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Welcome to Writers in Various Stages of Development #042 with Omari McCarthy.
Omari is a talented writer with a clear drive and focus. He began his career working as a production coordinator/manager for some of the UK's biggest shows, before making the transition to writing. Since then he's had credits for popular children's series such as PJ Masks, JoJo & Gran Gran, Biff and Chip, and Love Monster.
After winning the Triforce Creative Network's Writer Slam competition in 2019, he developed his original script with Amazon Studios and is currently co-writing a biopic exploring the life of Claudia Jones. He has various development deals, joined the BBC Studios Writers' Workshop 2021, and… honestly… there's too much to include in this intro. To summarise, Omari is 🔥
When did you start writing?
I've always wanted to write but didn't know it was possible for me as a career.
When I was in secondary school my first phone was the BlackBerry Quark 6230 (ask your parents) where I used to write everything that was going on around me; banter with friends, family drama, hope and dreams. All with precise time logs too. I think that was when I started. I didn't even know it.
You have a background as a production coordinator and production manager, working on the teams for some hugely successful animated series (Mr Bean, Hey Duggee, 101 Dalmation Street) as well as the Tiger Who Came to Tea special and popular comedy series such as 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
How did you get started working in production and what exactly is the role of a production coordinator?
When I graduated from Falmouth University (class of 2013) I applied for about 60 jobs, had 10 replies, 2 interviews then landed my first paid job in the industry was as a Production Assistant at Tiger Aspect on the Animated Mr. Bean series. Yep.
When I applied I knew the guys I needed to reach (Tom Beattie) and drafted a lovely email asking for an interview. But I couldn't find his exact email address. So I BCC'd it to 7 different variations of the email format. 6 bounced back. 1 got through. The rest is history.
A Production Coordinator's job is to facilitate a show or a department and make sure all the trains run on time. But I quite like the airport analogy too. A show is like an airport where each episode is a plane you want to bring in as safely as possible – on schedule and with all the assets in the right place. The production team are air traffic control and the Production Coordinator can sometimes be in the tower – across a whole show. Or sometimes you're in a specific department – down on the tarmac like an aircraft marshal making lots of hand signs.
So how did you then make the transition into writing?
Deep down I've always wanted to write as well as produce but I didn't think it was possible for me so I didn't tell a soul. But that changed in September 2014.
I was working on the Animated Mr. Bean Series at Tiger Aspect and our director Tim Searle used to give these amazing speeches on Fridays. One day he said there were 10 episodes left of the 52 and they were looking for ideas. That was the first time I admitted to myself and others I wanted to do it.
I think it was because I could see a clear roadmap to get there. I pretty much went home that night and tried to come up with episode ideas. But this isn't some fairytale. I never got to write an episode but it got me started.
What was your first credit as a writer?
PJ Masks! Trust me, Chris, you can't get a better start than that in kids telly!
PJ Masks is a HUGE show. How did it feel to come on board as a writer? Which episodes did you work on?
Deborah Thorpe (Kelebek Media) was nice enough to introduce me to Simon Nicholson (Head Writer, PJ Masks). I was nervous but I knew I had to give it my all given the status of the show and what it could do for me if I did a good job.
I wrote 2 episodes for season 4; 'All About Asteroids' and 'The Labours of Armadylan' which have both aired in the U.S & U.K on Disney Junior last year.
Writing for popular children's shows like PJ Masks gives you a lot of street cred in the industry and with parents with young kids!
Are you now a full-time writer or do you balance production work?
I used to joke that I was a production manager by day and a writer by night.
Between us (and the entire internet) when I got my first writing gig on PJ Masks I didn't actually tell the production company that I was writing. That was only because it was my first writing gig and I was worried I would get kicked off! I couldn't bear the embarrassment so I kept it a secret. They found out and it became a whole thing but they let it go in the end.
Since then I would tell production companies I was a writer during the interview. Throughout 2020 the writing work reached a tipping point where it felt like my day job was getting in the way of my writing. At that point I knew it was time to leave. I've been writing full time since Jan 2021.
When did you sign with your agent and how did it happen?
I should mention this is where being an industry insider helps.
Back in 2017 / 2018 I was a Production Coordintor at Jellyfish Pictures on Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed. I got to know Michael Elson, who was a Producer at Beano Studios at the time and asked if I could write for the show. They said no as they were only working with experienced writers.
But in January 2018 he and Michelle Ford were nice enough to read my original script and they invited me to writers drinks they were having at Beano Studios. Michelle introduced me to Lucy Fawcett on the night who would later become my agent.
Early in your writing career, you attended various writer workshops. What was this experience like and how did it feel to be in the room?
The first couple of rooms were nerve wracking. All the other writers knew each other and dive straight into their usual banter while I sat there like a lemon. But I'm good in the room and being an industry insider means I recognised some of their names from shows they'd worked on so that was my way in. They all seemed intrigued by my production experience. Some of them were even a little intimate by it which surprised me.
Also when the writers' room would be faced with production logistics and the dreaded 'asset counts' I would sometimes give them production jargon to politely clap back which they all found useful.
What advice do you have for anyone who finds themselves in a room for the first time?
Always pitch first. I have a lot of anxiety around pitching. I can't bear the dread of waiting to pitch. Also if it's bad they'll forget, if it's good you've set the pace. Once you're out of the way it also frees you up to riff on other people's ideas.
Writers' rooms tend to have low energy in the afternoon after everyone's had a big lunch so pitch in the morning when there's more energy in the room.
You've written for JoJo & Gran Gran. There's a really great team behind this show and the series seems to be picking up more and more well-deserved praise all the time. As a black writer, what has it meant to you to write for a show that's so committed to authentic storytelling for children?
I was invited to a writers' retreat when the show was in late stage development. It was loads of fun and I met the lovely Laura Henry-Allain who created the books. JoJo and Gran Gran is a milestone in children's tv so I'm proud to be a part of it.
But it's also a shame it took this long. Funnily enough when I was first told it was the first black British pre-school I was surprised and I guess a little naive for thinking there has been one before. I wrote two episodes for the show. I'm particularly proud of the "It's Time To Bake" episode which is about baking Banana Bread. While writing it I called my dad for the recipe as he used to bake it when we were kids which brought back memories.
You're on the writing team for the new CBeebies Biff and Chip live action series. As a parent, I have a strange emotional attachment to the books from my own childhood through watching my kids learn to read with these characters. What was it like bringing the world of the books to the screen?
Biff & Chip is pretty much a staple of every household. I had a great time in the room for that show and I remember feeling like I did well on the day. We had some really interesting conversations about what to honour from the books and what to make our own.
Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta, the author and illustrator of the book were there and gave us their blessing. The episode I pitched on the day is the same one I ended up writing. It's a slightly off-format episode so I'm excited to see how it comes out.
As well as your work for existing series, you've also developed some of your own original projects. This is one of the areas I struggle with sometimes as I find I'm moving from one series to another and don't invest enough time in developing my own specs between jobs. How do you discipline yourself to create something with no one asking (or paying!) you to do it?
I develop my own specs on borrowed time and stolen moments. Meaning I have a lot more freedom than most. I don't have a lot of time to work on my own stuff so I usually chip away at it over a long period of time at nights, weekends or that small window between delivering a draft for one project and moving back to another commission. In terms of process I have a dedicated notepad for each project which feeds into a living document on my laptop where every idea goes into the pot to simmer. Then when I get the rare moment of downtime I can simmer it down into a pitch.
Your original scripts – Little Loud and How to Catch a Monster both sound really fun. What can you tell us about them?
These are the scripts that got me an agent. Little Loud is a slap-stick pre-school series about a good little girl with a big bad shadow. Imagine your shadow took on a life of it's own and behaved like the tazmadian devil. I had the idea back in uni and had planned to make it as a short for my final major project to then take out to broadcasters. But unfortunately it didn't get picked to go forward. I dusted it off a few years later and it became one of my spec scripts.
I'd pitch How To Catch A Monster as 'Ghostbusters meets the Goonies'. It's about a girl called Alex Hunter who leads a rag-tag group of misfits to hunt monsters and solve supernatural mysteries in their small town. I originally wrote it as an animated feature then I came to my senses and re-wrote it as a tv pilot.
You don't exclusively write for kids and your original adult writing has also been recognised by the industry, including Once Upon a Time In Handsworth, which earned you the title of co-winner for the 2019 Writerslam competition. What inspired you to write the script and what was it like to be selected?
I could see myself being pigeonholed in pre-school despite only doing it for 18 months. So I thought I'd write an original adult drama to help me punch into live action adult drama. It was inspired by growing up in my own neighbourhood – Handsworth in Birmingham. It's a working class, mostly black and south asian neighbourhood.
They arranged for actors to do a read through in front of the audience. It was the first time I'd heard my work out loud as nothing I'd written had broadcasted at the time. One of the actors struggled with a line which I didn't realise was so clunky until I'd heard it out loud. I changed the line.
I developed the script with Lydia Hampson ('Fleabag' Producer) at Amazon Studios over 6 months. The script has since got me general meetings around town and still does and a co-wiring job on Claudia which will be my first feature credit.
You're currently writing a feature film based on the life story of journalist and activist, Claudia Jones, the founder of the Notting Hill Carnival. How did you become involved in the project and what has the writing process been like working on a biographical piece for a person with such a legacy?
My script called Once Upon A Time In Handworth got me the job. I think it was TriForce Creative Network who recommended me. I had a zoom meeting with Frances-Anne Solomon (Writer, Director, Producer, Founder of Caribbean Tales) and she told me about this woman called Claudia Jones.
At the time I didn't know anything about Claudia or 1950's London. But when I researched her I discovered she lived this amazing life and was a force of nature. Her life felt epic. Even, biblical. I couldn't quite believe I'd never heard about her or that her story had never been told until now. It felt as though her life had been kept secret. I didn't think they'd pick me as all I had were pre-school credit and not a drama credit to rub together. To my surprise they chose me based on the strength of my script and I'm now co-writing with Fracnes-Anne.
Writing a historical drama starts with a lot of research. Luckily I've been able to meet people who were alive at the time who are now in their old age.
I have to understand the politics and policies of 1950's London, the nuances of the black and white working class in Notting Hill of the time, and work through a load of books, documentaries and films from the period. Claudia was also a communist so I have to understand that too. It's a big undertaking.
How does your process change when you're writing a feature instead of for TV?
Some good advice I was given is that in a film the character's problem should be resolvable but in a TV show it should be unresolvable.
It really shows what submitting to a competition can lead to. What does it take to grab the attention of judges with a script?
I think writing in kids tv helped. Often these competitions have a tight script length of 10-15 pages. For some people that's nothing but I'm used to telling a whole story in that length. I think the trick is to tell a whole story to satisfy the reader while hinting at a bigger world.
What other projects are you currently working on (that you're allowed to talk about)?
I don't know what I can and can't say so I'll say this… I'm across 6 projects at the moment with 2 more pending. It's all development work and all at various stages. The projects span animation and live action. Across series and features. Across children's and adult content. The first 3 need to be completed by the end of the year and the others I'll start in 2022.
Sorry this all sounds so cryptic.
I'm sure that like most writers, you've also had your share of rejection and missed opportunities. How do you cope with this side of being a writer?
In the early days it was disheartening. Back then I had no agent or credits so I was being turned down as a matter of course. It was even more annoying because I was in the animation industry and knew the right people and was even working on shows I could have written for but when I asked they said no. I guess it's that thing of people seeing as you the role you're in rather than what you could become if given a chance.
Anyway I was able to persist because I could see a path where I could leverage my animation production experience to write for shows before I had an agent.
So when you start out you're looking for what you can leverage. It all worked out in the end. I went from overlooked to overbooked! Nowadays I'm turning down more work than I'm taking on because I'm busy.
But now that I'm trying to push into live action teen and adult content I have a whole new wave of rejections to face so I guess it never stops.
Is writers block ever an issue for you and if so, how do you deal with it?
Yes, it is on new projects, less so on ones that have been kicking around for a while.
I have my notebooks and my living document. I'll re-read what excited and inspired me about the project in the first place. I also go back to my theme and the allegory if it's a genre piece.
What advice do you have for writers who may be struggling to find new opportunities or progress to the next level of their career?
Focus on craft and your network. But it's who you know in the industry… and who knows you.
What's your number one tip for creating characters and writing dialogue?
The way I approach characters is always the same. I have my checklist for character; want, need, flaw, facade, lie, ghost, personal hell, defence mechanisms, etc.
Then I work on their relationships, hobbies, interests, hopes, dreams, fears for each character too. All on a pen and paper first so I can think and dream. I try to avoid the computer for as long as possible.
Character is 'tone of voice.' A surprising amount of dialogue is shaped by our hobbies and interests. Have you ever noticed how your friends who are into sports use way more sports analogies?
What are your current career goals?
My career goal is to become a Writer and Producer across Film & TV and across animation and live action. As yet I'm still trying to find a production company who will leverage me for both my production skill set and writing.
The truth is I may start my own… One day I'd also love to land one of those mega overall deals with a major streamer you hear about in the trades (See: Shonda Rhimes).
If you could reboot any series or movie, what would it be and what would you change?
Invasion of the Body Snatchers. There's a whole trilogy in that.
Are there any books or scripts that you would recommend to other writers? (can also be podcasts, youtube videos, blogs etc)
Moonlight by Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney – for it's beauty, impact and economy.
Alien (the draft by Walter Hill) – for the way he writes scene action and scene descriptions like haikus.
Podcast Episodes;
'You Are A Storyteller' with Brian McDonald – start with episode 18 'Charged Objets'
'The Screenwriting Life' – start with episode 49 with Michael Arnt on 1st Acts
Scriptnotes – episode 399 'Notes on Notes'.
Team Deakins – cinematographer Roger Deakins interviews his peers
'The 11 Laws of Showrunning' by Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Into The Woods by John Yorke
The Golden Theme by Brian McDonald
Creating Character Arcs by K.M Weiland
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John Truby's Audio Classes
'Soft White Underbelly' – in which Mark Laita, a former advertising photographer, interviews people at the the edge of American society; the homeless, illegal immigrants, gang members, strippers, pimps, prostitutes, dealers, addicts and even an inbred family.
It's harrowing stuff and may well bring you to tears but it's a profound insight into the human condition and a crash course in empathy for the 'other'. If you do watch it, start with the introductory video called 'Soft White Underbelly Intro Video'. You're in for a ride.
If you could travel back in time, what advice would you give to yourself at the start of your career?
Be patient – I was in such a rush to get started but everything has happened right on time.
Meet and build a network of other writers sooner – in the early days of your career agents get you jobs but as you progress it's other writers.
I'd probably try to get a book published then write the adaptation. IP is the whole game now.
Watch 'This is Us' sooner. It's the best show on TV.
What's the worst part of being a writer?
The first is the epidemic of the 'shortening of the first act'. Everyone wants you to start sooner. Their hearts are in the right place but there are consequences.
The second is knowing something is right and true but not knowing how to articulate it to your collaborators. Like how do you defend an idea when you know that it's right in your heart?
The best part of being a writer is that moment between the first spark of an idea and writing it down. There's this energy in you that's hard to describe.
The other is strangely when you get a good, good note on something. Not when they agree but a note that cuts through the noise and gets to the heart of what you're trying to say and reveals something new about the piece. Those notes are rare.
What makes you laugh more than anything?
Playing with my little cousins and watching Community season 1-3.
You can follow Omari on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn. He is represented by Sheil Land Associates.
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Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you, where are you from, and what do you do?
My name is Luciano Calderon. My mom is European and my dad is from South America. I grew up in Europe and lived my adult life in South America until I moved to Barcelona two years ago. I have a private art space in Barcelona (@31klassik on instagram)
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Tiffany Tillotson told KTRK that just two days after enrolling her three-year-old, Nas, into Parent's Choice Daycare in Spring, Texas, she made the decision to remove him after she was informed Nas' godfather could not attend the "Doughnuts with Dad" event on Friday.
Nas' godfather, Jason Moore, wanted to ensure that the young boy never felt different for not having a father in his life. It was a decision that was close to his heart as he, himself, grew up without a father.
"I think every young man — white, black, purple, blue — should have a father figure in their life," Moore told the station.
Tillotson, in turn, felt that the special day for fathers would be "something cute" that her son's godfather could participate in, especially since it's a holiday Nas isn't typically able to celebrate.
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Even if Parent's Choice Daycare provided an apology to Tillotson, she says the damage is done and she is currently searching for a new daycare for Nas.
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Prompt – Just push the button.Prompt suggested by mlwattsupp
Slowly I opened my eyes. I felt so tired. Had I been drugged? I'm lying on a bed, somewhat comfortable, but a tad short for my tall frame. I look around and everything is white. The bed, the table with one chair, the floors and the walls, all blindingly white.
What is going on? I sit up and see that the room I'm in is about fifteen feet by fifteen feet. There is a small kitchen area with cabinets. All white of course. There are two doors on opposite sides of the room. White, with white doorknobs. I look down at the floor and there are two white slippers. I'm wearing white pants and a white shirt.
The whole damn room is white! Except, there in the corner, a big red shiny button. I approach it with trepidation. There are no notes or signs indicating what the button is for. I wonder if I should push the button, but decide that until I know more, I'll keep my hands off of it.
A disembodied computer voice says, "Welcome Harry Gruen, to my little experiment."
"Who's that? Is that you John? What the hell is this?", thinking that only John Ang could come up with a diabolical experiment like this.
"This is the white room."
Shaking my head in disbelief, "Well, duh! Why am I here and how do I get out?"
"Harry, you may leave at any time. All you have to do is push the button, but before you do, I must explain the consequences of pushing the button." the voice intoned.
Smacking my lips while thinking furiously, I knew there was only thing to do. I reached over and pushed the button. A loud alarm immediately shrieked and the lights turned red. Slamming my hands over my ears in agony, I fell to my knees. The alarm stopped abruptly and the lights went back to normal.
"Dammit, Harry! I didn't even get the chance to explain the consequences. You've screwed this whole experiment up!"
I laughed, "John Ang, find yourself another gullible fool to experiment on. I'm out of here."
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It's springtime. Are you thinking about taking a trip? That's easy, right? Just throw things in a travel bag, hop in the car and go? Or, maybe make airline and lodging reservations and pack up and head to the airport?
In our younger days, we never thought twice about heading out on an adventure. As we age, we now think twice, or maybe even three times, before committing to trips away from home. We find comfort and safety at home; we experience uncertainty while traveling.
I believe it's important to maintain our freedom to enjoy the world, so as we age, how do we retain a sense of comfort and safety while traveling?
Car travel tactics
Before starting out, think about the logistics. You'll want to have a good time and not be overburdened.
For a road trip, have you considered caravanning with a few friends to wine country in eastern Washington?
One couple or individual should take the lead – plan the route, schedule the points of interest, designate stopping points, and place holds on a bank of rooms for overnight lodging.
Before heading out, share the itinerary, cell phone numbers and prearranged stopping points where you regroup. To accommodate aging: Schedule several stops for restrooms and opportunities to stretch.
A good leader who's done his homework will enable others to tag along; they won't have to sweat the details.
Keep the caravan to a max of three or four cars; otherwise, you'll find it tough to stay together in heavy traffic. If you get separated, don't panic. That's why you have prearranged stopping points and a list of cell phones.
If you like this idea, meet for a one-day outing and a scenic drive to lunch before going on an overnighter. This way everyone can become familiar with the logistics of traveling in caravan. There's a learning curve; use patience.
Two tips: Everyone should agree to travel at the speed limit when conditions allow. To discourage interlopers, keep caravan cars closely bunched.
The camaraderie and enthusiasm of a group makes travel easier and fun.
Traveling with your own car has advantages. After arriving at your overnight destination, it might be fun to have dinner together, but you also have the freedom to go your own way. The next morning, breakfast can be an individual activity. After breakfast, gather at an agreed-upon location and time for the next day's activities or the return trip home. Having your own car makes it easier to accommodate the personal routines of others.
Air travel tactics
I find major airports intimidating. I can only imagine how eighty-year-olds feel.
Suitcases need to be lugged from parking areas to airline checked-ins. At your destination, luggage must be collected again and transported to shuttles, cabs, or cars. It's great if family or friends can help.
For aging air travelers, a companion is a must.
If you don't have a ready companion, here are some ideas. As enticement, offer to pay the fare of a family member or younger friend. Alternatively, you can hire a travel companion from a reputable eldercare company. If this enables you to travel when otherwise you wouldn't, then the added expense is worth it.
Abled-bodied companions can prevent people from jostling you in airports crowds. They can also assist with security checks and stowing your carry-ons.
If you are unsteady, I suggest walking with a cane. The cane is a visual que to others to be careful and courteous. If a long airport walk is too much, arrange for an escorted wheelchair. Select this option when printing your boarding pass from home.
Elders needing assistance are asked to board planes first. So, go for it! Don't be shy or embarrassed. This is a privilege afforded the aging. Boarding early allows you to stow your carry-ons and get into your seat before the masses pile on board.
Here's a suggestion: If the journey is strictly for fun, choose a destination with a small airport; they're less crowded and have shorter distances to walk.
Here's another thought: Instead of a staying at a hotel, consider renting a private residence through a service like Airbnb. That way you'll have room to stretch out. It will be quieter; you can sleep late and fix a leisurely breakfast in the morning.
Happy travels.
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Rachel Howzell Hall knows how to write a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat. If you loved her 2019 thriller They All Fall Down, you'll love her new release, And Now She's Gone, available September 22, 2020. We asked Rachel about the stories behind her newest story.
Q: Tell us about your new book?
Put simply, AND NOW SHE'S GONE follows a new private investigator (Grayson Sykes) who gets her first big case: find Isabel Lincoln. Isabel may be missing but that doesn't mean she wants to be found. Gray is also dealing with her own struggles—her past lives and loves as she travels from Los Angeles to Alabama to Oakland in search of this mysterious woman.
Q: What places or what other authors do you get inspiration from?
Los Angeles, my hometown and where I still live—this place inspires me. The city is such a contradiction. Folks from other places see it as this big place where everyone is locked away in their cars. Yes, it is big, and we're all in cars, but for natives, it is an intimate place of friendships and neighborhood spots, that sky of many colors, the aromas of every kind of food you'd ever crave.
I am inspired by many writers. Attica Locke and her love of Texas, in particular, inspires me. In Heaven, My Home and Bluebird Bluebird, you can see how much she loves East Texas like I love L.A., and she describes the people and the environment and the food so beautifully. She balances love and loathing. I am inspired by Josh Malerman's work—the way he captures breathlessness in Bird Box to wonderful weirdness of Inspection.
Q: If your book were to be described as a mash up between two TV shows, what would it be?
Hmmm… Gone Girl meets Dirty John (doused in Colombo).
Q: What's the best book you've read recently?
The best book… I'm finishing up Erik Larson's newest, The Splendid and the Vile. Him and Jon Krakauer—I'll read anything they write.
A first look at Rachel's newest book
"Sharp, witty and perfectly paced, And Now She's Gone is one hell of a read!" ―Wendy Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before
Isabel Lincoln is gone.
But is she missing?
It's up to Grayson Sykes to find her. Although she is reluctant to track down a woman who may not want to be found, Gray's search for Isabel Lincoln becomes more complicated and dangerous with every new revelation about the woman's secrets and the truth she's hidden from her friends and family.
Featuring two complicated women in a dangerous cat and mouse game, And Now She's Gone explores the nature of secrets ― and how violence and fear can lead you to abandon everything in order to survive.
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we watched a panel do some talking around the theme of globalisation yesterday and i jotted down some interesting lines and thorts on my phone while it was happening:
with globalisation there are three stages we need to go through:
– we need to discern
– we need to assess
– we need to engage
is it right or wrong, it is good or bad, is it useful or useless – too often as the church we can throw the whole thing out instead of taking the time to go through those three steps and see where we can get involved and make the most of what is happening in the world – Jesus often used the context around Him (fish, children, people putting money into the offering) to teach His audience – when it comes to globalisation, the scope is vast and so both throwing out and holding onto everything is going to have negative results – but discerning, assessing and then engaging is going to be valuable, productive and effective
one of the speakers said that one of the needs during globalisation is for the rest of the world (specifically the south, where the shift of power is happening – india, china and africa and so on) to go to the west and help them win back the west [for so long there has been the mindset of the west going out to save/help/reach and now the reality is that the west contains some of the biggest need, especially when it comes to the gospel and living it out]
there is too much world in the church [and not enough church in the world] – one person in my small group said it like this quoting DL Moody – the church is like a boat has been made to be on the water – but heaven help the people in the boat once the water starts coming in to the boat – the two extremes here are becoming too isolated and becoming too worldly and the church has been guilty of both in different areas – our national vineyard conference recently met with the theme of 'taking the church out of the building' and i really believe that is a huge key to the future – links strongly with the split between sacred and secular [that actually if we include/invite/involve God in every aspect of our lives then everything is or should be spiritual] – we need to be infecting the world and not the other way around
lots of churchianity, not enough Christ-ianity…
then three aspects of the gospel that need to be happening:
– we need to believe the gospel
– we need to behave the gospel (live it out)
– we need to bear the gospel (take it out)
– and a fourth would be that it is a Biblical gospel
which links to the vision statement of lausanne which is 'the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole world'
another statement that was made was this: never before in the west have we had so much (stuff, toys, technology, opportunity) – never before have we had so little (depth, genuine relationship, life-transformation)
one of the problems of Christianity in the west is that it has been pitched as a product to buy – it never shows as discipleship because it never was truth – is there any surprise that we don't live any differently to the world – what can i get out of this? how does it make me feel? how does it change me? a religion that is me-centered as opposed to a relationship that revolves completely around God that i am privileged to be an active participant in
one of the keys is that we need to be making disciples rather than converts – and even taking it a step further – we need to be making disciplers, rather than just disciples
another point which ties in with globalisation and this discussion on church is a statement John Fisher made at a breakfast recently when he was talking about his love of the church and he said we don't need uniformity, we need unity – that is one of the biggest things that if we could get right, we would see the world changed…


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James Dean (8 February 1931 – 30 September 1955) was an American film actor and a cultural icon. He was best presented in his most famous film title, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark.
The other two roles that defined his acting were as Loner Cal Trask in East of Eden, and as an irritable farmer Jet Rink in Giant. Dean's everlasting fame and popularity are based on these three films, with his entire output in a leading role. His death at an early age cemented his mythological status.
He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and still remains the only person to receive two nominations for posthumous acting. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Dean 18th as the Best Male Performer in their AFI's 100-year list of stars.
early life
James Dean was born to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson on February 8, 1931 at Seven Gables Apartment House in Marion, Indiana. Six years after his father left farming to become a dentist technician, James and his family moved to Santa Monica, California.
His family spent many years there and based on all the available details young Jimmy was very close to his mother. According to Michel de Angelis, she was "the only person capable of understanding him". He was bharti in the Brenthood neighborhood of Los Angeles when his mother died of cancer when Dean was nine years old.
The dean sought advice and friendship from the regent clergyman Reverend James Deviard. DeWeard seemed to have a creative influence on Dean, especially in future interests in bullfighting, car racing and theater. According to Billy J. Harbin, "Dean had an intimate relationship with his pastor."
Which began in the final year of his high school and remained permanent for many years. " In high school, Dean's overall performance was mediocre, but he was a popular high school athlete who collaborated with baseball and basketball teams. Successfully played sports and studied drama and competed in Forensic Medicine through the Indiana High School Forensic Association. After graduating from Fairmount High School on May 16, 1949, Dean was accompanied by his hunting dog, Max, to his father and stepmother. Moved back to California to live with.
He enrolled in Santa Monica College (SMCC) and made pre-law an important subject. However at UCLA, he left behind 350 actors to play the role of Malcolm in Macbeth. At that time, he also began acting in James Whitmore's acting workshop. In January 1951, he left UCLA to pursue a full-time career as an actor.
acting career
Dean's first television appearance was in a television commercial for Pepsi Cola. He left college to work full-time, and he featured on the television special program Hill Number One on Easter, as the beloved disciple John and the faired bayonets! Sailor Beware and Has Anybody Seen My Gall? He performed three dialogueless roles in films called.
His only dialogue part was in a major comedy called Sailor Beware, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Dean acted as a boxing instructor. And also provided professional assistance and guidance regarding the place of stay.
In October 1951, on the advice of actor James Whitmore and his mentor Rogers Brackett, Dean moved to New York City. In New York, he worked as a stunt tester on the Beat the Clock game show. He also appeared in various CBS television series serials, The Web, Studio One, and Lux Video Theater, before gaining admission to the studios of famous actors to study acting method under Lee Strasberg.
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Proud of this achievement, Dean in a letter to his family in 1952 referred to the studio as "the largest theater school". It had great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred Dunnock … … very few people get admitted to it … it's the best thing that can happen to an actor. is. I am one of the youngest people related to him.His career flourished, and he starred in further serials such as Kraft Television Theater, Robert Montgomery Presentations, Denzer, and General Electric Theater in early 1950s television appearances.
His 1954 theatrical role as "Bachir", a North African domestic servant, in a adaptation of André Gide's book The Immortalist, brought him positive reviews from Hollywood.
Racing career and 'Little Bastard'
When Dean got a role in East of Eden, he bought himself a MG race designed for a red race and a white Ford Country Square Woody station wagon shortly thereafter. Dean gave his MG a Porsche 356 Speedster (Chachis number 82621) in which he raced.
Dean finished second in the Palm Springs road race competition after being disqualified by a cunning in 1955; He finished third at the Bakersfield in May 1955, and later that month he was running fourth by the time he ran out of engine failure in the Santa Monica road race.
During the filming of Rebel Without a Cause, Dean sold a 356 Speedster's 90 Porsche in exchange for 550 Spiders. He was barred from racing under contract during the filming of Giant, but after his removal from the road, he was free to compete again. In fact, Porsche was an improvisation for Dean until the delivery of a better Lotus MK. X's delivery was delayed and he needed a car to compete in races in Salinas, California.
Dean's 550 was custom-built by George Barriss, who designed the Batmobile. Dean's Porsche had 130 numbers on the front, side and rear. The seating area of the car was fitted with a charcoal cloth and two red stripes in the rear of its wheelwell. The car was nicknamed 'Little Bastard' by his language instructor Bill Hickman during the joint. Dean asked the car painter and pin striker Dean Jeffrey to paint a little bastard on the car as per his interest.
When Dean introduced himself to Alec Guinness outside a restaurant, he asked him to take a look at Spider. Guinness called the car 'unlucky' and told Dean: "If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week". The meeting took place on 23 September 1955, seven days before Dean's death.
On 30 September 1955, Dean and his mechanic Rolf Wutherich parted with the Competition Motors, preparing their Porsche 550 Spyder that morning for a sports car race in Salinas, California. Dean originally wanted a Porsche trailer at the intersection of Salinash behind his New Ford Country Square station wagon, equipped with Hickman and photographer Sanford Roth, who were planning to produce Dean's illustrated story in the races. In the final moments, Dean drives the Spider, deciding he needs more time to get himself acquainted with the car.
At 3:30 in the afternoon, Dean received 65 mi / h (105 km / h) 65 mi / h (105 km / h) in an area of 55 mi / h (89 km / h). Hour) was fined at Metler Station, Kern County for driving at a speed of. Ford's driver was fined for driving at speeds exceeding 20 mi / h 20 mi / h (32 km / h) (32 km / h), as the prescribed speed limit for all vehicles towing the trailer was 45 The mile / hour was 45 mi / h (72 km / h) (72 km / h). Later, leaving Ford far behind, he stopped at Blackwells Corner in Lost Hills for fuel and met fellow racer Lens Reventlow.
James Dean was driving west on Colme, California (near US Route 466 (later State Route 46)) when a black-and-white 1950 Ford custom Tudor coupe, called 23-year-old Kel Poly student Donald Turnspeed, from the opposite side K was driving, attempted to drive on the state route and crossed the lane without seeing Dean.
The two cars almost collided face-to-face. In an October 1, 2005 version of the Los Angeles Times According to one story, California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Nelson and his companions were drinking coffee at Paso Robles when they were called to the crash site, where they saw a stunned but deeply incensed Dean carrying an ambulance. He was thrown from the car, but survived with a broken jaw and other injuries.
Dean was brought to the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:59 by a doctor who was caring for the emergency room. Gone. Just before he died, his last words were "That boy has to stop … he meets us Singing.
According to the post-mortem report, it is believed that Dean's head was hurt by a grill in front of another car. Dean suffered a broken neck as a result of this injury as well as a collision, in addition to extensive injuries to the broken jaw, arms and legs, as well as extensive internal injuries.
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He became healthy and started an electrical contracting business and died of lung cancer in 1995. Wutrich died in 1981 in Germany in a road accident after several suicide attempts.
private life
According to Dean's family, William Bast was one of Dean's closest friends. Dean's first biographer (1956), Bast was his roommate at UCLA in New York and was in his life for five years. Shortly after Dean's death, he stated that he and Dean were lovers.
Early in Dean's career, when he signed a contract with the Warner brothers, his public relations department gave rise to several stories of Dean's relationships with young actresses created by Dean's Hollywood agent, Dick Clitone Were.
Dean's best-remembered relationship was with the young Italian actress, Peer Angeli, whom he met during the shooting of The Silver Kallis with Angeli and with whom he exchanged jewelry as a token of love.
It is believed that Angelie's mother rejected the relationship because Dean was not a Roman Catholic. In her autobiography, Ist of Eden, director Elia Kazan, denying the apprehension that Dean may have a woman in success, contradictorily cites the "romance" of Dean and Angeli, claiming that she made Dean's dressing appearance.
James Dean -Angeli's love affair for a very short time was also encouraged by James Dean himself, who revealed this to several gossip columnists and his fellow-star Julie Herris, who stated in interviews that Dean had told him with Angeli It was said that there is a lot of love. However, in early October of 1954, Angelie unexpectedly announced Dean's engagement with Italian-American singer Vic Domaine, further exacerbating Dean's uneasiness.
Angeli married Domine the following month, and Gossip columnists reported that Dean, or someone dressed like him, saw the wedding sitting on a bike from across the street. However, when Bast questions him about these news, Dean denies that he must have "fooled so much …" and, like Paul Alexander, Bast believes that the two had a mere publicity stunt.
Actress Liz Sheriden claims that she and Dean had a brief relationship in New York. Describing it in her memoir, she also states that Dean had a sexual relationship with Rogers Brackett and describes her negative response to the situation.


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Flight Lieutenant Naveen Tanwar has been on the posted strength of one of the Helicopter units since 08 Dec 86. He has been operating from Jaffna in support of Indian Peace Keeping Force since Dec 87.
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The reality as we perceive is nothing further than what we are able to sense in the moment. Everything else is virtual.
This includes the entire past and the projected future.
When we think about anything, we are basically reducing the ratio of aliveness in the moment, sacrificing the moment for the sake of a memory, a plan, or a thought.
This is just a gentle reminder to bring your attention to the moment. Focus on the moment. Listen to your senses. Listen the moment, look around, feel what you touch, feel the sensations, taste the air.
Breathe in the moment.
Just do this now for one minute and see how you feel. If you get distracted by a thought, then simply bring your attention back to the moment.
It might not be possible to 'be in the moment' at all times, and this is why I call the concept as the percentage of precence. We are humans, therefore we are supposed to feel emotions and think. We are supposed to remember memories, we are supposed to feel, we are supposed to think about the future. But sometimes, we might just forget to feel the moment.
Feel the moment.
You can read more about the percentage of presence and where the time flows in 'A Lean Mind' – Link in Bio.
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Today, I am going to post my WTF moments or things that I think should be WTF moments.
To wit:
I'm sure I can think of more but it's 9:56pm and if I futz around on here any longer, this thing won't get posted today and my WTF Wednesday will be my TFB Thursday.
I made brownies for my friend Mike. It's his birthday tomorrow and he's really a quiet dude so no one really knows him or makes a fuss over him (which is generally how he prefers it). Since I am the "make a fuss over your birthday" queen, I asked him what he wanted: no fuss, little bit 'o fuss, big fuss. He chose LBOF; hence, the brownies. (I also got a cake and decorated his cube but not as much as *I* wanted to, so it's a compromise. I hope he will be pleasantly surprised when he brings his birthday ass into work tomorrow!)
(… and might I add that those brownies rocked. WOOOO HOOO!)


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BACKGROUND. Elastic natural killer (NK) cell lymphoma/leukemia (BNKL) is an immature CD56-positive neoplasm, which was recognized recently and characterized by systemic proliferation of tumor cells including skin, lymph node, and bone marrow. METHODS. The current study analyzed 47 patients with BNKL (27 had leukemias and 20 had lymphomas). Patient data were collected for the survey of the NK-Cell Tumor Study Group. RESULTS. There were 33 males and 14 females, with a median age of 53 years (range, 3 months to 89 years). There were few clinicopathologic differences between the leukemia and lymphoma types. Cutaneous involvement was noted at diagnosis in 28 patients, who presented a tendency for older age of onset (median: 56 vs. 46 years, P = 0.11) than patients with noncutaneous BNKL. Cutaneous BNKL showed less frequent mediastinal involvement (4% vs. 53%, P = 0.0002) and less severe thrombocytopenia (P = 0.03). Phenotypic characteristics were also different, with cutaneous BNKL favoring CD4 and HLA-DR expression, and noncutaneous BNKL favoring CD16 and CD34 expression. Both groups responded well to chemotherapy for lymphoid malignancies, but disease recurrence was frequent. The prognosis of patients with noncutaneous BNKL was significantly poorer than that of patients with cutaneous BNKL (median survival: 15 vs. 25 months, P = 0.02). Multivariate analysis confirmed that cutaneous involvement was a significant and independent prognostic factor for BNKL, as were age of onset and leukocyte count. CONCLUSIONS. These findings suggested that BNKL is a heterogeneous disease and contains at least two subtypes. Although further investigations are needed to settle a marker for distinction, the presence of cutaneous involvement is a useful prognostic factor.
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I had dinner at Nha Trang on Wellington Street the other night and it was the first meal I've had in a while that was flawless from beginning to end. It also was important to me because it served as a reminder of the fact that Vietnamese cuisine is by far my favorite and that my proximity to Vietnam at the moment (even if I can't go there because the visa is twice the cost of a flight and because I don't know where to get a yellow fever vaccine in Hong Kong) offers me an unparalleled opportunity to find authentic Vietnamese food which I should very much take advantage of in the next few weeks. Something about that beautiful harmony between spicy chili, soothing lemongrass, tart lime, zingy cilantro, cool mint, oily and earthy peanut….something about a warm bowl of pho or a steaming plate of rice vermicelli with fish sauce….something about the composition of each dish with a perfect balance of crispy, chewy and soft…Yeah, Vietnamese food wins.
Deep fried soft shell crab – I don't usually like to start with the best but I can't help myself in this case…Golden brown and crispy light batter wrapping around crunchy thin legs and a beautifully plump body which made for two big mouth-fulls of creamy white, mushy crab insides, slightly crunchy shell and beautiful batter. Served with lime. Absolutely perfect.
Pork spring rolls – Beautifully refreshing bite-sized rolls of lettuce, cucumber, chives, mint, a bit of garlic, rice vermicelli and very delicate, tiny bits of grilled pork wrapped in moistened rice paper served with a bit of extra rice vermicelli and orange nuoc cham dipping sauce (a delicious sweet mixture of fish sauce with lime juice, sugar and minced garlic). Yummy little app.
Cha La Lot Hanoi – One of my favorites of the night. Piper leaf herb mixed into soft, slightly mushy pork patties and barbecued on a stalk of a lemongrass as a skewer. Smokey from the grill, sweet from a glaze they brushed it in, deep flavor from the herbs, freshness from the lemongrass. Fantastic.
Bon bo Hue – oxtail? knuckles? not sure, but some kind of delicious fatty meat in a sweet-salty soup of lemongrass, tomato, chili, cilantro and onion. Not my FAVORITE but very good.


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Visual Description: Country club criminals.
PREIV = VIPER, KEOVE = EVOKE, TRSITH = THIRST, SURIDA = RADIUS — Giving us: VREESRS
Clue/Question: The tennis courts at the minimum security prison featured – – –
Answer: SERVERS
(Don't get me started on the American prison "system" friends. We're liable to be here all day! There were no new clue words today. But three of the jumblings were new. Only the one for "radius" was already in my WordPress database. The answer letter layout was sufficiently cryptic, for being seven letters long. Splendid cartoon. Gotta run folks. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR


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Spanish American War Facts
Spanish American War Facts
|Interesting Spanish American War Facts:
|The Cubans were being treated horribly by the Spanish, which led to Cuba's desire for independence.
|Cubans were forced into slavery and thousands of them died from both starvation and disease.
|The U.S. supported the Cubans both for humanitarian and economic and trade reasons.
|The U.S. battleship Maine sunk off the coast of Cuba on February 15th, 1898, killing 260 servicemen. It was believed that a submarine mine caused the explosion and sinking of the ship. This incident helped encourage the U.S. to go to war with the Spanish.
|On April 25th, 1898, the U.S. declared war on Spain, and the first battle occurred on May 1st, 1898 at Manila Bay in the Philippines. The U.S. won.
|On June 22nd, 1898 U.S. troops landed in Cuba.
|On July 1st, 1898, the United States defeated the Spanish at the Battle of San Juan Heights, and on July 3rd, 1898, off Santiago Bay, the United States destroyed the Spanish fleet.
|On July 17th, 1898, the Spanish surrendered to the United States at Santiago.
|The Protocol of Peace was signed by Spain and the United States on August 12th, 1898. This put an end to the hostilities.
|The Treaty of Paris was signed on December 10th, 1898.
|Approximately 306,760 American troops were engaged in the Spanish-American War.
|3,000 Americans died during the Spanish-American war, but only approximately 385 died from battle itself. The rest died of disease. Typhoid and yellow fever was an enemy to both the Spanish and the Americans.
|During the Spanish-American War there were 29 battles. 11 battles were won by the United States, 11 battles were won by the Spanish, and the remaining battles were considered inconclusive as to who actually won.
|As a result of the Spanish-American war the Treaty of Paris was signed. Cuba became independent of Spanish rule. The United States purchased the Philippines for $20 million. Puerto Rico and Guam were both ceded by the Spanish to the United States.
|Although Cuba gained its independence as a result of the Spanish-American war, the country was under U.S. military control for three years after the war ended, until May 20th, 1902.
|Spain was once considered to be the most powerful colonial nation in the world, but lost much of its control as one country after another declared independence just as Cuba did in 1898.
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July 1, 2019
My weekend in a nutshell: sunsets, shabu and sleep! Catching up on sleep; eating my weight in shabu (it had been a while!); and taking in the spectacular sunsets from our deck. It's summertime and it shows!
Hope you have a great start to your week and thanks for stopping by!
Dress (I also have it in beige, last worn here! love the fit. here)
Blazer (now on sale for $35 here)
Purse (here and here)
Heels (on sale here and here)
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Dermaclear Trans-Foam-Clay Pink is a mineral-rich clay mask, drawing out dirt, oil and impurities before transforming into a foaming cleanser to wash away makeup and excess oils. Formulated with good-to-skin ingredients, it also helps to promote a radiant complexion by clearing away dead and dulling skin cells to reveal a fresh complexion. Fine natural clay particles charged with hydrogen mineral water and lotus flower deeply cleanse and exfoliate to leave your complexion feeling fresh and clean. Suitable for all skin types, this purifying cleanser will leave your skin complexion feeling truly refreshed and hydrated.
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Making way for all aspects of quality
Strategic goals, Open Science, and Recognition & Rewards important basis for new research evaluation protocol
Today, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) will present the new Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP). Once every six years, the research organisations revise the evaluation protocol for academic research, which is used by research universities and KNAW and NWO institutions to evaluate research units. A committee, headed by Prof. Thom Palstra, has been reviewing and revising the SEP. The new protocol, effective from 2021, builds further upon the existing protocol to incorporate recent developments relating to the recognition and rewards of researchers as well as the concept of Open Science. 'This protocol is less focused on numerical lists and is based on a quality assurance system incorporating strategic thinking and action', says Palstra.
Key focus on goals and strategy rather than numerical evaluations
The quality of Dutch research conducted at universities and KNAW/NWO institutes is evaluated once every six years. This is done through review visits of research units and institutes carried out by committees of Dutch and international experts and peers. The evaluation criteria and procedures are described in the SEP. VSNU, KNAW and NWO have revised the protocol to ensure greater compatibility with the current needs of academia and society. The new protocol has been renamed to Strategy Evaluation Protocol to emphasise that the evaluations will focus on the goals and the strategies of the research unit in question. The research unit will be evaluated based on the following criteria: research quality, social relevance and viability of the unit. Within these criteria, the new SEP will devote specific attention to Open Science, PhD policy and training, academic culture and HR policy. Evaluation committees will no longer assign scores in their report, instead they provide a critical substantive opinion and recommendations for the future. The new protocol will officially be effective from January 1st, 2021, although it can be used now for the purposes of preparing for evaluations.
Kick-off meeting on 20 April
This meeting is of course subject to corona measurements.
Recognition and Rewards of researchers
In November 2019, all Dutch public knowledge institutions and research funders presented the new principles for recognition and rewards of researchers in a position paper entitled 'Ruimte voor ieders talent; naar een nieuwe balans in het erkennen en waarderen van wetenschappers' ('Room for everyone's talent: towards a new balance in the recognition and rewards for academics'). The new SEP incorporates these principles in relation to research. The new SEP is also based on the San Francisco Declaration Of Research Assessment (DORA), which is signed by the VSNU, KNAW and NWO. DORA is a global initiative that encourages less focus on the number of publications during assessment of researchers and more focus on research quality. The SEP facilitates this by basing the evaluation on the research units' own goals and strategy and focusing less on numerical data. The research units will determine for themselves which indicators they consider relevant for evaluation of the unit's research. The evaluation committee will no longer use score-based assessment categories; instead, the committee's evaluation will be part of an annual strategy meeting between the research unit and the board of the institution. As a result, the new protocol represents a move from an evaluation system towards a quality assurance system for Dutch research. Effective self-reflection and evaluation of the research units will help to reinforce Dutch research in the future.
If you are a policymaker, secretary, committee member or researcher to whom the SEP is relevant and you would like to attend the meeting on 20 April, then please click here to register.


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Biomarker Discovery
Different definitions of biomarkers have been suggested (e.g. NIH Biomarker Definitions Working Group), but all point out that they reflect the dynamic nature of physiological and pathological procedures in biologic systems. In the proteomics filed of activity numerous studies were published describing the discovery of putative biomarkers using mass spectrometry. Although these studies established a trend-setting basis for mass spectrometry in biomarker research, they also initiated a controversial debate questioning the clinical validity of the obtained results. In fact, very few, if any, new biomarkers have been established through the proteomics process chain of discovery and identification, validation in clinical trials, and approval by regulatory agencies.
The figure depicts the different phases and estimated timelines for the discovery and validation of biomarkers.
Types of Biomarkers
Prognostic Biomarker :
capable of providing information on clinical outcome at the time of diagnosis, independent of therapy.
Predictive Biomarker :
capable of providing information on the likelihood of response to a given therapeutic modality. Such markers are either within the target of the treatment, or serve as modulators or epiphenomena related to expression and/or function of the target.
Screening Biomarker :
capable of providing information on clinical diagnosis in (general) population.
The number of candidates derived from the discovery phase should be limited because the validation of these candidates otherwise exceeds a feasible validation design. Nevertheless, only few – if any - new biomarkers have been established so far by finishing the proteomics process chain of discovery and identification, validation in clinical trials, and approval by regulatory agencies. Prior to clinical validation (e.g. determination of the positive predictive value) and even more for clinical implementation of a peptide biomarker the conversion from the multiplex system to a monoplex system is required. Unique and general considerations in developing anti-peptide immunoassays are requirements for elimination of assay cross-reactivity with the protein precursors. Emerging alternatives are a broader application of mass spectrometry in clinical laboratories, or the development of techniques, which combine the specificity of mass spectrometry with the sensitivity of antibody based methods.
The figure shows the transition of assay systems from discovery to validation/application.
Prototype Assay
A prototype assay allows for absolute quantification of a given peptide of interest using mass spectrometry. To achieve the quantification of a specific peptide, isotopic labelled peptides (peptides that are identical to the specific peptide but posses different masses due to the presence of isotopes) are added prior to sample processing. By calculating the ratio between the peptide of interest and the isotopic counterparts (that have a known concentration) the amount of the peptide of interest can be calculated.
The development of new biomarkers consists essentially of a discovery and a validation phase. The extraordinary challenge of biomarker discovery is to obtain markers with sufficient predictive values and not only the validity of the test system or intrinsic biochemistry itself. Consequently, an important point for consideration in biomarker research is that sensitivity and specificity in discovery studies are determined in selected cohorts with a high prevalence of the respective disease. In a routine clinical setting, however, the disease prevalence will be much lower. It is not important to know the probability of a positive test if the disease is present but to know the probability of the presence of the disease if the test is positive. This probability depends on the prevalence of the disease and refers to the positive predictive value (PPV). The PPV is the probability in case of a positive test, that the patient really has the specified disease.
Requirements for Implementation
Regardless of the type of biomarker to be investigated, in order for a biomarker to be considered for routine implementation it needs to be demonstrated that measurement of the marker ultimately impacts on clinical management of the malignant disease, either by improving patient outcome or quality of life or by lowering cost of care.


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Pollard Boxes has created a concertina design for tea specialist teapigs' 2019 advent calendar. In addition, as part of its complete design, manufacture and fulfilment service, Pollards is also packing the calendars with the 24 different tea varieties for onward dispatch to consumers.
Parkside has collaborated with SUKI Tea to develop a printed pack for its various loose tea products, replacing a plain design. The company says that this is a step further towards its sustainability goals to be 100% plastic free by 2022.


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How to order on Jumia. Jumia Nigeria is one of the African biggest e-commerce shopping zones in Africa. They have deals on electronics, fashion, and many more. In this article, I want to guide you more on his to order items from this platform. Keep reading down to find more details.
How To Order On Jumia
Some people may not have heard about or some have heard of Jumia Black Friday and they know what it is all about. However, Jumia Black Friday is a day Jumia set aside for its customers to shop online, searching for a good deal on laptops, smartphone, TV sets, tablets, appliances, Fashion, games, home and sporting goods, toys, video, electronics, etc all at the cheapest prices.
Furthermore, all these affordable price slashes on items are not on all items. It is only a few products that can get this splendid splash. Jumia Black Friday 2019 is slated for November 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th. One date has gone already get ready for the remaining week's deals.
Black Friday Payment Method
At Jumia Black Friday the payment method is so simple and easy. There are many options for making payments, it can be with your credit or visa card. For instance, shop at Jumia.com this Black Friday, at the payment portals, choose Visa or MasterCard or any bank Credit Card. Next, click on "Complete Your Order" button
However, there is payment on delivery, this is the biggest opportunity to get that home appliance you have always desire. Stay glued to your mobile phone or laptops for an amazing shopping experience.
Easy Steps To Make An Order On Jumia
On this platform, How to order on Jumia is easy and simple. When you get any item of your choice then you have to make an order. on this platform, you will see categories of items up for sale. Each of the categories has multiple ranges of items, you can use filters to search for any products that you want. Choose the item to buy, just follow the steps:
- At the web page of the item of your choice
- Click the "Buy Now" button
- As the green screen appears at the top of the page, it will indicate that the item has been added to your Cart
- Next, continue shopping, or go to an order details
- You will see at the top of the page "Cart" icon when you click on the icon, it will open at any time.
- You can add or remove any item you do not want in your cart.
- For first-timers, you will have to create an account with Jumia
- Add your address and click the "Save and Continue" button.
- For others that have created their account before, you will be asked for the voucher number.
- Select your delivery method and pick up station
- Change by clicking the "Change pick up station" button. Once you are through, click "Save and continue"
- Next, go to the payment section and select the payment method
- Choose the option mode of "Delivery "
- Then, click on the "confirm order"
Wait for the SMS notification from the pick-up station, and collect your item. Pick up stations are everywhere around the country. Product purchase takes five days to pick up your item. You can choose "Door delivery" to receive your item at the convenience of your home. There are also items that require a shipping fee.
How To Cancel Order On Jumia
When shopping online you may want to cancel some items due to certain situations. On Jumia canceling of your order can be done through the customer service and any other further information will be given to you.


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The Reykjavik International Film Festival will give its 2009 honorary award to director Milos Forman.
Forman will attend the Icelandic festival, which will show a selection of his past work.
The Czech-born director's films include One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Valmont, as well as earlier Czech New Wave notable works such as Black Peter, Loves Of a Blonde, and The Fireman's Ball.
He is currently working on The Ghost of Munich, about the 1938 Czech annexation meetings in Munich, in collaboration with Vaclav Havel.
The Reykjavik International Film Festival runs September 17-27.


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Are you looking for a unique Summer activity that you and your kids can do together and actually have FUN doing it!? Here it is!! These DIY Candle Making Kits are exactly what you're looking for.
Join in on the fun and start making candles yourself! You will get all of our favorite natural ingredients that will create the cleanest burn for your home. Each kit includes step-by-step instructions so you can become an expert chandler at home. We are excited for you to have fun making these candles with your family this Summer season!
This DIY Candle Making Kit Includes:
1 10 Ounce Glass Vessel. Colors available are Amber, Seafoam, Teal and Clear.
1 Small Wood Spoon
2 CD16 Cotton Wicks
2 Wick Stickers to stick the wicks to your dough bowl
16 ounces of 100% Soy Wax Fakes
1 Ounces of your Favorite Fragrance
You will have enough wax and oil to refill your 8 ounce candle vessel twice. The kit comes with enough supplies to refill your candle two times.
* When you want to make a LIGHTLY SCENTED candle, you will add in half of the amount of Fragrance Oil to your liquid wax. This will make the candle scent half as strong.
** When you want to make an UNSCENTED candle, you will not add any Fragrance Oil to your melted wax. This will make your candle unscented. Please keep in mind that 100% Soy Wax has a light sweet smell to it, but it is a very weak scent.
Black Ocean - Crisp ozone blends with grapefruit and lemon amid lily petals warmed by ambered cedar and musk.
Dark Pomegranate - Juicy orange, lemon and raspberry is layered with star jasmine, geranium and cedar over green musk and amber.
Love Spell - The ultimate blend of fruit and floral. It starts with top notes of apple, luscious peach and ripe grapefruit that give way to beautiful middle notes of cherry blossom and hydrangea. The vanilla and hint of powder in the base balance of sweetness of the fragrance. This classic scent is an easy way to bring a sweet floral into any space.
Soft Cashmere - A sensual, warm fragrance illuminated by white florals, violet, and exotic woods.
Sunny Citrus - a classic, sweet citrus blend that fans of the popular Volcano-type scent will adore. Zesty orange and lemon peel top notes open up to a heart of bright, juicy citrus. Agave nectar enhances the natural sweetness of grapefruit, mandarin, and tangerine, while a hint of lime and peach rounds out this tropical, fruity explosion.
Amish Harvest - A warm and spicy blend with slightly buttery notes reminiscent of an Autumn Harvest celebration.
Baked Pear - A warm, vibrant combination of sweet, juicy pears with warm caramel and delightful vanilla whipped cream to produce a decadant, fruity fragrance.
Beautiful Day - Fruity top notes of apple, peach, and pear with floral middle notes of jasmine and lily and soft musky and slightly woody bottom notes.
Blackberry Sage - Fresh herbaceous notes of sage, rosemary, and mint entwine with juicy ripe blackberries.
Coconut Milk and Mango - A breezy tropical blend of fresh juicy mango and rich creamy coconut milk. Orange and Pineapple top notes meld with ripe mango and a touch of peach. Coconut milk and sugar base notes round out this lush, luxurious fruit medley.
Dry Gin & Spruce - A refined blend of botanical gin and aged woods. This unique fragrance oil starts with a juniper top note that gives this light-bodied spirit its signature aroma. Red currant adds a hint of fruit that leads to a woody fusion of balsam, oak, cedar, and cypress in the base.
Cozy Nights - The crisp, spicy citrus scent of Mandarin orange intertwines with the aromatic tonalitites of thyme and the invigorating notes of dry black pepper. Golden amberwood and the fresh aroma of autumn air blend together to unite, enhance and complete this fragrant accord.
Grapefruit & Mangosteen - A true-to-life blend of ripe, tangy grapefruit and mangosteen - an exotic fruit that is citrusy and sweet with a hint of peach. The grapefruit dominates with its sharp and punchy citrus notes.
Graphite (BBW Type) - Citrus top notes including lemon and bergamot boosted by leaf green and sage middle notes and long-lasting sandalwood bottom notes.
Hive Exclusive - Similar to Volcano by Capri. But honestly, we like it even more. With the fresh scents of grapefruit, mangosteen, and goji berry, these added scents remind you of Volcano but added undertones of coconut make this scent a one in a million.
Lavender Cucumber & Sage - An exotic blend of lavender, fresh cucumbers, and soothing sage.
Lightly Scented - For our customers who want a very light scent, this is the perfect blend for someone who prefers unscented. We have taken a small amount of the most popular Spring scent Blackberry Sage and added just a small amount to our popular unscented wax. This creates a very light scent of fresh herbaceous notes of sage, rosemary and mint entwine with juicy ripe blackberries.
Sea Salt & Orchid - A smooth and elegant blend of soft floral notes with salty highlights. You'll notice crisp notes of sea salt right away.
Snickerdoodle- A tasty treat with a characteristically cracked surface and cinnamon-sugar flavor, Snickerdoodle cookies are a year-round classic. In keeping with the heart of these light and delicious edibles, our Snickerdoodle fragrance oil has notes of sugar, cinnamon, honey, and butter, rounded out with a smooth base of creamy vanilla.
Spring Lemon - Fresh bright lemon with the perfect blend of rosemary and sage. This is one of the freshest most bright fragrances you will smell.
Sweet Tobacco - Subtly soft and slightly smoky, with hints of orange that add a nice lift to the tobacco leaf. Warm tones of oak and patchouli create dimension for the blend with a finish of sugary caramel to balance out earthy tones.
Unscented - 100% pure soy unscented wax. We mix and pour the unscented wax into separate containers than our scented waxes. However, soy wax does have a slight natural bit of sweetness to it that is different from other waxes.
Volcano Breeze (Capri Type) - A delightful blend of tropical fruits, sugared oranges, lemons, and limes with hints of exotic tropical florals and mountain greens.
Warm Sugar Vanilla - A yummy combination of sweet brown sugar and buttery vanilla.