Katniss is back in this dark teaser trailer for THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1: The VFX are made by: Double Negative (VFX Supervisor : Adrian de Wet) MPC (VFX Supervisor : David Seager) Rising Sun Pictures Scanline VFX (VFX Supervisor : Brya…
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Oh yes! Warner Bros have just released at the Comic-con 2014 this great trailer for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD! The VFX are made by: Iloura (VFX Supervisor : Julian Dimsey) Method Studios The Third Floor The Production VFX Supervisor is Andrew Jackson. © Vi…
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Factory VFX have released their 2014 VFX showreel: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Few weeks ago, the 2014 edition of Imaging the Future was held in Neuchatel, Switzerland. On this occasion, I met the VFX legend Scott Squires and ask him some questions about his impressive career. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Really nice VFX Breakdown for the GOD OF WAR “FROM ASHES” trailer created by the teams of Imaginary Forces: Here is the final trailer: © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Nice car chase movie clip from LUCY with VFX done for this sequence by Rodeo FX: The VFX are made by: Industrial Light & Magic (VFX Supervisor : Richard Bluff) Rodeo FX (VFX Supervisor : François Dumoulin) Digital Factory (VFX Supervisor : Kevin Ber…
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Here is the first red band trailer for HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2: The VFX are made by: Zoic Studios (VFX Supervisor : Ralph Maiers) The Production VFX Supervisor is Rocco Passionino. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Here is an exclusive trailer by MTV for HORNS: The VFX are made by: Tippett Studio (VFX Supervisor : Chris Morley) The Production VFX Supervisor is Derek Wentworth. © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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Here is a cool clip of HERCULES featuring a sequence made by Double Negative: The VFX are made by: Double Negative Milk Visual Effects (VFX Supervisor : Nicolas Hernandez) Prime Focus World (VFX Supervisor : Alex Pejic) Cinesite (VFX Supervisor : Sim…
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Here is the nice trailer for THE CUT: The VFX are made by: Mackevision (VFX Supervisors : Juri Stanossek & Jörn Großhans) Scanline VFX (VFX Supervisor : Roland Langschwert) © Vincent Frei – The Art of VFX – 2014
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From fantastical creatures to sprawling battles - fxguide looks at the visual effects of Hercules.
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A run-down of RealFlow 2014 with Lumiere Studios' technical director Duncan Lees.
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A look at the previs efforts from Cinedev, MPC and Halon for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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Mike Seymour, Matt Wallin and Jason Diamond discuss the film and visual effects in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
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Weta Digital senior VFX supervisor Joe Letteri and VFX supervisor Erik Winquist discuss Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Plus we run down the new July term at fxphd.com.
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We preview the Real-Time Live! sessions at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver, talking to Real-Time Live! Chair Nico Gonzalez and jury member Ari Shapiro from USC ICT.
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Dawn of Planet of the Apes delivers complex serious acting from its lead digital characters - we speak to Weta Digital about this blockbuster hit of the summer.
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Each year The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extends invitations to join the academy. The 2014 invitees for Visual Effects are
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The Foundry has launched COLORWAY, a new design application that speeds up and changes the process of iterating on and finalizing an image or product look, and expands the company's move into the design space.
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Award season begins with the announcement of nominations for the 66th Annual Emmy Awards.
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In this month's Ep Jason and Mike are back from travels and switching cameras!
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We explore VFX in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hannibal, Hawaii Five-O, Sleepy Hollow, Game of Thrones, Vikings and Orphan Black.
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UPDATE: Textor makes a statement regarding the Florida lawsuit, which he claims is politically motivated. The state of Florida files a lawsuit against former executives of Digital Domain Media Group Inc., saying the visual effects company was essent…
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Boutique visual effects, animation and digital production studio is tapped by 180LA for a two-spot campaign for Boost Mobile featuring NBA star Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans.
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Creative agency creates a fresh, current and edgy show package for plastic surgery reality show.
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Shotgun Software gears up for a lively week of events, education, new releases and more at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver.
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Master colorists Steve Rodriguez and Shane Reed team with veteran EP LaRue Anderson to launch color-only specialist house Apache Digital.
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MPC is out in force at SIGGRAPH 2014 in Vancouver presenting work on some of the biggest movies of the year, including ‘Godzilla,’ ‘Maleficent,’ ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy.’
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Will Ferrell and Adam McKay sign on to produce live-action/animation hybrid ‘Manimal’ for Sony Pictures Animation.
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The king of the monsters is reborn when Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ ‘Godzilla’ arrives onto Blu-ray 3D combo pack, Blu-ray combo pack, 2-disc DVD special edition and Digital HD on September 16.
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The fifth installment of the long-running franchise, to be directed by 'Kon-Tiki's Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg, will arrive in theaters on July 7, 2017. 
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Framestore, The Capture Lab, Bradford University, Lumiscaphe, TechViz and Autodesk to present motion capture techniques for media, entertainment and product design.
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Render farm management software Qube! speeds up production schedule and capitalizes on existing hardware for developing feature.
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Motion design studio creates eye-catching show open for new reality show.
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Savage Interactive has reimagined a suite of tools for Procreate 2.1 ('Fire') and teamed up with Paper and Pencil developer FiftyThree.
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Middle Boop's bold quote posters are based on Jurassic Park, Back To The Future and more – and they're coming to America next week.
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Teen-focussed social network We Heart It has flown under the radar for seven years, despite amassing millions of users and several high-profile advertisers.
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The Oculus Rift and a renewed interest in virtual reality has prompted a panic about controls--how do you intuitively and accurately manipulate a game while wearing what's essentially a blindfold?
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Ben Frost's pop-art-meet-packaging works are coming to the No Walls gallery in Brighton. See what's on show here.
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Google last week said that it was finally ditching a 30-year-old technology to display fonts on Web pages in its Chrome browser for Windows.
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Chrome evangelist François Beaufort gave us a glimpse of the potential future of Chrome OS on Friday, and boy is it ugly.
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The winning projects from emerging designers include a self-administering first-aid kit and an alternative internet realm.
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The winning projects from emerging designers include a self-administering first-aid kit and an alternative internet realm.
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Designers have revelled in the chance to use Comic Sans with impunity for this poster project to raise money for Cancer Research.
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One of the first casualties of Microsoft's massive layoffs will be the company's Xbox Entertainment Studios, the company said, although some of its flagship entertainment offerings will remain.
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WOTB has launched Upstart Women, with a £10,000 prize to find the UK’s best female digital start-up.
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CelebuzzWith little snark and cheap visual effects, 'Sharknado 2' bitesTwinCities.com-Pioneer PressWith little snark and cheap visual effects, 'Sharknado 2' bites. By David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle. Posted: 07/27/2014 12:01:00 AM CDT. Updated:…
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Scarecrow VFX created many visual effects for the short film THE TRAIL'S END ...PR Urgent (press release)Los Angeles, CA – July 21, 2014 - Scarecrow VFX (www.scarecrowvfx.com) created many visual effects for David Rosenbaum's film, THE TRAIL'S END…
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Dr Who visual effects studio builds desktop as a service for graphicsComputerWeekly.comJellyfish Pictures, the visual effects and animation studio behind popular programmes such as Dr Who, Line of Duty and Natural History Museum Alive 3D, has develop…
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Oneindia EntertainmentTransformers Team To Do Visual Effects For John Paul Vaathil ThurakkunnuOneindia EntertainmentLumicel, the special VFX team which worked for the Hollywood movie Transformers, will do the special effects for the upcoming Malayala…
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Hollywood ReporterFlorida Launches Explosive Lawsuit Over Visual Effects Company's Blow-UpHollywood ReporterDigital Domain might have had extensive movie credits, including digital visual effects work on Titanic, Apollo 13 and Transformers, but the l…
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GamasutraGet a job: Obsidian is hiring a Visual Effects ArtistGamasutraThe Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised ri…
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Saluting Game Of Thrones' visual effectsDen Of GeekIt doesn't help that popular perception of visual effects artists and animators - arguably not aided by the view that their work is simply “painting digital makeup onto actors' performances” as e…
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Hypable'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' CGI proves visual effects have reached a pinnacleHypableDawn of the Planet of the Apes has wowed moviegoers this weekend with its impeccable visual effects and we think it finally proves that CGI has reached it…
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PerezHilton.comGame of Thrones Visual Effects Studio Shows the Magic of Creating WesterosIGNIt's easy to notice special effects in Game of Thrones when the White Walkers enter the frame or a dragon takes to the sky, but what about the other details t…
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'Transformers: Age of Extinction': 5 Things to Know About the Visual EffectsHollywood ReporterTransformers: Age of Extinction — which has already earned nearly $600 million worldwide — marks the fourth title of the franchise and director Michael…
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The teaser trailer for the much-anticipated "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" is officially set to be unveiled tomorrow at 12pm US-PT/3pm US-ET, finally giving us a full look at the final chapter in Peter Jackson's saga. A 15-second glimps…
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Marvel's final panel at Comic Con, which was devoted to the 75th anniversary of Marvel comics and the 50th anniversary of "Daredevil," yielded one last bit of crucial information.Talk on the panel, which included Marvel CCO Joe Quesada, tackled the…
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Both "Thor" and "Guardians of the Galaxy" have been responsible for introducing the cosmic elements of Marvel Comics into their cinematic universe, selling us on alien civilisations and ancient god-like beings - and selling it all with a healthy dose…
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BlackhatLegendary's panel at Comic Con yesterday confirmed that Michael Mann's new thriller previously titled "Cyber" has scored a new name - "Blackhat". The Chris Hemsworth-led film is scheduled for a mid-January release but will score a limited t…
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Following its debut at the Warner Bros. Pictures Comic Con panel yesterday, the first footage is out from George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road" and it's spectacular. The two-and-a-half minute clip, a cut down version of the one screened at Comic Con,…
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Saturday night was Warners and DC Comics' big night of TV series debuts at Comic Con with a special screening of the full pilots of "The Flash" and "Gotham" along with footage from the new season of "Arrow" and the new series "Constantine". Cast and…
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The announcement on Friday of an "Evil Dead" television series got many frothing with excitement but also curious as to what the nature of the show would be.Specifically would it be a continuation of the classic franchise, the reboot, or its own re…
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In the lead up to last night's Marvel Studios panel at Comic Con, the producers and cast members of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" have been talking to press about the movie. In the process a couple of new nuggets of information have come out.Avengers…
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Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller showed up at this year's Comic Con to promote "Sin City: A Dame To Kill For," the sequel to their 2005 film based on Miller's acclaimed graphic novel series. Whilst there was nine years between the first two films,…
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Paul Bettany played it coy at Comic Con yesterday regarding his role as The Vision in "Avengers: Age of Ultron", but did tell Slashfilm that his character "feels paternal to a number of people" and he's "really good at punching". The robotic chara…
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The ten episode third season of History's "Vikings" has scored a Comic Con teaser trailer ahead of its return in early 2015. Ragnar appears to be taking on the might of King Charles of France in the new season, and series creator Michael Hirst has…
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Scott Lang goes ridingYou might remember that, back at Comic-Con in 2012, Edgar Wright showed off some test footage from his version of Ant-Man. He may no longer be attached, but that didn’t stop Kevin Feige and co. bringing another look at the min…
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Scarlett Johansson triumphs over Dwayne JohnsonThis weekend at the US box office it was a battle between brains and brawn. Lucy (the brains), in which Scarlett Johansson stars as a young woman whose intelligence is exponentially boosted by an acciden…
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Katniss fights another dayHere's where it really starts to kick off. Those familiar with the books will be aware that Mockingjay is something of a different beast to the other two Hunger Games novels. It's been split into two instalments for the Jenn…
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Dark times ahead for our heroesWhen Marvel comes to Comic-Con these days, it comes big. While the panel was decidedly more low-key than some of their previous appearances – even with the groovy, high-energy, flower-throwing entrance by Robert Downe…
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And some new images and postersIf you’ve been reading our coverage of the various events from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, you’ll probably recall our positive reaction to the footage that director George Miller brought from Mad Max: Fury Ro…
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Tells Comic-Con, 'We're doing it'.The cat was out of the bag a couple of months ago, but it hadn't quite been validated by the man himself. Now, in response to a question from the audience at Comic-Con, Quentin Tarantino has personally confirmed that…
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James Gunn & co back in July 2017It was hardly a big surprise given word this weekend and the positive buzz on the first film as it prepares to launch in cinemas. But James Gunn and Chris Pratt appeared on screen at Hall H at the end of this year’s…
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James Gunn & co back in July 2017It was hardly a big surprise given word this weekend and the positive buzz on the first film as it prepares to launch in cinemas. But James Gunn and Chris Pratt appeared on screen at Hall H at the end of this year’s…
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James Gunn & co back in July 2017It was hardly a big surprise given word this weekend and the positive buzz on the first film as it prepares to launch in cinemas. But James Gunn and Chris Pratt appeared on screen at Hall H at the end of this year’s…
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Tom Hardy is the new Road WarriorGeorge Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road has been many years in the making - in 2003, a version in which Mel Gibson was set to reprise his role as Max Rockatansky, the road warrior himself, had the plug pulled with about…
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Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman revealedDay 3 of Comic-Con is traditionally the biggest day of the Con, and it kicked off in spectacular fashion today when Zack Snyder dropped by and brought with him the first footage from the currently-filming Batman V Sup…
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Mothra! Rodan! Ghidorah!The Legendary panel at this year’s Comic-Con kicked off with big news in every sense. Gareth Edwards (currently at Lucasfilm in San Francisco) sent a video thanking the Comic-Con audience for their support of the first film…
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I haven’t had time to post on some recent VFX news since I’ve been focused on getting ready to launch the ADAPT membership and fundraiser drive. We are officially a non-profit organization now and are setting up our site to allow supporters to jo…
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Lots of VFX news today. I’ll wait for more details to come out and let the dust settle before I comment. In other news, it’s pretty rare to get international governments to provide oversight of their subsidy programs and disclose their costs. The…
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@MitchyD @YamAll @UbisoftMTL @IGN Our government helped them enough, if they can't walk on their own by now… They should fall. Hard.— Dany Rioux (@TheMadJack) June 18, 2014 A few weeks ago I pondered if cuts in Quebec subsidies would trigger a mi…
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UK VFX execs are on a roll this week: Speaking during the Unreality Checked panel of the VFX Summit, The Mill chief creative officer Pat Joseph said that although the nature of the work – particularly commercials – called for long hours, “the p…
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Tuesday morning I woke up early to do an interview with the BBC about the VFX industry. I argued that while the UK is benefiting from recent increases in subsidies for the film industry, I warned that Canada was offering much larger subsidies that…
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Last week I posted about Quebec winding down it’s film and games subsidy program by instantly cutting it by 20%. This week report Will Campbell uncovers an internal Ontario document that seriously questioned the sustainability of offering film subs…
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The Quebec government announced this week that it would cut subsidies across the board by 20%. This includes film and games subsidies: On the spending side, an across-the-board cut of 20 per cent will be applied to the popular tax credits that govern…
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So it finally happened. Sony Pictures Imageworks is moving all of its work to Vancouver signaling an end of an era: Variety: Sony Imageworks Moving HQ to Vancouver The Hollywood Reporter: Sony’s VFX House Imageworks Moving Headquarters to Vanco…
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Photo by AnimationMerc Well it’s looking to be that time of the year again where Andy Serkis tries to make another failed run at garnering an Oscar nomination for motion capture performances in VFX films. The Brew nails it: In an interview that Ser…
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I just arrived back to the US from my trip to China. (Which was pretty crazy if you saw my tweet about the plane almost crashing.) During my trip I was saddened to hear about another school shooting this time at UC Santa Barbara. I just was at UCSB t…
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