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Burton International School

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Dame Maggie Smith

A distinguished, double Oscar-winning actor whose roles ranged from Shakespeare to Harry Potter

Not many actors have made their names in revue, given definitive performances in Shakespeare and Ibsen, won two Oscars and countless theatre awards, and remained a certified box-office star for more than 60 years. But then few have been as exceptionally talented as Maggie Smith, who has died aged 89.

She was a performer whose range encompassed the high style of Restoration comedy and the sadder, suburban creations of Alan Bennett. Whatever she played, she did so with an amusing, often corrosive, edge of humour. Her comedy was fuelled by anxiety, and her instinct for the correct gesture was infallible.

The first of her Oscars came for an iconic performance in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). Miss Brodie’s pupils are the “crème de la crème”, and her dictatorial aphorisms – “Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life” – disguise her intent of inculcating enthusiasm in her charges for the men she most admires, Mussolini and Franco.

But Smith’s pre-eminence became truly global with two projects towards the end of her career. She was Professor Minerva McGonagall in the eight films of the Harry Potter franchise (she referred to the role as Miss Brodie in a wizard’s hat) between 2001 and 2011. Between 2010 and 2015, in the six series of Downton Abbey on ITV television (sold to 250 territories around the world), she played the formidable and acid-tongued Dowager Countess of Grantham, Lady Violet, a woman whose heart of seeming stone was mitigated by a moral humanity and an old-fashioned, if sometimes overzealous, sense of social propriety.

Early on, one critic described Smith as having witty elbows. Another, the US director and writer Harold Clurman, said that she “thinks funny”. When Robin Phillips directed her as Rosalind in As You Like It in 1977 in Stratford, Ontario, he said that “she can respond to something that perhaps only squirrels would sense in the air. And I think that comedy, travelling around in the atmosphere, finds her.” Like Edith Evans, her great predecessor as a stylist, Smith came late to Rosalind. Bernard Levin was convinced that it was a definitive performance, and was deeply affected by the last speech: “She spoke the epilogue like a chime of golden bells. But what she looked like as she did so, I cannot tell you; for I saw it through eyes curtained with tears of joy.”

She was more taut and tuned than any other actor of her day, and this reliance on her instinct to create a performance made her reluctant to talk about acting, although she had a forensic attitude to preparation. With no time for the celebrity game, she rarely went on television chat shows – her appearance on Graham Norton’s BBC TV show in 2015 was her first such in 42 years – or gave newspaper interviews.

Her life she summed up thus: “One went to school, one wanted to act, one started to act and one’s still acting.” That was it. She first went “public”, according to her father, when, attired in pumps and tutu after a ballet lesson, she regaled a small crowd on an Oxford pavement with one of Arthur Askey’s ditties: “I’m a little fairy flower, growing wilder by the hour.”

Unlike her great friend and contemporary Judi Dench, Smith was a transatlantic star early in her career, making her Broadway debut in 1956 and joining Laurence Olivier’s National Theatre as one of the 12 original contract artists in 1963.

In 1969, after repeatedly stealing other people’s movies, with Miss Brodie she became a star in her own right. She was claiming her just place in the elite, for she had already worked with Olivier, Orson Welles and Noël Coward in the theatre, not to mention her great friend and fellow miserabilist Kenneth Williams, in West End revue. She had also created an international stir in two movies, Anthony Asquith’s The VIPs (1963) – she didn’t just steal her big scene with him, Richard Burton complained, “she committed grand larceny” – and Jack Clayton’s The Pumpkin Eater (1964), scripted by Harold Pinter from the novel by Penelope Mortimer.

Before Harry Potter, audiences associated Smith most readily with her lovelorn, heartbreaking parishioner Susan in Bed Among the Lentils, one of six television monologues in Bennett’s Talking Heads (1988). Susan was a character seething with sexual anger; the first line nearly said it all – “Geoffrey’s bad enough, but I’m glad I wasn’t married to Jesus.”

And the funniest moment in Robert Altman’s upstairs/downstairs movie Gosford Park (2001) – in some ways a template for Downton Abbey, and also written by Julian Fellowes — was a mere aside from a doleful Smith as Constance Trentham turning to a neighbour on the sofa, as Jeremy Northam as Ivor Novello took a bow for the song he had just sung. “Don’t encourage him,” she warned, archly, “he’s got a very large repertoire.” Such a moment took us right back to the National in 1964 when, as the vamp Myra Arundel in Coward’s Hay Fever, she created an unprecedented (and un-equalled) gale of laughter on the single ejaculation at the breakfast table: “This haddock is disgusting.”

Born in Ilford, Essex, she was the daughter of Margaret (nee Hutton) and Nathaniel Smith, and educated at Oxford high school for girls (the family moved to Oxford at the start of the second world war because of her father’s work as a laboratory technician). Maggie decided to be an actor, joined the Oxford Playhouse school under the tutelage of Frank Shelley in 1951 and took roles in professional and student productions.

She acted as Margaret Smith until 1956, when Equity, the actors’ union, informed her that the name was double-booked. She played Viola with the Oxford University dramatic society in 1952 – John Wood was her undergraduate Malvolio – and appeared in revues directed by Ned Sherrin. “At that time in Oxford,” said Sherrin, “if you wanted a show to be a success, you had to try and get Margaret Smith in it.”

The Sunday Times critic of the day, Harold Hobson, spotted her in a play by Michael Meyer and she was soon working with the directors Peter Hall and Peter Wood. “I didn’t think she would develop the range that she subsequently has,” said Hall, “but I did think she had star quality.”

One of her many admirers at Oxford, the writer Beverley Cross, initiated a long-term campaign to marry Smith that was only fulfilled after the end of her tempestuous 10-year relationship with the actor Robert Stephens, with whom she fell in love at the National and whom she married in 1967. This was a golden decade, as Smith played a beautiful Desdemona to Olivier’s Othello; a clever and impetuous Hilde Wangel to first Michael Redgrave, then Olivier, in Ibsen’s The Master Builder; and an irrepressibly witty and playful Beatrice opposite Stephens as Benedick in Franco Zeffirelli’s Sicilian Much Ado About Nothing, spangled in coloured lights.

Her National “service” was book-ended by two particularly wonderful performances in Restoration comedies by George Farquhar, The Recruiting Officer (1963) and The Beaux’ Stratagem (1970), both directed by William Gaskill, whom she called “simply the best teacher”. In the first, in the travesty role of Sylvia, her bubbling, playful sexuality shone through a disguise of black cork moustache and thigh-high boots on a clear stage that acquired, said Bamber Gascoigne, an air of sharpened reality, “like life on a winter’s day with frost and sun”.

In the second, her Mrs Sullen, driven frantic by boredom and shrewish by a sodden, elderly husband, was a tight-laced beanpole, graceful, swaying and tender, drawing from Ronald Bryden a splendidly phrased comparison with some Henri Rousseau-style giraffe, peering nervously down her nose with huge, liquid eyes at the smaller creatures around, nibbling off her lines fastidiously in a surprisingly tiny nasal drawl.

With Stephens, she had two sons, Chris and Toby, who both became actors. When the marriage hit the rocks in 1975, after the couple had torn strips off each other to mixed reviews in John Gielgud’s 1973 revival of Coward’s Private Lives, Smith absconded to Canada with Cross – whom she quickly married – and relaunched her career there, far from the London hurly-burly, but with access to Hollywood.

She played not just Rosalind in Stratford, Ontario, but also Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra to critical acclaim, as well as Judith Bliss in Coward’s Hay Fever and Millamant in William Congreve’s The Way of the World (this latter role she repeated triumphantly in Chichester and London in 1984, again directed by Gaskill). But her films at this time especially reinforced her status as a comedian of flair and authority, none more than Neil Simon’s California Suite (1978), in which Smith was happily partnered by Michael Caine, and won her second Oscar in the role of Diana Barrie, an actor on her way to the Oscars (where she loses).

Smith’s comic genius was increasingly refracted through tales of sadness, retreat and isolation, notably in what is very possibly her greatest screen performance, in Clayton’s The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987), based on Brian Moore’s first novel, which charts the disintegration of an alcoholic Catholic spinster at guilty odds with her own sensuality.

This tragic dimension to her comedy, was seen on stage, too, in Edna O’Brien’s Virginia (1980), a haunting portrait of Virginia Woolf; and in Bennett’s The Lady in the Van (1999), in which she was the eccentric tramp Miss Shepherd. Miss Shepherd was a former nun who had driven ambulances during blackouts in the second world war and ended up as a tolerated squatter in the playwright’s front garden. Smith brought something both demonic and celestial to this critical, ungrateful, dun-caked crone and it was impossible to imagine any other actor in the role, which she reprised, developed and explored further in Nicholas Hytner’s delightful 2015 movie based on the play.

She scored two big successes in Edward Albee’s work on the London stage in the 1990s, first in Three Tall Women (1994, the playwright’s return to form), and then in one of his best plays, A Delicate Balance (1997), in which she played alongside Eileen Atkins who, like Dench, could give Smith as good as she got.

The Dench partnership lay fallow after their early years at the Old Vic together, but these two great stars made up for lost time. They appeared together not only on stage, in David Hare’s The Breath of Life (2002), playing the wife and mistress of the same dead man, but also on film, in the Merchant-Ivory A Room With a View (1985), Zeffirelli’s Tea With Mussolini (1999) and as a pair of grey-haired sisters in Charles Dance’s debut film as a director, Ladies in Lavender (2004). Smith referred to this latter film as “The Lavender Bags”. She had a name for everyone. Vanessa Redgrave she dubbed “the Red Snapper”, while Michael Palin, with whom she made two films, was simply “the Saint”.

With Palin, she appeared in Bennett’s A Private Function (1984), directed by Malcolm Mowbray – “Moaner Mowbray” he became – in which an unlicensed pig is slaughtered in a Yorkshire village for the royal wedding celebrations of 1947. Smith was Joyce Chilvers, married to Palin, who carries on snobbishly like a Lady Macbeth of Ilkley, deciding to throw caution to the winds and have a sweet sherry, or informing her husband matter-of-factly that sexual intercourse is in order.

She had also acted with Palin in The Missionary (1982), directed by Richard Loncraine, who was responsible for the film of Ian McKellen’s Richard III (1995, in which she played a memorably rebarbative Duchess of York) and My House in Umbria (2003), a much-underrated film, adapted by Hugh Whitemore from a William Trevor novella. This last brought out the very best in her special line in glamorous whimsy and iron-clad star status under pressure. She played Emily Delahunty, a romantic novelist opening her glorious house in Umbria to her three fellow survivors in a bomb blast on a train to Milan. One of these was played by Ronnie Barker, who had been at architectural college with Smith’s two brothers and had left them to join her at the Oxford Playhouse. Delahunty finds her new metier as an adoptive parent to a little orphaned American girl.

She was Mother Superior in the very popular Sister Act (1992) and its sequel, and her recent films included a “funny turn” as a disruptive housekeeper in Keeping Mum (2005), a vintage portrait of old age revisited by the past in Stephen Poliakoff’s Capturing Mary (on television in 2007) and as a solicitous grandmother of a boy uncovering a ghost story in Fellowes’s From Time to Time (2009).

As this latter film was released she confirmed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and had undergone an intensive course of chemotherapy, but had��been given the all-clear – only to be struck down by a painful attack of shingles, a typical Maggie Smith example of good news never coming unadulterated with a bit of bad.

Her stage appearance as the title character in Albee’s The Lady from Dubuque at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, in 2007 was, ironically, about death from cancer. She returned to the stage for the last time in 2019, as Brunhilde Pomsel in Christopher Hampton’s one-woman play A German Life, at the Bridge theatre, London.

Cross, who was a real rock, and helped protect her from the outside world, died in 1998. But Smith picked herself up, and went on to perform as sensationally and beguilingly as she had done all her life, including memorable appearances in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films (2011 and 2015) and two Downton Abbey movie spin-offs (2019 and 2022). Her final film role was in The Miracle Club (2023), co-starring Kathy Bates and Laura Linney.

She had been made CBE in 1970 and a dame in 1990, and in 2014 she was made a Companion of Honour. Her pleasure would have been laced with mild incredulity. A world without Smith recoiling from it in mock horror, and real distaste, will never seem the same again.

She is survived by Chris and Toby, and by five grandchildren.

🔔 Maggie Smith (Margaret Natalie Smith), actor, born 28 December 1934; died 27 September 2024

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[thegeneralreturns]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is the first Tim Burton movie to actually feel like a Tim Burton movie since 2007.

There's not a whole lot here story-wise, but it's still more coherent than the original, which concerned itself more with flitting in between Burton's visual conceits, and less with forming a plot or establishing an internal logic. Which isn't to say that Beetlejuice is bad, or that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is better, but the original was Burton's second feature, the sequel is his twentieth, and those facts are obvious in the case of both. In the case of the former, the scattershot approach was the work of someone who didn't know what he was doing. In the latter, it's a stylistic and narrative choice.

Which is how Burton's films usually pan out. I see critics calling this new one "All over the place," and it makes me want to show them the back of my hand. In what course of human events over the last forty years did we come to expect consistency from Tim Fucking Burton? Inconsistency's his mode! So much so that when you do get a Burton picture with a tight, coherent screenplay (like Sweeney Todd or Ed Wood), you actually stop and call your friends over to gawk at it like you're looking at a birthday clown who started showing signs of stigmata. Like "How the hell did that happen?"

Burton shines his brightest when he indulges his fancies for both Gothic aesthetics and Boomer kitsch. Because as great as his reputation is as The Archduke of Hot Topic, he's still a genial nerd who likes people and has a strong affection for all the square normie shit he felt he was excluded from in middle school, and that is all over Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Up to and including a Soul Train line and a lip-sync sequence of MacArthur Park. It's when he can't indulge himself that you get garbage like Dumbo and Planet of the Apes.

He has found himself a new Ingenue figure, for what was once Winona Ryder and Christina Ricci is now Jenna Ortega. And he has found a new Wifey figure, for what was once Lisa Marie and Helena Bonham Carter is now Monica Bellucci. Michael Keaton picked up like he never left off, and Catherine O'Hara left the womb in God Mode and has not once in the decades since decided to dial it back.

When I was a little kid, The first name that I attached to the concept of "filmmaker" was that of Tim Burton. He has been supplanted by other names in the years since, but the genesis? That was him. And now that Tim Burton? The one who scared me and delighted me at the age of five? He's back. And now that he is, I can't tell you how much I missed him.

[walkingdetroit]

Intersection Park, at the edge of North Corktown at Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. I like the poetry from local students at the Burton International School that surrounds the park. 9/20/23

[rhytmenor2020]

♥General♥

♥Full Name: Amérie Elise Baxters

♥Reason for name: Amérie means Amèlie

♥Nickname: Ame, Ammie, Mer

♥Reason for nickname: none for now.

♥Age: 26-29

♥Sex: female

♥Gender: she got a pair of tits.

♥Place of Birth: Germany

♥Birthday: May/02/1863

♥Currently living in: England

♥Species/Race: Grim Reaper

♥Ethnicity: German/English

♥Blood Type:A

♥Occupation: Since she is a female she is a secretary (rarely goes on missions but when do its either tracking a grim reaper exam) but does get paid (after). But her human life she was

♥Sexual Orientation: Bisexual

♥Social Status: upper middle class

♥Relationship Status: single

♥Status: Alive/Dead

♥Body Build: large thigh small bust and tummy

♥Height: 4'11

♥Weight: 180

♥Skin colour: pale

♥Hair style: Curly 2c

♥Hair colour: black

♥Eye colour: the lime green with the hint of yellow

♥Distinguishing Features: she has a huge scar on her stomach which is a mark from her daughter and huge burn mark.

♥Preferred Clothing: In the pictures

♥Accessories: Her necklaces of her and daughter and her locket of her and her father

♥General health: It okay she does think if she done something better than now.

♥Posture: She sit up properly

♥Any physical illnesses?: nope

♥Any mental illnesses?: Depression and panic attacks

♥Take drugs?: none

♥Smoke?: yes

♥Archetype: the innocent (that what people think.)

♥Mental age: 20

♥Act before thinking/Think before ♥acting?: Think before acting

♥Emotion-wise, generally: mostly quiet and all not a real talking person

♥Likes: Her father and Daughter, watching people die peacefully, her death of her mother and her daughter's father who was her mother lover, children, dogs or cats

♥Dislikes: Her mother, the father of her daughter many other things

♥Hobbies♥

She loves to read and write, play the flute, draw

♥Habits♥

She has a problem with mumbling and talking to her self. Plus biting her lips (It

♥Strengths/Weaknesses♥

♥Strengths: her strengths is running and hiding.

♥Weakness: She says sorry like a lot it is flaw, she doesn't speak a lot. She has depression and before she commit it she killed her to watch her death of her father.

♥Skills/Abilities♥ She is able to teleport and jump her weapon is also an Axe

Education/Intelligence♥

♥Education: Her father was a doctor (Shawn) and her mother was a like any other housewife

♥IQ: 100

♥EQ: I don't know what does that mean!

♥Secrets♥

She didn't told anyone that she has a child living with her who is in school and she paying her schooling and all. (A child, do you know how to spell child? C h i l d).

♥Fears♥

Her daughter dying or committing suicide she would do anything for her even if she dead already.

♥Dreams/Goals♥

Wants to leave happily and have her daughter alive and well.

♥Views/Opinions on...♥

♥Government: Monarch

♥Religion: Catholic or Protest

♥Economy: Everyone is not equal

♥Technology: She gets pad and tampon (look it up it was made in the 1889 I think) She fucking loves them (our girl is suffering)

♥Favourites♥

♥Food: She loves sweets and savory foods

♥Colour: Rose pink

♥Animal: elephant and dogs

♥Number: 333

♥Holiday: her daughter and father birthday

♥Season: Winter

♥Time of day: sunset

♥Thing to watch: birds

♥Movie: Tim Burton movies

♥Show: This is us or American horror story

♥Type of art: digital

♥Genre of music: musical, alt rock, and classical

♥Genre of literature: romance and fantasy

♥Genre of shows: comedy and horror

♥Genre of movies: horror

♥History♥

Wip

♥Personality♥

(I don't do personalities)

♥Family: Father (Shawn Baxter) Mother (Marie) They are both dead, Daughter (Maylin Baxter) she is alive and well she is 3

♥Love interest: William T Spears

♥Friends/Allies: Grell and The Undertaker

♥Enemies: Any demons

"Hmmm, people know me as intern but other know me that I have human daughter."

Her looks:

Outfits

Maylin her daughter( she is currently alive)

[mybeingthere]

Bertie Blackman is the daughter of renowned Australian artist Charles Blackman and grew up in the eastern Sydney suburbs of Bondi and Paddington. 

She rose to fame with her debut album in 2004, entitled Headway which came after years of prolific performances around Sydney”s Inner city venues, where she developed a dedicated following. International Grammar School. She began playing African percussion at the age of twelve and guitar at the age of fifteen.

Music was a way to establish herself as an artist in her own right. (Her mother, Genevieve de Couvreur, is also a painter.) 

Her first publicly accessible visual art was in the form of a book of illustrations that appeared with her fourth album, Pope Innocent X.

“As soon as I did that I just kept drawing and drawing and drawing,” Blackman says. “Visual art for me before was more of a means to write songs, whereas now I’ve been doing more painting and drawing than music lately.

”Blackman’s work – ink on paper, mostly monochrome but with the odd flash of colour – shares filmmaker Tim Burton’s sense of the gothic tinged with innocence, but is also distinctly her own. (She counts composer and long-time Tim Burton collaborator Danny Elfman among her friends, and made a cameo vocal appearance at the Adelaide Festival when Elfman toured Songs From Tim Burton.”

https://harveygalleries.com.au/artist/bertie-blackman/#about

[bidisaster-peanut-romano]

Yo what are your thoughts around Juri? Particularly around the whole ‘have you ever wondered what it would be like to be of the opposite sex?’ line. (Btw I’m going to referring to Juri with he/him pronouns for the sake of consistency and my personal headcanon). I wouldn’t say outright that he’s an uncracked egg since his ideas surrounding gender are very limited, and I think the line should be interpreted with that in mind, so it’s possible that he wants to be GNC and imagines how being the opposite sex would allow him to express ‘weakness’ or other forms of expression more freely. I think back to that one line where he’s afraid of being seen as ‘girly’ and struggling to express how he doesn’t like Mr Burton shouting at him 

I feel like Juri’s constant need to assert his masculinity and superiority over the nerds is partially due to him not feeling like he entirely fits in otherwise (because first-generation immigrant and I head canon that he only recently joined the jocks) as well as his father’s social conditioning 

But if we were to interpret Juri as transfem, what would you say their relationship with Cornelius would be like? I’d imagine that Cornelius’ family is way more accepting than Juri’s but idk what impact that would have

why hi you!! i'm so happy to hear your thoughts???

so yeah, to begin with totally agree with him being first generation immigrant from russia; i do think this also contributes, because, and i might be wrong here since my knowledge is mostly based on online reports and just a few friends of mine that come from those geographic areas, as far as i know they are still particularly struggling for civil rights and in particular queer people. so yeah, i do think this perception of gender has stayed with him from there. (not that many other countries are that much better tbf. hello giorgia meloni called out about queer rights by literally everyone in the world)

i really like the interpretation of him that you suggested there?? it makes sense really. a way of sort of trying to look out of this imposed binary of expression. personally, i headcanon juri as bigender (he/she)!! he's terribly insecure about it though, because even though it is a sentiment and a perception of gender that she relates to, that he feels even comfortable into, there's that doubt gnawing inside, that internalized sentiment of how gender is supposed to work, and a sense of inadequacy at not making it work just right like the other jocks do (or at least seem to do, especially in her amplified vision where she is the only one who's wrong about it, where he is the defective one) (have i already mentioned how gender performance is a terribly strong theme of the jocks? god i love them)

and cornelius, mmh... that is in fact an interesting question. as long as they are both in school, i see their interactions to be quite hard honestly. mostly because there again, cornelius is a nerd and juri is a jock; the nerds' force runs on resentment after all, and juri as a jock would have her reputation ruined if he were to meet cornelius and someone found out about it.

on the other hand, though... i mean, i think cornelius, especially after coming out to the clique, would be fairly cmfortable in her gender expression, dare i say confident? i mean, they are still a nerd and years of being bullied and picked on does Things to a Brain, but. let's just focus on the gender euphoria there. especially since i still think her parents look at her kind of sideways about it (when they come out at least- but yes they never had problem with her playing juliet and her interests)

and juri, being as receptive as he is in this situation of his, would probably figure that asking to cornelius for even some advice might be a good idea? in secret of course!! like no other student must find out about it ever!! but. it can't hurt to try.

so yeah them getting close from here would kind of... change many things about the way they see humans at all, i guess? realizing that beyond the prejudices of a pea-brained gorilla or a stuck-up egghead there's a complex person, with fears and thoughts and feelings, just like them, because after all there isn't really an "us" and "them" but a multitude of people not really knowing what they're doing, thinking everyone else is doing it better than them, but at the end of the day just trying their best to go through life.

[lboogie1906]

Willie D. Burton (born 1950) is an African American production sound mixer. His career has spanned five decades and has included films such as The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound or Best Achievement in Sound Mixing a total of seven times, winning twice; he has been nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Sound, winning once; and he was nominated for one Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Mixing for his work on Roots. He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and became fascinated with broadcasting. While attending high school, he entered a work-study program in a store that sold and repaired radios and TVs. He became experienced in repairing radios and began to experiment with improving and learning more about electronics. His attention then moved to sound and sound mixing. His work at the electronic shop fed his fascination with electronics and sound, but he was obstructed by the limited opportunities for African-Americans to work in the field. He decided to move to Long Beach, California after high school graduation. He attended a trade school and then Compton City College, where he studied electronics technology. After graduating from Compton City College, he worked on sonar technology for the Department of the Navy, but his ultimate goal was to work in broadcasting. He was prevented from accomplishing this goal because he needed to be a union member to work in Hollywood. He made it into the International Sound Technicians union. He was the first African American man to be accepted into the union. This led to an entry-level job on the TV series Land of the Giants. Between TV jobs, which included work as a boom operator at Medical Center and Gunsmoke, he worked as a custodian at a bank. He gained an immense amount of interest in sound mixing as he developed and polished his talents. His big break into the sound-mixing world came in 1975 when he heard that Sidney Poitier was directing the film Let's Do It Again, with Bill Cosby. Poitier agreed to hire him. He became part of the Cinema Audio Society. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpzz13RLLEq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rescuefield]

i realised the bio i wrote for claire is infinitely long and people might get bored to read all that, so here's a quick rundown that will get linked in my pinned post.

1979 - claire is born in NYC. dad works in constructions, mom in cps.

1991 - her parents die in a car crash, she gets out of it with a few burns and cuts but it's when her survivor's guilt starts.

1991 to 1996 - since the redfields didn't have any will prepared, at first claire was placed in a foster home until chris got parental rights over her. eventually chris joined the air force and met barry burton, whose family ended up fostering claire in agreement with chris.

1997 - claire goes to college. while initially she was supposed to go to nursing school, she settles for an EMT course to become a paramedic.

1998 - she's still in college, soon to get her first certification. then summer happens, chris stops answering her phone calls so she decides to go to RC and see what's going on. the rest is history.

october 1998 - claire stays with sherry and leon while decoding chris' letter. at some point towards mid november she leaves for paris.

december 1998 - she infiltrates in the parisian umbrella labs as an intern, gathers evidence for her shared plan with leon to take the corporation down, but doesn't find anything about chris. she's eventually found out and captured after basically destroying the whole place, held prisoner on rockfort island until she manages to escape en route to an umbrella base in antarctica. eventually she reunites with chris.

1999 to 2003 - claire attempts to finish her studies, eventually gets her certificates and starts working as a paramedic to prove that she has financial stability to get parental rights over sherry. of course she never gets them, resulting in her always clashing with simmons despite him granting unlimited visit rights. in the mean time she's still working on unravel the conspiracy behind RC and umbrella, getting under terrasave's radar.

2004 - she officially joins terrasave after years spent advocating for them and tagging along to tell her story. she's immediately made a prominent member, and then sent to valdelobos ( spain ) to provide humanitarian aid. obviously things go south, and the volunteers leave before accomplishing anything.

2005 - claire is supervising the distribution of vaccines on behalf of terrasave, working closely with the FDA. the harvardville airport outbreak happens. around this time she also meets neil, a former FBC agent. due to his experience, he's eventually voted as a member of terrasave's executive board.

2006 - while in penamstan to provide humanitarian aid, claire finds out that during the 2000 war there's been an outbreak nobody ever covered on the news. of course she decides to investigate on it, getting kidnapped in the process. she eventually finds out the truth, ending up in a fight with leon about whether share it with the media or not. they're currently the only people ( alive ) who know about what happened, implying claire decided not go to the press anymore.

2007 - tba.

2008 - tba.

2009 - tba.

2010 - terrasave ( claire ) mediates between BSAA and DSO to form an alliance. as rumours of a presumed engagement with neil arise, claire decides to use that spotlight to endorse adam benford's presidency.

2011 - claire and other terrasave members are kidnapped during an event and brought on sejm island, where they wake up to find out a woman nicknamed the overseer has infected them with the virus strain t-phobos and is running experiments on them. with moira burton's help, claire discovers that neil was sent by FBC commissioner morgan lansdale to infiltrate terrasave and carry on his plans to get the former fbi branch reopened. claire, moira and natalia korda are the sole survivors, all three currently still infected with t-phobos albeit assumed that the virus has adapted to them.

2012 - claire and ark thompson work together to clear terrasave's name after neil's scandals. claire goes on a personal mission to find all the people involved in the conspiracy in attempt to atone for the lives lost on sejm. clues lead to an even bigger agency moving the strings.

2013 - claire is present during benford's speech in tall oaks, finally at peace about the fact that the truth about what happened in RC is finally being released and her story validated. she remains in the city providing aid as the outbreak spreads.

2014 - she tells chris various places where he could find leon according to her knowledge, and along with terrasave provides aid in the aftermath of the new york outbreak. some time later she's sent to investigate on sonido de tortuga island, eventually discovering that before sejm, alex wesker was conducting researches on t-phobos in a local umbrella facility. in this occasion is introduced zilì, a double agent for shén yà pharmaceutical.

2015 - sent in san francisco to investigate on a case of mutilated orcas washed ashore, claire ends up working on a joint investigation with chris, jill and rebecca. the clues lead them straight to alcatraz, where they're baited by former umbrella soldier dylan blake and infected with a strain of t-virus. claire is the one who seems to suffer it the most albeit never actually turning. eventually she's saved thanks to rebecca's vaccine, though due to the stress caused by the virus and t-phobos fighting it to keep her alive ( as it is designed for ) leaves claire with a mutated iris in the process. dylan's taunting makes claire question whether there are other conspirators left in terrasave.

2016 - tba.

2017 - terrasave cooperates with the BSAA in regards of the clean up in dulvey. claire remains in contact with zoe baker, offering her a job in the ngo.

2018 to 2021 - she's with the HWS under the name sköll. acts as a subtle handler for mia and ethan, helping them settle in their new house while referring to chris any changes worth of note in either of the two.

2022 to 2036 - tba.

2037 - varying on verses claire lives in a farmhouse with her family, dedicating herself more to investigative journalism than active fight on the field. she's in contact with mia and rosemary winters as they are considered part of the redfield family by association.

[brookston]

Holidays 2.15

Holidays

Agriculture Day (Canada)

Angelman Syndrome Day

Annoy Squidward Day (SpongeBob Squarepants)

Battleship Day

Broken Hearts Day

Clifford the Big Red Dog Day

Commonwealth Day (Gibraltar)

Court of International Justice Day

Day of Ashakalia (Kosovo)

Day of the Mexican Woman (Mexico)

Decimal Day (UK)

Digital Learning Day

ENIAC Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

European Perioperative Nursing Day (EU)

Flag Day (Canada)

Galileo Day [also 2.29]

Hazel Day (French Republic)

Hazrat Alis Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

International Angolan Day

International Bottom Appreciation Day

International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day

International Duties Memorial Day (Russia)

International Fanworks Day

International Green Wall Day

International Male Chastity Day

John Frum Day (Vanuatu)

Love Reset Day

Lui-Ngai-Ni (Manipur, India)

Memorial Day of Warriors—Intrnationalists

National Bad Breath Day

National Black Girl Magic Day

National Clementine Day

National Friendzone Day

National Hippo Day

National Marcus Day

National Plan B Day

National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day

National Side Chicks Day

National Wisconsin Day

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends

Plastic Pollution Awareness Day (Georgia)

Remember the Maine Day

Sandlasting Day

Singles Awareness Day

Slap Day

Sretenje (Serbia)

Sticky Stamp Day

Stop and Smell Your Compost Pile Day

St. Skeletor’s Day

Susan B. Anthony Day

Total Defense Day (Singapore)

World Cholangiocarcinoma Day

World Hippo Day

YouTube Launch Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Burger Lover's Day

Cherry Garcia Day

Florida Craft Beer Day

Mustard Day

National Cheap Chocolate Day

National Chewing Gum Day

National Gumdrop Day

National I Want Butterscotch Day

National Lamb Day (New Zealand)

3rd Thursday in February

Energy Saving Day (Italy) [3rd Thursday]

Global Information Governance Day [3rd Thursday]

National Conductive Education Day [3rd Thursday]

Switch Off Thursday (UK) [Thursday of Go Green Week]

World Anthropology Day [3rd Thursday]

World Cholanglocarcinoma Day [3rd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 15

American Association for the Advancement of Science Week [thru 2.17]

Independence & Related Days

Barbettia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Dadingisila (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Establishment Day (St. Louis, Missouri; 1764)

Liberation Day (Afghanistan)

Iustus (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Serbia (from the Ottoman Empire, 1804)

Festivals Beginning February 15, 2024

Arizona Beer Week (Arizona) [thru 2.25]

Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany) [thru 2.25]

Carnival of Bern [Bärner Fasnacht] (Bern, Switzerland) [thru 2.17]

Cribbagepalooza (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Great British Beer Festival Winter (Burton upon Trent, Great Britain) [thru 2.17]

Havana International Book Fair (Havana, Cuba) [thru 2.25]

Iowa Meat Processors Show (Ames, Iowa) [thru 2.17]

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association Conference (Newark, Ohio) [thru 2.17]

Palatka Bluegrass Festival (Palatka, Florida) [thru 2.17]

Simplot Games (Boise, Idaho) [thru 2.17]

Takeuchi Festival (Rouge, Japan)

Feast Days

Agape (Christian; Virgin Martyr)

Art Spiegelman (Animeism)

Candlemas (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Charles-André van Loo (Artology)

Charles-François Daubigny (Artology)

Chongwoldaeboreum (Korean Folk Festival)

Claude de la Colombière (Christian; Saint)

Douglas Hofstadter (Writerism)

Drink More Wine Day (Pastafarian)

Faunus (celebrates animals helping humans)

Faustinus and Jovita (Christian; Martyrs)

Februata — Day of Juno Febuata (Pagan)

Festival of Naked Pan (Ancient Rome)

Festival of the Wolves (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Galileo (Humanism; Saint)

Grigori Rasputin Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Guardian Angel Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Kamakura Matsuri (Snow Cave Festival; Japan)

Lupercalia (Festival of Lupercus; Festival of purification honoring Lycaen Pan or Faunusl Ancient Roman god of flocks and fertility)

Matt Groening (Artology)

Michał Sopoćko (Christian; Blessed)

Nirvana Day (Buddhist; Jain; Sikh)

Oswiu (Christian; Saint)

Parinirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism)

Phaedrus (Positivist; Saint)

Quinidius (Christian; Saint)

The Raggmopps (Muppetism)

Sigfried of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Sigfrid’s Day

Susan B. Anthony (Feminism; Saint)

Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)

Tanco (Christian; Martyr)

Thomas Bray (Anglican & Episcopal Church)

Walfrid (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because so many reasons carrying on from the night before.)

Premieres

Alice Solves the Puzzle (Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Angel and the Badman (Film; 1947)

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Animated Film; 2019)

Autumn (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Bears and the Bees (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1932)

The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss II (Waltz; 1867)

The Breakfast Club (Film; 1985)

Blue Moon, recorded by The Marcels (Song; 1961)

Broad City (TV Series; 2010)

Bugs Bunny’s Wild World of Sports (WB Animated TV Special; 1989)

Burn, by Deep Purple (Album; 1974)

Burr Gore, by Vidal (Historical Novel; 1973)

Cinderella (Animated Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell (Children’s Book; 1963)

Corregidora, by Gayl Jones (Novel; 1975)

The Crystal Maze (UK TV game Show; 1990)

Doom Patrol (TV Series; 2019)

Eastbound & Down (TV Series; 2009)

Eight Days a Week, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Elegy Written in. A Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray (Poem; 1751)

11.23.63 (TV Series; 2016)

Escape from Planet Earth (Animated Film; 2013)

Fly by Night, by Rush (Album; 1975)

Get Happy!!, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1980)

Lifehouse, by The Who (Rock Opera; 1971)

Marlowe (Film; 2023)

Mechanical Man (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Orphan’s Picnic (Disney Cartoon; 1936)

Red Dwarf (UK TV Series; 1988)

Return to Never Land (Disney Film; 2002)

Robin Hoody Woody (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)

The Screwball (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1943)

Shake, Rattle and Roll, recorded by Big Joe Turner (Song; 1954)

The Stars, Like Dust, byIsaac Asimov (Novel; 1951) [Galactic Empire #1]

Super Troopers (Film; 2002)

Take the A Train, recorded by Duke Ellington (Song; 1941)

A Tuba to Cuba (Documentary Film; 2019)

The Umbrella Academy (TV Series; 2019)

Vision Quit (Film; 1985)

YouTube (Video Sharing Website; 2005)

Today’s Name Days

Georgia, Siegfried (Austria)

Faustin, Onezim, Vitomir (Croatia)

Jiřina (Czech Republic)

Faustinus (Denmark)

Neidi, Tiina (Estonia)

Sipi, Sippo (Finland)

Claude, Georgina, Jordan (France)

Georgia, Jovita, Siegfried (Germany)

Evsevios (Greece)

Julianna, Lilla (Hungary)

Giuliana (Italy)

Džuljeta, Juliāna, Jūlija, Smuidra (Latvia)

Julijona, Julijonas, Tautvydas (Lithuania)

Jill, Julian, Juliane (Norway)

Bernard, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Julianna, Symeon (Poland)

Pamfil, Valentin (Romania)

Anna (Russia)

Ida (Slovakia)

Juliana (Spain)

Julia, Julius (Sweden)

Cliff, Clifford, Clifton, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Sonnie, Sonny, Sunny (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 46 of 2024; 320 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 7 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 6 (Ji-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 6 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 5 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 16 Grey; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 1 February 2024

Moon: 40%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Homer (2nd Month) [Phaedrus]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 57 of 89)

Week: 2nd Week of February

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 25 of 28)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.15

Holidays

Agriculture Day (Canada)

Angelman Syndrome Day

Annoy Squidward Day (SpongeBob Squarepants)

Battleship Day

Broken Hearts Day

Clifford the Big Red Dog Day

Commonwealth Day (Gibraltar)

Court of International Justice Day

Day of Ashakalia (Kosovo)

Day of the Mexican Woman (Mexico)

Decimal Day (UK)

Digital Learning Day

ENIAC Day (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

European Perioperative Nursing Day (EU)

Flag Day (Canada)

Galileo Day [also 2.29]

Hazel Day (French Republic)

Hazrat Alis Day (Uttar Pradesh, India)

International Angolan Day

International Bottom Appreciation Day

International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day

International Duties Memorial Day (Russia)

International Fanworks Day

International Green Wall Day

International Male Chastity Day

John Frum Day (Vanuatu)

Love Reset Day

Lui-Ngai-Ni (Manipur, India)

Memorial Day of Warriors—Intrnationalists

National Bad Breath Day

National Black Girl Magic Day

National Clementine Day

National Friendzone Day

National Hippo Day

National Marcus Day

National Plan B Day

National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day

National Side Chicks Day

National Wisconsin Day

National Write Your Book in a Weekend Weekends

Plastic Pollution Awareness Day (Georgia)

Remember the Maine Day

Sandlasting Day

Singles Awareness Day

Slap Day

Sretenje (Serbia)

Sticky Stamp Day

Stop and Smell Your Compost Pile Day

St. Skeletor’s Day

Susan B. Anthony Day

Total Defense Day (Singapore)

World Cholangiocarcinoma Day

World Hippo Day

YouTube Launch Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Burger Lover's Day

Cherry Garcia Day

Florida Craft Beer Day

Mustard Day

National Cheap Chocolate Day

National Chewing Gum Day

National Gumdrop Day

National I Want Butterscotch Day

National Lamb Day (New Zealand)

3rd Thursday in February

Energy Saving Day (Italy) [3rd Thursday]

Global Information Governance Day [3rd Thursday]

National Conductive Education Day [3rd Thursday]

Switch Off Thursday (UK) [Thursday of Go Green Week]

World Anthropology Day [3rd Thursday]

World Cholanglocarcinoma Day [3rd Thursday]

Weekly Holidays beginning February 15

American Association for the Advancement of Science Week [thru 2.17]

Independence & Related Days

Barbettia (Declared; 2016) [unrecognized]

Dadingisila (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Establishment Day (St. Louis, Missouri; 1764)

Liberation Day (Afghanistan)

Iustus (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

Serbia (from the Ottoman Empire, 1804)

Festivals Beginning February 15, 2024

Arizona Beer Week (Arizona) [thru 2.25]

Berlin International Film Festival (Berlin, Germany) [thru 2.25]

Carnival of Bern [Bärner Fasnacht] (Bern, Switzerland) [thru 2.17]

Cribbagepalooza (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Great British Beer Festival Winter (Burton upon Trent, Great Britain) [thru 2.17]

Havana International Book Fair (Havana, Cuba) [thru 2.25]

Iowa Meat Processors Show (Ames, Iowa) [thru 2.17]

Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association Conference (Newark, Ohio) [thru 2.17]

Palatka Bluegrass Festival (Palatka, Florida) [thru 2.17]

Simplot Games (Boise, Idaho) [thru 2.17]

Takeuchi Festival (Rouge, Japan)

Feast Days

Agape (Christian; Virgin Martyr)

Art Spiegelman (Animeism)

Candlemas (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Charles-André van Loo (Artology)

Charles-François Daubigny (Artology)

Chongwoldaeboreum (Korean Folk Festival)

Claude de la Colombière (Christian; Saint)

Douglas Hofstadter (Writerism)

Drink More Wine Day (Pastafarian)

Faunus (celebrates animals helping humans)

Faustinus and Jovita (Christian; Martyrs)

Februata — Day of Juno Febuata (Pagan)

Festival of Naked Pan (Ancient Rome)

Festival of the Wolves (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Galileo (Humanism; Saint)

Grigori Rasputin Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Guardian Angel Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Kamakura Matsuri (Snow Cave Festival; Japan)

Lupercalia (Festival of Lupercus; Festival of purification honoring Lycaen Pan or Faunusl Ancient Roman god of flocks and fertility)

Matt Groening (Artology)

Michał Sopoćko (Christian; Blessed)

Nirvana Day (Buddhist; Jain; Sikh)

Oswiu (Christian; Saint)

Parinirvana Day (Mahayana Buddhism)

Phaedrus (Positivist; Saint)

Quinidius (Christian; Saint)

The Raggmopps (Muppetism)

Sigfried of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Sigfrid’s Day

Susan B. Anthony (Feminism; Saint)

Tales of Kelp-Koli (Shamanism)

Tanco (Christian; Martyr)

Thomas Bray (Anglican & Episcopal Church)

Walfrid (Christian; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Uncyclopedia Bad to Be Born Today (because so many reasons carrying on from the night before.)

Premieres

Alice Solves the Puzzle (Disney Cartoon; 1925)

Angel and the Badman (Film; 1947)

Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion (Animated Film; 2019)

Autumn (Disney Cartoon; 1930)

The Bears and the Bees (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1932)

The Blue Danube, by Johann Strauss II (Waltz; 1867)

The Breakfast Club (Film; 1985)

Blue Moon, recorded by The Marcels (Song; 1961)

Broad City (TV Series; 2010)

Bugs Bunny’s Wild World of Sports (WB Animated TV Special; 1989)

Burn, by Deep Purple (Album; 1974)

Burr Gore, by Vidal (Historical Novel; 1973)

Cinderella (Animated Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell (Children’s Book; 1963)

Corregidora, by Gayl Jones (Novel; 1975)

The Crystal Maze (UK TV game Show; 1990)

Doom Patrol (TV Series; 2019)

Eastbound & Down (TV Series; 2009)

Eight Days a Week, by The Beatles (Song; 1965)

Elegy Written in. A Country Churchyard, by Thomas Gray (Poem; 1751)

11.23.63 (TV Series; 2016)

Escape from Planet Earth (Animated Film; 2013)

Fly by Night, by Rush (Album; 1975)

Get Happy!!, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1980)

Lifehouse, by The Who (Rock Opera; 1971)

Marlowe (Film; 2023)

Mechanical Man (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1932)

Orphan’s Picnic (Disney Cartoon; 1936)

Red Dwarf (UK TV Series; 1988)

Return to Never Land (Disney Film; 2002)

Robin Hoody Woody (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1963)

The Screwball (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1943)

Shake, Rattle and Roll, recorded by Big Joe Turner (Song; 1954)

The Stars, Like Dust, byIsaac Asimov (Novel; 1951) [Galactic Empire #1]

Super Troopers (Film; 2002)

Take the A Train, recorded by Duke Ellington (Song; 1941)

A Tuba to Cuba (Documentary Film; 2019)

The Umbrella Academy (TV Series; 2019)

Vision Quit (Film; 1985)

YouTube (Video Sharing Website; 2005)

Today’s Name Days

Georgia, Siegfried (Austria)

Faustin, Onezim, Vitomir (Croatia)

Jiřina (Czech Republic)

Faustinus (Denmark)

Neidi, Tiina (Estonia)

Sipi, Sippo (Finland)

Claude, Georgina, Jordan (France)

Georgia, Jovita, Siegfried (Germany)

Evsevios (Greece)

Julianna, Lilla (Hungary)

Giuliana (Italy)

Džuljeta, Juliāna, Jūlija, Smuidra (Latvia)

Julijona, Julijonas, Tautvydas (Lithuania)

Jill, Julian, Juliane (Norway)

Bernard, Dan, Danisz, Danuta, Julianna, Symeon (Poland)

Pamfil, Valentin (Romania)

Anna (Russia)

Ida (Slovakia)

Juliana (Spain)

Julia, Julius (Sweden)

Cliff, Clifford, Clifton, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Sonnie, Sonny, Sunny (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 46 of 2024; 320 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 4 of week 7 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 26 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 6 (Ji-You)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 6 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 5 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 16 Grey; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 1 February 2024

Moon: 40%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 18 Homer (2nd Month) [Phaedrus]

Runic Half Month: Sigel (Sun) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 57 of 89)

Week: 2nd Week of February

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 25 of 28)

[tbinternshipfolio]

6. Career aspirations including goal setting.

During my internship, I was able to reflect on my career aspirations which included my goal setting. My internship with the phoenix made me change my previous career objectives and helped me to see a clearer path of what area of sport I wanted to work in.

My current future career objectives are to continue working in the sporting industry. The sporting industry is something that I have great love and passion for and from my internship it has made me want to work in the sporting industry even more. I would love to continue working with the phoenix in their operations team working the game days during the season and still be a part of the community team and going out to schools when I am able to. Through my internship I was able to obtain a casual employment contract with the South East Melbourne Phoenix operations team. This role can at a unexpected surprise however I am so forever thankful for the opportunity to work a part of the team and experience another part of the business.

I would also like to gain full time employment in the sporting industry. This is currently a massive struggle as full-time roles and large amounts of people applying for the role and makes it a very competitive market. I have currently gained full time employment at my other work which I will stay in until I find a sporting role that I would love to work in. Looking at current full-time employment in the sporting industry has been extremely difficult as many roles have a large amount of people applying for the role. For me a large part of my future goals is to purchase a house on my own. To be able to do this I need to be earning a comfortable amount of money to where I can achieve this goal. The current struggle in sport is that a lot of employees are being significantly under paid, and I have noticed this as I have been searching for employment within the industry. This has impacted my goals massively as I have always dreamed of owning my own house before I am 25 which is only 3 years away. The ability to reflect on experiences provides a greater experience for the employee and the organisation (Learning from experience, 2021).

My current future goals allow me to obtain my personal goals as well as my work place goals. Once I have achieved my personal goals in purchasing a house, then I will focus on my future aspirations of working in the sporting industry. My internship with the phoenix has provided me great depth into what my future in the sporting industry could hold.

John Cain Arena during a Phoenix game (Teagan Burton, 2024)

Learning from experience. (2021). Human Resource Management International Digest, 29(1), 48–50. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-09-2020-0219

[burtonwilde]

Unlocking Wealth Wisdom: Burton Wilde's Finance Journey

Name: Burton Wilde

Age: 50  Gender:Male Nationality: United States EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Burton Wilde holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Business, where he had a distinguished academic career and reputation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Burton Wildehas extensive experience in academic research, consulting, or industry advisory. He may have published several academic papers in the field of finance and been involved in projects and consulting work within the financial industry. TEACHING STYLE: Burton Wildeemphasizes interaction with students, encouraging them to participate in discussions and practical projects to facilitate their learning and development. He may place significant emphasis on introducing real-world cases and industry trends to help students understand and apply financial knowledge. Research Field: Burton Wildeis an experienced financial education professional with a deep knowledge and extensive experience in the field of finance. He is committed to continuous learning and staying updated in his professional domain. His range of financial courses includes investment management, financial markets, risk management, and more. Influence: Burton Wildeis a renowned expert in the finance industry, and his research findings and academic perspectives have a wide-ranging influence in the finance sector. He is frequently invited to provide consulting services to major financial institutions and businesses, and he enjoys a high reputation in the academic community.

Personal characteristics: Burton Wildeis a passionate and experienced educator dedicated to nurturing students’ financial expertise and enabling them to succeed in the field of finance.

Member of the Rockefeller University Senior Research Council, Member of the Department of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Born in 1973 in the United States, from an old family in New York. In 1992, enrolled at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 1996, entered the Department of Finance at MIT and obtained a master’s degree. In 2000, interned at Citigroup as an assistant economic observer. Starting in 2006, served as an economic analyst at Citigroup. In 2011, began to be involved in managing foreign exchange reserve funds, and by 2013, the foreign exchange reserve hedge fund he was involved in managing had exceeded $99 billion.

“Independent Thinking Creates Wealth”

Starting in 2019, began to establish a personal club focused on sharing stock market investment theories. This venture leads into the broader world of global digital currencies, which are considered more stable for investors, easier to operate, more lucrative, and with lower risk factors. Developed own value investment system, aiming to foster independent profit-oriented thinking among a wider audience of retail investors. At one point, it became a refuge for retail users, innovating and creating wealth and new perspectives for them.

With the information and signals he shared in the club, an increasing number of people, under his guidance, have grown into outstanding digital currency traders. During club’s each special training sessions, profits have exceeded minimum 1568%. Members of the club followed him and invested in trading digital currencies also gaining considerable wealth at the same time.

[wutbju]

Mildred G. (Detweiler) Bechtel, 97, widow of Wilmer A. Bechtel, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Keystone Villa in Douglassville, where she resided since October.

Born in Telford, PA, on August 17, 1925, Millie was the daughter of the late Clayton L. Detweiler and Emma B. (Godshall) Detweiler. Mildred earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina and was previously employed at the former Kern Insurance Agency, Inc. Mildred and Wilmer were married on October 2, 1965 at Limerick Chapel by Dr. Rev. Clarence Didden. They resided in Lower Pottsgrove Township for thirteen years prior to relocating to Boca Raton, Florida in 1978. In 1981 they returned to Pennsylvania and resided in Douglassville.

Millie was a member of Exeter Bible Fellowship Church in Birdsboro, PA. She formerly taught Sunday School and Bible Club at Limerick Chapel in Limerick, PA. Millie was also a past member of The Auxiliary of the Gideons International for 35 years. Millie is survived by many nieces and nephews as well as extended family. In addition to her husband, Wilmer, Millie was predeceased by three brothers, two sisters, and one step brother.

Family and friends are invited to a visitation on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Morrell Funeral Home, 124 W. Philadelphia Ave. Boyertown, PA 19512 from 12:30PM to 1:00PM. Internment will be at Fairview Cemetery in Boyertown at 1:30PM. A memorial service will be held on May 10, 2023 following the internment at 3:30PM at Exeter Bible Fellowship Church, 926 Philadelphia Terrace, Birdsboro, PA 19508. Officiant will be Pastor Bill Burton. (Please plan to not arrive at the church campus prior to 3PM to allow school students time to safely exit the campus) In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her memory to Exeter Bible Fellowship Church, 926 Philadelphia Terrace, Birdsboro, PA 19508, or The Gideons International, PO Box 13773, Reading, PA 19612.

[no-im-not-the-cleaning-lady]

Breaking the ‘Glass Runway’ in High Fashion

In a world where the love for clothing and style is often stereotypically associated with women, it may seem perplexing that the field of high fashion isn't dominated by female designers, creators, and influencers. While women have been at the forefront of fashion as consumers and trendsetters, the narrative takes a different turn when it comes to higher positions of the fashion industry. Throughout this post, I’m going to be writing about the complex factors that contribute to the underrepresentation of women in the world of high fashion. This topic is particularly important to me because I’m a woman who lives for fashion and designer pieces, but I’ve never taken the time to actually figure out how these items are made or who they’re designed by. 

One glaring factor is the historical gender bias ingrained in the fashion industry. Traditionally, the realm of couture has been predominantly male-dominated; names like Chanel, Dior, Givenchy are primarily male designers who’ve established an influential platform that continues to rule the world of high fashion. This strong male driven legacy set a tone that is challenging for women to break. The narrative of the 'creative genius' in fashion is usually used to describe men, which creates a perception that somehow creativity in this field is inherently masculine. In “A Gender Gap: Why Do Men Still Rule the (Fashion) World?”, Ieva Zubaviciute shares that, “More than 85% of majors from top fashion schools are female, but only around 14% of the top 50 major fashion brands are run by women” (Zubaviciute, 2021). Although the majority of women are graduating with degrees in this field, only a fraction of them are actually going on to run fashion houses. As someone who considered going to fashion school herself, I knew about the large presence of women, but I never considered how those statistics might change once we are out in the workforce. Since women spend overwhelmingly more money on clothes than men do in their lifetime, I assumed that women dominated the field as well. Unfortunately like many things in the United States, women are just being exploited for their socially developed consumerist practices. 

Additionally, systemic barriers have hindered women's progress in high fashion. Despite significant strides in various industries, gender inequality persists in the fashion workplace. Women face challenges in breaking through the glass ceiling, or “the glass runway”, whether it's in securing top design positions or gaining recognition for their creative contributions. The lack of representation at the decision-making level perpetuates a cycle where women struggle to achieve leadership roles in major fashion houses. Recruitment teams who work in the fashion industry have later reported that they actively pick out men and older unmarried women because they know that they’ll have less of a domestic demand when it comes to work-life balance. According to Brown, Haas, Marchessou, and Villepelet, “Many more women than men (30 percent versus 7 percent) report that having children has slowed their career, and half of female VPs say they have difficulty juggling work and parental responsibilities”(Brown, Haas, Marchessou, & Villepelet, 2018). Women continue experiencing a higher level of internal and external pressures to be present mothers while also fulfilling their career goals. Even though this is a known challenge that most women in successful positions face, companies continue to limit paid maternity leave or flexible work hours because it doesn’t do anything to support their for-profit capitalistic ideals. In turn, the demands of high fashion may discourage women from committing to careers that require an extraordinary level of dedication and time.

It's important to note that significant progress has been made in recent years. Women designers such as Stella McCartney, Phoebe Philo, and Sarah Burton have carved out successful careers and made significant contributions to the industry. However, their achievements are still overshadowed by the larger trend of male dominance. Efforts to dismantle these barriers include initiatives that promote gender equality, mentorship programs for aspiring female designers, and increased awareness about the importance of diverse voices in shaping the fashion realm. The underrepresentation of women in high fashion is a complex issue rooted in historical biases, systemic barriers, societal expectations, and media portrayals. Although social movements for a more equal environment, there is much work to be done to create an inclusive and diverse fashion industry that reflects the richness of talent among both men and women. Breaking free from stereotypes and challenging traditional norms is essential to pave the way for a more equal and dynamic future in high fashion. After doing some research on the biases and challenges that women face in the field, I hope to support more businesses owned and created by women. Some successful women on the rise to look out for are Rachel Scott, Rui Zhou, and Stephanie Uhart. 

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