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The Politician Season 2 is ready to entertain you this June with new political twists and politics. Last month, showrunner Ryan Murphy revealed the first look of The Politician Season 2, in which Payton Hobart is ready for his next elections. And recently, Netflix released the first trailer of Ryan’s dark comedy. Its first look appears more scandalous than its previous chapter. Now, let’s see where this next chapter is heading into.
The Politician created by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, and Brad Falchuk is a comedy-drama series of Netflix. The series follows the story of wealthy Santa Barbaran Payton Hobart (Platt). Hobart dreamt of becoming President of the United States since childhood. He has found an opportunity in student body presidential running in his Saint Sebastian High School. Hobart selects Infinity Jackson as his vice-president, under his ambitious friends’ direction McAfee Westbrook, Alice Charles, and James Sullivan. However, Jackson is a cancer patient and also a victim of Munchausen by Proxy Disorder.
The Politician Season 2: Trailer Teased New Twist
The trailer for The Politician Season 2 drives us back to where the previous season left off. Now, Payton is a student at New York University and competing with Leader Dede Standish (Light) for New York State Senate. It’s a big opportunity for Payton to achieve the political honor that he always dreamt of. This time, Payton’s chances are so high to win. However, running for New York State Senate is unlike high school elections. Fortunately, he has a great team to rely on. They are McAfee (Laura Dreyfuss), Alice (Julia Schlaepfer), Skye (Rahne Jones), and James (Theo Germaine).
They all are ready to help Payton to be on the top. The trailer teased how far the two competitors go to tear apart their opponent to win. Further, it reveals that there will be sex scandals in the next chapter, more damaging photos and threats from double agents. Moreover, there will be a part of Milder’s character tricking some spicy lube. The Politician Season 2 will be a more wickedly scandalous and dramatic than the previous season.
The Politician Season 2: Premiere Date
Fortunately, the filming for The Politician Season 2 wrapped up before the global pandemic situation. It gives Netflix a better opportunity to release the second season in scheduled time. So, get ready to binge into your favorite political dark comedy series. The Politician Season 2 is ready to hit Netflix on June 19, 2020.
Will There Be Any Season 3?
Showrunner Ryan Murphy spoke to Collider about his willingness to come back with another season of The Politician. He stated: “I think for me, for the show. I would like to do. And I believe all of us involved in it, would probably like to do three seasons. And I think where the second season ends. What I would prefer is to take a couple of years off and have Ben Platt get older for his final race. That would be a presidential race, right?”
Ryan added: “That’s always what we had created. And I think that’s what our idea is. I’m going to wait. Right now, Ben is young. So I want to wait a couple of years to figure out how we age him up a bit. But that’s always been my plan.”

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Jason Denzel joined a “WOT You Feeling?” panel on mental health focusing on the effects of loss and grief within The Wheel of Time series. The “WOT You Feeling,” made up of members Ryan, Miki, and Christine, delves into sensitive issues on mental health and how they relate to the world Robert Jordan created. You can follow them on Twitter, or see all their YouTube videos here. Identifying grief within the series is pretty easy. Jason points out that Robert Jordan considered the world dangerous and not an ideal place to live. Many of the characters experience grief throughout the series—Tam never loving another after the death of his wife, Kari, or even Lanfear holding on to the grief of a breakup over a thousand years ago. In fact, the Forsaken seem to be knee-deep in unprocessed trauma. On the other hand, Rand’s “Veins of Gold” moment shows a great moment of expressing and releasing those emotions. Jason also reflects on his own writing experiences and how mourning, or not mourning, plays a role in a character's story arc. You can watch the whole video below. This show was a fascinating look at the mental health issues our beloved characters face. Like what you see here? You can support “WOT You Feeling” and The Way of the Leaf on Patreon here!
Rajiv Moté is Dragonmount’s book blogger with a lens on the craft of fiction writing. When he’s not directing software engineers, he writes fiction of his own, which can be found catalogued at his website. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction C.C. Finlay noted that the stories submitted to his magazine had shifted away from the common themes of finding or returning home. He reasoned that writers were getting cabin fever, and the idea of “home” had lost its romance during the extended lockdown. (Finlay also noted that loneliness had become more of a thematic motivation in the stories he received, and more stories were culminating in a kiss.) It’s an interesting shift for fantasy fiction. For those of us whose introduction to epic fantasy was J.R.R. Tolkien, “home” has a powerful resonance in the genre. “There and back again” is almost a structural expectation for a story. In Tolkien’s world (and in Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey), “home” is the beginning and end of the adventure. Preserving home forms the ultimate, most personal stakes, and the return illustrates how much the protagonists have grown. “The Scouring of the Shire” is perhaps the truest of the many endings of The Return of the King. It shows that, for the Hobbits, the War of the Ring was basically preparation for the battle for the once and future pastoral paradise of the Shire. When I read and reread The Wheel of Time, I often think of the New York Times blurb about the series. I like that quotation for the comparison, but I think it misses the mark. The Wheel of Time isn’t an extension of The Lord of the Rings, even a spiritual one, but it is certainly in conversation with it. Robert Jordan’s Emond’s Field was a pastoral paradise just like Tolkien’s Shire, but Jordan used it to say very different things about “home.” Where British Tolkien, writing in an era of waning empire, saw the War of the Ring (and the Scouring of the Shire) as a restoration of old glory and monarchical status quo, American Jordan, writing at the cusp of a new millennium, saw the end of the Third Age as a time of technological progress, cultural intermixing, and unpredictable change, for good and ill. In The Wheel of Time, you can never go home. Even in his pre-Wheel swords and sorcery novel, Warrior of the Altaii, Robert Jordan was interested in themes of a rapidly changing world, where people needed to adapt or go extinct. There is no going back to past glory, there is only going forward into something new. In The Eye of the World, Emond’s Field is portrayed as cozy and idyllic, and the young protagonists (except Egwene) leave it with reluctance. But where The Lord of the Rings was a story about going off to war to protect one’s home, The Wheel of Time is a bildungsroman, forging maturity and power from youth and innocence. “Home” is the nest that the fledglings must leave. Most make a place for themselves in the larger world. Of the Emond’s Field Five, only Perrin returns. His chapters, reminiscent of “The Scouring of the Shire,” are not about restoring home to its old status quo, it’s about transforming it into something suited to the times. After evicting the Whitecloaks and eradicating the Trollocs, Perrin musters the Two Rivers and leads them to war. The beard Perrin grows is the not-so-subtle symbol of him becoming a man. Egwene does briefly return home in the World of Dreams, looking for a place of safety, and even in that reflection of Emond’s Field she sees that it is changing. The Two Rivers is on its way to transforming from a forgotten district of Andor to a nation of its own, with banners, an army, a manor house, and a lord. For all the moral starkness in Robert Jordan’s cosmology, change is not a fork in the road, with one path leading into darkness, and the other into light. Change is chaos, everything moving at once, with three unintended consequences for every intended one. But as a world view, it means that there will always be new opportunities for growth and wonder. As a story, it means the tale is never over. There is always another adventure beyond the final page, something more to discover. On this, Jordan and Tolkien agree: the road goes ever on.
Dragonmount founder Jason Denzel recently got a hands-on look at the official, limited edition Wheel of Time watch from Tockr. Here's the full video: We'll be working closely with Tockr going forward, and perhaps giving you a chance to interact directly with the designers so that you can share your constructive feedback with them. After you view the video, let us know in the comments or on the forums what you think of the watch!
Tor Books announced today the forthcoming release of Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan by Michael Livingston. The book is scheduled for publication on November 8, 2022. Here's the book description: We'll provide early previews and a review, and possibly some give aways. Origins of The Wheel of Time is available for pre-order in ebook format from the Dragonmount store. You can also pre-order print and ebook copies from Barnes & Noble, Amazon, or your local independent bookseller.
Katy is a news contributor for Dragonmount. You can follow her as she shares her thoughts on The Wheel of Time TV Show on Instagram and Twitter @KatySedai The Wheel of Time Showrunner Rafe Judkins joined podcast host Helen O’Hara on The Empire Spoiler Special podcast this week. They discussed the first season, including clarifying some questions many book readers might have on some controversial choices. They also chatted a bit about season two and when and what we can expect. There’s been plenty of hopeful speculation about the timing of season two. Rafe said that it will be a while before we see it, and that there will be some time between Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings show and The Wheel of Time. Lord of the Rings will release on September 2nd 2022, which has some fans speculating we won’t see season two until early 2023. Rafe’s wording was vague enough that it’s hard to say when exactly we could see the second season. Rafe did mention that we can expect some cool content to tide us over in between the seasons, so keep an eye out for that! Rafe confirms that Aviendha is cast and that we will see more Aiel than expected in season two. Season two will also explore what happened to Moiraine whether she was stilled or shielded, Rafe has been avoiding saying either way outright. The second season will also include story lines from books two and three, with Mat following his book three journey. Rand’s adventures will include most story beats and characters from books two and three, but mixed together. It seems as we move into the second season fans can expect even more changes than in season one. This definitely doesn’t sound like a word for word adaptation. Most of the interview focused on season one including certain story lines about the Two Rivers five, how well Dónal Finn is taking over as Mat, that Nynaeve burning out/fake out death, more about Suian and Moiraine, and a bit about the Age of Legends scene. A couple points Rafe clarified: Emphasized again that this is the story of all five of our main characters, so some changes (Perrin’s wife, Mat’s backstory) are meant to set up the characters from the beginning. Mat especially needed more background. Amazon sent Rafe a 250 page document with survey data from book readers - those who finished the series, those who stopped mid-way, and those who started and didn’t make it very far. Every group agreed that Mat’s personality doesn’t really show up until book 3. Many book readers misread the Nynaeve burn out scene, so Rafe emphasized that death cannot be healed. He said that the misunderstanding is on them and not healing death will be made clearer in season two. Suian and Moiraine were using a ter’angreal to meet, but the exact metaphysics or location is still a bit of a mystery. Rafe said that they worked with Sarah Nakamura to ensure their private meeting place would work in-world. The oath scene between Suian and Moiraine were purposely meant to feel like marriage vows. And Rafe said that as a queer person he thought their relationship was explicit in the books. Helen and Rafe chatted about the reasoning behind not showing the fever dream early, was both to leave some mystery to draw in viewers, but also to explore what it means to be the Dragon Reborn. About Lews Therin and the Age of Legends - nothing was misspoken in that scene. Some fans have pointed out what they see as inconsistencies between the show and the books, but it sounds like we will have to watch and find out where they go! To listen to this excellent interview you’ll need to subscribe to the Empire Spoiler Special Film Podcast here. A subscription is £2.99 a month. What did you think of this interview? Anything surprising? Let us know in the comments and be sure to join the discussion on our forums. And be sure to check our TV section of the website.
Matt (@MalkiersKing on Twitter) debuts his video series, “WoT Were They Thinking?”: a respectful analysis of each episode of Amazon Prime Video’s Wheel of Time TV show. In this first episode, Matt is joined by Kristy Leigh Lussier from The Successful Screenwriter and Lauren from Unraveling the Pattern. Together, they examine Episode 1, Season 1 "Leavetaking" and discuss some of those controversial moments that fans are reacting to. Need more content? You can see Dragonmount's initial review of Episode 1 here, and don't forget the Podcast discussion here. All sorts of other tidbits can be found on Dragonmount's TV overview page here. Are you on board with the changes so far, or are you struggling against the current? Let us know in the comments below.
Recently, the Dragonmount Podcast had the chance to talk to another amazing actor. Join producer Kathy Campbell and co-host Rajiv Moté as they sit down with Kate Fleetwood, who plays Liandrin Sedai of the Red Ajah in The Wheel of Time Amazon Prime Video television show. Or, you can check out the episode on Incomparable here. Are you looking forward to more White Tower and Red Ajah intrigue with Liandrin in Season 2? Let us know in the comments below.
Aleksandra (Ola) Hill is a Polish-Canadian writer and the founder and editor-in-chief of khōréō, a magazine of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora writers. She won the grand prize in the 2019 Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards and is currently pursuing an MFA in writing at The New School. You can find her on Twitter at @_aleksandrahill. # TL;DR: The Starless Crown by James Rollins weaves together multiple storylines into a tapestry about family in all its forms, nature, and surviving foretold doom. The book's strength lies in its interest in humans' relationship with nature and is a good match for anyone looking for plot-heavy science fantasy. Please note: This review contains very mild spoilers (first ~15% of the book). The spoilers are marked in the text and should be easy to skip. # The Starless Crown by James Rollins is a long book by any count; clocking in at about 560 pages, it felt longer in the reading. Part of this is the complexity of the tale. The author chooses four primary point-of-view characters: a young, blind student named Nyx; a thief who stumbles upon an alchemical secret while escaping the mines in which he has been imprisoned; a wayward prince living in the shadow of his older and evermore talented twin brother; and a knight who has broken his oaths. The author takes a page from Robert Jordan—whom he thanks in the acknowledgements—by adding in further, smaller POVs. The pacing of the novel is as rapidfire as its shifts between narrators. I hadn't heard of the author before, but his publications seem to tend to the thriller genre, and this influence is clear. The story moves along with constant twists and turns; there is no situation that can't possibly get worse. There is death, violence, and betrayal; anything that can go wrong, will, especially in the case of our mainest main character, Nyx. Because of the combination of points of view and breakneck pace, I found it difficult to root myself in the book and feel like I was a part of the world. The signposts of the worldbuilding were certainly interesting; the action takes place on a planet called Urth, whose denizens worship the Father Above (the Sun); the Mother Below (the Urth); and the Son and Daughter (the faces of the moon). One part of the Urth is eternally in shadow, the other eternally in light: as you may have guessed, the world is a tidally locked Earth—and, as we learn throughout the story, a planet that natural catastrophe is yet to truly strike. The question of humans' ability to understand and control nature is central to the book. Most clearly, this appears as the central Big Bad of the book: convincing other humans that this natural disaster will come to pass—and all of the politicking that goes along with that—and then deciding how to act in the face of impending doom. However, throughout the novel, natural phenomena feature as impediments at least as frequently as other humans do. Animals have evolved into unfamiliar and often dangerous beasts; there are few scenes in the wilderness, and even among civilization, that don't feature an animal behaving in an unexpected way. Some characters have unusual and deeply special links with various creatures—and even of the protagonists that don't, we still see an overarching care for other living things: cognizance of never hunting more than their allotted share; pain at the suffering one's actions bring. In spite of this theme, which intrigued me deeply, I found myself wanting more as I read. While the world had a lot of potential, I was ultimately left unsatisfied by how much is unchanged between our current society and this world's—not because I was looking for a utopia, but because it made the world feel incomplete. For example, young women are expected to be virgins to enter their Ninth Year at the Cloistery, but young men are not; the reason for this is unclear, aside from being a familiar callback to our own society's puritanical values. In addition, certain fantasy tropes are also inserted into the story without due consideration, and often pulled me from immersion in the book. For example, a character named Pratik, who was imprisoned only to make another character's life more difficult, is described: A POC-coded character defined by the violence done to his body is suboptimal at best, even without the cliché of uniquely coloured eyes. Furthermore, the society from which this character comes is described as cruel and bloodthirsty, but the character's face is "placid, as if he had accepted such cruelties as part of life." His ‘goodness’ is signaled by this stoicism and further emphasized by Pratik’s response when a character accidentally causes a number of Pratik’s countrymen’s death: "Despite the tragic outcome, there was wisdom in your plan." (p. 193) This benign goodness flattens everything that Pratik could be and places him as one-dimensional support. At best, these descriptions and character choices are thoughtless regurgitation of antiquated tropes; at worst, it’s something far more harmful. I’m still not sure if the author’s use of the phrase “noble savagery” (p. 246) was ironic or oblivious or had some other intent. This uncertainty isn't comforting. All told, it feels as if this book was written with an eye to diversity without wanting to engage in what diversity means. This goes beyond race and gender. It is somewhat rare, for example, to see disabled protagonists in fantasy; thus, I was really excited to follow Nyx's story. A seventh year student in her town's monastery, Nyx is visually impaired: though not fully blind, she has never seen more than the shadows of the world around her. ############# SPOILERS FOR THE FIRST 15% OF THE BOOK ############# I was surprised—and not a little disappointed—to discover that she's miraculously cured early on in the book. While her healing reveals something for the larger plot, her disability felt a little like a dangled carrot that got quickly snatched away (I will note here: while I can’t see more than a foot in front of me without my glasses, I am not blind myself). As an aside, her new sight also draws larger sociopolitical issues to mind without fully resolving them. For example, the head of the Cloistery where Nyx studies, Prioress Ghyle, is "darkly complexioned, her skin far darker than Nyx had imagined" (p.72) —yet there's nothing in the world of the book that suggests this might be surprising and why. It felt more like the author's hand drawing the reader's eye to racial representation in the book than a natural elucidation of social structures in the book's world. ############# END SPOILERS ############# Lastly, this book felt like it needed another editing pass. In some parts, the prose is purple and rhythmless, so focused on using a thesaurus for each word that the sentences lose their poetry; in others, it's jarringly direct ("She was shapely of form and generous of bosom", p. 336). Often, a word is repeated multiple times within a sentence or two. While these certainly aren't dealbreakers—and only came to mind in some parts of the book—readers who are particularly sensitive to language may want to come into this story with their loins girded. Ultimately, this book did not rise to its promise on the jacket copy: this is not “a fantasy series unlike any attempted before.” It doesn’t feel like it’s tried covered much new ground at all. Still, there are images in the world building—the grandiosity of the structures; the overwhelmingness of nature—that will appeal to certain types of readers, especially those who want a lot of plot decorated with a lot of pretty things. It will be particularly enjoyable for those who love a good bit of wilderness in their stories. The Starless Crown is available in the Dragonmount eBook store. Find it here!
Katy is a news contributor for Dragonmount. You can follow her as she shares her thoughts on The Wheel of Time TV Show on Instagram and Twitter @KatySedai Dragonmount Exclusive Reveal Amazon has released a new app for IOS and Android that brings The Wheel of Time TV show to life on your phone or other mobile devices. There are thirteen augmented reality experiences including creatures, artifacts, and locations from the TV show. March 2022 update: Amazon has temporarily removed these apps from the App Stores. They're focusing on building new experiences for WoT and other shows. These Wheel of Time experiences are expected to return, probably as we get closer to Season 2. For example, the interactive app places a Trolloc in your living room (don’t get too close or it might snarl at you). You can get a bird's eye view of Tar Valon in your kitchen, or explore the ruins of Shadar Logoth in your basement. You also can learn about weapons and jewelry from the TV show. The app allows you to save and share your own video clips and photos from the app. If you share on social media, then tag us @dragonmount_ on Instagram or @dragonmount on Twitter. Head over to Dragonmount’s YouTube channel to learn more. Ready to try it? Get started with the iOS app or the Android app and then let us know in the comments or on our forums below what fun things you found!
Katy is a news contributor for Dragonmount. You can follow her as she shares her thoughts on The Wheel of Time TV Show on Instagram and Twitter @KatySedai Dragonmount Exclusive Reveal Not ready to leave the world of The Wheel of Time quite yet? If you have an Amazon Echo Dot or other Alexa-enabled device you can discover the new Alexa Skill, Beyond the Two Rivers. Although the experience is best used with an Amazon Echo device, this will work with mobile devices using the Amazon app as well. This interactive tour allows you to experience the people, places, and music of the Two Rivers as seen in Amazon Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time TV show. The experience puts you in touch with a retired Gleeman who will explain information and trivia about the world. To begin this journey, first enable to Alexa Skill on the Amazon website. Make sure to do this with the same Amazon account that your Alexa-enabled device uses. Next, say “Open Beyond the Two Rivers” to your Alexa-eaned device. This will begin your guided conversation about The Wheel of Time. You can say things like “Tell me about Bel Tine” or “Let’s meet Rand.” There’s lots to explore including information about Tinkers, Aes Sedai, and Darkfriends! We've created a video showing you how it all works: Ready to try it? Get started here and then let us know in the comments or on our Forums below what fun things you found!
In a special episode of the Dragonmont Wheel of Time Podcast, producer Kathy Campbell had the opportunity to speak with Taylor Napier, who plays Maksim—one of Alanna's warders—in the Amazon Prime Video Wheel of Time television series. Or you can view it on YouTube here. You can also listen to this episode of the podcast here! Kathy was able to finally tackle that burning question on all our minds: why does Alanna have so many snacks? (And we're not just talking about her warders.) The Dragonmount Podcast has an episode of discussion for each of the television show episodes, with more interviews and speculations coming soon. Keep up to date with all the podcast episodes here. Would you enjoy seeing Maksim featured as a more central character as the series progresses? Let us know in the comments below!
Adam Whitehead is Dragonmount's TV blogger. Adam has been writing about film and television, The Wheel of Time, and other genre fiction for over fifteen years, and was a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 2020. Be sure to check out his websites, The Wertzone and Atlas of Ice and Fire (including The Wheel of Time Atlas!) as well as his Patreon. The Wheel of Time first season finale gives us the first look at the Age of Legends, the storied era of history that ended in the Breaking of the World and the corrupting of the male half of the One Power, some 3,400 years before the start of the main story in the books. It’s only a brief glance – we have less to go on here that during our previous deep dive on Tar Valon – but it’s an interesting look at one of the more intriguing parts of the backstory. It appears that this city is Paaran Disen, the greatest city of the Age of Legends. During the Second Age, the idea of nations and kingdoms disappeared and the whole world was united under a single global government, albeit a relatively loose one. That government was based in Paaran Disen, which was also the location of the Hall of the Servants, the ancient equivalent of the White Tower. The Hall of the Servants was merely the headquarters of the worldwide guild which was the Aes Sedai in that Age, rather than being the home for all of them as the White Tower is. With 3% of the population serving as Aes Sedai, their numbers ranged comfortably into the millions, if not tens of millions, and most lived in their own homes, pursuing careers which may or may not have been related to the Power (Lillen Moiral – Moghedien – was an investment banker, despite being a powerful channeler, whilst Mierin Eronaile – Lanfear – was an advanced researcher into new applications of the Power). Paaran Disen was effectively the world’s capital, although it is unclear that the population of the world in the Age of Legends was, if it was comparable to our own (with more than 7+ billion people) or if improvements in birth control, medical technology, Healing and sustainability meant the population was less than during our age. This may explain why Paaran Disen appears to be a somewhat small city by our standards, though still enormous by the standards of the Third Age. Of course, the building where Lews Therin meets Latra Posae might be on one edge of the city and the city sprawls for a considerable distance in the opposite direction which we don’t get to see. In the books, Paaran Disen had many of the hallmarks of civilisation in the Age of Legends. Many of the streets and parks were lined with chora trees, which gave a sense of peace and well-being to those who sat in their shade. The buildings were tall, ornate and beautiful, many built of elstone, which made them shimmer in the light. The entrance to the Hall of the Servants was flanked by tall columns. The city was divided by roads along which vehicles such as jumpers and jo-cars could travel. As the grandest city in the world, Paaran Disen was also served by transport such as sho-wings, great delta-winged vehicles capable of carrying up to hundreds of people anywhere in the world in short order. The city also had numerous locations marked for Travelling, allowing Aes Sedai to open portals directly to wherever they wanted to go. Above: Paaran Disen in the opening of the first episode. Below: The same city in ruins in the prologue to the season finale. During the War of the Shadow, Paaran Disen served as the base of operations for the Light against the Dark One’s forces. Lews Therin Telamon, First Among Equals of the Aes Sedai and effective military commander of the forces of the Light, the man history calls “the Dragon,” seems to have made his stand in Paaran Disen, indicating it was located far from the front lines of the war, at least when it began. At a key point during the war, the forces of the Shadow reached Paaran Disen and achieved a major victory. However, Lews Therin was able to defeat Elan Morin Tedronai, known as Ishamael, before the gates of Paaran Disen, indicating the Shadow was not able to exploit its victory and hold the city. Be’lal later led an assault that managed to at least partially destroy the Hall of the Servants, although enough of the building survived for it to continue to serve as the Aes Sedai’s headquarters. Later, during the closing stages of the war, Lews Therin’s strike on Shayol Ghul gave hope that the conflict was about to end. Although the assault successfully patched the Dark One’s prison and cut off the entity from its followers, the Dark One was able to corrupt saidin, placing a rotting taint on the male half of the True Source. Every male channeler in the world started to go insane. Within days or weeks, people were fleeing the city en masse. Several former male Aes Sedai apparently levelled the city with the One Power afterwards in their insanity. Whatever survived was obliterated in the Breaking of the World. By the end of the Third Age, not a single trace of Paaran Disen remains and its relative location in the new world is completely unknown. It might be at the bottom of the ocean or buried under the Spine of the World. In the TV canon, whilst the War of the Shadow has curiously not been directly mentioned so far, it is unclear how much of this remains true. The city appears more peaceful than you might expect at the end of a ten-year war (and a century-long societal collapse preceding it) which has seen the city attacked several times already, and there are more jo-cars and jumpers and hoverflies in the sky then apparently was the case at the end of the war, when the Shadow overrunning or destroying factories and industrial areas had forced many of the armies of the Light to rely on swords, bows and horses instead. The name of the city is also interesting. “Paaran Disen” suggest “Paradise,” whilst “Paaran” means to mate or to pair in German, potentially a reference to the gender parity of the Aes Sedai in this Age. “Disen” may be derived from the Dísir of Norse mythology, a vein of myth that Robert Jordan mined for many ideas and names in The Wheel of Time. In the TV image you can also see a sports stadium, roads and plenty of tall buildings whose shape and size are echoed in the White Tower of Tar Valon, built three to five centuries later with the last vestiges of knowledge from the Age of Legends. The vibe is a sort of timeless Greco-Roman elegance, fusing the old and the futuristic, which certainly seems to fit what Robert Jordan describes in the novels. More interestingly, if you go back to the end of the prologue to the first episode, we get to see the same city in a state of dilapidated disrepair in the modern age. Most of the buildings map 1:1 on the buildings from the later image, with a few exceptions which were destroyed or have been lost to the overgrowth of trees and vegetation. The buildings’ outer shells have been stripped away or destroyed, leaving behind only the cores. This is of course a deviation from the book situation, where Paaran Disen was destroyed by crazed male channelers and then whatever was left behind was completely obliterated in the Breaking of the World. It is no longer possible to say where Paaran Disen was in relation to other locations. In the TV show, the ruins of the city are still standing, though it is unclear where (it is from this location that Moiraine and Lan set out to travel to the Two Rivers, but it is not said if that was a lengthy journey across the entire continent or a closer location). This immediately sells the “post-apocalyptic” vibe more obviously than the books do, as the books wait a while before bringing in ruins and artefacts from the Age of Legends, or even our Age which precedes it. The production team have indicated we will see more of the Age of Legends later in the series, and it’ll be interesting to see how they continue to realise it on-screen. As usual, please continue to follow developments on our casting and news pages, and the forum, and stay tuned for more info as we get it.

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January 23, 2018
Beth Ronnenburg, President of Berkshire Associates
, as Beth Ronnenburg, President of Berkshire Associates, looked back at what happened at OFCCP in 2017, and shared insights on what may be in store for the agency in 2018. Beth also discussed enforcement
and the new administration's impact on OFCCP policy and practices. In this webinar hosted by DirectEmployers Association, she also shared practical information to help contractors prepare for audits, and made predictions on what the agency’s enforcement efforts will look like in 2018.


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The year is coming to an end and most importantly, it is Christmas time. We would like to wish you, our wonderful readers, a very merry Christmas. With joy on Christmas and love on mas, we wish for you beautiful miracles this Christmas. Remember, joy resounds in the heart of those who believe in the miracle of Christmas. Wake up with Christmas music on your radios and the true story of Christmas in your heart.
It’s Christmas, let’s have fun and make MERRY. To all those we wronged, we say SORRY. Christ is born, so no need to worry.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Fun fact: The 12 days of Christmas gifts in the song have 364 gifts in all, one for every day of the year.
Quote: I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. ~Charles Dickens
Tongue Twister: Shy Sam Shaw saw the same Santa Sarah says she saw.


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When I was much younger I usually sneaked in to the kitchen and made my own juice. Why sneaking? because I was not allowed to play with the blender for some reason . The best juice I had was called Kleptomaniac Juice, in my defense, I did not know what kleptomania means, but my friends used to say it a lot when someone is acting weird. Yeah, that’s the lesson guys, children really follow whatever you say, so watch your words.
Here are the recipe for the Best Juice in the World Ever ™… I mean the recipe of my lunch juice.
lots of ice
- Slice the apple (thickly).
- Peel the orange and bananas.
- Scoop the guava meat out
- Put all of the fruits (beside what is unmentioned on the first three process) into the blender along with water and ice. I like my juice thick, so I use small amount of water.
- Dice the strawberries and grapes. This is going to be the crunchy part of your juice.
- Pour the diced strawberries and grapes into a glass.
- Once the juice is blended enough, pour it into the glass.
- Stir the juice.
Oh now I remember why my parents did not let me use the blender. Once the juice was ready, I took a sip. I noticed that at some point the crunchy part was too crunchy, like a biscuit crunchy. I thought that it was great, and dismissed it as a coagulation from probably reaction of the fruits.
There were white bits floating on the juice, that was what I thought the coagulation. And then, it hit me like puberty, it was bit of plastics. I was eating plastic. That juice was good, but probably taste better because of the additional hard work I need to do: scoop out the plastic bits.
If you guys wonder, the taste of plastic is pretty bland, but the texture is amazingly crunchy.

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The Volkswagen Jetta was redesigned for the 2019 model year, and carried over largely unchanged for 2020. The identical is essentially true for the 2021 mannequin yr of this midsize sedan, though a notable replace is a brand new infotainment system in increased trim ranges.
2021 Volkswagen Jetta: What’s New?
What stays the identical is the Jetta’s good-looking, if not eye-catching, design. The sharp crease slightly below the belt line provides some character to the flanks, however the ho-hum entrance finish appears designed extra to keep away from giving offense than it’s to encourage. What’s extra attention-grabbing concerning the Jetta is that it rides on the well-loved MQB platform—shared with the whole lot from VW’s Golf, GTI, and Atlas to Audi’s A3 and Q3— and likewise offers homeowners with extra room inside than the last-generation mannequin.
And there’s nonetheless no phrase concerning the rumored Jetta R, though you could be certain we’ll be the primary to let you know about it ought to it occur.
2021 Volkswagen Jetta Trim Ranges and Gear
The common 2021 Jetta is available in 5 trim ranges: S, SE, R-Line, SEL, and SEL Premium. The Jetta GLI, the sportiest model, is available in two trims: S and Autobahn.
2021 Volkswagen Jetta Infotainment and Expertise
Arguably the most important change for 2021 is the inclusion of the brand new MIB3 infotainment system on the highest two trim ranges: SEL and SEL Premium. The opposite trim ranges make do with the carryover MIB II system, a touchscreen setup. Beforehand, for 2020, the Jetta featured a 6.5-inch display screen in S, SE, and R-Line fashions, whereas the SEL and SEL Premium use an 8.0-inch display screen. The SEL Premium additionally gives the Uncover Media performance with 2.5D navigation.
For the Jetta GLI, solely the Autobahn will get the upgraded MIB3 infotainment system.
2021 Volkswagen Jetta Inside Options
For 2021, there’s little to notice past what we’ve already stated concerning the 2019 and 2020 fashions. The inside stays the identical, which is usually a superb factor, contemplating the out there Volkswagen model of Audi’s glorious Virtual Cockpit system, smartphone integration choices, and subdued but sporty design. The SE, SEL, and SEL Premium trims supply customary contrasting stitching on the wheel and shifter, and the SE and SEL trims additionally get six-way energy adjustment on the motive force’s seats.
2021 Volkswagen Engine, Transmission, and Chassis
Nothing new to report right here. The only engine is a 1.4-liter turbocharged inline-four, and we presume it would nonetheless supply a guide transmission on the bottom trim solely. All different trims will get an eight-speed automated. The engine makes 148 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque, which is satisfactory however nothing to get the guts racing.
Except you’re speaking concerning the Jetta GLI. As earlier than, it contains a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four pumping out 228 hp and 258 lb-ft of torque, out there with a guide, and providing much more efficiency—if not the passion that previous GLIs instilled. We anticipate the 2021 GLI expertise to be equivalent to 2020 save the infotainment and security updates.
2021 Volkswagen Jetta Security
The GLI Autobahn will get a number of security options, together with adaptive cruise management, lane-keeping help, and automated high-beam management. That is along with the usual post-collision braking system, which debuted for 2020. There aren’t any different obvious modifications for security techniques in another Jetta model or trim.
The submit 2021 Volkswagen Jetta Brings Updates to GLI and More appeared first on MotorTrend.


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NCAA loss driving Likekele to lead OSU
For weeks, Oklahoma State senior guard Isaac Likekele refused to watch the film.
Losing to Oregon State in the second round of last season's NCAA Tournament just didn't sit right.
“Last year's game still has a very bad taste in my mouth,” Likekele said Wednesday at Big 12 men's basketball media day in Kansas City, Mo. “I like to rewatch film. I couldn't even sit down and watch that game. I felt like personally that was one of the worst performances that I've ever put on.
“It wasn't the fact it was a bad performance from me. It was the fact that I felt like I let my teammates down. I'm always a team-oriented guy and that's not what my team deserved from me in that moment.”
Likekele did not score in the 80-70 loss.
He had five rebounds, an assist, a steal and three turnovers.
Injuries were an issue for Likekele last season. But he's back healthy and refreshed. He's taken on even more of a leadership role, too.
“He has to be our leader,” Boynton said. “He's been through the most, he's had success, he's had some struggles. He's taken on different roles for us.
“Now, we need him to step up and be that guy who passes along our message from our staff t o our players every day in the locker room, not just go out there and play well, put up great numbers but have a pulse of what winning looks like and making sure that's happening every day.”
Moser: Goldwire brings key experience
OU guard Jordan Goldwire has learned how to handle pressure. The Duke transfer spent four seasons at one of the most prestigious programs in the country and got every opponents' best shot along the way.
That never fazed Goldwire, though. The redshirt senior point guard earned an All-ACC Defensive Team selection last season and now joins an OU squad that's looking to establish a winning culture during Moser's first season at the helm.
“One of the things we wanted to do was get a point guard that was older,” Moser said. “Jordan, going through what he's been through, has been at a higher stage... We're going to count on his leadership a lot. We're going to need his leadership a lot.”
Goldwire thrives on the defensive side of the ball, but the top priority is for him to improve his shooting efficiency.
The veteran guard shot 37.9% from the floor last season while averaging 5.8 points per contest, and he'll be tasked with providing more scoring as a Sooner.
OU lost its top three scorers from the 2020-21 campaign. Austin Reaves (18.3 points per game), De'Vion Harmon (12.9 ppg) and Brady Manek (10.8 ppg) accounted for 52.2% of OU's points.
Moser has secured three commitments for the Class of 2022 in the month of October.
The Sooners head coach got the ball rolling on Oct. 1 when he landed fourstar prospect Otega Oweh. The 6-foot-6 shooting guard is an aggressive driver on offense and a physical defender on the other side of the ball.
OU secured another four-star prospect on Monday when Milos Uzan picked the Sooners over a number of other notable programs. The 6-foot-4 point guard uses his length to get into passing lanes and is a three-level scorer.
The Sooners earned a commitment from German small forward Benjamin Schroder on Wednesday. The 6-foot-5 prospect averaged 11.9 points and 2.8 rebounds per game for TSV Oberhaching, a professional team in Germany's ProB League, last season.


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Aaron Katz made his name with the critically acclaimed movies Quiet City and Dance Party USA that helped define a new genre: mumblecore. But with Gemini he has created a gem of a LA based neo-noir mystery with two knockout performances from Lola Kirke and Zoë Kravitz (you can found the movie here). Hot Corn met up with him at Locarno last year.
Gemini is a real departure for you: from mumblecore to neo-noir.
I’m really proud of Quiet City and Dance Party USA but it felt like I’d already made those movies. Part of what makes me proud of those movies was that I was young. As I’ve gotten older I’m more interested in genre forms and the Hollywood studio structure of a story but inhabited by people who are more surprising. Some of the films that I admire like Body Heat, my DP and I saw a double feature The Bedroom Window and Bad Influence and those films are a big inspiration. Film noir is an inspiration but for me it’s actually more the VHS-era of thrillers and early 80s through to the mid-90s, Fear, Jade – even B-level stuff like Masquerade, Malice with Alec Baldwin. Some of those films are more thoughtfully made than others, specifically the Curtis Hanson ones – Bad Influence andThe Hand that Rocks the Cradle– there’s an elegance and the camera direction is so sparse. There so thoughtfully camera-directed.
Gemini is also very much an LA movie, right?
I was in Los Angeles for three years when I wrote Gemini. When I first moved to the city I wasn’t sure I was going to like it. I’d heard the things people don’t like about it: it’s fake, like Hollywood and Vine, it’s unpleasant, it’s terrible; brand new very expensive obnoxious places or shopping carts filled with trash. Those are both things are part of the Los Angeles experience, but LA has just so many layers, so many different experiences. And it’s such a horizontal city, so if you are on Hollywood and Vine you’re there: people in superhero costumes and screaming about tour buses, but you go 20 blocks south and you’re in Korea town and that’s a whole other thing. LA is a beautiful city, it certainly has problems as reflected in the OJ: Made in America, which does a good job of catching the tension in the city but it’s more than most a diverse and beautiful and interesting city that gets not merely as much credit as it deserves.
What were the origins of Gemini?
I was working on another film that did not get made and I was meeting with some actresses and I was able to observe this relationship. And what was interesting to me was this line between a professional and a personal relationship was as blurry as I’ve ever seen it. Emotionally and even the hours you work and where you fit into that person’s life – an assistant is both indispensable and an employee who can be fired at any time. It’s a very uneven power dynamic. It almost feels tacky to think of it as employer-employee. The assistant knows everything about the celebrity’s life, but the celebrity only knows part of the assistant’s. The assistant keeps things to themselves because otherwise their whole life can get sucked into this definition.
And how did you come across Lola Kirke?
The film was written with Lola in mind. I’d seen her in Mistress America and I was thinking of writing a film in this genre and this relationship and when I saw her performance I thought this was a truly great actress. So even when I had the script in a rough form, I gave it to her and she got excited about it. She’d just moved to LA and so we spent a lot of time talking about who this person is and Zoe came on a little later but still early. So Zoe and Lola have a lot of ownership over who these people are, both in the writing process and when we were shooting, we all really trusted each other. Sometimes we’d stick largely to the script and then explore new directions. The essence of their interaction was in the script but they elevated it because of the work they’d done and the way they knew each other. They had a dynamic. You could feel a palpable sense of a relationship between each other.
Heather (Zoe Kravitz) and Jill (Lola Kirke) have a complex relationship.
Heather’s basically hired her only friend. She’s hired to be her assistant but also her friend. Observing some of these relationships, it’s an incredibly privileged world but it’s also an incredibly lonely world because as we see everyone wants something from Heather. In a weird way, only the person who is actually employed by her, isn’t motivated by wanting something from her. Her only desire is to make it through the day.
Your film certainly passes the Bechdel test in terms of strong female characters. Was that your intention?
It started with a very specific pair of women and I guess it grew out from there. It made sense that her agent would be a woman. In movies, one usually sees two women in a film they’re in competition with each other. Jill is trying to help Heather and Heather’s girlfriend is trying to help her. There are elements of competition, but it felt as I was writing it I wanted to see something I don’t see a lot of in film and then a huge part of the process was that Lola and Zoe were very involved in the development of the film and their characters.
Do you think Hollywood is tough?
Tough people respect other tough people in Hollywood. If people can fight all the time, as long as they think the other people are competent, they respect them. All of our producers are very aggressive in a positive way, assertive, but when they’re dealing with an agent, as long as they feel the agent is competent, they can go through all these arguments, but as long as there’s competence there’s respect. Whereas if someone is the nicest person in the world but they’re not doing their job right, that’s the biggest sin. It feels like its encouraged by the echo chamber of the one-upmanship. How late did you work tonight? It’s good that people are competent at their jobs.
You also wrote the screenplay for Gemini. What’s your writing process?
I often try and write very quickly. I’ll have a lot of ideas on the list of things I want to do and I’ll keep some of the structures in mind, but I try not to read back what I’ve written, so hopefully I’ll have something more instinctual and those structures kind of come later. Then I try and shape it more. There are reasons why those structures – from James M. Cain and Dashiell Hammett – work. As I get older I look to that more. I like the challenge of shaping something in that way and yet at the same time not being too beholden to it.
Having moved from mumblecore to neo-noir are there any other genres you’d like to tackle in the future?
Science Fiction is a genre I’m really interested in. A lot of Science Fiction films I enjoy but wouldn’t want to make. Alien is one of my favourite movie. It’s a perfect movie. It has a simple elegance to it. It knows what it wants to be and you couldn’t execute that movie any better. Or The Thing is another, suspiciously similar to Alien, but there’s a purity to it. I’m interested in horror, not super-violent horror, like Alien or Halloween. It’s so minimal. It spends the first half of the movie in a slow build. I’d also love to do something in an Edwardian romantic – EF Benson novels – anyone who likes PG Wodehouse would love him.
I’d love to explore that genre. Like with thrillers there are ways to explore it in a new way. I love A Room with a View and Age of Innocence but I think there are ways to be in the same world but look at humans in a different perspective. There’s a lot of room in that world that hasn’t been explored. Cary Fukanaga’s Jane Eyre did that and Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights, which I’m a little mixed on but is a new way of looking into period but accepting that humans are still human and have some traits that we’re not used to seeing in period film.
Gemini is available on CHILI here: Gemini.

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So I’m still catching up on all the music that I’ve missed whilst in the process of relocating from New York to London, and yes, I’m still digging out from all the February releases, because it seems that many labels just went wild with all the new material at the beginning of the year. And that’s a good thing, no? You may be running around trying to grab the next latest best thing, but, for example, have you even heard of this album by High Plains? Have you even considered, that behind this unknown project name there hides an artist whom you may have followed for many years, but somehow missed, with this elusive moniker? Unless, of course, like me, you hungrily consume every quality release from the Chicago-based Kranky imprint, which has treated our ears with an amazing catalog to date.
If that’s the case, then you shall know, that High Plains is none other than Scott Morgan of the loscil alias, but this time he has partnered with Mark Bridges, a cellist from Madison, Wisconsin, to produce a record which originally emerged from their concurrent residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada, and the subsequent collaboration on Morgan’s generative music app ADRIFT. For this particular album, titled Cinderland, the duo combines Bridges’ acoustic cello, Steinway D piano, and field recordings from the local area, to neatly fold into a slowly emerging soundscape, gently controlled by Morgan’s electronics and staple approach to deep and elaborate atmosphere, progression, and pace. This is a modern classical composition, with a nearly cinematic quality, that manages to soar above all the microtextural detail for a high-gliding bird’s eye view of the plains. And it’s highly immersive!
In early 2016, the duo embarked on a collaborative set of compositions in the oxygen-thin air of Wyoming, spending two weeks holed up in a refurbished school house in the town of Saratoga, where this album was recorded. Inspired by Schubert’s Die Winterreise and the rolling landscapes of their surroundings, the collaboration culminated in a collection of recordings that evoke a shadowy, introspective and dizzying winter journey.
This is an absolutely stunning record, with equally gorgeous cover art, by London-based artist Peter Liversidge, depicting a mapped out terrain, for that zoomed out, macro view of the landscape, which is so perfectly captured in this instrumental narrative. If pieces from Cinderland have not appeared in a film yet, then perhaps one day they will, for this tapestry of sound is both, reflective, stormy and benign, like the high altitude weather, where the air pressure is low, the mood is delirious, and the heartbeat is faint. Highly recommended, especially on vinyl, even though the label chose to not export this record to Europe or the U.K. (hmmm…) For fans of Rafael Anton Irisarri, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Richard Skelton, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Biosphere, and Stars of the Lid.
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BOSTON — Matt Martin was born in Windsor, Ontario, 32 years ago and grew up rooting for the Red Wings first and then the Avalanche because Joe Sakic and goalie Patrick Roy were his favorite players. He knew little of the Islanders’ Stanley Cup dynasty from 1980-83.
That all changed, of course, when the Islanders drafted Martin in 2008. He came to understand the bond the Cup-winning crew has with Long Island. Now he and the current Islanders want to cement their own legacy in franchise lore.
"They have a lot of special memories, special bonds," Martin said before Saturday night’s Game 1 of the Islanders’ second-round series against the Bruins at TD Garden. "As a team, we’re trying to make the same sort of memories here."
The Islanders have advanced to the second round for the third straight season under coach Barry Trotz and they reached the Eastern Conference finals last season for the first time since 1993. But the Islanders have not been to the Cup Final since 1984, when the dynasty torch was passed to the Oilers.
"We want them to do well," Butch Goring, a member of the Islanders’ four Cup winners who later coached the team and is now their television analyst for MSG Networks, said of the alumni. "We want them to have success. We’ve lived it and certainly want this organization to enjoy the same success.
"I think they’ve established something," Goring added. "They play hard every night. As a former coach, that’s one of the things I’m most proud of. I really felt my teams played hard. That’s what the Islanders of today are. When you leave the game, you can look back and whatever success is wonderful. But if you say, ‘I played my best, I played hard night in and night out,’ that’s a pretty good legacy, too. It makes it better if you have a Cup with you."
Trotz said it’s unlikely the Islanders — or any other team — will win four straight Cups, so matching that legacy probably won’t happen.
But the Islanders have kept a core group together long-term — Josh Bailey made his Islanders’ debut in 2008 — and they’ve been through the franchise’s roller coaster fortunes.
"I think what’s very important for this group, they had to fight through some of the growing pains of past regimes," Trotz said. "Now, they’re getting a little bit older. They’re probably on the 13th green right now. They’re looking at it as there’s only so many opportunities that are going to come along.
"They are a very close group. They’re a group that believes in team first. And they’re a group that wants to do something and leave their mark. Everybody strives for the Stanley Cup. If you get it, it’s the pinnacle of a career. At the same time, having established yourself as a good player and a good team for a period of time does leave a legacy."
COVID-19 guidelines restrict the interactions the current players can have. But, pre-pandemic, many of the Islanders’ alumni and current players had plenty of time to bond. Injured captain Anders Lee has talked about the legacy of No. 27 he now shares with John Tonelli and how meaningful that is to him.
Martin mentioned the annual golf tournament Clark Gillies hosts.
"That’s huge having that history and seeing those guys around," defenseman Scott Mayfield said. "Their banners are in our practice rink. Their banners are in our game rink. We’re constantly reminded of it. The fans are so passionate about that time period. We just want to be able to bring that back for them. Try to replicate what they did and bring another one home."
And, of course, Goring is a daily presence.
"We want to impart the same feeling of what you need to do to win," Goring said. "I hope the guys, when they see us or talk to us, see something in our conversations and realize how the competitive level was unbelievable. Everybody talks about the skill level of the Islanders’ dynasty. But the need to win was sky high. We didn’t want to win. We needed to win, and that’s a big difference."


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Inhibition of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Homing Towards Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Microenvironment Using an Anti-PDGFRbeta Aptamer (268 visite) (PDF 67 visite)
Theranostics (ISSN: 1838-7640electronic, 1838-7640linking), 2017 Aug 22; 7(14): 3595-3607.
Tipo di articolo: Journal Article,
Impact factor: 8.766
Impact factor a 5 anni: 9.222
Parole chiave: Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Aptamer, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Beta, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.,
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Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) are shown to participate in tumor progression by establishing a favorable tumor microenvironment (TME) that promote metastasis through a cytokine networks. However, the mechanism of homing and recruitment of BM-MSCs into tumors and their potential role in malignant tissue progression is poorly understood and controversial. Here we show that BM-MSCs increase aggressiveness of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines evaluated as capability to migrate, invade and acquire stemness markers. Importantly, we demonstrate that the treatment of BM-MSCs with a nuclease-resistant RNA aptamer against platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta (PDGFRbeta) causes the inhibition of receptor-dependent signaling pathways thus drastically hampering BM-MSC recruitment towards TNBC cell lines and BM-MSCs trans-differentiation into carcinoma-associated fibroblast (CAF)-like cells. Moreover, in vivo molecular imaging analysis demonstrated the aptamer ability to prevent BM-MSCs homing to TNBC xenografts. Collectively, our results indicate the anti-PDGFRbeta aptamer as a novel therapeutic tool to interfere with BM-MSCs attraction to TNBC providing the rationale to further explore the aptamer in more complex pre-clinical settings.
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Istituto per l'Endocrinologia e l'Oncologia Sperimentale "G. Salvatore", CNR, Naples, Italy., Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini-CNR, Naples, Italy., Ceinge, Advanced Biotechnology, Scarl, Naples, Italy., Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Universita degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Naples, Italy., IRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy.,
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In conventional liquid engine systems, a gas pressurization system or a turbo pump pressurization system is applied to pressurize oxidant and fuel. In these systems, a large tank to store the pressurization gas or a heavy turbo pump is required. In flight systems where weight saving is required, this heavy pressurization system becomes a severe restriction to the design of whole engine systems. In order to break this situation, a new pressurization system using CO2 has been developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). This system is a type of gas pressurization system, however, the pressurization source CO2 is stored in its liquid phase. Compared to conventional pressurization systems, this can reduce the weight of the tank storing the pressurization source due to the smaller volume of the liquid. During engine burning, LCO2 is vaporized by a regenerative cooling strategy and GCO2 pressurize the oxidant and the fuel. In order to control the pressure, this system has an instrument called charger. This is a type of piston that can control the supply of CO2. A closed-loop line in the system allows the piton to be driven by CO2 itself. This paper shows some results obtained from demonstration experiments conducted in Kakuda, Japan in 2014. These demonstration experiments show a feasibility of this new pressurization system. In the future, this system will be applied to a N2O/Ethanol liquid rocket engine which is now being developed in JAXA.


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Teoret. i eksperim. khimiya. 2006. Vol.42 No. 4. p. 231-235
Quantum-Chemical Simulation of Composite Nanomaterials:
Iron Clusters Fen (n = 6, 15, 19) Inside Carbon Nanotubes
V. V. Ivanovskaya, A. L. Ivanovskii
Institute of Solid State Chemistry, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ul. Pervomaiskaya, 19, Ekaterinburg 620219, Russia. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org
Density functional-based tight binding method (DFTB) was applied to analyze electronic, magnetic prop-
erties and to evaluate energetical stability of the composite nanomaterials Fen@C-NTs, which represent
one-dimensional ensembles of iron clusters Fen (n = 6, 15 and 19) inside carbon nanotubes.
nano-composites, iron clusters, carbon nanotubes, simulation, electronic, magnetic properties.

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CHICAGO (CBS) — A conservative lobbying group has outlined a plan for ending the state’s budget standoff without a major income tax increase.
The Illinois Policy Institute’s budget plan would move all new employees and as many current workers as it can persuade into a 401(k)-style retirement plan, instead of defined pensions.READ MORE: Dixmoor Boil Order Remains In Effect As Crews Continue Work To Identify Source Of Weeklong Water Woes
The proposal also would make most able-bodied people without children ineligible for Medicaid, impose the state’s most recent contract offer to unionized state workers, reduce state payroll by 10 percent, and freeze property taxes for five years.
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman said it also would end state revenue sharing with larger local governments, which he claimed spend more money than they should.
“We want to end that charade. We want to create local accountability. If a local school district wants to engage in pension spiking at the end of a teacher’s career, they can do that. If they want to give administrators excessive compensation packages, they can do that. But they won’t be able to send the bill to other taxpayers anymore,” he said.READ MORE: Chicago Weather: Rain Likely Sunday, Breezy Late
Tillman said state mandates on local government would be reduced, but he acknowledged there would be skepticism and resistance to much of the IPI budget plan.
“Every single political actor at the local level will want to hold on to every penny they can, and it won’t be until the public demands these reforms that we really see the political will,” he said.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said she thinks the public will press for approval of the IPI budget plan.MORE NEWS: Metra Train Hits Chicago Police Car In Melrose Park
“That four-person family where the dad’s working his tail off, and maybe has a second job, and they know that they’re funding the Medicare for an able-bodied single adult who doesn’t want to get a job; I’ll tell you what, they’re all in on this plan, sir. All in,” she said.


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Oppo and Vivo are constantly pitting their smartphones against each other. It’s not surprising that Oppo F7 was launched within days after Vivo V9. Both devices get the notch for the under 25k segment in India and have certain similarities with iPhone X, as far as design is concerned. In this post, we will talk about Vivo V9 and Oppo F7 with differences in consideration.
Similar hardware, same performance
Oppo F7 64GB is priced at 22k, which is slightly lower than Vivo’s model, which costs around 23k in the country.
To be fair, we didn’t see any difference in performance while using Vivo V9 and Oppo F7. Both worked well for multitasking and did warm up a bit during video calling, which is negligible. Oppo F7 comes with the 2 MHz octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 processor, while V9 runs on the Qualcomm MSM8953-Pro Snapdragon 626 processor. These smartphones have 4GB RAM, with 64GB of internal storage, expandable up to 256GB via a microSD card. V9 and F7 uses custom skin of their respective brands atop Android 8.1 straight out of the box. Sensors and connectivity options are the same, and both devices don’t include the Type-C port, which is a bummer for the price tags.
In terms of weight and sizing, V9 weighs around 158 grams and has a slightly larger display of 6.3-inch. F7 weighs 158 grams and has a 6.23-inch FHD+ touchscreen. Both displays have a resolution of 1080×2280 pixels. Vivo certainly wins the rear camera battle, as it has a dual setup, featuring 16MP+5MP shooters, F7 just has one 16MP shooter. On paper, Oppo packs a better 25MP front camera compared to 24MP one on V9. We tried using the devices, and the results with cameras were pretty similar.
It would be hard to compare Vivo V9 and Oppo F7, which are similar in most aspects. However, there’s no denying that both are credible purchases for the price, and yes, you get the notch, quality display, and incredibly good selfie-cameras. If you are concerned with these aspects alone, well, you can choose either, depending on your preference. Oppo F7 may work better for hardware, so bear that in mind.
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ECDC/EFSA Regional workshop on One Health approach against antimicrobial resistance in EU pre-accession countries
The overall aim of the workshop was to boost the advancement in this field, to reflect on the work done by countries, to share experiences with EU/EEA Member States, and to identify key priority areas that need to be addressed at regional level in Western Balkans.
Antimicrobial use in European acute care hospitals: results from the second point prevalence survey (PPS) of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017
Plachouras, D., Kärki, T., Hansen, S., Hopkins, S., Lyytikäinen, O., Moro, M.L., Reilly, J., Zarb, P., Zingg, W., Kinross, P., Weist, K., Monnet, D.L., Suetens, C., The Point Prevalence Survey Study Group
Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities: results from the third point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017
Ricchizzi, E., Latour, K., Kärki, T., Buttazzi, R., Jans, B., Moro, M.L., Nakitanda, O.A., Plachouras, D., Monnet, D.L., Suetens, C., Kinross, P., The Halt Study Group
HIV in Europe and Central Asia: progress in 2018 towards meeting the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets
Brown, A.E., Hayes, R., Noori, T., Azad, Y., Amato-Gauci, A.J., Pharris, A., Delpech, V.C., The Ecdc Dublin Declaration Monitoring Network
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Communicable disease threats report, 14-20 October, week 42
The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals on active public health threats. This issue covers the period from 14-20 October 2018 and includes updates on chikungunya and dengue, West Nile virus, Ebola virus disease, influenza, and autochthonous dengue in France and Spain.
Early start of the West Nile fever transmission season 2018 in Europe
Haussig, J.M., Young, J.J., Gossner, C.M., Mezei, E., Bella, A., Sirbu, A., Pervanidou, D., Drakulovic, M.B., Sudre, B.
Meeting of ECDC network of National Correspondents in EU enlargement countries
Since 2008 ECDC has been working with the EU enlargement countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey) to support and strengthen their capacities to participate in ECDC activities
Floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia: communicable disease risks
The recent floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia caused substantial damage. Following the floods, there is a risk of increased transmission of vector-borne infections to the populations.
West Nile fever, 31 October: Seven new cases in the EU and twenty eight in neighbouring countries reported in the past weekArchived
Seven new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported in the EU and 28 in its neighbourhood over the past week.
West Nile fever maps, 6 September 2012: 21 new cases in the EU and 87 in neighbouring countriesArchived
Twenty one new human cases of West Nile fever have been reported for the EU and 83 for its neighbourhood over the past week.

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"We'll never feel bad anymore": Weezer & The Pixies at Budweiser Stage, July 14th 2018
Updated: Feb 2, 2020
The set times were tight last night at Budweiser Stage, packed with three bands and loads of catalogue to get through. Following up openers, The Wombats from Liverpool, The Pixies took the stage to a massive wave of excitement. It wasn’t the first time the two bands have co-headlined the venue. Weeks prior to the concert, fans who had been at the show the last time Weezer and the Pixies came to town expressed their excitement online for another round.
Entering the stage sans eye contact with the audience, the Pixies played a 21-song set list that never stopped and left very little time for engagement with the crowd. Musically, the performance was fantastic. The mix of indie punk the band is known for translated beautifully in terms of sound but unfortunately, the performance was emotionally vacant. Personally, I felt like the band members were bored and would rather have been anywhere else.
Despite that, the set list was brilliant. Big hits like “Debaser” and “Where is my Mind” kept the crowd alive while tracks like “Isla de Encata” mixed up the setlist with some back catalogue stuff. Ending the evening, the Pixies played their cover of Neil Young's "Winterlong"- perfectly appropriate for a Canadian tour date and then headed off stage. Want to pretend like you were there? Check out my Spotify playlist below of the whole set list!
Of course, most people were their to see Weezer and they were not disappointed. The set kicked off with the drop of a big curtain revealing the stage had been turned into a high school setting with front man Rivers Cuomo in preppy school uniform garb. Kicking off the evening the same as they have on the rest of the tour, the boys in the band launched into “Buddy Holly” and without looking back or slowing down, right into “Beverly Hills” off Make Believe and “Pork and Beans” off The Red Album. From start to finish, a mass chorus of voices hung on to and sang along with Rivers Cuomo's every word.
The set time was quite short- just about an hour and ten minutes but it was over flowing with hits that kept coming non-stop. Just a few songs into the set, the whole stage was changed into a garage before Weezer began to play songs off The Blue Album including “My Name is Jonas” and of course, “In The Garage” as well as Pinkerton hits, “El Scorcho” and “Pink Triangle” to the grounds joy.
One thing I always love about seeing Weezer is they don't take themselves too seriously. The band members all genuinely seemed to be having fun on stage. Simple guitar and drum beats kept the night just poppy enough and the mood over the top.
At one point, Rivers dawned a sailor’s outfit and hopped onto a scooter as guitarist Brian Bells played and sang “Keep Fishin’” off Maldroit. Scooting through the stadium, Rivers ended up halfway back in the venue and did an acoustic rendition of “Island in the Sun” as well as covers of “I’ve Got the Magic” (the new BOB track they're featured on) and A-ha’s “Take on Me”.
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Long time fans and newbies alike went home giggling, discussing the play list, belting out songs and completely satisfied. On my way out, I heard no complaints about a lack of back catalogue despite the hit-heavy set (how refreshing!). While the set was on the short side and back catalogue jams were few and far between, there was no denying that Weezer aimed to please and please they did. Mixing in pyrotechnics with an insanely up beat and danceable setlist, it was a site to behold. Striking a balance between having fun and sounding great, the evening was one non-stop party. For the full set list, check out my Spotify playlist below!
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Wombat: A portable user-mode Linux for embedded systems
Embedded systems are the biggest potential market for Linux, much bigger (in terms of number as well as total value) than either the desktop or the server market. While Linux is making excellent inroads into (high-end) embedded systems, a number of challenges particular to embedded systems threaten to limit its impact. These include the requirements for hard real-time capability, extreme robustness, and, in particular, a minimal trusted computing base. The viral nature of the GPL is also frequently causing problems. We argue that a portable user-mode Linux which runs on a truly minimal kernel is the answer, and will open up application domains which would otherwise be hard to penetrate. We present such a system, called Wombat, which is a port of Linux kernel to the L4 microkernel. Wombat is readily portable between architectures (presently runs on x86, ARM and MIPS), and initial performance evaluations look promising.
Benno is a research programmer in the Embedded, Real-Time and Operating Systems program at National ICT Australia. He is interested in kernel design and has in the past invesitaged the performance of user-level device drivers on both Linux and the L4 microkernel. His current work involves running Linux in parallel with a microkernel-based real-time system.


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For almost 25 years, The Trust has been providing continuing education workshops and individual consultations, with a focus on improving psychologists’ risk management skills and strategies. These workshops have evolved from basic concepts and strategies, to a more applied, integrated, and strategic approach to help you protect yourself from adverse disciplinary and legal actions.
For this newest workshop, The Trust Risk Management Program reviewed data from 70,000 consultations provided to date in order to determine which issues and questions are most pressing for today’s psychologists. Topics will include boundaries and multiple relationships, challenging terminations, working with children in the midst of family conflict, coping with disciplinary complaints, psychotherapy patient requests for legally-related documentation, and, time permitting, working with clients in other jurisdictions.
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By BBN Staff: Guatemalan President, Jimmy Morales has tweeted congratulations to the government of Belize for finally announcing a date to hold its national referendum.
The government of Belize yesterday announced that the referendum will be held on April 10, 2019.
Belizeans will be asked if they agree or not to take Guatemala’s long standing claim on Belize’s continental, insular and maritime territory to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Belize’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has begun an awareness campaign entitled: “ ICJ, Be Informed”.
Shortly after the release went out, Guatemalan media reported on it and Morales took to Twitter to congratulate Belize saying: “Together we can find a peaceful solution to the territorial, island and maritime dispute.”
Guatemala’s Foreign Minister, Sandra Jovel, also tweeted congratulations to Belize for setting a date.
On April 15, Guatemala held its ow national referendum in which they voted ‘Yes’ to take the claim to the ICJ.
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Video footage has emerged of Peru and Colombia players apparently conspiring to fix their FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia qualifier to end in a draw – a result which benefitted both sides.
The teams played out a 1-1 draw in the Estadio Nacional de Lima in the Peruvian capital on Wednesday. James Rodriguez put Colombia 1-0 up on 56 minutes before Peru leveled 20 minutes later through Paolo Guerrero.
That result saw Colombia finish fourth in the South America qualifying group, gaining an automatic place for Russia 2018, with fifth-place Peru gaining a play-off match against New Zealand.
La imagen de las Eliminatorias es de @PasoaPaso: Falcao convenciendo uno x uno a los peruanos de arreglar el empate en el final del partido. pic.twitter.com/RBNuumoJFd
— Lucas Beltramo (@LucasBeltramo) October 11, 2017
Both teams advanced at the expense of rivals Chile, who lost 3-0 to Brazil in Sao Paulo on the same night in a match that kicked off at the same time, and finished sixth on goal difference.
Footage has surfaced that suggests Colombia captain Radamel Falcao knew of the fact Chile were losing in Brazil and clandestinely told Peru players, with his hand covering his mouth, to make sure the result stayed level.
Although a win for Peru would have given them automatic qualification, had they conceded one more goal they would have been out altogether. Commentators have since referred to the incident as the “Pact of Lima.”
After the match, Falcao revealed to reporters that he did in fact make the Chile result known to Peru players, but remained adamant that both sides fought for the win over 90 minutes.
“We knew what was happening in the other matches, we were playing with [the knowledge of] the other results and in that moment [I tried] to transmit that [to Peru]. Nothing more,” the former Manchester United striker told reporters, the Independent reported.
“I think Peru has been a worthy rival, they fought for 90 minutes just like us. The match was very tight. We suffered a lot but in the end we did it.”
Peru midfielder Renato Tapia attested that Colombian players approached his team about the draw, telling Panamericana TV: “In the last five minutes, the Colombians approached us. They knew what the situation was in the other games.”
“So we managed the game as we needed to… I spoke with Radamel, who told me we were both qualified [as things stood].”

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Isaac’s on Drayton was my destination the other night and luckily we had quite a large group so I was able to try many dishes. Before I get to that, first, let’s talk atmosphere.
I remember the location from the days that Churchill’s occupied it and was expecting the same dark, crowded, sort of cozy, fun ‘bar’ feel about it, but Isaac’s is not that ‘type’ of restaurant. Isaac’s on Drayton is aiming, I believe, for a more upscale environment. The décor was nice, colors were pleasing and artwork was ‘historic’. Nice also is the fact that they have a small dining area upstairs for private parties as well as a very nice deck upstairs for outside seating which is great.
Now, on to the food…Keep in mind I did NOT eat ALL of these appetizers by myself…I had a lot of help – just wanted to clarify that J!
For the appetizers we had The Plantation Crab Cakes served on a puddle of roasted red pepper sauce, blue cheese & toasted pecan slaw – just ok for me. In the Savannah world of Crab Cakes, I have had much, much better, but also much worse – for me, it was a little too much filler, but the flavor was nice. The Beef Roulade – very small, but several on the plate – the flavor was ok but they were kind of tough and not very exciting. And last was the Baked Spinach & Cheese Dip and The Crab Au Gratin – both were very good – then again, smother anything in cheese and it puts a smile on my face!
For my entrée I had “The Left Hook” – Pecan & Almond Encrusted Yellow Fin Tuna topped with Georgia Peach compound butter. For me, I wish the Pecan & Almond “crust” would have been a less ‘ground’. What I mean is that it was barely distinguishable as a ‘nut’ crust at all and they were so finely processed (into a powder) that it did not allow for any of the wonderful nutty flavor or texture to be had. The cut of the Tuna was not the best, but it was cooked perfectly (rare) and the flavor of the tuna was good although, mine did not have any Georgia Peach compound butter on it, maybe the kitchen had ran out or just forgot it, so, it might have been a little more exciting with the Peach butter.
For dessert we wanted the Crème Brule, but the torch was not working we were told, so we opted for the Chocolate Indulgence, which was pretty good – it’s Chocolate – of course it was good, right!!
My overall experience was ok, just ok. The appetizer price ranges are from $6 – $13 and their entrée price ranges are from $17 – $30. Isaac’s has some good potential, but I think they need to work on the execution and development of their menu in order to gain respect from the locals and get repeat business from them.
I will plan on coming back to check out Isaac’s on Drayton at another time.


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"I had a nightclub for a really short time," Maitland said in describing her favorite story. "And Lauren, my arch rival, hired all the people that were coming to attend my opening night...she paid them off to leave. So I sang a song to an empty house."
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