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This week gave us Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the newly appointed Divorce Day, and of course President Obama's inauguration, and as such is pretty much the last week one can pontificate about what's come before in the wake of an exciting new future, so I have a twofold desire to remember the highlights of comics in pop culture last year and to make some comics-specific resolutions for 2009. Although we're only nineteen days deep, these two years already stand in stark contrast to each other. How so, you ask?
First of all, 2008 was a year directed by the influence of comic books (pun intended). Consider that, in a single year, moviegoers had the chance to experience real-world incarnations of Iron Man, the Hulk, Batman, the Punisher, Hellboy, the heroes of Wanted, and the Spirit, not to mention the return of beloved franchises like Speed Racer, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and the X-Files. Sure, these films represent the gamut of box office success, but each of them equally shared the responsibility of exposing a mainstream audience to characters that are pillars to fanboy culture. Further, from the tragedy of Health Ledger's death to the tabloid interest of David Duchovny's sex addiction, most of these films offered some tidbit that contributed to the grand scheme of entertainment news in 2008, the actual respective movie not withstanding. In short, 2008 took the topics of message boards and late night gaming tournaments and dragged them into the daylight, around the office water cooler. I'm not sure if we geeks should thank '08, or vice versa!
On the flipside, 2009 has become the year comics bend to the news, rather than the other way around. Message boards are abuzz with the current Obama trend in titles like Amazing Spider-man and Savage Dragon, and the cover price debate rages in the face of a challenging economy. Movies like The Watchmen and the resurrection of franchises like Star Trek are certainly stirring the pot, but sans another unfortunate celebrity death, I don't think pop culture will maintain its love affair with comics until the next Iron Man becomes reality. Right now, comics are pop culture's booty call, "blowing it up" only when nothing else is going . . . and some action is better than none.
On the homefront, I appreciated 2008's premiere of MattyCollector.com, Mattel's adult-oriented on-line toy store, primarily featuring DC Superheroes in both realistic and animated forms, and a new He-Man action figure line currently exploiting the characters' classic look via today's advanced action figure sculpting and articulation styles. While the idea of Internet exclusivity sparked debate among earnest fanboys accustomed to scouring Target and Wal-Mart aisles for the latest action figures, the site has been obviously well received, since many of its products are sold out despite arguably high shipping rates. I'm as financially strapped as the next guy, but the chance to own an exclusive, high quality He-Man figure is perhaps the strongest opiate to face my inner child ever . . . and if I'm buying He-Man, he needs a bad guy to fight, right? Masters of the Universe is plural, right?
Therein lies my motivation as a collector for 2009: now, more than ever, collect to my inner child. I began this resolution early, thanks in large part to the latest wave of Marvel Legends action figures. See, when I was a kid, I owned the first wave of Marvel's Secret Wars figures, and since I didn't avidly read comics at the time, those eight toys were my Marvel Universe. Thanks to the now mainstream availability of Kang (and my girlfriend's diligence on eBay to score a Magneto), I decided to recreate those eight characters in modern toy form and effectively end all other Marvel action figure purchases. Mattel's adult-oriented DC and He-Man franchises will remain my only plastic guilty pleasures, so much so that I'll in turn eBay some fringe items in my collection to obtain them all -- or as close as I can get, considering convention exclusives and my own budget. So, while obtaining some of these elusive figures will condemn me to an ongoing crisis, at least trimming the fat of my fanaticism doesn't pit me against a proverbial infinity gauntlet of spending. Yes, I said it!
Regarding comics, the steadfast cornerstone of my collecting compulsions, I aim to continue purchasing series that appeal to my need for relevant stories and dynamic character development. I define "relevant" as all-encompassing; that is, if I can hand a comic book story (whether or not contained in a single issue, or a mini-series, or within an ongoing -- the story withstands any format) to a friend and recommend it as an excellent piece of approachable literature, it's relevant. Joe Kelly's I Kill Giants quickly comes to mind, as those seven issues tell a compelling story about a teenaged girl whose inner turmoil manifests into a fantastic allegorical struggle. If you know the series, you know that the context is socially significant, presented through a filter of dark humor and schoolyard antics many people can understand. Conversely, Grant Morrison's "Batman: R.I.P." stars one of the world's most recognizable icons, but I could never recommend it to a friend. It's too mired in classic Batman continuity to make sense to anyone not familiar with the comics' lore, and it's too dependent on Final Crisis and other events in the DC Universe to retain a self-enclosed identity. If I were to recommend a comic starring a hero driven to avenge the death of his or her parents, one in which the hero is a regular person tests the limit of his or her own abilities even in the face of impossible odds, I'd point to the Luna Brothers' The Sword. It's still a relatively young series with true cinematic potential -- and if it does find it's way to the silver screen, my friends can feel like they were on the ground floor of a brand new franchise!
Of course, I'm still prone to purchasing my guiltiest of pleasures: comics starring superheroes fighting social injustices like illiteracy or gang violence. Expect to see more of those comics here soon . . .
Finally, 2008 brought many changes to personal life, as well -- a few that required me to downsize my living quarters, a trend I understand has afflicted many an economically-challenged fanboy of late. Still, despite the limited space, I've effectively managed to recreate the bedroom I had as a child through an adult standard of organization and functionality. Collecting comics and toys is interesting in its adaptability to life: a boy's bedroom is supposed to have this stuff, and in high school and college the clutter becomes a quirky celebration of pop culture, not without its vulnerability to trends or social rejection -- but for me, that just meant focusing more on practical items like a Spider-man toothbrush over a more lofty purchase like a Bowen bust of Starfox or something. Now, in my late twenties, I've come full circle; I've been saying lately that my Christmas list at 29 differs little from my list from just nine. Kang, He-Man, Hawkman . . . Kids today don't know how good they have it! What does an adult do with a comic book long box tower eleven high? He keeps it up. What does he do with an action figure collection cluttering his shelves?
Keep it up.
Monday, January 19, 2009
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Taking a Knee for Migrant Children
October 12, 2018
Over the past two years, the wave of professional athletes kneeling during the pregame presentation of the Star Spangled Banner has taken stage as one of the most prominent acts of peaceful protest of police brutality and racial inequality of the decade. This wave has seemingly crashed into Glenwood Springs, albeit for completely different reasons.
Junior Maximiliano Aranda, a winger for GSHS Boys Varsity Soccer team, found himself at the center of controversy when he knelt for the national anthem prior to Glenwood's 10-0 home victory against Grand Junction Central High School.
While just as polarizing as the recent protests led by Colin Kaepernick, Aranda's silent act of protest holds a distinct meaning and end goal.
"I take the knee because of the [United States] government's mistreatment of migrant children," he said. "My main goal is to raise awareness of this issue, whether it's people in the stands at my games, students here at GSHS, or people in our community."
The idea to kneel came to Aranda during his world history class, when he and his classmates learned about the mistreatment of migrant children, specifically at the United States-Mexico border.
"I already had some background knowledge of the issue, and right after [learning about migrant children] we learned about Colin Kaepernick and how he took the knee, and I thought it would be a good way to spread my message," he said.
As is inherent with this issue, it did not take long for onlookers to notice Aranda, and weigh in on the issues themselves. Most of these reactions were garnered via Aranda's social media, specifically an Instagram post made after the game. The post shows Aranda kneeling, with the caption "Believe in something. Even if means losing everything," the same slogan used by the recent Nike advertisement campaign that features Kaepernick. The post quickly gathered attention and angry comments from Aranda's fellow students.
"Can we get this man kicked off the team for being brown?" one comment read.
While disappointing, this was not entirely unexpected for Aranda.
"There's lots of people who don't respect what I'm doing at all, and just don't like me anymore," he said. "But that's okay, because I'm just exercising my rights and they don't have to like that."
While the post drew some abuse similar to this, there was an equal amount of support for Aranda and his protest.
"Pound it for peaceful protest," said one user, while another read, "Nothing but respect for this bro."
Due to the nature of Glenwood Springs and the Roaring Fork Valley, a large challenge in Aranda's demonstration was the fact that he was performing it in such a small and isolated community. While some would name the protest a pointless venture, Aranda recognizes this, and seeks to provide awareness in spite of this obstacle.
"It is a small valley, and any form of protest would probably have a smaller impact on something so big, but my goal was just to raise awareness and publicize through social media," he said. "That seemed to get a lot of attention, so I'm just trying to inform the Roaring Fork Valley first, and see how far I can go."

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A quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll showed there was a two-fold surge in the number of respondents who identified developing-nation equities and currencies as the assets they'd most like to bet against. For currencies, the percentage jumped to 12 percent from 6 percent in November while for stocks, it rose to 7 percent from 3 percent.
Investor confidence in emerging markets is faltering as China posts the slowest economic expansion in 24 years, Russia remains embroiled in the Ukraine conflict and Brazil slips into stagflation. Add to this a stronger dollar and the prospect for higher interest rates in the U.S. — both of which drive up debt-servicing costs for developing nations — and many see an environment conducive to further losses. Emerging-market stocks have been sinking since September, pushing the benchmark gauge down 11 percent, while currencies began slumping in July.
"Indiscriminate risk taking in emerging markets in recent years has led to some disappointments," Andreas Domke, a poll participant and portfolio manager at Allianz Global Investors Europe GmbH in Frankfurt, said by phone on Jan. 21. "Investors are asking whether there are adequate rewards for the risks. I can imagine some people got burned."
The declines in the second half of last year extend a slump that began in early 2013. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell about 5 percent in each of the past two years, the first consecutive annual declines since 2002. The gauge climbed 0.6 percent at 9:50 a.m. in New York. A Bloomberg index tracking 20 major developing-country currencies retreated 20 percent against the dollar over that time to a 13-year low, led by plunges in the ruble, rand and lira.
Only overseas bonds issued by developing nations have provided a positive return, gaining 9 percent over the past 12 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Still, investors have piled into bets against the $4.1 billion iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, sending short interest to 21 percent of shares outstanding, from just 7.8 percent in November, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and Markit Group Ltd.
Investor interest in betting against emerging-market debt was stable in the poll. Six percent of the investors, traders and analysts who took part in the survey said it was the asset they'd most like to sell short, matching the November figure.
The survey of 481 Bloomberg subscribers was conducted Jan. 14-15 by Selzer & Co., a Des Moines, Iowa-based firm. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
Of the 11 asset classes listed as options to sell short, only two — Group of Seven government bonds and junk bonds — attracted more respondents than emerging-market stocks.
One of the main reasons is that economic growth, long a strength for developing nations, is sputtering. Earlier this week, the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for the 2015 expansion across developing nations to 4.3 percent from an earlier estimate of 5 percent. It'd be the slowest expansion in six years.
The risk of capital flight may become more acute once the Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates after six years of record low borrowing costs, the IMF warned on Jan. 19. That may squeeze companies in developing countries, which boosted their foreign-currency debt outstanding to $1.2 trillion from $341 billion at the end of 2008, according to Bank of America Corp.
"Emerging markets have got a structural problem — the dollar is in short supply," Julian Brigden, managing partner of Macro Intelligence 2 Partners, who participated in the poll, said by phone from Hoboken, New Jersey.
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- THIS IS THE PROERTY OF Toto Sakigami (talk) *
Takahiro suffers from multiple personality disorder .Takahiro is a geneitic compilment of the DNA (clone)of toto sakigami , makina, and ganta. He was created by Rei Takashima
Takahiro looks exactly like Toto Sakigami , except takahiro has blue eyes and dark green hair.
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Forgerie leadrer
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|technically Toto Sakigami
Takahiro has multiple personality disorder so he has two personality personality 2 is his normal usual personality and personality1 is is random appear out of nowhere personality however Tamaki makes Takahiro take pills that supress his normal personality since his normal personality is against killing people.
PERSONALITY 1. Takahiro cruel and enjoys making others suffer. Regular human or deadman he likes cutting people up and liking their blood. He never kills someone right away he likes toying with them first. Takahiro is deeply in love with Lucy Blitz
PERSONALITY 2. He is a kind ,timid , and happy personality and he is in deeply and passionitly in love with Margret Holland.
Telepathy- He can read minds
Electricity Manipulation- He can control and absorb electricity
Enhanced Strength- He is extremley strong as a result of experimentation on his body
Enhanced Speed- He is super fast.
Enhanced speed and reflexes- really fast reflexes
Enhanced combat-He can fight really well even without His branch of sin
Enhanced Regeneration-He heals from injures very quickly
Branch Of Sin
Blood manipulation- being a deadman man he can control his blood out of his body.
Cyrogenic Blood- any thing his blood touches he can freeze it.
Love labrinth- He can copy other branch of sins by licking/drinking other deadmen's blood
Blood tentacles- he can make tentacles out of blood and fight with them.
Snake / Acidic Blood- His blood carries a disease known as snake it enters your body through contact with his blood it causes your body to first it destroys it's own immune system making your body defenseless then it destroys every cell in your body wich destroys you.
Tamaki had Takahiro created to be the leader of the forgeries. He met Lucy blitz one day and fell in love with her.:see- Dead World Book 2.
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LEADING independence campaigners have backed calls for a "new Yes Scotland organisation" to take "some of the strain and daily focus away from the Scottish Government".
The initial plea for a new body to make the case for leaving the UK, came from the SNP's former strategic communications chief, Kevin Pringle, who yesterday called on the "entire Yes movement to make the case for independence unassailable".
The SNP's Joanna Cherry told The National it would "make sense" to have a separate "lead campaign organisation, to give a public focus to the vision, policy development and strategic campaigning which is being developed across the Yes movement".
There was support too for the idea outside the SNP, with Green co-convenor Patrick Harvie, the Scottish Socialist Party's Colin Fox, and former Yes Scotland boss Dennis Canavan all offering their backing.
It came after Boris Johnson wrote to Nicola Sturgeon this week, rejecting her demand to devolve the powers to hold a legally watertight independence referendum.
The First Minister has promised to update Holyrood and voters on her next steps before the end of the month.
Initially she said she wanted to have indyref2 in the second half of this year, and earlier this week, her Constitutional Relations secretary Michael Russell insisted this was still the target, but over the weekend a number of SNP voices have suggested there is no likely chance of a referendum before next year's Holyrood election.
Writing in Saturday's The National, Angus Robertson told activists to switch focus to win a majority in the Scottish Parliament.
READ MORE: Angus Robertson: Freedom is coming... it's time Tories accept it
He said: "Hard as it is to endure given the repeated electoral mandates for an independence referendum, the reality is that the issue of indyref2 will be decided in the 2021 Scottish Parliament elections.
"With a majority of pro-independence MSPs, it will be impossible to oppose Scottish democracy."
In the Sunday Times, Pringle said that "whatever anyone says now, the right to choose Scotland's future is going to be at the forefront of next year's Holyrood election and it will be a key determinant of how people vote".
He added: "In reality, the best chance of breaking the Johnson veto lies with winning more converts, driving independence up in the polls, so it's consistently above 50%, and the SNP and Greens achieving a majority in next year's election on a common referendum platform.
"The haul may be short but it could be longer. Either way, it makes sense to establish a new Yes Scotland organisation to take some of the strain and daily focus away from the Scottish Government.
"This impasse isn't a test of Sturgeon's leadership; she has demonstrated her commitment to the cause and delivered electoral success in spades. It's a test of the ability of the entire 'Yes' movement to make the case for independence unassailable."
Reacting to the call, Cherry said: "Whilst we look forward to the First Minister's statement on next steps after Johnson's flat no to the request for negotiations about a section 30 order, it's important that we don't get too bogged down in process.
"So, I agree with Kevin that it would make sense to establish a new Yes Scotland, as a lead campaign organisation, to give a public focus to the vision, policy development and strategic campaigning which is being developed across the Yes movement.
"I am also wholeheartedly in favour of a new constitutional convention to reach out beyond the Yes movement and party divides to encompass civic Scotland in order to build on the increasing support for self determination in wider society."
READ MORE: AUOB hit back after Jim Sillars tells Yessers to 'stop marching'
Harvie agreed. He said: "If we are to win we need to convince people who weren't convinced in 2014. The Scottish Greens will continue to play a positive role in the independence movement, which needs cross party cooperation but which has always been about far more than just the SNP. We will continue to bring our distinct voice to show that the campaign for Scotland's independence is broad and inclusive."
Fox, who like the Green MSP was on the board of Yes Scotland, agreed with Pringle on the need to win over more converts: "I think most of us as socialists in Scotland and in Britain are coming to terms with the idea that there won't be a Labour government in the 2020s "If we're going to avoid 10 years of the Tories in Scotland, the only way we can achieve that is through independence," he added.


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Lite Rock 105 personality and Program Director Emily Boldon (who also holds corporate responsibilities with Cumulus Media) was recently named to the prestigious "2019 Radio Ink Most Influential Women in Radio List."
Emily Boldon tells Radio Ink she loves radio because radio is the single medium that can provide both live and local personalities and music discovery in the same place. "And audiences nationwide still love radio, too!" she says. A recent survey by Edison Research says that radio's ability to connect listeners with new music, both local and global, and the added benefit of going mobile are the main driving factors for why audiences keep coming back for more."
Boldon's advice to anyone starting out in the business: "Be willing to do whatever it takes to get a foot in the door. I know a very successful market manager who got his start as the station's mascot at events. One of our best PDs started as an intern 20 years ago. Take that chance!
Join the street team. Work the events no one else wants to. Be indispensable. Get noticed."
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Boldon believes the workplace environment has gotten better for women over the past year. "Especially at Cumulus media," she says. "Our CEO Mary Berner, takes a strong stand against harassment and discrimination of any kind. Since she became our CEO, our company now has mandatory training for all managers on harassment and workplace protocol. Finding strong, smart, and savvy female PDs and bringing them into Cumulus is a personal goal of mine. We have a good start – Leslie Whittle at KRBE in Houston, Laura St. James at WXLO in Worcester, Amber Lee at KMAJ in Topeka – three incredible and successful examples!"


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Mike Corcoran, DVM, DABVP (Reptile and Amphibian), CertAqV
Bulger Veterinary Hospital
247 Chickering Rd, N. Andover, MA 01845978-682-9905
Dr. Mike Corcoran is a 2008 graduate of the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He started working in emergency medicine in the Pacific Northwest before pursuing his real passion of working with exotic animals, initially as a part time mobile practice in the Portland, Oregon region. In exotic animal medicine he has worked as an associate veterinarian at Arizona Exotic Animal Hospital, VCA Wakefield Animal Hospital in the Boston area, an associate veterinarian at The New England Aquarium in Boston and now currently at Bulger Veterinary Hospital.
Mike has been a member of ARAV for several years and has served on the Membership and PR committee. He is proud to be serving the membership on the Executive Board and looks forward to giving back to ARAV.
In addition to professional interests, Mike is a SCUBA instructor and enjoys spending as much time as possible underwater.
Kimberlee Wojick, DVM, DACZM
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Ave. Providence, RI 02907401-785-3510, x344
Kim has been actively involved in ARAV since becoming a student member in 2006. She has previously served two terms as a member-at-large and the co-chair of the Legislative and Animal Welfare Committee. In 2015 she received the ARAV Presidential Service Award for her contributions to the organization. She graduated from Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, followed by internships in both small animal medicine and surgery and zoological medicine. She completed the Chicago Zoological and Aquatic Animal Residency Program and is currently employed as the associate veterinarian at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island. She shares her home with a variety of furred and scaled pets including a rosy boa, ball python, blue-tongued skink, red-eared slider, and red-footed tortoise.
Louisa M. Asseo, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline)
Vice President
Oasis Veterinary Hospital
6635 Alhambra Ave. Ste. #100 Martinez, CA 94553925-954-8087
Louisa Asseo is the proud owner of Oasis Veterinary Hospital in Martinez, CA. She opened this small animal and exotic animal medicine full service hospital in the East Bay of San Francisco, CA in April 2016.
She has been an active member of the Association of Amphibian and Reptilian Veterinarians (ARAV) since graduating from UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in 2002.
She has been serving on the ARAV committee for membership and PR since 2011 and has since served as the co-chair of this committee since 2013.
James Bogan, DVM, DABVP (Canine/Feline), DABVP (Reptile/Amphibian), CertAqV
The Critter Fixer of Central Florida
PO Box 621679, Oviedo, FL. 32762407-617-5702
James Bogan is a 1994 graduate of The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine and is double board certified through ABVP in canine and feline practice as well as reptile and amphibian practice. Additionally, he is a certified aquatics veterinarian through the World Aquatic Veterinary Medical Association. James has also been a member of ARAV since 1994 and served as treasurer from October 2014 through 2017. He is the owner of a mobile practice, The Critter Fixer of Central Florida, as well as the Chief Veterinary Officer for Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens.
His veterinary interests include medicine and surgery of snakes and crocodilians.
Stacey Leonatti Wilkinson, DVM, DABVP (Reptile & Amphibian)
Avian and Exotic Animal Hospital of Georgia
118 Pipemakers Circle Suite 110 Pooler, GA 31322912-348-3924
Stacey Leonatti Wilkinson is a 2006 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine. Since that time she has been an associate veterinarian at Avian and Exotic Animal Care in Raleigh, NC, a practice devoted exclusively to the care of exotic animals. She recently left that position to start her own practice, Avian and Exotic Animal Hospital of Georgia, in the Savannah, GA area, continuing to treat only exotics. Stacey became an ABVP Diplomate of Reptile and Amphibian medicine in 2013. She has been a member of ARAV since 2006, and has been the chair or co-chair of the In Depth Session at the annual conference every year since 2011. She has also spoken at the conference and served as a lab instructor, and is a member of the Legislative and Animal Welfare Committee.
She is very excited about the position of treasurer and the opportunity it provides to become more involved in ARAV. The ARAV does an excellent job of serving and representing exotic animal veterinarians. She believes her experience as a private practitioner in the trenches would be a great fit for this. She and her husband have a collection of over 50 reptiles, and her favorite reptile is the Grand Cayman blue iguana, which she finally got a chance to see in their native habitat this past year.
Tim Tristan, DVM, DABVP (Reptile/Amphibian)
Immediate Past President
Texas Sealife Center
14220 SPID, Corpus Christi, TX 78418361-589-4023
Tim Tristan attended Texas A&M University, where he completed his DVM followed by completion of an internship at Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists in Houston. He is board certified by the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners in Reptile and Amphibian Medicine and currently works in Corpus Christi, Texas. He is the director of the Texas Sealife Center, a wildlife hospital treating sea turtles, shorebirds and raptors and has been a member of ARAV since 1998. Currently, in addition to his role as director of the Texas Sealife Center, he is the contract veterinarian for Downtown Aquarium in Houston and President of the Horned Lizard Conservation Society.
His publications have included the first identification of Mycoplasmosis in Texas Tortoises (Gopherus berlanderi) and first identification of fibropapillomatosis in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Texas coast. He was also the primary amphibian and reptile veterinarian for an animal rescue operation lead by the ASPCA in Dallas, Texas that resulted in the confiscation and rescue of over 20,000 reptiles in 2009. Additional experience includes involvement in cold stunned sea turtle events that occur annually in Texas and result in the rescue of 200-1400 sea turtles every winter.
La'Toya Latney, DVM, Dipl. ECZM (Zoo Health Management), Dip. ABVP (Reptile & Amphibian)
(1yr) Member-at-Large
University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Teaching Hospital
3900 Delancey St Office 3109 Philadelphia, PA 19104215-746-0223
Dr. La'Toya Latney is an Assistant Professor and Service Head for Clinical Zoo and Exotic Animal Medicine Services at PennVet. As Cornell undergrad alum and Ross Veterinary school alum, Dr. Latney then finished her last year at Louisiana State University, home of raptors and reptiles, under the tutelage of Mark Mitchell DVM, PhD, DECZM (Herp), Thomas Tully, DVM, MS, DABVP-Avian, ECZM (Avian), David Sanchez Migallon Guzman, LSV, MS, DECZM (Small Mammal, Avian), DACZM (Avian), and Javier Nevarez, DVM, MS, PhD, DECZM (Herp), DACZM (Herp). Latney then completed an all exotics internship under Heidi Hoefer, DVM DABVP (Avian), at Island Exotics Veterinary Care in Long Island, NY. After completing the Exotics Residency at PennVet, Latney has remained at PennVet for 9.5 years and serves as a consulting veterinarian for Brandywine Zoo and Elmwood Park Zoo. At PennVet, she teaches 4 courses, including a 16-hour course on reptile medicine and surgery. In addition to serving as a clinical instructor on service at PennVet for fourth year students, Latney serves turtle rehabilitation laboratory instructor for the National Wildlife Rehabilitation Association (NWRA), and lectures regularly on reptile medicine and surgery at NWRA, CVC, PVMA, NYSWRC, FWRA, and NAVC. For students, Dr. Latney hosts reptile handling laboratories biannually for the Special Species Symposium at PennVet and most recently at the national SAVMA symposium, in which 40 students were in attendance for two 2 hour laboratories. She serves as a proud mentor who has trained 8 specialty interns, one of whom co-chairs the Education Committee for ARAV.
She is a diplomat of the European College of Zoo Medicine (Zoo Health management) and the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners Reptile and Amphibian specialty. She is credentialed to sit for the American College of Zoological Medicine specialty exam 2018. Most of her publications review reptile and amphibian nutrition and novel treatment approaches, and a brief overview can be found at http://www.vet.upenn.edu/people/faculty-clinician-search/LA'TOYALATNEY. Her special interests include adaptive critical care, reptile nutrition, comparative anatomy, novel development of surgical techniques, evidence based medicine, infectious diseases, and classical Indian dance.
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Hermitage Veterinary Hospital
1500 N Hermitage Rd. Hermitage, PA 16148724-962-5725
Kenneth Ford, DVM
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The Pet Hospital of Granbury
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Dr. Kenneth Ford is an associate veterinarian and future part owner of The Pet Hospital of Granbury in Granbury, Texas. Dr. Kenneth Ford is a graduate of Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine. Upon graduation he was accepted into the small animal medicine and surgery internship at his almamater. During his internship, Dr. Ford also was able to have complete case responsibility for all exotic cases that entered the hospital. This may have increased the necessary work load but exotic animal medicine was always his passion. During the internship, Dr. Ford lead several labs, lectures and hands-on workshops for students who had an interest in exotic animal medicine.
Upon completion of his internship, Dr. Kenneth Ford decided to move to the great state of Texas and enter private practice. He began with Banfield The Pet Hospital in Fort Worth, where he would become Chief of Staff and one of the top doctors in his market. Dr. Ford did much to try and grow the field of exotic medicine in the area. He was even asked to be an internal reference for all the area Banfield hospitals. He would volunteer time by doing small doctor meetings in exotic animal medicine to improve the care they can offer their patients.
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Dr. Kenneth Ford is a member of several professional organizations including ARAV, AEMV and AAZV. His special interest include soft tissue surgery, endoscopic medicine, reptile nutrition and community outreach. Dr. Ford plans to achieve the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners certification in Reptile and Amphibian practice. Thus, much of his spare time is used for self study and keeping up with the ever expanding field. Dr. Ford enjoys working on his classic car, maintaining his personal reptile collection and trying to keep up with his two year old daughter.
Sean Perry, DVM
(2yr) Member-at-Large
Skip Bertman Drive, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803225-578-9600
I am currently a PhD candidate at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine. I completed my undergraduate degree at the
University of California, Santa Cruz, earning a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience and Behavior. Then I completed my Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine from Western University of Health Sciences in 2013. Since graduating veterinary school, I've completed internships in both emergency and critical care and small animal medicine and surgery at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine and practiced in the Marathon Veterinary Hospital in the Florida Keys. I've continued practicing both emergency and zoological medicine during my PhD. My dissertation topic focuses on the development of artificial reproductive technologies in captive reptiles as a translational model for endangered species. I've authored and co-authored peer reviewed journal articles and popular press articles for Reptiles Magazine; in addition to book chapters in Mader's Reptile Medicine and Surgery, Current Therapy in Exotic Pet Practice and Veterinary Clinics of North America. My professional interests include, Theriogenology in zoological species, specifically reptiles and amphibians, minimally invasive imaging and surgery, emergency and critical care in exotic species, and aquatic animal medicine.
Wendy Dox
Executive Director
North American Veterinary Community
5003 SW 41st Blvd Gainesville FL 32608-4930352-745-3893
Wendy received her B.S. in Business Administration from Nazareth College in Rochester, NY in 2003. She previously worked in marketing for 8 years at an Orlando theme park where she transitioned into another marketing role in an Orlando human healthcare system for 2 years.
She joined the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians (ARAV) in October 2018 where she began to serve as their Executive Director but has worked as a Marketing Manager for the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) since September 2016.
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Executive Director Emeritus
721 Inverness DriveWest Chester, PA 19380-6888
Dr. Wilbur Amand is a 1966 graduate of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Following an internship and residency at Penn, he joined the junior faculty during which time he developed an interest in exotic companion animal medicine and zoo/wildlife medicine. Dr. Amand joined the Philadelphia Zoological Garden in 1974 as Senior Veterinarian while also returning to the faculty at Penn as an Adjunct Professor of Zoological Medicine. He developed a number of courses in avian, reptile and zoo mammal medicine. He retired from the Philadelphia Zoo in 1992 as Emeritus Vice President for Animal Health.
Dr. Amand served as the Executive Director of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians for nearly 20 years and was the Editor of the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine for 10 years. He joined the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians as the Executive Director in 1994. In addition, he serves as the Executive Director of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition and is a member of the Animal Policy Committee for the National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD, and the Board of Elephant Care International.
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Membership/PR Committee
Chair: Anneliese Strunk, DVM, ABVP (Avian)
Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine
11401 NE 195th Street Bothell, WA 98011
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Pet Hospital of Penasquitos
9888 Carmel Mountain Rd, Ste F
San Diego, CA 92129-2807
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Mount Laurel Animal Hospital
220 Mount Laurel Rd.
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Ph. 856-234-7626
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Piazza Oderico da Pordenone 1
Rome, Italy 00145
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Chair: Nelson Bricker
Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital
7515 Brooklyn Bridge Rd.
Laurel , MD 20707 USA
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Animal House of Chicago
2752 W. Lawrence Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
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Western University of Health Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
309 E. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766-1854
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Animal & Exotic Medical Center
18962 N Dale Mabry Hwy
Lutz, Florida 33548-4964
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Louisiana State University
1823 Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
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Journal Scientific Editor
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Название: Expert PL/SQL Practices: for Oracle Developers and DBAs
Издательство: Apress
Автор: John Beresniewicz, Adrian Billington, Martin Büchi
Год: 2011
Количество страниц: 512
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Язык: English
Expert PL/SQL Practices is a book of collected wisdom on PL/SQL programming from some of the best and the brightest in the field. Each chapter is a deep-dive into a specific problem, technology, or feature set that you'll face as a PL/SQL programmer. Each author has chosen their topic out of the strong belief that what they share can make a positive difference in the quality and scalability of code that you write.
The path to mastery begins with syntax and the mechanics of writing statements to make things happen. If you've reached that point with PL/SQL, then let the authors of Expert PL/SQL Practices show you how to combine syntax and mechanics with features and techniques to really make the language sing. You'll learn to do more with less effort, to write code that scales and performs well, and to eliminate and avoid defects.
These authors are passionate about PL/SQL and the power it places at your disposal. They want you to succeed, to know all that PL/SQL can offer. Let Expert PL/SQL Practices open your eyes to the full power of Oracle's world-class language for the database engine.
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Study of Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in the Near-Well Region Using 47Ca as Tracer
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- Emmanuel Stamatakis (Institute for Energy Technology) | Are Haugan (Inst. for Energy Technology) | C. Chatzichristos (Inst. for Energiteknikk) | Athanassios K. Stubos (NCSR Demokritos) | Jiri Muller (Inst. for Energiteknikk) | Oyvind Dugstad (Inst. for Energy Technology) | Ioannis Palyvos (NTUA - School of Chemical Engineering)
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Calcium carbonate scale formation during flow in porous media was studied using radioactive tracer technology; in a series of calcite scaling experiments in sandpacks, 47Ca was used as a tracer to monitor CaCO3 deposition. In these experiments, the induction time and the distribution of scale deposition were studied as a function of saturation ratio, temperature, flow velocity, the presence of Mg ions, and the type of packing material. The results show that the radiotracer method gives a fast response to scaling events. The technique is applicable for dynamic scaling investigations in any flowing system in porous media and constitutes a valuable tool for further studies of scaling mechanisms involved in processes occurring in a variety of systems (oilfield, geothermal, and desalination).
The formation of mineral scales from produced water/brines in oil/gas wells and pipelines constitutes an old but persistent problem for the oil industry. Lost production, formation damage, and operational problems caused by scale deposits cost hundreds of millions of dollars (U.S.) every year. To date, there is no available method for the prediction of the time of onset for scale deposition and pore blocking in the near-well zone. The only indications of scaling in the field (near-well zone) are the change in the well pressure drop and/or the reduction in concentration of ions, which are prone to precipitate (for instance Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, HCO3-/CO32-, SO42-). However, when this kind of effect starts being recorded, scaling processes have already commenced. In addition, the extent of scaling in the formation around the well is virtually unknown, because only secondary effects can be recorded downhole or/and at the surface. Better understanding of scaling in the porous matrix of a formation is therefore requested.
We have recently developed a new method to study calcium carbonate precipitation in laboratory experiments using the gamma emitting tracer 47Ca (Stamatakis et al. 2005a). The advantage of this method is its high sensitivity for the onset of precipitation (short induction time) and its ability to visualize the scale distribution, which is not readily done with conventional methods. Furthermore, experimental simulation of the scaling potential in porous media (sandpacks) gives new insights of the actual extent of scaling in the formation around the well.
Several tests were carried out to test the method. In that respect, the radiotracer 47Ca is used to study CaCO3 precipitation in sandpack blocking tests.
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Stamatakis, E. et al.: "Validation of RadiotracerTechnology in Dynamic Scaling Experiments in Porous Media," ChemicalEngineering Science (2005) 60, No. 5, 1363.
Stamatakis, E. et al.: "An improved predictivecorrelation for the induction time of CaCO3 scale formation during flow inporous media," J. Colloid and Interface Science (2005) 286, No. 1,7.
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Maybe everyone is getting tired of this "Frankie the pumpkin" thing but hey, it novel to me. I've "put" a witch hat over his shell for Halloween in the past, but I've never spent so much time and effort making one. Certainly none so cute.
Soooo, on that note, he won FIRST Prize at our local Petsmart on I-280. This is the PetSmart he gets to visit on occasion. His prize this time was a $25 gift certificate - hey that will pay for cat food for two months! Yea, Frankie! Finally pulling his own "weight" around here. Two more contests to go -- both national photo contests.
Now the odd thing. I found some old gecko physical records that included some turtle weights. OMG - Frankie is six years old and not seven! The record for Frankie was dated August 12, 2001. It said "1.7 oz, recorded 2 weeks after purchase". Well, we were real close on his August 1st birthday but somewhere between Oklahoma and Alabama, we added a year to his age! So what to do about his current records? Gads! I guess he will be 7 years old for 24 months to get him back on track.
We are having friends over this weekend so I got to go outside and trim Frankie's yard. All turtles will be outside so I got to keep an eye out for their positions. I use a weed whacker rather than a lawn mower mostly because of the irregular levels of the yard.
Also, to note, this blog is close to being viewed 2,800 times - probably in the next day or two. Big achievement for the turtles and me. My goal was to share the experience of caring for my turtles in the hope that others could use examples as ways to and not to raise their turtles. If anyone was amused on the way, I am simply amazed.


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Zero-Day Advisory
Fortinet Discovers Adobe Shockwave Player Vulnerability
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in Adobe Shockwave Player.
SolutionsFortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:
Adobe.Shockwave.Remote.Memory.Corruption (previous name is FG-VD-13-011-Adobe)
Released Mar 20, 2013
Users should apply the solution provided by Adobe.
Additional Information
The vulnerability can be triggered when opening a maliciously crafted dir file which contains a malformed field. It could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.
This vulnerability was discovered by Honggang Ren of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs.


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I'm attempting to write a fugue and I have a question about "proper" fugue form.
When each voice comes in it comes in a fifth higher (or fourth lower) than the previous voice did. By the time I get all the voices in, I've completed the entire circle of fifths!!
Should I put in mini developments that end up a couple spaces back on the circle of fifths? Or should the virtual musicicans just deal with playing all those sharps and flats? Eventually all those sharp additions or flat subtractions will get boring. It always goes the same interval. How do I add more interest? If I do put in mini developments, how do I morph into different keys?
Fugues are HARD!!


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I'm sitting on the porch of my hotel listening to Country & Western music in the middle of the Ugandan jungle. The contrast strikes me as funny. I have this feeling come over me that I'm coming home. Soon. Just a few more things to do before I leave.
Yesterday we drove 4 hours out to western Uganda to visit the Pygmies. A couple of years ago when we visited this area, we sparked a move amongst the churches here to reach out to the lost and bring them into the House of God. I have preached the message that revival depends upon our obedience to the Great Commission, not the other way around. The prophet Joel is very clear that the reason God has cut off His Spirit – the corn, the wine, and the oil – from the house of God is because we have let the harvest of the field perish. Simple. Fix that, and God will restore us.
The pastors here realized that they had oppressed and persecuted the Batwa (Pygmies) because they considered them as sub-human, even to the point of killing them as if they were varmints. All of a sudden, Holy Ghost conviction crushed them to their knees to cry for forgiveness and sent them out to save the lost.
It worked. Pygmies, for the first time in history, began to get saved. It started with a couple of parents and a healing miracle for their son and has grown now to multiple churches here in the forest. I was at one yesterday and watched as 15 more came down to the altar to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.
There is so much more that needs to be done. They are desperate for survival because the government has pulled them out their forest homes and dropped them off in the surrounding villages with a tiny plot of land and some mud huts that are crammed together. They do not have sufficient land to grow food and no skills to make a living, so they are starving. Sickness is rampant among them, but there is no medical clinic anywhere near, so they die in alarming numbers. There is little hope.
What can I do? I purchased a couple big sacks of maize for them, but what happens when that is gone? I tried to buy them some Bibles, but the price out here is $25 each, a price I cannot afford. I will have to wait and get them in Kampala and have them shipped. I am just one little guy with no organization or church supporting me.
A large Baptist church in Waxahachie has said they want to get involved – oh, they feel the burden! They want to come out here and help with this wonderful move of God – but almost a year later, there is not even a single dollar bill or even a whiff of interest in extending themselves past the empty wind of inflated words. What does Proverbs say? "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." Talk is cheap.
I have heard people say that we have enough of our own problems here in the U.S. without sending our money to foreign countries to help those in need there. But I am reminded of Mordecai's chilling words to Queen Esther:
"Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:13-14)
Just as Esther was a type of the church that is insulated behind the palace walls of comfort and prosperity, so we of the Western world would do well not to ignore God's warning to us lest we fall into the trap of Laodicean prosperity of being rich and increased with goods, but not realizing that we are, "…wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked".
America has had a rich history of bringing the Gospel to the entire world. We had set the world on fire at one time, but now there are but glowing embers where once a flame burned with holy zeal. Our restoration, revival, and even our salvation relies not upon our previous laurels and accomplishments, but on a determined zeal to reach out again to the lost and fulfill the Great Commission that God placed upon America to be a light to the world, city on the hill to bring the Gospel to a dark world in these last days just before Jesus returns.
If we miss the time of our calling, enlargement and deliverance for the world will arise from another place, but we will face the judgment of God reserved for the unmerciful.


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Like most national parks, Yosemite National Park receives hundreds of letters per year from park visitors seeking maps, brochures, and information about the park. However, a letter sent to the park about a year ago warranted more attention.
The letter, written by a young girl and Yosemite Junior Ranger, told the story of how she had collected two sticks on her visit to the park the previous summer and took them home.. She went on to say that she knows that nothing should be removed from the park and that she was horrified that she inadvertently took the sticks. She asked that the park return the sticks to nature, which she included in the letter.
Matt Holly works as a public information clerk for Yosemite and posted the letter in the office, which is located in the park administration building in Yosemite Valley. He thought it sent a worthwhile and inspiring message and park employees and visitors would like to see it. A few weeks ago, he thought it would send a good message by posting the letter on the park's Facebook page and on the internet. He contacted Evie's (the author) parents and sought their permission. They, too, liked the idea and authorized Matt to post the letter and a description of the story (her address and last name were omitted, though, for privacy),
The reaction was virtually instantaneous and the post started appearing on websites worldwide. To say it went viral is an understatement. Once websites started picking it up, the park started hearing interest in the story from the news media. Matt, in working with the park's Public Affairs Office, started conducting interviews, and the media interest continued to grow. Matt conducted interviews with CNN, ABC News' Good Morning America, NBC's Today Show, the New York Daily News, and many other media outlets. In addition to the stories that were generated in the interviews, the story has appeared on websites and publications such as NBC News with Brian Williams, MSN.com, ABC news.com, The Huffington Post and local papers throughout the country.
"The most gratifying part of this whole thing is seeing how much the public shares our values and loves our national parks", said Holly. "It's great to see that everybody saw it in the same light as we did and thought it was such a wonderful story".
Matt thought the posting may receive some media attention, but he had no idea how big it would become.
"The reaction from the news media surprised me, and I had no idea it would get so big," he said. "However, based on the letter and what it represented, I'm very happy about all of the media attention."
Matt has been in contact with the girl's parents (they are not doing interviews) and, they, too, are pleased with the coverage. The family is planning a trip up to the park to "reunite the sticks" with nature. Matt is talking with them about joining them on their hike.
In addition to the media attention, the park's Facebook page is receiving a lot of attention. The park initially created the page to provide an official NPS presence in response to the more than 12 Facebook pages purported to represent the park. Users that "like" the official Yosemite page on Facebook receive a variety of park news, conditions, reports, videos, and other relevant updates. Fans can also post questions and comments that the park staff respond to in a timely manner. The recent post about the letter received over 1,100 comments and 7,000 shares, appeared on 1.3 million news feeds, and was clicked on nearly 200,000 times.
The interactive nature of the page and fans' ability to contribute photos, stories and more have helped to grow the pages following from a a handful of park staff and their friends to over 100,000 in two years.


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February 22, 2014.
'Tis the season to get married.
We've had the pleasure of creating a range of different custom engagement rings lately, so we wanted to share a few of them with you.
The best part about bespoke pieces, whatever they may be, is working with the people we make them for.
From the initial meeting, to working through ideas and sketches together, to creating a mock-up design and then finally the finished ring itself, the process is quite an intimate one.
Many of our clients end up becoming our good friends, which is pretty amazing.
It's a bit of a love fest all round and I'm more than OK with that. That's what jewellery is all about…


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Unfortunately, during the past holiday we were unable to film as it had snowed. However, I was still able to research the correct costumes and props to use for the characters. The type of uncomfortable clothing I wanted the protagonist to wear is PJ's (Pyjamas). This is because the storyline is introduced when the protagonist wakes up. She straight away finds herself in a forest, and wearing PJ's in a cold forest is clearly uncomfortable.
I, and my teammates have decided to have pyjamas in the red colour. The pyjamas' red colour will be used as a symbol throughout the film. It symbolises the protagonist's terror and fear, but most importantly, it symbolises blood. The idea of blood will hint to the reader that even though the protagonist is not seen getting killed at the end of the movie, she most likely will. However, nothing is clarified at the end. This technique allows the audience to choose their own ending.
I have found those sort of red pyjamas for the protagonist to wear. The silk fabric symbolises the girl's sensitivity (since silk is very soft and can easily get ripped in such an environment).
Our film very much follows the steps of The Hero's Journey at the start. The hero(ine) starts by waking up from a bad dream. She then finds sweets on the floor which is her call to adventure. She follows the sweets to find herself suddenly in a forest. Withal, our film is not like an original Hero's journey. The heroine in our film returns to where she started, however, she is yet haunted by that creature, and is yet the vulnerably character.
Our script has changed to a whole different story.
Those are two different drafts of the script which were written primarily by Sandeep Kaur and Shane Khan. This was called The Misunderstanding
The Misunderstanding draft
We then changed a lot of the storyline, so we decided to give it a new title considering how different it is.
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With over 20,000 works (by ICAIC alone), Cuban film posters became an extraordinary heritage of imagination and creative skill
Ever since moving pictures were first brought to Havana in 1897 by Gabriel Veyre, French filmmaker and emissary of the Lumière Brothers, there has always been a real passion for watching movies on this island. At first, people were dazzled by the tremendous magic of those silent shorts; then, by the first attempts to tell stories on celluloid. Soon, there was an avalanche of films made in Hollywood and a great deal of Mexican and Argentine productions. Having reached maturity, when the people were well-read and open to the world, we eagerly filled the darkened movie theatres to watch our own films and the best of world cinema. Thus, since 1978, Havana is headline news every December when the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema becomes a grand event for the public. The rest of the year, we would go during the weekend to watch the movies that had been released on Thursday. Especially on Saturdays, we would go to the movies and then have a drink, walk, sit on the Malecón. But it was always about the movies.
Latin Americans, who are so emotional and idealistic, live intensely the stories they watch on the screen. Some people make comments out loud about the film's plot and most of them do not even refrain from concealing their fright, laughter or anger at what they are watching, turning the theatre into a promiscuous place. Surrounded by strangers, we share our emotions candidly. Two hours of someone else's joys and sorrows but lived as our own. Pipe dreams that the cinema brings us when we let ourselves be carried away to other places and times, to other worlds.
The "heralds" of those pipe dreams born in darkened theatres have always been posters. Although both technique and aesthetics have changed, their role remains unchanged: to lure passersby into going in and watching the movie. In the past, posters were exhibited along with stills displayed behind glass, embellishments that took up the front of the theatre for premieres, and press announcements. Barely more. This was all aimed at gaining public attention and ensuring the production of the "merchandise." Posters were a sales tool and their creators were part of the essential commercial makeup.
During the second half of a century of posters—it had kicked off with La Manigua or La mujer cubana (the oldest remaining poster of unidentified author, 1915)—their role took on a different slant following the educational and cultural transformation of the Revolution in power. The creation of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) in 1959 broadened the scope and provided maximum coherence to a production, distribution and promotion policy that conceived cinema not as a business but as an art. The change—easier said than done—for poster art faced significant challenges, detractors and partial setbacks, until it embraced Edmundo Desnoes' definition from a 1969 article: "Poster art by ICAIC is both information and an aesthetic explosion."
In the necessary balance between communicative function and aesthetically qualified expression, over the past 60 years, Cuban film posters (the so-called ICAIC posters) have reached their greatest splendor.
"The most important change in ICAIC posters took place around 1964: symbols replaced human figures; the film was indirectly made reference to through graphics. Cuban designers gradually began to get rid of paintings and illustrations to enter into the specific field of graphic design posters, to think in terms of posters and not of oil paintings or drawings. 'Harakiri' (by Reboiro), a red spot, following the abdominal cuts of the Japanese ritual suicide on the white background of the poster, gives us, all at once and as a result of the magnification of the detail, the whole. A pistol, together with a clock, can become a symbol of time and death. A flower is love, a colored ball a child" (E. Desnoes: "Posters in Revolutionary Cuba," in Casa de las Américas, Havana, No. 51-52, 1969).
Posters—"the art of Revolution" according to Susan Sontag—became, along with documentary photography, the hyper-disseminated image of a society in permanent transformation. And within poster art, film posters were for a long time a vanguard of extraordinary quality and diversity. For Antonio García Rayo, "Poster designers…were undoubtedly free artists or craftsmen, abandoned to their inventiveness, to their creativity….This is one of the great successes of Cuban film posters: in having put their money on forms and reflections that make them unique, at least in terms of the cinematographic message and poetic veneer" (Prologue to the book El cartel de cine cubano [Cuban Film Posters], Editorial El Gran Caid, Madrid, 2004).
With over 20,000 works (by ICAIC alone), Cuban film posters became an extraordinary heritage of imagination and creative skill, as well as commitment to the same form of reproduction: screen printing on 51 x 76 cm paper. This technique, which was incorporated into film advertisement in Cuba by Eladio Rivadulla around 1940, continues to give our posters a mark of distinction. In a completely manual and almost archaic way, posters have continued to be printed at the same workshop for more than 60 years, and new designers come to that site as pilgrims to a sanctuary. A powerful force that stems from true respect, makes today's young poster designers followers of the tradition.
The most illustrious forerunners, which are many and of wide-ranging worth, are headed by five magnificent poster designers: Eduardo Muñoz Bachs, Antonio Fernández Reboiro, René Azcuy, Antonio "Ñiko" Pérez and Alfredo Rostgaard. Together, they are responsible for many of the jewels of our Cuban film posters, each one of them with an unmistakable style. It is safe to say that every Cuban has a poster by any of these designers in their emotional memory—posters were always exhibited in the streets, and we made them enter our homes and offices to decorate our walls.
Cuban cinema today has other designers with proven talent, although less known. Moreover, both the city's movie theaters and audiences have dwindled, while showings in private spaces—a widespread and irreversible trend in the world in our day—are not accompanied by posters, it has other heralds. The Cuban economy will have to grow a great deal to allow the country to foster a love for the darkened theater by bringing it closer to the viewer with modern, dynamic facilities. Nevertheless, we are still film lovers. So why give up, and be content only with our pride in this wonderful past? By preserving our valuable poster heritage and preventing their decline, current and future Cuban designers will continue to be inspired by what a critic of the stature of Steven Heller has said: "[The posters] are so conceptually stunning it is hard to believe they are advertising films. Movie posters are typically mired in clichéd imagery that unimaginative marketers believe will pique an audience's interest. These Cuban film posters could never have been market tested or run through the typical approval wringer. If so, they would never look like this. Their very existence raises the question: Why are these Cuban posters so visually inventive?… And what a model of excellence these posters are for all to see—maybe even someone in Hollywood USA. Maybe someday, they'll catch up with Cuban film posters" (Introduction to the book Soy Cuba: Cuban Cinema Posters from After the Revolution, by Carole Goodman and Claudio Sotolongo, Trilce Ediciones, Mexico City, 2011). ▪


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