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Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
Produced by Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Footage
April 28, 2019
Marvel films are nice at managing audience expectations. They know what their fans need, or a minimum of what their fans assume they want, and this seems to be the important thing to each satisfying them and shocking them. The famous Snap in Infinity Conflict, for instance. (See my evaluate: bit.ly/2GY7ksT) A part of the intestine punch wasn’t the destruction; it was the hiccup in our narrative expectation: The heroes failed? They did, but the intestine punch was tempered by information that the sequel was on the best way. How are they going to get out of this one?
In that sequel, I expected three hours of grim revenge bender. Seems, the films dispense with that within the first fifteen minutes. Our heroes collect, find the place Thanos retreated, and launch to get the Gauntlet back as a way to snap the universe again to the place it ought to be. However it turns out Thanos used the Gauntlet a second time, to destroy the Infinity Stones. The heroes can’t use it to fix something. In order that they kill him. Thor cuts his head right off like he ought to have carried out the primary time.
Then a title card reads: Five Years Later.
All of you who needed penalties for the Snap and didn’t want the injury reversed? There ya go. So now what?
We get an enormous cross-time heist movie with a forged of hundreds. (I advised to a good friend that checking the IMDb forged record for the movie would probably ship loads of spoilers. He instantly went to examine and reported back: “Everybody is in this. Everybody.” He wasn’t joking.) And it’s virtually, virtually a comedy. I definitely laughed an entire lot greater than I was expecting.
Very almost nothing I expected to occur occurred. My predictions didn’t simply not come true, they have been pretty much irrelevant. There wasn’t a clever puzzle to unravel to put issues proper. The large gun on the mantle actually was Scott Lang and the quantum realm and we actually are just going to time journey all of it.
The staff decides the easiest way to repair what went flawed is to go back in time and intercept each Infinity Stone earlier than Thanos acquires it. Pricey Reader, when the stones appear on the holographic display and it becomes clear that we really are going to revisit every movie in the collection once they seem, I used to be in awe. The staff splits up and truly, physically goes back to insert themselves in earlier movies, particularly Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World, and Avengers. It seems, in the course of the Battle of New York, three Infinity Stones have been in New York City all within a couple of miles of each other. How convenient! It’s virtually like somebody planned it this manner.
No. Significantly. How far back did they plan this? For those who informed me that, again once they have been filming Avengers, they took time to movie the parts of Endgame—i.e. the very same scenes however from the stealthy perspective of our time-traveling heroes, and a fanfic-level rendering of every part that occurred within the instant aftermath of Loki’s capture, including getting Robert Redford to play Pierce for just some seconds a couple of years earlier than he plays Pierce in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, I might consider you. This is the kind of factor that happens in sitcoms or sure well-known episodes of Star Trek: DS9, not large finances movie collection which were going for a decade.
It’s like a clip show, however they needed to make all the clips from scratch. It’s crazy.
Even with all this, the essential factor on this movie isn’t the Rube-Goldberg time travel plot. (“What do you mean time travel isn’t like Back to the Future!” Scott Lang declares, through the rationalization that handwaves away any injury our heroes may do to the timeline as a result of quantum stuff, yanno.) It’s the character moments. This is filled with character moments. The pairings when the workforce splits up are designed to provide us character moments, each longed-for and sudden. Tony and Steve lastly reconcile. Rhodey and Nebula bond over their broken bodies. Thor speaks to his mother moments before her demise, and she or he immediately understands what is occurring and provides Thor the pep speak he’s needed. Tony meets Howard Stark prior to now and manages to reconcile with him, although Howard doesn’t know what’s occurring.
Really, this film is all concerning the fan service. You realize, things that make the fans glad, whether or not or not it has something to do with the story. That is fan service of the very best order, watching older cynical Cap struggle his youthful idealistic non-swearing self (“This is bullshit!” future, swearing Cap declares) for possession of the Mind Stone.
Turns out it’s also a reasonably good story. The MCU all the time seems to have its cake and eat it too.
(My very favorite bit of fan service is when Cap deftly takes Loki’s employees from Agent Sitwell, in a recreation of the sensible elevator scene from Winter Soldier, by leaning in to whisper “Hail Hydra” to him. This is clearly a poke within the eye of the storyline from the comics a number of years in the past that insisted Cap was all the time Hydra, no actually. Naw, he was simply fooling with you.)
There’s some extent in the remaining battle where all the women type up: Valkyrie, Okoye, Shuri, Nebula, Gamora, Mantis, Wanda, Carol Danvers, Pepper Potts in her own power go well with, and yes I cheered, even figuring out that scene was arranged exactly to get individuals like me to cheer.
You need fan service? Our heroes get to kill Thanos twice. Time journey, youngsters!
Time travel means I maintain asking the questions, What did they know? How much did they arrange? How a lot of this was preordained? On both a story degree and a meta-level, I’m asking this. Dr. Strange knew. He gave Thanos the Time Stone because that steered the timeline toward the only potential path to victory. Dr. Strange gave Thanos the Time Stone because, in a sense, it had already occurred. When Bruce Banner travels again to the Battle of New York to get the Time Stone from the Historic One, he convinces them handy it over by saying that Dr. Strange had already handed it over. The Historic One blinks in surprise. Really? Properly, all proper then, since it’s going to already have occurred.
Time travel: Don’t think about it too arduous, you’ll harm yourself.
About midway by way of Infinity Conflict, Captain America states what I feel could possibly be the theme of all the MCU collection. “We don’t trade lives,” he says with the flat willpower that’s his trademark, that ought to be goofy as hell however Chris Evans someway makes the character so earnest and plausible that all of us get weak within the knees and vow to comply with him anyplace. The second you start making these calculations, of how many lives you possibly can sacrifice for the so-called larger good, as Thanos does, you might have undermined your beliefs and made your self a villain. However Steve Rogers, Captain America, is fallacious. Everyone, each single individual in the universe, gets to commerce one life to save lots of many: their very own.
That’s Thanos’s mistake: He’s never prepared to trade his personal life due to his own narcissistic insistence that he’s the only one who has the universe’s greatest interests at heart (one wonders what his standards are). I didn’t predict which ones would make that trade in Endgame. Clint tries, but Natasha beats him to it. Cap already did, back in 1945. And that leaves us Tony Stark, Iron Man, who started out this entire franchise. Who, once we look back, has been making an attempt to trade his life for the larger good all along, he just by no means succeeded till now.
Dr. Unusual noticed Tony’s demise. He saved Tony from Thanos to be able to doom him sooner or later. Did Tony determine it out? If it was all preordained, can it actually be a surprise?
In the same approach, Bucky should have recognized that Steve Rogers wasn’t coming back from that last mission, and I’m pretty positive Steve advised him precisely why—he’s staying prior to now to make a life with Peggy Carter (SO MUCH FAN SERVICE). Bucky wasn’t stunned, there on the finish. Neither was anybody else, once they took a moment to think about it. Steve Rogers himself palms the defend over and anoints the subsequent Captain America: It is Sam Wilson, Falcon, and the second is filled with hope and love and not born from tragedy, which is probably not what I expected however is strictly proper. A number of the movie is like that. I actually didn’t assume Cap would get a cheerful ending, however he does. And perhaps Tony does too. He was never positive what his life really meant. Now he does.
Not satisfying: Natasha additionally chose to trade her life, and her dying feels inevitable but in addition anticlimactic. And Thor—the collection seems a bit too taken with the comedian doofus Thor of Ragnarok, and we’re lacking the God of Thunder who emerged from that story. He’s grown and discovered and altered and is beneficiant. But now he’s the large jock who’s abdicated all his duty and that doesn’t feel like the best arc for him.
After which there’s the time travel. I’m just not going to think about it because it hurts my cranium.
My hope is that the MCU will transfer ahead now, and never feel a have to dip back into these past tales—this film seems to have pushed that self-referencing as far as it may well probably go. But I feel I may be achieved making an attempt to predict anything.
I think we don’t yet have a filmic language to actually speak about what the MCU is doing. To be nonetheless knocking it out of the park twenty-plus movies in means the challenge is totally different than simply making a collection of flicks. The MCU is not about creating discreet pieces of cinematic art and hasn’t been for a very long time now. It’s concerning the relationships with its followers, and build up a rabid loyalty in these fans. It’s about turning into one of the highest grossing movies of all time in the first 5 days. So yes, at one degree, it’s all concerning the money.
The miracle here is that the MCU wouldn’t have the ability to declare those relationships, that loyalty, that box workplace take, if it didn’t tell such reliably good stories with such likable characters that fulfills its fans’ expectations. Different franchises have tried, however they all the time fall down on the storytelling. How can we speak about something so blatantly business that also has a lot heart? The MCU succeeds at all the things, it seems. I’m torn between sitting again and enjoying the experience and being suspicious of being so skillfully manipulated.
So what’s subsequent, for the MCU? No extra predictions. We’ll just need to see what occurs next.
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What’s our inspiration? Writers and other creative people have many different approaches to beginning their projects. Today A Drift of Quills are talking about what inspires us to write our stories. They’re near and dear to our hearts, and writing a novel is an extraordinarily personal experience!
As I near the day I push the “publish” button for the second book in The Mage’s Gift, this seems a good time to reflect on the motivation behind the story. I think it was years in the making, and I think I will say the same about all my books and stories. What does inspire me? What prompts me to set pen to paper (I really did start out that way), and then fingers to keyboard? I’m inclined to call it “magic.” Continue reading A Drift of Quills: What’s Our Inspiration?→
I am thrilled to announce that Blood and Shadow, the first novel in the Mage’s Gift, is now available on Amazon! It’s taken a lot longer to get here than I’d planned, but we’re finally there, and book 2 is not far behind. No, really.
A vengeful mage. A powerful gift. A naive youth.
Sherakai never wanted to become a warrior like his father and brothers. Satisfied with being fourth in line to inherit title and responsibility, he wants only to be Master of the Horse. But on the eve of his sister’s wedding, a terrible gift arrives and Sherakai’s course changes forever. His magic is the key to secrets he does not know or understand, and he must learn to fight to escape a future he doesn’t believe in. Now he must use what he hates to regain what he loves.
Writers, what do you do to find time—or to make time—to write?
Readers, are you curious how the minds behind the books work some of their magic?
It’s the First Friday of the month, and A Drift of Quills is sharing tidbits on their MO (modus operandi). Ooooh, secrets!
Time—we all need more, right? Can I have a secret extra day in the week? Or how about a clone?
I’m one of those blessed souls who theoretically has time. Awesome, right? Mmmmaybe…! Anyone who looked at my life would assume there are great gobs of the stuff lying around, waiting to be used.
I have plenty to do, believe me. There are the regular chores that come with being an adult and the extracurricular chores that spring up when you belong to a group or indulge in hobbies. On top of that, there are the tasks that fall on the plate of any indie author (a.k.a. “marketing”).
So for me, it boils down to making the time to write. Or rather, making myself write. I seem to be most productive late at night, but convincing myself to stay up when my comfy bed is calling and my eyelids are drooping is almost as hard as scheduling dentist appointments.
Okay, not really. I’d far rather stay up late writing every single night than go to the dentist.
Structure and Goals Are Not Bad Words
If when I stick to a schedule and plunk my keester in the chair before my computer every morning, I’ve found I build up steam. I might start small; I’ve set a goal to write no less than 100 words a day. In the beginning, that hundred words can be like pulling teeth. (Ha! Pun!)
But the more I stick to the schedule, the more I write.
You’d think that with such a reward,the sticking would be easy. Inspiring. Exciting!
It is exciting. It’s also challenging.
So what helps me?
Joining a writing challenge (x-number of words per day)
Having someone to be accountable to
Giving in to my competitive side (trying to beat the high word counts in the above-mentioned challenge)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .
A time for every purpose under heaven.
The time is right.
Time and tide wait for no man.
Hey! Have you got the time?
This is the question we Quills consider with our post for July 2016.
Most would agree, I think, that there never seems to be enough time to go around. So how, in a life filled with family, friends, day jobs, and more, do we find time to write?
I recall as a child, my mother saying that it annoyed her when people asked her how she found the time to do things. With eight—yes, count them, eight—children, she was a busy woman. She always said: “I don’t have time, I make time.” I guess… (Read more!)
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How do you find—or make—the time to write or read? What would you like to see us talk about? Let us know in the comments below!
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Does the word “research” give you the shivers? Dark memories of term papers or visions of endless numbers and figures? Well, it’s the first Friday of June (already!), and A Drift of Quills is here to show you what research means to fiction writers!
“My name is Robin and I am a member of Researchers Anonymous…”
I blame it on my mother. I read a lot when I was a little girl. When I’d come across a word I didn’t know, I’d ask Mom what it meant. She invariably sent me to the dictionary.
A hundred years later (okay, not quite a hundred…) I find myself somewhat suspicious of her motivations. Did she actually (sometimes) not know the definition? Or was that just her way of making me an independent, curious wordie?
A Drift of Quills is back on this beautiful First Friday! This month we’re talking about tough writing challenges we’ve faced, and how we’ve resolved them. And—we’ve got a guest! We’re so pleased to welcome P.S. Broaddus, who has recently released his debut middle-grade fantasy novel.
My partners in this month’s endeavor will probably not be glad that I’ve procrastinated writing this until the last minute (I have a laundry list of excuses reasons!), but it’s given me the opportunity to get a sneak peak at what they’ve chosen to write about.
Five Good Things is such a great article to put together. I get to share some of the cool things I’ve found while procrastinating researching my own writing!
Use Scrivener to Manage Your Blog http://www.thecreativepenn.com/2016/03/03/scrivener-book-marketing/ Writing straight into your blog software (WordPress, Typepad, etc.) presents its own problems—you can’t write offline, and searching through old blog posts to find mentions on a specific subject can be difficult. Boy, has Joanna Penn got some great advice! I’m definitely bookmarking this page.
Leftovers and Palette Gremlins http://www.michaelwhelan.com/leftovers-palette-gremlins/ As long as we’re talking about artists, I’ve got to send you over to the site of one of my all-time favorites: Michael Whelan. I hope you recognize the name from Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné books, Tad Williams’s Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn — and the epic Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. “Leftovers are little spur-of-the-moment doodles or sketches created from paint left over from a work in progress. Most of these quickies end up in the trash, but some are kind of cool on their own and others have lead to full scale paintings.” Go see! Be entertained.
Magic—what’s the value or purpose of magic in fiction? This month A Drift of Quills is taking a peek under the corner of the magic carpet. Naturally, we’re talking about why we, as authors of fantasy, write about magic.
Since we were wee sprouts we’ve been enchanted (punny, right?) by stories about magical beans, geese, unicorns, dragons, kings, gingerbread houses, swords, ships, and all kinds of diverse things. Magic opens the doors to new ideas, exciting places, amazing people. It encourages our imaginations and broadens our horizons. Best of all, it allows us to step out of the mundane, lift our heads, and engage in wonder.
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ~Albert Einstein
Magic in fantasy is a feast for the eyes, a symphony of the senses. Anything is possible. Charles de Lint said something absolutely profound about magic and life:
I do believe in an everyday sort of magic—the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we thing we’re alone.
In my book As the Crow Flies, magic plays several roles. I like the complex depths that mix offers. I like the contrasts. In Crow’s life, it doesn’t have a particularly good reputation and his opinion isn’t improved when a wizard sends him on a suicidal mission. He comes up against more “bad” magic but… he also has an experience that affects his very notion of himself. His imagination is sparked; his horizon changes.
In the Mirror, a short story, encourages reflection of self. What choices have we made in the past, how have they impacted us, and how might we change our path in the future?
The story, The High Roads, focuses on talents and responsibilities. How do we use what we’ve got?
Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Some of my earliest reading memories are of stories that included magic. I recall reading, over and over again, Little Witch, by Anna Elizabeth Bennett, and Mio, My Son, by Astrid Lindgren. Also, Bewitched was amongst my favorite television shows. When Samantha’s nose twinkled, you never knew what might happen next. Those tales engaged my imagination and sense of wonder. They moved me out from my world of cares and worries (such as they were as a child) and into another realm where anything was possible.
When a story engages my emotions, I’m involved. But when it also encourages my sense of wonder, I’m hooked. This is what magic does. It creates something I’ve never before seen, heard or felt. It makes me wonder, each step of the way, “what if…” (Read more!)
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What does “magic” in fantasy mean to you? What book have you read that best illustrates the ideal magic?
Are you an author? What is the purpose and value of magic in your writing?
Wow. This is the last first Friday of the month for this year! (Did I bend your brain with that?) Today A Drift of Quills will take you on a short visual expedition. We want to share with you pictures of the people, places, and things from our latest works.
For my person I’ve gone with the obvious choice: the main character. Sherakai’s tale begins when he is a youth, about fifteen years old. As the youngest of four boys, he’s got a pretty easy life. His father and his older brothers are warriors, and although he admires that, he has no inclination to follow in their footsteps. He’s not keen, either, on being sent away from horse and home to study at the faraway College of Magic. Of course nothing goes the way either Sherakai or his parents plan…
Sherakai’s beautiful home is located in rolling hills at the edge of the mountains. His father raises the Indimi-o per’la Tojitu there. The Children of the Wind are horses endowed with just a little bit of magic.
When Sherakai arrives at Nemura-o pera Sinohe—The Gates of Heaven—his life takes a turn down a dark path. His guardians, Fesh and Teth, look something like this:
Teeth clenched, Sherakai pushed the threads away, but it hurt as though he were tearing out parts of himself. The creatures howled, and Bairith’s voice rose above them, his spell-weaving become a command. Desperately, Sherakai reversed his actions and tried to pull the threads back into himself. He had more success at that, but the creatures came to their feet, writhing as they tried to escape the hands on their heads. Their howls increased to very human screams. The guards crouched next to them, wrapping arms around the distorted bodies to hold them immobile. A third guard moved behind Sherakai, clamping a hand around his throat and applying steady pressure.
As consciousness began to fade, the tugging renewed and the dog beasts quieted. Darkness edged his vision, but it could not blanket the helpless sense of violation.
“There,” the mage said at last. He released Sherakai’s hands and gently stroked the animals’ misshapen heads. “There, it is done. All is well. Hush, hush …”
As we are approaching this holiday season, with all the “busy-ness” that it entails, it seemed right to keep things a bit simple this time around. Thus, we’ve decided to share with you, pictures of our imagined people, places and things from our work.
For a picture of a person, I’m actually going to expand this definition to include a character that is not a person. That is “Bane,” from Select:The Oathtaker Series, Book Two. Bane is a wolf that Jerrett mistakenly takes for a dog. Because of his connection to the animal via his attendant magic, Bane assists Jerrett in an escape . . .
Welcome! It’s the first-Friday-of-the-month again! A Drift of Quills is talking about what makes us write — and we’ve got a guest today. We are so pleased to welcome H.M. Clarke, author of a variety of books ranging from fantasy (yay!) to sci-fi, to paranormal. She writes a lot, and now we’re going to find out why!
H.M. Clarke Author of The Way to Freedom series, The Kalarthri, and Winter’s Magic Haley’s website
What makes me write?
Oh, that’s easy. The little blue imp with the electric cattle prod makes me.
Well, not really, but that is what it feels like sometimes. Especially when you are not in the mood to put pen to paper, but then your conscience digs at you to move your butt and get writing or else.
But seriously, I would dearly like to give a flowery response that will be made into a Twitter/Facebook graphic and get posted everywhere for the next twenty years… But I can’t. What I have to say is not really inspirational or mind-blowingly philosophical. It is in fact quite the opposite.
What makes me write is determination, lots of hard work and the bull-headedness to think – ‘There, I’m doing it and I don’t care what people think about it.’ (Well, actually that’s not true. I’m a writer after all, with a writer’s ego. Please tell me you like my work…)
What makes me, and many other writers write, is the need to get stories that I actually want to read and get involved with down on paper. That is really the crux of it. What keeps me writing is the determination and hard work that I mentioned before. Determination and will power is what drags writers out from the immense pool of wannabe authors and makes then actually dry off and finish something.
Writers write; the rest talk about it.
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My Two Cents
What makes me write? There should be an easy answer for that question. Something uncomplicated. “Because I must” is woefully inadequate. It only prompts more questions. I write because… I grew up surrounded by stories, immersed in stories. I dreamed them by night and played them out by day. They penetrated my blood. And I embraced them. I cannot even begin to imagine my life without writing. I am head-over-heels, passionately in love with writing. With the symphony of words, the tangle of emotions, the twist of action and reaction, the incredible possibilities of creation.
But, like any other occupation/obsession, it is not always easy.
Some days I am grateful to manage a word count of a couple hundred. On others, I fly on the wings of thousands. Some days I search my mind, heart and soul for the right words, the ones that mean something; because they are not merely words, they are articulations of hope, fear, excitement, pain, despair, love… It is exulting. It is exhausting. There is, for me, no middle ground. It would be boring if there were.
Like anything worth doing, it takes (as Hayley pointed out) dedication and will-power to make writing work. To get all the way to the end of a book — and keep going. This is not an easy path to take, but oh, how rewarding it can be…
My reason for writing today differs from what it was when I set out to write my first book, Oathtaker. Although I’d done a fair amount of creative writing back in the day, it had been some time since I’d taken pen to hand (or fingers to keyboard, as the case may be), to tell a tale. My “day job” requires that I write on a constant basis, and I’ve been at that for . . . quite some while. But legal writing is altogether different from creative writing. So, what was the impetus at the outset of my journey? Quite simply, I had to see if I could do it.

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I have a nvidia fx5500 video card. When i connect a converter to convert the dvi port to a vga port the monitor that is attached is tinted green. I have no clue what to do. this is the second adapter(dvi to vga) that i have tried and both have had the same result. PLEASE somebody help me.
I'm almost 100% positive that the nVidia 5500 would be DVI-I outputs. I'd try the converter on another machine, perhaps a loose connection inside. It's just some wires to the proper pins, not exactly the most complicated device on the planet.
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The ministers of foreign affairs and other officials from the P5+1 countries, the European Union, and Iran
Last month, Iran reached a deal with the United States and six other nations regarding its nuclear program. The deal (summarized here) will limit the purity of Iran’s stock of uranium to 3.67% (well below the 90% purity of weapons-grade uranium), decommission and reduce the number of reactors capable of enriching weapons-grade substances, and allow international arms inspectors to investigate existing Iranian nuclear facilities. In exchange, the West will lift crippling sanctions on arms and ballistic missiles within the next decade, and those on the economy immediately.
History shows that while nations with nuclear aspirations cannot be deterred forever, nuclear weapons in and of themselves do not automatically beget instability. Fear of destabilization is often a self-fulfilling prophecy, and is not — as the deal’s opponents speciously argue — a reason to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program entirely.
The deal is the best option currently available to the West given the political context of the situation. Both the U.S. Congress as well as the Iranian legislature are expected to ratify the agreement, despite criticism by some congressional Republicans and foreign (particularly, Israeli and Saudi) leaders who refuse to endorse a solution that doesn’t seek a permanent end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. These politicians, for their part, are playing a dangerous and unrealistic game of brinkmanship.
In the past, Israel has bombed the nuclear infrastructure of potential nuclear rivals in the Middle East with relatively high success (Iraq in 1981, Syria in 2007), thanks in no small part to the fact that these nuclear facilities were concentrated in one area, clearly identifiable, and easily strikeable by air. But such is not the case with Iran, whose nearly 20,000 uranium centrifuges (to be reduced to approximately 6,000 under the terms of the deal) and multiple nuclear reactors have been carefully spread out, hidden, and buried underground — a key difference that today’s political rhetoric fails to account for. Furthermore, the 2009/2010 Stuxnet virus, widely believed to have been a joint Israeli-U.S. operation and by far the most effective attack on Iran’s nuclear program, was hardly a death blow — at most, it set the program back by two years. As stated by Colonel John A. Warden III (principal air warfare theorist behind Operation Desert Storm) in his interview with US News, “if [Iran] is determined to get nuclear weapons, no amount of airstrikes will stop them.”
There is a third option, however. Given that Iran cannot be deterred forever, a small minority of experienced academics, politicians, and former military commanders have recommended that the United States not only cease disrupting Iran’s program, but provide support in the form of training, technology, and nuclear fuel. History has repeatedly demonstrated that states that are determined to produce nuclear weaponry are nearly impossible to stop if given enough time. North Korea succeeded in creating a nuclear program despite some of the most punishing international sanctions in modern times, and France’s development of nuclear weaponry ran contrary to the wishes of the United States — a key strategic and economic ally.
Kenneth N. Waltz, an influential IR theorist, is not alone in pointing out that past experience with rising nuclear powers, contrary to modern thinking with respect to Iran, demonstrates that states tend to exhibit more caution after obtaining nuclear weapons — not less. China, India, and Pakistan have consistently exercised greater caution in international affairs, often utilizing the deterrent power of a nuclear arsenal to shift national attention to matters of domestic importance. To be sure, North Korea is an exception to the theory, primarily because its nuclear weapons cannot yet strike the continental United States, removing their deterrent effect and providing strategic cause for the North’s continued aggressive anti-Western rhetoric.
By insisting on the unrealistic goal of completely eliminating Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Israel and the West overlook the real cause of the region’s instability: foreign intervention. Intercepted American weapons shipments, multiple invasions (Afghanistan in 1979 and 2001, Iraq in 2003), and training of unstable rebel groups are all catalysts for the regional instability for which foreign powers are directly responsible. Within Iran, the American-led CIA coup of 1953 overthrew a democratic, secular Iranian government in favour of a pro-Western one that would collapse in 1979 with the Islamic Revolution, which author Ahmad Hamzeh argues “had its greatest impact in Lebanon” with the rise of Hezbollah — the Iranian-backed Shia terror group and a key stumbling block to Iran-Israel relations. Referring to the continued instability in the Middle East in a 2012 essay for Foreign Affairs, Waltz stated that “it is Israel’s nuclear arsenal, not Iran’s desire for one, that has contributed most to the current crisis.”
Iran’s nuclear aspirations are at best temporarily interruptible and at worst immediately attainable, and the key to determining an appropriate Western response is in the realization that Iran is not the unstable, zealotous regime that opponents of the nuclear deal make it out to be. It is in the interests of both Israel and the West to ensure that tensions don’t escalate further. Achieving this will require the cessation of Israeli-American airstrikes, cyber attacks, and attacks on Iranian scientists, as well as a genuine, good-faith effort by the West to sit down with Iranian leaders and discuss how to move Iran’s nuclear program forward responsibly — not to cripple it.
With the nuclear deal set to pass and be ratified by Iran and Congress, Western powers face a crossroads. A nuclear-armed, internationally accountable, and economically powerful Iran can be the check on Israel and the regional economic player that the region desperately needs or the unstable, anti-Western, and inevitably nuclear-capable regime that will mire the region in conflict. The decision is clear: when it comes to the nuclear club, history says ‘yes’ to a nuclear Iran.
Patrick O’Donnell is a sophomore at McGill University, majoring in Political Science and Sociology and minoring in Economics and Arabic.
Image Attribution: “Negotiations about Iranian Nuclear Program” by United States Department of State, licensed under Public Domain


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Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, a chronic debilitation of infancy and early life, is characterized by disordered pancreatic function and chronic infections of the lung. It has been a fascinating enigma for investigators ever since it was first described about two decades ago. This book is a copy of the transactions of the 18th Ross Pediatric Research Conference, which was held under the auspices of the Department of Pediatrics of the State University of Iowa, College of Medicine, at Iowa City, Sept. 30, 1955. Emphasis on genetics, embryology, endocrine function, particularly in fetal life, and the numerous disorders of various organ systems are discussed thoughtfully and in detail. Unfortunately, even the nature of the disease seems to have eluded physicians so far, though the nearest clue suggests that it is an example of an inborn error of metabolism. But whether one function or many simultaneously are disturbed is not clear.
Bean WB. Fibrocystic Disease of the Pancreas. AMA Arch Intern Med. 1957;99(2):321–322. doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1957.00260020157035
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North Star Games was kind enough to provide me a prototype of the new version and I'll share some brief thoughts on the game after a few plays.
Evolution is a card game where each player starts with a single "naked", un-evolved species and evolves and expands the population through the use of trait cards. Traits can improve the species' ability to eat (including becoming a carnivore and attacking other species, preferably your opponent's!), defend itself, and overall survive in a changing environment.
There are some nice mechanisms that make decisions tough:
- you've got to decide whether to use cards to add new traits or discard them to grow the species body size or population
- you secretly decide at the start of the turn to play a single card which will help determine how much plant food is available for everyone to eat. Depending on how your animals are evolving, you may be more or less inclined to increase the food volume
- you've got to pay attention to the other players and be prepared to develop defensive traits once the carnivores evolve
- as you increase the number of species in your pool, their position can matter as some traits can help support adjacent species
The goal of the game is to have many species with large populations, with the primary scoring mechanism the accumulation of food cubes that your species consume.
The artwork and other design elements from the Kickstarter campaign look very nice -- certainly much better than my print and play prototype! If the theme suits you and you like highly interactive card games then this might be a great fit for you. I for one will be backing the project as it will be a nice two player game to play with Julie but will also scale to more players.

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Taye Diggs: I Don’t Want Son Choosing Between Being Black Or White (VIDEO)
Taye Diggs says he doesn’t want his six-year-old son Walker to have to choose between identifying as either black or white. While promoting his new children’s book “Mixed Me,” the actor noted in an interview that his son’s experience of having a black father and a white mother (Idina Menzel) inspired him to write the story. See what else Diggs had to say in the video below.
Diggs’ first children’s book, “Chocolate Me,” was based on his own childhood of growing up as a black boy in a predominately white neighborhood. While writing that book, Diggs realized many of the experiences that shaped who he is today varied wildly from his son’s because Walker is of different races.
Diggs told The Grio why he feels biracial kids should not simply identify as one race or the other. He said when you call biracial kids black, “You risk disrespecting that one half of who you are, and that’s my fear.” Diggs added, “I don’t want my son to be in a situation where he calls himself black and everyone thinks he has a black mom and a black dad, and then they see a white mother, they wonder, ‘Oh, what’s going on?'”
The actor further expressed that “Mixed Me” is really a book about “self-love and self-appreciation, and knowing that you are special, regardless of what people will say about you because people will always say stuff.” See what else Taye Diggs had to say about his children’s book, “Mixed Me,” and tell Gossip Cop what you think.
UPDATE: In response to some of the controversial reaction to Digg’s stance, he posted on Instagram on Wednesday afternoon, “I am a proud black man. I want my son to grow up to be a proud black man if he so chooses. He has a mother who is white. He has every right to be just as proud of his mother’s ‘blood’ as well. Please wake up, people. It’s not that deep.”


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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd flagged a 23% increase in Q2 operating profit today, beating analysts’ estimates on solid chip sales to data centers catering for a work-from-home economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sales offset weak demand for smartphones and TVs, while one-off gains from its display business, which counts Apple Inc. as a customer, also raised profits, the company said.
They said operating profit was around 8.1 trillion won ($6.8 billion) in the Q2, far above the 6.4 trillion won analyst forecast by Refinitiv SmartEstimate. It would be the highest quarterly profit since the Q4 of 2018.
Revenue approximately dropped 7% to 52 trillion won from a year earlier, Samsung added, giving only limited data in a regulatory filing ahead of its full earnings figures later in July.
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Whatever fed Alice Neel’s ferocious determination to become an artist cannot be explained by the facts of her long, hard and complex life. Those facts are full of ironies and contradictions. How did a woman prone to breakdowns in young adulthood weather decades of penury, family instability and artistic obscurity—plus abandonment by her spouse and episodes of violence by a longtime lover? In her new biography, Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty, Phoebe Hoban has combined Neel’s own writings with interviews of Neel’s family, friends and artist colleagues to offer readers a convincing interpretation of Neel’s interior life: what motivated her, confounded her and fed her tenacity. Hoban also shows how Neel’s paintings (mostly portraits in oil, but also still lifes, landscapes and hundreds of works on paper) document and interpret not only the artist’s life but also much of the century in which she lived.
Ultimately, the work of Alice Neel has vindicated her efforts and given her a towering place in the pantheon of American art. That place is still rising. In 2010, a portrait by Neel sold at Christie’s for $782,500. Neel’s paintings appear in major museums, and her work has been exhibited every year since her death in 1984.
Alice Neel (1900-84), a pretty strawberry-blonde girl from Colwyn, Pa., was 20-something and aching for excitement when she left home for art school in Philadelphia. At a summer art camp, she fell in love with Carlos Enríquez, the son of a wealthy Cuban physician. They married in 1925, days before Neel’s graduation from the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Enríquez and Neel both had artistic pretensions that in retrospect seem completely warranted. They made a brief splash on the Cuban art scene, where Neel had her first solo show. But neither talent nor ambition could make their marriage work. Enríquez had been raised in luxury with servants; Neel, who came of age during the height of the women’s suffrage movement, had no desire to wait on anyone. When she refused to live in Havana, the young couple moved to New York and nearly starved. Their first child, born in November 1926, died 10 months later from diphtheria. In grief, Neel created a set of watercolors, including the poignant “After the Death of a Child” and, later, “Futility of Effort.”
Although Neel worked at a bank and Enríquez as a freelance illustrator, the couple was impoverished. When their second daughter, Isabetta, was born in 1928, Neel relied on public health care. Hoban describes Neel’s painting “Well Baby Clinic,” made after Isabetta’s birth, as “one of the least sentimental depictions of new motherhood ever created.”
A year later the stock market crashed. Enríquez left Neel in New York, took Isabetta to his sisters in Havana and ran off to the art scene in Paris. What was supposed to be a monthlong venture turned tragic: Neel never joined her husband in France, nor did she fetch their daughter from Cuba, after her own mother said she could not help Neel care for the child. “I loved Isabetta, of course I did,” Neel told a friend, “But I wanted to paint.” This conflict between family and the unrelenting demands made on an artist is the central drama of Neel’s life. Hoban treats it at length and in perspective. Few artists have succeeded at both commitments—almost none without a wife at home to manage the family.
Neel’s response to this string of enormous losses was to paint—almost without sleeping or eating. Desperate and alone, she broke down, became suicidal and was sent to a sanitarium. Psychotherapy and painting restored her health, but it took a year. She and Enríquez never divorced, and twice he tried to reconcile with Neel, but she never lived with him or Isabetta again.
During the Great Depression, Neel, like thousands of other artists, was employed by the W.P.A. easel project, which paid her for one painting every two weeks. The income allowed Neel to subsist among other artists in Greenwich Village. The Depression shaped Neel’s early work. With Ben Shahn, Jack Levine and Reginald Marsh, Neel painted unsentimental depictions of the poor and working classes, forging a style known as Social Realism. Social Realism was popular from the early 1930s until 1948, when it was superseded by Abstract Expressionism.
Neel, a sensualist, had a succession of lovers, some of whom remained her lifelong friends. She was living with Kenneth Doolittle, a labor activist, when Isabetta, 6, paid a brief visit. Neel painted a large nude portrait of her daughter as though, Hoban writes, “she were laying claim to the very essence of the girl.” That same year Doolittle, a drug addict, in a jealous rage involving another man, slashed and burned 200 of Neel’s watercolors and 60 oils (years of work), including “the Isabetta.” Neel quickly painted a duplicate; the painting was so important to her.
Hoban—author of a critically acclaimed biography of the artist Jean- Michel Basquiat—excels at her major task: integrating Neel’s personal life with her professional life. She painted through 40 years of neglect by the art world and at age 60 found success.
In 1960 Neel appeared in a beat film, along with Larry Rivers and Allen Ginsberg. Then one of Neel’s portraits of Frank O’Hara appeared in ARTnews, with a positive review of her work, which described its “haunting power.” Meanwhile, Neel’s subjects changed—from friends and neighbors in Spanish Harlem, where she lived for decades, to artists and critics. Her work was shown alongside that of Milton Avery, Philip Pearlstein, Fairfield Porter and George Segal. Neel met Andy Warhol and Henry Geldzahler, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, both of whom she later painted. When her first solo show in a decade was a hit, her prices rose.
The counterculturalism of the 1960s and the feminism of the ’70s found resonance in Neel’s life and work. She was a guest on “The Johnny Carson Show” and became a minor celebrity on the college circuit. The last chapters of Hoban’s book read like an avalanche of reviews of Neel’s exhibitions and new works.
Hoban credits Neel with significant artistic innovations. Neel transformed the nude by including pregnant women, children and herself at age 80; she reinvigorated the portrait, giving it a psychological dimension and broadening its subjects to include gay and transgendered people; and, with a social conscience, she painted multicultural subjects. Neel identified deeply with her subjects. “By doing that,” she explained, “there’s a kind of something I get that other artists don’t get.”


text: The 2014 China's IPR Overseas Exchange event was held in Georgetown on 19th September. The Chinese delegates talked about the country's efforts in combating IPR infringement and piracy, enforcement of the legal system, and more specifically, copyright protection, the implementation of the trademark law and the introduction of Geographical Indications (GI),something relatively new in China (like the case of Napa Valley, California: in 2012, it became the first foreign wine region to be granted a GI recognition in China). Chen Fuli, the IPR attaché at the Chinese embassy in Washington, said “the Chinese government has always put a high emphasis on IPR protection”. According to his opinion the government had continued to push forward the legislation of a series of IPR laws and pursue relevant reforms in the judicial sector: citing the revision of the trademark law and copyright law, the establishment of new IPR courts in different cities (Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou). Chen noted that IPR has been a key issue in China-US economic and trade relations and China has placed a high priority on strengthening exchange with the US side on the issue. Mark Cohen, attorney-advisor of the US Patent and Trade Office, expressed that the US side will continue to work with China and strengthen exchange through the existing bilateral mechanism. Finally, also the US assistant secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Charles Rivkin highlighted the economic opportunities existing for the US and Chinese companies while stressing the importance of IPR protection. Furthermore, during this meeting, the Chinese officials talked about fact how recent campaigns have hit on websites and people committing IPR violations, such as the Sword Net Action first launched in 2010 by the National Copyright Administration of China and several other government agencies crackdowns on online piracy. The gLAWcal Team LIBEAC project Monday, 15 Semptember 2014 (Source: China Daily) This news has been realized by gLAWcal—Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development in collaboration with the University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy and the University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy which are both beneficiaries of the European Union Research Executive Agency IRSES Project “Liberalism in Between Europe And China” (LIBEAC) coordinated by Aix-Marseille University (CEPERC). This work has been realized in the framework of Workpackages 4, coordinated by University Institute of European Studies (IUSE) in Turin, Italy.

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Four Playoff Teams
1. Alabama Crimson Tide (12-0)
This is the obvious choice yet again for the CFP committee. They haven’t lost and won a big rivalry game against No. 13 Auburn on Saturday. Alabama is most likely in the CFP even if they lose in the SEC Championship Game.
This Week: vs. Florida Gators (Atlanta, GA)
2. Ohio State Buckeyes (11-1)
A lot will be made of the fact that the Buckeyes aren’t conference champions, but they have the best case for the committee to include them in the playoff, as of now, other than Alabama. Ohio State beat the No. 3 team in the country this weekend, the Michigan Wolverines, but also have wins against Wisconsin (No. 6), Oklahoma (No. 8) and Nebraska (No. 16). If Penn State wins the Big Ten Championship, there will be some doubt about Penn State vs. Ohio State, which may happen even if Wisconsin wins the Big Ten Championship, but for now the Buckeyes are the number two team in the rankings.
This Week: N/A
3. Clemson Tigers (11-1)
Clemson moves back up to third after the Michigan loss. If they win the ACC Championship game, they will make the playoff. Their wins over Louisville, Florida State and Auburn are all solid enough that they only need to worry about winning their last game.
This Week: vs. Virginia Tech (Orlando, FL)
4. Washington Huskies (11-1)
Their out of conference schedule is really holding Washington back. Rutgers, Idaho and Portland State are all cake-walks, which will cost them. Washington’s wins aren’t that great either. The only team that they have beaten who will be ranked in the committee’s top 25 will be Stanford. They will come in at four in these rankings, but may be jumped by a Big Ten Champ for the CFP.
This Week: vs. Colorado (Santa Clara, CA)
First Four Out
5. Michigan Wolverines (10-2)
With wins over Penn State and Wisconsin, it would be hard to put Michigan behind those teams in the rankings. The Wolverines are a long shot to make the CFP with the loss to Ohio State, but it is still possible. They need Clemson and Washington to lose and need the committee to value their win over the eventual Big Ten Champion.
This Week: N/A
6. Wisconsin Badgers (10-2)
The Badgers have only lost to Ohio State and Michigan, and now find themselves in the Big Ten Championship Game against another Eastern Division power. Wisconsin’s victories over LSU and Nebraska are both solid. Winning the Big Ten Championship Game may not get the Badgers into the playoff, but they need to take care of business in case it does get them into the CFP.
This Week: vs. Penn State (Indianapolis, IN)
7. Penn State Nittany Lions (10-2)
Penn State’s win over Ohio State won them the Big Ten East and has them in playoff contention. Their next best win is Iowa, which doesn’t help them that much. They are in the same situation as Wisconsin and need to win and hope what they have done is good enough for the committee.
8. Oklahoma Sooners (9-2)
The Sooners may get jumped by Colorado, but they hold position and have the best win out of the two with their victory over West Virginia. They also scheduled tough out of conference games, and even though they lost, it will look good in the eyes of the committee. Oklahoma has a chance to become Big 12 Champions with a win this weekend. For the Sooners to make the CFP, they will need to have a lot of teams lose who are ahead of them and need the committee to value a conference championship
This Week: vs. Oklahoma (Home game)
Next Two Out
9. Colorado Buffaloes (10-2)
Colorado has had a surprising season and now finds itself in the Pac-12 Championship Game. Their best win was over Stanford, but they have some solid wins over Utah and Washington State also. The Buffaloes will face their biggest test in the Pac-12 Championship Game against No. 5 Washington. If they win they will likely need Oklahoma and Clemson to lose as well to have a chance at the CFP.
This Week: vs. Washington (Santa Clara, CA)
10. Oklahoma State Cowboys (10-2)
Oklahoma State lost to Central Michigan with the referees making mistakes, costing the Cowboys the game. That extra loss on the season is really holding the Cowboys’ CFP chances back. Wins over Pitt and West Virginia are good notches for the committee to look at. They need to beat Oklahoma and get the same type of help and generosity from the committee as the teams ahead of them in the rankings.
This Week: at Oklahoma (Away game)

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BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The roles of women in the military continue to grow and evolve. Women Veterans of the Arklatex, which was founded in Bossier City in 2017, is making sure their contributions and sacrifices are honored and remembered.
“You always feel welcome, always, no matter what,” said Kattie Hollay, who is a United States Marine Veteran and secretary for the non-profit organization.
“We started, when this thing kicked off, with three members and we have over 200 now,” explained Tina Kingston, who is the treasurer of Women Veterans of the Arklatex.
Kingston served in the U.S. Army for 29 years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
She and the other founding members wanted to fill a void they felt with other organizations for veterans.
The men a lot of times could not relate and didn’t understand the challenges the women went through,” said Kingston.
The group focuses on and community service, education and camaraderie.
“Even though we’ve served in different branches at different times, we all served together and we all have the same struggles and sacrifices,” Hollay shared.
“Women veterans have served since the Revolutionary War. We’ve served in every capacity,” Kingston explained. “We just a lot of times didn’t get credit for it.”
The group fundraised, commissioned and erected a Women Veterans Memorial statue in the Bossier City Municipal Complex, to ensure women who have served our country will be honored and remembered.
Kingston says there are fewer than 10 memorials in the United States, which are dedicated to women who have served in the military.
“We tried to make her where you could see yourself. It didn’t matter what race or which branch of service you were,” Kingston explained. “We wanted the females to come out here and see themselves and go, ‘I did that. I served.'”
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We are a musican and filmmaker couple sharing an apartment. We have three rooms in total and one bedroom with double matrass and a sideboard is available for your private usage. There is a table in the bedroom but you can use the kitchen table as a working space if necessary.
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I am a 24 years old cinema student. So you can find a lot of films in my house and enjoy them after a tiring day of visiting İstanbul! After all, it's a great way to know a culture by its cinema too!
I traveled almost all Europe, and lived in Paris and Berlin. I am very much interested in new cultures, people and exchange of ideas! Also, i am ready to share my knowledge about İstanbul with you!
Since this is my last semester in school, i am pretty busy with projects! So feel free to enjoy my home and my cat Matisse any time!
My appartment is pretty cosy! There is even a tent in the living room to feel more cosy!(Really)
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What Are results Like?
The outcomes of this treatment are reliable and also predictable. Regardless of your age or skin condition, you deserve to be specific that friend will suffer the desired results. Let’s break results down by category:
Common aging concerns are boosted skin laxity, dark spots, sunlight damage, brown spots, good lines, and also wrinkles. This treatment conveniently addresses every one of these superficial skin comes to by aiding skin cabinet turnover and stimulating the manufacturing of skin-supporting proteins.
This is an especially true because that collagen and elastin, which are both the main culprits the skin laxity and wrinkle development when the production of this proteins slows in addition to aging.
For Scar Reduction
Both injury scars and acne scars can be corrected by this treatment. The bulk of scars top top the skin surface ar are resulted in by an over-compensation the collagen created during wound healing, i beg your pardon is created too rapidly as soon as the skin is still inflamed and leaves a bumpy, dimpled, otherwise uneven skin surface.
This therapy helps rest up old collagen to develop a brand-new even layer of collagen the smoothes the end the skin surface.
For general Skin Health
Many world suffer indigenous the same common skin health concerns, such together dry skin, uneven skin tone, and also uneven skin texture. This treatment easily addresses these general skin health pertains to by raising the price of skin cabinet turnover and helping the skin come to be self-sufficient in maintaining an even complexion and a smooth, supple, moisturized skin surface.
How lengthy Does It require to See Results?
In general, patient can begin seeing results as soon as your initial healing stage is completed. Within 1 to 3 days of your treatment, girlfriend will notice an immediate advancement to the tone and texture of her skin, many noticeably a health glow to the skin surface. However, sometimes the results you are searching for may take time to emerge. Right here are the various times you deserve to expect:
The convey of good lines, wrinkles, dark spots, and skin laxity usually becomes apparent after 3 treatment appointments or also as shortly as 3 come 4 mainly after your appointment. You will notice an improvement in the tightness of her skin, i beg your pardon will continue to improve for as lengthy as friend have continuous treatments.
For Scar Reduction
The palliation of scars might take an ext time to manifest, largely due to the fact that smoothing scars takes an ext effort because that the skin. For countless patients, it takes 3 to 6 treatment appointments to have a full reduction that scarring. However, between your an initial appointment and your preferred results, girlfriend will notification a gradual improvement of the scar texture, normally within 6 come 8 main of your very first appointment. Your scarring will progressively soften and also then fade.
For basic Skin Health
Results for general skin health appear the many quickly. After ~ your very first appointment, in addition to the instant results that healthier-looking skin, friend will an alert an advancement in tone and texture in as little as 7 to 14 days.
What deserve to You mean Before, During, and also After Treatment?
While this may be a straightforward treatment, there space still a few steps you have to expect along the way. The best way to gain the finest results is to observe all the accuse we administer you. Here are some actions you have the right to expect:
You will need to attend a consultation appointment so that us may screen you to check out if this therapy is ideal for her skin concerns. Us will examine your skin, discuss your skin concerns, and talk about what you have the right to reasonably mean from treatment. Us will likewise gather information from you, including your skincare habits and any previous cosmetic therapies you may have had actually in the past.
To help you prepare for treatment, us will administer you v a perform of pre-treatment guidelines the you must follow for at the very least 24 hours prior to your appointment. Several of these guidelines might include:Discontinue Retinol productsDo not use alcohol-based productsNo sunscreen or make-upWash her face prior to the appointment
You will certainly not must arrange for transport after your appointment. Please remove all face jewelry and pull hair away from the face on the day of your appointment.
Treatment action One: Numbing and also Cleansing
We will apply a topical numbing cream come the surface of your skin for about 10 come 20 minutes prior to the begin of her treatment. As soon as your face is saturated numb, us will use a gentle cleanser to eliminate the cream and any overfill dirt, oil, or make-up from the skin surface.
Treatment step Two: Needling
A certified technician will treat her skin by making use of the needling device, which will create micro punctures follow me the whole surface of your skin, v the exception of your under-eye area and your lips. The needling is excellent one section of the skin in ~ a time come make sure all areas are cure equally. When the needling portion is concluded, the technician will certainly cleanse your skin again.
Treatment action Three: Serum
To plunder up her appointment, we usually use a serum affluent in vitamin to her skin to promote heal and permit your skin to absorb added nutrients. The serum offered will depend on your skin needs and will be disputed prior to your appointment.
We will provide you a perform of post-treatment guidelines to monitor after your appointment. It is crucial to follow this guidelines carefully as her skin will be breakable for the first 24 to 72 hours following treatment. Some post-treatment guidelines will include:Do not use any acid or Retinol productsAvoid straight sunlight, overabundance heat, and sweatingDo no go swimmingDo not wash or scrub the skin
We may carry out you with special products to use after her appointment to aid your skin recover and also to usage as part of your skincare routine.
The bulk of patients are recovered from therapy within 1 come 3 days. Over there is no extended recovery time associated with this treatment. Detailed you take treatment to monitor the post-treatment indict and, after ~ 72 hours, wear sunscreen as soon as you are outside, girlfriend are totally free to return to all normal daily activities.
Can You integrate This Treatment?
Yes! over there are number of treatments that deserve to be an unified with this one to aid you achieve all of her aesthetic goals. If you are interested in combine one or an ext treatments v this one, please let us understand so we can help you design a treatment setup that meets all of your needs. Several of the other treatments that can be linked with this one at our clinic include:Dermal fillersNeurotoxin injectablesLaser hair removalLaser skin rejuvenationFacials
Is This treatment Safe?
This treatment is safe for all skin varieties and tones. This therapy can additionally be excellent safely at any kind of time the the year.
Who Are an excellent Candidates?
Any patience who has actually a superficial skin problem is most likely qualified for this treatment. If you want to improve the tone, texture, and quality of your skin, or if you want to emphasis on correcting age-related involves or mitigate scarring, then this therapy is a good match for her needs and aesthetic goals.
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Back in December 2019, author Dana Alison Levy was kind enough to lend her voice to the blog’s annual ‘Tis The Season: Authors Talk Holidays series. Today I’m thrilled to welcome Dana back to Pop! Goes The Reader as we share the exclusive cover reveal for her young adult debut, Above All Else! Coming to a book store and library near you October 13th 2020 from Charlesbridge, Above All Else follows the story of best friends Rose and Tate, who set out to climb in Nepal, only to ultimately question their reasons for climbing and what they’ll do next when things go terribly wrong for others in their climbing party. Please read on to learn more about Above All Else, including an exclusive note from the author and an opportunity for five lucky readers to win advance reader copies of the novel!
About Dana Alison Levy
Dana Alison Levy is the author of several acclaimed books for younger readers. Above All Else is her YA debut. She lives in Massachusetts, at sea level, and really likes air with lots of oxygen in it. Dana loves traveling to Nepal and has stood in the shadow of Mount Everest, but she will never ever climb it. Her novels for kids, The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher, The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island, This Would Make a Good Story Someday and It Wasn’t Me have garnered multiple starred reviews, been named to Best Of lists, and were Junior Library Guild Selections. Also her kids like them.
I am not an artist (and this isn’t me being modest. I seriously can’t draw or paint or sculpt for beans). But when it comes time for the creative process around my book covers, and my publishers are kind enough to ask if I have any ideas, I always offer my random two cents.
“What about this?” I might write, sending along stick-figure drawings or clip-art collages.
“I think it needs these elements,” I might add, throwing in some stock photography.
For the cover of Above All Else, which takes place on Mount Everest, I knew that mountains would be involved, and I had other ideas about prayer flags and climbers and so on. It’s a book about mountains and summits, about climbing and falling, about who you trust to hold the rope that keeps you alive. It’s about these things literally, and also metaphorically.
The incredibly talented designers and artist came up with a couple of sample covers, one of which mirrored my suggestions. But when I saw their vision, so different from my own, my mouth literally dropped open, and tears filled my eyes.
It was so beautiful! It was so perfect! The art captured the beauty and vastness of the mountains, the relationship of the characters, the smallness of humans in this dangerous place. It was all right there. And it had none of my ideas at all.
It was a great reminder to me that while I have all kinds of confidence in my creative process, and in my ability to paint a picture with words, I don’t have to be able to do everything. Writing a book is a long and lonely process, but making a book can be wonderfully collaborative.
I’m over-the-moon in love with this cover, and feel like it does justice to the story I tried so hard to tell; the story of a girl and a boy who challenge themselves to reach the top of the world, but realize as they climb that they must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice for themselves, each other, and their dream of the summit.
I hope you love it too!
Cover design by Diane Earley, Cover art by Levente Szabo
Title Above All Else
Author Dana Alison Levy
Intended Target Audience Young Adult
Publication Date October 13th 2020 by Charlesbridge
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The Sun Is Also A Star meets Into Thin Air in this tale of friendship, love, and loyalty on the mountain.
High school seniors and best friends Rose and Tate have trained their whole lives to summit Mount Everest. In the spring of senior year they set out for Nepal, but as they travel ever farther from home, their relationship changes along with the landscape around them. The higher they go, the higher the stakes: altitude, weather, expedition politics, and their own feelings all threaten their long-held goal of reaching the summit.
Rose and Tate have to figure out what they owe each other, themselves, and the mountain they pledged to climb. Because at 29,000 feet, in the Death Zone, they must decide who — or what — they value above all else.
As an extra, exciting bonus, Dana and Charlesbridge have been kind enough to offer five lucky readers the opportunity to win advance reader copies of Above All Else! Five winners will be chosen at random at the conclusion of the giveaway and the prize will be distributed when ARCs become available. Please fill out the Rafflecopter form below to enter!


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Guess the media really has done us a diservice or people on the east coast just need to travel more then 200 miles past where they were born in their life time.

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Descripción del producto
Trina dreams of escaping the colony of Ceric and joining the spacer guilds, but it's just that: a dream.
Reality is a fight for survival in the abandoned subway tunnels beneath First City. Her father may be a polit, the wealthiest of the surface people, but she's been raised by her shafter mother, taught to thieve by her friend, and mastered knives on her own.
Even though her mother clings to the idea that her polit lover will rescue them from this life, Trina knows better. But when staking out a square during Festival, she catches the attention of her wealthy grandfather. Her life is about to change, but the price of starting over may be higher than she's willing to pay.
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Biografía del autor
Margaret McGaffey Fisk is a born storyteller whose tales often cross genres and worlds to bring the events and characters to life. She currently writes romance, science fiction, and fantasy but will go wherever the story takes her. A daughter of diplomats, her early years were filled with many cultures, those very much alive and those long turned to dust, as well as people who both pondered the great thoughts and were grand pranksters. Whether from wild adventures into the desert to climb sand mountains, poking around little known archeological sites, or visiting bazaars and inner cities, she came out of that time with a love of culture and an all too sharp awareness of culture clash. She currently lives in a Nevada desertscape with her husband, and a rotating collection of cats and sons. When not exercising her creative muscles, she has been known to tame the relatives of beasts in the wild—feral cats. In a different time, you’d find her before a bonfire or with a mug of ale and a lute spinning tales for all who are in earshot. Now, though, you can read her explorations of loyalty, love, and conflict wherever you might be. Her newsletter is published monthly with questions for readers, notes on what she's publishing or working on, and excerpts of works in progress. Her website is: http://margaretmcgaffeyfisk.com


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Olusola Fabiyi and Kamarudeen Ogundele
The All Progressives Congress has accused the Peoples Democratic Party and its cronies within and outside the government of causing insecurity in Nigeria and propagating falsehood.
The ruling party said the grand plot was to create an atmosphere similar to 2014 and 2015 when terrorists seized parts of the country and hoisted their flags.
The party, however, said President Muhammadu Buhari-led government would not surrender to their evil plans, urging Nigerians to reject the PDP in the 2019 general elections.
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, stated these at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said, “The year 2018 was significant in many ways. Importantly, we witnessed in this past year the shameful attempt by the political predators to launch themselves back into reckoning. Those who were roundly rejected by Nigerians in 2015 for their grievous crimes of corruption, impunity, and maladministration once again struggled to rise up from the dungeon the people of this country had dumped them. They were fierce and reckless in their wicked attempt to return to power to continue their primitive appropriation of our commonwealth for themselves and their immediate family.
“The actions of these elements who have raped our nation for close to two decades were disruptive to the course of progress being vigorously pursued by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. The year 2018 particularly was a tough year for the APC government as we had to confront the monsters who have found their way into the ruling party during the merger in 2014, pretending to have cured themselves of their insatiable greed and callous selfish disposition.
“Predictably, the forces of evil finally gravitated towards themselves and are now ensconced in their wicked nest, called the PDP.
“Unfortunately, they did a lot of damage to our determined efforts in the last three and half years, by constituting themselves into a stumbling-block, using their vantage position in government in conjunction with their associates outside of government who have been deploying their ill-gotten wealth to pervert justice, create a state of insecurity, propagate falsehood and promote dissent. It was a callous strategy design to pull the wool over the eyes of the people of this country.”
Issa-Onilu said the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had no plan for the country as his campaign manifesto was empty and a repetition of what the APC government had started doing.
“He promised to solve the power problem when we know he sold off all the power plants to all his friends who had no interest in giving us power.
“They invested nothing and added nothing to what they met on the ground. They even included a clause that they can never be revoked. The only interest they had was to milk the nation. What new promise will he make to Nigerians to improve the power sector?”
Atiku was the chairman of the National Council on Privatisation when he was the Vice President to President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Issa-Onilu said the unemployment witnessed in the country was a product of a progressive effect of 16 years of misrule of the PDP which could not be cleared in three years which did not create conducive environment for business to thrive due to massive looting of the nation’s treasury.
He said the APC had done so much to promote self-employment through agriculture and entrepreneurial skills and providing enabling support system for business to thrive.
Issa-Onilu said many people who joined the PDP at inceptions because they thought it would be business as usual left the party disappointed and had regrouped in the PDP to launch an attack on the government.
“What has the PDP to offer Nigeria? Or rather, why does the party want to return to power? It is simply to return Nigeria to the past – the past when our collective wealth was stolen by a few wicked elite. The past when monies meant for the development of our economy were being pocketed. The past when the money, no railway, and no power plant were ever completed, even though huge sums of money were being allocated and released every year.”
But the national leadership of the PDP said the only good thing about the ruling party was its ability to blame others for its failures.
Spokesman for the PDP, who is also the Director of Media and Publicity for the party’s Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, told one of our correspondents that Nigerians would no longer be swayed by the Buhari’s “ineffective lies and excuses.”
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He said, “Nigerians already know that the only thing that the President and his party, the APC enjoy is blame-game. Both of them even have the capacity to blame God because of their ineffectiveness.
“APC has failed in many areas, including security and education. That is why the government keeps blaming the PDP.”
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