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The unit of storytelling in film is the scene. This class reveals the elements necessary to crafting strong, dynamic, cinematic scenes and set pieces that will grab audiences, exploit your hook and progress your story. We'll break down the structural parts of a scene, the questions you need to ask while writing your scenes, the different types of scene conflict, how to know when to start and end your scenes and transitions, how characters and scenes work hand in hand, and how to create set pieces that will sell your concept. See more details below:
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His clients include finalists and winners of numerous prestigious contests including the ABC/Disney Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, PAGE Awards, Nashville Film Festival and Scriptapalooza. He has worked with over 1,200 writers and has consulted on produced projects including Strangerlands starring Nicole Kidman, I, Frankenstein starring Aaron Eckhart, and In-Lawfully Yours starring Marilu Henner. In 2017, he was also a Consulting Producer on the TV pilot Millennial Rules, starring Olivia D'Abo.
Danny has taught seminars and workshops across the country at Austin Film Festival, Producer's Guild of America, NY Film Academy, LA Film School, Great American Pitchfest, Kansas City Film Festival, Screenwriting Expo, Florida Writer's Conference, The World Series of Comedy, Santa Fe Screenwriting Conference, Willamette Writers Conference in Portland, Las Vegas Writers Conference, The Writers Store, Vancouver Pitchmart, Scriptwriters Network, Sherwood Oaks College, LA Valley College, etc., and to groups in LA, NY, Chicago, Dallas, Idaho, Iowa, Phoenix, Nebraska, etc. He's also appeared as a guest on BBC Radio, Film Courage, and popular podcasts including Trigger Street's Script Reporter, Sell Your Script, Write Hot, and On the Page.
Danny is also a screenwriter (hired for two writing assignments in 2016), and is currently a Development Consultant for Symerra Productions. He was previously the Director of Development for Clifford Werber Productions (A Cinderella Story) where he sold the family adventure project "To Oz" to United Artists, and was instrumental in developing numerous projects including Sydney White starring Amanda Bynes and Just Add Water, starring Dylan Walsh, Jonah Hill, Justin Long, Melissa McCarthy and Danny DeVito. Before launching No BullScript, Danny also worked as a script analyst for ScriptShark.
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I am an American in this country. And this country was founded by people seeking religious freedoms, and by immigrants. The earliest americans came here without permission seeking a better life for themselves and their families – just like the people that come here today. I know this because I am married to one – though it is so expensive to try to legalize my husband that we choose to live seperately.
My husband came here in 1998 seeking to better his own life and that of his parents and siblings. Two years after he got here he lost his mother and has never returned home to Mexico to mourn her. He was here on 9/11, and just as scared as I was about the safety of OUR country. In a much simpler time people came into the United States the same way many immigrants still do – by sneaking in. I have no records of some of my relatives entering legally as of 1870. The only ones I know are ones that were born here.
I think my husband is just as much American as we are – he's lived his life the same way we have all our lives, except he's had to do it in a dangerous way. I have been with my husband since 2002 – we got married on Christmas Eve 2004 – when our oldest son was one week old. We now also have another son who was born in 2007.
I hope someday it will be easier on my sons. I hope that one day my sons can have their father here permanently – but I do not see it happening. Our politicians out there are still far too racist to notice all the wrong they are doing. I hope someday that this country is full of non-US-born Americans, cause those are the ones who are more proud. They work their behinds off for a better life. They dont live off our systems. They raise their children with their spouses. I am an AMERICAN yet I cannot define an American today. I just know my husband was hurting as much as I was when the US was attacked, that makes him just as good as me.


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By Maria L. La Ganga, Christine Mai-Duc and Richard A. Serrano
In one of the deadliest of a series of school shootings that have become violently familiar across the U.S., a gunman opened fire at a community college in southwestern Oregon on Thursday morning, killing at least 10 people and injuring at least seven more before dying in an exchange of gunfire with police.
The massacre at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., began when the attacker stormed Snyder hall and began firing. He was armed with three handguns and an assault rifle, a law enforcement official told the Los Angeles Times.
A series of frantic police recordings, punctuated with the scream of sirens, narrated the terrifying scene at the two-year college, about 180 miles south of Portland, where the school year had just begun Monday. The chaos was apparent as ambulances were called and victims were tallied.
A dispatcher could be heard saying the gunman was "outside one of the doors, shooting through the doors" in the hall, with 35 people inside.
Several minutes later, an officer is heard describing a gun battle with the assailant. "The suspect is down," someone shouted, while another officer called in for "as many ambulances as possible."
A law enforcement official identified the gunman as Chris Harper Mercer, 26, from the local area. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is so new and the investigation is just beginning. Officials said they do not believe Mercer was "connected" to the school as a student or staff "at this time." The gunman's motive "is not immediately clear," the official said.
Authorities officially have provided no details about the suspect or his motives for the attack. But President Barack Obama, visibly angry, laid blame on the nation's failure to pass tighter gun laws.
"This is a political choice that we make _ to allow this to happen every few months in America. We collectively are answerable to those families who lose their loved ones because of our inaction," the president said.
"I hope and pray that I don't have to come out again during my tenure as president to offer my condolences to families in these circumstances. But based upon my experience as president, I can't guarantee that," he said. "And that's terrible to say."
The attack was among the worst mass school shootings over the last two decades, including the one at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999 in which 13 people were killed; the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut in 2012, which claimed 28 lives; and the rampage at Virginia Tech, in which 32 people were killed.
Cassandra Welding, a 20-year-old studying early childhood education, was in a writing class at a computer lab in the Snyder building when the shooting occurred. Class was nearly over, and her professor had left the classroom to retrieve some papers for students, Welding said. Moments later the third-year student heard a noise coming from the room next door.
"It sounded like a balloon popped ... and then five seconds later I heard it again," she said in an interview. "We knew something wasn't right."
When a classmate of Welding's walked to the door and opened it to peek outside, she was shot, Welding said.
"She was halfway in the doorway, and the door was still open," Welding said. "We were screaming, 'Close the door! Close the door!'"
Another classmate dragged the woman in and locked the door and someone else turned off the lights. Students performed CPR on the woman, who Welding said looked as though she had been shot in the torso.
"I kept hearing that noise, one after another," Welding said. "I probably heard about 40." The students crawled along the floor, she said. They gathered in the back right corner of the classroom, the farthest away from the door.
"I was so terrified for my life and I was shaking," Welding recalled.
Someone called 911. Welding got on the phone with her mother. Blood covered the walls near the student who had been shot, Welding said, and her broken glasses lay on the floor.
"Hey, Mom, there's a shooting at school," she told her mother, whispering because she was afraid the shooter could come in at any minute. "I just heard other people in tears, crying, calling their loved ones and telling them, 'I love you,'" Welding said. "It was such a heart-wrenching thing."
After some time, Welding said, she could hear officers bust in next door, yelling, "Get down! Get down!"
Two more gunshots rang out, Welding said. Then, nothing.
Minutes later, she said, police and SWAT team members entered the classroom to tell them everything was OK and to ask for the students' statements. Officers then escorted the students to the library, where they searched their bags and patted them down. On the way out, Welding said, she saw a woman being taken away on a stretcher.
Her wounded classmate was still breathing when the paramedics arrived, she said, but she still doesn't know the woman's fate, or her teacher's.
"It's just horrific that this had to happen again," Welding said, noting a shooting that occurred several years ago. "The community is such a small community and everyone's either friends or family."
Another student, McCrae Kittelman, was in math class in a building next door when his professor sprinted into the room with news of the attack.
"That was one of the most strange and disquieting parts," Kittelman, 17, told Fox News and others while still in lockdown. "There were no sounds at all."
Douglas County Commissioner Tim Freeman's 19-year-old son was on campus when the shooting began. He said the young man was prepared with an emergency plan _ and lucky: "He immediately left campus, went to a friend's house, to a safe location, and called me.
"We are now in that horrible club of schools that have had to deal with this," Freeman said in an interview. "I hope communities around our nation will pray for us."
Gov. Kate Brown ordered flags lowered to half-staff at all public institutions in the state until sunset Friday in honor of the victims.
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum lamented in a Facebook post that "this unspeakable tragedy that occurred at 10:30 this morning, sadly, puts Oregon on the growing list of horrendous mass shootings in our country."
And former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, whose political career was ended by gunman Jared Loughner, tweeted: "On a plane and learning about the heinous shooting in Oregon. A community's heart has been tested but will not be broken."
Umpqua has a student population of about 3,300 full and part-time students. According to the campus website, it offers "a peaceful, safe atmosphere and year-round recreational activities."
The college is known for a robust theater program and recently added a winemaking program. But the school has also suffered strains, facing a budget shortfall of $1 million, staff layoffs and enrollment declines due to a strengthening job market, according to the News-Review, a Roseburg paper.
Speaking to reporters late Thursday, college President Rita Calvin said the attack on her campus was both a "tragedy and an anomaly."
"I feel awful. To witness the families that were waiting for the students in the last bus and to see all of the hugs and weeping and trauma that has gone on," Calvin said. "More people were hurt than just the ones that were shot."
Calvin said the school was not aware of any of the rumored threatening messages the shooter may have left on social media in recent days, and said no threats had been made against the campus recently.
The campus employs at least one security officer, and several faculty members are retired law enforcement personnel, according to school officials. But none of them are allowed to be armed, she said.
"We have a no-guns-on-campus policy," Calvin said.
Mercy Hospital in Roseburg confirmed Thursday afternoon that it received 10 patients and three more were on the way. PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield, Ore., tweeted that two victims had arrived and more were expected.
Cameron Anspach, 24, said Thursday afternoon that his family believed his brother, Treven Anspach, 20, was on campus during the shooting.
"No one's heard from him or anything," said Anspach, who added that his family was searching hospitals and the evacuation center at the county fairgrounds where students and faculty were sent.
"We're waiting to see if he shows up," Anspach said.
By Thursday evening, it appeared that the young man had survived but was injured.
Tweeted Hanna Marie Harwood: "For everyone upset about Treven, I just found out that he's up in Eugene having surgery rn! Everyone please pray for him."
She ended with an icon of hands in prayer.
(Staff writers James Queally, Carla Rivera, Michael Muskal, Michael A. Memoli and Ann M. Simmons contributed to this report)
(c)2015 Los Angeles Times


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Ten years on from the XF launch the car that many say saved Jaguar is still winning awards
The Jaguar XF has just picked one of the most coveted, which was not voted for by experts, but by the most important people of all – owners
When the XF business sector saloon was designed, Jaguar was still struggling with the slightly underwhelming Ford Mondeo-based X-Type and the retro-styled S-Type and had fallen way behind the German marques
At the time the company was still owned by Ford and the engineers and stylists involved in creating the XF had two crucial briefs to meet. The first was to create a car that would beat the Germans, the second to make a car good enough to let Ford hang its hat on, so it could back out of the loss-making partnership and sell the company.
The team more than rose to the challenge and when the XF arrived in 2007 it was met by widespread acclaim. Designed by a man widely regarded as a leader in his field, Scottish-born, Ian Callum, the XF looked graceful and modern, had decent engines, a reasonable interior but there was one area in which it was the clear and undisputed leader – the way it covered the road thanks to a chassis, suspension and rear wheel drive package which made it a real driver's car.
Sales followed and Jaguar's brand image and appeal began to revive as word spread that its new car was a match for anything from Audi, BMW or Mercedes.
Over the following years the XF became the most awarded Jaguar ever, picking up a remarkable 190 trophies, of which. just the latest is the New Car of the Year voted for by 10,000 readers of Auto Express magazine.
In 2015 and now able to tap into the colossal investment by its current owners, Tata, the car was utterly transformed with what was not so much a facelift as complete re-engineering from the wheels upwards. Jaguar ditched the heavy old steel chassis it had from its Ford days and instead built the XF around a new, aluminium structure that was much stiffer than its predecessor but crucially, also much lighter to the tune of almost 200 kgs. Both these made huge differences to the ride and the handling and at the same time the all-new and advanced range of Ingenium engines arrived under the bonnet. Subtle styling tweaks and a big advance in the driving environment with better trim materials and a much improved infotainment/connectivity centre made a very good car into a brilliant one.
The XF is available as either the saloon or the just-revealed new Sportbrake estate. This too has a class-leading chassis and driving dynamics. but what catches the eye. are some of the advanced comfort and convenience features. For example, the panoramic sunroof can be opened with just a gesture of your hand as can the huge boot if your hands are full of shopping. If you are the athletic or outdoors type, there is no need to worry about making sure the key is in your pockets because Jaguar has come up with an `activity key' you wear like a Fitbit or wrist watch.
Caravaners will approve of its all wheel grip and two tonne towing capability and the XF has an impeccable pedigree in this sector. In fact, it has just won its weight category in the Caravan Club's Towcar of the Year awards for the second year running.
Going into its tenth year the XF has already had a remarkable career but the 2015 improvements in engineering, infotainment, styling and cabin features have kept it fresh, relevant and still a class leader.
This latest award won't be its last.
John Swift writes:
I've always thought of Jaguar as being cars with emotion in them.
They have the history, the styling and at their best they could lead the world. Sadly, and for many years much was promised but very little delivered. Time and again I would go to a press launch, drive the new Jaguar and come home thinking
Why can't they build them like they used to?
And then I drove the first XF and it was nothing short of a revelation. The car not only looked the part; it drove as I believed a Jaguar saloon should. I tested them on the road and at Silverstone race track and was absolutely delighted that the Big Cat was back. Finally, the Germans had a genuine rival and it was clear that with proper investment the engineering talent, that was always there, could get the job done right.
Every car since then has been an unqualified success and the company is going from strength to strength but I believe it was the XF which started it on the road to recovery.
It's misleading to describe the 2015 revision as a facelift or upgrade, it's much more than that and what you find in today's showrooms is essentially a new car just wearing the same badge as before.
Remember Jaguar founder, Sir Williams Lyons' command that his cars should have
Grace, pace and space
Test drive a Jaguar XF and you will soon see his legacy is alive and well.
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"The next decade will bring more change to the automotive world than the past century."
"The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity." These words by the French writer Victor Hugo are often cited. But they have seldom been more relevant than they are today, as we present a new generation of the
For decades now, mobility has revolved around the car—as a means of transport, status symbol, and fascinating source of pleasure in motion. But the traditional ways to get from place to place that we see and use every day have reached a turning point. We live in an age of multiple means of mobility. Rapid developments in modern information and communications technology have not only enabled us to be available throughout the world and around the clock; they also allow us to be in multiple places at once. If video conferences are stepping in for business trips, chats are taking the place of a night out with friends, home offices are replacing work stations at companies, and laptops are standing in for weekend shopping trips, then we're more than justified in asking whether virtual mobility will one day largely replace cars. We live at a time in which industry is being transformed. New events and developments are arising with breathtaking power and dynamism. Our societies, policies, economies, and even our very world are changing at the speed of light. The next decade will bring more change to the automotive world than the past century.
But where is all of this leading us? What exactly is our destination? Given the speed and unpredictability of current developments, it seems nearly impossible to know what the future has in store. And yet we need to keep trying to part the clouds and look ahead. Because as leaders of a business, we have to make the right strategic decisions today in order to prepare ourselves as much as possible for what tomorrow and the day after will bring.
"There's an essential core that remains intact, even if everything around it is radically new."
This brings to mind the "Meisterkreis"—an association of individuals, companies, and institutions working together to promote a culture of excellence in Germany. Some time ago, it published a book with an interesting piece about
Philosophers have long pondered the interesting question that arises: which ship is now the real one? The "old" one, all of whose parts are new? Or the "new" one, all of whose parts are old? There's no clear answer—otherwise, this thought experiment wouldn't be a paradox. The parable of the ship of Theseus affords two insights. First, renewal is possible without a loss of identity. And second, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. There's an essential core that remains intact, even if everything around it is radically new. If we apply this to
For it's not the technical details that constitute the identity of the 911—just like it's not the individual planks that determine the identity of the ship. The key is to retain an authentic essence. And I know of no other car that, despite all the changes in technology and design, has remained as constant as the 911.
The same is true for our brand and our company. Change is occurring rapidly all around us. Our customers are shifting their expectations of our sports cars and of mobility in general. We obviously need to anticipate these developments and incorporate them into new, future-oriented products and services. But does that mean we stop being ourselves as
This article was first published in the Christophorus magazine, edition 05/2018.
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Towering by Alex Flinn
When Rachel was taken to live in a tower by a woman she calls Mama, she was excited. She felt like a princess in a castle. But many years later, Rachel knows her palace is really a prison, and begins to plan her escape. She is encouraged by the speed that her golden hair has been growing. It's gotten long enough to reach the ground. And she's begun dreaming of a green-eyed man. Could he be out there in the world? Is he coming to save her? Or will she find a way to save herself?
Rachel is a severely sheltered girl with only books giving her an idea of the outside world. We don't learn why she's being locked up in a tower until the end of the book, adding to the big mystery surrounding her and the small town. Meanwhile, Wyatt has come to live with the mother of his mother's best friend in order to cope with his friend's death. His mother's best friend went missing years ago, and Wyatt discovers she wasn't the only one to go missing in this small town.
I really enjoyed the eerie mystery and creepy feeling of the town and its residents. But when Wyatt finally meets Rachel, the story derailed in my opinion. Unfortunately, the two teens suffer from insta-love, even going as far as saying they love each other on their SECOND meeting. I know they were supposed to feel a fairy tale connection, but it was beyond my suspension of disbelief. Then, the "big mystery" was a bit of a let-down as well. I won't give away any spoilers, but all of the build-up and suspense again left me disappointed with the direction it all took. It was just too strange and seemed thrown together. I love modern day fairy tale retellings, especially Flinn's Beastly. So maybe my expectations were too high with Rapunzel. I'm still eager to read more of Flinn's novels, as she's obviously gifted at building suspense and characters that readers care about. Towering just fell a bit flat.


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Trump said "She's a total professional,". "I said, 'I want to apologize because I said such good things about you,' And she said, 'Don't worry, it's only the press,'" Trump said about their conversation.


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June 25, 2019.
Recollections & Reflections – A commentary by Aziz Hassan
IT may have been culturally correct but when seen from a wider perspective, especially because the agency must not only be impartial and independent and also seen to be one, the decision by Latheefa Koya, the new chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commissioner, to pay a courtesy call on the prime minister recently was so unnecessary.
She was to say that they didn't discuss case files but it would have been unthinkable to expect her to tell us that they did. At the same time how many would believe her if she had said that she and Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad talked about the weather and exchanged pleasantries about their families.
In a way this is yet another indication of how powerful the PM is in this country. Something can go round and round but eventually it all comes back to this all-powerful person and it's all due to the country having a system that is centred around one man rather than being institution-driven.
It cannot be disputed that unless the federal Constitution is amended, the appointment of the MACC boss and heads of all critical institutions will always be on the advice of the PM to the Agong and Latheefa's appointment is indeed lawful, with Mahathir saying that because the Parliamentary Select Committee on major appointments could not function, he thus had to make the decision himself. Neither did he feel obliged to first refer his choice to the Cabinet.
The question that must be asked is if the committee is as good as non-functional, why formed it with five others last December? What it means in fact is that we have a committee that is akin to a toothless tiger and because of this, it should be dissolved. If its chairman and members are paid an allowance, that would at least save the country some money.
The committee and legal point aside, if Mahathir sincerely wanted to be seen to nominate someone in a more widely acceptable manner, he could have easily appointed a panel to vet the nominees. From there he is still the one to make the final choice to be presented to the Agong.
Jokowi's model is there to be emulated
That's what Indonesian president Joko Widodo or Jokowi did in May 2015 when the country needed to appoint five new commissioners of the Corruption Eradication Commission or KPK. He surprised the whole country by appointing an all-female vetting committee, none of whom was known to have any political affiliations. From there the nominations went to the parliamentary committee, which means that beyond appointing the vetting committee, the president had no other role in the selection of commissioners, including the chief and deputy. That process is being repeated for the new KPK four-year term after this December.
Jokowi may have been prompted to adopt this process after what was seen as his first major bungle a few months previous to that in the nomination of General Budi Gunawan for national police chief, for Gunawan was shortly after named a suspect in a bribery allegation by the KPK. He was eventually freed and quietly named the police number two.
The instances below are some examples of how everything and everyone went back to PM Mahathir, which ideally should not be the case if Malaysia wants to move forward as a nation to be respected that has independent and impartial critical institutions like the MACC, Judiciary, Police, Attorney-General's Chambers and Parliament:
Mahathir on Latheefa's nomination: "I didn't have to ask the Cabinet; I asked other people who know about the character of this person and there was no need for the Cabinet to decide, (because) if the Cabinet makes a decision it restricts me. So in this I was free to evaluate whoever was proposed and I picked."
Suhakam: "A list of proposed commissioners for the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia was submitted to Mahathir a week ago." — Minister in the PM's Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong (June 6)
Civil servants: "Friday's reshuffle of the secretaries-general of 12 ministries involved no political interference". — Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Ismail Bakar, who was also quoted as saying that the list had been submitted to Mahathir for approval.
Telekom Malaysia: "Rosli Man will remain as chairman and Imri Mokhtar its acting chief executive officer." — Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
"The appointments were made following a directive from PM Mahathir. It was done according to procedures since the orders came from the PM directly. Up till now, I have not received any order from the PM to change.
And in a filing with Bursa Malaysia TM had said Rosli received a request from the PM's Office to defer the appointment of the group's CEO.
And what happened later? "The tug-of-war in the choice of who would head TM has ended with the appointment of Datuk Noor Kamarul Anuar Nuruddin as managing director and group CEO.
"Imri Mokhtar, the acting CEO, will now resume his post as chief operating officer." – June
Do an online search and you will find some more similar instances since Pakatan Harapan became the federal government in May last year.


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Sometimes, when you're marketing one of Roland Emmerich's big-budget, world-destroying, disaster pictures like Independence Day: Resurgence, you just have to take a step back from all the insane action and special effects spectacle and let your veteran actors and major characters do the work. With that in mind, Jeff Goldblum and the Earth Space Defense leader David Levinson step up to the plate to do a bit of bizarro promotional work for the summer sequel. It seems that there's a conspiracy theory floating around out there suggesting that Levinson is actually Goldblum, and vice versa. The duo addresses this absurd conclusion in a new video.
Also starring Liam Hemsworth, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch, Vivica A. Fox, Brent Spiner, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jessie Usher, Maika Monroe, and Sela Ward, Independence Day: Resurgence opens June 24th.
Check out Goldblum v Goldblum in the new, bizarre promo video below:
Today Earth Space Defense director David Levinson is finally debunking a long-standing conspiracy theory that has persisted since the War of 1996. In this video – which provides irrefutable proof – he and famous Hollywood actor Jeff Goldblum prove once and for all that they are not the same person – despite their uncanny resemblance. Learn the truth now.
Here's the official synopsis for Independence Day: Resurgence:
We always knew they were coming back. After INDEPENDENCE DAY redefined the event movie genre, the next epic chapter delivers global spectacle on an unimaginable scale. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens' advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
And for more on the Independence Day sequel, be sure to get caught up with our recent coverage below:
- 'Independence Day: Resurgence' Clip Sees Jeff Goldblum Feeling the Fear
- 'Independence Day' Will Be Re-Released as a Double Feature with 'Resurgence' Premiere
- New 'Independence Day: Resurgence' Posters Head Straight for the Landmarks
- 'Independence Day: Resurgence' UK Trailer Gives Nearly 5-Minute Look at Earth's Biggest Battle
- 'Independence Day: Resurgence': New TV Spot & Featurettes Further Reveal the Battle for Earth


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The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is to increase its grant spending by more than £3m a year.
This will take the Trust's annual grant spend up to around £10m, for the next ten years.
The number of grants given to projects outside of London will also be increased, to give the trust a greater geographic spread across the UK.
In addition, the trust is looking to make a number of large, long-term grants to charities where suitable.
The increase was decided by trustees as part of a ten-year review and in response to a steady rise in grant applications.
"We're pleased to be able to increase our grant funding, which reaffirms our commitment to engage in philanthropy which supports people who address the root causes of conflict and injustice," said JRCT Secretary Nick Perks.
"JRCT supports organisations and individuals who are working creatively and courageously to produce positive social change through their charitable work.
"We have decided to make more grants across the UK in recognition of the importance of devolved nations and regions and that systemic change requires many voices and experiences.
"We want to be an open and responsive funder and we know that more core or unrestricted grants are what many charities want and could greatly benefit from."
The trust supports charitable work across five areas: peace and security, rights and justice, power and accountability, sustainable future and Northern Ireland.
Further details of the grants will be released later this year and the changes are set to be fully in place by the end of next year.
Charitable trust boosts grant spending by £3m
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is to increase its grant spending by more than £3m a year.


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Steam/Violence Level: (Ranked from 1 to 5, as noted by the author): Steam Level 5
When the death of Chastity's father leaves her with an inheritance and makes her a desirable bride for her loathsome step-cousin, she decides to run away when she gets the chance. But her father's property is being cared for by two cowboys, Carter and Quinn. It is their duty to return her home and keep her safe until her arranged marriage.
Quinn and Carter are Timber Creek men, and they've been hired for one job only: to watch over the ranch and Chastity until her step-uncle arrives. But when they meet Chastity, they realize they're going to have some trouble remaining professional about their duties. The two rugged men realize that the lovely, innocent Chastity is perfect for them, and set about claiming her as their own.
Their dominant and masterful lovemaking quickly melts Chastity's rectitude. They punish her thoroughly and begin to train her to be able to take two powerful cowboys at once.
Very steamy standalone novella with no cliffhanger and HEA. This book includes BDSM, spanking, anal play and light medical play. If such material offends you, please do not buy this book.
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Lehi obtained an explicit promise from the Lord (2 Nephi 1:9) concerning his people, and in its concise form it reads:
Inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments
ye shall prosper in the land;
but inasmuch as ye will not keep my commandments
ye shall be cut off from my presence.
– 2 Nephi 1:20
This promise is in the form of parallelism where the keeping or not keeping of the commandments brings prosperity or a state of being cut off from the presence of God.
You'll notice that I have colored some particular words and phrases in each verse where I see some similar themes. The reward for keeping the commandments is prospering in the land, and earlier in verse 9 Lehi breaks down what this prosperity will entail:Read Full Post
Credit to JR Ganymede for bringing this to my attention (love that blog) and credit to Albert Jay Nock who wrote this essay in The Atlantic Monthly in 1936 (full essay). While the context of the original essay was political, I want to use Nock's interesting summation of Isaiah's situation to point out something related to the Book of Mormon. Here's the excerpt that I'm drawn to:
In the year of Uzziah's death, the Lord commissioned the prophet to go out and warn the people of the wrath to come. "Tell them what a worthless lot they are." He said, "Tell them what is wrong, and why and what is going to happen unless they have a change of heart and straighten up. Don't mince matters. Make it clear that they are positively down to their last chance. Give it to them good and strong and keep on giving it to them. I suppose perhaps I ought to tell you," He added, "that it won't do any good. The official class and their intelligentsia will turn up their noses at you and the masses will not even listen. They will all keep on in their own ways until they carry everything down to destruction, and you will probably be lucky if you get out with your life."
Isaiah had been very willing to take on the job — in fact, he had asked for it — but the prospect put a new face on the situation. It raised the obvious question: Why, if all that were so — if the enterprise were to be a failure from the start — was there any sense in starting it?
"Ah," the Lord said, "you do not get the point. There is a Remnant there that you know nothing about. They are obscure, unorganized, inarticulate, each one rubbing along as best he can. They need to be encouraged and braced up because when everything has gone completely to the dogs, they are the ones who will come back and build up a new society; and meanwhile, your preaching will reassure them and keep them hanging on. Your job is to take care of the Remnant, so be off now and set about it."
So, I like this quite a bit and while you might find some inspiration to get you through today's politically heated climate, turn your thoughts to the Book of Mormon. I would say that Isaiah's mission mirrors several others in the Book of Mormon and five-six in particular come to mind: Lehi, Abinadi, Samuel, Nephi (the disciple), and Mormon/Moroni.
In each of these cases, they spoke to civilizations that each ended in destruction – they were the final warning. Their primary audience in large part, or in some cases, entirely, rejected their words but those words were carried to a remnant. Isaiah the prophet influenced each of these key players in Book of Mormon history, including Samuel. They were all involved in going forth to proclaim an unpopular message to a people that would turn their backs, but they were obedient nonetheless.
How much did reading and understanding Isaiah's words give them the confidence to follow through with the Lord's instructions? Did focusing on "the Remnant" help them to stand strong and even suffer death by fire to maintain their convictions? If so, think of what that can mean for us today when we find ourselves before a troubled world. Isaiah saw our day and so did the people of the Book of Mormon, perhaps that is a reason why their words are interwoven in the record we have before us today.
True are the words from Steven Kapp Perry's song, "From Cumorah's hill there comes a witness and a warning…"
To understand Isaiah better, I personally recommend brother Avraham Gileadi's excellent translation and commentary of Isaiah that can be found free of charge at IsaiahExplained.com. Reading a modern translation straight from the Hebrew without the framework of "King James English" is phenomenal. Isaiah comes through clear as a bell and you'll better understand why the Book of Mormon prophets and Jesus himself valued his words so much.
"Every man who lived on the earth was entitled to a seer stone, and should have one, but they are kept from them in consequence of their wickedness, and most of those who do find one make evil use of it." (Brigham Young's journal, as quoted in Latter-day Millennial Star, 26:118,119)
"…no man can look in the them [the Interpreters] except he be commanded, lest he should look for that he ought not and should perish." (Mosiah 8:13)
Interesting that we carry around these little black bricks made of plastic, metal, and glass in our pockets that illuminate and permit us to gaze upon them to reveal a multitude of things. If all earthly things are echoes of the heavenly, then perhaps having this technology provides an additional area of proving for us mortals.
Given our current 'miraculous' technological privileges, what do we seek after, what do we look for?
Would our motives be any different if it was heavenly technology?
I have put the words that I believe are related directly to the divine Mother motif in ALL CAPS AND BOLD. The following verses in this article area all connected to each other and certain key points have been emphasized.
I encourage you to open your scriptures and take the time to ponder them in context and look for other connections because they are everywhere.
The Tree and the Virgin
1 Nephi 11:7
the TREE
which bore the fruit
which thy father tasted
1 Nephi 11:8
I looked and beheld a TREE
the beauty was far beyond
yea, exceeding of all beauty
and the whiteness thereof
did exceed the whiteness
of the driven snow
1 Nephi 11:13
I beheld a VIRGIN and she was
exceedingly fair & white
1 Nephi 11:15
A VIRGIN most beautiful and fair
above all other VIRGINS
1 Nephi 11:18
the VIRGIN which thou seest is the
MOTHER of god after the manner of the flesh [original manuscript & 1830 edition]
1 Nephi 11:20
I beheld the VIRGIN again
bearing a child in her arms (vs.7 – tree which bore the fruit)
1 Nephi 11:21
knowest thous the meaning of the TREE?
Note that the tree itself (not the fruit) and the virgin are both 'exceedingly' beautiful/fair and white (another word for pure). The virgin and the tree are synonymous but that isRead Full Post
Why does my life feel like there is nothing but crap get dumped on me?
"I have digged about it,… and I have dunged it; and I have stretched forth mine hand almost all the day long…" Jacob 5:47
My best friend moved away and I lost a good week's worth of work from the flu; why must there be so much loss in life?
"I will prune it, and dig about it, and nourish it, that perhaps it may shoot forth young and tender branches, and it perish not." Jacob 5:4
Life was simple but now I have all these new situations to deal with. I've got these annoying new neighbors who just moved in and I just got this new calling that I reluctantly accepted. Why does all of this have to happen now?
"Now, if we had not grafted in these branches, the tree thereof would have perished." Jacob 5:18
My life just feels like chaos and I don't even know if God is aware of my circumstances.
"…it grieveth me that I should lose the trees of my vineyard." Jacob 5:51
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Picture in your mind's eye a beautiful stained glass window where light from the sun passes through a collection of colored panes that transform the light into something wonderful.
Church is like the window and we are like those colored panes.
When we come together, the light of Christ shines through the window we create out of everyone's collective "stained glass," beautiful only to those have eyes to see.
A recent post on Junior Ganymede mentions the ritual bath called a mikveh where Jews practiced ritual immersions in pools of water. The parallels to Christian baptism (which means to dip or immerse) are many. In both rituals the purpose of the immersion is a symbolic cleansing or refreshing. Anciently, immersion in a mikveh was required for those converting to Judaism.
Today, these are the modern cases in which a mikveh is used:
- by Jewish women to achieve ritual purity after menstruation or childbirth;
- by Jewish men to achieve ritual purity (see details below);
- as part of a traditional procedure for conversion to Judaism;
- to immerse newly acquired utensils used in serving and eating food.
The Wikipedia article I've been referencing here cites a source that says "The existence of a mikveh is considered so important in Orthodox Judaism that an Orthodox community is required to construct a mikveh before building a synagogue, and must go to the extreme of selling Torah scrolls or even a synagogue if necessary, to provide funding for the construction." (Berlin, Meshib Dabar, 2:45)
These ritual immersions can happen many times throughout the year for many reasons. It was a powerful physical reminder of keeping oneself clean. Early Latter-day Saints practiced baptism in a similar manner by getting rebaptized prior to new covenants and ordinances and even for health reasons. Rebaptisms were done away with shortly before the 20th century.Read Full Post
I have not yet seen the film The Tree of Life although the title alone draws my interest. This particular sequence depicts the creation in a manner that is very similar to the creation sequence in the presentation of the LDS temple endowment. In both instances, we see the earth being organized and life appearing.
In this Hollywood version, we see the process of evolution being depicted and I realize that some people might have a problem with that. Personally, I do not have any problems with evolution being part of the creation process (that's a whole other subject) but if you do, I invite you to focus on the symbolism, the principles and overall beauty of the story being told here and the surprising little gem towards the end.
At 12 minutes in you have this really powerful and thought-provoking scene that seems to be symbolically depicting the first act of grace or mercy where one dinosaur decides to not kill another one that is evidently injured or dying. What makes the scene striking is how such a thing does not fit within the law of the jungle.
In a creative twist, showing an act of mercy coming from a dinosaur rather than a human is making a bold statement. It is unexpected and makes the principle stand out even more.
It is a moment where compassion, this sense of caring and love enters the scene of creation for the first time. Like the temple video, I think we can pause on being literalistic and appreciate the principles being symbolically illustrated. Indeed, if we are to be instructed by symbolic teaching at all, we must suspend literalism and learn to view things from many facets.
All in all, I absolutely love this entire sequence and was quite amazed to find something of this nature coming out of Hollywood.
Source: TempleStudy.com
The Interpreter Foundation has announced the availability of the videos of the presentations given at the 2014 Temple on Mount Zion Conference which took place on 25 October 2014 in Provo, Utah. Videos of each of the presentations are now available for free viewing on The Interpreter Foundation's YouTube channel, or on MormonInterpreter.com. They are also embedded below for your convenience. There is also a YouTube playlist available of the conference presentations. The conference proceedings will also be published in book form in the future.
Donald W. Parry's Introduction to the 2014 Temple on Mount Zion Conference
I love symbols, and I love spirals and how they are used in architectural symbolism. The following videos are not about architectural symbolism, but the principles that are presented are worthy of consideration on a whole myriad of levels.
Vi Hart, the woman presenting the videos talks a little fast which can be a little irritating but I love how she explores spirals so these are definitely worth the watch. All the information builds up to a very interesting theory as to why these numbers appear in nature and I think it's spot on.
There are some really interesting implications behind what she presents here that apply to many different topics, but I'll let you ponder those things for yourself ;)
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In the book The Name of God: From Sinai to the American Southwest, James R. Harris asks the question:
"Was the Shepherd of Israel, known as Jehovah, also known as Quetzalcoatl (The Feathered Serpent), as Pahana, as The Great Mystery, as Gucumatz, or as Kumastramho, by our Lord's other sheep who left their witness on the rocks of the Negev in Israel, Jordan, the East Desert of Egypt and on the rocks of the American Southwest?" (p.1)
Living in the Las Vegas area of Nevada, I have hiked out to see many of the petroglyphs in New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah so this book by Harris really interests me.
Harris' research examines a script called "Old Negev" (a Canaanite script derived from Proto-Sinaitic) which appears on petroglyphs in the Middle East. He shows how these petroglyphs may be translated and understood. This script was used in the Negev from 1200BC to the 6th century BC.
Where it gets really mind-boggling is his hypothesis that a very similar script also shows up in the Southwestern deserts of the United States and Mexico. He provides photos and sketches of these petroglyphs along with his translations. Here is a comparison of Proto-Sinaitic, Proto-Canaanite, Old Negev and some of the signs we find in the American Southwest.Read Full Post
Link to the Deseret News article
I was listening to the This Week in Mormons Podcast when I heard this chapel mentioned. As I looked at the photos, some things stuck out to me.
I wish there were some better photos of this chapel. The only ones I could find were small and, unfortunately, dark and look like they were taken with a camera phone.
I'd like to see a better view of the front of this building, especially the very front were there are 3 areas with some kind of "cross" or "T-like" motifs towards the top. The number three is connected to the following doctrines or themes:
- Divinity
- Unity
- Beginning, Middle, End
- Past, Present, Future
- Godhead
Symbolically speaking, the numbers 3, 4 and 8 are perhaps the most appropriate to be featured on a chapel considering the purposes of which it exists. 3 signifies divine unity while four expresses mortality and perhaps the Aaronic priesthood in that the square is a sign associate with this authority. Eight is a symbol connected with rebirth and especially Christ and we see a lot of the number eight in LDS chapel construction.
I love the fact that there are Read Full Post
This list was obtained from a blog post over at Gently Hew Stone.
The first impression I got was to scrutinize the list but it appears that these were very wisely chosen. I did something similar back in the mission field where I created a pamphlet that summarized each book in the Book of Mormon.
It's very interesting through exercises like these to observe how Christ-centered the Book of Mormon is. I really like this version where particular scriptures sum up entire books of the Book of Mormon though so here it is.Read Full Post
Eagles and Angels
Now I realize that Tolkien's trilogy "Lord of the Rings" is fiction, but I remember wondering at the end of Return of the King, "Why couldn't the eagles have just flown the ring to Mordor and drop it into Mount Doom"? Every now and then I'll read a similar criticism here and there online or in discussing the topic with friends.
This past Tuesday I was reading in 1 Nephi 3 where after two failed attempts at retrieving the brass plates, an angel intervenes to stop Nephi's enraged brothers from beating him. The angel appears and says:
"Why do ye smite your younger brother with a rod? Know ye not that the Lord hath chosen him to be a ruler over you, and this because of your iniquities? Behold ye shall go up to Jerusalem again, and the Lord will deliver Laban into your hands." (vs. 29)
Just for kicks I pondered the question, Read Full Post
There are at least five core elements that are used in the ordinance of the sacrament. Back on June 16th of this year I took down some ideas in my notebook concerning them so here they are. I will also be placing any number that I think is numerically significant next to the title.
1. Altar or Table (4, 1, 2)
- Used for sacrifices and offerings and for sacred ordinances of the gospel (LDS BD). A place where heaven and earth are bridged via covenants.
- Altar: Zabach (Hebrew) – "to slaughter an animal".
- The life of the animal is represented by its blood. (Leviticus 17:11)
- Altars are temples in their most simple form, and the covenants made at them can vary.
- We place things on the altar to be completely consumed, we do not expect to see them again. It is expected that all ungodliness is treated this way.Read Full Post
Did you know that you can "read" temples? What if all of the temples around the world today constituted a vast library of new scripture just waiting to be read if we had eyes to see? This presentation covers some basic concepts relating to LDS Symbology and a guide to approaching the subject of learning symbolism.
This video presentation incorporates my first attempt at presenting principles related to "reading" temples. The content of the video is suitable for all ages and anyone interested in learning how understanding symbols can play an incredible part of their spiritual lives.
Well, I guess this is "brother-in-law" day today at oneClimbs! I owe this post to Brad who emailed this to me a few hours ago, and I also posted The Enchiridion by Epictetus from my other brother-in-law.
I've seen the older version of this "Scale of the Universe" presentation and the new one is even better. I think it is awesome because it illustrates just how large or small we are depending on what perspective you are coming from.Read Full Post
I have been having a great time digging through Avraham Gileadi's book "The End From the Beginning" which analyzes Isaiah's apocalyptic vision of the last days. My favorite kind of books are the ones that help me connect the dots, personally. Now, in order to connect dots you have to have them first, so here's dot one: the Heber C. Kimball prophecy concerning a great latter-day test.
I realize that I refer to this prophecy quite frequently on this blog, but I just keep finding so many various connections to it that I just have to put some thoughts down. Here is just a small excerpt:
…the Saints will be put to a test that will try the integrity of the best of them. The pressure will become so great that the more righteous among them will cry unto the Lord day and night until deliverance comes.
Yes, we think we are secure here in the chambers of these everlasting hills, where we can close the doors of the canyons against mobs and persecutors, the wicked and the vile, who have always beset us with violence and robbery, but I want to say to you, my brethren, that the time is coming when we will be mixed up in these now peaceful valleys to that extent that it will be difficult to tell the face of a Saint from the face of an enemy against the people of God.
Then is the time to look out for the great sieve, for there will be a great shifting time, and many will fall. For I say unto you there is a test, a Test, a TEST coming. (Heber C. Kimball, First Counselor in the First Presidency, May 1868, in Deseret News, 23 May 1931; see also Conference Report, Oct. 1930, p. 58-59)
The last part where he says "…a test, a test, a test…" is the first dot. Late President Gordon B. Hinckley referenced these very words in a talk first given in 1974 (which was then repeated again in 1990) where he concluded: "…I do not know precisely the nature of that test. But I am inclined to think the time is here…" He suggested "that the test lies in our capacity to live the gospel rather than adopt the ways of the world" (Gordon B. Hinckley, A City Set Upon a Hill, October 1974 General Conference).Read Full Post
It always amazes me how we acknowledge the historical certainty of the rise and fall of nations in the past, but we don't seem to think that the same fate is an eventuality today.
Sure, men wanted to take over the world back then, but not today.
Sure, there were men trying to take over the world in the last century, but not today.
Sure, the newly appointed (unelected) "President" of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, recently stated: "2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet."
To think that we will ever be at the mercy of power hungry men bent on world domination and global plunder is surely just some kind of crazy conspiracy theory isn't it?
I could not more highly recommendRead Full Post
All of the notes below are taken directly from the Temple Institute which is an organization seeking to rebuild the third temple on Mount Moriah.
Moses was instructed by G-d that the garments of the priests were to be both dignified and beautiful; as precious as the garments of royalty. Indeed, the Talmud informs us that when the wicked Persian king Ahasuerus made a feast for his advisors and officers and sought to impress them with his greatness (as recorded in the scroll of Esther, which tells the story of Purim) he put off his own royal vestments and donned the uniform of the High Priest… which was more precious than his own. These priestly garments were in his possession since the First Temple had been destroyed byRead Full Post


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I've tried virtually every freeform database for Mac (Yojimbo, K.I.T., Journler, etc.) and Windows (Treepad, AskSam, Ultra Recall, etc.). EagleFlier is exactly what I've been looking for - a tree-like structure with easy drag-and-drop of web pages, PDFs, etc. combined with powerful search features.
A few quick comments:
Love the simple, non-proprietary storage method for imported files.
Auto-open of last database at startup would be swell. In the meantime, it is easy enough to make an alias to the .eflibrary database and double click that instead.
Is it possible for EF to act more like iPhoto or iTunes when deleting files from folders (i.e., the original file is not deleted from the Library)? Also, can a single file be stored in multiple folders? This would affect the current storage mechanism, I suppose, wherein files are stored in their respective folders. Perhaps symlinks could be used?
Being able to encrypt either individual items or the entire database would be nice.
Thanks so much for crafting my dream app!


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Career Fairs and Events
Careers & Coffee
Are you interested in becoming an honorary barista for a day by hosting Careers & Coffee? During Careers & Coffee, USF students are invited to drop by, grab a cup of freshly poured coffee, and chat with representatives from your organization!
Due to its location at the Marshall Student Center, this event is ideal for full-time employment opportunities spanning more than one major or discipline. Careers & Coffee is open to all students from the USF system; students are informed that casual or business casual attire is appropriate for this popular event and resumes are not required.
Note: This location is not ideal for those looking to recruit students specifically
within the College of Engineering. If you are interested in recruiting engineering
students, consider registering for an Employer Spotlight in the College of Engineering.
When: Select Thursdays throughout the fall and spring semesters, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Spring 2020 - Please note all Careers & Coffee sessions are booked for the Spring 2020 semester. If you are still interested in recruiting on-campus with us, we suggest registering for an Employer Spotlight in the Library Job Shop.
- Thursday, February 13, 2020
- Thursday, February 27, 2020
- Thursday, March 5, 2020
- Thursday, April 2, 2020
- Thursday, April 16, 2020
Where: Marshall Student Center Atrium (near the Clock Tower), 4103 USF Cedar Circle, Tampa, Florida 33620
Who: Organizations interested in meeting with students from across all majors to discuss full-time employment opportunities.
Cost: Please see below for the full breakdown of registration information, including fees, timelines, policies, and more.
REGISTER FOR AN EVENT - spring 2020 Registration opens 11/4/2019!
To register for Careers & Coffee, you must have an ACTIVE Handshake account and be connected with "University of South Florida."
Please visit the Spring 2020 Careers & Coffee page, then click the Register button in the upper right corner to get started. Login or create your Handshake account to get started with submitting your fair registration.
USF Career Services assesses tiered registration fees per event based on organization type.
Corporate Organization: $125.00
Please note that corporate organizations will be charged the 8.5% sales tax for Hillsborough County, Florida. All fees listed in Handshaek include the sales tax on top of the base registration rate listed above.
Non-Profit/Government Organization: $125.00
On the registration form, please indicate your organization type when requested to ensure your registration fee does not include tax. Please note you will be asked to provide a copy of your Tax Exemption Certificate to received the tax exempt registration rate listed above.
Payment Due Date: Note that dates are limited and available first-come, first-served. Fees must be paid in full two weeks prior to the event date to hold your reservation. Your registration will not be approved until payment is made in full, and your event date may be sold if all other dates are sold out and your payment is delinquent.
Careers & Coffee registration includes the following:
- 1 Parking Permit for your organization's representative(s). Please carpool, parking is limited midday.
- 1 display table
- 3 containers of coffee, flavors may vary
- Coffee cups and condiments
- Custom Careers & Coffee signage featuring your organization's name, logo, and organization description (obtained from your Handshake profile)
- A member of our staff will greet you at the table, and assist with setting up and breaking down your display
- Wireless (Wi-Fi) access is provided to all guests at USF and this process will work on all devices, including mobile phones, laptops, and tablets. Please find Wi-Fi connection instructions here: http://bit.ly/GuestWifi.
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(photo: Top of Kayangan Lake – Coron)
Reasons why you should visit
- Diving – you can get a super affordable diving license here(PADI), known for having some of the most beautiful ocean creatures to see here
- Beautiful soft sand beaches, and (when its not raining) beautiful weather and tropical sun
- Experience island life and boat tours, plenty of water activities and beautiful resorts
- English is a commonly spoken language here
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(photo: entry to secret lagoon, El Nido)
Important items for you to pack before going
Island hopping means you will be around the sea and sun ALOT, please do remember to bring these items with you on tours and to Palawan in general – you will thank me later:
- Waterproof sunscreen of over 50+ from the strong tropical sun if you don't want to be peeling. Being in the water also makes you feel the heat less but actually enhances the sun rays on your skin, remember to apply every four hours.
- Bring a waterproof phonepouch for your phone. Even if you say you won't bring a your phone into the water, it will still get flooded by sea water on the boat – waterproof phones ARE NOT SEAWATER PROOF. Once seawater goes in byebye phone! You can buy these around the island.
- Water shoes – it is very cheap to buy a pair in the local shops but if you want may want to buy some in your own country before hand as you are guaranteed to be using them if you go island hopping. These shoes should protect you from jelly fish and stepping on the sharp rocks and objects in the sea when snorkelling, going inside caves, sharp rocks beached etc. Without these you are very very likely to cut your foot, and walking in the sea in flip-flops is an uncomfortable challenge.
- Wet bag – this comes in handy to keep all your belongings dry on the boat! Including your towels and change of clothes, phones and cameras can go in here too. If you bring a backpack or an open beach bag it will just get soaked!
- Try travelling light if possible – bringing a large suitcase travelling from island to island, where the boats arrive you still have to drag it across the beach, it packs on the beach. You may also want to try wearing flipflops and shorts / shorter dresses when travelling on these boats if you don't want to get your trousers / maxi skirts and trainers soaked.
- Pro-Biotics – if you have a weak stomach, or generally to strengthen you're immune system. I got severe food poisoning during my time in El Nido which meant I couldn't go to a tour!
Best time to visit
We went in June, and the weather unfortunately wasn't very good, raining almost every day, we rarely saw a sunset except the first 2 nights. It was classed as rainy season and we were told January (winter months) are actually better months. To me the weather DOES affect the time here because during thunderstorms there is no point going out to sea, and you also can't lye on the beach sunbathing. Not to say during heavy rain periods there's really not much to do in general on a beach island. However there were still the odd days where we managed to go visit the some islands in the grey sky and no rain! Which is why most of my photos are so grey 🙁
Generally July and western summer months are peak periods so the prices are high, if you are able to go between November to March your skin and wallet will be much happier!
How to get there
El Nido – Fly to Puerto Princesa International Airport (Main airport on the island), take a bus or private car operated by your hotel to El Nido – it takes about 5 hours. If you want a quicker journey you can take a (much more pricey) propeller flight to El Nido Airport.
Puerto Princesa is the main city in Palawan with many activities and cute restaurants, be sure to stay a night here to explore and stock up on necessary (and cheap) products from convenience stores! The hotels here are also very cheap compared to El Nido.
Coron – Coron Airport (Francisco B. Reyes Airport) can be reached via transiting at Manila International Airport.
From El-Nido to Coron (photo above) – Different boats operate daily. There are some large boats leaving the port at 6am which have air-con and take about 3 hours are much more expensive, these are booked online. There are local boats which take about 6 hours which don't have air-con but are much cheaper, and can be booked by local tour shops around the island.
El Nido or Coron?
The best thing is to visit both islands, a 6 hour boat away from each other (slower, cheaper, no air-con) or 3 hour by fast expensive boat that must be booked in advance online. If you only have time to visit one then read below:
El Nido Island
El Nido itself has more activities to do, more tourists, more bars and more restaurants – generally more life. It has become a very popular tourist spot, and is more famous than Coron. However what I didn't enjoy was all the hard selling and tourist traps. If you like to be around lively and convenience, El Nido Island would suit you more.
Generally there is only a handfull of 5 star resorts on El Nido island itself, they are also quite small. If you want a luxury resort in El Nido they have their own private islands.
The 5 voted best private resorts in El Nido, on their own island by Trip Advisor are as below (in order of highest price to lowest):
(Photo: Big lagoon, El Nido)
Coron Island
Coron has little life at night – we couldn't even find any restaurants where we stay (2 Seasons Bayside, Coron) so we ate inside the hotel everyday. Despite this, there was MUCH less tourists, each tour had less than half the people and the island and beaches were less spoilt by tourists, and had pretty much no tourist traps. If you prefer an affordable, peaceful and a less touristy island, Coron is your place. All the 'touristy' shops were also much much cheaper – for example we bought boat shoes selling at 10usd in El Nido for 3USD in Coron.
There are less tours to choose from at Coron but equally beautiful as El Nido, in my opinion. You can also hike their Coron sign (similar to the Hollywood Sign) and see a beautiful view of Coron.
Kayangan Lake is definately worth checking out, as there is such an amazing view from the top. You can swim in this lake and this is probably one of the spotlights at Coron. (photo below)
If you do stay at Coron, I highly recommend the 4 star hotel Two Seasons Bayside Hotel, right next to Coron pier. It has panoramic rooms of the sea, port, and infinity pool. The rooms are super affordable, and the bathtub view is simply amazing. This is also probably the best hotel in Coron Island that I saw and stayed at myself, I'd highly recommend it! It does book out pretty fast so try to book in advance!
(Photo: Panoramic view room at Two Seasons Bayside Hotel Coron)
Salamat for now! Phillipines has over a 7000 islands to hop around in, so for sure we'll be back to visit another.
(photo: Coron – sun is finally out, on the way back home after the day tour)
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