#john paul jaramillo

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On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Rhoda Williams: Brit Marling John Burroughs: William Mapother Alex: Matthew-Lee Erlbach Maya Burroughs: Meggan Lennon Amos Burroughs: AJ Diana Purdeep: Kumar Pallana Symposium Speaker: Bruce Colbert Symposium Speaker: Paul S. Mezey Symposium Speaker: Ana Valle Symposium Speaker: Jeffrey Goldenberg Symposium Speaker: Joseph A. Bove Kim Williams: Jordan Baker Robert Williams: Flint Beverage Himself (voice): DJ Flava Jeff Williams: Robin Lord Taylor Keith Harding (voice): Rupert Reid Career Counselor: Natalie Carter Himself: Richard Berendzen High School Girl: Shannon Maliff High School Girl: Stephanie Le Blanc High School Girl: Jasmine Andrade High School Girl: Kara Tweedie Claire: Ana Cruz Kayne Television Reporter (voice): Yuval Segal Dr. Joan Tallis: Diane Ciesla Radio Reporter #1 (voice): Robert Phillips Television Anchor (voice): Hollyce Phillips Federico: Luis Vega Radio Reporter #2 (voice): Rich Habersham Nurse: Jennifer Jaramillo Valkana Conspiracy Theorist: Ari Gold Television Interviewer (voice): Steve Giammaria Keith Harding’s Secretary (voice): Rebecca Price Film Crew: Writer: Mike Cahill Producer: Hunter Gray Writer: Brit Marling Producer: Nicholas Shumaker Executive Producer: Tyler Brodie Executive Producer: Paul S. Mezey Casting: James Calleri Casting: Paul Davis Makeup Effects: Aileen Alvarez-Diana Dialogue Editor: Sasha Awn Dolby Consultant: James P. Nichols Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ryan Price Visual Effects Supervisor: Adam Fanton Visual Effects Supervisor: Darren Fanton Assistant Director: Liang Cai Gaffer: Sonny Plescia Script Supervisor: Marketa Tomanova Sound Effects Editor: Sebastian Henshaw Musician: Phil Mossman Post Production Supervisor: Phaedon A. Papadopoulos Production Design: Darsi Monaco Production Coordinator: Morgan Marling Assistant Production Coordinator: Tomás Diaz Production Sound Mixer: Michael Gassert Art Direction: Brian Rzepka Production Coordinator: James Brettell Assistant Editor: Alice Borrelli Supervising Dialogue Editor: Steve Giammaria Musician: Will Bates Makeup Effects: Marni Giannotti Assistant Director: Marcello Montesanti Digital Intermediate Colorist: Joe Gawler Digital Intermediate Colorist: Zak Tucker Digital Intermediate Editor: Jonathan Sanden Digital Intermediate Producer: Molle DeBartolo Digital Intermediate Producer: Darrell R. Smith Movie Reviews: Andres Gomez: More ambitious than interesting. A story that wants to joint an epic sci-fi moment with a drama. Not really working although seeing the Earth in the sky is quite interesting. Peter McGinn: When I first saw Another Earth several years ago I thought that, like some science fiction out there, it was light on the science and heavy on fiction. Fantasy, maybe. I was okay with that as long as the story and characters were strong. Besides, nowadays it seems like many mainstream physicists are seriously promoting the ideas around multiple universes or perhaps even an infinite number of alternate universes, perhaps science is catching up with the fiction. (Though I still think a planet popping into our galaxy so close to us would cause cataclysmic tides and whatnot.) . In any case, I recently bought and downloaded a digital version of it to watch it again. But Another Earth isn’t about physics or science or what would become of humanity if a twin earth and moon suddenly showed up in our sky. It is about a heart-stopping event that cause a planet full of people to stop what they are doing and look up and wonder. Is that earth different than ours? Am I up there, and if so, is that version exactly like me or have they made different decisions that affect who they have become? Could I have made different decisions, or was this version of me locked into what I decided and thought? And in the case of our lead character, Rhoda, it leads her to a path to seek forgiveness and try to make up for a tragic mistake she m...

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reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 22

Join us this month as we talk about Mat Johnson’s 2015 novel Loving Day, asatirical look at contemporary USA’s engagement with race, identity, class, and culture.And of course, one-star reviews from Goodreads. –Deborah Brothers holds a Ph.D. in English Studies and reviews books for Choice and The Lion and the Unicorn and her essays, fiction, and scholarly work have appeared in several…

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Atractiva nómina para el 21k y el maratón de Medellín

Fuente: RunningColombia El Maratón Medellín 2023 de este 3 de septiembre será la carrera de las cifras récord, para la prueba que llega a su edición 29, ya que competirán 18.600 atletas, se tendrá la Expo Runners más grande y se contará con el lote de atletas élite más numeroso de su historia. En total serán más de 50 atletas profesionales en las distancias de los 42 y los 21 kilómetros. El grupo lo encabeza Jeison Suárez, del Equipo Élite Asics, campeón del año pasado en la distancia de maratón, en la que su compañero Franklin Téllez terminó segundo, y también estará en la línea de partida. Jeisson impuso el mejor tiempo de la carrera (2:15:53), desde que se llevó a cabo la distancia de los 42 km por primera vez, en 2012, en la prueba que nació en 1994 y que desde 1996 comenzó a disputarse como media maratón. Jeison Suárez es el actual campeón y recordista del Maratón Medellín (2:15:53) En total, para la XXIX edición de la carrera medellinense se inscribieron más de 18.600 atletas, de los cuales 3.500 serán para los 42 km, más de 8.000 para los 21 km, 5.000 para 10 km y 1.500 para 5 km. Y en cuanto a los atletas élite habrá un lote de más de 20 corredores y más de 30 para los 21 kilómetros, lo que garantiza un gran espectáculo en estas dos distancias, que partirán a las 5:30 de la mañana de este domingo 3 de septiembre. Nómina élite maratón varones: Número Atleta Representación 1 Jeison Suárez Colombia – Equipo Élite Asics 2 Emmanuel Oliaulo Kenia 3 Dickson Kimeli Cheruiyot Kenia 4 Paul Kipkemoi Kipkorir Kenia 5 Franklin Téllez Colombia – Equipo Élite Asics 6 Carlos Mario Patiño Colombia – Caldas 7 Víctor Hugo Ocampo Colombia – Antioquia 8 Sergio Rodríguez Colombia – Caldas 9 Edison Guanarán Colombia 10 Yesid Orjuela Colombia – Bogotá 20 Rito Antonio López Colombia – Antioquia 41 Jonathan Camilo Castillo Colombia Nómina élite maratón damas: Número Atleta Representación 11 Margarita Núñez Perú 12 Yuliana Navarro México 13 Sandra Marcela Rosas Colombia – Boyacá 14 Ana Milena Orjuela Colombia – Bogotá 15 Yolanda Fernández Colombia – Bogotá 16 Caroline Chepkirui Tuigong Kenia 17 Francy Jerop Kenia 18 Mildrey Johana Echavarría Colombia 19 Aideth Anaya Colombia – Antioquia Nómina élite media maratón varones: Número Atleta Representación 33 Joseph Kiprono Kiptum Kenia 34 Crhistian Vásconez Ecuador 35 José Luis Rojas Perú 36 Fabián Jimmy Gómez Ecuador 37 John Tello Colombia – Arroz Zulia 38 David Gómez Colombia – Porvenir 39 Cristian Moreno Colombia – Equipo Élite asics 40 Javier Peña Colombia – Fuerzas Armadas 42 Santiago Zerda Colombia – Bogotá 43 Oscar Quitián Colombia 44 Oscar Acosta Colombia 45 Rodrigo Jaramillo Colombia 46 Robinson Reinoso Colombia 48 Edinson Bernal Colombia – Fuerzas Armadas 49 Yeisson Parra Colombia 50 Miguel Amador Colombia – Bogotá 51 Juan Camilo González Colombia 52 Juan Camilo Morales Colombia 53 Robinson Ordóñez Colombia 54 Helber Zúñiga Colombia 55 Yony Erazo Colombia Nómina élite media maratón damas: Número Atleta Representación 23 Muriel Coneo Colombia – Porvenir 24 Diana Landi Ecuador 25 Carolina Tabares Colombia – Antioquia 26 Leidy Lozano Colombia – Marathon 27 Jhoselyn Camargo Bolivia 28 Rocío Marisol Cántara Perú 29 Alexandra Aldana Colombia – Boyacá 30 Daniela Montero Colombia 31 Sonia Catalina López Colombia 32 Sandra Milena Gutiérrez Colombia Read the full article

[natbrut]

Issue 9 is finally here.

We are super proud of this incredible collection. A lot of work, blood, sweat, and literal tears have gone into this issue. We can't wait for you to read it. Issue 9 features art, edited by Ximena Alejandra Izquierdo Ugaz and Danielle Wright; fiction, edited by RL Goldberg; poetry, edited by Jennifer Soong; and creative nonfiction, edited by Laura Bullard.

Inside you'll also find Another Closet, a folio of work by survivors and members of the LGBTQIA+ community grappling with addiction and substance misuse, edited by Kayla AE and Laura Bullard.

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Latinx singers of classical music: a list so incomplete as to be positively embarrassing

What I wrote in the previous post in this series applies here as well:

Some of these artists are up-and-comers; some of their careers were at their height in the 1970s, when I first began paying attention; a few go back further than that.

Although in this case it’s more than a few — which, along with the fact I kept finding more and more younger artists, is why I decided to end my research and post this now.

I’ve included many of the younger ones solely on the basis of reputation, without having heard them. Not all are or were A-listers, but they are all people who sing or sang Western classical music for a living, or taught others to do so, or a combination of the two.

Assembling this list has required me to consider some questions of inclusion. Do the children of European immigrants who, in some cases, didn’t even bother to give their children Latinate names belong here? Undoubtedly many people will say no; I disagree. (I have drawn the line, however, at Spanish or Portuguese artists who decamped to their countries’ former colonies.)

Fedora Alemán (1912-2018), soprano, Venezuela Elaine Alvarez, soprano, USA Marcelo Álvarez, tenor, Argentina Fanny Anitúa (1887-1968), contralto, Mexico Francisco Araiza, tenor, Mexico Iván Ayón-Rivas, tenor, Peru Aldo Baldin (1945-1994), tenor, Brazil René Barbera, tenor, USA Vanessa Becerra, soprano, USA Ricardo Bernal, tenor, Mexico Jessica Bogado Corvalán, soprano, Paraguay Javier Camarena, tenor, Mexico Teresa Castillo, soprano, USA Ian Castro, tenor, USA Arturo Chacón-Cruz, tenor, Mexico Mario Chang, tenor, Guatemala Claudia Chapa, mezzo-soprano, Mexico Luis Chapa, tenor, Mexico Lisa Chavez, mezzo-soprano, USA José Coca Loza, bass, Bolivia Eliane Coelho, soprano, Brazil John J. Concepcion, tenor, USA Natacha Cóndor, mezzo-soprano, Ecuador Paul Corona, bass, USA Gloria Criscione Pineda, soprano, Paraguay Gilda Cruz-Romo, soprano, Mexico José Cura, tenor, Argentina Alfredo Daza, baritone, Mexico César Delgado, tenor, Mexico Juan José de León, tenor, USA Fernando de la Mora, tenor, Mexico Justino Díaz, bass-baritone, Puerto Rico Gabriella Di Laccio, soprano, Brazil Nahuel di Pierro, bass, Argentina Oralia Dominguez (1925-2013), contralto, Mexico Rubén Domínguez (1935-2015), tenor, Venezuela Cecilia Duarte, mezzo-soprano, Mexico Gabriella Enríquez, soprano, USA Consuelo Escobar (1887-1967), soprano, Mexico Franco Fagioli, counter-tenor, Argentina Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano, Argentina Juan Diego Flórez, tenor, Peru Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, soprano, Chile Karen Gardeazabal, soprano, Mexico Ricardo Garcia, tenor, USA Raúl Giménez, tenor, Argentina Adriana González, soprano, Guatemala Joshua Guerrero, tenor, USA Carlos Guichandut (1914-1990), tenor, Argentina Levi Hernandez, baritone, USA Ramón Iriarte, baritone, Venezuela Edgar Jaramillo, tenor, USA Maria Katzarava, soprano, Mexico Yunuet Laguna, soprano, Mexico Valeriano Lanchas, bass, Colombia José Lemos, counter-tenor, Brazil Laura León, soprano, Cuba Isobel Leonard, mezzo-soprano, USA Luis Lima, tenor, Argentina Cecilia Violetta López, soprano, USA Zulimar López-Hernández, soprano, Puerto Rico Ricardo Lugo, bass, Puerto Rico Sergio Mandujano, tenor, USA José Mongelós, tenor, Paraguay Larisa Martínez, soprano, Puerto Rico Julio Mascaro, tenor, Guatemala José Mojica (1895-1974), tenor, Mexico Albert Montañez, counter-tenor, Colombia Maria José Morales, soprano, Guatemala Rafael Moras, tenor, USA Octavio Moreno, baritone, Mexico Adelaida Negri (1943-2019), soprano, Argentina Salvador Novoa (1937-2021), tenor, Mexico Richard Ollarsaba, bass-baritone, USA Lisette Oropesa, soprano, USA Jehú Otero, tenor, Puerto Rico Beatriz Parra Durango, soprano, Ecuador Miguel Pedroza, bass-baritone, Venezuela Ángela Peralta (1846-1883), soprano, Mexico Ailyn Pérez, soprano, USA Natalie Pérez, mezzo-soprano, Argentina Rodrigo Porras Garulo, tenor, Mexico Marcello Puente, tenor, Argentina Gustavo Quaresma Ramos, tenor, Brazil Rayén Quitral (1916-1979), soprano, Chile Ernesto Ramirez, tenor, Mexico Gabriella Reyes, soprano, USA Iván Ayón Rivas, tenor, Peru Ricardo José Rivera, baritone, Puerto Rico Gaston Rivero, tenor, Uruguay Mario Rojas, tenor, Mexico Manuel Salazar (1887-1950), tenor, Costa Rica Zoraida Salazar, soprano, Colombia Renato Sassola (1927-2013), tenor, Argentina Bidú Sayão (1902-1999), soprano, Brazil Erwin Schrott, bass-baritone, Uruguay Rosita Serrano (1912-1997), soprano, Chile Nadine Sierra, soprano, USA Efraín Solís, bass-baritone, USA José Sosa Esquivel (1923-1968), tenor, Mexico Paolo Szot, baritone, Brazil Ricardo Tamura, tenor, Brazil Jonathan Tetelman, tenor, Chile Camila Titinger, soprano, Brazil Matthew Treviño, bass, USA Eduardo Valdes, tenor, Puerto Rico Ramón Vargas, tenor, Mexico Héctor Vásquez, baritone, USA Vanessa Vasquez, soprano, USA Hugo Vera, tenor, USA Denis Vélez, soprano, Mexico Fabián Veloz, baritone, Argentina Elena Villalón, soprano, USA Verónica Villarroel, soprano, Chile Rolando Villazón, tenor, Mexico Ramon Vinay (1911-1996), tenor, Chile Ariana Wehr, soprano, Brazil Renato Zanelli, tenor, Chile

[roger-taylor-owns-my-wigg]

Playlist snooping!

I was tagged by @i-got-no-rhythm and also by a lot of people sorry I don't remember who else tagged me😂 but thank you I love you all 💞

Rules: we’re snooping your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first ten songs then choose ten victims.

Literally I have a lot of playlist but @i-got-no-rhythm did her 2018 top songs playlist in Spotify so gonna stick with that!

Spread Your Wings by Queen YESSSS

Just Like Fire by P!nk

El Latido de Mi Corazón by Luis Ángel Gómez Jaramillo (from Coco! Listen the one in spanish, it's wonderfull)

Junk by Paul McCartney

Silent Scream by Anna Blue

River by Bishop Briggs

Blackbird by The Beatles

Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Opera (such a bop)

Imagine by John Lennon

Give Your Best by Bee Gees

And now I tag @the-b-side @ironqueen98 @saehapark145 @sail-away-sweet-shishter @rogersfalsettos @lestaylor @sweet-like-some-kinda-cheese @roger-taylor-stole-my-heart and anybody who wants to do it!!

The ones I tagged probably they already did it sorry if you did😂😂

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Mysterious Cities of Gold Episode 6 Hannaween Edition- Playlist

Here’s the Playlist for those following along at home: (*** signifies new release/reissue) Mysterious Cities of Gold #6 10/31/18

Rene Chambers – Halloween – Kremlin Bats – Plastic Response ***

Galen Tipton - Ooze - treats 3 ! ! ! sour & sweet – Plastic Response ***

The Cramps - I Ain’t Nuthin’ but a Gorehound - Smell of Female – Vengeance

Misfits - Halloween - Collection 2 – Caroline

Zacherly - Frank and Drac are Back - Spook Along with Zacherley - Elektra

The Ventures – The Twilight Zone – Ventures in Space - Capitol

Charles Bernstein – Main Title – A Nightmare on Elm Street Soundtrack – The Elm Street Venture

R Dean Taylor - There’s a Ghost in my House – Single - Motown

Jonathan Richman - Vampire Girl - You Must Ask the Heart - Rounder

Screaming Lord Sutch - Murder in the Graveyard – Til the Following Night - Rollercoaster

Borah Minnevitch - The Ghost Walk – Silly Scary Songs - Sony

Kim Fowley - Night of the Hunter – Animal God of the Streets – Skydog

Ramones - Pet Semetery - Brain Drain – Warner Bros

John Carpenter – Theme from the Fog – The Fog Soundtrack – Studio Canal

Bad Brains - FVK (Fearless Vampire Killers) - Bad Brains - ROIR

Roky Erikson - I Walked with a Zombie - The Evil One – Light in the Attic

Wesley Willis - Vampire Bat - Greatest Hits Vol 1 – Alternative Tentacles

Murder City Devils - Midnight Service at the Mytter Museum – Thelema – Sub Pop

Groovie Ghoulies - Blood Beach - Appetite for Adrenochrome – Green Door

Vic Mizzy – Main Theme: The Addams Family Instrumental – The Addams Family - Sony

Paul Lynde - I Am Erik I Bid you Welcome! – Paul Lynde Castle Dracula – Electric Lemon

The Sonics - The Witch – Introducing the Sonics – Great Northwest

Julio Jaramillo - Nuestro Juramento - 15 Anos de Exitos - Remo

The Shaggs - It’s Halloween – Philosophy of the World – Light in the Attic

The Diamonds - Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula – Best of the Diamonds - UMG

SSQ - Tonight We’ll Make Love Til we Die – Playback – F1 Music

Fred Myrow & Malcolm Seagrave - Phantasm Theme

Charles Bernstein - Run Nancy – A Nightmare on Elm Street Soundtrack – The Elm Street Venture

Darla Hood - Witches Brew – Single – Numero Group

The Cramps - I was a Teenage Werewolf – Songs the Lord Taught Us - Capitol

Screaming Jay Hawkins - Little Demon – Cow Fingers and Mosquito Pie – Sony BMG

The Fall - City Hobgoblins - Single - Rough Trade

Tom Waits - Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – Blue Valentine - Anti

Tales from the Crypt - The Crypt Jam – Original Music from – Giant

Roky Erikson - If You Have Ghosts - The Evil One – Light in the Attic

The Five Jones Boys - Mr Ghost Goes to Town – Silly Scary Songs - Sony

Jan Terri - Get Down Goblin – The Wild One - Jtrecords

[tellusepisode]

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Drama, Fantasy, Romance |

Mr. Nobody is a science fiction drama film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael. The film tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality.

Nemo, memory fading, refers to his three main loves and to his parents’ divorce and subsequent hardships endured at three critical junctions in his life: at age nine, fifteen, and thirty-four. Alternate life paths branching out from each of those critical junctions are examined.

In 2092, humanity has conquered immortality through the endless renewal of cells. The world watches in fascination as the 118-year-old Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth, edges towards death. Curious to know of life before quasi-immortality, they interview Nemo. Dr. Feldheim, a psychiatrist, uses hypnosis to help Nemo recall some of his memories, while Nemo relates other memories to a journalist.

Life with mother

A rebellious Nemo lives with his mother and her new partner, Harry, in Montreal. He sees a new girl, Anna, in his school and is immediately smitten. One day on the beach, Anna asks if he would like to swim with her and her friends. Nemo insults her friends and they barely see each other again.

Life with father

Nemo stays with his father, who later becomes disabled. He works in a shop and spends his free time at home at the typewriter, writing a science fiction story about a journey to Mars. At a school dance, he meets Elise and falls in love. A few days later, Nemo goes to Elise’s house but sees her with her 22-year-old boyfriend. Frustrated, he speeds away on his motorcycle, has an accident and is hospitalized in a vegetative state.

Director: Jaco Van Dormael

Writer: Jaco Van Dormael

Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo, Juno Temple

►Cast:

Jared Leto…Nemo Adult / Old NemoSarah Polley…Adult EliseDiane Kruger…Anna AdultLinh Dan Pham…Adult Jean (as Linh-Dan Pham)Rhys Ifans…Father NemoNatasha Little…Mother NemoToby Regbo…Nemo age 15Juno Temple…Anna age 15Clare Stone…Elise age 15Thomas Byrne…Nemo age 9Audrey Giacomini…Jean age 15Laura Brumagne…Anna age 9Allan Corduner…Dr. FeldheimDaniel Mays…Young JournalistMichael Riley…HarryHarold Manning…TV HostEmily Tilson…EveRoline Skehan…JoyceAnders Morris…NoahPascal Duquenne…HenryNoa De Costanzo…Nemo age 5David Schaal…Thug 1Nathan Boydell…PaulLaurent Capelluto…Man in BlackHarry Cleven…Man in Black 2Vincent Dupont…MichaelJenna Wheeler-Hughes…Showroom Girl (as Jenna Wheeler Huggins)Valérie-Marie Chadelaud…Showroom WomanAndrew Simms…Showroom ManStéphane Thiry…Male NurseBruno Verstraete…Male NurseAlice van Dormael…Angel of Oblivian 1 (as Alice Van Dormael)Juliette Van Dormael…Angel of Oblivian 2Tedd Dillon…Texan ManMelanie Doerr…Texan WomanTalya Rubin…Shy WomanVito DeFilippo…Shy Man (as Vito De Filipo)Corey Cleve Bentivegna…Boy of Shy CoupleSandrine Laroche…Desillusioned WomanOlivier Bony…Desillusioned ManLaura Van Hove…Teenage GirlJack Proudlove…Teenage BoyMarc Zinga…Gay Man 1Martin Swabey…Gay Man 2Philippe Godeau…Golf Player / Sad ManSarah Gravel…Sad WomanJohn Canoe…Mohawk ManDonna Jacobs…Mohawk WomanFujio Ishimaru…Japanese GardenerRobin Carette…Nemo 18 monthsLéa Thonus…Elise age 9Anaïs Van Belle…Jean age 9Hugo Harold-Harrison…Pool InstructorSylvie Olivé…Family Mars MotherStéphane Taillasson…Famly Mars FatherJules Taillasson…Family Mars SonJan Hammenecker…Shoe Factory DirectorSerge Larivière…Shoe Lace SupplierLeni Parker…TeacherKatharina Pejcic…Daughter AnnaAlexander Türk…Son AnnaTanya Trombetta…Friend AnnaBen Mansfield…Stefano 22-40 (as Benjamin Mansfield)Charlotte ‘Lola’ Pauwels…Girlfriend Young StefanoDaniel Brochu…PeterLouise Sophia Engel…Anna / Nemo DaughterAaron Landt…Anna / Nemo SonChristelle Cornil…Coma Nurse 1Tawny Andersen…Coma Nurse 2 (as Towny Andersen)Christophe Beaucarne…Villa OwnerJules Eerdekens…Pool Maintenance ColleguePhilippe Levy…Pool Maintenance CollegueRenaud Alcalde…Spaceship NeighbourDominique Warnier…Spaceship NeighbourCatherine Demaiffe…Tender NurseJaco Van Dormael…Brazilian ManPierre Chaves…Hotel Entrance GuardNicholas Beveney…Black Man AirportDavid Kennedy…Thug 2Josselin Moinet…Morgue PolicemanVirginie Bordes…Continuity GirlCarlo Mestroni…Police OfficerNicolas Ross…Anna / Peter SonMarie-Ève Beauregard…Anna / Peter DaughterManfred Andrae…Neighbour AnnaThi-Mai Nguyen…Prehistoric Pregnant WomanJohn Churchill…Boy on SlideValentijn Dhaenens…Julian (scenes deleted)Michèle-Anne De Mey…(scenes deleted)Gaspard Pauwels…(scenes deleted)Clayton Nemrow…(scenes deleted)Brian Wrench…(scenes deleted)Dietmar Rüttiger…(scenes deleted)Valentina Dolla…Daughter at Station (scenes deleted)Aloise Duponcheel…(scenes deleted)Bill Corday…(scenes deleted)Rob Burns…(scenes deleted)Vanya Rose-Kuhrt…(scenes deleted) (as Vanya Rose)Sam Jaramillo…(scenes deleted)Milo Bouquelle…(scenes deleted)

Sources: imdb & wikipedia

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REVIEW

The Eviction of Hope edited by Colin Conway

The 509 Crime Anthologies #1

 Colin Conway created a crime series set in the 509 telephone area code. I had no idea what “509” might pertain to when I picked up the first book but found out that it refers to the vast area east of Washington’s Cascade. In this addition to the series Conway decided to ask a number of authors to contribute their own twist on what might happen in the lives of people living in a building that they will soon be evicted from.  I have read over half of the stories so far and have been interested and intrigued by every one of them. There are people to admire and to despise, twists and turns aplenty, good and evil that occurs, plenty of surprises…and I can’t wait to return to the book to read the rest of the stories. That said, I decided to write my review now in hopes that it might influence someone to pick up a copy and read it. You will have the opportunity to meet fourteen authors and read their work as you step into a world where people are facing eviction from the homes they can barely afford. What happens in their lives in the last few days they live in The Hope captivated my imagination while also making me thankful I did not, and hopefully never will, live in such dire circumstances. The stories are short, succinct, powerful, and left me thinking as I wondered about what came before the moment I met the characters…and what would come after.

 Did I enjoy this book? Yes

Did I find authors I would enjoy reading in the future? Definitely

 Thank you to the editor for the ARC – This is my honest review.

 5 Stars

    BLURB

 With blistering stories from Hector Acosta, Mark Bergin, Joe Clifford, Paul J. Garth, Carmen Jaramillo, Dana King, James L'Etoile, Gary Phillips, Matt Phillips, Tom Pitts, Travis Richardson, John Shepphird, Holly West and Frank Zafiro.

  It's eviction day for The Hope Apartments. The residents have known about it for over a year. It's too bad they ignored all the warning signs.

 More than a century ago, developer Elijah Hope constructed a state-of-the-art hotel. As the generations passed and tastes changed, The Hope spent two decades as an underutilized office building before conversion into a low-income housing project.

 Rundown by years of human occupation, The Hope has become a hollow shell of its once great self. It is home to drug addicts, petty criminals, and those hiding from others. The city has long turned a blind eye to The Hope as surrounding neighborhoods gentrified and pushed their disaffected in its direction.

 But now The Hope is preparing a return to its original glory. The current owners plan to convert it into a boutique hotel. The only thing standing in their way is the eviction of over one hundred units.

 Each resident knew this fateful day was coming, yet most chose to believe it would never arrive. They ignored the posted signs, the hand-delivered warnings, and even the actual notices.

 Many stayed until the bitter end.

 These are their stories.

 The Eviction of Hope is a collection of fourteen short stories from crime fiction's freshest voices. Get your copy today and experience The 509 in a completely new way.

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MG Awards 2017

Película COCO Runner-Up: Moonlight Director Lee Unkrich, Adrián Molina | COCO Runner-Up: Barry Jenkins | Moonlight Actor Andy Serkis | WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Runner-Up: Adam Driver | Paterson Actriz Hailee Steinfeld | THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN Runner-Up: Isabelle Huppert | L’Avenir Actriz de Reparto Naomie Harris | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Golshifteh Farahani | Paterson Actor de Reparto André Holland | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Mahershala Ali | Moonlight Guión Original Jordan Peele | GET OUT Runner-Up: Kelly Fremon Craig | The Edge of Seventeen Guión Adaptado Barry Jenkins | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green | Blade Runner 2049 Edición Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Robin Campillo, Stephanie Leger, Anita Roth | 120 Battements Par Minute Fotografía Roger Deakins | BLADE RUNNER 2049 Runner-Up: Rodrigo Prieto | Silence Diseño de Producción Tim Evatt, Harley Jessup | COCO Runner-Up: Dennis Gassner, Paul Inglis, Alessandra Querzola | Blade Runner 2049 Diseño de Vestuario Daniel Arriaga, Christine Waggoner | COCO Runner-Up: Lindy Hemming | Wonder Woman Make-Up / Hairstyling Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn, Csilla Blake-Horváth, Jaime Leigh McIntosh | BLADE RUNNER 2049 Runner-Up: Vincenzo Mastrantonio, Luca Vannella | Thor: Ragnarok Efectos Visuales / Especiales Joe Letteri, Ryan Stafford, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon, Joel Whist | WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Runner-Up: Richard Hoover, Paul Lambert, Karen Murphy Mundell, Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson | Blade Runner 2049 Edición de Sonido Will Files, Douglas Murray, Laura Graham, P.K. Hooker, John Morris, Ken McGill, Jim Brookshire | WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Runner-Up: Christopher Boyes, Justin Doyle, J.R. Grubbs, Jack Whittaker, Dee Selby | Coco Mezcla de Sonido Mac Ruth, Doug Hemphill, Ron Bartlett, Kevin Schultz, Don White | BLADE RUNNER 2049 Runner-Up: Ren Klyce, Stuart Wilson, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Shawn Murphy, Doc Kane, Frank Rinella | Star Wars: The Last Jedi Score Justin Hurwitz | LA LA LAND Runner-Up: Mica Levi | Jackie Canción “Recuérdame” By Kristen Anderson-López & Robert López, Performed by Gael García Bernal & Lucy Hernández / Carlos Rivera | COCO Runner-Up: “Un Poco Loco” By Germaine Franco & Adrián Molina, Performed by Luis Ángel Gómez Jaramillo & Gael García Bernal | Coco Poster InSync Plus | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Corazón Films México | La La Land Trailer Paramount Pictures | SILENCE Runner-Up: Fox Searchlight | Jackie Diseño de Créditos Prodigal Pictures | BLADE RUNNER 2049 Runner-Up: Perception | Spider-Man: Homecoming Película Animada COCO Runner-Up: Ma Vie de Courgette Off-Screen Performance Andy Serkis | WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Runner-Up: Karin Konoval | War for the Planet of the Apes Non-Anglo Performance Nahuel Pérez Biscayart | 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE Runner-Up: Claes Bang | The Square Featured Actor Betty Gabriel | GET OUT Runner-Up: Carla Juri | Blade Runner 2049 Actriz Breakthorugh Janelle Monáe | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Dafne Keen | Logan Actor Breakthrough Ashton Sanders | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Trevante Rhodes | Moonlight Rising Filmmaker Barry Jenkins | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Jordan Peele | Get Out Ensamble Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, Mahershala Ali, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Jharrel Jerome, y André Holland | MOONLIGHT Runner-Up: Jaeden Lieberher, Finn Wolfhard, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff, Chosen Jacobs, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Nicholas Hamilton, Jackson Robert Scott, y Bill Skarsgård | It Escena Recuérdame (Arrullo) | COCO Runner-Up: The Memory Maker | Blade Runner 2049 Blockbuster WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Runner-Up: Blade Runner 2049 Non-Theatrical Release THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN Runner-Up: Okja Documental LA LIBERTAD DEL DIABLO Runner-Up: I Am Not Your Negro Película Iberoamericana ESTIU 1993 Runner-Up: Las Hijas de Abril Circuito Independiente 120 BATTEMENTS PAR MINUTE Runner-Up: Ma Vie de Courgette

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reading books together: a podcast with deborah brothers and john paul jaramillo episode 21

And we’re back! We skipped a month but in this episode we discuss the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko. John Paul discusses his love affair with the book and his awe in the structure, and Deborah discusses cultural myth, the sacred feminine, and cultural heroes. And, of course, we discuss Goodreads’ one-star reviews.

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Official “Money In The Grave” ft. Rick Ross Lyrics

Yeah, okay Lil CC on the beat, mmm Yeah, yeah

I mean, where the fuck should I really even start? I got hoes that I'm keepin' in the dark I got my niggas 'cross the street livin' large Thinkin' back to the fact that they dead Thought my raps wasn't facts 'til they sat with the bars I got two phones, one need a charge Yeah, they twins, I could tell they ass apart I got big packs comin' on the way I got big stacks comin' out the safe I got Lil Max with me, he the wave It's a big gap between us in the game In the next life, I'm tryna stay paid When I die, put my money in the grave

When I die, put my money in the grave I really gotta put a couple niggas in they place Really just lapped every nigga in the race I really might tat "Realest Nigga" on my face Lil CC let it slap with the bass I used to save hoes with a mask and a cape Now I'm like, "Nah, love, I'm good, go away" Ain't about to die with no money, I done gave it

I was on top when that shit meant a lot Still on top like I'm scared of the drop Still on top and these niggas wanna swap Niggas wanna swap like it's Slauson or Watts I don't wanna change 'cause I'm good where I'm at Mob ties, so I'm always good where I'm at Word to Junior, Jazzy, Baby J Tell 'em when I die, put my money in the grave

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Spend some time today with “Crew of Boys,” a stirring new story by John Paul Jaramillo.

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Pope in Colombia: celebrates Mass, beatifies 2 martyrs in Villavicencio: Full text

(Vatican Radio) “Mary is the first light who announces night’s end, and above all, the impending day”, Pope Francis said during Mass on Friday to celebrate the Nativity of Mary and the beatification of two martyred Colombian clerics in Villavicencio.

Keeping to the theme of his visit to Colombia, that of ‘Reconciliation and Peace,’ the Holy Father reflected on how Mary transmitted God’s light.

She reflected the rays of that light in her home which she shared with Joseph and Jesus, reflecting it also in her people, her country and that home which is common to all mankind: creation, he said.

Referring to the genealogy of Jesus from the day's Gospel, he made a comparison with that of the people of Colombia whose genealogy also can be traced.  He said Colombia's is a genealogy full of stories, many of love and light; others of disagreement, insults, even of death.

Speaking about the two Colombian martyrs whom he beatified during Mass, the Pope called Monsignor Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, Bishop of Arauca, and the priest of Armero, Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, "a sign of an expression of a people who wish to rise up out of the swamp of violence and bitterness".

Please find below the official English translation of the Pope's prepared Homily:

“To be reconciled in God, with Colombians and with Creation”

Villavicencio

Friday, 8 September 2017

“Your birth, O Virgin Mother of God, is the new dawn that proclaims joy to the whole world, for from you has been born the sun of justice, Christ our God” (cf. Antiphon for the Benedictus).  The feast of the birth of Mary shines its light over us, just as the gentle light of dawn radiates above the vast Colombian plain, this beautiful landscape whose gateway is Villavicencio, and shines its light too upon the rich diversity of its indigenous peoples.   

Mary is the first light who announces night’s end, and above all, the impending day.  Her birth helps us to understand the loving, tender, compassionate plan of love in which God reaches down and calls us to a wonderful covenant with him, that nothing and no one will be able to break.

Mary knew how to transmit God’s light, and she reflected the rays of that light in her home which she shared with Joseph and Jesus, reflecting it also in her people, her country and that home which is common to all mankind: creation.

In the Gospel, we have heard the genealogy of Jesus (Mt 1:1-17), which is not a “simple list of names”, but rather a “living history”, the history of the people that God journeyed with; by making himself one of us, God wanted to announce that the history of the just and of sinners runs through his blood, that our salvation is not a sterile entity found in a laboratory, but rather something concrete, a life that moves forward.  This long list tells us that we are a small part of a vast history, and it helps us not to claim excessive importance for ourselves; it helps us elude the temptation of over-spiritualizing things; it helps us not withdraw from the concrete historical realities in which we live.  It also integrates in our history of salvation those pages which are the darkest and saddest, moments of desolation and abandonment comparable to exile.

The mention of women – though none of those referred to in the genealogy has the category of the great women of the Old Testament – allows us a particular rapprochement: it is they, in the genealogy, who tell us that pagan blood runs through the veins of Jesus, and who recall the stories of scorn and subjugation.  In communities where we are still weighed down with patriarchal and chauvinistic customs, it is good to note that the Gospel begins by highlighting women who were influential and made history.

And within all this we see Jesus, Mary and Joseph.  Mary with her generous yes permitted God to take charge of that history.  Joseph, the just man, did not allow his pride, passions or zeal to expel him from this light.  The narration lets us know, before Joseph is even aware, what has happened to Mary.  His decision, made before the angel helped him to understand what was happening around him, shows his human qualities.  The nobility of Joseph’s heart is such that what he learned from the law he made dependent on charity; and today, in this world where psychological, verbal and physical violence towards women is so evident, Joseph is presented as a figure of the respectful and sensitive man.  Even though he does not understand the wider picture, he makes a decision favouring Mary’s good name, her dignity and her life.  In his hesitation as how best to act, God helped him by enlightening his judgment.

The people of Colombia are God’s people; here too we can write genealogies full of stories, many of love and light; others of disagreement, insults, even of death… How many of you can tell of exile and grief!  How many women, in silence, have persevered alone, and how many good men have tried to put aside spite and resentment, hoping to bring together justice and kindness!   How can we best allow the light in?  What are the true paths of reconciliation?  Like Mary, by saying yes to the whole of history, not just to a part of it.  Like Joseph, by putting aside our passions and pride.  Like Jesus Christ, by taking hold of that history, assuming it, embracing it.  That is who you are, that is who Colombians are, that is where you find your identity.  God can do all this if we say yes to truth, to goodness, to reconciliation, if we fill our history of sin, violence and rejection with the light of the Gospel. 

Reconciliation is not an abstract word; if it were, then it would only bring sterility and greater distance.  Reconciliation means opening a door to every person who has experienced the tragic reality of conflict.  When victims overcome the understandable temptation to vengeance, they become the most credible protagonists for the process of building peace.  What is needed is for some to courageously take the first step in that direction, without waiting for others to do so.  We need only one good person to have hope!  And each of us can be that person!  This does not mean ignoring or hiding differences and conflicts.  This is not to legitimize personal and structural injustices.  Recourse to reconciliation cannot merely serve to accommodate unjust situations.  Instead, as Saint John Paul II taught: “[Reconciliation] is rather a meeting between brothers who are disposed to overcome the temptation to egoism and to renounce the attempts of pseudo-justice.  It is the fruit of sentiments that are strong, noble and generous that lead to establishing a coexistence based on respect for each individual and on the values that are proper to each civil society” (Letter to the Bishops of El Salvador, 6 August 1982).  Reconciliation, therefore, becomes substantive and is consolidated by the contribution of all; it enables us to build the future, and makes hope grow.  Every effort at peace without a sincere commitment to reconciliation is destined to fail.

The Gospel text we have heard culminates in Jesus being called Emmanuel, God-with-us.  That is how the Gospel of Mathew both begins and ends: “I will be with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20).  This promise is fulfilled also in Colombia: Monsignor Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, Bishop of Arauca, and the martyred priest of Armero, Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, are a sign of this, an expression of a people who wish to rise up out of the swamp of violence and bitterness.

In these beautiful surroundings, it is up to us to say yes to reconciliation; may our yes also include the natural environment.  It is not by chance that even on nature we have unleashed our desire to possess and to subjugate.  One of your countrymen sings this in a beautiful way: “The trees are weeping, they are witnesses to so many years of violence.  The sea is brown, a mixture of blood and earth” (Juanes, Minas Piedras).  “The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life” (Laudato Si’, 2).  We need to say yes with Mary, and sing with her “the wonders of the Lord”, for as he has promised to our fathers, he helps all nations and peoples, he helps Colombia which today wishes to be reconciled; it is a promise made also to its descendants forever.

(from Vatican Radio)

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8th September >> Pope Francis' Homily as he celebrates Holy Mass in Colombia & beatifies 2 martyrs in Villavicencio: (Full text of Homily). (Photo ~ Pope Francis incenses an image of the Virgin Mary during Mass in Villavicencio, Colombia - AFP) (Vatican Radio) “Mary is the first light who announces night’s end, and above all, the impending day”, Pope Francis said during Mass on Friday to celebrate the Nativity of Mary and the beatification of two martyred Colombian clerics in Villavicencio. Keeping to the theme of his visit to Colombia, that of ‘Reconciliation and Peace,’ the Holy Father reflected on how Mary transmitted God’s light. She reflected the rays of that light in her home which she shared with Joseph and Jesus, reflecting it also in her people, her country and that home which is common to all mankind: creation, he said. Referring to the genealogy of Jesus from the day's Gospel, he made a comparison with that of the people of Colombia whose genealogy also can be traced. He said Colombia's is a genealogy full of stories, many of love and light; others of disagreement, insults, even of death. Speaking about the two Colombian martyrs whom he beatified during Mass, the Pope called Monsignor Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, Bishop of Arauca, and the priest of Armero, Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, "a sign of an expression of a people who wish to rise up out of the swamp of violence and bitterness". Please find below the official English translation of the Pope's prepared Homily: “To be reconciled in God, with Colombians and with Creation” Villavicencio Friday, 8 September 2017 “Your birth, O Virgin Mother of God, is the new dawn that proclaims joy to the whole world, for from you has been born the sun of justice, Christ our God” (cf. Antiphon for the Benedictus). The feast of the birth of Mary shines its light over us, just as the gentle light of dawn radiates above the vast Colombian plain, this beautiful landscape whose gateway is Villavicencio, and shines its light too upon the rich diversity of its indigenous peoples. Mary is the first light who announces night’s end, and above all, the impending day. Her birth helps us to understand the loving, tender, compassionate plan of love in which God reaches down and calls us to a wonderful covenant with him, that nothing and no one will be able to break. Mary knew how to transmit God’s light, and she reflected the rays of that light in her home which she shared with Joseph and Jesus, reflecting it also in her people, her country and that home which is common to all mankind: creation. In the Gospel, we have heard the genealogy of Jesus (Mt 1:1-17), which is not a “simple list of names”, but rather a “living history”, the history of the people that God journeyed with; by making himself one of us, God wanted to announce that the history of the just and of sinners runs through his blood, that our salvation is not a sterile entity found in a laboratory, but rather something concrete, a life that moves forward. This long list tells us that we are a small part of a vast history, and it helps us not to claim excessive importance for ourselves; it helps us elude the temptation of over-spiritualizing things; it helps us not withdraw from the concrete historical realities in which we live. It also integrates in our history of salvation those pages which are the darkest and saddest, moments of desolation and abandonment comparable to exile. The mention of women – though none of those referred to in the genealogy has the category of the great women of the Old Testament – allows us a particular rapprochement: it is they, in the genealogy, who tell us that pagan blood runs through the veins of Jesus, and who recall the stories of scorn and subjugation. In communities where we are still weighed down with patriarchal and chauvinistic customs, it is good to note that the Gospel begins by highlighting women who were influential and made history. And within all this we see Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Mary with her generous yes permitted God to take charge of that history. Joseph, the just man, did not allow his pride, passions or zeal to expel him from this light. The narration lets us know, before Joseph is even aware, what has happened to Mary. His decision, made before the angel helped him to understand what was happening around him, shows his human qualities. The nobility of Joseph’s heart is such that what he learned from the law he made dependent on charity; and today, in this world where psychological, verbal and physical violence towards women is so evident, Joseph is presented as a figure of the respectful and sensitive man. Even though he does not understand the wider picture, he makes a decision favouring Mary’s good name, her dignity and her life. In his hesitation as how best to act, God helped him by enlightening his judgment. The people of Colombia are God’s people; here too we can write genealogies full of stories, many of love and light; others of disagreement, insults, even of death… How many of you can tell of exile and grief! How many women, in silence, have persevered alone, and how many good men have tried to put aside spite and resentment, hoping to bring together justice and kindness! How can we best allow the light in? What are the true paths of reconciliation? Like Mary, by saying yes to the whole of history, not just to a part of it. Like Joseph, by putting aside our passions and pride. Like Jesus Christ, by taking hold of that history, assuming it, embracing it. That is who you are, that is who Colombians are, that is where you find your identity. God can do all this if we say yes to truth, to goodness, to reconciliation, if we fill our history of sin, violence and rejection with the light of the Gospel. Reconciliation is not an abstract word; if it were, then it would only bring sterility and greater distance. Reconciliation means opening a door to every person who has experienced the tragic reality of conflict. When victims overcome the understandable temptation to vengeance, they become the most credible protagonists for the process of building peace. What is needed is for some to courageously take the first step in that direction, without waiting for others to do so. We need only one good person to have hope! And each of us can be that person! This does not mean ignoring or hiding differences and conflicts. This is not to legitimize personal and structural injustices. Recourse to reconciliation cannot merely serve to accommodate unjust situations. Instead, as Saint John Paul II taught: “[Reconciliation] is rather a meeting between brothers who are disposed to overcome the temptation to egoism and to renounce the attempts of pseudo-justice. It is the fruit of sentiments that are strong, noble and generous that lead to establishing a coexistence based on respect for each individual and on the values that are proper to each civil society” (Letter to the Bishops of El Salvador, 6 August 1982). Reconciliation, therefore, becomes substantive and is consolidated by the contribution of all; it enables us to build the future, and makes hope grow. Every effort at peace without a sincere commitment to reconciliation is destined to fail. The Gospel text we have heard culminates in Jesus being called Emmanuel, God-with-us. That is how the Gospel of Mathew both begins and ends: “I will be with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20). This promise is fulfilled also in Colombia: Monsignor Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve, Bishop of Arauca, and the martyred priest of Armero, Pedro María Ramírez Ramos, are a sign of this, an expression of a people who wish to rise up out of the swamp of violence and bitterness. In these beautiful surroundings, it is up to us to say yes to reconciliation; may our yes also include the natural environment. It is not by chance that even on nature we have unleashed our desire to possess and to subjugate. One of your countrymen sings this in a beautiful way: “The trees are weeping, they are witnesses to so many years of violence. The sea is brown, a mixture of blood and earth” (Juanes, Minas Piedras). “The violence present in our hearts, wounded by sin, is also reflected in the symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, in the water, in the air and in all forms of life” (Laudato Si’, 2). We need to say yes with Mary, and sing with her “the wonders of the Lord”, for as he has promised to our fathers, he helps all nations and peoples, he helps Colombia which today wishes to be reconciled; it is a promise made also to its descendants forever.

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Book Review – Little Mocos by John Paul Jaramillo From the title, I thought Little Mocos would be a middle-grade or young adult novel, but it isn’t.