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La basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere è il più importante luogo di culto cattolico del rione Trastevere a Roma, sede dell'omonima parrocchia, ed è situata in piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere.

Storia
La basilica, secondo la tradizione, venne fondata da papa Callisto I (217-222), nel luogo in cui dal terreno sgorgò dell'olio, e compiuta da Giulio I (337-352).

Durante l'VIII e il IX secolo, vennero aggiunte le navate laterali, risistemato il presbiterio e scavata la confessione, nella quale furono poste le spoglie di alcuni martiri tra cui quelle di san Callisto, fondatore della basilica.

La struttura architettonica attuale risale alla ricostruzione effettuata nel 1138-1148, con materiale in parte di spoglio proveniente dalle Terme di Caracalla, e voluta da papa Innocenzo II (1130-1143). Il pontefice non riuscì a vedere il compimento e la decorazione della basilica, ma lasciò, tuttavia, i mezzi economici necessari per condurre a termine i lavori.

Nel XVI secolo, il cardinale austriaco Marco Sittico Altemps fece realizzare la Cappella della Madonna della Clemenza e alcune di quelle laterali su progetto di Martino Longhi il Vecchio.

Nel 1702, papa Clemente XI fece riedificare il portico e modificare la facciata su progetto di Carlo Fontana.

Durante il pontificato di Pio IX, tra il 1866 ed il 1877, la chiesa fu sottoposta ad un articolato restauro per opera dell'architetto Virginio Vespignani.

Descrizione

Esterno e portico
La facciata a salienti, preceduta dal portico progettato da Carlo Fontana (1702), conserva nella parte superiore un mosaico del XIII secolo in cui Maria in trono che allatta il Bambino è affiancata da dieci donne recanti lampade.

Sulla sommità del campanile romanico, si vede, in una nicchia, un mosaico raffigurante la Madonna col Bambino.

Interno
All'interno, a tre navate su colonne ioniche e corinzie architravate, si notano il bel soffitto ligneo, disegnato da Domenichino (autore anche dell'Assunzione al centro) e alcune pitture risalenti al restauro del XIX secolo, sotto papa Pio IX. Nella prima cappella della navata destra si trova Santa Francesca Romana di Giacomo Zoboli mentre nella seconda cappella la Natività di Étienne Parrocel. La quarta cappella era dedicata a San Federico di Utrecht e nel 1651, quando titolare della basilica era il cardinal Federico Corner (1579-1653), iniziarono i lavori di sistemazione: la pala d'altare fu dipinta da Giacinto Brandi e raffigura il martirio di San Federico; il quadro è conservato nell'ufficio del parroco dal XVII secolo per proteggerlo dall'umidità. Nella cappella vi era una copia del dipinto realizzata da Arcangelo Spagna, allievo del Brandi.

La prima cappella della navata sinistra è la cappella Avila, con stucchi in stile barocco di Antonio Gherardi (1680). Tra la quarta e la terza cappella v'è la tomba di Innocenzo II opera dell'architetto Virginio Vespignani che tra il 1866 e il 1877 eseguì un restauro stilistico della chiesa. Nella terza cappella lunette, soffitto e pala d'altare di Ferraù Fenzoni.

Tra le altre opere d'arte si segnala l'icona della Madonna della Clemenza o Madonna Theotókos, preziosissimo esemplare risalente forse al VI secolo (ma alcuni storici suppongono all'VIII), dalla rigida frontalità e i colori smaglianti messi in relazione con il primo strato di affreschi della chiesa di Santa Maria Antiqua. La cappella Altemps risale alla fine XVI secolo.

La basilica ospita le reliquie di san Giulio I e le salme di san Callisto I e Innocenzo II.

Mosaici del presbiterio
Nella conca dell'abside si può ammirare un mosaico raffigurante la Vergine e Cristo assisi sullo stesso trono (XII secolo), ornato, nella parte inferiore, da Storie della Vergine, sempre a mosaico, opera di Pietro Cavallini (1291).

Secondo un'accreditata ipotesi (Ernst Kitzinger) l'iconografia del catino absidale è probabilmente allusiva alla grande processione che nel medioevo si teneva a Roma la notte dell'Assunta. In questa occasione l'icona acheropita del Salvatore dal Laterano veniva solennemente condotta a Santa Maria Maggiore, al cospetto della celebre icona della Salus populi romani. Quasi un abbraccio tra Madre e Figlio. La processione peraltro prevedeva una tappa intermedia presso un'altra importante chiesa mariana, Santa Maria Nova presso il Foro romano (attuale Santa Francesca Romana). Anche qui vi era un incontro tra icone, custodendo anche questa chiesa una venerata immagine della Vergine. Ed è forse proprio questa seconda icona che fa da modello alla raffigurazione della Vergine nel mosaico trasteverino. La tesi di Kitzinger è basata, oltre che su assonanze stilistiche tra la decorazione musiva e le citate icone (specie tra il volto di Cristo del mosaico e l'acheropita lateranense), sul fatto che entrambe le figure centrali del mosaico hanno in mano dei cartigli con passi del Cantico dei Cantici. È documentato che durante la processione dell'Assunta si cantassero (come ancora oggi) antifone e sezioni da questo Libro della Bibbia.

Organi a canne

Nel transetto, in ampie cantorie gemelle splendidamente intagliate e dorate con cassa e prospetto e tre campate risalenti al XVI secolo, sono posti due interessanti strumenti di epoche e concezioni assolutamente diverse tra loro.

In cornu Epistulae trova posto un organo del 1702 costruito dall'organaro romano Filippo Testa in sostituzione di un precedente strumento cinquecentesco del veneto "Venerio de Legge". È dotato di un'unica tastiera di 53 note con prima ottava corta e pedaliera a leggio di 17 note unita al manuale e senza registri propri.

In cornu Evangelii c'è un organo del 1911 della casa francese Mutin Cavaillé-Coll. È dotato di due manuali di 56 note e pedaliera dritta di 27.

La basilica in letteratura
La chiesa antica, biografia romanzata di papa Innocenzo II di Carlo Emilio Gadda, si riferisce proprio alla basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere, che Innocenzo II stesso fece ricostruire. Il racconto, caratterizzato da toni spesso giocosi e popolani (Gadda usa anche i vari dialetti, secondo la sua prassi stilistica), andrà poi a confluire nella raccolta Il castello di Udine.

Galleria d'immagini

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Bibliografia
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Voci correlate
 Santa Maria in Trastevere (titolo cardinalizio)
 Trastevere
 Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere
 Papa Giulio I
 Pietro Cavallini
 Giacomo Zoboli
 Giacinto Brandi

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Scheda della parrocchia dal sito della Diocesi di Roma

Maria Trastevere
Maria in Trastevere
Maria Trastevere
Basiliche dedicate a Maria


Time: 20 min active, 50 min total. Makes 4 servings.
What's a "strata," you say? It's the brunch dish of all of our dreams: a bubbling, cheesy, savory ham-egg-and-cheese sandwich deconstructed, something you can assemble the night before and throw in the oven while you're still in pajamas. Serve at breakfast or brunch with fresh fruit and coffee, or at dinner with a glass of crisp white wine and a peppery salad.
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375°F. Butter or oil an 8x8" baking pan or an oven-safe dish and set aside. Cut ham into approximately 1" chunks, rinse and roughly chop a handful of parsley, and slice baguette (we halve it lengthwise, then slice across to wind up with half-moon chunks).
Step 3: Bake strata for about 25-30 minutes until it's browned on top, bubbling around the edges, and smells incredibly delicious. The center should be firm and not runny. Dish up and devour!


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My first year of retirement from Campus Ministry has gone by in the blink of an eye.
Now that the John Carroll Class of 2015, as well as all their senior high school peers across this nation, have finished their studies and are ready to graduate, it is fitting that I share a prayer for them and for all the graduates of the Class of 2015.
We come to you with thankful hearts for all those near and dear to us who are graduating from high school.
We thank you for giving each graduate the talents, abilities and self discipline required for this wonderful accomplishment.
We are grateful to You for providing the teachers, mentors, coaches and youth counselors who have taught them, nurtured them and challenged them along the way.
Now that their minds have been well equipped with the basic knowledge of many different subjects, we pray that their hearts and spirits will also be well equipped for successful living.
Add heavenly wisdom and discernment to their knowledge.
Infuse their ambitions and dreams with Your love.
Help them to desire Your good way for their future.
Remind them that you are only a prayer away when they meet obstacles, heartbreaks and challenges.
May they always be courageous enough to ask for help, advice and support when they need it.
May they never needlessly suffer alone without reaching out to You and to others who care.
As they become independent adults, help them learn the secret of dependence on You.
Give them a desire to know more about You.
May they find you in the Scriptures, in the joy of new love, in the gathering of Your people, in the beauty of Your creation and in the strength of their youth.
And now may Your blessings be theirs as they begin a new life full of joy and promise.
When I was Campus Minister, I invited the members of the junior class during their ring ceremony to place their new high school rings on their fingers with the open end of the embossed design facing toward them. This signified that the student still had more than a year left to learn and take to heart all the traditions of the JC school community and to be ready to represent that legacy as graduates at the end of the following year.
So today, on the graduation day for the Class of 2015, I invite the newest alumni, after receiving their diplomas, to take off their JC ring, turn it around, and place it back on their fingers with the embossed opening facing outward.
This commissions the Class of 2015 to go forward and share with all those they meet along their life-journey the lessons they learned from their John Carroll experience.


MANTRAS have been practiced for thousands of years to promote healing and regeneration, as well as to transform negative emotional patterns.
Mantras are therapeutic tools for improving all your sensory perceptions.
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Mantras are vibratory sound tools to restore harmony. Mantra comes from Sanskrit word manas (Mind) and tra (tool) - a mind tool, a way to control the mind.
These ancient sacred sounds elevate your consciousness, your health, and your emotional well-being.
Mantra is the power of vibrational frequency to restore harmony. A mantra is a way to attune to a particular vibrational frequency for harmonious alignment and balance.
Harmony is pure infinite source energy, and the guiding force of nature.
Harmony is a vibration, a sound. Harmonic vibration has also been referred to as "the music of the spheres." You can tune into the harmony of the universe with mantras and be guided by it.


As a preliminary definition, we can say that the digital economy refers to those businesses that increasingly rely upon information technology, data, and the internet for their business models. This is an area that cuts across traditional sectors – including manufacturing, services, transportation, mining, and telecommunications – and is in fact becoming essential to much of the economy today. (Kindle Locations 175-177).
What has changed, according to the economic history constructed by Srnicek, is that the creation and control of data has suddenly become a vast and dynamic source of potential profit, and capitalist firms have adapted quickly to capture these profits.
But equally it takes the form of specialized data-intensive work within traditional companies: design experts, marketing analysis of "big data" on consumer trends, the use of large simulations to guide business decision-making, the use of automatically generated data from vehicles to guide future engineering changes.
In order to capture the profit opportunities associated with the availability of big data, something else was needed: an organizational basis for aggregating and monetizing the data that exist around us. This is the innovation that comes in for Srnicek's greatest focus of attention: the platform.
This chapter argues that the new business model that eventually emerged is a powerful new type of firm: the platform. Often arising out of internal needs to handle data, platforms became an efficient way to monopolise, extract, analyse, and use the increasingly large amounts of data that were being recorded. Now this model has come to expand across the economy, as numerous companies incorporate platforms: powerful technology companies (Google, Facebook, and Amazon), dynamic start-ups (Uber, Airbnb), industrial leaders (GE, Siemens), and agricultural powerhouses (John Deere, Monsanto), to name just a few. (Kindle Locations 602-607).
Srnicek distinguishes five large types of digital data platforms that have been built out as business models: advertising, cloud, industrial, product, and "lean" platforms (the latter exemplified by Uber).
Srnicek believes that firms organized around digital platforms are subject to several important dynamics and tendencies: "expansion of extraction, positioning as a gatekeeper, convergence of markets, and enclosure of ecosystems" (kl 1298). These tendencies are created by the imperative by the platform-based firm to generate profits. Profits depend upon monetizing data; and data has little value in small volume. So the most fundamental imperative is -- mass collection of data from individual consumers.
So privacy threats emerging from the new digital economy are not a bug; they are an inherent feature of design.
Marx's theory of capitalism fundamentally originates in a theory of conflict of interest and a theory of exploitation. In Capital that conflict exists between capitalists and workers, and consumers are essentially ignored (except when Marx sometimes refers to the deleterious effects of competition on public health; link). But in Srnicek's reading of the contemporary digital economy (and Elder-Vass's as well) the focus shifts away from labor and towards the consumer. The primary conflict in the digital economy is between the platform firm that seeks to acquire our data and the consumers who want the digital services but who are poorly aware of the cost to their privacy. And here it is more difficult to make an argument about exploitation. Are consumers being exploited in this exchange? Or are they getting fair value through extensive and valuable digital services, for the surrender of their privacy in the form of data collection of clicks, purchases, travel, phone usage, and the countless other ways in which individual data winds up in the aggregation engines?
In an unexpected way, this analysis leads us back to a question that seems to belong in the nineteenth century: what after all is the source of value and wealth? And who has a valid claim on a share? What principles of justice should govern the distribution of the wealth of society? The labor theory of value had an answer to the question, but it is an answer that didn't have a lot of validity in 1850 and has none today. But in that case we need to address the question again. The soaring inequalities of income and wealth that capitalism has produced since 1980 suggest that our economy has lost its control mechanisms for equity; and perhaps this has something to do with the fact that a great deal of the money being generated in capitalism today comes from control of data rather than the adding of value to products through labor. Oddly enough, perhaps Marx's other big idea is relevant here: social ownership of the means of production. If there were a substantial slice of public-sector ownership of big data firms, including financial institutions, the resulting flow of income and wealth might be expected to begin to correct the hyper-inequalities our economy is currently generating.
The history of Rome has a particular fascination for twenty-first century readers, especially in the West. Roman law, Roman philosophy, Roman legions, and Roman roads all have a powerful resonance for our imaginations today. Mary Beard's recent SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome is an interesting recent synthesis of the long sweep of Rome's history.
Much of Beard's treatment is deflationary: she demonstrates that Rome's reality in the first five hundred years was substantially more ordinary and less grand than Roman historians from the time of the Republic and Empire wanted to believe. The population of the city was in the tens of thousands; the armies were more often the retainers of local "big men" (and as often as not ran away when confronted with superior forces); and law and political institutions were very little developed. And yet by the end of the period of the Republic in the first century BCE, Rome had in fact become grand: grand in population (more than a million inhabitants), grand in military power, and grand in the scope of control it exercised over other parts of the known world.
Her view is, apparently, that there was a great deal of hype surrounding the revolt of Spartacus even among the ancients -- embellishment of the size and ideological purposes of the revolt and the heroism of the gladiators. She wants us to understand the ordinary significance of the uprising. But in turn she gives the revolt a larger social significance -- it was a part of the "civil wars" that had wracked Rome for twenty years prior.
From the tragic to the comic -- Beard spends a few pages on the bar scene in the early Empire.
There is much to enjoy and to reflect upon in Beard's narrative. It is a thought-provoking book. But it is worth asking -- what kind of history is SPQR? Essentially it is the product of a deeply learned historian, a distinguished classicist, who has set out to write an engaging narrative telescoping the history of a thousand years of Roman life into a single volume, necessarily providing a very selective set of stories and themes. It is not a detailed work of scholarship itself; rather, it is a selective narrative presenting description and commentary on some of the outlines of this world-historical tapestry. A large portion of the book takes the form of stories and snippets of ordinary life, intended to give the reader a more vivid engagement with the lives of these long-dead Romans. And the reader can bring a degree of confidence to the reading, knowing that Beard is a genuine expert bringing to bear the most recent historical and archeological evidence to the main questions of interpretation. Many of the powerful themes that have interested observers for a century are there -- the social conflicts, the emerging institutions of governance, the arrangements of military power -- but none are treated in the detail that would be expected of a monograph. Instead, the reader is offered a story with many strands, interesting and engaging, but an appetizer rather than the main course for a thorough study of Roman history.


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Press release: Owen Smith on the NHS
15 August 2016 Tony O'Sullivan News, Press, STPs 0
[Monday 15 August 2016]
Owen Smith's remarks on NHS privatisation[1] are welcome. But he needs to say more because this is neither new nor going away unless people realise what is happening to our NHS and act to stop it.
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37080687
Keep Our NHS Public welcomes comments that describe how our NHS is being privatised and broken up, amidst cuts to services and worsening staff conditions. The full extent of the problem needs spelling out. Otherwise it will not be stopped. We hope Mr Smith will do that.
Dr John Lister, health policy researcher and Secretary of Keep Our NHS Public, said:
"It's positive that Owen Smith has latched on to one aspect of the government's plan to transform our NHS from a public service into a competitive market, in which a growing share of public funding flows to private companies while NHS trusts are left to struggle with massive deficits
"But so far he's said nothing on Labour's role in government, which deepened the fragmentation of the NHS, and created a new, state-funded growth in the private sector.
"The problem now is not just the growing spend on private providers, but the way it has been achieved, through the chaos and fragmentation of Andrew Lansley's Health & Social Care Act, which Labour must reverse if the NHS is to be returned to public provision, and publicly accountable. There is also the £2 billion plus per year haemorrhaging from the NHS each year in payments for hospitals built under the Private Finance initiative.
"It's disappointing that so far, while flagging up 'secret' Tory plans, Mr Smith hasn't highlighted the efforts by Shadow Health Minister Justin Madders to draw attention to the massive cuts in services being planned in secret in England through Sustainability & Transformation Plans (STPs), aimed at cutting billions from NHS spending by 2020.
"None of the problems of the NHS can be fully resolved without a break from the brutal cash freeze imposed since 2010, which each year increases NHS spending by far less than rising costs."
Dr Jacky Davis, consultant radiologist and Treasurer for Keep Our NHS Public, added:
"NHS privatisation is nothing new. Politicians – including some inside Labour – have been trying to privatise the NHS for the last 20 years. This Tory government has persisted with it despite all the evidence showing that this is not the right model for the NHS. Privatisation is a waste of precious public money and delivers a poor service for patients. We have heard plenty of horror stories of private companies putting profits before patients by cutting staff, cutting corners and walking away when they couldn't make a profit.
"We call on politicians to recognise that 'private is better than public' is not true when it comes to the NHS."
Keep Our NHS Public was formed in 2005 and has a broad-based, public membership. There are 38 local groups, plus a national association. It has the explicit aim of countering marketisation [1,2] and privatisation of the NHS by campaigning for a publicly funded, publicly provided and publicly accountable NHS, available to all on the basis of clinical need. It is opposed to cuts in service which run counter to these principles. Further details: www.keepournhspublic.com
KONP's Campaigns and Press Officer is Alan Taman:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keepnhspublic
Facebook: Keep-Our-NHS-Public
[1] Davis, J., Lister, J. and Wrigely, D. (2015) NHS For Sale. London: Merlin Press.
Leys, C. and Player, S. (2011) The Plot Against the NHS. Pontypool: Merlin
Lister, J. (2008) The NHS After 60: For Patients or Profits? London: Middlesex University Press
Owen, D. (2014) The Health of the Nation: The NHS in Peril. York: Methuen, Chapter 4.
Player, S. (2013) 'Ready for market'. In NHS SOS ed by Davis, J. and Tallis, R. London: Oneworld, pp.38-61.
[2] The belief that 'competition is always best' does not work when applied to healthcare. A comprehensive and universal health service is best funded by public donation, which has been shown to be far more efficient overall than private-insurance healthcare models
[Davis, J., Lister, J. and Wrigley, D. (2015) NHS For Sale. London: Merlin Press. Chapters 2 and 8.
Lister, J. (2013) Health Policy Reform: global health versus private profit. Libri: Faringdon.
Pollock, A. and Price, D. (2013) In NHS SOS, ed by Davis, J. and Tallis, R. Oneworld: London, 174.]
Press release: Grantham A&E closure – blame the disease, not the doctor
Press Summary: 22 August
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The BBC has released a new video snippet from Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall ahead of the start of Doctor Who Series 11.
The new video clip from the BBC, released through the broadcaster's official Doctor Who account, features clips from the recently-released trailer of the new Doctor Who cast in action alongside footage of Chibnall discussing what's in store for viewers in the new series.
Today's clip follows a short video that fans were treated to yesterday featuring the Thirteenth Doctor herself, Jodie Whittaker, discussing how the upcoming series 'embraces the old and the new' – as well as giving us a glimpse at a new variant of her costume!
Check out Blogtor Who's full report on Chris Chibnall at last week's Q&A here!
Doctor Who returns to BBC One at 6.45pm on Sunday, the 7th of October with The Woman Who Fell to Earth by Chris Chibnall. Series 11 stars Jodie Whittaker (The Doctor), Mandip Gill (Yasmin Khan), Bradley Walsh (Graham O'Brien) and Tosin Cole (Ryan Sinclair).


Short history for small reputation tribe.
Founded by KillerKommando, with Meldera as leader. Originally tribe direction was planned to help Deus in war with MANIC. Due to mixing RL and TW life Meldera backstabbed Deus and one part of the council in VG(she was dating with Smurf(MANIC leader) brother), and turned all diplomacy towards MANIC.
Many players left, many players followed blindly leadership but what is most known that VG was defeated by Deus in their war due to backstabbing. In time inactivity, spying(yes me, that includes my(kica89) few acc. in tribe) + other spies and internal disputes made tribe big FAIL.
After few months, tribe collapsed and Remnants fled in MANIC F. direction to seek protection from Deus attacks.
Future of the Remnants is yet to be seen, will they survive with MANIC vs World, or they will fail like they failed before.


The New Zealand Rugby Sevens coach Gordon Tietjens finally managed a smile on his face as his side scored a dramatic win in the Wellington tournament that puts their World Series and Olympic aspirations back on track.
The New Zealanders trailed South Africa 21-7 well into the second half of the final in Wellington, before storming home with 3 tries late in the second half to win 24-21.
The All Blacks Sevens were seventh in the overall standings after the first two rounds of the World Series and improved throughout the Wellington tournament as new and returning players got back into their groove.
Tietjens admits he didn't think they had a chance midway through the second half.
"Probably thought it was done and dusted for us really, they'd got too far ahead and we made some mistakes but to bounce back showed a lot of character and was very pleasing.
One of those new players was All Black star Sonny Bill Williams, who got more game time as the tournament went on.
He'd given the off-load that gave the homeside the win over South Africa in pool play on Saturday night, however a bad pass in the final gave the South Africans what appeared to be a winning margin.
It was his first tournament and he knows he still has a lot to learn.
"Overall happy with how I've gone, I know I'm still a rookie in this game, but that's the exciting things as it lit a fire inside of me that I won't be able to put out and I just want to train hard and keep learning off these guys."
The former All Black and Sevens player Christian Cullen believes the new players have a lot to offer and there is now a good mix in the squad.
"This squad here is looking pretty impressive at the moment, the two Ioane brothers are looking awesome and so unless there are injuries, I don't know if you can keep this squad together then they're looking pretty strong for the rest of the year."
Coach Gordon Tietjens has stated that he intends to mix up his squad for the next few World Series tournaments, but he says with the exception of the injured Sam Dickson, he will take all of his Wellington players to Sydney for the next round this weekend.
"I think what you'll find is that the 15 aside players that have come in, they will certainly be better after this weeks performance, to be good at it you have to be playing it and nothing better than playing in a big tournament like this."
New Zealand has improved to third in the overall standings behind South Africa and Fiji.


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Franny Choi brews and forges revolution through verse
Lily Goldberg and Lydia Duan
Franny Choi, who will teach courses at the College in the spring, negotiates her intersecting identities and past activism through teaching and writing. ETHAN DINÇER/THE WILLIAMS RECORD
Franny Choi does it all — a poet, performer, essayist and former community organizer, she is currently a Gaius Charles Bolin, class of 1889, Fellow in English at the College. Lydia Duan and Lily Goldberg had the chance to sit down with Franny Choi and talk about writing, activism and more.
Lydia Duan (LD): So what have you been up to so far on campus?
Franny Choi (FC): I'm here for the next two years to be partly a faculty member and partly here to work on my own projects. I'm not teaching this first semester that I'm here, which has been really wonderful, but also pretty weird — there hasn't been a period where I wasn't teaching students for the past six years. As a creative writer, my own research doesn't fit neatly into the category of 'research' the way other folks' work might, but it means I'm working on a new poetry manuscript and on a series of essays that I think may become a book-length project, but I'm doing a lot of reading and a lot of living.
LD: What are you looking forward to on campus?
FC: I'm definitely really looking forward to getting to know students, and I'm really looking forward to this Brew & Forge lecture series that I'm organizing. It'll be a series of events where we bring one poet and one community activist or organizer together into a space to present on their work and give an onstage conversation about the intersection between their work. Each one will give a workshop the next day — a poetry workshop and an organizing training workshop, to get both parts of the brain moving.
LD: How does your activism influence your work?
FC: Sometimes it's been as straightforward as writing and reading a poem at a rally, or writing a poem imagining a future world without police that I wrote while doing police abolition work. I think it's about understanding that questions about power are going to be everywhere, in every realm of work. And questions of thinking deeply and having complicated feelings are also going to be in every part of work. There's also a project I've been doing for the past few years called the Brew & Forge Book Fair — "Brew & Forge" is a reference to a quote by Cherrie Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa from This Bridge Called My Back. The quote is, "Change requires a lot of heat. It requires both the alchemist and the welder, the magician and the laborer, the witch and the warrior, the myth-smasher and the myth-maker. Hand in Hand, we brew and forge a revolution." The Brew & Forge Book Fair is an online book fair that we do once or twice a year where authors donate a few copies of their books, and they go up for sale, and everyone who donates a book gets to vote on where to send the proceeds. They go to one of five grassroots community organizations that don't have a huge national presence but are doing great local organizing work. You get a signed copy of Ada Limón's book, for example, and you get to send that money to, say, Youth Justice Coalition in L.A.
Lily Goldberg (LG): Do you feel like the solitude of writing is ever at odds with the "loudness" of activism?
FC: The "in-the-streets" chanting part of activism is only the most visible part, like how the part of a mushroom you see is only a tiny bit of a much larger organism. A lot of [organizing] is just calling people on the phone and setting up mass texting systems and writing up talking points. I think there's very interesting parallels to art for that reason. Even before the point where you set pen to paper, there's all the thinking you have to do and the experience you have to have in the world and the books you read and the movies you watch, and then there's the part where you have to share your work with somebody, which is like super public. A former teacher once said to me that in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be a sort of social hermit, meaning you have to cultivate solitude at the center of your life, or be down to leave it and come back to it.
LD: What are your thoughts on representation and identity in your work?
FC: One thing I used to think was that it makes such a huge difference between when I perform my work and when it's published in a written form that everyone can read. In one, my body is present, and in the other, it's not. While that's true to a certain extent, certain bodies attached to certain names will always be present in the room, whether or not you're physically there. If there's a poem of mine that says "by Franny Choi," my body as an Asian American woman is in that room, whether I like it or not. Partly because of the inevitability of my physical life being part of the conversation with or without my consent, I've been like, "Great, let's dig into it! You think my body's weird? I'll tell you how weird it is."
LG: In the wake of the English department Boycott, I've overheard and been part of a lot of conversations about how we might define ethnic literature and seek to teach it. How have you seen the pedagogy of creative writing handle these issues?
FC: The thing about boycotts and other sorts of protest actions like that is that people tend to focus on critiquing the tactic — like I said, that's just the mushroom. It's all the stuff underneath that matters… It's not enough to just have a diverse syllabus. But it is really important. If we can't see ourselves in the world of thought and conscious feeling, then we can't see ourselves as full people. I think that having writers of color, writers who come from immigrant backgrounds, writers who are queer and trans and femme — it's all urgent. As a creative writing instructor, none of us knows what poem or short story will make things click for our students or as learners ourselves. I could read 50 different poems by fifty Asian American poets and not relate to a single one of them until I get to Myung Mi Kim, and then I'm like, "Oh my god, I get it, I'm in it." You have to go as broad as possible to increase the chance that a student will see something that will make their brain explode and push them to become the writer they were always meant to be. It's the question of my professional life — how do you create a just creative writing classroom? Not just an effective one, but one that strives towards building the world we imagine we want to see. For me, it's about pointing students to the wildest and most powerful version of their own voices. And about teaching students to engage deeply with voices that are radically different from their own. Meaning it's about empowerment and empathy, as well as access to a world of potential ancestors.
LD: As an English major and a person of color, I think English as a discipline can be pretty retrograde and reluctant to address questions of race and empire. How do you envision resuscitating writing and English literature?
FC: I think that students are going to go where they feel seen and safe and challenged in ways that don't disregard their humanity. I don't think any professor should be allowed to blame them for that. It seems like having more opportunities for more students to be in creative writing classes that speak to their experiences is something I've been hearing people express a need for. I also think that the "canon" isn't necessarily evil. However you need to eventually find your way to Dickinson and Whitman, great. But it is also a fact that if you're writing American poetry, there are some voices that may have shaped your voice without you even knowing it, and to be able to trace your lineage and to look at it without fear is important to me. I can live in America and be against everything America stood for, but if I don't acknowledge that I am shaped by this capitalist, imperialist society, I'm lying to myself. Also, Emily Dickinson was weird and cool, and Walt Whitman was queer and bizarre. It's okay for us to go into those canons and not just break them, but reclaim them — to say, "This is my ancestor too," in certain ways. It's also true that intent matters, that orientation towards classes you go into matters — do you want to learn Shakespeare sonnets because you want to have a better understanding of Terrance Hayes' sonnets because you love Terrance Hayes' sonnets? That's an amazing reason to read Shakespeare! If you're reading Shakespeare in order to understand what Kendrick Lamar is on, that's great.
LG: I like the idea of queering the time frame of when students are "supposed" to encounter texts. I feel like I've always been told to read Shakespeare first so then I can get Terrance Hayes. But I like this more.
FC: There's arguments for both. But I think I'm more inclined to try to get to know my mom before I get to know my grandma. The bottom line is that all students deserve access to the canon, as well as those writers who have been building and shifting literature from the margins. We all deserve to know where we came from and to envision where we might be heading.
Lily Goldberg,
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I would have to say that every mom, at some stage of being a mom, grapples with the same problem of: Where did I go? Where is my identity? I think that sometimes it's easiest to see what you were doing before and see can that career work for me in a different way. Can I re-structure it? Is it important that I am home, maybe two days a week, and three days a week I'm in an office? Or do I want to work from home all the time? Can I work hourly or consult instead of being full time? Do I need insurance, so I need to be a full time employee and be flexible? You need to work out what your families needs are and what you are really craving. If your craving is something to do with your time outside of diapers, bottles and strollers all the time, sometime when they are little, there is just a lot of other ways to get out of the house; volunteering at the schools or with some local charities. Things that will give you grownup time to think about something other than the baby, but still allow you to be home, if that is what you are looking to do.


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Hankook wins award for CSR initiatives and sustainability efforts
Tire manufacturer Hankook received the highest honour from the internationally renowned rating agency EcoVadis for its CSR initiatives and its efforts in sustainability. EcoVadis, who offers the most reliable sustainability ratings in the world, rewards Hankook for its social responsibility.
Hankook has been awarded a platinum medal by EcoVadis, one of the highest recognition for achievements in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The medal is only awarded to companies that are in the top 1% of their industry sector.
EcoVadis is an international institute based in France that offers reliable ratings in the field of social responsibility. The ratings are divided into four topic areas: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement. The institute assesses around 6,500 companies from 160 countries around the world and enjoys great trust among European car manufacturers. The medals range from platinum, gold, and silver to bronze.
Tyre manufacturer Hankook was honoured with the platinum medal for its clear CSR objectives, its participation in various sustainability initiatives and its CSR-related policies. The company's particularly ambitious goals include the use of 100% sustainable materials and a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to 2018. The company also participates in sustainability initiatives with the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and promotes CSR-related policies such as the Sustainable Natural Rubber Policy. This puts Hankook in the top 1% of 353 companies that manufacture rubber products worldwide in the CSR field.
Last year, Hankook received the gold medal from EcoVadis, which honours the best 5% of companies. Following the introduction of the Platinum Medal this year to honor the best 1% companies, the award has enabled Hankook to position itself once again as a leading company and to clarify its position in the ranking. Hankook has again proved itself to be a top-tier global company that executes sustainable business practices based on its continued and strengthened commitment to sustainability.
"Hankook is honoured to be, once again, recognised by EcoVadis. We believe this is a statement to our efforts in building a sustainable ecosystem for the industry as well as our pursuit of being socially responsible in every aspect of the business," says Sooil Lee, Hankook Tire President & COO. "We take great pride in our sustainability initiatives, and will continue our commitment to make the world that we live in a better place."
Hankook continues to expand its expertise in the field of sustainability management to a top global level to secure growth and leadership position in the future. Hankook has been systemically driving not only financial performances but also its social contribution and the implementation of environment-friendly management. As a result, Hankook has been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World (DJSI World) for four consecutive years since 2016. In 2019, Hankook was the only Asian company in the automotive supply industry to be listed in the DJSI World.


The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition seeking directives for releasing Badal Farazi, who served 10 years in India's Tihar jail in a murder case, with observation that the government will take decision on the matter, reports UNB.
The two-member HC bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Khairul Alam rejected the petition considering that the petition was not placed properly.
On Tuesday, the court fixed Wednesday to pass an order after hearing a writ petition filed on July 8 seeking a directive to government over Farazi's release.
The High Court yesterday rejected a writ petition seeking directives for releasing Badal Farazi, who served 10 years in Indias Tihar jail in a murder case, with observation that the government will take decision on the matter, reports UNB. The two-member HC bench of Justice JBM Hasan and Justice Khairul Alam rejected the petition considering that the petition was not placed properly. The court said as the government has brought him back, it will also decide about his release, and the court should not issue any directive in this regard. On Tuesday, the court fixed Wednesday to pass an order after hearing a writ petition filed on July 8 seeking a directive to government over Farazis release.


Finally there is a slight relief from the extremely hot weather. Last week we got just a bit of rain, and the temps are about 15 degrees cooler, which is just lovely. I am not much of one for hot weather, so I am so thankful for this blessing. I am tired and weary of many things, but the blessings must be counted and looked on with thanksgiving.
Just one day at a time...Today we will tackle more school, as we are schooling through the summer. We will plod away at more spelling, language, math, science, history, reading, and handwriting. Last week we did our school lessons outside some of the time, which was nice, until our eldest decided there were bugs everywhere and kept jumping up from her seat to find a new "safe" place to sit. We missed our homemaking, art, and piano lessons over the weekend, as the children's grandparents came for a visit. Hopefully we will get to those soon, as I would much rather do homemaking, art, and piano! I also plan on cleaning the kitchen today. Everybody loves a clean and sparkling kitchen.
I have been seeing entirely too many wind scorpions, both inside and out. A couple of days ago one crawled out from under my foot as I got out of the shower, but thankfully did not harm me. I took it as a sign that the Lord is watching over me, even amidst many diverse trials. What else can I do but praise Him?
"Every man complains about his wife, saying, I cannot live with her, she is a mad beast, there is nothing in her but pride and haughtiness and rebelliousness. I cannot say a word to her without her paying me back with four. Now it is certain that husbands have for wives such as they make them."
I'm glad to hear that it is cooling down. My brother lives in Denver and they were thrilled to finally get some rain as it has been so hot and dry +the smoke from their recent fires.mThose spiders don't sound very nice at all.
Actually a *wind* scorpion. Another name for it is a sun spider. It's a spider that runs really fast and has 4 jaws that deliver an extremely painful bite!
Well it cooled down for a little bit. I see that the temps are going to start rising again (summer just started). I can't wait for fall!


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Booklist gives Making Comics a starred review
"Booklist Review" / Booklist / Sarah Hunter / October 15, 2019
If Barry's last instructional book, Syllabus (2015), helped encourage readers to get in the right frame of mind to cultivate creativity, this latest, which follows a similar format, gives concrete tips for developing a comics-making practice. Barry opens with an introduction ruminating on her framework for teaching and general philosophy about drawing: "I wondered if I could teach what I knew about the power of comics as a way of seeing and being in the world and transmitting our experience of it." From there, we're treated to page after hand-written page of exercises, lessons, and examples designed to help break ingrained habits and create without second-guessing. Beginning with game-like exercises (e.g., "Scribble Monster Jam," which involves filling in a free-form doodle to create a monster character), each lesson adds a new level of technique, such as scene setting, character development, dialogue, point of view, and so on, ultimately ending with what amounts to a comics tool box, containing prompts to enliven the creative process. The hand-written pages, doodled margins, and off-the-wall characters (I'm looking at you, Professor Hot Dog) might make this seem silly, but there's a serious theoretical underpinning here, and Barry's lighthearted and genuinely fun approach is directly in service of it: banishing your inner critic, developing a disciplined (but playful) practice, and dismantling beliefs about what constitutes a "good" comic is key to finding something organic, original, and true.
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YA/S - special interest: Aspiring teen cartoonists will find a wealth of valuable insights and exercises in this lively, playful, and empowering resource.
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Isabel Allende is 'beyond winter' and time
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Chilean writer, Isabel Allende poses during the presention of her book "Mas alla del invierno" in Madrid on June 5, 2017. (PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP/Getty Images)
Just a few days before the year 2015 ended, Isabel Allende, the Chilean author renowned for writing international bestsellers including 'The House of Spirits,' lived one of the longest winters of her life emotionally and internally.
She had separated from her second husband after 28 years, suffered the death of her literary agent, who was like a mother to her, she said, and also the passing of three close friends and her dog Olivia, who had been by her side for 17 years.
Just when she was going to begin writing, she "tumbled" upon Albert Camus' phrase: "In the midst of winter I learned, finally, that I had an invincible summer within me," and it seemed to reflect her life at that moment.
It was then when her novel, "Más allá del Invierno" or "Beyond Winter" came to life.
"The three protagonists live the worst winter in their lives, a traumatic winter. When they get together and run an adventure of solidarity, friendship, and compassion, they find that invincible summer they have inside, they find friendship and love," she shared.
In the book, she captures the moment that she lived and at the same time, addressed the issue of refugees and immigrants in the world.
"Beyond Winter" is a novel that reflects the ability to reinvent oneself, create new opportunities, to overcome grief, star over and take advantage of time. In Allende's case, her new novel meant breaking paradigms, because, at 75, she is in love again.
"I got divorced at an age that nobody dares to, [and] I fell in love again. You can love the same at 75 or 17 or 47. The only difference is that now there is haste, that feeling that there is little time and that you have to take advantage of it because if I have ten more years (of life) I will enjoy them to everything, there is that sense of urgency," she confessed.


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Fehr encouraged by inclusion of owners new to talks in upcoming meeting
By Ryan DadounDec 2, 2012, 6:48 PM EST
NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr confirmed that there will be a players-owners meeting on Tuesday.
Owners Ron Burkle of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jeremy Jacobs of the Boston Bruins, Mark Chipman of the the Winnipeg Jets, Larry Tanenbaum of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Murray Edwards of the Calgary Flames, and Jeffrey Vinik of the Tampa Bay Lightning are expected to be in attendance.
"There will be Owners attending this meeting who have not previously done so, which is encouraging and which we welcome," Fehr said in a statement. "We hope that this meeting will be constructive and lead to a dialogue that will help us find a way to reach an agreement."
The players involved have not been announced and we don't know who among the NHLPA's staff or counsel will be present. However, it is worth noting that NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly will reportedly be present, so the union might end up including Steve Fehr in the meeting.


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Interview: Daniel P. Sulmasy on informed consent
Daniel P. Sulmasy is the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department of Medicine and Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where he serves as Associate Director of the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics and as Director of the Program on Medicine and Religion. He is also a member of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (PCSBI). Professor Sulmasy has written numerous books on topics related to bioethics, and published many articles in bioethics and medical ethics journals.
In this exclusive interview with BioEdge, Professor Sulmasy shared his thoughts on the complex notion of informed consent.
Xavier Symons: Some academics deride the 'fetishization' of informed consent or the 'cult of consent'. What's going on? Most of us see it as our greatest safeguard.
I understand the sentiment, but informed consent is still critically important. Informed consent has become bureaucratized and, unfortunately, therefore equated by many health care professionals with merely obtaining a signature on a form. Too few practitioners take consent to be a process and a serious moral obligation.
While this can also be true in the research setting, I also think too many ethicists and researchers view informed consent as a sufficient justification for enrolling in human experimentation, and that is also misguided. Some experiments are just too risky or too scientifically flawed to justify doing them even if subjects do consent. These days, patients need more than ever to be involved in their care. The informed consent process is the entrée to their involvement.
Read more at www.bioedge.org


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Death Of Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree In Orlando Ruled A Suicide
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Nevan Baker, 22, was found dead last week in an Orlando park, hanging by a rope from a tree.
Authorities have ruled the death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in an Orlando, Florida, park last week a suicide, but his family does not believe he took his own life, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
The newspaper reported on Friday,
Nevan Baker, 22, was found dead Sunday about 3:45 a.m. in Barker Park, near Camping World Stadium and the Washington Shores neighborhood, hanging by a rope from a tree, according to [the Orlando Police Department's] case report — alarming circumstances that his family and many in the Orlando community say deserve increased scrutiny.
OPD spokeswoman Autumn Jones told the Sentinel last week that "investigation has concluded with the determination of a suicide."
However, Sharhonda James, Baker's mother, strongly disagreed with the conclusion, telling the newspaper: "I'm not done with this situation; it's just beginning. Nobody's going to stand for this in this community."
She added: "My son didn't hang himself. I know my child."
The Orlando Sentinel requested the Medical Examiner's autopsy report, but the agency said the final report has not been completed. The Sentinel has also requested photos from OPD of the scene and the body, because James said she noticed injuries, including swelling on his nose, bumps on his forehead and a misaligned jaw, when she saw his body in the morgue. The Sentinel does not intend to publish the photos.
The report notes that Nevan Baker's death follows a series of hangings of Black people across the U.S. over the summer, all of which were ruled suicides.
This summer across the nation, multiple Black people were found fatally hung in public places, and their deaths ruled suicide by law enforcement. But the concerning circumstances — evocative of the traumatic history of racist lynchings of Black people, including in Central Florida — have prompted activists, families and experts to raise questions.


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Top 5 Films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
August 18, 2015 August 18, 2015 cameronmoviesandtv1 Comment
Now that I have watched "Ant-Man" it is time for the Top 5 Films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far! I originally was going to rate them from least to greatest and include all of them but that struck me a bit as overkill, better to focus on the truly great ones so that those ones will recieve more attention, since Marvel doesn't exactly need help for getting people to talk about these films.
For what I look for in a film is mostly bittersweet. I am drawn to loss and joy and how they relate as well as having a narrative that makes sense and doesn't have too many climaxes. I value story structure unless it is suberveted or done in a unique way the way the Coens or Tarantino does it…given that there aren't really any directors with that level of uniqueness in what they do in these films, I'll be ignoring that. Disney is conservative and cautious and that is something pretty universal in these films, even the ones that take risks like "Avengers," "Ant-Man" and "Guardians of the Galaxy."
So without further ado, here are my Top 5 from least to greatest.:
5. Iron Man (2008)
It was a tough toss up between "Iron Man" and "Ant-Man" but in the end I decided on "Iron Man" because Tony Stark is just the more compelling character. Ant-Man's universe is fascinating but Scott Lang is kind of boring and bland while Tony is in conflict with everyone. He is always changing, growing and adapting and it makes his origin story compelling. His story also shows us the Military Industrial Complex as it is his weapons that are used to capture him when he is in Afghanistan and it's decision to stop making and selling weapons that leads to the conflict with his mentor. Robert Downey Jr. completely owns this role as well and Jeff Bridges isn't half bad as Stain he just isn't given much to do, which is a problem for a lot of Marvel villains actually and why I rate "Iron Man 3" higher than the first.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/iron-man-2008-changing-the-merchant-of-war/
4. Iron Man 3 (2013)
I rate "Iron Man 3" higher than the original because it isn't as much about Iron Man the hero as it is about Tony Stark and him facing the consequences of his ego and selfish actions. We see countless people die from a man he cared nothing about and we see his ego put Pepper at risk when the Mandarin attacks his home. The film also subverts comic book tropes too as the Mandarin is not who you suspect and the baddie is one of the more memorable villains to come out of these films. Definitely would recommend it as it completes Tony's arc and sets up the next phase of the Marvel Universe really well.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/iron-man-3-consequences-from-the-past/
3. The Avengers (2012)
Joss Whedon pulled off magic when he made this film. "The Avengers" is a film that should not work. How does a man out of time (Captain America) 2 secret agents (Widow and Hawkeye) a God (Thor) a sci. fi. industrialist (Iron Man) and a mutant (Hulk/Bruce Banner) work in a film? On paper it shouldn't but it does because of how well Disney and Marvel built their universe and it is a lot of fun! Loki is the best villain the films (Kingpin is probably best overall if we count the Netflix show) and seeing the witty banter and fantastic action in a very tight story is really wonderful. "Age of Ultron" could not capture this magic, and I'll be surprised if any Avengers film does post this. This is something rare and wonderful and in many ways was the perfect storm.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/07/11/the-avengers-2012-bringing-the-team-together/
2. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
"Guardians of the Galaxy" is a masterpiece. If you are looking for a fun adventure with great comedy that has no real heroes, this is the film for you. I didn't know who these guys were until the film but I care far more about Groot, Starlord, Gamora and Rocket than I do about the Avengers. All of them are flawed and like Tony Stark they end up causing a lot of their own problems in the course of getting by. The weakest part of this film is the problem that Marvel has overall where Rhonin is boring and Thanos does nothing. Besides that, this adventure is awesome and there are so many great and colorful characters. I highly recommend it. This film made Chris Pratt the most wanted action star for a reason.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/guardians-of-the-galaxy-2014-a-masterpiece-of-sci-fi-action-and-comedy-gold/
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
First place goes to "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." This was the film that got me to care about Captain America and is easily one of the best political thrillers to be made. There are consequences, the world changes and there is loss throughout the film. This is Marvel and Disney at their best as the villain is even made compelling and given reasons for the things he does and the choices he makes. Every character deals with their past or lack of past and the difficulty of those situations force them to grow. The action is of course really great too and Anthony Mackie as Falcon is one of my favorite characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This film has yet to be beat by MCU and still easily holds it's place at Number 1 on my list.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/captain-america-the-winter-soldier-an-amazing-spy-thriller-that-changes-the-marvel-universe/
Now that you've seen my list I'd be curious to hear about yours. It is pretty cool that we live in an era where comics are the new medium to tell great stories on the screen.
December 29, 2014 May 12, 2019 cameronmoviesandtvLeave a comment
This is the first time that I'm doing a Top 5 list for the year, but there shall be many more to come as the blog continues to exist. This was a great year for films and there are a lot of films I'm going to mention that didn't make the list that I still think you should watch, again this was a great year for films. The films that made the list are ones that stand out to me though and are ones that I plan to own and would watch multiple times…these are the movies that stand on their own as a film and are the best of the best for this year. So, before I get into the list, here are the honorary mentions.
"Big Hero 6" Disney Studios did it again, it's rich and deep and worth seeing. "X-Men Days of Future Past," Bryan Singer is back and the X-Men series is great again. "Gone Girl" and "Interstellar" almost made the list but after re-reading my reviews I realized that the problems they have don't elevate them to best of the best. Still worth seeing, "The Book of Life," excellent animation and story, which "How to Train Your Dragon 2" also did and had loss, in a kids film just like "Big Hero 6." This was a good year for animated stories. None of these are in the top 5 though, but you should still check them out. Also, "Mockingjay Part 1" is the best of that Franchise so far too.
5) Guardians of the Galaxy
Director James Gunn
This script is hilarious, the characters are rich and you know what…you will care about what happens to a talking Racoon and a Tree Alien that can only say, "I am Groot." That is the magic of this story as it shows just how expansive the marvel universe really is. James Gunn is clearly the right guy to be put in charge of this franchise and I can't wait to see how he expands the universe. These characters are broken and flawed and we love them because of it. They are forced to grow from the mistakes they make and they learn to care about each other. It also has a rocking soundtrack full of that 70's rock n' roll that adds humor to scenes and provides an epic feel in many scenes. My issue with why it isn't higher on the list are two reasons…Thanos is just kind of hanging around, and Gamora's development doesn't really happen. The guys have great character arcs, but Gamora doesn't get enough screen time for her character and and her character's motivations to be developed. Still made the top 5 for a reason though. Definitely worth checking out and multiple watches. It truly is a masterpiece.
Score: 9.8 / 10
4) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Director Anthony and Joe Russo
I didn't care about Captain America in "Captain America: The First Avenger," after "Winter Soldier" he is my favorite member of the Avengers. This is a movie with consequences which "Guardians of the Galaxy" lacked in regards to the Marvel Continuity. One of the major parts of the world is destroyed and we learn that one of the enemies that was a nobody enemy before is like a virus in the world of Marvel. This is powerful as we finally have an enemy that feels like a threat, Captain America has to wrestle with being a moral hero in questionable situations where there isn't a clear good or bad. Hell, the bad guy is sympathetic even though he only appears in this movie. We also realize just how complicated Black Widow is, it was this movie that made me want the Black Widow film…her story is rich and we get glimpses of this in this film. We are also introduced to Falcon who is one of my favorite characters now in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He may someday be Captain America's replacement too when Chris Evans leaves, at least the new comics leave that option open which makes me happy. Again, this is a movie with consequences in the world of Marvel as a whole and has so many rich characters who all receive development. The scenes at the end also set up "Age of Ultron" really well in regards to two characters who will be appearing in it. Only issue with the film is that the Winter Soldier doesn't get enough of development. He is a force of nature more than anything else. Still worth checking out though. It's my favorite of the Disney Marvel films so far and stands strong on it's own as a part of the greater whole. Not only that the issue of freedom and security is addressed in an awesome matter. It answers the "So what?" in regards to it's own existence better than any Marvel film prior.
Score: 10 / 10
3) Birdman
Director Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro truly created a masterpiece here. This movie critiques the culture of New York City, reveals the nature of lies (acting in a way is a lie, playing pretend and people want the lie for the story) and dealing with Ego and pride as Michael Keaton plays his greatest character so far in his best performance of all time. Not only does the film deal with issue that actually matter and how to grow beyond the ego and have an all star cast but it also has beautiful cinematography and the music which as a constant drum throughout is great at adding tension. This film was also filmed to look like a continuous shot so you feel like you are in a lived in world. The characters are all flawed and all of them are forced to grow from circumstances and situations. My only issue with this film is the ambiguous ending. So much of the film is about breaking out of ambiguity which is embraced at the end which sadly takes away from what could have been a perfect film. I put it above "Winter Soldier" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" even though it has a lower score since it is an original film and not part of a franchise. In the era of franchises I greatly value the self-contained story.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/12/01/birdman-2014-a-surreal-exploration-of-meaning-and-ego/
2) Noah
Director Darren Aronofsky
"Noah" is the best of Darren Aronofsky's work in my opinion. It has a much better reason for it's existence than "Black Swan" which is another favorite film and tackles if humanity is truly worth saving. It also has some of the best cinematography I've seen in any movie. What elevates this film above "Birdman" it isn't ambiguous. "Noah" is mad clearly and God is an abstract. It's such a beautiful take on a mythological tale that I can't help but appreciate it simply for existing. It gives fallen angels the look of giant rock golems and we see just how dark humanity can become and just how flawed Noah and his family are. There are no heroes in this film which gives the dilemma of humanity being worth saving truly an issue. It's dark which is what Aronofsky's specializes in, though as far as the ending goes it is more bittersweet than some of his other films… which is saying something, given the premise of Noah is mass genocide of the human race. Great performances from Connelly, Watson and Crowe as well. Some of the best work I've seen from all of them. Definitely check it out if you like dark films with a point.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/08/16/noah-2014-the-meaning-of-humanity/
1) The Grand Budapest Hotel
Director Wes Anderson
The greatest film of 2014 goes to "The Grand Budapest Hotel." This film tackles the very nature of story in that it is presented to us as the author talking about the book, which before is lead into with a child reading the book, "The Grand Budapest Hotel" at his monument. From here the richness only goes deeper as we see a country torn apart by war and corruption that our heroes live in. From the refugee Zero finding love with Agatha as they are both poor people with nothing except each other and Gustave H. who lives only for them and The Grand Budapest Hotel which is his legacy and what he puts his lifeblood into. The film explores the nature of humanity and we see cowards, heroes, villains and people of all types living in a harsh world where the people who have the ability to push forth their will use it to supress others…from the outcast immigrants like Zero, to Gustave H. because he doesn't come from money and was loved by an old woman who was old money. This film shows us that family is more than blood and that sorrow can be around any corner, just like the good moments and adventures we have will always be with us. This is the best Wes Anderson film and one of my favorite film of all times. If you are looking for a timeless film and the best film of 2014, check this one out. It is worth every bit of praise it has received and is one of the greatest films of all time.
https://cameronmoviesandtv.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/edthe-grand-budapest-hotel-2014-of-story-the-nostalgia-from-loss-and-a-life-lived/
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014): A Masterpiece of Sci. Fi., Action and Comedy Gold
August 3, 2014 May 12, 2019 cameronmoviesandtv2 Comments
I really want to see more of James Gunn's movies after this. I haven't seen any of his other stuff, but it has been a while since three things (sci. fi., action and comedy) have gone so well together. Marvel Studios you have done it again, and what a spectacular way to end the "Disney Marvel Franchise Adventure," at least until "Ant-Man" and "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron," later.
"Guardians of the Galaxy," follows the story of Quill after he watches his mother die of cancer and he is kidnapped by aliens. In the future he has become an outlaw dubbing himself Star-Lord, from here he finds a device that a buyer has promised him a lot for which brings Gamora (one of the daughters of Thanos) and Rocket the Raccoon and Groot trying to capture the device. They all end up in prison where Drax's attempt to kill Gamora allies them together to take out the main baddy Ronan who works for Thanos and wants to destroy Xandar, home of the Nova Corps. From here the story unfolds as their personalities collide.
Warning – Spoilers ahead
Pros: Drax – Who would have thought a professional wrestler would end up being an amazing actor. Dave Bautista owns this role and has a lot of comedic moments as his character doesn't understand figurative expressions. He is the one who brings the team together too besides Rocket and Groot protecting Star-Lord because they want what he has. Drax is the most reckless of the group and more than a little insane. He also has a heart, that we get to see in the end and we know why he is the way he is since Ronan slaughtered his wife and child. Can't wait to see what they do with this guy in the sequel. After Gamora saves his life she becomes part of the team to him too.
Rocket – Bradley Cooper is fantastic as the snarky, sarcastic raccoon with a major chip on his shoulder. His character is an inventor and was experimented on to become the creature he is today. This becomes a plot point when he gets really drunk in the outlaw hideaway Knowhere and Quill and the others finally understand what he is going through. There sticking up for him leads to him eventually them as family. He has a touching scene with Drax after Groot is gone and we see his humanity in a plant in a pot carries at the end.
Groot – "We are Groot," is one of the best lines in the film and it is when Groot sacrifices his body so that the Guardians of the Galaxy will survive. He is the heart of the group and the one who acts for the best in any situation. Vin Diesel's voice acting gives a lot to this role given for most of the film Groot can only say, "I am Groot," in different inflections to get his point across.
Gamora – I want to know more about her relationship with Thanos given Thanos kidnapped her and destroyed her family in order to make her a weapon. Her sister Nebula I believe went through something similar. She is great as the guarded assassin but shows a lot of humanity. She is the one who reminds Quill that there is more to the galaxy than money, and teaches him the meaning of honor. They have a great complex friendship/romance and her friendship with the rest of the team, especially Drax who first sees her as an enemy, is a pleasure to watch. Zoe Saldana is once again fantastic in sci. fi.
The Collector and Knowhere – First Nowhere is a fantastic location. A Titan's head made into a city as the organics are processed from it is a masterful idea. It makes sense the Collector would make this his home. He is creepy as always and shows us the device is a purple infinite stone of which there are six. When they are distracted his slave destroys everything having him finally face some accountability for treating people like objects. Knowhere is where Ronan arrives with Nebula and his army after Drax gives them a call. The Collector has a funny scene at the end too.
Nova Corps – Nova Corps is a like a futuristic military made up of mostly humans or humanlike aliens. Glenn Close plays Nova Prime and John Reilly plays Corpsmen Dey her unspoken second in command. When Ronan attacks having consumed an infinite stone (He is a Kree Zealot who sees the Xandar's as needing to be cleansed). She risks everything including trusting the Guardians of the Galaxy to protect them from Ronan using the Infinite Stone to consume their world.
Nebula – Karen Gillian has a lot of range. I loved her as Amy Pond on Doctor Who and as Nebula…one of Thanos's daughters who hates her sister Gamora and Thanos…she makes a complex baddy. She can also regenerate her body and escapes during the last battle managing to survive. We don't know where her loyalties are, and I love that.
The Comedy – From Drax's inability to understand language expressions, to Quill's sarcasm, or Gamora's obliviousness or Groot's Grootness…contrasted by Rocket's crazyness creates some great moments of comedy. Better comedy than "The Avengers," for sure, which didn't always know what tone it wanted.
The Final Battle – The final battle is fantastic and has a cost. Groot loses his body, the Nova Corps is decimated, and their capital is at least partially in ruins. There is the moment of awesome too when Drax, Quill, Gamora and Rocket use the power of friendship to contain the infinity stone and use it to destroy Ronan.
Quill / Star-Lord – This guy is wonderful. He starts out as the scoundrel and becomes the accidental hero. There is not a moment this guy is unfunny though. I love his arc in becoming a hero too since we do see much of his motivation is money. I really want to see Chris Pratt in other things now. Not much more to say, beyond his hero journey is fun and in the end he isn't a total hero as he plans to do a little bit of good and a little bit of bad with the team.
The Music – Using the mixed tape that Quill's mother gave him when she was alive we get some amazing 80's music throughout the film, all the songs work perfectly and also contribute to the comedy too as Quill embraces every song so fully. I loved the soundtrack and plan on using it for writing inspiration.
Okay/Good – Ronan – Nebula is the Loki of this movie…Ronan is the Malekith. We know he's a religously fanatical Kree who follows Thanos, but we don't know what his religion fully intends. He hams it up perfectly though and is a great threat, since unlike Loki in "The Avengers," this guy can actually succeed, and he nearly does.
Thanos – He is just a shadow in the background and doesn't feel like a threat yet. We know he's a powerful manipulator…but so is Loki. What sets him apart from Loki besides number of followers in the MCU? That is one thing I hope we learn as the Infinite Arc unfolds. He wasn't bad, but he seemed powerless to do anything about Ronan's betrayal, which was a shame…I was hoping he would come to Xandar to take the infinite stone himself and shut down his subordinate for the betrayal.
This is one of my favorite movies of the year, and in many ways on par with "Winter Soldier," the only reason I can't give it a ten is because within the Marvel Cinematic Universe H.Y.D.R.A. now feels like a much greater threat than Thanos. I would like that to change, since this guy is a destroyer of worlds. We'll see what happens. Character, action and humorwise this film did everything it needed to do and I very highly recommend it.
My final score is 9.8 / 10. One of my new favorite films.
Disney Marvel Franchise Adventure
July 5, 2014 May 12, 2019 cameronmoviesandtvLeave a comment
Who would have thought that Disney buying the rights to Marvel would turn out to be such a great thing? Who knew they would create such wonderful and masterful stories that are overall pretty coherent?
As I continue the "Planet of the Apes Franchise Retrospect," I will be starting the Disney Marvel Franchise Adventure in the lead up to "Guardians of the Galaxy. This is something I have been looking forward to doing since, "Captain America: Winter Soldier," "Iron Man," and "The Avengers," are some of the best films ever made.
How I'm going to go about it is every week I'll review a movie or more starting with the first films. Today I'm doing "Captain America: The First Avenger," in honor of Independence Day, and later on "Thor," "Iron Man," and "The Incredible Hulk." After I will do their sequels and finally end with "Guardians of the Galaxy." Afterwords I shall do a retrospect and rating them from worst to best.
This series will be called, "The Disney Marvel Franchise Adventure," let's assemble the Avengers!


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Q: How to use a separate node container in your ddev setup? Sometimes you want to use a custom node version in your ddev setup. I will give an example configuration how this can be archived.

A: Create a file in .ddev folder named docker-compose.node.yaml with the following content:
version: '3.6'
services:
  node:
    container_name: ddev-${DDEV_SITENAME}-node
    image: node:10.6
    user: "node"
    restart: "no"
    labels:
      com.ddev.site-name: ${DDEV_SITENAME}
      com.ddev.platform: ddev
      com.ddev.app-type: php
      com.ddev.approot: $DDEV_APPROOT
    volumes:
      - "../:/var/www/html:cached"
    working_dir: /var/www/html
    command: ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]

Ddev will start a separate node container that is not terminated after startup.
You can ssh into that container using the command ddev ssh -s node
You can also configure post-start hook like this:
hooks:
  post-start:
    - exec-host: ddev exec -s node npm ci --quiet
    - exec-host: ddev exec -s node npm start


From Lewis county New York. have been a Dodge man most of my life. It all started with a 69 supper-Bee SE. Sence then have had a worlock, Aspen super coupe,3 Dokata's, 3 Ram's, 1 durango. At this time I have a 1968 ply FuryIII, 2007 caliber and a 2001 Ram 2500 quad 4x4. The Ram is For sale or will be traded in on the 25th of this month for a 2006 Ram quad 4x4 night runner. The waiting a week to get the 2006 Ram is do to the dealer is closed for County Fair week. Dealer only wants to give me 2350.00 for the 2001 Ram so if I can sell it befor the 25th then I may be able to get a little more for it and have some extra cash to do some upgrades on the 2006 Ram.


Dancers from South Yorkshire are performing at Sheffield City Hall during the legendary dance group's run of dates this week.
Riverdance are celebrating their 21st anniversary on this tour.
What began as interval entertainment for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin became an overnight sensation and is still very popular with audiences. More than 2.9 million people have seen well over 1,000 performances.
The group's showstopping routine, based on Irish dancing, breathed new life into the tradition and spawned many imitators.
The Celtic Rose School of Irish Dancing from Doncaster will appear on the front steps of the City Hall from 7pm and inside the venue during the show's interval.
Aoife Reilly, aged 11, Ella Mae Holmes, aged 11, and Rose Sansom, aged 12, will wow the crowds with an impressive range of traditional steps and dancing.
Since opening their doors four years ago, Celtic Rose School of Irish Dancing have given children of all ages and abilities a chance to learn traditional Irish dance and perform to audiences at events across Yorkshire.