Kingdom complex, which is slated to open in 2015. The Hardesty Family Foundation made a contribution as the lead gift for the new snow leopard facility and they also chose Niko's name. This new exhibit will provide the zoo's snow leopards a state-of-the-art enclosure, while allowing guests to see the highly endangered animals up-close. The Tulsa Zoo has housed snow leopards since the 1980s, has been successfully reproducing the species since the early 1990s and supports conservation efforts in the wild.


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10th Mercosul Biennial
Messages from a New America
October 8–November 22, 2015
The 10th Mercosul Biennial, to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, has announced its roster of exhibiting artists. The participating artists were revealed at a press conference led by the biennial's Chief Curator, art historian Gaudêncio Fidelis, who was joined by José Antonio Fernandes Martins, an entrepreneur and art collector serving as the President of the Biennial, as well as the team of curators, including Adjunct Curator Márcio Tavares (Brazil) and Assistant Curators Ana Zavadil (Brazil), Fernando Davis (Argentina), Ramón Castillo Inostroza (Chile) and Raphael Fonseca (Brazil). The team also includes Educational Curator Cristián G. Gallegos (Chile). The Biennial opens on October 8, 2015 and continues through November 22, 2015.
The 10th Mercosul Biennial curatorial project is titled Messages From a New America and focuses only on the art of Latin America, reigniting the initial mission expressed by Frederico Moraes, curator of the 1st Biennial, to "re-write the history of Latin American art from a non-Eurocentric perspective." More than 20 years later, the Biennial has deeply reevaluated its political perspective by reconsidering the role it plays in the context of hundreds of Biennials existing today around the world. In order to make a more significant contribution to the field of exhibitions, especially those concerning the art of Latin America and including, but not limited to, its reception and legibility, the 10th exhibition brings to the forefront an extensive group of works representing the immense artistic contribution of the entire region.
With this innovative approach, the 10th Biennial exhibition includes more than 800 works of art that span from the early 18th century to the contemporary, carefully chosen by the curators to avoid the traditional model of Biennials that tends to prioritize national representation and new commissions over specific artworks. In addition to realigning some canonical works and adjusting their historical context, the exhibition seeks to point to a number of "blind spots" in art history that have been neglected by historiography, criticism and the many curatorial endeavors related to Latin American art. The 10th Biennial also reconsiders critical perspectives on the history of exhibitions of the artistic production of Latin America, as well as a reevaluation of traditional curatorial models of large-scale exhibitions.
"This Biennial goes against the grain by employing a radically different model for large-scale exhibitions," Mr. Fidelis said. "It also makes a political gesture by bringing together historical and contemporary works that would never have been considered affiliated by any means, challenging notions of canonicity, cultural hierarchy and historical priority. It will be a unique opportunity to see works that have never been together or connected by any means. It's a one-time-only opportunity to see these works side by side in one single exhibition; they will probably never meet each other again due to the challenges of cultural diplomacy, conservation issues and logistics. This Biennial is the result of a collaboration of hundreds of museums, collectors, gallerists, individuals and other institutions that generously lent works to make an exhibition that otherwise would not have been possible."
The 10th Biennial is conceived around four major conceptual fields over seven exhibitions dealing with several aspects of Latin American art. Those fields and exhibitions include: The Journey of Adversity (exhibitions on this section are: The Biography of Urban Life and Modernism in Parallax); The Insurgence of the Senses (exhibitions are: Neobaroque Anthropophagy, Olfactory: Smell in Art and Body Apparatuses); The Undeleting of the Tropics (exhibitions are: Dust and the World of Objects and Marginália of Form); and The Journey Continues (including the Experimental School of Curating and the Educational Project).
The Biennial is organized by Fundação Bienal do Mercosul, a private non-profit organization in Brazil. Its mission is to develop cultural and educational projects in the field of visual arts, encouraging dialogues between contemporary artists and communities.
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November 20, 2019 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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An event every month that begins at 1:30 pm on day Fourth of the month, repeating indefinitely
One event on November 20, 2019 at 1:30 pm
New and popular works of fiction are discussed and snacks are served! Join our lively group.
Selections for January – June 2020:
January 22 – The Handmaid's Tale AND The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
February 26 – The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
March 25 – CANCELED The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
April 22 – CANCELED Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
May 27 – CANCELED Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
June 24 – The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott


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Serious accident helps Dylan O'Brien understand his 'Assassin' role
Rising young movie star Dylan O'Brien was shooting "The Death Cure," the final installment in the "Maze Runner" movie series, when everything changed.
He was performing a stunt on a moving vehicle, harnessed for safety, when he was suddenly jerked into the air unexpectedly. The teen actor flew into another vehicle ... face first.
"I had a severe concussion and brain trauma," says O'Brien, calmly, though hints of something jagged poke through his polite tone. "I basically broke this whole side of my face," he says, indicating the right side of his face.
"I had to have facial reconstructive surgery. Got plates in there now. I thought that was just it, that my face was never gonna look the same again."
But it did. The surgeons did a remarkable job. In addition to the ragged start of a beard and the muscle he put on for his new film, "American Assassin," the only obvious difference now is that his face looks fuller, more grown up.
"I now look at the experience as having gotten away really luckily," he says. "A, just walking away from it. And B, getting this great doctor who took care of me and really fixed me up."
Following that experience, O'Brien, who lists among his credits "Teen Wolf" and "Deepwater Horizon," decided to take on the most physical role of his life: CIA black ops man Mitch Rapp in "American Assassin." To play the character from the best-selling Vince Flynn books, he would have to train his body and learn to fight like never before. At least, unlike the badly damaged Rapp, he wouldn't have to kill people to get his catharsis.
"This was definitely tackling it head-on," he says of putting himself through the physical rigors of the role. "I also felt more connected to the character in a way, and more informed than I ever could have been — at the same time, I was terrified to do it."
O'Brien says he learned from the film's CIA advisers of personal traumas that set them — like Rapp, and now, like O'Brien — on their paths.
"That strength comes, in a way, from having survived these traumatic incidents. Obviously, it's not every one of those guys, but I felt really connected to that."
As Rapp, O'Brien is a cold-eyed killer who doesn't even react when a noncombatant woman is killed right in front of him.
"I always wanted to try to implement these signs of pain and damage in ways like that," he says of Rapp's apparent detachment, "but it's really important that Mitch accept that what happened to him is always going to be with him, and no amount of revenge will ever heal that."
Playing a killer he couldn't previously have imagined he'd understand this way, as well as finally getting back to the set of "Death Cure," have all been part of a year of healing.
"I would have good days and bad days," he says of preparing for "Assassin." "Some days, I would show up to the gym, and my trainer would sense I was … in this place, you know? Not a good one. I would randomly have very doubtful days and panicky moments of just wanting to bow out. I had to constantly push through them. Even when I was leaving for the film.
"I had a pretty severe panic episode an hour before my flight — to the point where I didn't even know if they'd let me on the plane. But I always had a lot of support. ... My dad came with me on that flight. I don't think I would have been able to do it; he actually came out with me and was my rock."
O'Brien is clearly proud to have overcome those doubts to complete both films. Even after "Assassin," just returning to "Death Cure" almost proved to be too much.
"Inside, you're wanting to run away — you don't want to do it, you know?" he says. "It ended up being one of the best experiences of my life. I'm really glad I was able to finish it. I thought I felt relief after 'Assassin'; this was the ultimate kind of weightless. ... It had been over a year at that point since the accident, and I felt more free and like myself once I accomplished that than I had the whole year."
Michael Ordoña is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer. Twitter: @michaelordona.
"American Assassin": Opens Friday, Sept. 15, at Bay Area theaters. (R)


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So I have a confession to make and if you look closely on my nail polish posts you may have picked up on this already but I am a renowned nail biter. The habit started when I was a child, I always was very anxious and twenty years later and I'm still nibbling away whenever my nerves get the better of me, so I figured that I'd give fake nails a try with the hopes that they would help me break the habit. I have to admit that I'm still biting but I thought I'd show you the stunning nails that made me quit for a few weeks.
(I did not take this photo copyright and credit goes to rightful owners)
The packaging comes in a plastic box holding the nails, usually nails from Elegant Touch retail for £7.99 but I picked up mine from Savers for a fraction of the price (I believe it was around five pounds), although they are nearly ten pounds which is a little pricey in my opinion, you can make these last if you're careful.
The nails themselves come without glue or adhesive so you need to buy the glue, the glue is relatively cheap and really good so it is worth the extra pound or two. I used the Elegant Touch Nail Glue which works well to keep the nails in place.
In terms of the design I think it's very pretty, Elegant Touch offers a huge range of different designs so you don't have to stick with a french manicure if you find that a little dull (I also find french manicure designs on fake nails to look too bright and obviously fake).
I thought I'd struggle with the application but it was really easy, I just brush the glue onto my natural nails and underside of the fake nails, I then hold the fake nail to my actual nail and press down and hold for a few minutes to allow it to glue, once it's been a few minutes I nudge the nail to see if it moves, if it does the glue is tacky and I press down harder, if not I move onto the next.
For me personally I have really short nails (see above) so I then took some clippers and clipped these down to a size that allowed me movement and didn't impair me.
Overall I really liked these I did end up nibbling and bending them a little bit but they lasted me for at least two uses before I bent them out of shape, I would repurchase these and am looking forward to trying new designs.
The Elegant Touch Nails are available here at Boots.
I hope that you enjoyed this post and if you did please hit the like button, let me know in the comments if you use fake nails and what you think of this design.


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Ajimobi reduces over 50 aspirants to 4
Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, has narrowed down the over 50 aspirants jostling to succeed him in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to four aspirants.
Speaking in Ibadan during a visit by a delegation of Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII), led the President General, Chief Yemi Soladoye, Ajimobi maintained that all the aspirants are qualified but stated that the state required the best.
Correspondent Kunle Ojo reports that the Governor said he needs somebody who will be godly, God-fearing, caring, full of vision, and will have the courage to implement that vision.
Reacting to the statement of chief Soladoye on the review of Olubadan Chieftancy law, Ajimobi noted that he took the step in good faith adding that if given another opportunity, he would do it again.
He charged members of the council to continue to promote peace and unity among the people of Ibadan.
Earlier in his remark, the President General of the Council, Chief Yemi Soladoye appealed to the Ibadan political groups to amalgamate their interests and generate a maximum of three candidates, who must be resourceful enough to take Oyo back to its pacesetter state for the next election.
Soladoye said the council would in collaboration with the media organise issue-based public debates to enable the people to measure the potentials of the new regime to contribute to the growth, development and general wellbeing of the state and its people.


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Date: 11th Mar 2018 @ 5:03pm
I really don't know where the week has gone it has been so busy. The children have worked really hard. We are so pleased with them. At the end of the week they created a great piece of writing. In number they were concentrating on more than and less than, playing games and using numberlines. This week we are finishing off the book Arctic Explorer we are going to attempt to write the story at the end of the week. We have put lots of work into it so that the children are able to sequence the story. We have also been sequencing the words in the story.
We are going to start money, that will be interesting! We look forward to seeing you at parents' evening.
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New Facebook Seen Option | Know when your friend see your message
As sometime when we send message to our friends on Facebook and wait for their reply , and we thinks may be He/She is not present on other side or He/She is not Active.
So, Sometime our friend's try to avoid our message , Now they can easily be traced 😉 . We can easily find out Whether they have seen our chat message or not (Active).
As we have seen Facebook have always Launch new features time to time, to make their user consistent with FB usage by provide reliable and best service to attract new user . As one of the survey carried out on social networking says, Facebook account is created by approx 20 Million people monthly …So its network increases abruptly on a daily basis, as compare to other social networking site.
- Now when you chat with your friend in chat-box , you can see a "Seen" Option appearing with time below in the chat-box. This time tells us that the receiver of this message has seen our Message at a particular time
- It Shows the time when your friend had seen your message . Now if any body tries to avoid you , you can check the time of seen option in chat-box , which lets you know whether He/She had seen your message or not.
- Also, If you chat in Group on FB , you can see who's currently seen the message Or Who's Active on Chat.
You can add friend in chat-box from chat box setting option.
PS: This Feature still not announced by FB , And its enable only on some window's . I tried it on Window 7.


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The last matches of the Dutch Junior Open 2017 have been played and we know all the champions
First champion of the day and the tournament was Lojayn Gohary from Egypt who defeated Amelie Haworth in the Girls U13 final. With a clear 3-0 the Egyptian number one of the seedinglist provailed her role as favorite.
In the Boys U13 final the title went to number 2 Omar Kazzam who defeated fellow Egyptian abdallah Amr [3/4]. Already two title for Egypt and only two finals played, so far a clean sweep.
Ananta Dabke from India celebrated a great tournament by defeating number 2 seed Serena Daniel in the Girls U15 final.
Two titles for India in the U15 category after Neel Joshi, the number one seed, defeated Hassan Khalil [5/8] from England.
The first title for England during the final day was for Katie Maliff, who beat Dutch favorite Fleur Maas in a thrilling match over 5 sets.
In a battle between the numbers [3/4] seed in the Boys U17 final, American Daelum Mawjin overcame George Crowne from Canada. The Canadian got chances in the third game afte coming back from 4-10 down, but couldn't prevail.
Karina Tyma from Poland proved why she was the number 4 seed during the DJO in the Girls U19 final. An easy 3-0 victory over Eve Driver from England.
The last title of this finals day was for Curtis Malik who defeated Charles Culhane in a five game battle on centre court.
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Category Archives: Gamer Girl & Vixen
Meet the New Characters in Gamer Girl & Vixen!
Good news, everybody! Gamer Girl & Vixen Volume 2 has started production! New series artist Andrea Rosales has been given the greenlight to get started on a 9-page preview for the next volume, which I can't wait to share with you all in the weeks to come! I am very excited to be making comics again and I need to be better about using my blog to brag about my work.
For those of you who don't know, Gamer Girl & Vixen is my self-published comic that I write with my friend Kristi McDowell. We started a few years ago and managed to produce our own graphic novel, which is still available to order from our online store.
Gamer Girl & Vixen is the story of two super-villains who meet cute on the rooftops of New York and use their powers to rob celebrities!
It's also much more than that! It's an LGBTQ+ love story about two cat burglars who hook up to commit crimes and get busy! It's got character drama, romance, thievery and costumed fisticuffs!
Volume 2 is going to continue the story as our main characters get into even more trouble. Now that they're the hot new super-villains on the scene, they attract the attention of some bigger, more established baddies. I can't wait to introduce the world to our new villain: Tyrannosaurus Regina!
I am beyond thrilled at how Regina has turned out as a character. She sees herself as the Beyonce of Crime, a rising star dedicated to her work. And she sees in Gamer Girl & Vixen the chance to boost her popularity and add some new talent to her crew.
Her crew is Jurassix! They're a notorious crime band, pulling off major heists and then rocking out on stage at some underground super-villain clubs. Regina is lead vocalist, with the Hammer Sisters on guitar and bass, and Monkeyshines on drums.
And those are the major new characters for Volume 2! There will be at least one more major new character in the comic, but we don't have him fully designed just yet. And there are plenty more characters to come in the Gamer Girl & Vixen universe!
I'm going to try and do a better job of keeping you henchies up to date on new developments in my comic. You're always my strongest supporters and I hope you enjoy reading my comic as much as you enjoy reading my blog, assuming you enjoy reading my blog.
I'm just full of such assumptions!
Gamer Girl & Vixen is Coming Back!
Great news, everybody! Gamer Girl & Vixen is back on track! There's going to be more comics! My team and I had a pretty rough year since my last update, and making comics had to be pushed to the back burner. But over the past few months, we've settled into the work, added some new people and there's going to be new Gamer Girl & Vixen!
Making comics is my dream and I couldn't be happier with what we're making. We might not be setting the world on fire just yet, but I'm still so excited for our project. Over the year ahead, we're going to be working on the Gamer Girl & Vixen sequel!
First and foremost, I need to introduce our project's new artist, Andrea Rosales! Our first artist opted out of Volume 2. I wish her all the best. Andrea was recommended to us and she's taken quite well to the GG&V character designs.
We've also added Jamieson Alcorn as an editor to help us tighten up the script on Volume 2 and keep the whole project under control. And Taylor Esposito will be returning to do our lettering.
My writing partner, Kristi McDowell, and I have finished the first draft of the full script of Volume 2. The plan is to go right into another full graphic novel instead of individual issues. A full tpb will be easier to keep for posterity, and it'll just be easier to bind our whole ongoing story together.
So stay tuned to my blog going forward. I'll hopefully have a ton of new information and artwork and pages to share as we get back to work making fun comics!
6 LGBTQ Superheroes Who Can (And Should) Star in Their Own Movie
The Black Panther movie in February will mark the first major superhero release starring a black superhero. And Wonder Woman this past Spring was the first major superhero release starring a female superhero. Both of these are and were late in coming for minority representation, considering the current superhero boom is nearly 20-years-old at this point. But progress is being made, and that's going to have to be good enough.
I am eagerly looking forward to the first major superhero release with an LGBTQ hero in the lead role. But the problem is…which superhero is that even going to be?
There simply aren't that many prominent LGBTQ superheroes at either Marvel or DC. And those that are prominent are in no condition to have a feature film made about them as a solo superhero. Feel free to disagree with me, but as awesome as Batwoman is, there's no way a Warner Bros. studio executive is going to make a Batwoman movie when they could just make another Batman movie. Same goes for the likes of Catman. And while Catwoman is bisexual in the comics, she's about as bi as Wonder Woman. And two of Marvel's most prominent gay characters — Iceman and Northstar — are second and third-string X-Men, respectively. So not only are they not going to get solo films, but straight Iceman already had a good run with the X-Men franchise, and Northstar is too much like movie Quicksilver to get any sort of starring role.
A lot of existing LGBTQ characters work great for comics, but the current Marvel and DC movie franchise landscapes don't really have room for them, I'm afraid. DC can't really make a Midnighter and Apollo movie because they're clearly just knock-offs of Batman and Superman, and that's already a lot to throw at movie audiences.
But all hope is not lost! Looking over all the LGBTQ superheroes and villains out there, I think I've found six who could actually support a solo superhero film in today's Hollywood, considering all of the conditions in place! Join me after the jump to see my ideas! And I'd love to hear your own thoughts in the comments!
Meet Tyrannosaurus Regina!
Meet the latest edition to the cast of Gamer Girl & Vixen: Tyrannosaurus Regina! I'm rather proud of this character. I'm surprised nobody has ever used that name before in comics! Well this is me, claiming that name for all posterity! Tyrannosaurus Regina is the next hit villain sensation, and she'll be debuting in volume 2 of Gamer Girl & Vixen!
My writing partner, Kristi McDowell, and I are already hard at work writing the script for volume 2. And we've got artist Gemma Moody and letterer Taylor Esposito back on board. Gemma designed T-Regina up there and she looks gorgeous and killer! Gemma has such a great eye for design.
I'll have more information about volume 2 soon. Basically, Gamer Girl and Vixen are going to find out there's a lot more to being a super-villain than just going on fun capers and robbing celebrities. There are some seriously dangerous bad guys out there, and they mean business!
Volume 1 is still available to purchase. Have you read it yet? Let me know your thoughts in the comments!
Buy My Book: Gamer Girl & Vixen is Now Available!
Great news, everybody! My graphic novel, Gamer Girl & Vixen, is now available to order! After a year of raising money, writing the story, dazzling at the artwork, getting it printed and fulfilling all of our Kickstarter obligations, the first volume of my own, self-published comic is here!
And it's gorgeous!
I could not be more thrilled with how this turned out. The art is spectacular! It's colorful and crisp in all the right ways. And I'm still in love with the writing. I love this comic! I am so excited for it!
For those who don't know, Gamer Girl & Vixen is my first original comic book. It's written by myself and my writing partner Kristi McDowell, with art by Gemma Moody and lettering by Taylor Esposito.
It's about two super-villains who meet cute on the rooftops of New York and use their powers to rob celebrities! It's a fun new LGBTQ love story in a pop culture landscape that is severely lacking in those!
Through two separate Kickstarter campaigns over the past three years, we raised enough money to make a full, 100-page graphic novel. And it's beautiful. We found a really great printer and the comic looks and feels like a real graphic novel! This isn't some cheaply printed paperback. This comic will look damn good on your graphic novel shelf!
So head on over to our online store to order your own copy!
And if you want to get a preview before you buy, we offer that as well!


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The Mets signed shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria to a minor-league deal with an invite to spring training, SNY.tv's Steve Gelbs confirmed.
Hechavarria, 29, adds dept to a Mets infield that already consists of Amed Rosario, Jed Lowrie and Robinson Cano.
Last season, Hechavarria hit .247/.279/.345 with six home runs and 31 RBIs in 94 games with three teams: the Rays, Pirates and Yankees.
Hechavarria has spent most of his seven-year career as a shortstop but has also played 22 games as a third baseman and eight games as a second baseman.
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It's November 10th. We're now in the thick of NaNoWriMo.
Many shook their heads and threw up their hands during that first week. I can't blame them. NaNo is a big challenge. The first few years I peered down that trail toward the goal line, it was so far away, it was nearly invisible in the distance. I miserably gave up within days the first two years and just plain skipped it the third. It was so bad, I don't even remember the years – I repressed the whole thing.
Doesn't sound like much of a pep talk, does it?
Here's the pep part: I won the first time in 2008 when I finally tried again. I won a week early! I almost put away my keyboard five days into it, though. I was sick and miserable. The last thing I wanted to do was write a million words each day. A good friend refused to let me give up. "Just write something today. I don't care if it's 300 words. Write something." So I did. Then I crawled back into bed with my cold medicine and my teddy bear. When I woke up, I hazily did it again. A few days later, I was healthy. I was behind, sure, but I kept writing. With a little extra each day, I could catch up.
Need more pep? All right, you asked for it: my NaNo Soapbox.
Ladies and Gentlemen, behold the Spirit of NaNo!
Look beyond the fifty thousand word goal. It is not that shininess. No indeed, it is within you already. You have only to let it free and let it flow.
Does that sound ridiculous? Stay with me a minute.
It's the Power of Writing, my friends. Just feel The Power of Writing, let it flow through you, let it catch up your imagination and run out your hands without the demon of the Inner Editor making you second guess it! That is indeed the Spirit of NaNo. Grab that and you'll JUST WRITE. Here's the secret: write every day, make a habit of it and you've won the real shiny prize.
If you commit to writing when you can, writing around your obstacles toward a goal you set for yourself – that's how you embrace the Spirit of NaNo!
Stick with it, everyone, and may you all win the Real Shiny Prize.
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Bloemfontein, South Africa: we spoke to Dreams Of Nightmares later in 2017 about the first single from it's next album coming in 2018. The song 'All Eternity' is followed up now with another single; this one titled 'Forever Haunted' and including a lyric video.
News on the arrival of the full album still suggests a timely waiting period, mostly likely at the end of 2018. What we do know for the being is that the work in progress is titled Dark Shadows.
Forever Haunted: to satiate appetites
'Forever Haunted' – perhaps as its name suggests – is a matter of unfinished business. The song lives in anticipation of album number two; since, for reasons not shared, it didn't make it onto the first. Dreams Of Nightmares tells us a little bit about the song's origin:
"It is literally the first song we ever wrote as a band; and was changed and tweaked through the years until the final version in our lyric video. The song and lyrics are about facing up to your past and facing any fears – past or present – head on and not backing down. With all the negativity going on, we are trying to relay a positive message to never give up and stand up for yourself; and for what is right!" ~ Stefan Viljoen (guitar, Dreams Of Nightmares)
The lyric video was done by Christo Alberts and Dreams Of Nightmares recorded by Bartho Lubbe at Practical Audio Solutions in Bloemfontein. The only other information at this time is that Dreams Of Nightmares is working on a music video. It will be a special feature of the album's title track: 'Dark Shadows'.
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After Diolase 10™ laser treatments, Sussman's MS pain, numbness and toe curling symptoms disappear.
- Diagnosed with MS in 2004
- Treatment at USC under Dr. Leslie Weiner
- Pain, Numbness and Tingling in left hand, toes curling affecting ability to walk.
- Sister, a patient recommended Dr. Sheps
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Adventure, DAKAR, Lípez, National Parks, Potosí, travel bolivia, Uyuni, Uyuni Salt Flat
For sure you have heard that at the whole Uyuni Salt Flat & Colored Lagoons tour circuit there are not too many alternatives for accommodation, the are some basic shelters around the Salt Flat in San Juan, Puerto Chuvica, Aguaquiza and Coquesa and also others close to the Avaroa Reserve in Huayllajara and Quetena but if you require more comfortable accommodation the Tayka hotels are almost the only alternative.
It complies three eco lodges in the communities of Tahua ("Hotel de Sal"), San Pedro de Quemes ("Hotel de Piedra"), and Soniquera ("Hotel del Desierto")in the Department of Potosí. Offering the vistor a comfort stay, they`re located in marvelous natural environs between Uyuni Salt flat and the Bolivia-Chile border strategically located to make a full circuit at the zone.
At the north part of the Uyuni Salt Flat in the hills of the Tunupa Volcano we can find the "Hotel de Sal", a rustic hotel made of salt blocks.
At the south west of the Salt Falt the San Pedro de Quemes "Hotel de Piedra" is located, very close to the Burnt Village (Pueblo Quemado) with a lot of history with a war between Bolivia and Chile.
And at the border of the Eduardo Abaroa Fauna Reserve in the middle of the Siloli Desert it is located the top of the network, one of the most exotic hotels in Bolivia "Hotel del Desierto" (The Desert Hotel), in the "middle of nothing" with a magnificent landscape.
All of the hotels have private bathrooms, hot water, heating and a very good restaurant attended by the locals.


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Wage Freeze Illegal, Says Federation of Employers
The Zambia Federation of Employers has rendered shock solidarity with public service workers over the controversial wage freeze saying it is illegal.
ZFE president George Chabwera has said the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions was justified in reminding government that the wage freeze was illegal following a court ruling during the Frederick Chiluba regime.
Chabwera said it was wrong to ignore the court ruling as it had laid a clear guide on the matter.
"For sure there is a Supreme Court ruling, so that ruling is quite key we cannot just abandon it," Chabwera said.
He however said the workers' body should have tabled the matter before stakeholders before taking a position.
"What the ministry is saying is that ZCTU should have brought the matter to the tripartite consultative meeting last week on Tuesday," he said.
"As ZFE we were hoping that this matter could actually come so that we could discuss it. But even if it did not come we urge the government and others to engage in social dialogue and others are willing to conciliate on the matter."
Government has imposed a two year wage and recruitment freeze.
Chabwera said that a pay rise for workers would also serve his organization with increased funds.
"For us as employers when there is tax relief on workers, it actually helps us because the truth of the matter is we appreciate that the tax exempt threshold is standing at K3, 000 but to move it to K4, 000 will actually enable our workers take more in their pockets which is also more for us as employers even it means that the pressure to demand for more salaries to support the ZCTU will be increased from the current K3, 000 to K4, 000," he said.
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TROY — Troy Planning Commission will review two rezoning applications at its June 13 meeting.
The meeting will begin at 3:30 at City Hall.
Both rezoning applications have city staff approval and staff will recommend commission to not hold a public hearing at planning commission. City council will hold a public hearing to seek input from the community in regards to the rezoning applications. A date has not been set for those public hearings as of press time.
The first rezoning application is for 33.3712 acre lot from agriculture to R-3 single family residential. The property is located east of Washington Road and west of the Fox Harbor subdivision. The property was recently annexed into the city in October 2017. According to the application, the owner is Barbara Ernst Wilson and the property is currently under contract to be sold to Nottingham Development Inc.
The proposed R-3 single family zoning district requires minimum lot to meet or exceed 15,000 square feet.
The second rezoning application is for the rezoning of 24.936 acres located at 1823 Peters Road, which currently is the single family residence of Thomas and Patricia Robinson. The applicant is Bart Denlinger of 3 Gen D, LLC.
The parcel is located along the Troy Country Club to the west. The property is currently zoned R-1 Single Family Residential and the application seeks a rezoning to R-3 Single Family Residential.
The applicant seeks to develop the property into 22 lots with an average size of 0.652 acres or 28,400 square feet.
Other agenda items include historic district application for window signs for 24 N. Market Street and an application for 9-11 E. Main Street for exterior renovations.


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ROMA (Netflix – Dec. 14): Alfonso Cuaron is one of the master filmmakers of this era, and Roma confirms that all over again. It's a deceptively simple memory piece, a semi-autobiographical story set in the Mexico City of his youth in 1970-71, with most of the action revolving around an upper-middle-class family with three children (one assumes the youngest, who's prone to create his own fantasy histories of his past lives, is based on little Alfonso) and a live-in maid named Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio). Much of the action takes place in and around their house in the Roma district of the city, and although there are a few dramatic plotlines (an unexpected pregnancy, a marital break-up), and occasional references to larger events in the world at large, a great deal of Roma simply recreates the day-to-day life of the family. And yet the cinematic magic that Cuaron wrings from this formulaic set-up is nearly boundless. Cuaron served as his own cinematographer (working in sparking black-and-white with a digital 65mm camera) as well as co-editor and writer/director, and every shot is a thing of beauty, unerring in its framing and pace. The performers, unknown to American audiences, are wonderful, especially Aparicio and Marina de Tavira, who plays the family's mother. Cuaron, returning to Spanish-language cinema for the first time since Y Tu Mama Tambien 17 years ago, has brought all the knowledge of scale and visual spectacle that he brilliantly honed in Hollywood, and combined it with his intimate feel for the setting and subject matter. It has quite a few challenges ahead of it as part of the Oscar race, with its subtitles, black-and-white photography and unknown cast, and also because of its Netflix pedigree, which means an uncertain future in theatrical release. Yet Roma is such an overwhelming experience that it might very well be a key player anyway.
GREEN BOOK (Universal – November 21): A feel-good civil rights buddy movie that hits the spot where The Help landed a few years ago to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars and a Best Picture nomination. (Octavia Spencer, who won her Oscar for The Help, is credited as an Executive Producer here.) It's based on the true story of the elegant African-American pops pianist Don Shirley (Maharshala Ali), who needed a white driver to provide entry and protection when Shirley and his trio toured the Deep South circa 1962, and who hired Tony Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), a low-level Italian-American nightclub guy with a rapid line of patter and a quick right hook. Will the pair annoy each other at first and eventually bond? Will Tony learn important lessons about racism, and will the regal Don thaw out and start to be more easygoing thanks to Tony? Will the pair get back to New York in time for Christmas Eve dinner, as Tony promised his loving wife Dolores (Linda Cardellini) in the first act? Have you ever seen a movie before? Director Peter Farrelly, who also co-wrote the script with Nick Vallelonga (Tony's real-life son) and Brian Hayes Currie, has no interest in subtlety or visual style, but he's a walking encyclopedia about knowing how to make a joke pay off and how to pace the predictable so that it still makes the audience smile. It helps, of course, that Ali and Mortensen are at the top of their form, two actors not normally known for comedy who basically turn the movie into The Odd Couple on the road in the redneck South. Green Book (the title refers to the directory that told Northern blacks where they could eat and stay down South) is the definition of a crowd-pleaser, so prepare for the multitude of think pieces that will soon tell audiences why it is or isn't okay for them to enjoy it. (Spoiler alert: they'll enjoy it anyway.)


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In random order.
1. May we not be narcissistic in reading the Bible. May we have Christ centred hermeneutics. – The American Gospel (https://youtu.be/ocHm18wUAGU)
2. Catechism is something I want to teach my nieces and nephews and my future children. https://reformed.org/documents/index.html?mainframe=https://reformed.org/documents/cat_for_young_children.html
3. No matter how strong or clever you are, you are not your own saviour. You are not your own redeemer. That's a dead end if you're going to depend on your own strength and your own wisdom. -Dr. Bryan Chapell
4. What is the only reason that sin has any power in your life? The answer is… because you love it. – The American Gospel
5. The goal of a lecture is that you leave with information. The goal of a motivational speech is that you leave with action steps. The goal of a GOSPEL SERMON, teaching the Bible is that you leave worshipping. – J.D. GREEAR
6. The feeling of pleasure that comes after retail therapy is always short-lived. Ego always looks for something else and wants something more. -Pick Up Limes (YouTube)
7. To everyone who wants a safe, carefree life, away from danger, stay away from Jesus and His great commission. – G3 Conference 2019
8. Right where you are could be your possible mission field atm. Some, are called to go, others would have to stay, and go where they stay. Bible says go to the unreached, how sure are you that your colleague, your neighbour, you brother already heard the Gospel? – Just me.
9. "Your beauty should not consist of outward things like elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold ornaments or fine clothes." "Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God's eyes." 1Peter 3:3-4 — GRACE, PLEASE.
10. Better to be single for the rest of your life & obeying God in the gleaning of the fields than disobey God and have what has been forbidden to you. – probably heard this from Voddie Baucham
11. This is so beautiful but I forgot where I read it from. So sorry. But here it goes: It's through the deepest suffering that God has taught me the deepest lessons. If we trust Him for it, we can come into an unshakable assurance that He's in charge, He has a loving purpose, and He can transform something terrible into something wonderful.
I love You. I lay down all that I am before you, my Lord. Every regret, pain, joy, I lift them all to you. Enable me through Your Holy Spirit to offer all of me to You. I want to be living my life for Your glory. I want to love selflessly and find delight in doing so. I pray to not lose track of Your Grace. You have brought me this far, and You will take me further and deeper in this Christian faith. I am rededicating myself to You. Help me, Almighty Father. Comfort me, sustain me, strengthen me, heal me. Enable me to move forward with joy and gladness. Enable me to act upon every lesson you have taught and are yet to teach me. Keep my eyes on You, the author and perfecter of my faith. Protect and guide and save all my loved ones. In Jesus' Name I pray. Amen."
12. You are not a piece of meat to satisfy the sinful, fleshly desires of a man. -Voddie Baucham
13. If you are so committed to feeling safe, how will you ever risk your life for Jesus? If you are so fragile and cowardly, that you will shut down those who love you by speaking hard truth to you, how will you speak love to those who hate you? – John Piper
14. The consumption of social media, movies, entertainment, demands of career, the quest to consume more and more entertainment, toys, money, travel — DO NOT SATISFY. A life devoted to consumption consumes life. – J. Piper
15. With boldness therefore at the throne, Let us make all our sorrows known, And ask the aid of heavenly power, To help us in the evil hour. – Hymn from Hebrews
16. "The mercy of God is an ocean divine, a boundless and fathomless flood." Let us plunge out into the mercy of God and come to know it. I hope you believe this, because you're going to need this mercy desperately if you don't already have it. The mercy of God in Christ Jesus — amen and amen! -A.W. Tozer
17. "Self-chosen silence is the new expression of social empowerment in the digital age. Silence is freedom." https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/why-we-should-escape-social-media
18. Question: What's your fear? Me, to live in a place where my sins aren't confronted and my false decisions are tolerated. I think one of the reasons why I evidently see why my faith is ALL GRACE is because God surrounded me with people who truly cared to tell me what was wrong & told me that I was sinning.
19. For the greatest way to achieve social and cultural transformation is not by focusing on social and cultural transformation, but by giving our lives to gospel proclamation — to telling others the good news of all God has done in Christ and calling them to follow Him. The fruit of such salvation will be inevitable transformation — of lives, families, communities and even of nations. -Marshall Segal
20. If Christian dating—the intentional, selfless, and prayerful process of pursuing marriage—sounds like slavery, we don't get it. If low-commitment sexual promiscuity sounds like freedom, we don't get it. Jesus may ask more of us, but he does so to secure something far better for us. -Marshall Segal "I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him" (Phil. 3:8–9)
21. This was from NextGen KIDS CHURCH! : Truth that hurts is always better than lie that conceals, that will stress you out, won't put you to sleep & destroy your relationships. To live in a lie is to lead one to eternal destruction.
22. Our total depravity means we are in need of a perfect Savior who is able to do what we cannot do for ourselves – and the good news of the Gospel is that such salvation is available to us in the Son, Jesus Christ, who is the holy God incarnate. We may be wretched, but we can still rejoice and be sanctified. Paul affirms this in the latter part of Romans 7: "Who will save me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord!" I couldn't put it any better myself. Total depravity is a doctrine of grace because the abounding grace of God Himself is the only hope that we have. -Whole Magazine Devotion
Napakarami, napakaraming bagay na aking inangkin na inakala ko'y nakalaan para sa akin. Napakalawak ng kasakiman at kasamaang nananalaytay sa aking pagkatao. Napakalalim ng sugat na pilit na pinapagaling sa oras na hindi pa nararapat ang paghilom. Napakadaming pagkakataon na aking pinalagpas sa bawat segundong ako'y Kanyang hinahabol, habang ako ay patuloy na nagpupumiglas sa Kanyang gracia't kabutihan.
Rebelde lamang noong umpisa, hanggang sa nalulon na sa sistema ng mundo, nagpakaputa, nagpakawala, nagpa-alipin sa dimonyo. Napakamakasalanan ko, tanging alikabok at lugmok ang nararapat sa aking marupok na pagkatao.
Wala na akong pag-asa, wala ng magandang kinabukasan ang nag-aabang. Wala ng mukhang maihaharap sa Kanya, wala ng hininga, tanging maiaalay ay ang pagod na katawan, matang namumugto sa bigat ng luha na humagod sa mukhang hindi na maipinta. Wala na akong pag-asa. Wala ng saysay ang aking buhay. Yan, yan ang akala ko.
Akala ko'y walang kapatawaran ang aking mga kasalanan. Ako'y nagkamali. Sa gitna ng aking pagkakadapa, sa lalim ng pighati, sa bigat ng pagsisisi sa aking puso, Siya'y nagpakilala. Ako'y ibinangon sa pagkakadapa, sinagip, iniligtas. Ang kabayaran ng kasalanan ay kamayayan, ngunit ang biyaya ng Panginpon ay walang hanggang buhay sa pamamagitan ni Hesu Kristo, aking Diyos at Tagapagligtas.
Mapagpala at Maaawaing Ama, maraming salamat sa kapatawaran ng aking mga kasalanan. Maraming salamat sa bagong buhay na akin ng tinatamasan simula ng ako'y nagsisi sa aking mga kasalanan at inihandog sa Iyo ang aking buhay. Lahat yan ay dahil sa Iyong Garcia. Hindi ko kailanman matutumbasan ang Kabutihan mo, at mababayaran ang lahat ng pagkukulang ko. Ngunit sadyang napakabuti Mo, sapagkat Ikaw mismo ang gumawa ng paraan upang ako'y hindi manatili sa imprerno.
Espiritu Santo, ako'y Iyong patuloy na tulungan at gabayan, palalimin ang kaalaman sa Iyong salita at piliin lagi ang Iyong gawa. Sa pamamagitan mo lamang aking magagampanan ang tungkulin na bigyang pugay ang Iyong pangalan, palaganapin ang mabuting balita, mahalin ang mga taong kagaya ko. Makasalanan, na nailigtas dalawang libong taon ang nakakalipas ni Hesu Kristo, na inialay ang Kanyang dugo't katawan, ipinako sa Krus upang pagbayaran ang kasalanan ng sanlibutan, nabuhay muli pagkalaan ng tatlong araw, bumalik sa Ama, at muling bababa sa lupa balang araw, para husgahan ang mundo.
Ako'y umaasa, wala ng pagaakala, tanging kasiguraduhan at pananampalaya ang kinakapitan ng aking buong diwa. Ang bawat luha ay mawawala, ang bawat sakit ay mapapawi, balang araw ay habang buhay kong makakasama ang aking Diyos.
May pag-asa. Sa ngalan ng Ama, ni Hesu Kristo, at ng Espiritu Santo. Amen.


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Let's be honest, is "The Art of Action" project a success? Did the art meet the objective: "SHAPING VERMONT'S FUTURE THROUGH ART"? No, is my reply. Lyman Orton said in a Seven Days interview back in 2008, that the project should aim to "raise awareness and inspire a vision that will shape Vermont's social, political, environmental and/or economic future." If the piece can "catalyze action and affect change on a statewide level, so much the better. The work they produce will inspire the rest of us." I saw little vision, I was not inspired, my awareness was not raised.
I expected a revolution, what I got was some very nice paintings.
While all of the work included in The Art of Action project is skillfully executed, some paintings were dark, bleak, almost apocalyptic, maybe unconsciously so. (A MacDonald's playground yellow plastic tube slide being labeled a "cancerous colon") For others, there was little in them that said, "Vermont." They could have been a road or bridge or person in Ohio. When artists did capture images that are uniquely Vermont they were very contemporary works.
Gail Boyajian and Annemie Curlin came the closest to the objective, but still miss the target. Boyajian's paintings are future primitives with a storytelling quality. Curlin's unique perspective captures the designs of an evolving landscape.
I shared these thoughts with Alex Aldrich, the director of the Vermont Arts Council, at the reception in Montpelier. I think he was stunned and shocked. I also shared an idea with him as to what I would have created: a visual wall sculpture that merged technology, design, and landscape. He responded that I should have submitted something, to which I replied, "I didn't think my idea," which was more creative than what I was seeing, "was good enough". That's how high my expectations were. If I remember correctly some 300 artists applied for this project.
I realize that a great deal of time and energy was spent on this project, but I don't think Orton got his money's worth. He could have invested it in our youth. Given a share of the money, I would create 20 framed photos from a B & W essay taken 30 years ago of an abandoned Vermont farm, and displayed the photos in schools around Vermont, "The Disappearing Landscape of Vermont." I would give kids from the hosting schools digital cameras, letting them create photos of things that are rapidly disappearing from their landscape, preserving it, nurturing it and reshaping it. They could have presented their art in a follow up show at the school and other venues. This is the future of art in Vermont, this is inspiring a vision, and increases awareness.
Photos taken by Theodore Hoppe, top to bottom: works by Curtis Hale, Annemie Curlin, and David Brewster.


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The dangerous pull of political tribalism
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I long to belong. I want a place in the world, a way to appear in public, a context. I want a team. That's why I feel the pull of political tribalism. Yet at the same time, there's still some part of me that hankers after integrity. That is, if I choose a particular value, […]
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