#10-48 Fairbanks

[devilsrains]

aoike character guide book

places visited in yasuko aoike's works (translation under the cut by the lovely @asnowperson)

ENGLAND 1- London (Midnight Collector side story among others) 2- The National Gallery (London) (Pt.1 A Thousand Kisses) 3- British Museum (London) (Pt.1) 4- Salibury Military Base (Lieutenant Colonel Eberbach side story) 5- Heathrow Airport (No.11 Seven Days in September among others)

GERMANY 6- Plymouth (El halcón) 7- Bonn 8- NATO Bonn Office 9- Cologne 10- Thermal Spas on the Rhine River and the old castles (Eroica, among others) 11- Lilienthal Monastery (Shuudoushi Falco) 12- Berlin (No. 15 Nosferatu, among otheres) 13- Trier (No.17 Trojan Horse) 14- German Military Hospital (Intermission side story) 15- Dresden (No.16 The Panda’s Maze) 16-Hamburg (From Lawrence with Love side story) 17- Eberbach Mansion

FRANCE/ITALY/GREECE 18- Paris (No.17 Trojan Horse) 19- Louvre Museum (No.1 A Thousand Kisses) 20- Charles de Gaulle Airport (No.11 Seven Days in September) 21- Nice (No.17 Trojan Horse) 22- Avignon (Alcazar Oujo) 23- Catacombes (No.8 Veni Vidi Vici) 24- St.Peter’s Basilica (No.8 Veni Vidi Vici) 25- St.Peter’s Square (No.8 Veni Vidi Vici) 26- Parthenon Temple (No.4 Love in Greece)

SPAIN/PORTUGAL 27- Sevilla (Alcazar Oujo) 28- Sigüenza (Alcazar Oujo) 29- Toledo (Alcazar Oujo) 30- Jerez Castle (Alcazar Oujo) 31- Jerez Monastery (Alcazar Oujo) 32- Jaén (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 33- Plaza de Toros de Jaén (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 34- Córdoba (Eroica) 35- Zuera, Alcala (No.11 Seven Days in September) 36- Aragon region (Eroica) 37- Calatayud (Alcazar Oujo) 38- Granada (Alcazar Oujo) 39- Barcelona (Eroica) 40- Valencia (Alcazar Oujo) 41- Lisbon (No.3 Achilles’ Last Stand)

SWITZERLAND/AUSTRIA/LICHTENSTEIN/ROMANIA 42- Zürich (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 43- Luzern (No.12 The Laughing Cardinals) 44- Vienna State Opera (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 45- Vienna Central Cemetery (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 46- Innsbruck (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 47- Innsbruck Airport (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 48- Hofburg Palace (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 49- Tyrol region (No.14 Emperor Waltz) 50- Lichtenstein (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 51- Romania military base (No. 15 Nosferatu)

THE NETHERLANDS/BELGIUM 52- Amsterdam (Eroica, Madan no Shashu) 53- Bruxelles (No.17 Trojan Horse) 54- NATO HQ (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 55- European Commission HQ (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 56- Antwerp (No.17 Trojan Horse)

NORWAY/SWEDEN/DENMARK 57- Oslo Airport (No.11 Seven Days in September) 58- Mora (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 59- Copenhagen (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 60- Kronborg Castle (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 61- Lousiana Museum of Modern Art (No.19 Poseidon 2000)

TURKEY/SYRIA/LEBANON/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/IRAN 62- İstanbul (No.13 The Seventh Seal) 63- Rumeli Hisarı (No.11 Seven Days in September) 64- Turkish air base (No.6 Inshallah) 65- National borders of Anatolian plateau (No.6 Inshallah) 66- Historical remains of Palmyra (No.6 Inshallah) 67- Beirut (No.6 Inshallah) 68- Jerusalam (Saladin no Hi) 69- Gaza (Saladin no Hi) 70- Tehran (No.6 Inshallah)

EGYPT/TUNISIA 71- Ancient remains outside Cairo (No.6 Inshallah) 72- El Alameyn (No.6 Inshallah) 73- Giza Pyramids (No.11 Seven Days in September) 74- Alexandria (No.11 Seven Days in September) 75- Hotel Rosetta (No.11 Seven Days in September) 76- Carthage (No.17 Trojan Horse)

RUSSIA/JAPAN/USA/OTHERS 77- Moscow (No.19 Poseidon 2000) 78- St. Petersburg (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 79- Hermitage Museum (No.18 Judgment of Paris) 80- Siberia (A Tale of Alaska side story) 81- Uspensky Air Base (Eroica) 82- Tokyo Tower (Hiiro no Yuuwaku) 83- Alaska (A Tale of Alaska side story) 84- FBI Fairbanks Office (No.9 The Alaskan Front) 85- Tazlina Lake (No.9 The Alaskan Front) 86- Hawaii (No.9 The Alaskan Front) 87- West of Eden (Eve no Musukotachi) 88- Olympos (Eve no Musukotachi)

[goalhofer]

2023 Los Angeles Angels Roster

Pitchers

#17 Ōtani Shōhei (Ōshū, Japan)

#28 Aaron Loup (Boutte, Louisiana)

#31 Tyler Anderson (Las Vegas, Nevada)*

#40 Sam Bachman (Fishers, Indiana)**

#43 Patrick Sandoval (Mission Viejo, California)

#44 Ben Joyce (Knoxville, Tennessee)**

#47 Griffin Canning (Rancho Santa Margarita, California)

#48 Reid Detmers (Nokomis, Illinois)

#51 Jaime Barría (Ciudad Panama, Panama)

#52 Dominic Leone (Norwich, Connecticut)*

#53 Carlos Estévez (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)*

#54 José Suárez (Ciudad Naguanagua, Venezuela)

#58 Robert Daniel (Montgomery, Alabama)**

#59 José Soriano (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)**

#61 Austin Warren (Fayetteville, North Carolina)

#63 Chase Silseth (Farmington, New Mexico)

#65 José Quijada (Caripito, Venezuela)

#73 Chris Rodriguez (Miami Gardens, Florida)

#78 Kenny Rosenberg (Santa Clarita, California)

Catchers

#14 Logan O'Hoppe (Islip, New York)

#21 Matt Thaiss (Jackson Township, New Jersey)

#33 Max Stassi (Yuba City, California)

#35 Chad Wallach (Orange, California)

Infielders

#2 Luis Rengifo (Ciudad Naguanagua, Venezuela)

#3 Joseph Ward (Oviedo, Florida)

#4 Andrew Velazquez (Bronx, New York)

#5 Eduardo Escobar (Villa De San Luis Rey De Cura, Venezuela)*

#6 Anthony Rendon (Houston, Texas)

#8 Mike Moustakas (Los Angeles, California)*

#9 Zach Neto (Miami, Florida)**

#10 Gio Urshela (Cartagena De Indias, Colombia)*

#18 Nolan Schanuel (Boynton Beach, Florida)**

#23 Brandon Drury (Grants Pass, Oregon)*

#25 C.J. Cron; Jr. (Phoenix, Arizona)*

#75 Trey Cabbage (Blaine, Tennessee)**

Outfielders

#7 Jordon Adell (Louisville, Kentucky)

#15 Randal Grichuk (Rosenberg, Texas)*

#16 McKenzie Moniak (Carlsbad, California)

#27 Mike Trout (Millville, New Jersey)

Coaches

Manager Phil Nevin (Placentia, California)

Hitting coach Marcus Thames (Louisville, Mississippi)

Assistant hitting coach Phil Plantier (Manchester, New Hampshire)

Pitching coach Matt Wise (Montclair, California)

Assistant pitching/bullpen coach Bill Hezel (Bonney Lake, Washington)

Bullpen catcher Drew Butera (Orlando, Florida)

Batting practice pitcher Mike Ashman (Fairbanks, Alaska)

1B coach Damon Mashore (Ciudad Ponce, Puerto Rico)

3B/catching coach Bill Haselman (Saratoga, California)

Quality assurance coach Tim Buss (Dodgeville, Wisconsin)

Field coordinator Romar Gil (Chula Vista, California)

Assistant coach Ali Modami (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Assistant coach Jason Brown (Long Beach, California)

[indiejones]

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[mystlnewsonline]

FEMA Authorizes Funds - Horse Creek Fire in Alaska

FEMA Authorizes Funds to Fight Lost Horse Creek Fire in Alaska BOTHELL, WA (STL.News) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the Lost Horse Creek Fire burning in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. The state of Alaska's request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) was approved by FEMA Region 10 Acting Deputy Administrator Scott D. Zaffram on Thursday, August 3, 2023, at 6:48 p.m. AKDT.  He determined that the Lost Horse Creek Fire threatened to cause such destruction as would constitute a major disaster.  This is the first FMAG declared in 2023 to help fight Alaska wildfires. At the time of the state's request, the wildfire threatened homes in and around the Haystack Subdivision. The fire also threatened the Elliot Highway, local cooperative electrical utility lines, recreational facilities, and the University of Alaska's Poker Flats Research Site. FMAGs are provided through the President's Disaster Relief Fund and are made available by FEMA to assist in fighting fires that threaten to cause a major disaster.  Eligible items can include expenses for field camps, equipment use, repair, and replacement; mobilization and demobilization activities; and tools, materials, and supplies. This authorization makes FEMA funding available to pay 75 percent of the state's eligible firefighting costs under an approved grant for managing, mitigating, and controlling designated fires.  These grants do not provide assistance to individual home or business owners and do not cover other infrastructure damage caused by the fire. In addition to the firefighting funds authorized under this FMAG, another $918,774 will be available to Alaska through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) Post Fire for the mitigation of future wildfires and related hazards, such as flood after fire or erosion.  Some eligible wildfire project types include defensible space measures, ignition-resistant construction, and hazardous fuels reduction.  The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 authorizes FEMA to provide HMGP Post-Fire funds to eligible states and territories that receive Fire Management Assistance declarations and federally recognized tribes that have land burned within a designated area. SOURCE: FEMA Read the full article

[citizenrecord]

Bodies of 4 killed in Alaska helicopter crash are recovered from lake

The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

ANCHORAGE (Alaska): Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists on Sunday from the sunken wreckage of their aircraft, which went down in a shallow lake last week on the remote North Slope, authorities said.

The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The only way to raise the wreckage will be to use another helicopter because it’s in the middle of one of the many lakes scattered across the vast tundra, said Clint Johnson, the chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region.

“In Alaska, here during the fire season, commercial helicopters are at a premium. So we are having challenges getting a helicopter to do the work,” he said Sunday.

The dead were identified by the North Slope Police Department as Ronald Daanen, 51, and Justin Germann, 27, both from Fairbanks; Tori Moore, 26, of South Bend, Indiana; and pilot Bernard “Tony” Higdon, 48, of North Pole, Alaska.

The 1996 Bell 206 helicopter crashed Thursday while transporting the Alaska Department of Natural Resources staff while they conducted fieldwork in the area. They were members of the Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey.

The helicopter is owned by Maritime Helicopters. In a statement, the company praised Higdon. “We all knew Tony as the consummate professional and a skilled pilot. He will be greatly missed,” the company said.

Maritime Helicopters pledged to aid the investigation. “We will continue to work closely with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in their investigation as they search for answers in this accident. Our mission will continue to focus first and foremost on a total commitment to safety as we resume operations,” the company said.

The wreckage was found near the small coastal town of Wainwright, which is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Utqiagvik — the northernmost city in the U.S., formerly known as Barrow. The flight originated in Utqiagvik and was supposed to return there.

Volunteers from the Alaska Dive Search, Rescue, and Recovery team arrived at the crash site around 10:45 p.m. Saturday and recovered the bodies about 6 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities have said the aircraft likely will not be raised from the middle of the 1-mile-wide (1.6-kilometer) lake until Monday or Tuesday, given the lack of available helicopters.

[bongaboi]

UAB: 2022 Bahamas Bowl Champions

NASSAU, Bahamas – Reynard Ellis tackled Jalen Walker at the 1-yard line on the final play of the game to give UAB a 24-20 victory over Miami (OH) in the 2022 HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl.

Jermaine Brown Jr. scored the go-ahead touchdown for UAB on 4th-and-1 with 1:33 left in fourth quarter. Brown Jr. rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns overall.

Trea Shropshire was the game's offensive MVP after tying the Bahamas Bowl record with 183 receiving yards. Michael Fairbanks II was the defensive MVP with seven tackles, 1.5 TFL, 0.5 sack and a blocked extra point.

The win was UAB's third bowl victory in school history and the first time UAB has won back-to-back bowl games. It also marked UAB's 50th win since returning to action in 2017, which is the most of any team in Conference USA during that span. UAB finished the year at 7-6 overall is 50-26 since 2017.

On Miami's first possession, UAB forced a turnover on downs and quickly turned that into seven points. UAB's first offensive play was a 48-yard completion from Hopkins to Shropshire, and those would connect again on a 10-yard reception for an early 7-0 lead.

UAB's second drive of the game resulted in a 42-yard field goal by Matt Quinn to extend the Blazer lead to 10-0 with 3:31 left in the opening quarter.

Miami scored late in the first half on a 33-yard touchdown reception, but the extra point was blocked by Michael Fairbanks II which brought the score to 10-6 at the half.

The RedHawks took their first lead of the game with 5:44 left in the third. Following a UAB muffed punt inside its own 5-yard line. It took Miami one play to find the end zone for a 13-10 advantage.

The Blazers took the lead right back on their next possession, going 75 yards in 14 plays and capping it with a 3-yard touchdown from Brown Jr. with 13:29 remaining in the game.

Miami then came right back with a 12-play drive that took up 6:37 of the clock and converted a 3rd-and-8 for a 10-yard touchdown pass to regain a 20-17 lead with 6:52 left in the game.

UAB's defense came up big once again and gave the ball back to the offense with four minutes to go. The Blazers went 70 yards in five plays, and Brown Jr. punched it in for the 24-20 lead.

With a minute to go, Miami marched down the field, but it was Ellis who played hero by stopping the RedHawks on the final play of the game.

[ongreenergrasses]

What to do if you’re an Alaskan who needs an abortion

First, abortion is still legal in Alaska. There are no trigger laws in effect. There is also no immediate legislative action seeking to change this right. In Alaska, abortion is legal throughout the entire pregnancy. The abortion must be performed by a licensed physician, and you also must be a resident of Alaska for 30 days prior to the procedure (source). You are also required to receive counseling before obtaining an abortion. There are 3 abortion clinics in the state, located in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Juneau. If you cannot afford an abortion, Medicare is required by law to cover the cost of a “medically necessary” abortion, and Planned Parenthood, which oversees all 3 clinics, also has payment plans and sliding scale fees.

Alaska was one of 4 states to make abortion legal before Roe v. Wade. In 1972, voters overwhelmingly supported an amendment adding the right to privacy to the state’s constitution. Through this amendment, abortion was legalized, as medical care and decisions are protected as private under the State Constitution.

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the right to abortion again in 1997, stating that “reproductive rights are fundamental, and that they are encompassed within the right to privacy expressed in article I, section 22 of the Alaska Constitution.” The Supreme Court ruling also states that “these fundamental reproductive rights include the right to an abortion”.

What happens now?

There is still a very real threat to abortion and reproductive rights within Alaska. Governor Mike Dunleavy has already mentioned that he will be introducing an amendment when the legislative session restarts in November that could remove constitutional protections for abortion in Alaska. However, passing an amendment this way requires support from 2/3rds of both the state House and Senate, as well as support from the majority of participating voters the next election. It is extremely unlikely this amendment will ever be seen by voters.

However, this November, Alaskans have the chance to vote on holding a constitutional convention. The possibility for a constitutional convention is put on the ballot every 10 years, and if voters agree to hold one, it is the most direct (and likely) way to amend the constitution.

This process will take time if voters ask to hold one, with final amendments to the constitution potentially not being ratified until 2026, but many anti abortion groups are already pushing hard to hold a constitutional convention, as they see it as the best way to ban abortion within the state. The constitutional convention can address a number of topics, most notably the PFD, which is why support has been growing, but it is almost certain to become contentious and could put abortion on the chopping block.

What can I do?

It is very difficult to change the State constitution, so preventing or banning abortion will not be easy. However, a constitutional convention is the most likely way that abortion protections could be removed. Educate yourself on the issues before voting in November. Anti abortion groups are heavily supporting a constitutional convention, and the question is left entirely up to voters in November whether or not one will be held. Consider voting “no” to holding a constitutional convention, and contact your state legislators to express your support for abortion rights in Alaska. Additionally, vote for candidates that will protect abortion rights for the US House and Senate.

Abortion within Alaska remains safe and legal. However, the challenges and unique remoteness of the state can make it extremely difficult for people in villages or who are off the highway system to access the 3 remaining abortion clinics. If you decide to go outside the state for an abortion due to these barriers, Washington has robust protections and as many Alaskans know, the main way to access any destination in the Lower 48 is to go through Seattle, so there are many flights each day that can get you there.

I have also seen a lot of posts recommending that Alaskans go to Canada for abortions if necessary. The closest clinic is in Whitehorse, and there are no direct flights. Another option is to drive, but again, if you are coming from a village or from off the highway system, this is not a viable option. Alaskans also need to present a passport for entry into Canada. I am from the Interior so I am not qualified to speak for all Alaskans, but Canada seems to be a far more inaccessible option due to its remoteness, difficulty of access, and additional costs of getting a passport and paying out of pocket for an abortion at the Whitehorse clinic. I would highly recommend going to Seattle instead.

[victoriafreakingmcqueen]

10-48 Fairbanks

It had been a crazy plan. One no one but Vic could have cooked up with how many bats her bridge was missing by this point. Even her father and Maggie had wondered if they could pull it off. 

The plan? Kidnap Charlie Manx. 

They’d caught him unawares leaving a gas station and knocked him out. Maggie’s tiles had given them the location. Only after trying to get Wayne out to no avail had they gone through with the plan. It was what Vic expected though, that’s why they needed Manx. He was the only one who the Wraith would listen to. 

Out gunning the Wraith once she realized her driver was missing had been a white knuckling experience, but they’d reached the warehouse and gotten in unscathed, barely. The side of the building had some of the Wraith’s paint on it where Chris had been a second beforehand. 

It was surreal now to see an unconscious Charlie Manx, bound to a chair in the middle of a leaky roofed warehouse while the Wraith revved and squealed her tires outside like an angry guard dog. 

“You really think this is gonna work, Brat?” Chris McQueen asked his daughter wearily, arms crossed as he looked at the man who’d taken his grandson and nearly killed his daughter in the process. 

Vic dragged a chair at least six feet from Manx’s chair and turned it around to sit and wait for the maniac to wake up. “We have him. Now we find out what buttons to push to get Wayne back.”

@wraith-of-christmas-future @aurora-stantler-our-historian

[aurora-stantler-our-historian]

Verse List and Additional Things

It has come to my attention that with me participating in so many threads, there’s a lot of storylines that can sometimes get muddled up when one is trying to search for a specific thread. I am also willing to play other canon characters in NOS4A2, such as Margaret “Maggie” Leigh. I would not be opposed to playing a smaller, more childlike version of Lorrie Manx either. If you wish, you may DM me and we can discuss which of the characters would be best for a potential thread.

The Verse List and Tags:

Hello Miss Rosie, it’s nice to meet you: A thread  played with bunnylouisegrimes. It is set in her own universe as a mix of both the book and the show not only with Charlie Manx but with her own OC, Rose. Aurora Stantler finds a strange companionship with Charlie Manx and Rose. This is their adeventures.  Can be found under the tag #hello miss rosie

Hijack The Wraith: A thread played with victoriafreakingmcqueen. Set in the middle of season one where Aurora Stantler tries to steal Charlie’s Wraith and he catches her. He ends up taking Aurora under his wing to teach her about being a Creative. The situation develops into one of more of an odd blurred between the line of they are not just friends but they are not the usual lovers. Hopefully will go into season 2 as the story goes on. Can be found under the tag #hijack the wraith

Ghosts of Christmas Past: A thread played with victorirafreakingmcqueen and wraith-of-christmas-future. Set after the season two finale where Vic McQueen held onto the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament from the Wraith when Charlie Manx died and the Wraith was crushed. It is a haunting of sort with Our Lady Wraith and a Charlie Manx who has not yet learned or touched the Wraith. Here, Aurora and Victoria must navigate this version of Charlie Manx from the mid 1920s while trying to find closure and keep this Charlie Manx from spiraling out of control. Can be found under the tag #ghosts of christmas past.

10-48 Fairbanks: A fairly recent thread played with victoriafreakingmcqueen and wraith-of-christmas-future. I do not play Aurora Stantler in this, but Maggie Leigh. Victoria McQueen, Chris McQueen, and Maggie Leigh kidnap Charlie Manx only hours after he escaped Bing and certain death again to get him to free Wayne from the Wraith. Can be found under the tag #10-48 fairbanks

Memories of Sadness: An Open ended thread between wraith-of-christmas-future and I about a short prompt over Charlie and his memories with Aurora Stantler. 

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DYER LIQUORS, 40 MT AUBURN ST., WATERTOWN

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FUENTES LIQUOR, 680 PARKER ST., ROXBURY

GEORGIO’S LIQUORS, 480 BOSTON ROAD, BILLERICA

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GORDON’S LIQUOR, 894 MAIN ST. WALTHAM

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HIGHLAND’S LIQUORS, 12 BRIDGE ST., LOWELL

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LINCOLN LIQUORS, 1 NICHOLAS RD., FRAMINGHAM

LINCOLN LIQUORS, 199 BOSTON ROAD, BILLERICA

LINCOLN LIQUORS, 170 GREAT RD., BEDFORD

LINCOLN LIQUORS, 10 MAIN ST., TEWKSBURY

LIQUOR AISLE, 99 CHARLES ST., MALDEN

LIQUOR JUNCTION, 14A MCGRATH HWY., SOMERVILLE

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SAV-MOR SPIRITS 48 BROADWAY, MALDEN

LUCKY'S LIQUORS, 66 NEWBURY AVE., QUINCY

LYNNWAY LIQUORS, 702 LYNNWAY, LYNN

MACKIE'S ALL IN ONE, 391 TEXTILE AVE., DRACUT

MANNING'S LIQUORS, 427 BRIDGE ST., LOWELL

MARKET ST. MARKET, 95 MARKET ST., LOWELL

MARLBORO WINE & SPIRITS, 44 BOSTON POST RD., MARLBOROUGH

MB SPIRITS, 120 MARKET PLACE DRIVE, WALTHAM

MCALOON'S PACKAGE, 531 CHICKERING ROAD, NO. ANDOVER

MCCARTHY BROTHERS, 9 MOULTON ST., CHARLESTOWN

MERRIMACK LIQUORS, 439 MERRIMACK AVE., DRACUT

METHUEN PACKAGE STORE, 462 LOWELL ST., METHUEN

MISSION HILL LIQUORS, 1623 TREMONT ST., ROXBURY

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MULDOON LIQUORS, 312 PLEASANT ST., DRACUT

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PEMBERTON FRUIT MARKET, 2225 MASS AVE., CAMBRIDGE

PLAZA LIQUORS, 222D EAST MAIN ST., MARLBOROUGH

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REX LIQUORS, 68 MAMMOTH RD., LOWELL

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S & L LIQUORS, 4 SALEM ST., WOBURN

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EXCHANGE, HANSCOM AFB, BEDFORD

SIMMONS LIQUORS, 210 CAMBRIDGE ST., BOSTON

SMITTY'S LIQUORS, 1091 MAIN ST., TEWKSBURY

SOUTHIE LIQUOR, 399-401 WEST BROADWAY, SOUTH BOSTON

SPERRY'S, 17 EAST MAIN ST., MARLBOROUGH

SQUARE LIQUORS, 13 HIGH ST., READING

SUN CITY VARIETY, 240 LAKEVIEW AVE., TYNGSBORO

SUPREME LIQUORS, 598 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., CAMBRIDGE

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SUNNYS LIQUOR, 123 MAIN ST., PEPPERELL

SUNNYSIDE PACKAGE, 7 POND ST., ASHLAND

TARGET, MYSTIC VIEW ROAD, EVERETT

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TARGET 210 BALLARDVALE ST., WILMINGTON

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THE HUB, 604 EAST BROADWAY, SOUTH BOSTON

THE LIQUOR JUNCTION, 1 GENERAL WAY, READING

THE WINE PRESS, 1022-1024 BEACON ST., BROOKLINE

THE WINE VAULT, 2 FAIRBANKS ST., FRAMINGHAM

TIPSY'S LIQUORS, 739 PARKER ST., ROXBURY

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VALLEY LIQUORS, 291D MERRIMACK ST., METHUEN

VINEYARD, 63 PARK ST., AYER

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WEGMAN'S, 3850 MYSTIC VALLEY PARKWAY, MEDFORD

WEGMAN’S, 1245 WORCESTER ST., NATICK

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WOLLASTON WINE, 54-60 BEALE ST., QUINCY

WOODY’S LIQUORS, 1035 SARATOGA ST., EAST BOSTON

[sasskarian]

Fanfic Authors Tag Game

Tagged by @marblesarelost

AO3 Name: Sasskarian

Fandoms: Lord. Uh. Star Wars (Legends EU and canon, though I tend to cherry pick what I like). Dragon Age. Mass Effect. Elder Scrolls. Crimson Peak (one completed fic, one WIP). Witcher. Arcana game. When the Night Comes. Cosmere/Sanderson works. Mercedes Thomspon. Black Jewels series. Good Omens. Haven.

Number of fics: 27, not including my Scrivner or Drive folders

1. Fic you spent the most time on: At this point, I’d say it’s a toss-up between my Hollywood/Noir/Murder Mystery AU of Dragon Age, Glitterverse, and my Jaal/Ryder romance, Home. 

2. Fic you spent the least time on: Honestly? Probably the Arcana fic I’ve started three times and thrown away every time. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about my Voiceverse fic but not actually writing it. 

3. Longest fic: Technically, my longest fic is a collection of tumblr prompts, totalling 38k. My second longest work but longest proper fic is Glitterverse, at 30k.

4. Shortest fic: He Might Like That, a Mandalorian ficlet. Din reminiscing on how mandokarla Cara Dune is, and Cara being oblivious. 

5. Most hits: Shakarian Smut that’s been under construction for like a year. (I want to rewrite it, I just never... seem... to actually get to it) at 4.2k. Current fic that’s still up would be the kickoff to Home, Come to Me, at just under 4. 

6. Most kudos: Come to Me, at 342

7. Most comment thread: Glitterverse at 48

8. Fave fic you wrote: Oh man. Don’t do this to me. >< How can I choose between my bi disaster hollywood!Hawke (Glitterverse) and my overly-romantic Orlesian au Isera (Fairbanks)

9. Fic you want to rewrite/expand on: There are definitely a few. Like... most of them. Mostly the Shakarian smut-- now that the OT3 of Garrus/Shepard/Thane is my canon-- and I want to expand on the Crimson Peak fic. My girlfriend and I had the great idea of mashing together Crimson Peak and Rivers of London, and having Nate end up associating with Nightingale at some point. 

10. Share a bit of your WIP or share a story idea that you’re planning:

New Fairbanks:

“I’m sorry,” Isera says, blinking slowly at her advisers. “Can you repeat that but… make it make more sense?”

Leiliana sighs, pinching the bridge of her nose. “What part of this is difficult to understand, Inquisitor?” Josephine makes a noise somewhere between amusement and resignation, and Isera narrows her eyes at the way Cassandra and Cullen are very carefully not looking at one another. “Your presence is not required at the evening meeting.” 

“My presence,” she says, “is not required? Me? The Inquisitor?” 

“That’s correct.” Cassandra nods once, decisively, as if to say and that’s that. “Your evening is yours to do with as you like.” Something twinkles in her eye, something that suddenly and sharply reminds Isera of the look Varric gets right before he gets into mischief or starts bullshitting in the hopes of distracting her. 

“...you’re up to something,” Isera says, accusingly. “I know you four are up to something.” 

Witcher, with my beloved heart-sister @suspendnodisbelief​:

“Even now, I hear them at the gate, crashing against it to make their way here,” Calanthe announced, and Jaskier quoted verbatim in a recitative cadenza. “You must go now, both of you. Renfri, will you help me guard them as they make their escape?”

“Fight a swarm of all manner of dreadful monsters, alongside a Queen who has matched me cut for blow? Oppose Death itself, and cry our defiance against the endless night?” Renfri’s bladed arms glistened red and wet in the dim tavern light, and the black pits of her eyes sparked hotly with the joyous violence of distant stars. “Why, Calanthe, I thought you’d never ask.” “Jaskier, give Mousesack my order to hold the tavern behind us as long as he can, by any means he can.” Calanthe stretched and limbered open her enormous brazen wings, and the tavern seemed to distort and expand around them all, making room for her. Every feather was a sword, and her lashing tail now more closely resembled a whip tipped with steel teeth, striking embers in the air and sending red cinders flying every time it cracked. 

Jaskier grabbed Geralt’s arm, attempting to pull him along, before realising Geralt still couldn’t detect where he was. For all that Jaskier wasn’t simply passing through Geralt, as though not a solid object, Geralt still seemed impervious to his touch, and pulling on him was like pulling on a mountain in hopes it would budge.

Crimson Peak sequel:

Nate never set out to be a ghost hunter. 

Bollocks, William would say, in that lounging, charmingly-arrogant way that was all flattened vowels and half-swallowed consonants. Your mam and pap bein’ who they’d be, what else could you be, Nathe? 

Glitterverse:

“Anders, if anyone in this group deserves a punch…” Varric trailed off, hands hovering over Hawke’s prone form like he was afraid to touch her. “Hawke, come on. Wake up.” 

His hands finally settled on brushing Hawke’s hair away from her face and Cassandra hissed as she stepped around for a better view: Hawke’s thin wrists were covered in angry red marks, some already darkening to purple. The bruising was grotesque in the stark magelight, no softer than a crime scene tech’s flashlight, and it took Cassandra several blinks to dismiss the intrusive image of Daniel’s bruised, broken face highlighted by a similar harsh light months and months ago. 

Distantly, a door opened and the chattering of the party drifted down the hall for a moment, a reminder of where they were. “We need to go,” Cassandra said, armoring her heart back in her training, stopping the sideways slide from sorrow over Daniel to Hawke with brutal pragmatism. Mourning and memories were luxuries she couldn’t afford right now; there would be time for falling apart once they were safe. “Either she wakes or someone carries her, but Bartrand will kill us if we don’t get out.” 

When neither man moved, just stared at their friend so pale in the dark, Cassandra hissed again. “Tethras, move your ass!” 

Shakarios:

There are a few days, Garrus marvels, when the universe is still able to surprise him. Usually it’s in bad ways, like a thug having more firepower, or Grunt’s grenades having a dud at the wrong moment. Having Cerberus drones appear out of goddamn nowhere.

This moment, though, where the artificial sunrise of the Citadel skims pale fingers over the curve of Shepard’s waist, gentle and lovely on the freckles and scars life has left on her, is glorious. Thane’s dark eyes blink at him sleepily from the other side of their Commander, mouth already curved in invitation. “How long’ve you been ‘wake?” Garrus asks through a yawn. 

“A while,” is the soft reply. “It is a rare pleasure to see her at peace.” Delicately-scaled green fingers reach for his own, stroking with what Io would call intent. Garrus’ throat flushes, heat crawling up from his chest, at the memory of just what those soft fingers can do.

Tagging, no pressure: @aban-asaara​ @systlin​ @shetanshadowwolf​ @thebisexualmandalorian​

[spaceexp]

Ice in Motion: Satellites Capture Decades of Change

NASA - Operation IceBridge Mission patch. Dec. 10, 2019 New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – some spanning nearly 50 years – are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet’s frozen regions are changing.

48 Years of Alaska's Glaciers

Video above: New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – spanning nearly 50 years – are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet’s frozen regions are changing. Video Credits: NASA/ Matt Radcliff. At a media briefing Dec. 9 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, scientists released new time series of images of Alaska, Greenland, and Antarctica using data from satellites including the NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat missions. One series of images tells illustrates the dramatic changes of Alaska’s glaciers and could warn of future retreat of the Hubbard Glacier. Over Greenland, different satellite records show a speed-up of glacial retreat starting in 2000, as well as meltwater ponds spreading to higher elevations in the last decade, which could potentially speed up ice flow. And in Antarctic ice shelves, the view from space could reveal lakes hidden beneath the winter snow. Using images from the Landsat mission dating back to 1972 and continuing through 2019, glaciologist Mark Fahnestock of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, has stitched together six-second time-lapses of every glacier in Alaska and the Yukon. “We now have this long, detailed record that allows us to look at what’s happened in Alaska,” Fahnestock said. “When you play these movies, you get a sense of how dynamic these systems are and how unsteady the ice flow is.”

Image above: Meltwater lakes form on the surface of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier, seen here in a June 2019 Landsat image. A new study finds that the number – and elevation – of meltwater lakes in Greenalnd is increasing. Image Credits: Credit: NASA/USGS. The videos clearly illustrate what’s happening to Alaska’s glaciers in a warming climate, he said, and highlight how different glaciers respond in varied ways. Some show surges that pause for a few years, or lakes forming where ice used to be, or even the debris from landslides making its way to the sea. Other glaciers show patterns that give scientists hints of what drives glacier changes. The Columbia Glacier, for example, was relatively stable when the first Landsat satellite launched 1972. But starting in the mid-1980s, the glacier’s front began retreating rapidly, and by 2019 was 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) upstream. In comparison, the Hubbard Glacier has advanced 3 miles (5 km) in the last 48 years. But Fahnestock’s time-lapse ends with a 2019 image that shows a large indentation in the glacier, where ice has broken off. “That calving embayment is the first sign of weakness from Hubbard Glacier in almost 50 years – it’s been advancing through the historical record,” he said. If such embayments persist in the coming years, it could be a sign that change could be coming to Hubbard, he said: “The satellite images also show that these types of calving embayments were present in the decade before Columbia retreated.” The Landsat satellites have provided the longest continuous record of Earth from space. The USGS has reprocessed old Landsat images, which allowed Fahnestock to handpick the clearest Landsat scenes for each summer, over each glacier. With software and computing power from Google Earth Engine, he created the series of time-lapse videos. Scientists are using long-term satellite records to look at Greenland glaciers as well. Michalea King of Ohio State University analyzed data from Landsat missions dating back to 1985 to study more than 200 of Greenland’s large outlet glaciers. She examined how far the glacier fronts have retreated, how fast the ice flows, and how much ice glaciers are losing over this time span.

Image above: Alaska’s Malaspina Glacier is seen from the air during an Operation IceBridge flight. From space, scientists can track its movements over 48 years with the Landsat mission. Image Credits: NASA/Operation IceBridge. She found that Greenland’s glaciers retreated an average of about 3 miles (5 km) between 1985 and 2018 – and that the most rapid retreat occurred between 2000 and 2005. And when she looked at the amount of glacial ice entering the ocean, she found that it was relatively steady for the first 15 years of the record, but then started increasing around 2000. “These glaciers are calving more ice into the ocean than they were in the past,” King said. “There is a very clear relationship between the retreat and increasing ice mass losses from these glaciers during the 1985-through-present record. "While King is analyzing ice lost from the front of glacier, James Lea of the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom is using satellites data to examine ice melting on top of Greenland’s glaciers and ice sheets, which creates meltwater lakes. These meltwater lakes can be up to 3 miles (5 km) across and can drain through the ice in a matter of hours, Lea said, which can impact how fast the ice flows. With the computing power of Google Earth Engine, Lea analyzed images of the Greenland ice sheet from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the Terra satellites for every day of every melt seasons over last 20 years – more than 18,000 images in all.

Landsat 9 satellite. Image Credit: NASA

“We looked at how many lakes there are per year across the ice sheet and found an increasing trend over the last 20 years: a 27 percent increase in lakes,” Lea said. “We’re also getting more and more lakes at higher elevations – areas that we weren’t expecting to see lakes in until 2050 or 2060.” When these high-elevation meltwater ponds punch through the ice sheet and drain, it could cause the ice sheet to speed up, he said, thinning the ice and accelerating its demise. It doesn’t always take decades worth of data to study polar features – sometimes just a year or two will provide insights. The Antarctic ice sheet experiences surface melt, but there are also lakes several meters below the surface, insulated by layers of snow. To see where these subsurface lakes are, Devon Dunmire of the University of Colorado, Boulder, used microwave radar images from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 satellite. Snow and ice are basically invisible to microwave radiation, but liquid water strongly absorbs it. Dunmire’s new study, presented at the AGU meeting, found lakes dotting the George VI and Wilkins ice shelves near the Antarctic Peninsula – even a few that remained liquid throughout the winter months. These hidden lakes might be more common than scientists had thought, she said, noting that she is continuing to look for similar features across the continent’s ice shelves. “Not much is known about distribution and quantity of these subsurface lakes, but this water appears to be prevalent on the ice shelf near the Antarctic peninsula,” Dunmire said, “and it’s an important component to understand because meltwater has been shown to destabilize ice shelves.” For more information on Landsat and the upcoming Landsat 9 mission, visit: https://nasa.gov/landsat or https://usgs.gov/landsat  Related links: Terra Satellite: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/terra/index.html Aqua Satellite: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aqua/index.html Images (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Sara Blumberg/Godddard Space Flight Center, by Kate Ramsayer. Greetings, Orbiter.ch Full article

[goalhofer]

2024 Tampa Bay Rays Roster

Pitchers

#11 Shane Baz (Houston, Texas)

#14 Tyler Alexander (Southlake, Texas)*

#24 Zach Eflin (Oviedo, Florida)

#29 Pete Fairbanks (Webster Groves, Missouri)

#34 Aaron Civale (East Windsor, Connecticut)

#38 Colin Poche (Flower Mound, Texas)

#40 Jacob Waguespack (Ascencion Parish, Louisiana)*

#44 Ryan Pepiot (Westfield, Indiana)*

#45 Taj Bradley (Stone Mountain, Georgia)

#47 Jason Adam (Overland Park, Kansas)

#48 Chris Devenski (Cerritos, California)

#52 Zach Littell (Mebane, North Carolina)

#57 Drew Rasmussen (Spokane County, Washington)

#59 Jeffrey Springs (Belmont, North Carolina)

#60 Garrett Cleavinger (Lawrence, Kansas)

#64 Shawn Armstrong (Vanceboro, North Carolina)

#88 Phil Maton III (Chatham Township, Illinois)*

Catchers

#30 Ben Rortvedt (Verona, Wisconsin)*

#50 René Pinto (Maracay, Venezuela)

Infielders

#2 Yandy Díaz (Sagua La Grande, Cuba)

#6 Davis Walls (Cordele, Georgia)

#7 José Caballero (Ciudad Panama, Panama)*

#8 Brandon Lowe (Suffolk, Virginia)

#10 Germán Rosario (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)*

#17 Isaac Paredes (Hermosillo, Mexico)

#25 Curtis Mead (Adelaide, Australia)

#54 Austin Shenton (Bellingham, Washington)**

#62 Jonathan Aranda (Tijuana, Mexico)

Outfielders

#1 Richie Palacios (Brooklyn, New York)*

#15 Josh Lowe (Marietta, Georgia)

#21 Jonny DeLuca (Agoura Hills, California)*

#22 José Siri (Sabana Grande De Boyá, Dominican Republic)

#43 Harold Ramírez (Cartagena De Indias, Colombia)

#56 Randy Arozarena (Merida, Mexico)

Coaches

Manager Kevin Cash (Tampa, Florida)

Bench coach Rodney Linares (Brooklyn, New York)

Hitting coach Chad Mottola (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida)

Assistant hitting coach Brady North (Lebanon, Tennessee)

Pitching coach Kyle Snyder (Sarasota, Florida)

Assistant pitching coach Rick Knapp (Baltimore, Maryland)

Bullpen coach Jorge Moncada (San Cristóbal, Venezuela)

1B coach Michael Johns (Fernandina Beach, Florida)

3B coach Brady Williams (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Field coordinator Tomas Francisco (Santiago De Los Caballeros, DR)

Assistant coach Mikael Dworken (Boca Raton, Florida)

Assistant coach Jonathan Erlichman (Toronto, Ontario)

[indiejones]

INDIES TOP 75 AMERICAN ACTORS OF ALL TIME !

As most of y'all enjoying Indies produce all these years, would've sensed for long, we at Indies are a bit classical at heart ! And in keeping with those richly steeped tastes, bring to you our latest (as also I'm sure hugely interesting & awaited) all-time historic list! The Indies Top 75 American Actors Of All Time ! (And only reason Indies don't extend this list any further, is for the sheer impossibility of it!..the gulf btwn below esteemed list & most other actors through the century of American cinema, assessed, being just too wide, upto 150+ spots atleast, to carry on further.) Enjoy ! & A Very Happy & Prosperous New Year To Everyone !

1.       Gary Cooper

2.       James Stewart

3.       Daniel Day Lewis

4.       Charles Boyer

5.       Spencer Tracy

6.       Joe Pesci

7.       Gerard Depardieu

8.       Walter Pidgeon

9.       Fredric March

10.   Henry Fonda

11.   Charles Laughton

12.   Charlie Chaplin

13.   James Cagney

14.   Jon Voight

15.   Jack Nicholson

16.   Al Pacino

17.   Peter Ustinov

18.   Albert Finney

19.   Michael Douglas

20.   Kirk Douglas

21.   Christopher Plummer

22.   Harrison Ford

23.   George Kennedy

24.   Mickey Rooney

25.   Montgomery Clift

26.   Cary Grant

27.   George C. Scott

28.   Clint Eastwood

29.   Gary Oldman

30.   Walter Huston

31.   Laurence Olivier

32.   Marlon Brando

33.   Gene Hackman

34.   John Gielgud

35.   Douglas Fairbanks

36.   Paul Muni

37.   Paul Newman

38.   James Mason

39.   James Caan

40.   Alec Guinness

41.   Dustin Hoffman

42.   Peter O’ Toole

43.   Tom Hanks

44.   Humphrey Bogart

45.   John Wayne

46.   Ronald Coleman

47.   Gregory Peck

48.   Rex Harrison

49.   Richard Dix

50.   Claude Rains

51.   Anthony Hopkins

52.   Franchot Tone

53.   James Dean

54.   Robert Duvall

55.   William Powell

56.   Arthur Kennedy

57.   Geoffrey Rush

58.   Steve McQueen

59.   Johnny Depp

60.   Richard Burton

61.   Clark Gable

62.   Michael Caine

63.   Laurence Harvey

64.   Conrad Veral

65.   Sean Penn

66.   Ralph Richardson

67.   Warren Beatty

68.   Rock Hudson

69.   William Holden

70.   Robert Redford

71.   Nick Nolte

72.   Walter Brennan

73.   Leslie Howard

74.   Michael Shannon

75.   Sean Connery

76.   Robert de Niro

[starlightinkwell]

Fred Astaire's 121st birthday was this past Sunday, 10 May 2020. Astaire died 43 days after his 88th birthday on 22 June 1987. So much ink has been dedicated to Astaire's dapper elegance, his style, but this quote from Astaire says far more about his quest as an artist:

“This search for what you want is like tracking something that doesn’t want to be tracked. It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.”

Thinking critically about Astaire, he has become somewhat a victim of the very style for which he is so admired. He came to fame during a time when want and hunger created a longing in the public to escape into some fantasy world that was completely set apart from the realities of the Great Depression, where characters wanted for nothing more than a calm sea, a polished dance floor, a witty rejoinder, and a well-turned out romantic interest. One could make an argument that he has, to some extent, become entangled and trapped by his top hat, white tie, and tails. A contemporary coming across the bulk of work for which he is remembered could easily find it "of a time": dated, charming, quaint, often cute, always dazzling, but somewhat irrelevant.  

Although Astaire did create the choreography for his dances with his sister Adele, and is said to have done most of the choreography for his own dances, he did always work with a choreographer, most notably with Hermes Pan. Perhaps he felt he needed the input of someone else in his pursuit of what was so elusive.

His early success as a dancer did not rely on storytelling; it was all tap and ballroom, joy, grace, and elegance. The characters he played in his films from the 1930s had snark and style, but the biggest challenge they faced was really never anything more than trying to get the girl.

Astaire was an innovator as a dancer, but even in his Broadway career with Adele, the two "performed dances". But the dances were not created to reveal character or further the story. During the entire first half of Astaire's life, storytelling in dance had been the purview of classical ballet, and Astaire never trained as a classical dancer. He and Adele had spent their childhoods saving their family by performing as an act in Vaudeville; fanciful things such as ballet training was simply out of the question.

It is has been written that Astaire had wanted to dance to the song, Limehouse Blues, since it was first presented in the 1921 West End production, A to Z, in London. What his thoughts were about creating such a dance seem to be unknown, but it was not until 1943 when he became sole choreographer for the film, The Sky's the Limit, for which he created the dark and troubled "One for My Baby", that he began a deeper exploration into storytelling and character revelation through dance. One can only speculate that Astaire might have seen a young Gene Kelly's Broadway performance as Harry the Hoofer in Wm Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize and NY Drama Critics Circle Award winning, The Time of Your Life in 1939, How that might have influenced Astaire is a curiosity worth pondering. Kelly created something of a revolution by "dancing the character of Harry" instead of just being a guy in the bar who danced.

Astaire finally got his chance with Limehouse Blues in the 1946 film, Ziegfeld Follies. He dances the tragic character of a Chinese peasant, a "coolie" trying to obtain a fan to give to a glamorous woman, danced by Lucille Bremer, with whom he has fallen in love. But by this time, Gene Kelly had burst upon the world playing the amoral Pal Joey on Broadway, created the alter ego dance in Cover Girl, danced with Jerry the Mouse in Anchors Aweigh, and also received a Best Actor nomination for the character he played in that film. This explosively charismatic young dancer/choreographer from Pittsburgh who had become a Hollywood sensation could not have failed to have a big impact on an artist of Astaire's sensibilities and talent.

As Astaire was well into his 40s and fearing his career was in the descent, he announced his retirement in 1946 while filming Blue Skies. But it was a very short-lived one because he received a call from Gene Kelly in 1947 asking Astaire to please reconsider retirement. Kelly had broken his ankle while he was in pre-production for the film he was working on with Judy Garland, Easter Parade. It took some convincing by Kelly, but Astaire finally agreed to step into the part. The film was one of the biggest hits of 1948, and Astaire's career was off and running again.

In 1954, his adored wife, Phyllis, died suddenly at the age of 48 of lung cancer. Astaire, who was working at the time on the film, Daddy Long Legs, felt as if his life was over. He asked for the production to be shut down and offered to pay the studio out of his own pocket for its lost production costs. But Johnny Mercer and several others, including Gene Kelly, who himself had despaired his career was over when he broke his ankle and had to back out of Easter Parade and who had received great support, reassurance, and encouragement from Astaire, came to Fred and convinced him once again to not withdraw from the thing that was his life--dance. Astaire finished Daddy Long Legs, made Funny Face and Silk Stockings (both of which did not do well at the box office because musicals were declining in popularity at the time), then went on to great acclaim with his television specials with Barrie Chase, and won a Best Actor Emmy in 1978 for his performance with Helen Hayes in A Family Upside Down, a drama about an aging couple dealing with failing health.

The last time Astaire danced on screen was for a 1979 episode in the TV series, Battlestar Galactica. Astaire had asked his agent to get him a role on the series because it was a favorite of his grandchildren's. His last film role, along with Melvyn Douglas and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., was in the 1981 adaptation of Peter Straub's horror novel, Ghost Story.

Astaire's impact on dance cannot be overstated. His sense of rhythm is legendary, as are his elegance and grace. His place in history is assured. But if what contemporary dancers find inspires them to become dancers, it would seem that they find timeless relevancy in the work of Gene Kelly. In Astaire they find excellence, but a style that now feels somewhat locked in time.

What do you think? Let the arguing and debating begin.

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HERE’S AN AGE CHART of my muses, from youngest to oldest, ranging from six years old to before the creation of the earth itself. However, keep in mind that all the muses are placed due to a canon / default status, ie in Audaces Fortuna Juvat, Yuki Shiro is sixteen where he is around the time of participating in the Chunin Exams despite being four years older than Momoka, while Uchiha Momoka, in her default verse, is twenty eight years old, despite being four years younger than Shiro, and Shiro would be older than her at this time, and that timelines technically can make a character far older than other despite being the same age in their default canon ie Merida, as she was born pre-Roman Empire Britannia, would be far older, than say, Rapunzel, who was living in the late Medieval Period, who is the same age in her default canon.

AGES 6-10: Ivanka Glaziev-Abaddonato ( 6 ), Lilo Pelekai ( 7 ), Mariana Garcia ( 7 ), Christo Jr. Clark / CJ ( 8 ), Uchiha Akio ( 10 ).

AGES 11-14: Heather Hosannah ( 11 ), Fusa Arashi ( 11 ), Nina Arcangelo Nicci ( 12 ), Hitoshi Sora / Colt ( 13 ), Loretta Christiano Amodio ( 14 ), Tamamushi Takiko ( 14 ).

AGES 15-19: Arthur Woods ( 15 ), Lancelot Green ( 15 ), Ariel ( 16 ), Aurora ( 16 ), Belle ( 16 ), Cinderella ( 16 ), Merida ( 16 ), Rapunzel ( 16 ), Moana ( 16 ), Jasmine ( 17 ), Tiana ( 17 ), Matoaka/Pocahontas ( 17 ), Aaliyah Jasmine Allbright Cree ( 17 ), Ashara Dayne ( 16 ), Lyanna Stark ( 16 ), Myrcella Baratheon ( 16 ), Guinevre Weasley ( 16 ), Luna Lovegood ( 16 ), Goemon Ishimaru ( 16 ) Nezumi ( 16 ), Uchiha Chiyoko ( 16 ), Sigrid Ylva Viktoria / Sig ( 16 ), Homatsu Mizuto ( 16 ), Yuki Shiro ( 16 ), Uchiha Ryuunosuke ( 18 ), Uchiha Kimiko ( 18 ), Margaery Tyrell ( 17 ), Sansa Stark ( 17 ), Clementine Maria Jasmine Cree ( 18 ), Louis Leto Lacroix ( 18 ), Aasim Anand Acharya ( 19 ), James Reed Fairbanks ( 19 ), Terumi Akane ( 19 ), Minerva Stella Williams ( 19 ), James Dae Young ( 19 ), Emilio Adetokunbo Benedetto ( 19 ).

AGES 20-99: Haruno Sakura ( 20 ), Yamanaka Ino ( 20 ), Hyuga Hinata ( 20 ), Inuzuka Kiba ( 20 ),  Uchiha Takehiko ( 20 ), Elsa ( 21 ), Daenerys Targaryen ( 21 ), Asha Greyjoy ( 22 ), Arianne Martell ( 22 ), Sabaku no Gaara ( 22 ), Sabaku no Temari ( 24 ), Uchiha Haruka ( 24 ), Erica Abaddonato ( 24 ), Constance Raveau ( 25 ), Newton Artemis Fido Scamander ( 26 ), Delico Abaddonato ( 26 ), Jinhai Yang ( 26 ), Nicodemius “Cody” Balfour ( 26 ), Uchiha Aiko ( 26 ), Uchiha Momoka ( 28 ), Bellatrix Barcelona Belladonna / Beretta ( 28 ), Diego Montes ( 29 ), Hitoshi Masaru / Minimi ( 31 ), Mitarashi Anko ( 31 ), Terumi Mei ( 31 ), Hatake Kakashi ( 31 ) Theodoros “Theo” d’Angelo ( 31 ), Maverick Estelle Claire / Maverick ( 34 ), Akasuna no Sasori ( 35 ), Konan ( 35 ), Ava Adebowale ( 35 ), Asha Mandadapu ( 36 ) Christa Clark ( 36 ), Sirius Black ( 36 ), Nii Tora ( 36 ), Otenki B ( 37 ), Mei DeCaruso ( 38 ), Diana Cree ( 39 ), Edmund DeCaruso ( 40 ), Sarutobi Sasuke ( 44 ), “Ser” Regina “Gina” Paulklee ( 48 ), Sherissa Christiano Amodio ( 50 ).

AGES 100+: Uchiha Madara ( 105 ), Uzumaki Mito ( 106 ), Senju Toka ( 109 ), Alice Cullen ( 119 ), Jack Skellington ( 260 ), Visenya Targaryen ( 271 ).

Age 1000+: Melisandre ( somewhere near the beginning of the Valyrian Freehold when the Ghiscari Wars ended ) ; Kurama ( 10,000 years after Kaguya ascended to become the moon ).

BEFORE THE WORLD’S CREATION: Otsutsuki Kaguya ( light years beyond human understanding )

AGES UNDETERMINED: Experiment 626 / Stitch & Tinkerbell.

I hope this clarifies everything and with that said, if you have any questions regarding this, let me know!