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o-Phenylenediamine
o-Phenylenediamine Basic information
1,2-Diaminobenzene, 1,2-Phenylenediamine, o-Phenylenediamine, OPD
1,2-Diaminobenzene, 1,2-Phenylenediamine, OPD
1,2-Diaminobenzene, o-Phenylenediamine, OPD
1,2-Fenylendiamin
benzene,1,2-diamino-
benzene-1,2-diamine
diamino-1,2benzene
C6H8N2
MW:
Intermediates & Fine Chemicals
Chemical Synthesis
Derivatization agents
Luminescent Compounds/Detection
Nitrogen Compounds
VARIOUSAMINE
1,2-Benzenediamine
Mol File:
95-54-5.mol
o-Phenylenediamine Chemical Properties
99-102 °C
256-258 °C(lit.)
1,27 g/cm3
vapor density
3.7 (vs air)
vapor pressure
0.01 mm Hg ( 25 °C)
1.6339 (estimate)
storage temp.
2-8°C
H2O: 1 tablet/10 mL, clear, colorless
4.46(at 25℃)
Colour Index
7-8 (50g/l, H2O, 20℃)
PH Range
Green Q uorescence (3.1) to nonQ uorescence (4.4)
explosive limit
1.5%(V)
<0.1 g/100 mL at 20 ºC
Air & Light Sensitive
TLV-TWA 0.1 mg/m3; carcinogenicity: A2- Suspected Human Carcinogen (ACGIH 1989).
Stable. Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents.
Major Application
bottom antireflective coatings, semiconductor devices, hair dyes, detecting antibody, substrate for horseantibody, glucose, streptomycin, penicillin, sulfonamide, neuroglobin, substrate for horseradish peroxidase
CAS DataBase Reference
95-54-5(CAS DataBase Reference)
2B (Vol. 123) 2020
NIST Chemistry Reference
1,2-Benzenediamine(95-54-5)
EPA Substance Registry System
1,2-Phenylenediamine (95-54-5)
Hazard Codes
T,N
Risk Statements
20/21-25-36-40-43-50/53-68
28-36/37-45-60-61-1/2
RIDADR
UN 1673 6.1/PG 3
WGK Germany
RTECS
Autoignition Temperature
HazardClass
PackingGroup
Hazardous Substances Data
95-54-5(Hazardous Substances Data)
LD50 in rats (mg/kg): 1070 orally; 516 i.p., C. Burnett et al., J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 2, 657 (1977)
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o-Phenylenediamine Usage And Synthesis
Phenylenediamine
Phenylenediamine is the simplest aromatic diamine. There are three isomers, namely o-phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine and p-phenylenediamine.
p-Phenylenediamine appears as a colorless crystal, being quickly oxidized in the air into black. It has a boiling point of 267 °C. It is soluble in water, ethanol and ether. It can be used as raw materials or intermediates of dyes, vulcanization accelerators for rubber, developers for the photographic industry, fur dyes and hair dyes. People in frequent contact include usually dyeing hair workers, hairdressers and regular hair coloring patients. It can enter the body through the skin, being oxidized intermediates with different degrees of sensitization, being able to cause eczema-like or moss-like dermatitis, appearing mostly in the face, neck and forearm and other skin folds. For example, mouth, eye and nose and other parts are easy to be damaged. People inhalation of its dust can obtain bronchial asthma. The symptoms of oral poisoning are similar as aniline poisoning, being mainly subject to symptomatic treatment.
O-phenylenediamine is also known as 1, 2-diaminobenzene, 1, 2-phenylenediamine. Substance precipitated from the water appears as white to pale yellow leaf-like crystals while product precipitated from chloroform appears as prism-like crystals. Its color is easy to change upon exposure to air, from white to yellow, brown, purple, and finally into black. It has a relative density of 1.2698, the melting point of 103 °C to 104 °C, the boiling point of 256~258 °C. It is slightly soluble in cold water (35 °C 4.15), being easily soluble in hot water (81 °C, 733), ethanol, ether, chloroform and benzene. Its reaction with inorganic acid can lead to the formation of water-soluble salts; its aqueous solution can react with carbon disulfide to generate 2-mercapto-benzimidazole; under pressure, it can react with carbon dioxide reaction to generate benzimidazolone. This product is toxic with inhalation causing visual disturbances. Its contact with the skin can cause inflammation with entering into the eyes being able to cause inflammation as well. Rat oral LD50: 1070mg/kg.
M-phenylenediamine appears as a rhombic crystal, being quickly oxidized to brown color in the air. Its proportion is 1.139 with the melting point of 62.8 °C and the boiling point of 284 °C. It can be dissolved in water, alcohols, and ketones and so on. It can be used in the dye chemical industry, and as a curing agent for plastics. It can also enter into the human body via the respiratory tract, skin and gastrointestinal tract. Acute poisoning can cause methemoglobinemia, and liver damage and hemolytic anemia.
Figure 1 is the chemical structure of three isomers of phenylenediamine: o-phenylenediamine, m-phenylenediamine, p-phenylenediamine.
O-phenylenediamine has active chemical properties, being able to have condensation reaction with acid, aldehydes, ketones and other compounds, generating heterocyclic compounds; it can also have oxidation, condensation, substitution and diazotization reaction.
Figure 2 is o-phenylenediamine oxidation.
Figure 3 is o-phenylenediamine condensation reaction.
The main purpose and role of phenylenediamine
Phenylenediamine is used as a fluorescent indicator and chromatographic analysis reagent. It is used for the identification of copper, gold, iron, magnesium, vanadium, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and chromic oxide, etc., and manufacturing azo dyes, fur dyeing and photographic materials. , Printing and dyeing industry.
(1) o-phenylenediamine is mainly used in the manufacture of pesticides fungicides (carbendazim, benomyl, thiophanate-methyl, Thiabendazole), reducing dyes (reduction Yellow 6GD, reduction brilliant orange GR), cationic dye (Cationic brilliant yellow 10GFF), polymer stabilizer (2-mercaptobenzimidazole), heterocyclic compounds (benzimidazole and quinoxaline), photographic materials, surfactants, antifreeze, copper anticorrosive. It is one of the components of the hair dye formulation and is one of the organic reagents commonly used in analytical chemistry to identify 1, 2-diesters, carboxylic acids and aldehydes.
(2) m-phenylenediamine is mainly used in the manufacture of dyes, such as direct fast black RN, and used as fur dyes, azo and diazine dye intermediates, the determination of nitrite, but also for ion exchange resins, block copolymer and photographic; for textile dyes, laboratory reagents, curing agents, corrosion inhibitors. Also used as a curing agent for epoxy resin and cement accelerator and so on.
(3) p-phenylenediamine is mainly used in the manufacture of dyes, being also used for the synthesis of azo dyes disperse dyes, acid dyes, direct dyes, sulfur dyes, fur dyes (fur D). It can also be used for cosmetics Hair dye, also used in the preparation of rubber antioxidant ("anti-aging agent DNP", "anti-aging agent DOP", "anti-aging agent DBP") and the production of developing agents.
O-phenylenediamine has moderate toxicity, often due to inhalation of dust or skin absorption caused by poisoning (the latter phenomenon mostly). Inhalation of dust can cause rhinitis, bronchitis, frequent fever, causing unique asthma and vagal nervous tension caused by the tracheal inflammation, can cause severe acute eczema and eczema. M-phenylenediamine can cause methemoglobin changes, while the p-phenylenediamine can cause bronchial asthma, allergic dermatitis.
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1. It can be used as a cationic dye intermediates, being the main raw material of pesticides, carbendazim and other fungicides.
2. It can be used as analytical reagent, fluorescent indicator, also used in organic and dye synthesis. It can be used as pesticides, pharmaceuticals and dyes intermediates
3. As a pesticide intermediates, dye intermediates
phenylenediamine is the intermediate of fungicide carbendazim, methyl thiophanate, and thiabendazole, but also insecticides quinalphos intermediates. In addition, it can also used as an important intermediate of dye industry.
4. The goods are intermediates of dyes, pesticides, additives and photographic materials. Itself is the dye fur yellow brown M. It can be used in the manufacture of polyamide, polyurethane, fungicides carbendazim and thiophanate, reduction scarlet GG, leveling agent, antioxidant MB, also used in the preparation of the developer, surfactant and so on.
5. It can be used as intermediates of chemical raw materials, pesticides and dyes.
Production method
Take o-nitroaniline as raw materials, use sodium sulfide reduction or catalytic hydrogenation for reduction of o-phenylenediamine. Addition of 21% sodium sulfide solution and o-nitroaniline into the reducing pot, raising the temperature to 90 °C, close and raise the temperature to 105-110 °C and increase the pressure to 0.1-0.2 MPa, stirring and reducing for 5 h, cooling to below 40 °C, filter. The filter cake is heated and melted, vacuum distillation, collecting the fraction in 140-210 °C (7.89kPa), namely o-phenylenediamine with the yield of 70-80%. The hydrogenation process should proceed in the autoclave with the reaction temperature of 95-105 °C with the pressure of about 2MPa. It should be subject to hydrogenation reaction under the action of nickel catalyst for about 1h until the hydrogen pressure does not decline. The yield of o-phenylenediamine was above 97%.
There are several preparation methods as follows.
O-Nitroaniline and Sodium Sulfide Reduction
Its reaction with o-nitroaniline and sodium sulfide solution at a pressure of 98 to 196 kPa and a reaction temperature of 105 to 110 ° C, being also carried out at a reaction temperature of 120 to 130 °C under atmospheric pressure for 3 to 4 hours to obtain o-benzenediamine amine.
O-nitroaniline: hydrogenation reduction method
Use o-nitroaniline as the raw material and Raney nickel as the catalyst, the reaction temperature was raised from 95 to 105 ° C in the autoclave, and the product was obtained by stirring at 1.960 MPa under continuous pressure of hydrogen gas until the pressure did not drop.
For the above two preparation methods, the sodium sulfide reduction method can obtain the product of high purity with relative mature process. There are more factories in the domestic production of o-phenylenediamine. But the method has poor labor protection conditions with much wastewater. There are still some problems in the catalytic hydrogenation with industrialization needs to be further improved. In addition, there is also o-dichlorobenzene ammonia solution, there are more units have been studied, but not yet industrialized.
It appears as colorless monoclinic crystal with air and sunlight in the darker. It is slightly soluble in cold water, being more soluble in hot water, soluble in alcohol, ether and chloroform.
Hazards & Safety Information
Category Toxic substances
Toxicity classification highly toxic
Acute toxicity Oral-Rat LD50: 1070 mg/kg; Oral-mouse LD50: 366 mg/kg
Flammability hazardous characteristics it is flammable with heating releasing toxic aniline gases
Storage and transportation characteristics Treasury: ventilated, low-temperature and dry; store it separately from food raw materials for storage and transportation
Fire extinguishing agent mist water, carbon dioxide, sand
White to off white solid
o-Phenylenediamine is a white to brownish crystalline substance that turns red upon exposure to air.
m-Phenylenediamine is used in the manu facture of a variety of dyes, in hair dyeformulations, as a rubber curing agent, inpetroleum additives, as a photographic developing agent, and as an analytical reagent.
o-Phenylenediamine is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes, pigments, andfungicides. It is also used in hair dye formulation, as a photographic developing agent,and in organic synthesis.
o-Phenylenediamine is an amino substituted benzene used in the manufacture of dyes. Potential use in sensitive immunosensor for cancer biomarker.Environmental toxin on US EPA Toxic Release Inventory list (TRI) list.
It is actively involved in the preparation of pharmaceuticals by reacting substituted o-phenylenediamine with various diketones.
Manufacture of dyes.
ChEBI: A phenylenediamine in which the two amino groups are ortho to each other.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 2, p. 501, 1943
Synthetic Communications, 25, p. 4025, 1995 DOI: 10.1080/00397919508011478
Colorless monoclinic crystals if pure; technical grade brownish-yellow crystals or a sandy brown solid. Used in manufacture of dyes, photography, organic synthesis.
Soluble in water [Hawley]. Melting point 219 F. Flash point 277 F. Toxic by skin absorption, inhalation or ingestion. Even as a solid will spot downwind area brown/purple (Roger Patrick, DuPont Engineer).
o-Phenylenediamine a weak aromatic amine base neutralizes acids in exothermic reactions to form salts. May be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Darkens on exposure to air (Roger Patrick, DuPont Engineer).
The toxic effects of m-phenylenediamineare similar to its ortho- and para-isomers.The toxic symptoms were tremor, excite ment, convulsions, and cyanosis, and col lapse at fatal dose. Other symptoms includeddecreased blood pressure and pulse rate.Chronic toxic effects resulting from the oralapplication of an aqueous solution of thiscompound were increase in liver and to alesser extent, kidney weights. No carcinogenicity was observed in test animals. Thecompound was excreted rapidly, unchanged.
LD50 value, oral (rats): 650 mg/kg.
Flash point data for o-Phenylenediamine are not available. o-Phenylenediamine is probably combustible.
Confirmed carcinogen. Poison by ingestion and intraperitoneal routes. Moderately toxic by subcutaneous route. Mildly toxic by skin contact. Mutation data reported. A pesticide and pharmaceutical. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx. See also other phenylenediamine entries and AMINES
Potential Exposure
Used as an intermediate in the making of dyes; pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and rubber chemicals; in making fungicides and other chemicals; in photographic and analytical procedures and processes
o-PDA (dihydrochloride) induced hepatocellular carcinomas during an 18-month feeding study in male Charles River CD rats given diets containing 2000 or 4000 ppm of the chemical (female rats not used in this study). No significant carcinogenic effects were observed in male and female CD-1 mice given higher doses (6872 or 13,743 ppm) of the compound.
UN1673 Phenylenediamines (o-, m-, p-), Hazard Class: 6.1; Labels: 6.1-Poisonous materials.
Purification Methods
Crystallise the diamine from aqueous 1% sodium hydrosulfite (charcoal), wash it with ice-water and dry it in a vacuum desiccator, or sublime it in vacuo. It has been purified by recrystallisation from toluene and zone refined [Anson et al. J Am Chem Soc 108 6593 1986]. Purification by refluxing a CH2Cl2 solution containing charcoal is also carried out followed by evaporation and recrystallisation [Koola & Kochi J Org Chem 52 4545 1987], protect from light. The acetate has m 186o. [Beilstein 13 IV 38.]
Incompatibilities
Dust may form explosive mixture with air. Incompatible with oxidizers (chlorates, nitrates, peroxides, permanganates, perchlorates, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, etc.); contact may cause fires or explosions. Keep away from alkaline materials, strong bases, strong acids, oxoacids, epoxides, acid chlorides; acid anhydrides; chloroformates. Heat and light contribute to instability. Keep away from metals; 1,2-PHENYLENEDIAMINE a weak aromatic amine base neutralizes acids in exothermic reactions to form salts. May be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Darkens on exposure to air (Roger Patrick, DuPont Engineer).
Controlled incineration whereby oxides of nitrogen are removed from the effluent gas by scrubber, catalytic or thermal device.
o-Phenylenediamine Preparation Products And Raw materials
TriethylamineSodium sulfide1,2-Dichlorobenzene2-NitrochlorobenzeneSODIUM SULPHIDE HYDRATE2-Nitroaniline
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The Lohar family has turned to crowdfunding to find a way to gather the required amount for the cost of treatment and bone marrow surgery.
Thalassemia Major is a rare blood disorder in which the body doesn't produce enough oxygen producing protein.
While speaking to My Medical Mantra, Manisha Lohar, Prathamesh's mother, informed, "His long battle started when he was just five months old. After weeks of prolonged illness, medicines, and numerous tests, we were told about his disease.
She added, "The doctors told us that our son can fight this disease. There are two options- either regular blood transfusion as a temporary solution or a bone marrow transplant as a permanent cure."
After every 15 days, Prathamesh had to undergo a blood transfusion.
A few days ago when Prathmesh's health started declining, we took him to the doctor to know why has his health deteriorated
But now, the blood transfusions have stopped working. As a permanent cure, he needs a bone marrow transplant which will cost Rs 9 lakh.
He was admitted at CIMS Hospital in Aurangabad on October 14. The bone marrow transplant surgery is scheduled for November 02.
"The doctors asked us to get the donor tests and after a few preliminary tests, Harshita was found the perfect match. But we can still not go ahead with the transplant because of lack of funds," said Manisha.
Prathamesh's father, Shrikant's is no longer has a stable source of income. Earlier his salary was Rs 10,000. But five months ago, the company where he worked at closed down.
They wondered how to raise money for their son's treatment. They eventually turned to crowdfunding for his treatment.
They are currently living at the house of Manisha's parents. Prathmesh is a bright boy and he is studying in the 7th standard.
Manisha further said, "He is under treatment and the pre-operational tests have been done. In total, we have to raise 12 to 15 lakhs. This will include the cost of the surgery and the post-operative costs. It is my humble request to you that please contribute whatever you can. Even the smallest contribution you make can play a big role in saving my son's life. There is no way where we can raise the requisite amount. Your help can give a new life to our son."
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Q: How is this angle measured in the triangle? I am reading George Polya's "How to Solve It". I cannot understand how he is getting to certain solutions. Like the one from the chapter of "Auxiliary Solution". Given the image below:

Let the angle at vertex $A$ be called $\alpha$. Polya says by looking at the diagram and the isoceles triangles $\triangle{ACE}$ and $\triangle{ABD}$ we can deduce that $\angle{DAE} = \frac{\alpha}{2} + 90°$.
I just don't understand how that is possible. All I can figure out is that $\angle{CAE} = \angle{CEA}$ and $\angle{BAD} = \angle{BDA}$, since they are both isoceles. But where will I get $90°$ from?
Am I missing some important theorem in geometry?

A: $$\angle DAE = \angle EAC + \angle DAB + \alpha$$
$$= \frac{180°-\angle ACE}{2}+\frac{180°-\angle ABD}{2}+\alpha$$
$$=\frac{\angle ACB+\angle ABC}{2}+\alpha$$
$$=\frac{180°-\alpha}{2}+\alpha$$
$$=90°+\frac{\alpha}{2}$$

A: Exterior angle of triangle = sum of 2 interior opposite angles
$$
\angle ACB = 2 \angle EAC \\
\angle ABC = 2 \angle DAB \\
$$
$$
\Rightarrow \angle EAC + \angle DAB = 0.5(\angle ACB + \angle ABC) = 0.5(180-\alpha)
$$
$$
\angle DAE = 90-0.5\alpha + \alpha
$$

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GNPS, Punjabi Bagh was established under the 'Right to Freedom of Religion" (Articles 25-28) which allows various minorities to establish Educational Institutions for the spread of their own religion. Hence an important pillar of the education followed here is to encourage the strengthening of values and ethos of Sikhism. At the same time every effort is made to spread awareness about the basics of all other religions too.
*ANNUAL INTER SCHOOL GURBANI RECITATION PROGRAM provides a forum for the children of a large number of schools to sing Raga based Gurbani and incorporate GURU NANAK DEV JI'S teachings and principles in their lives.
*Celebration of GURU NANAK DEV JI'S PRAKASH PARV with devotion and enthusiasm. Children are encouraged to participate in the programme and winners of Divinity are felicitated on the occasion.
* In the Morning Assembly gurbani is recited in rotation by students of different classes. Ardaas too is rendered by the students.
*Our students participate in a number of INTER SCOOL GURBANI RECITATION COMPETITIONS and win medals and awards.
*A prominent place is given to the ARDAAS RENDITION in the INTER HOUSE COMPETITIONS.
* TURBAN TYING COMPETITION takes place in the school and our students are encouraged to participate in this competition held in other organizations also.
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Chryssa, de son nom complet Chrýssa Vardéa-Mavromicháli (), née le  à Athènes et morte le  dans cette ville, est une artiste américano-grecque principalement connue pour ses sculptures de néon.

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Née à Athènes, Chryssa Mavromichali commença à peindre dès son adolescence. Elle partit étudier à l'Académie de la Grande-Chaumière à Paris en 1953 avant de rejoindre le San Francisco Art Institute l'année suivante. Elle obtint la nationalité américaine en 1955. Elle s'installa définitivement à New York en 1957.

Sa première exposition solo eut lieu au musée Solomon R. Guggenheim en 1961 ; elle exposa seule encore à l'Institute of Contemporary Art (Philadelphie) en 1965, au Whitney Museum of American Art en 1972 ou au musée d'Art moderne de Paris en 1979.

Elle participa à la documenta 4 (1968) et à la documenta 6 (1977) ainsi qu'à la Biennale de Venise (1972).

À Athènes, ses œuvres décorent notamment le Palais de la musique et la station Evangelismós du métro d'Athènes.

En 1972, elle est incluse dans , un collage féministe de Mary Beth Edelson.

Chryssa vit un temps en couple avec l'artiste Agnès Martin.

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Everything you missed while you watched that MANDALORIAN trailer for the eleventh time.
While all eyes were on D23 this weekend, The Suicide Squad picked up two new cast members and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie was announced with its first teaser. In this edition of Studio Coffee Run, you may notice the absence of that aforementioned Disney conference – there was so dang much that we gave all of that news its own article with a few choice pieces worthy of separate posts all their own. That being said, we'll be looking solely at the studios and producers brave enough to drop press releases in a weekend smothered by America's cutest conglomerate. We've got an Uncharted movie update, a greenlight on the next movie from Chris Peckover and the angriest still of Russell Crowe the world has ever seen.
First, a pair of headlines you'll want to keep an eye on.
Brothers Greg Schaffer (That '70s Show) and Jeff Schaffer (Curb Your Enthusiasm) have lined up a Netflix comedy series called Brews Brothers. Having signed for an initial eight episodes, Greg will handle writing and showrunning. He'll also executive produce with his brother. For now, the cast consists of Alan Aisenberg, Mike Castle, Carmen Flood and Marques Ray. Aisenberg and Castle will play the titular brothers who, despite big personality differences, find themselves running a brewery together.
James Wan, meanwhile, has lined up another lead for his next horror film, an idea which Ingrid Bisu helped him create. Variety announced exclusively that British actor George Young is now joining Annabelle Wallis in what's tentatively being called Silvercup. Wan and his team are staying tight-lipped for the time being, opting not to give away any plot details.
American Horror Story: 1984 has launched its first trailer. The Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk produced anthology series is on its *checks notes, adjusts glasses* ninth season. It premieres on September 18 on FX – and you can check out the trailer for yourself right here.
A Breaking Bad movie went through a complete production period without us knowing – and now it has a teaser trailer
Right under our noses, the Breaking Bad movie has finished production and dropped its first trailer. Netflix's El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie will be a direct sequel to the original binge-worthy TV show, starring Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman. Based on what we can gather from the short teaser, Jesse is on the run after breaking out of a Nazi compound. Here's a short official descriptor from Netflix: "In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future."
El Camino is written and directed by series creator Vince Gilligan, although that's about all the news we can confirm. Aside from Paul, the only other cast member who's been announced is Charles Baker as Skinny Pete – and that's only because he's being interrogated in the teaser. The entire production of the film has flown totally under the radar. Its existence only became public a few days ago, and it's more than likely a finished product based on its October 11 premiere date. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie will ll hit Netflix first, followed by an eventual TV premiere on its old stomping grounds, AMC.
Natalie Portman's Lucy in the Sky lands with a new trailer
Lucy in the Sky, a surreal drama starring Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm dropped a new trailer on Monday. Portman plays an astronaut, Lucy, who becomes obsessed with returning to space. Having seen how small she is in the grand scheme of the universe, her reality begins to falter; hence the Beatles reference.
Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo) directs and shares writing credits with Brian C Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi. Portman and Hamm are joined by Dan Stevens, Zazie Beetz, Pearl Amanda Dickson and Ellen Burstyn. Thankfully, there won't be too much of a wait, as the film is hopeful to release sometime this year.
The director of the Uncharted movie bows out and Sony looks for someone to fill the void
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Dan Trachtenberg has announced that he's bowing out as director of the upcoming Uncharted movie, leaving star Tom Holland in another sticky situation. The crew is already holding meetings to fill the role. Based on the eponymous PlayStation games following the treasure hunter Nathan Drake and his adventures, this adaptation will turn back the clock, exploring Drake's youth and the decision that brought him where he is now.
Uncharted, like the games, is a Sony production. Reports imply that this could be the first feature of Sony PlayStation Production, which was established just a year ago with Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan attached. If Sony hopes to turn more of its video games into silver screen productions, it's picked a good starting point. The Uncharted series is known for its cinematic cutscenes and gameplay, along with an enthralling story and lovable characters. In a few years we could be seeing film adaptations of other PlayStation epics like God of War, The Last of Us – maybe even a Spider-Man movie! Oh, wait.
Limbo is the next horror movie from Matthew Jennison and Chris Peckover
Matthew Jennison and Chris Peckover, the team that brought us Better Watch Out, are now set to develop the horror/thriller movie, Limbo. Miramax, Barnyard Projects and Snoot Entertainment are all attached to the project, with Peckover directing.
Limbo follows a young mother as she does a Freaky Friday with an evil spirit; a poltergeist is in control of her body while she's left disembodied and stuck in her house. Of course, the spirit is out for blood and it's up to this mother to protect her family and figure out how to regain control of herself.
"We are witnessing a renaissance of quality horror films at the moment," Miramax's Bill Block explains, "it's a genre that continues to captivate global audiences. Having a smart script with a big idea and some fierce partners in Tim Palen, Snoot Entertainment and a fresh voice in Chris Peckover – Limbo is something we're really excited about."
Production for this new venture begins in January.
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad adds two more to its cast
The newest members of THE SUICIDE SQUAD. Photos by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad cast has expanded by two this weekend, thanks to a pair of Deadline exclusives. On Friday, it was announced that Steve Agee will be lending his voice talents to King-Shark, the anthropomorphic villain who first appeared in the pages of a Superboy comic from 1994. Agee is no stranger to superhero flicks, or James Gunn movies, as Marvel fans will recognize him as Gef from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and as EJ in Brightburn. When it comes to voice acting, he's established his talent on popular shows like Adventure Time and, more recently, Netflix's Twelve Forever.
The second casting news is especially exciting for Firefly fans – the show, not the villain – as Nathan Fillion joins Suicide Squad in an as of yet unannounced role. It's not his first time working with Gunn either. Fillion appears in 2006's Slither, 2010's Super and as an inmate in Guardians of the Galaxy. He's also lent his voice talents to several projects in the DC animated universe as the Green Lantern in Reign of the Superman and Justice League: Doom.
Returning cast members include Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Viola Davis (Amanda Waller), Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) and Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag) while Idris Elba, David Dastmalchian (Polka-Dot Man), Daniela Melchior (Ratcatcher) and Flula Borg all join as newcomers to the Suicide Squad sequel.
Russell Crowe is Unhinged in this first look at his upcoming movie
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If you've been in a vehicle with someone mutated by road rage, or been victimized by it yourself, this first look at Unhinged will resonate with you. The first Solstice Studios film to go into production, this flick was first announced at Cannes, back in May. It features the brooding Russell Crowe alongside Caren Pistorius and Jimmi Simpson.
Unhinged is a thriller that begins with a woman (Pistorius) honking her car horn at the angriest man alive, played by Crowe. If that sounds a bit too pedestrian, look no farther than the official description: "'Road rage' doesn't begin to describe what he's about to do to her and everyone she knows."
Filmed in New Orleans, Unhinged wrapped production this weekend and is shooting for a third quarter 2020 release date. It's directed by Derrick Borte, written by Carl Ellsworth and produced by Lisa Ellzey.
That's all for this weekend! Go forth with your entertainment knowledge and use it to remain cool under commute pressure. Don't be Russell Crowe in Unhinged; be Charles Baker in El Camino. Or else Nazis will force you to cook drugs? Let's see if Edward Douglas can come up with a better closer on Friday's Studio Coffee Run.
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Nicole conceived naturally after going through chemotherapy, radiotherapy and repeated surgeries.
Little Emilia Porterfield is too young to know the joy she has brought to her mum's life.
And she may never know the hope she will bring to thousands of other young women with breast cancer who want to become mothers.
Against all the odds, the seven-week-old girl was conceived naturally after mum Nicole, diagnosed with cancer at 26, went through chemotherapy, radiotherapy and repeated surgeries including a double mastectomy.
Nicole and her husband Dave, from Edinburgh, were told it would be difficult for them to become parents so had even gone through fertility treatment before her chemotherapy, producing six embryos.
But just a few weeks after coming off the drug Tamoxifen, which prevents further cancer cells from growing, Nicole discovered she was pregnant.
Despite her medical history, the first-time mum had a stress-free pregnancy and Emilia Violet was born on November 12, weighing 7lb 7oz. Nicole, 31, said: "We were quite relaxed throughout my pregnancy and I was very lucky that I didn't even feel too tired or sick.
"My midwives wanted to keep a close eye on me because of everything I had been through but the scans I needed to have this time around were for a happy reason.
Nicole, an events officer at Edinburgh Napier University, was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2012 after finding a small lump.
Her GP told her that because of her age and with no family history of the disease, the lump was unlikely to be breast cancer but he referred her to hospital for tests. Nicole said: "When I was first told I had cancer, I don't remember much being said about fertility issues but, by the time it had been decided I needed chemotherapy and radiotherapy, I was told the treatment could leave me infertile.
Nicole, who appeared as a model in the Breast Cancer Care Scotland Fashion Show in 2014, turned to the charity's website for advice and support relating to fertility and pregnancy after diagnosis.
She said: "At the time of my diagnosis, we were planning our wedding and suddenly we went from making what we thought were important decisions over picking table decorations to deciding whether or not I should have fertility treatment, what kind and even what would happen to any eggs or embryos we had frozen if something bad happened to Dave or me.
"It was a lot to get our heads around but eventually we decided to go ahead with fertility treatment in case, five years down the line, we found out we couldn't have kids.
Nicole started her chemotherapy on Valentine's Day 2013. It was followed by radiotherapy and she was put on Tamoxifen for what she was told would be the next five to 10 years. A year on from starting treatment, on February 22, 2014, she married bar manager Dave.
Shortly after their wedding, tests revealed Nicole had a positive result for a fault in her BRCA2 gene, meaning she ran an increased risk of her breast cancer returning.
In 2015, she underwent a double mastectomy with reconstruction, to dramatically reduce her risk of further disease. She also spoke to her medical team about starting a family.
Nicole said: "I had my mastectomy in April 2015 but I needed three further operations to do with reconstruction, with the final surgery in June 2016.
"Once those operations were out of the way, I spoke to my consultant about coming off Tamoxifen, which I didn't want to be taking if we were trying for a baby. We were told the drug should be out of my system within eight weeks.
"We had prepared ourselves that we might not face the easiest of journeys to become parents but, in the end, everything went very smoothly. We know not everyone is so lucky but I hope our story helps to give hope to other younger women about to start treatment for breast cancer who might be worried about their future fertility.
Nicole also knows her daughter has a 50 per cent chance of having inherited the faulty BRCA2 gene.
But she refuses to let any fears about the future cast a shadow over her joy as a new mum.
She said: "When Emilia is old enough to be tested to see if she carries the faulty gene, we're keen for her to be tested.
"Hopefully she won't have the gene but, if she does, at least we will know and she can regularly carry out any checks needed and take preventative measures that need to be taken.


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IF FILMS CAN INSPIRE US to live better, you'd think that for people of faith, the most inspiring movies would be Christmas movies.
Oh, my child, if only it were so.
There's The Nativity Story, but there's also Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas (yes, that happened). I used to love It's a Wonderful Life until it became more ubiquitous than a Happy Honda Days commercial. But before you call me a Scrooge, know that my husband's annual force-viewing of Love, Actually brainwashed me into loving it, actually: Hugh Grant dancing. Emma Thompson crying. I caved. Well, not completely. I still have to leave the room when Keira Knightley finally gets hold of Walking Dead Guy's stalkerish wedding video. "They're all of me," she gapes. We know, Keira, we just saw it.
Maybe I am a Scrooge. But there's one Christmas movie I can watch any day of the year. Maybe that's because it's not about Christmas; it's about a boy who's lost his mother. That film is Millions, written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and directed by Danny Boyle.
Damian's mother, Maureen, has recently died. His father moves Damian and his older brother Anthony out of their old house, full of memories of Mum, into a shiny new tract home. While Dad and Anthony revel in rising home equity, Damian gathers the empty boxes from the new appliances, drags them to a nearby field along the train tracks, and builds a fort. He imagines it's a rocket that can blast him far away or a hermitage where he can talk to the saints.
Lo and behold, a giant bag of money falls right into his fort. It's a sign from God! When Anthony arrives, Damian asks him whether he can see the money. "Sometimes you see things, and other people can't see them." But the money is real. 229,520 pounds in cash.
While Anthony goes on a spending spree, Damian sets about doing what the saints would do: giving it away. A nineteenth-century Ugandan martyr visits Damian in his fort and transports him to a current-day Ugandan village, where the people are thirsty and praying for rain. "You don't need fancy hospitals to make life better," the martyr says. "Just a well. And you can build one for as little as one hundred pounds." The next day, Damian's school is visited by a charity that builds wells in Africa! Praise God! Damian slips a thousand pounds into the charity bin.
When Anthony learns the real source of the money, he forces Damian to hear it: a train robbery. Damian is devastated. His world of saints and miracles is collapsing.
I don't question the biblical account. But isn't it a miracle when God opens our eyes to see the holy in everything?
One of the robbers comes looking for his missing moneybag and closes in on Damian, and everything converges at the school's nativity play. Will the saints deliver Damian? Are they even real? This is, after all, Damian's story, and it's a child's view of the world—filled with primary colors, sunshine every day in December, and saints you can talk to. Us? We grow up and put away our childish things. Right?
That's where Millions gets to me. It compels me back to my own childhood, before faith became a discipline or a concept that I had to explain with phrases like "thin places." When you're a child, the whole world is a thin place. You don't walk by faith; you walk by sight: your eyes are wide open to what adulthood teaches you not to see. But it was long ago that I saw those things, before my eyes were distracted by money and status and—ugh—relevance, before cynicism and logic convinced me those visions were nothing but my imagination.
A decent movie might distract you with dancing or crying or hot girls unaware of their hotness. A great film shows you what's real that you've forgotten. Maybe it's now that your eyes are shut, and back then they were open.
Susan Isaacs is an actor and writer with credits in TV and film. She holds an MFA in screenwriting from USC. Her memoir, Angry Conversations with God, was named a top book of the year by Publisher's Weekly and Relevant magazine.


IT'S NEARLY CHRISTMAS! And that means the Christmas classics will be resurfacing and the odd new song will try and take hold of our festive spirit. This will be the fifth Christmas song from The Killers in as many years and is released today, World Aids Day, with proceeds heading to the (RED) campaign.
Now at Christmas, I'm all for a bit of cheese - preferably the edible kind, accompanied by some grapes and crackers. But this song just takes the biscuit. It's appalling. Brandon Flowers tells us a tale of the Cowboys' Christmas Ball "way out in Nevada / where the Truckee's waters flow", filled with horribly cliched cowboy tropes. As such, it's an American Country romp that, structurally, repeats the same music over and over and is at odds with the anthemic choruses of the band's previous material. It's quite simply annoying as hell - is Christmas an excuse for bad music?


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Claire Enders, Schrödinger's Cat and the death of local newspapers
There's a weird triumphalism is the air this morning, as Hold The Front Page points out that Claire Enders' famous prediction five years ago that half of the UK's local newspapers would be dead by now:
Obtaining a precise figure for the number of local newspapers that have closed since the start of the recession in 2008 is not easy, but whatever the exact number, it is clear that her initial estimate of 650 has proved way off-beam.
Our own estimate, based on the stories we have covered on this site, is that there have been just over 100.
That's not to say that we haven't lost a lot more local newspaper journalists, as the survivors have brutally cut back… But the core argument is correct: the number of closure has not been as high as predicted.
The thing about predictions, though, is that they have something rather Schrödinger's Cat about them. One of the points of that thought experiment is to explain that, in quantum physics, when you measure something, you change it. And to some extent, that's what's at work here. Enders' predictions were based on the prevailing situation. Essentially: "if things stay the way they are, then we'll lose half of our local newspapers". Of course, things didn't stay the way they were. As Paul Linford's piece acknowledges:
Her comments, which were taken at face value by many in the business world, set the agenda for a prolonged period of introspection within the newspaper industry during which the defining media narrative about the local press became one of irreversible decline.
And so… people changed things. So, while her predictions didn't come to pass, that doesn't mean that they weren't incredibly useful.
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Identification: Similar to Hypsopygia costalis, but slightly larger. Ground color varies from rose to deep purplish. Widened tops of am. and pm. lines more triangular. Yellow fringes on all wings, but narrower.
Taxonomy Notes: Previously in the genus Dolichomia as Dolichomia olinalis.


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Dwight C. Wells
February 4, 2019 Clippings, National news, OUR BEST POSTSBikes up guns down, Chaos, Civil disobedience, Crime, Dream Defenders, Dwight C. Wells, Elise Sole, Lawlessness, Nnamdi Kanu, Racism, South Africa, Wheels up guns downWilliam Tell
What does black America gain from flipping the bird at white people?
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2019, about 40 children took over one of the busiest intersections in Miami, riding their bicycles and motorbikes and ATVs around, not permitting traffic to pass. Tempers flared; a man brandished an unlicensed firearm and shouted obscenities. He's facing charges.
I'm asking what the children were doing there.
Dwight C. Wells is at the center of it all.
Here is Elise Sole's original report, with the obscenities intact:
Man arrested for pulling gun on teen protesters, calling them the N-word
Here is WaPo's similar report, purged of the obscenities:
'A gun was pulled out on a kid': Florida man could face hate crime charge for MLK Day confrontation
This article says there was an MLK Day parade the same day:
Bikes up, Guns down upstages MLK parade
This report from WSVN is completely laudatory:
Bikes Up Gunz Down
This report from WSVN is completely fault-finding:
Riders hit streets on MLK Day for 'Wheels Up, Guns Down'
For lack of better terms, I will refer to this as a "demonstration" or "civil disobedience action." The participants belong to a movement known variously as "Bikes Up, Guns Down" or "Wheels Up, Guns Down," with a "z" sometimes replacing either one or both of the letters "s." Wells is CEO of a Florida corporation with that name. This particular event was organized by a group called Dream Defenders. The movement, from what I've found, happens only in the Miami area; it involves young people swarming streets and highways with bikes, motorcycles and ATVs on Martin Luther King Day, supposedly in honor of someone who died in Philadelphia in 2015.
What was this really about? Clearly, the first goal is to let the children show off the tricks they've worked so hard to master. Elise Sole repeatedly refers to the movement as "antiviolence," but I fail to see how blocking an intersection advances that. Elsewhere, the event is referred to as pro-affordable housing; though I again fail to see how this activity advances that. It may be that Dream Defenders seizes any pretext for a spasm of lawlessness.
Self-destruction creates racism.
The demonstration was destructive of its own ends.
Are those stuck in a traffic jam more likely to embrace the demonstrators' issue, or instead become angry at the demonstrators themselves?
What should happen is not always what does happen. This particular activity feeds into stereotypes that will persist as long as people's own actions perpetuate them:
Blacks destroy anything you give them.
Blacks are insolent.
Blacks cause needless trouble.
"Rules are for white people."
It is wrong to condemn people for believing what they see with their own eyes.
How far does the community extend?
I lived for four years as the only white person in a 'hood where, in fact, most black folk won't go.
A common experience: the white person who wanders into a ghetto becomes fearful, not of the people's skin color, but of the look of malice and contempt on almost every face; as if one's very presence has disrespected people already. The white person often construes this as racial hatred. It's not. Malcontents look at EVERYONE that way.
This is part and parcel of the fact that blacks account for only 13% of the population, but more than half the murders.[1] Dream Defenders calls itself being about changing that statistic, and giving teens time and space to optimize their bike-riding skills is a step in that direction. There is a very real question of whether flipping the bird at outsiders is consistent with that goal; or is instead merely a different expression of the same contempt and malice one calls oneself seeking to change.
A Martin Luther King, Jr. Day parade occurred in Miami the same day. The real purpose of the action being to show off the children's tricks on their bikes, could they not have been included as a unit in that parade? I have found no discussion of why they failed to participate.
Dream Defenders may have rejected this option for reason that it would deny the children
– the thrill of putting one's own safety at risk
– the thrill of putting others' safety at risk
– the thrill of scofflawism
It is understandable that teens, naturally rambunctuous and rebellious, would balk at such an option. But who was making these decisions? Who is the children's organizer and mentor? Sometimes an adult needs to act like an adult.
Whose laws?
Is there any circumstance in which anyone can be expected to obey the law?
It may be said that, in the United States, laws are made by the non-black majority to benefit itself, and accordingly, black folk have no reason to abide them.
Well, then, let's consider Africa, where black folk make the laws.
The Biafran separatist agitator Nnamdi Kanu assembled demonstrations of tens of thousands of young (sic), angry Igbo (Biafran) men. The images are highly reminiscent of civil unrest in the United States. The Wikipedia article "Biafra"[2] details his decades of mercurial alliances and dis-alliances with other parties to the movement. He met criticism for displaying insolence toward Igbo tribal elders. He was arrested by the secret police of the reformist Hausa (non-Igbo) President Buhari, and a long period of legal wrangling followed.
He ultimately, finally vanished in September 2017. I am astonished that the international human rights community has never demanded to know his whereabouts. His movement, the IPOB, appears to have vanished with him; I am unaware of any more demonstrations.
When Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa in 1994, he inherited a nation of scofflaws. After decades of civil disobedience intended to destabilize the Apartheid regime, a substantial portion of the population were not of a mind to abide any law whatsoever, regardless who made them. Crime in South Africa today is basically out of control; the murder rate there is five times that of the U.S.[3]
So, who makes the laws has no bearing on whether or not black folk abide them.
Choose the best.
The white woman Savannah Spurlock, 22, is a stunning beauty. She gave birth to twins. Their father is not in the picture. She has two older children; their father or fathers aren't in the picture, either. Three weeks after the twins were born, she went to a bar late at night and left in the company of three men. She's not been seen or heard from since.
I was impressed by how many of the commenters on this article were concerned that she has not made the best life choices.
Playing in traffic? Really?
It's up to each person to choose the best for himself or herself in life.
Black people, too.
[1]FBI — Table 21 (2016)
[2]Articles pertinent Kanu:
Wikipedia: Nnamdi Kanu
Wikipedia: Biafra
Wikipedia: Indigenous People of Biafra
Wikipedia: Killing of Pro-Biafra Protesters (2015–2016)
[3]Articles pertinent South Africa:
Wikipedia: Crime in South Africa
Wikipedia: List of countries by intentional homicide rate
Update, 2022-01-13
The chaos continues:
Brace yourself South Florida; 'Wheels Up, Guns Down' road mayhem is coming, and officers are ready
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Dwight c wells arrested yesterday- smiling in his mug shot- same look as mark bartlett and black commentators went nuts about MB being happy. Such a double standard see the Instagram post https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKTgW2hdv9/utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1v3pp07q3ixwk


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Voters to decide on school tax hikes
Columbia Public Schools will ask voters to approve a 40-cent tax levy increase and a $50 million bond issue that would likely mean an additional 12-cent tax hike.
The Board of Education approved both items for the April 3 ballot at its meeting last night.
Funds from the bond issue would be used to pay for facilities such as an additional new elementary school, which would likely open in 2016, an early childhood center to open in 2017 and additions to existing schools, such as Shepard Boulevard and West Boulevard elementary schools. The projects would end the use of at least 28 classroom trailers.
The bond issue is part of a 10-year long-range plan that accounts for growth and would eliminate all trailers from the district by 2020.
"We know we want to be out of the business of trailers," board member Jonathan Sessions said. "We know they are inefficient. We know they are breaking down. We want our students in bricks-and-mortar buildings."
The long-range plan also calls for another $50 million bond issue in April 2014, which could mean an 8-cent tax increase. The additional bond likely would pay for another new elementary school and possible additions to other elementary schools.
Sessions and a group of administrators met a few weeks ago to look individually at all 19 of the district's elementary schools and discuss how to do away with trailers and deal with growth at each school. Other schools that could receive additions in the future include Benton, Grant and Lee elementary schools.
Funds from the 2012 bond issue wouldn't become available until November 2014.
"We want to make sure we reiterate that 2014 date," board member Christine King said. "We're going to ask for a second $50 million before we even get the first $50 million. We have to be open and make sure voters were aware they were told this."
The tax levy would go toward operating costs, such as salaries and programs.
"We've talked about this for two years, and I think a 40-cent increase is necessary to maintain and sustain the programs we have," Superintendent Chris Belcher said.
The average homeowner in Columbia would pay about $148 more in property taxes annually if voters approve both items.
If the items fail, the district will continue with its previous plan to start deficit spending in 2012-13. The district has been building its balances for the past few years in preparation for more state and federal cuts. The balances will reach $37.5 million, or 24 percent of its operating budget, by the end of fiscal year 2011-12. A levy, Belcher said, would help slow the need for deficit spending.
The board also approved renaming the school administration building, 1818 W. Worley St., as the Neil Aslin Administration Building. Aslin was superintendent of schools from 1946 to 1962.


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[Links] 26 December 2018 – 1 January 2019: Banana Fish Retrospectives, TALES OF NOiR, and Challenging Skin Color Bias in Japan
January 1, 2019 by Anime Feminist Leave a Comment
This week: not one but two retrospectives on Banana Fish, TALES OF NOiR profiles artist Mikhail Sebastian, and challenging skin color bias in Japan.
AniFem Round-Up
[Editorial] AniFem's 2019-2021 plans – in detail
Amelia discusses the site's plans for financing and funding goals in detail.
[Editorial] If money and time were no object…
If we had all the money in the world, here's what we'd bring to the site.
[Review] Hi Score Girl – Episode 1
A love letter to early 90s gaming with a rad female co-lead (though it's a bit uncertain how her being nonverbal will be handled).
Feminist anime recommendations of Fall 2018
The team lists off their faves of the season, from late bloomers to zombie idols.
[Editorial] Crowdfunding close, clarifications, and concept art
Our campaign is complete! Amelia discusses next steps and offers a preview of the exclusive art contributors will be receiving.
[AniFemTalk] What were your favorite anime of 2018?
Before we share our faves, we wanna hear yours!
Beyond AniFem
Ash Get iPad: The Perils of Banana Fish's Modernization (Coherent Cats, Malia)
A point by point assessment of how the anime's half-hearted temporal update hurt its potential.
Though the original story of Banana Fish is distinctly The American Eighties, as in the genre and aesthetic, more so than a realistic depiction of the US, it connected its plot to the then relevant politics of American intervention in Latin America. However, rather than think through how modern American foreign policy has evolved since and how Banana Fish's plot element could be changed while still retaining its themes, they simply rehash the same things with a different name. Though certainly there's something to be said about how American imperialism hasn't truly changed and the War in Afghanistan is touched upon, they sidestep commitment to sharp commentary on the subject by not only acting as if the Cold War is still chugging on almost exactly same but also retreat to the fictional "Khafghanistan."
Admittedly, this would be one of the trickier aspects to modernize in detail, as the political conspiracies and context of the original manga were very specific. However, it feels disrespectful and toothless compared to the research Yoshida did for the geopolitics in the manga. Reading the manga now, while the pacing and melodrama of the plot is a bumpy ride, it still feels resonant in its accuracy of American history. But for the anime the stark spotlight put onto American imperialism was dimmed down to—ironically—keep the same template of the original plot. This is one of the cases where fidelity to the source material is clearly weaker than taking a chance at new takes or ideas.
The Troubled Metaphor of Food in Spirited Away (VRV, Eric McAdams)
An examination of how the film paints fatness as a moral failing.
Miyazaki makes an impassioned, affecting case against greed, but in doing so he holds up fat bodies as an image of selfish evil, a depiction that has become practically omnipresent in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is a lazy and hurtful cliché, but he falls into it anyway. In his eagerness to condemn capitalist society, he created a ghoulish, literally dehumanizing test, one that isn't even remotely fair—after all, would you have thought twice before eating at that buffet? Chihiro herself is only saved because she's scared.
Don't be greedy, or you'll become as fat as a pig. Don't eat like No-Face, or you'll end up fat like him. This is an oversimplification of the message of these sequences, but not an inaccurate one. Fatness is frequently—though not always—portrayed in Spirited Away as a sign of moral weakness, an argument that ultimately weakens the film by displacing the crimes of societal overconsumption onto individual bodies.
Praxis What You Preach – A Full Retrospective Of A Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko) (YouTube, ThePedanticRomantic)
A personal essay, broad examination of trans issues in Japanese media, and analysis of anime's most famous trans-related series.
Heisei Transformations: Challenging skin color bias to create new definition of 'Japanese' (The Mainichi, Sachi Fukushima)
Musician Michael Yano and his brothers experienced intense racism and othering growing up due to his mixed Ghanaian and Japanese ancestry, and wants to break what he once saw as an identity binary. The Mainichi also spotlighted professional athlete Monica Okoye, who has Nigerian and Japanese heritage.
Of the boy who sat beside him, Michael has another memory. It was from the time they were both members of the school soccer club in junior high school, and their coach told them to go shopping together. On the way back, they walked in silence, until the boy suddenly said, "You're amazing. Does everyone always stare at you like this?" He had noticed the looks that Michael had gotten from all the people they passed during their shopping trip. Then he added, "This is tough."
Tears began streaming down Michael's cheeks. "I'm sorry — for you having to walk with me and be stared at like this too," he said. While he thought that the boy had finally understood his situation, at the same time, he felt pathetic for apologizing even though he did nothing wrong. He thought, "I want to walk around with people not staring at me, even just for one day. I want to become 'Japanese.'"
Anime You Can Stream With LGBTQ+ Characters (Crunchyroll, Carlos Cadorniga)
A beginner's guide for those looking for streaming anime with queer representation.
We always love keeping up with our favorite anime, but those of us in the LGBTQ+ community would love to see more of our people in these shows. In a world where gay people, transgender people, and other individuals in the community are asking for, and thankfully receiving, the representation they deserve in media, we can definitely expect the same from anime.
Luckily, there are plenty of anime you can stream on Crunchyroll featuring positive LGBTQ+ characters, and story arcs that we can all feel good about. From fleshed-out character relationships to tackling subject matter particular to the community, anime certainly has its fair share of wholesome LGBTQ+ themes.
Why We Should Celebrate All Types Of Women In Japan: An Interview With Melanie Brock (Savvy Tokyo, Julia Mascetti)
Brock is the Chair Emeritus of the Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan and heads up the project dedicated to spotlighting diverse depictions of womanhood.
What motivated you to begin the project?
I first came to Japan in 1982 and have observed the strength and hard-working nature of many Japanese women from the very beginning. My first profile on CWJ was of my host-mum, a doctor. Her commitment to her profession and to her family, her compassion, and the struggles she faced as a woman in Japan were things I was so proud to be able to share. In many cases, people outside of Japan don't see the greatness and depth of Japanese women. I wanted to honor those women who have been such a big part of my Japan journey.
One of the things that stands out in your project is that you feature women from all walks of life. As well as women in executive positions, you have profiles of blue-collar workers, younger women and women in non-traditional lines of work. Why is this important to you?
I think there is a danger in only profiling or focusing on women in executive positions when discussing the role of women in Japan. These women play a key role in breaking down workforce barriers but I wanted to focus on a range of women in Japan.
Directive allows long detentions of overstaying foreigners (The Asahi Shimbun, Rei Kishitsu)
"Long" means a period of over six months, and currently includes almost half of foreigners who've been detained.
The Justice Ministry released the document in response to an information disclosure request from The Asahi Shimbun.
It states that even foreigners with little immediate prospect of being deported but deemed unsuitable for provisional release can be "continuously detained until it becomes possible to deport the individual."
The document calls for "strict enforcement" of the provisional release of detainees.
Such releases are often approved on humanitarian grounds and allow foreigners to live outside of the detention facility. But the document also states that even those under provisional release should be closely monitored.
Future of Shrinking Japan: Efforts needed to ensure living with foreigners in harmony (The Mainichi, Shin Yasutaka, Jun Kaneko, Hiroshi Endo, and Buntaro Saito)
A snapshot of the daily struggles of an interracial community sharing an apartment building, connected back to the upcoming push for more foreign workers in 2019. Part of a series.
The municipal government of Chiba, which hosts the Kaihin New Town, has trained interpreters and organized events to help Japanese and foreign residents interact with each other.
However, a survey the municipal government conducted in 2015 shows that only 12.9 percent replied that mutual understanding between Japanese and non-Japanese residents had been deepened, almost the same level as in the previous survey in 2012. Those who answered they did not think so accounted for 30.9 percent, about 1.5 times the figure in 2012, which stood at 20.8 percent.
Some municipal government workers think it is difficult to achieve a peaceful coexistence between Japanese and foreign residents.
TALES OF NOiR: Mikhail Sebastian "People Who Look Like Me" (YouTube, Noir Caesar Entertainment)
A short video on the artist's inspirations and background.
Popular artist Mikhail Sebastian talks his journey to becoming an artist, friendships, and future projects in development.
Banana Fish: the negotiations of a show, a love story & things that hurt (Otaku She Wrote, Marion Bea)
A meditation on the difficulties of interfacing with the series' extreme highs and lows, and on the choices of the adaptation in particular. Heavy spoilers.
The ending is not the only time a strong message is undercut in the story: Foxx's existence itself has no sensible justification. While the show tones down certain things, he's a terribly underdeveloped character who only inflicts even more abuse to Ash, after all he has already been through, just after Max tells him he doesn't have to be controlled by his past. Instead, Ash is abused again specifically because of his past, and after everything is over, he's given an absurdly contrived death without ever getting the freedom he fought so hard for.
Banana Fish operates under the same logic that enables plenty of action movies and its heroes: yes, characters kill, yet they kill nameless henchmen, 2d monsters, unquestionable evil, and if they stray from it, it's due to inescapable circumstances. The heroes regretting this–which Ash does; the idea that he's remorseless is demonstrably untrue–is a testament to the goodness in their hearts.
AniFem Community
This wasn't as star-studded a year for anime, but there was still plenty to cheer about—we're glad to have our readers highlighting shows we might not have seen.
Easy. First place goes to the first anime of 2018. pic.twitter.com/eHplMsbXjm
— Zed Fang (@Fang__z) January 1, 2019
My top three picks:
– "Aggretsuko" was my "pleasant surprise" anime of 2018.
– "Bloom Into You" filled the void in my heart that craves good yuri anime and now wants more.
– "Pop Team Epic" was the best representation of 2018 and a visually creative anime to boot.
— Patricia Baxter (@Swirly313) January 2, 2019
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HeartCry Missionary Society > Letters from Nepal: Tul B.
Tul began a church in his home village shortly after his conversion. He later went to Bible school in India and has now returned to Nepal to serve as a church planter and pastor.
In the grace of God, the weekly church services and cottage meetings are going well; we have started constructing a building for Sunday school. The children were having fellowship in the church's kitchen room, which became quite congested. Because of this, we decided to make a small hall for Sunday school. Thanks be to God for supplying our needs for this project.
This month, I visited Ms. Chandra. She wanted to be baptized at our last baptismal service, but we did not baptize her because she had not shown evidence of salvation. My wife and I visited her and encouraged her to keep faith in the Lord and trust Him, because only Christ can give eternal life. She seems to be growing in knowledge and is still willing to be baptized in time. May God help her to believe in Him.
Ms. Sita, one of our members who lives near our house, has struggled with mental illness. Sita used to run away from home and was unable to sleep at night. So I brought her into our house; I prayed for her and counseled her from God's Word and gave her medicine. In God's grace, she has recovered! Praise the Lord for His grace in her life and for healing her!
I have started studying the book The Truth About Man. Chapter 1 taught that God created all things out of nothing according to His plan and for His glory and that God made man in His own image. This shows that God is sovereign in all things. Praise God for His wonderful works!
Please pray for Ms. Chandra and others who are interested in baptism, that God would guide them to know Him and believe in Him. Please pray for Sita's health and her life in Christ. Pray also for my life and ministry.


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Clutch have completed recording sessions for their forthcoming twelfth studio album.
The Maryland outfit have been working on the follow-up to 2015's "Psychic Warfare" with producer/engineer Vance Powell at Sputnik Sound studios in Nashville, TN.
"So, an hour or so ago, we wrapped tracking the new @clutchofficial record," tweeted Powell on January 27. "I can't wait for you all to hear it. But unfortunately, you'll have to."
"They're my favorite songs," guitarist Tim Sult recently told The Advocate about the project. "At this point, we probably have more songs than we've ever had before going into the studio. The material is a little heavier. It has a more doomed-out vibe and feel. We're going to record more live.
"It's our first time recording in Nashville. Who knows? We might end up with something that sounds like a Garth Brooks album."
Details regarding the project's release will follow in the coming months.
Clutch are scheduled to begin their 2018 live dates at the Las Rageous 2018 Festival in Las Vegas, NV on April 20; other confirmed festival appearances include Welcome To Rockville in Jacksonville, FL, the Carolina Rebellion in Charlotte, NC and Pryor, OK's Rocklahoma this spring.
So, an hour or so ago, we wrapped tracking the new @clutchofficial record. I can't wait for you all to hear it. But unfortunately, you'll have to..


Seniors! On Thursday, May 2nd Mansfield high will have its first ever Decision Day. This will be an opportunity for you to be recognized in an academic signing day ceremony. If you would like to be apart of this event, you need to sign up by scanning the QR code on the decision day flyers that are posted around the school or stop by Mrs. Trotters room in D3. There will be cake and photo opportunities.
Congratulations to the lady tigers track team for their strong performance at the district meet last Friday. The varsity girls placed 5th and the JV girls placed 4th. Several varsity athletes qualified for the area meet. Kylie Rochford qualified in the 300 hurdles; Allison Stigarll qualified in the shot put. Natalie Williams won district in the Pole vault and Elizabeth Butzke qualified for the area meet in the 1-mile run. Top JV performers were Luisa Ramirez and Danya Husein. Congratulations ladies were are very proud of you!
The UIL Current Events team took 1st place on Saturday out of 10 teams. They are now headed to state where they are looking to avenge their second place finish from last year! The team consists of Nick Werner, who also took first place individually in the competition, Katelyn Sullivan, Christina Nguyen and Johnathan Dang.
Kyle Babina, Gabe Sweeney, Teren Tate, and Obed Torres for being selected 1st Team All District 7-6A.
Any changes a student wants to make to their course selections for the 2019-2020 school year, must be submitted on the change form to their counselor by 3 P.M. on Thursday, April 18th. Late requests will not be accepted! Change forms may be picked up in the counseling office if you did not receive one in an email to your parents.
Attention Seniors! Graduation Cap and Gowns have been delivered. Stop by and see the secretaries in the counseling office.
Gold rush tickets will be sold this Wednesday and Thursday during all lunches.


The area just above Cotter on the Bull Shoals Dam tailwater continues to be a hot destination for anglers looking to get into some nice trout action. The photo (right) is of a 27-inch German Brown netted earlier this week by a 13-year-old trout-fishing intern, hooked with a green and orange jig between the Rainbow Bridge and the railroad bridge. Our friends at Cotter Trout Dock say to stick with those jigs, especially in the low, minimum flow generation they've been fishing for the past two weeks. Take a variety of colors (brown/orange, tri-olive, ginger, ginger/olive) and switch the bait when you see the trout are bored. Drifting a mid-sized sculpin (1.5 to 2 inches) has tempted many a brown trout to chase a line this week, drop it on the calm side of a rocky structure and just wait, they say.


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Debt Is Expected to Grow Faster in the United States than Anywhere Else in the World
The United States leads the world in an unfortunate category: the pace of growth in its debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/11/debt-is-expected-to-grow-faster-in-the-United-States-than-anywhere-else-in-the-world
Why are Prescription Drug Prices Rising and How Do They Affect the U.S. Fiscal Outlook?
The rising cost of prescription drugs is a key driver of overall healthcare spending in the U.S. This trend has significant implications not only for Americans who rely on medications, but also for our nation's budget and fiscal outlook.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/11/why-are-prescription-drug-prices-rising-and-how-do-they-affect-the-us-fiscal-outlook
Fed Chairman Powell Urges Congress to Address the Federal Budget's "Unsustainable Path"
At a hearing on the U.S. Economic Outlook for the Joint Economic Committee on November 13, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell expressed concern about America's fiscal outlook and how it may affect our economic future.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/11/fed-chairman-powell-urges-congress-to-address-the-federal-budgets-unsustainable-path
Two Years Later, What Are Economists Saying about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?
As more time passes since enactment, and as more data become available, economists continue to weigh in with analyses of the TCJA's effects.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/11/two-years-later-what-are-economists-saying-about-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act
How Much Is the National Debt? What are the Different Measures Used?
There are three widely used measures of federal debt. What are the important differences between these measurements?
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