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Cancers of the head and neck account for three percent of all malignancies in the United States and is the sixth most common type of cancer worldwide. Historically, the two most common risk factors for head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) were tobacco use and/or heavy alcohol consumption. Recent growing evidence strongly supports a role for human papillomavirus (HPV) in a subset (15-30%) of HNSCC and there is currently a rise in HPV-related head and neck cancers. In order to improve treatment of head and neck cancers and identify etiology-specific therapeutic targets, we applied a functional genomics based approach utilizing high-throughput RNAi (HT-RNAi) to identify genes specifically involved in growth of either HPV-positive or HPV-negative HNSCC cells. A HT-RNAi assay was developed to quantify the effects of gene specific siRNA on growth inhibition of two HPV-positive (SCC-090 and UMSCC-047) and two HPV-negative (SCC-25 and CAL-27) HNSCC cell lines. For HT-RNAi screening, the four cell lines were reverse-transfected with siRNA from a library targeting 7000 druggable genes with four siRNA per gene and assessed for growth modulation at 96 hours post transfection. The data was normalized using Z-score analysis and statistical cut-offs were set. Following data analysis, we generated a hit list of gene targets that are involved in growth of HPV-positive or HPV-negative HNSCC cells. Validation of these genes will identify potential therapeutic targets for head and neck tumors depending on their HPV status. Furthermore, these findings demonstrate the effectiveness of using HT-RNAi as a tool for the identification of etiologic-specific targets.
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MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Could a life have been saved if police response was quicker? That's a question some neighbors of Barbara Killebrew are asking.
Killebrew was stabbed to death inside her home near 24th Place and Melvina on Tuesday, June 24th -- allegedly by her boyfriend.
Police have a 52-year-old Milwaukee man in custody.
Police were called to the scene around 5:30 p.m. for a domestic incident. When they arrived, they found a woman who died as a result of multiple stab wounds.
Based on the blood the landlord found in Killebrew's apartment, the stabbing took place upstairs -- but Killebrew managed to make it downstairs to her back door.
Killebrew's downstairs neighbor, who asked that FOX6 News conceal her identity and call her Miss G, says Killebrew called for her and she opened her door.
"She was on her knees. He had her around her neck -- trying to force her back upstairs. I was in total shock. I called his name, asked him to let her go, please. Let her go, please let her go," Miss G said.
Miss G says the suspect was holding a knife, but let Killebrew go.
As Miss G continued to talk with him, Killebrew crawled into her kitchen.
Miss G called 911.
"I told them there's been a stabbing. I gave the address. I told them 'yes, please.' I said 'it's blood everywhere.' I stepped, coming outside, looking up the street. I haven't heard a siren yet," Miss G said.
But Miss G did see a neighbor across the street -- who also called 911.
"It's been 15 minutes already -- and then I got on the phone. I call again. I said 'look -- somebody please come.' I said 'oh, my Lord.' I said 'she's gonna die,'" Miss G said.
Miss G says she ended up calling 911 three times total. Her neighbor called twice.
Milwaukee police say it took them almost 22 minutes to arrive on scene.
According to Milwaukee Fire Department records, they arrived, and had to stage down the street -- waiting for police to clear the scene -- protocol with any crime.
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn issued the following statement to FOX6 News:
"Dispatch records indicate that the 911 call was received at 5:26:53PM and we had a member on the scene at 5:48:16PM. Our preliminary review shows that all District squads were either on an assignment or on their way to an assignment at the time the call was received. We are currently investigating why a squad was not redirected to this assignment earlier."
Milwaukee police say that based upon their preliminary investigation that the call in question wasn't handled within protocol, Chief Flynn addressed his command staff on Wednesday, and on Thursday -- issued a directive department-wide.
One reminder given is that any squad can be pre-empted from an assignment to handle a "Priority 1" call.
CLICK HERE to read Chief Flynn's Call Management Directive
Police say an internal investigation has begun.
Meanwhile, a fundraiser, with the goal of raising awareness of domestic violence, has been planned for Saturday, June 28th, in honor of 60-year-old Barbara Killebrew.
The "No More Pain" event is planned for 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Redemption Fellowship Church on 26th and Keefe.
All money collected will go to the Barbara Killebrew Memorial Fund.
Donations to that fund can be made at any Chase Bank branch.
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Scrambled thoughts, experiments and snippets of fun -- shaken, stirred, whipped and kneaded.
About Me
Kelly Klepfer
Change. I've learned to embrace it, ride it out til the end. Sometimes I'm kicking and screaming, other times weeping with my eyes clinched tight. Once in awhile I ride like a dog in a car, head out the window snorting what life has to offer. Mother to young adult children, a marriage of thirty years, and a desert to mountain to valley waltz with God have shaped me into someone I never imagined I'd be. Life is short and I want to live it. Tears, sighs, laughter and change. Every morsel granted to me. Scrambled, shaken or stirred.
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Simple, mundane annoyances. Little tweaks in our well-made plans. Is there a day that goes by that doesn't have its share of script changes? Some chafe and make us grit our teeth -- others are just mere bumps that we barely notice.
Those little bumps saved several lives on September 11th.
I'm very aware that those who died or were injured weren't saved by minute details and that maybe they were in the the line of fire because of a tedious series of circumstances and choices. I also struggle with the eternal weight of that statement.
When a September 11 happens, when a December 5th happens, I can't help but stop and wonder about the details in my life and the God behind them. How many situations have ended up benign by mere seconds? On the flip side, how many things have gone bad because one foolish choice eventually rolled into a huge snowball hurtling down the mountain of bad ideas?
Life is in the details. Yes. Never more true than while pondering the circumstances of a tragedy.
Friends and relatives shared the following stories. I know at least one person in each story. Two of the people, if circumstances were been different, would've left large holes in my life.
A mother feels the sudden need to pray for her grown son -- specifically that he'll be sensitive to God's prodding. Minutes later the son wanders in the men's department at Von Maur. After speaking with a salesman, the son wanders toward suits. The thought that the suits will be too expensive flits through his mind and he reverses his course and heads toward the mall entrance. As he walks down the corridor he hears construction noise. A nail gun? But the reality of the sounds soon becomes very clear.
A doctor spends her morning off running errands and looking for Christmas gifts. The hospital pages her yet again. A patient, anxious to get home, needs to see her as soon as possible. She calls the hospital and tells them she'll make one more stop and be right there. Across the crowded store, the doctor sees an old friend. Torn by the decision -- strike up a lengthy conversation or get to her patient -- she chooses to leave and take care of her patient.
A twenty-two year old girl's cell phone rings. Normally, she doesn't answer when she's in a hurry, but she does on December 5th. A friend, wondering if they could get together. It works for both their schedules, so the friend puts off going to Von Maur. Christmas shopping was Plan B, but since her friend answered the phone, Plan A won out for the day.
Three people who weren't in the line of fire because of little details. Circumstances that seemed so insignificant may have saved their lives.
Thank you, God, for being mindful of little details. Help us to trust you. And comfort those who mourn.
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- Kristi Herbranson said...
I like that you said, "Life is in the details." Stories like these are awesome. My sister shared one with me that was slightly different.
A coworker who NEVER leaves for lunch, not only left but drove way over to the Westroads to do some shopping. She ended up at VonMaur (a store she rarely shops at) in the lingerie section, near Customer Service. She saw the whole thing, saw Robbie Hawkins, saw his victims, and spent quite awhile with a woman whose husband had been shot. She was able to be by that woman's side in the midst of a tragedy. God must have wanted to use her. Whether she knows Him, I don't know. But "life is still in the details." This may be the very set of details that draws her to Him.
- Kim said...
A-men!! What a mighty God we serve!
Praying for these families....


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DUBLIN, IRELAND--(Marketwired - July 5, 2013) - Falcon Oil & Gas Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:FO)(AIM:FOG)(ESM:FAC) ("Falcon" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has repaid the full amount outstanding on its Convertible Loan Note of CAD $10.657m.
The 11% Convertible Debt was issued on 30th June 2009 to a small number of Institutional and retail debenture holders and was due to expire on the 30th June 2013. The conversion price at the time of the Issue was CAD 0.60 per common share.
The Company raised approximately US$25m in March of this year and it was always the intention to use part of the proceeds to repay the debt in full on or before its maturity date. This repayment means that the Company is now completely debt free.
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Falcon is an international oil & gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of conventional and unconventional oil and gas assets, with the current portfolio spread between Australia, South Africa and Hungary. Falcon is incorporated in British Columbia, Canada and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with a technical team based in Budapest, Hungary.
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Our footprint covers the main hubs in Europe, Israel & US.
Annick ensures the Forestay office runs like a well-oiled machine. Prior to joining the team, she spent nine years as a personal and executive assistant in Single Family Offices in Switzerland, including at Waypoint. Annick began her career as a purchasing assistant with Procter & Gamble in Geneva after having graduated with an HES Diplomas of Economist of Enterprises and a Bachelor Degree in Hospitality from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.
Annick enjoys spending her spare time with her kids, skiing and going for walks.
Prior to joining Forestay, Deborah spent four years in the private equity team at Pictet in Geneva where she focused on Funds selection and direct investments across Europe. She worked on sourcing and due diligence of buyout and growth investment opportunities in various sectors such as Technology, Consumer & Leisure and Manufacturing.
Deborah graduated with a Master of Laws and a certificate of advanced studies in legal professions from University of Geneva after a degree in Management from HEC Lausanne and Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.
Passionate about art and photography, she loves to travel, listen to good music, or perform in a play in her spare time.
Prior to forming Forestay, Fred spent 25 years in the digital space within the Bio-pharmaceutical industry running IT globally as Chief Information Officer for Serono in Geneva and then Merck KGaA in Boston and Frankfurt.
Beside his Partner duties at Forestay, Fred is also the Chief Digital Officer of Waypoint Capital Services, the business enterprise for the managers and advisers associated with the Bertarelli family. Fred holds a degree in Finance and Economics from the Geneva University.
Born in Afghanistan, raised in Thailand, Italy and Switzerland, Fred enjoys travelling the world with his family to discover new landscapes and especially fine cuisine.
Since he joined Forestay, Ndiawar spearheaded three tech investments and oversaw more than 400 opportunities. He helped develop the investment advisory framework under which Forestay is operating. Prior to that Ndiawar had various global finance and IT responsibilities in large firms in Switzerland, Germany and the US. He started his career with Deloitte in the Geneva area.
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State Superintendent Tony Smith was in Effingham Thursday to meet with Effingham High School teacher Joe Fatheree. Fatheree (seen above speaking at a press conference following his nomination) is a finalist for the Global Teacher of the Year project.
Fatheree was selected from more than 8,000 entries as one of the 50 finalists for the project, which was started in 2014 by theVarkey Foundation. Among his accolades, Fatheree was named Illinois Teacher of the Year in 2007 and was awarded the NEA's National Award for Teaching Excellence in 2009.
As a finalist for the award, the next step in the process will see a film crew of Fatheree's students putting together a video in January highlighting his teaching. That will be followed by the selection of a top 10 from the finalists, who will travel to a banquet in Dubai where the winner will be selected.


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I'm so excited about food this weekend!
Okay, I know that's nothing new. I'm always excited about food. But this weekend there are a couple of things going on that I'm really looking forward to.
First, let's just say it: coconut flour! If you've been following along on my other blog, you've already heard about this. But that doesn't make me any less excited. I think I'm going to make bread or biscuits. Something savory. Not that I don't want cookies...don't be silly. But lately I've been craving something, well, bready. I've found a couple of recipes and I'm going to try them out over the weekend. Watch Li Loves David next week for recipes.
Next, it's a UFC weekend, which means: Duffy's! Duffy's has a great gluten-free menu, and they even have primal-friendly choices. I love to cook, but sometimes, it's just nice to let someone else do the dishes, ya know?
Finally, in a word: s'mores! You heard me, s'mores! S'mores! S'mores! Say it with me, S'MORES!!
(No, I'm not very excited this...)
I was offered a free sample of Kinnikinnick's S'moreables, their gluten-free graham style cracker. Now, I don't normally eat things like this anymore, now that I'm following the Paleo Blueprint. But you know me, self-less to the core. So I decided to take one for the gluten-free team, and graciously accepted the sample.
My box arrived this week. I took one look at the ingredients, and realized that when I eat them, I'm going to be in a world of hurt. Not only do they contain rice flour and all kinds of sugar, which I now stay away from...they also have pea protein, pea starch, potato starch, pea fiber, tapioca starch, guar gum, and soy lecithin. Any one of those ingredients would mean a stomach ache. All of them together? Well...
But I did promise to try them, and write a review. Plus, I admit it, I'm curious how they taste. So I'm still gonna eat them. And I thought, if they are going to cause a reaction anyway, why not go all in? Why not make s'mores? That's right, I said it. I went there! Chocolate candy bars (soy lecithin) and marshmallows (too many things to list) cause reactions for me, too. So I'll just enjoy them all together! S'mores at my house!
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The Proteomics Protocols Handbook pp 79-85 | Cite as
Purification of Nucleoli From Lymphoma Cells and Solubilization of Nucleolar Proteins for 2-DE Separation
Differential screening of entire cell proteomes by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) often leads to the identification of several differentially expressed but functionally unrelated target proteins. Hence, this approach often fails to give a comprehensive picture of the underlying biological mechanism. Thus, the level of complexity of the entire cell proteome needs to be reduced (1). Cell fractionation is both a way of reducing complexity and a way to target a specific cellular compartment. The purification of nucleoli from three Hodgkin nonadherent lymphoma cell lines is presented here. It is based on an original method from Muramatsu and Onishi (2) and has been adapted from a protocol developed for HeLa cells (3).
KeywordsNucleolar Protein Dounce Homogenizer Nuclear Pellet Sucrose Cushion Intact Nucleus
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Sodium reduction ingredients, which are used to reduce the salt content in the food products, form an integral part of the global food additives industry. They help reduce or replace the salt content in food products. Due to the rising awareness about the ill effects of excessive sodium intake, this market is heading towards its growth. Also, government interventions and multi-sector efforts by various organizations and manufacturers towards raising public awareness about the ill effects of a high sodium diet have accelerated the sodium reduction ingredients market.
The report provides a complete analysis of the world's key players in the industry, the key sodium reduction ingredient types, applications, and geographical markets, in terms of value and volume. It includes different types of ingredients such as mineral salts, yeast extracts, and amino acids. The market is further segmented on the basis of applications such as bakery & confectionery, meat products, dairy & frozen products, and sauces, seasonings &snacks. Sodium reduction ingredients market was also segmented on the basis of geography into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World (ROW).
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Market drivers, restraints, opportunities, and burning issues are discussed in detail. The regions covered include North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico), Europe (U.K., France, Italy, The Netherlands, and Spain), Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand), and Rest of the World (Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East). The growth strategies of the market players have been identified and analyzed. The report has also discussed the market share of major players in the key countries. The top players of this industry such as Dupont (U.S.), Cargill Inc. (U.S.), Tate and Lyle PLC (U.S.), and Kerry Group PLC (Ireland) have been profiled in this report
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week's topic is Top Ten Most Anticipated 2015 Debut Novels.
This one was a bit tricky for me, there are just too many awesome books that will be out this year. I already have a ton of 2014 books I haven't even thought of reading. Am drowning in an ocean of books here. Someone rescue me.
You can almost go mad with the thought, but in the end I had my top 10. It's a mixture of fantasy, contemporary and horror books.
The blurbs were just so enticing I had to put these books on my TBR list. Plus, reading them will help me complete my Debut Author Challenge. I'm so excited.
- The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey
- Made You Up by Francesca Zappia
- Hello, I Love You by Katie. M. Stout
- Pretending to be Erica by Michelle Painshaud
- Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
- Tiny Pretty Things by Sona Charaipotra
- Shutter by Courtney Alamenda
- A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas
- The Witch Hunter by Virginia Boecker
- In a World Just Right by Jen Brooks
"feathers for hair", "magical people underground"….sign me up for that.
A story about a girl who can't tell the difference between real-life and delusions…um count me in. It's just the kind of book I want. Mostly cause I also have it hard like that.
I just want to read this because it's probably going to be cute. Popstars and the Anna and the french kiss reference just about sealed it.
So, she has the same blood type as an heiress who was kidnapped. A whole lot of Surgery later to look like Erica and BOOM, you've got yourself a book this reader wants to get swallowed up it.
Another Fairytale retelling I need to get my hands on. A world of poverty stricken Reds and probably power-hungry silvers. "All aboard the Red Queen express" Choochoo :D.
Can anyone say "Pretty Little Liars"? Lol. I love PLL and I get the feeling I'll love this book too.
This is one I'm looked most forward to reading. The tag was horror and I haven't read enough of this genre.
It had me at "fairytale retelling".
After the movie Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters…this was just a must read for me.
Another cute read I know I'll really enjoy.
I gotta confess though, most of them seem like they might just be on my Wishlist. At the cost of shipping rates to my far far far far off little country, I might just deplete my savings. Lol
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Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad--in order that God's purpose in election might stand: not by works but by Him who calls--she was told, "The older will serve the younger"[Genesis 25:23]. Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated"[Malachi 1:2-3].
V11-12 – What is God's purpose in election? That God would be the determiner of everything, including who is saved – that He might get all the glory for the salvation of His people. Paul now explains why some receive Christ as Messiah and others do not. And we might expect him to say, "Well, some people have faith and others do not." And Paul loves to talk about faith; in fact, he'll do just that toward the end of chapter 9 and into chapter 10, so we'll study the importance of an individual's trust in Christ for salvation. But Paul doesn't even mention faith here. He doesn't say anything about an individual's choice to believe. Rather, he points to the sovereign choice of God. We might expect Paul to say, "not by works but by faith," and he does say this when he talks about justification. We saw that in chapter 4 of Romans. But here, when talking about election to salvation, he says, "not by works but by Him who calls." Election is unconditional. Justification is conditional. There is no condition that causes God to elect a person, not even foreseen faith. But in order to be justified, we must exhibit faith. Before we can be justified we must believe on Jesus Christ. But before we can believe on Jesus Christ we must be chosen and called. God does not choose us because we will believe. He chooses us so that we will believe.
Why the distinction within Israel, why Isaac and not Ishmael? Why Jacob and not Esau? The difference, says Paul, is not to be found in foreseen deeds or even faith; rather it's to be found in God's choice. And the difference has a purpose. The distinction within the visible covenant community is in order to display God's purpose and choice for His glory. God chose Jacob in order to teach the mystery of election that God is sovereign in dispensing His mercy. Even before birth He predestines those who will receive His saving grace, and Jacob was chosen for the very purpose of demonstrating that God's grace is God's choice. Paul's answer emphasizes God: God's choice, God's purpose, God's calling. And it's not hard to understand; it's just hard to accept. And the question is for as well. Why do some people believe the wonderful message of the Gospel and not others? Paul tells us in 2 Thessalonians 2:13. "God chose us from the beginning to be saved … [how] … through belief in the truth."
Before we move on to v13, let me remind you – it is not what I'm saying that's upholding Calvinist soteriology; it is the Word of God written by Paul. And it's not just here. It's from the words of Christ as well, recorded by John's pen (John 8,10). Peter understood it by evidence of his writing to "the elect." Luke grasped it when he stated that it is by grace that men believe the Gospel (Acts 18:27). Calvinist soteriology is Biblical soteriology; and if you resist this particular Bible truth, you miss out on a very precious and comforting teaching. By emphasizing this, Paul is making clear that God's grace does not find its origins in us. God's grace is not compelled by something in us or by something that we do or even by the faith that we have, but God's grace is self-originating. God's love falls upon us out of the infinite bounds of His own heart of compassion and it's not moved by something that we have done and hence it can not be turned away because of something that we do. Even before the foundation of the world, He has set his saving, redemptive love on His elect.
V13 – Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated. Before they were born, before they had done anything right or wrong, God chose Jacob and not Esau. He discriminated between them, He gave preferential treatment. When Paul quotes Malachi saying, "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated," how should we understand the word "hate"? Compare Luke 14:26 with Matthew 10:37 (our love for the Lord must be so great that our love for anyone else becomes as hatred in comparison). Another very helpful passage is Genesis 29:16-18,30,33. Jacob chose Rachel. He chose to love her. Leah was hated in the sense that she was not chosen. Thus for God to say, "I hate Esau," means "I have not chosen Esau," and to say, "I love Jacob," means "I have chosen Jacob; My promises and blessings will be fulfilled in him and in his seed after him." And so the issue here in Romans 9 is this: Who has God chosen to love savingly (by electing them to salvation) and why? Paul's main point is this: Jacobs's election did not depend on his godliness, his birthright, or even his foreseen faith. It depended solely on God, Who chose Jacob for His own purpose, on which Paul will elaborate later in c9.
The question people usually ask when having this text explained to them this way is one of curiosity and concern that Esau was not loved the same way as Jacob: "Why was Esau hated; he wasn't given a fair chance?" But that's the wrong question. The question to ask is not, "Why is Esau hated?" The question is, "Why is Jacob loved? Why is Jacob chosen?" And this is our confession as believers that we don't deserve God's favor. We don't deserve this kind of mercy. We deserve to be hated like Esau – even before we were born or had done good or evil, because we're descendents of Adam – going back to Romans 5 and the imputation of Adam's sin to our account. We're sinful from conception and by nature deserving of the eternal wrath of God. It's not, "Why isn't everybody loved in the same way by God?" Rather it's, "Why are we loved with effectual saving love?" Why weren't we hated before we were born? Because "God chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He predestined us to be adopted as His sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will—to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves" (Eph 1:4-6). It's not about us; it's all of God.
And lastly, if you are building up steam thinking that this interpretation of this text is faulty, thinking that my interpretation would lead to God being unfair, then you are right in line with Paul's audience, because Paul will now answer a question that is probably in your mind. We'll look at it next time.
Friday, March 02, 2007
Romans 9:11-13
Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad--in order that God's purpose in election might stand: not by works but by Him who calls--she was told, "The older will serve the younger"[Genesis 25:23]. Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated"[Malachi 1:2-3].
Thursday, March 01, 2007
Romans 9:6-10
It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned" [Genesis 21:12]. In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring. For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son" [Genesis 18:10,14]. Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac.
V6 – God's word has not failed, because not all Israel is Israel. Paul is addressing the questions, "Why are the Jews not receiving their King? Have God's promises to His people failed?" The prophets answered this Old Testament dilemma by pointing to God's future activities: He would bring a remnant back to the Promised Land from the captivities, He would send a Savior. So it was a timing thing. But Paul's problem was bigger, because according to his Gospel, the time had come and gone. The Israelites, though looking for this promised Savior (and looking for this promised restoration of control of the land), rejected Him when He appeared. And now Paul's audience wants to know how this could have happened without God doing something about it. It appears as if God's promise failed! And the key to understanding Paul's first answer to this supposed problem is the doctrine of election. (Paul will give three answers, just about corresponding with each of these three chapters: God's sovereignty (election) in chapter 9, Man's accountability in chapter 10, God's plan and eternal decree in chapter 11).
Paul says that God's promises to Israel have not failed, because not all Israel is Israel. What does that mean? Paul will say it in an additional way in v7-8 (God's children are not such simply because they descend physically from Abraham). And he's already said it earlier in Romans in another way. Romans 2:28-29 "A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code." It doesn't matter whether you're a physical Israelite, unless your heart has been changed. Paul is saying that the covenant promises of God have always found their fulfillment in a subset of the people of Israel. They are not fulfilled in such a way that every physically-born Israelite is counted a child of God. But there has always been a remnant, a believing group within God's people. There is the external community, many of whom simply go through the motion, and there is within that external community many who truly trust in the living God, have believed His promises, and enjoy the blessing of His salvation. This is true of the church today.
V7-8 – Natural descendants of Abraham are not necessarily God's elect; rather the elect are regarded as the true descendants of Abraham. Paul says that not all of Abraham's offspring are children of the promise; rather the children of the promise are regarded as Abraham's true offspring. This is nothing new. Paul writes the same thing in Galatians 4:22-28 and elsewhere. John 8:33-44 records Jesus' words saying virtually the same thing. Jesus says to the Jewish leaders, "You are descendants of Abraham, but your father is the devil." Now it is important to note here that there may be promises for all physical descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, for all physical Jews. That is not my concern now, nor was it Paul's. Paul is talking about the promise of salvation. Remember the questions: "Why aren't all the Jews receiving Jesus Christ as their Messiah? Why aren't they all being saved? What about Israel in this plan of redemption?" And the answer is that the promise of the Kingdom of God is not for all Jews, but only for the children of the promise – God's elect.
V9-10 – It's on God's terms that the promise will be honored. Paul quotes from the Old Testament over 60 times in Romans. Here he turns to Genesis to provide three evidences of the truth of his teaching on election, pointing out first that God decided how and when to bless Abraham with offspring. Remember the promise to Abraham was that he would be the father of many nations – and this promise was made before Abraham displayed faith, indeed while he was an idol-worshipping Mesopotamian. Yet God determined to make it happen His way – not through Ishmael – the half-breed firstborn, but secondly through Isaac, not through Hagar, but through Sarah. And if that evidence wasn't enough (because Isaac was pure-bred and Ishmael was not), Paul points thirdly to Rebekah and Isaac having twins. And it's true that both twins were actual, physical, pure-bred descendants of Abraham – even of Isaac. But only one was a child of the promise – and it wasn't even the first-born! It was Jacob, not Esau. We'll look at the implications of this reality next time.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Romans 9:4-5
[Regarding the people of Israel,] Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised [or Christ, who is over all. God be forever praised! Or Christ. God who is over all be forever praised!]! Amen.
Paul is continuing this list of benefits of being a natural Jew that he began back in chapter 3:1-2: "What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God." They have (1) the very Word of God entrusted to them (from chapter 3) – they were the custodians and the majority writers (perhaps all except Luke), (2) the adoption as sons – the Lord, passing by other nations, had selected them as a people to Himself and had adopted them as His children (Exodus 4:22; Jeremiah 31:9); note also that this adoption is "national" and not "individual" as Paul has explained in Romans 8:15,23, (3) the divine glory – the presence of God between the cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant (the mercy seat) (1 Samuel 4:22); God Himself dwelled with the nation of Israel, (4) the covenants – the official dealings of God with His people (specifically Abraham and Moses and David); only the covenant with Noah belonged to all the nations – all other covenants (besides the New Covenant) belonged solely to Israel, (5) the receiving of the law (only the Jews were given the law at Mt. Sinai, and God Himself was their Lawgiver – see Deuteronomy 4:8), (6) the temple worship (commands issued by God Himself regarding how to appropriately worship Him); the other nations were ignorant regarding true worship of God (in Spirit and in truth), (7) the promises – the less official dealings of God with His people (all the Jewish people, not just Abraham); (ie, the Promised Land) see Isaiah 41:8-10, (8) the patriarchs – it is a blessing to be descendant from extraordinary men and women (Acts 3:25); God Himself identified with these patriarchs – claiming "I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," and finally, (9) the human ancestry of Christ – how amazing it is to consider that God Incarnate chose to enter His creation through a particular ancestry, that of His chosen nation, Israel.
What did Israel do with all of these benefits? (1) They disbelieved the word and stumbled over the message; (2) they dishonored and despised God as their Father; (3) they placed no value on the presence of God in their midst; (4) they lost sight of God's covenant commitments; (5) they broke God's law; (6) their worship lost its reality and became an empty ritual; (7) the great promises were not mixed with faith (Hebrews 3:18-4:2); (8) they did not follow in the steps of faithful Abraham who believed God (Romans 4:11-12); and last, (9) they crucified their own Messiah (Matthew 27:22; John 19:15-16; 1 Thessalonians 2:14-15). "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded" (Luke 12:47-48). The Israelites were given much, and much was/is required of them.
Paul has two points in giving this list of benefits of being a natural Jew: First, he is reminding his audience that God's covenant privileges are real even when they are not embraced. Second, he is at the same time suggesting that the benefits must never be presumed upon. Paul is saying, "It doesn't matter what privileges and advantages you've had; if you have not embraced Christ, you have no part of Him or of the blessing of God." We should never discount the significance of the means of grace, even when people neglect, abuse, or reject them. And we should never presume that we are guaranteed salvation just because we have the privilege of being a part of a congregation that loves the Lord and His word and teaches the Bible in the pulpit and the classroom.
There is one more thing about this list. Some theologians, like John Piper, teach that these benefits of being a Jew apply to all believers, thus making us Jews in a sense. (1) We have the Word of God that speaks to us. The Word doesn't influence non-believers in the same way. (2) We certainly have been adopted (individually per Romans 8 and not nationally) as sons through Christ. Piper would say that believers are the "True Israel", and thus make it also a national election of the true church. (3) We have the divine glory to look forward to – a future glory and not a past glory. (4) We have the New Covenant in Christ. (5) We are not under the law of God, but we are under the law of Christ. Indeed the law has accomplished its purpose by leading us to Christ. (6) We must worship God accordingly – in Spirit and in truth. Christ fulfilled our temple worship and welcomes us into fellowship. (7) All of God's promises to us are "Yes" in Christ (2 Corinthians 1:20). (8) Everything promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob belongs to the believer as an heir of the promise. (9) Jesus was Jewish according to the flesh, but we are in Him and He is in us through faith.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Romans 9:1-3
I speak the truth in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit--I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, the people of Israel.
Chapters 9-11 of Romans form a unit. The subject matter of these three chapters is Israel, both as a spiritual people and a physical nation. These chapters are somewhat parenthetical. The flow of thought could have gone from chapter 8 right into chapter 12. In the first eight chapters Paul has set forth the Gospel of God, that is, the bad news of the sinful state of all mankind (Romans 1-3), the good news of justification (Romans 3-5), sanctification (Romans 6-8) and glorification (Romans 8). In chapter 12 he deals with the practical implications of the Gospel (how the truth of the Gospel ought to affect our daily living toward God and toward our neighbors). Meanwhile Paul gives us a helpful three-chapter aside, beginning with great sorrow and ending with a famous doxology, so we can (and Paul's audience at the time could) better understand where the nation Israel fits into the purpose and plan of God.
This is as difficult a portion of Scripture as most people will ever come across. It's not difficult for most to understand; but accepting what Paul says takes some extra grace in the heart. Also, this is the place to turn if you're looking for Biblical answers to the hard theological questions regarding salvation. There is no place in the Bible that more systematically or comprehensively addresses soteriological issues than Romans 9-11. Lastly, we'll be talking about God's sovereignty in salvation, and I love to talk about God's sovereignty. Talking about God's sovereignty exalts His grace, and this is a great place to focus on that. God's sovereign grace is not the only thing we've talked about in the course of our Romans study. But it does come up quite often. When you talk about Paul's Gospel, God's sovereignty comes up a lot. So, notice several points in these verses:
V1-3 – Paul offers a prologue to a problem. The problem stems from what was said at the end of chapter 8. His audience is wondering how or why, if nothing can separate "us" from God and His love, are so many, indeed the majority, of God's special people – the Jews – rejecting the Messiah preached by Paul, rejecting the message of Paul's Gospel. Why are Paul's kinsmen in the flesh not embracing Jesus as their Redeemer? And this is a significant problem. The question is this: What about Israel? Are God's promises to "us" failing? This is essentially the question that so many of the Old Testament prophets wrestled with. Isaiah and Jeremiah and Ezekiel, and most of the Minor Prophets, wrote answers to how God purposed certain events in light of the promises that He made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and David. We'll look at three answers Paul gives to this problem in this three-chapter portion of Romans.
First though, Paul offers his heart. And does so in order to soften us for the teaching he is about to give on election. And it works. His teaching, like Christ's, is hard – not hard to understand, just hard to accept. And so by revealing his feelings towards the Jewish people, Paul is preparing his audience for his hard-to-accept teaching on election. Paul shows his heart of love and mercy and compassion toward the lost, and that's exactly what a sound understanding of the doctrine of election should produce.
In v1-5, Paul seems to be responding to a charge that has been brought against him. The charge is this: "Paul, you don't care about your people, you have abandoned and rejected your own heritage by preaching this Gospel, by going to the Gentiles. By saying the same things that you have said about Israel and about Israel's spiritual leaders, you have rejected Judaism, you have rejected Israel, you have turned your back on your own people, you don't care about them." So Paul is saying, "Before I get into this explanation, I want you understand what I really think about my people. I want you to see a glimpse of my heart." Indeed he agonizes over them. He rebuts this charge of having antipathy for Israel by asserting in the most emphatic way imaginable his love for Israel – to the point of almost wishing he was accursed or lost for their salvation, and the word he uses is "anathema." I say "almost" because Paul could wish himself accursed. He doesn't. He knows it's impossible for him to be accursed.
John 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." Paul had a heart of mercy and the attitude that he would lay down his life for his fellow countrymen, just like Moses (Exodus 32:32), just like Christ; and we should too have a heart of mercy toward the lost. Jesus said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." But we could also reverse that statement and say, "Blessed are those who have been shown mercy for they will be merciful." It ought to be true! If we really understand the doctrine of election, we will not be judgmental or proud; we will be messengers of God's mercy. "What does the Lord require of you, but to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God" (Micah 6:8)? Are you merciful? Do you have a heart of mercy? Are you humble? Why?
Monday, February 26, 2007
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered' [Psalm 44:22]. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons [or heavenly rulers], neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Again Paul offers a rhetorical question, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?" And this time, it includes a relational illustration. Not only are the elect judicially certain of God's unchanging love, but they are relationally certain of it as well. You might hear from some people that God is relational, like a father, and that excludes Him from being impersonal, like a judge. They'll say God is more loving than He is just. Yet Paul paints both pictures of God, the father and the judge, side-by-side. They both describe God, and we can't take one without the other. And of course this rhetorical question, like the others, answers a point that Paul already made.
What does sin do, according to Paul? Sin separates us from God. So Paul has worked in this letter to the Romans to show how God has dealt with sin through Christ, and make the point that, if sin has been dealt with in Jesus Christ, and if we're united to Christ, then sin itself can no longer separate us from God's love. Neither can anything or anyone else. This is supremely seen in Jesus' cry of separation from the cross. Matthew 27:46 "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" Paul is reminding us that since Jesus has experienced separation on our behalf, we in union with Christ will never experience that separation from God. We will never experience that separation, because He endured separation and secured salvation for us.
First, the emphasis here is on Christ's love for us, God's love for us, not on our love for Christ or God. If our assurance or security depended on the consistency and the quality of our love to Christ, none of us would ever be assured. Paul is saying that God's love for us actually secures our assurance of salvation and our servitude. And then, having pointed us to the love of God, because our security resides not in circumstances, but in something that flows eternally from the heart of God towards His people, Paul is able to say that no circumstance can interrupt, or defeat, or overthrow that love. No earthly circumstance can separate us from the love of Christ, because the certainty of that love doesn't depend on circumstances or on our love. It depends upon the unchangeableness of God's saving love.
Second, many Christians will say, "God has really helped me to endure some of the most difficult trials of life," or, "Those trials made me stronger, going through that hard thing made me stronger." And nothing is wrong with those statements, unless they think that the trials actually produced the grace. And Paul says, "I'm saying more than that. I'm saying that you are more than conquerors in all these things." Now that's an amazing statement. But what does it mean? "More than conquerors" in trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger, and sword doesn't seem like much to us, because, let's face it, we haven't experienced many or much of those things. We certainly haven't experienced famine, nakedness, danger, or sword…yet. Perhaps these things are coming, even in the Western world. Consider that the 20th century has seen more Christian martyrs, folks killed for their faith, than the previous 19 centuries combined. That's astounding! And we might not physically be among them, but they are among us. And we suffer as a Body. And when believers are persecuted, it signifies that we are joining in the fellowship of His sufferings. It's a sign of our union with Christ, and Paul understood this intensely and experientially. Believers share in and are united with Christ in His sufferings, not only in His benefits. And so suffering persecution is a function with union with Christ. But how are we "more than conquerors"?
It's not that you just barely get by, by the skin of your teeth. You're a hyper-conqueror. And it's not just in the good things. It's in all the bad things, all the adversities you could list right now. In all things, God has made you to be more than conquerors. But He hasn't done it through those things; He's done it through the love of Christ. Through Christ's love as exercised and exhibited in the cross, you are more than conquerors. Paul is saying that in those experiences we are made more than conquerors—not in spite of those experiences, but in them. Precisely because God decreed that trial X should happen, God made you to conquer in an extraordinary way. And furthermore, it wasn't the trial itself that produced the character in you. It was the grace of God working in the trial. It was "through Him Who loved us."
Jesus said, "In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." Christ was more than a conqueror, and in Him, united to Him, we are as well. There's the union with Christ again. Consider 2 Corinthians 11; Paul defends himself to his audience, describing himself as weak and boasting in God. When we think of Paul, we should think of a weak little man. And then we should think of what God in His might and power has done in and through and by weak little Paul. And then we see that God's power is perfected in weakness, through union with Christ, through God's work in His people.
Finally, notice that Paul has explained that no earthly thing or person can separate us from the love of Christ. Now he broadens the picture. Nothing in all of creation, including supernatural beings, can separate us from God's love in Christ. Paul offers great encouragement as Romans 8 closes. He lists ten things that cannot stand in the way. And these ten things include everything that we can think of. In fact, nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ.
How then are some separated from God for eternity in hell? Well, God's wrath remained on them. It was never removed by Christ. They were never part of the "us." They were never counted among the elect. Jesus will say to them, "Depart from Me. I never knew you." They were never united to Christ. And this doesn't sound very humble of "us" to say such things. It sounds boastful, arrogant, snobbish, as if we were better or more deserving that those who are not included. It seems unfair that God would include some and not others. How can God send Christ to pay the punishment price of sin for some and not others? And given Paul's audience, we might expect Paul to go into an explanation of how Jews relate to Gentiles in this issue of election and how God chooses some and not others. Picture his audience asking, "What about Israel?" And wouldn't you know it? That's exactly what Paul will do, in chapters 9-11. He'll answer the question, "What about Israel?" We'll begin to look at that next time.


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HAVANA, July 31th Critics of President Obama's diplomatic thaw with Cuba are questioning why a top official with the U.S. government office charged with maintaining the trade embargo and leveling sanctions against Cuba was in Continue reading
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Eleven Cuban People Sentenced because of Drug Trafficking
Havana, Jul 30 (PL) Cuban judicial authorities sentenced 11 people to penal sentences going from 15 to 30 years of prison, because of drug trafficking, linked with international purchasers, said Cuban newspaper GRANMA here Friday.
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Cuban Dance Company Premieres Two New Pieces
Havana, Jul 30 (PL) The Cuban dance company "Danza Contemporanea de Cuba" – one of the major companies in this island – will premiere two new pieces by local choreographers Julio Cesar Iglesias and Norge Cedeno.
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JetBlue launches $99 flights to Santa Clara
HAVANA,July 29th Low-cost airline JetBlue Airways announced Thursday that it will start its commercial flights to Cuba next month.
As long as the Cuban government approves, JetBlue will become the first U.S. commercial airline to fly to Cuba in more than half a century on Aug. 31.
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Venezuela cuts oil shipments to Cuba forcing Havana looking to U.S.
HAVANA, July 28th Venezuela's grim situation is impacting not only millions of households around the country — it is also sending panic waves across the Caribbean all the way to Cuba, a solid ally that for decades now has relied heavily on Chavismo's generosity.
Cuba, has alienated itself from the rest of the world and has largely relied on Venezuela to stay financially afloat. But Venezuela's falling oil prices is causing Cuba to distance itself from the South American country.
So far this year Venezuelan oil shipments to the island have declined by 19.5 percent, forcing an energy rationing that is reminding people of the early 90s, when the Soviet Union dissolved and Cuba lost its top provider almost overnight.
Now with Venezuela's wealth slowly fading away, the geopolitical chessboard may change in a way that some say will inevitably drive Havana closer to the U.S.
"Venezuela's inability to help Cuba creates a void that will very likely be filled by the U.S.," said foreign policy expert Giovanna De Michelle to Fox News Latino.
"Cuba's opening to foreign investment has been slow, but now they don't have another option if you consider Venezuela's grim situation," said Felix Arellano, also an internationalist.
Venezuela and Cuba started strengthening ties soon after Hugo Chavez, a socialist and open admirer of Fidel Castro, came to power in 1999. The alliance, fueled by a close personal friendship, helped the Castro brothers keep the island afloat amid the Soviet Union domino collapse.
Currently – and for more than a decade now – Venezuela supplies more than 50 percent of the island's intake of oil at very preferential terms. In exchange, starting 2003 Cuba started providing human resources to Venezuela, mostly teachers and medical doctors to support Chavez's various social programs, like Barrio Adentro and Misión Robinson, which focused on reducing analphabetism.
According to the most recent information available, in 2013 Venezuela provided Cuba with 99,000 barrels of crude oil a day. To date, Cuba has sent approximately 200,000 workers to Venezuela.
This oil-for-workers deal greatly benefitted both Castro's and Chavez's agendas: while Cuba kept running on cheap oil, Venezuela found a way to secure and preserve the social programs that are the backbone of Chavismo.
After Chavez died in 2013, his handpicked successor Nicolas Maduro kept the close relationship with Fidel and Raul Castro — according to an FNL count, Maduro has visited Cuba 15 times since becoming president three years ago.
"The new economic scenario doesn't mean that political relations between Cuba and Venezuela will turn sour," according to foreign analyst Edgar Otalvora. "Ideologically, they will remain close," he said, pointing at Raul Castro's cautious speech before the National Assembly on July 8th.
However, Castro did turn heads when he acknowledged the repercussions that Venezuela's deepening crisis is having on Cuba.
He said Cuba's economy grew just 1 percent in the first part of the year, half of what the government had planned for, due in part to "a certain contraction in the fuel supplies agreed upon with Venezuela, despite the firm will of President Maduro and his government to fulfill them."
"Logically that has caused additional tensions in the functioning of the Cuban economy," Castro told the National Assembly.
Analysts say the severity of the financial and political crisis in Venezuela may force Cuba to change course sooner rather than later.
"Havana needs to also start drawing investments from Europe, Brazil, Canada and China," Arellano told FNL. "The down part for the Castro brothers is that this might require political changes in the near future."
As for the U.S., it is very likely Washington will keep pushing to increase its influence in Cuba regardless of November's election outcome.
"American investors are betting big on Cuba, which will probably result in the ease of the U.S. embargo [over the island] in the near future," De Michelle said.
"This will improve the wellbeing of the Cuban people and will make Venezuela's aid less necessary," the expert added.
Another scenario is that Venezuela's opposition keeps gaining ground and, if and when in power, brings to a halt the financial aid it has publicly condemned more than once — many say Cuba is benefitting way more than Venezuela with the current arrangement.
"The loss of the Cuban doctors wouldn't be such a big problem for Venezuela, given the fact that some of them just work as spies and they can be replaced with our own doctors," Arellano said.
On top of this, it is no that secret many of these social workers have used their appointment to Venezuela as an opportunity to flee the island's regime.
According to Colombian authorities, in 2015 as many as 720 Cuban medical doctors entered to their territory from Venezuela. Hundreds of them then requested U.S. visas.
Cuba honors Fidel Castro on National Rebellion Day
HAVANA,July 27th (EFE) Cuba celebrates Tuesday its National Rebellion Day, one of the most important events on the country's revolutionary calendar, with massive festivities in the central Cuban city of Sancti Spiritus honoring the ex-president and "historic leader of the revolution," Fidel Continue reading
Virtual Reality Takes You To Cuban Raves
HAVANA, July 26th Fifer Garbesi is creating a virtual Cuban rave.
She's making a virtual reality film about the Cuban electronic music scene which so impressed her when she studied filmmaking on the island in the Spring of 2015, because she thinks there's something special about electronic music concerts in Cuba.
"I really want to show that this music adopted these different sounds from around the world," said Garbesi. "But also incorporated this incredible Cuban tradition of amazing percussion."DJ Joyvan Guevara spins at the recent VR Festival in Havana. CREDIT COURTESY OF JOYCE LANXIN ZHAO
Take the song "Arroz con Pollo" by DJ Joyvan Guevara, or DJoy de Cuba. The production techniques he uses were developed in nightclubs in cities like Berlin and Chicago. But the rhythms, and the food references, are distinctly Cuban. You can listen below.
Guevara got his start after German producers visited Cuba and left behind some of their music. He became a pioneer in Cuban electronic music, throwing big beach parties in the early 2000s. Gabresi calls him "the Godfather of Cuban electronic music."
The concert experience on the island is different too.
"These people know how to party, and I love that nobody's on their phones," she told me. "Everybody's jamming out together."
There are a number of conditions of life in Cuba today that make the concert experience different. Lack of access to technology means people aren't Snapchatting the concert, but it also means that it's harder for DJs to get their hands on nice equipment.
I lived in Cuba this spring, and I went to some of these independent electronic music shows. Most went along the lines of one I went to at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA), an exclusive Cuban arts university: An aspiring DJ set up two big speakers, strobe lights, and projected an art film that he made on the ceiling.
His eyes lit up as classmates walked across the school grounds to dance and he tried to adjust his equipment.
This is a video that a friend took of the concert.
The setting made this concert stand out in my mind. ISA was built after the revolution and is an architectural landmark. Long, low, open brick buildings curve around on an old golf course. Most of the buildings are now abandoned and decaying and this background brought to mind the ambitions and failures of the Cuban revolution, even as I jumped higher and higher to the music or shielded my eyes from strobe lights.
It is this experience that Fifer Garbesi wants to recreate with virtual reality for others to see and feel back in the U.S. The technology allows the viewer to look around, and be part of a scene in a way conventional film can't.
"Just like electronic music, it is technology completely blowing your mind," Garbesi said of virtual reality technology, or VR.
She isn't the first person to bring Cuban stories to the U.S. through VR. In 2014, two Miami filmmakers shot a film on an earlier version of VR called Oculus Rift.
USA Today also went to Cuba and shot a film in VR last fall. They were using it to promote new virtual reality content at a recent jazz festival in Upstate New York. Participants could choose downhill skiing, flying with the Blue Angels, Indy car racing, or a trip to Cuba.
"Everybody likes it because it's immersive," he said. "They don't know what they're about to see and for eight minutes they're totally somewhere else."
The tour allows the viewer to look around in a few notable Cuban scenes, like a famous restaurant or a cruise on Havana's seaside road. Caulkins tried it and he talks about it in a way similar to American tourists when they see the island.
"I'd always heard that Cubans take really good care of their cars and to see that was really cool," he said. "You know that it [the film] was shot only 8 months ago and you look around and it looks like it was shot in the seventies."
But this isn't the kind of virtual reality work on Cuba that Fifer Garbesi is excited about. She thinks the images are cliché and reinforce American stereotypes. She hopes to instead tell the island's authentic story.
"Frankly, it would have been better if a Cuban made the film that I made," Garbesi said. "But I try to work very closely with these Cuban producers to not slant their story in any way."
Participants of the recent VR Film Festival in Havana. CREDIT COURTESY OF JOYCE LANXIN ZHAO
As part of her efforts to make it easier for Cuban filmmakers to make films in virtual reality, she held a small film festival this Spring, showing sample films and walking participants through how the films were made.
Virtual reality technology is advancing quickly but many Cuban filmmakers already have what they need: a wide-lens digital camera and timer and software they can download from the internet. Right now, the lowest price most Cubans can get for internet access is two dollars an hour, unless they have access through a government job. That's cheaper than it used to be, which is important for virtual reality because filmmakers need software that they can download from the internet.
Fifer said participants at the VR festival were especially interested in seeing New York City. They also want to use the technology to see the things they can't yet because of travel restrictions or because they don't have the money.
Pedro Martin, a Havana-based filmmaker, said that seeing VR was a big deal for his Cuban friends.
"For them it was like traveling to another dimension," he said. "making wider the access to have better opportunities as filmmakers, as artists." Martin said he knows of a couple VR setups being used by Cubans and he's working hard to show VR films at the Havana International Film Festival in December and he hopes to show Garbesi's film there.
Havana's OK for US Security Officers on Flights to Cuba
HAVANA ,July 26th Cuban and US aviation authorities have reached an agreement about deploying US security agents on regular flights between the two countries, which clears up one of Washington's demands for reestablishing Continue reading
Arriving at Jose Marti, be prepared to wait
HAVANA,July 25th (HT Fernando Ravsberg) The tourist arriving in Cuba these days receives a warm welcome; the waiting area for luggage is without air conditioning. In any other airport you could say it is not such a big deal but Havana is a different story as we spent 90 minutes until the first bag appeared.
The chaos on Monday was much greater than in the past. It took 2 hours for the health inspectors to appear. People who brought food had to wait patiently because customs would not let them leave without their corresponding dried fruits passing inspection.
When we go through immigration, the only thing that seems to work at a normal speed, there was no information posted as which carousel our bags were to appear on. After a while our flight number was put on above one of the bands and after waiting there 45 minutes we were changed to another carousel without notice.
In fact there weren't that many passengers, just about 4 flights. Seeing the chaos I was wondering what will happen in the future when US tourism is no longer prohibited and booms? What will happen when they receive 10 aircraft at the same time? How long with the tourists have to wait?
Is the energy crisis so serious that they leave the airport without air conditioning when it is crowded with tourists? This is the face of Cuba, the first a tourist sees. Leaving them in a fish bowl, dripping with sweat and waiting three hours for their luggage does not seem the best incentive to return.
Cuba and Dominican Republic to open 2017 Caribbean baseball series
HAVANA,July 25th (ACN) Cuba will debut versus the Dominican Republic in the first game of the Caribbean Continue reading
Japanese fantasy world fever grips young Cubans
HAVANA,July 25th (Reuters) Cuba may be one of the world's least connected countries but that is not stopping the Japanese subculture of animated movies, manga comics and video games from spreading feverishly among its youth.
More than a thousand "Otakus," or fans of such Continue reading
French luxury footwear designer uniforms Cuban Olympic Team
HAVANA, July 23th On Saturday, Cuba's Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel bid farewell to the country's Olympic delegation — 120 athletes are heading to Rio de Janeiro, and with more than their typical flag-emblazoned uniforms.
French luxury footwear designer Christian Louboutin and Henry Tai, a former professional handball player and founder of French online retail shop SportHenri.com, joined forces to design formal looks for the athletes to wear at the Closing Ceremony — an event that in many ways doubles as a global fashion runway.
The pieces were designed and fitted in consultation with current and former Cuban Olympic athletes — one of several reasons why this Cuban-inspired collection stands apart from the many others that have popped up in the last year.
Even before President Obama announced the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba last July, the fashion industry has pounced on the country in 2015 and 2016 as a source of inspiration and marketing magic, hoping to capitalize on Americans' and Europeans' curiosity about the country and how it might change after over 50 years of isolation from the U.S.
But most designers aren't interested in Cuba's future, choosing to glorify a prerevolutionary, sugar-coated Cuba instead of making a significant effort to engage with the country's culture in a realistic or modern way.Louboutin and Tai explain in a video about the Olympic project (see below) that they both were struck with the idea to design looks for the Cuban team while in the country doing a photo shoot two years ago. (Louboutin said in an interview that he's been visiting the country for 15 years.)
The fashion worn by athletes in the opening and closing ceremonies are points of great pride for many countries — and an opportunity to showcase domestic design talent — so it's interesting that the Cuban government would authorize the French men's proposal. (The French ambassador to Cuba also reportedly helped make this happen.)
Any information about the team's uniform design has not been heavily publicized in the past. Similarly, another communist country, China, enlisted a well-known designer for the first time to create its team's ceremonial looks this year.
Louboutin and Tai, however, appear to have made efforts to both incorporate feedback from current and former Cuban athletes and inject the looks with distinctly Cuban elements — including bold graphic sneakers and kitten heels, Guayabera-inspired jackets and prominently placed flag patches.
Certainly, this design project is a fantastic marketing opportunity for both Louboutin and Tai, as the corresponding photo shoot and video released this week demonstrate. And the Cuban government, perhaps aware that more eyes than ever will be on their team in Rio this year as the world contemplates its future, ensures its athletes looks strong and modern in front of the cameras.
And while, in an ideal world, that design talent would come from within the country, fashion that helps the athletes look and feel their best on the world stage is more important than it may initially seem. As poverty and injustice still hold Cuba back from its greatest potential, something as simple as joyful, quality uniforms can be a powerful symbol of the future.
Jazz Concert in Havana with artists from Cuba and Argentina
HAVANA, Jul 22th (PL) Cuban pianist Alejandro Falcon and Argentinean flautist Rodrigo Sosa will perform in a concert on August 6th at the Teatro de Bellas Artes in Havana, the organizers announced yesterday.
Considered one of the most talented instrumentalists in the jazz scene of this island, Continue reading
Cuba-USA to hold 5 baseball games
Havana,22 julio (acn) The national Cuban team and the national university squad from USA will hold the traditional friendly baseball match, agreed to five games from July 23 to 27, in several provinces in Cuba.
First they will play at Ciego de Avila´s José Ramón Cepero stadium (on the 23rd and 24 th), then at Havana´s Latinoamericano ballpark (25th) and finally at Pinar del Rio´s Captain San Luis field (26 and 27).
The American side recently lost three of five games against Japan, in match staged on that Asian country.
The Cuban-American baseball matches were continuously conducted between 1987 and 1996 until they were unilaterally suspended by US sports authorities.
A few years ago, in 2012, these events were resumed in Havana. Since then, the contests have been attended by first level players such as Kris Bryant, last season rookie of the year in the National League in the MLB.
That year, Cuba emerged victorious 3-2, however, the United States won 5-0 in 2013, a major blow for the Caribbean side, which competed with its elite team, similar to the one attending the Third World Baseball Classic.
In 2014, and eager for revenge, Cubans took resounding retribution and won 5-0; while in 2015, the United States returned to win, this time 3-2.
International Productions Are Converging on Cuba
HAVANA, July 21th (Variety) Thanks to the thaw in relations with the U.S., Cuba since January has become a Hollywood destination, attracting shoots like "Furious 8, Continue reading
FedEx first U.S. cargo carrier to fly to Matanzas
HAVANA, July 20th As the thaw continues between the United States and Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation has granted FedEx the rights to operate a five-times-weekly freighter service between Miami and the city of Matanzas. While eight other airlines were granted rights to fly passenger routes between the U.S. and Cuba Continue reading
Great Throwdini says, Circuba is a First-Class Event
HAVANA ,July 17 (PL) The American artist David Ralph Adamovich, considered the fastest and most accurate knife thrower in the world, said here today the International Continue reading
Cuba warn taxi drivers not to raise fares during energy crisis
HAVANA,July 17th (AP) Cuban authorities warned Friday that they will pull the licenses of private taxi drivers who raise fares, amid recently announced energy restrictions that have many islanders bracing for difficult months ahead. Continue reading
U.S. Soccer National Team to play historic game against Cuba
HAVANA, July 17th The U.S. men's national team will play a historic international friendly against Cuba October 7, 2016. The game will be historic because they haven't played since 1947.
This is the second visit to Cuba by a U.S. team. In the first visit they won 1- 0 September 6, 2008 for a qualifying Continue reading
Floridita hosts Daiquiri contest as it closes in on 200 years
HAVANA, July 16th (AP) Happy hour came early Thursday as 10 bartenders from six countries including Cuba, the United States and Canada vied to be crowned "king of the daiquiri" at the storied El Floridita where the drink was born.
Salsa music blared in the morning, blenders hummed and a few dozen spectators were on hand to applaud the mixologists when they presented their frothy cocktails, using tongs to finish them off by slipping in colorful straws.
Nick Detrich, a 31-year-old from New Orleans, intently eyeballed his whirring blender as he added splashes of rum, explaining afterward that his technique involves "watching it dance" and picking up cues from the texture.
"Watching the swirl to make sure that that's uniform, as opposed to just doing one and a half ounces and calling it a day," said Detrich, who runs Cane & Table and two other joints back home along with his partners. "You really learn that drink while you're making it.
The rules called for contestants to prepare three traditional rum- and lime-based daiquiris, as well as two of a fruity variant chosen by lots — strawberry, mango, pineapple, a greenish mint-infused take known as a "rebelde," or "rebel." Three veteran El Floridita bartenders in bright red blazers and ties sat at the bar as judges, with tasters at a nearby table.
Contestants from Argentina, Mexico and Panama also took part.
"We are coming together through the mixing of different cocktails," said Mirtha de las Mercedes Gonzalez Salguero, a 21-year-old from Matanzas, Cuba, who was called upon to whip up banana daiquiris as part of her trial.
The daiquiri is "a word with deep Cuban roots," she added.
El Floridita, which is celebrating its 199th anniversary, is famous as one of the watering holes favored by longtime Havana resident Ernest Hemingway. According to legend he once downed 13 sugarless doubledaiquiris in a single sitting.
Tourists are fond of having their picture taken with a life-size statue of the Nobel Prize-winning author resting its elbow on the bar; each day, employees place a cold one next to it in honor of El Floridita's most famous customer.
"To experience any sort of place that's been open for this long, it takes you out of your life in a way, you know?" Detrich said. "It gives you a lot of perspective on, like, for me not just what I do for a living but the passions that I have outside of bartending and literature and things like that."
Cuba,US hold migration talks in Havana; with out agreements
HAVANA,July 15th (AP) U.S. and Cuban officials held another round of talks on migration issues in Havana on Thursday to further discussions last held in December, but no new agreements were announced to advance the diplomatic thaw begun a year and a half ago by presidents Continue reading
Five star Hotel to be built near Havana Airport
HAVANA, July 14 (ACN) The construction of a five star hotel near the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana stands out among the new business proposals included in the portfolio of foreign investment of the Ministry of Tourism.
Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero told ACN that this project responds to the growing demand for accommodation in Continue reading
Winners and Looser in the Air Travel to Cuba
HAVANA, July 12th Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced which airlines would be awarded the 20 daily flight slots to Havana.
Who got the 20 most coveted U.S.-Cuba slots?
Everyone did.
Eight carriers given Continue reading
Havana opens 1st bulk goods store
HAVANA,1July 12th Cuba has quietly opened a first-of-its-kind store specializing in bulk goods in Havana: Zona +, a high-ceiling space with racks stacked with large tins of tomato sauce, toilet paper and cooking oil by the gallon.
It's not quite Costco, and it falls short of satisfying longstanding calls for a wholesale market to support the growing class of small-restaurant and-cafeteria owners who have set up shop under President Raul Castro's economic reforms begun six years ago.
But it could help relieve the pressure that those entrepreneurs have been putting on other retail stores by snapping up huge quantities of goods, leaving regular customers in the lurch.
On a recent afternoon, Naidi Carrazana pushed a shopping cart loaded with cases of beer, bottled water and soft drinks she needs to stock her small cafeteria nearby. She acknowledged that business owners like her who make big purchases have been emptying market shelves of things like flour, chicken and tomato paste, and said the new store can help with that.
"A place like this allows you to buy in bulk, and that's a benefit for us and a benefit for the people," Carrazana said.
Located in the upscale western suburb of Miramar, Zona + launched a little over a week ago with zero fanfare. Manager Javier Munoz said shoppers are allowed to buy unlimited quantities, but he declined to comment further because he was not authorized to do so by the store's state-run parent company.
Employees said business has been good despite the lack of publicity, as word of the opening spread mouth-to-mouth. One customer showed up in a car and bought 50 3-kilogram (6.6-pound) cans of tomatoes to supply a restaurant.
Similar stores are being planned for other parts of the city, they added.
In Cuba, government entities are the only ones able to import and acquire goods at wholesale, and wholesale access has been a crucial demand of the 500,000 or so small-business owners and their employees, many of them working in the food-service sector.
The government has promised to set up wholesale markets for private entrepreneurs, but that has yet to materialize and their only option has been the same retail stores where the general population shops.
Although goods at Zona + are bulk, that doesn't entail a price break. For example, a kilogram of high-end Serrano coffee costs $14.45 there, while the same kilo was $14.40 on the same day at a regular store elsewhere in Havana.
"The place is pretty, the service is good, but it's still the same price as retail. In truth, it doesn't resolve our problems," Carrazana said. "I hope this is like a seed for a wholesale market where we entrepreneurs can buy at a different price."
Norwegian on verge of receiving approval for Cuba cruises
HAVANA, July 11th ABOARD THE SEVEN SEAS EXPLORER — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) is on the verge of receiving permission from authorities in Havana to sail to Continue reading
19 Cuban athletes grab berths of Paralympic Games
HAVANA, July 10th Cuba increased the number of athletes who have qualified for the 2016 Paralympic Games to 19, the sports authorities said.
Rene Jimenez, head of the sports department at the National Institute of Sport for the Continue reading
Mitsubishi Corp.open representation in Havana
HAVANA,July 9th (Reuters) Trading house Mitsubishi Corp. is scouting for business opportunities in Cuba including infrastructure projects at its Mariel special development
Havana says economic growth slowed in first half
HAVANA, July 9th (Reuters) Cuban economic growth slowed sharply to 1 percent in the first half of this year, because of lower exports and restrictions in fuel supply Continue reading
Update on "The dog of Morro Castle"
HAVANA, July 8th In our article from may 26th we reported the story of the dog of Morro castle. Here you can read the update of this poor creature.
ANIPLANT staff & volunteers were finally able to rescue "Macho" for treatment in early May. Macho was assessed for his severe medical issues, Continue reading
Here are all the nonstop flights to Havana
HAVANA,July 8th (WP)Direct service to Cuba from 10 U.S. cities could begin as early as this fall after officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday they have tentatively selected eight U.S. carriers to offer the Continue reading


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Outside of her Nikita assignments, Fonseca is said to be on the short list of actresses to possibly star in a movie adaptation of The Hunger Games book trilogy. Though she was sent the script in October, she says there is "nothing to report" yet regarding her possible audition for the lead role of post-apocalyptic teen Katniss Everdeen. In the meantime, Fonseca is busy pouring through the young adult-oriented sci-fi series, which she raves is "so good."
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Cert.: PG
Length: 105 mins
Writer: Justin Marks (screenplay), Rudyard Kipling (book)
Dir.: Jon Favreau
Starring: Neel Sethi, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Christopher Walken
One of the first things that strikes you about the movie is that it is absolutely gorgeous to look at. For a film that must have been almost entirely computer generated, the jungle setting feels incredibly real and all the animals are rendered in eye-watering brilliant detail. It's a joy to watch – although the animation can be a bit jarring at times. There is a scene with King Louie – voiced by Christopher Walken – that looks scarily like the actor and somehow provokes some serious 'uncanny valley' vibes despite the character being a massive orangutan.
On that note, the voice acting is similarly well done. Idris Elba is particularly menacing as Shere Khan, and Scarlett Johansson's turn as Kaa is wonderfully creepy. The only slight problem I had with the voice cast was Ben Kingsley's Bagheera – he just seemed bored and it felt like a phoned in performance. The real stand out here, though, is Bill Murray as Baloo – which was an inspired casting choice. He just is Baloo. He arrives pretty late in the narrative, but pretty much steals the show. Neel Sethi – the kid playing Mowgli – does exceptionally well considering he must have done the majority of this on his own in front of a green screen. I mean, he was a bit annoying at times, but the character was insanely irritating in the original so I guess it's in keeping with the material.
It's apparent right from the off that this version of The Jungle Book borrows more from Rudyard Kippling's book than the 1967 cartoon (or at least I assume so – I haven't read the book yet). This is actually one of the few problems I have with this movie – the awkward dichotomy between the source material and the cartoon version. At times the story felt disconnected, with certain sequences seemingly included because they had to be, rather than because it served the plot. This was particularly apparent in the Kaa scene – which was brilliantly done, but felt surprisingly out of place in a story that had mostly been doing its own thing up to that point. I was also pleasantly surprised that they included songs from the 1967 movie – complete with the original music. Again though, it feels like they had to include them – which kind of takes away from their charm.
I suppose that's the inherent problem with all these live action re-tellings – which makes it even weirder that Disney has optioned so many. If you depart too much from the original, older fans will be annoyed that it isn't the same. Include too much of the original, and people would complain about the pointlessness of remaking it. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Despite all of that though, The Jungle Book is a really enjoyable movie. While I'm always going to have a soft spot for the cartoon, I can definitely appreciate this re-imagining. It has a grander scale, fantastic visuals, at times it is genuinely scary and at others it's endearingly charming. Well worth a watch, no matter how old you are.


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A cheeky teenager steps into the exciting world of college and something happens that turns her world around. Love, the most beautiful feeling, ruined her, destroyed her and turned her to ashes. Falling in love with a person who was ages older to her was the grave mistake she committed. Her family was shattered, broken into pieces knowing about her fatal love. She overlooked everything and got arrested into a life time prison. Marriage.
But would this work out? No. She was the princess of her home, she couldn't endure the hardships of poor life. This resulted to everyday fights and verbal abuses. The abuses that were not only scars, they were skin deep. They were blessed with a curse, a baby boy was born to them. A curse, because, the bread winner couldn't fulfill their needs neither wanted to. The scars were such that it scarred her entire life and pushed her to the ultimate decision. Suicide. When the enquires took place, the burnt body blamed itself for all the misfortune. Out of these dark clouds, there lied the silver lining, she breathed last on her mother's lap. Peacefully.
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The British Ministry of Defense (MoD) was forced on Monday to reveal information about its involvement in extraordinary renditions, according to a court ruling.
A number of Freedom of Information requests by the all-party parliamentary group on extraordinary renditions has originally been dismissed by the MoD on national security and cost concerns.
But, the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber has ordered the government to expose requested information to members of parliament (MPs).
The Appeals Chamber also ruled that it was wrong for the MoD to withhold information on the claimed grounds.
"This is another step towards establishing the full extent and limits of UK involvement in rendition", said Group chairman Andrew Tyrie MP.
"For closure on rendition we need disclosure. One way or another, the truth will eventually come out. Unless the MoD decides to appeal, this judgement will add to the drip of information on rendition in recent years", added Andrew Tyrie.


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