#Elizabeth Ayre

[waste-it-on-something-useful]

Kieslowski: Dialogue (Elizabeth Ayre & Ruben Korenfeld, 1991)

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Hollywood marriages..quick to tie the knot..and quicker to untie it

[violettesiren]

At dawn these still waters were filled with clamoring gulls. Now, in morning’s languid light, just the harsh contralto of a journeying crow, the muted bass and treble of waves from a passing boat’s wake. Tall pines

on the opposite shore cast long, green reflections onto the motionless river, making (you think) a long, green road boasting many unmarked entrances and exits, many signs in strange languages you almost remember, many vaguely familiar landmarks and fleeting faces almost recognizable as beloved.

Some say go out into the desert to find your god. Some say go up into the mountains. No such voices here, on the long, green road of unforgetting, just the muted bass and treble of your own footsteps, just that other that other that other almost song.

The Road of Unforgetting by Elizabeth Ayres

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THE TOURNAMENT IS OVER! Eartha Kitt lounges in her deck chair in the sun, dipping her toes in the pool with Toshiro Mifune and sipping a brightly colored fruity something with an umbrella in it.

Far below in the shadow realm, however, the fallen hotties dance in the dark—let's take a minute to look back at them under the cut.

PRELIM PRETTIES:

Claude Gensac, Silvia Pinal, Ewa Aulin, Rita Tushingham, Annette Funicello, Norma Bengell, Catherine Spaak, Brigitte Auber, Micheline Presle, Nanette Fabray, Libertad Lamarque, Vera Miles, Martha Raye, Catherine McLeod, Virginia Mayo, Elizabeth Allan, Belle Bennet, Virginia Cherill, Mary Brian, Ruth Chatterton, Agnes Ayres, Merna Kennedy, Marie Prevost, Corinne Griffith, May Allison, Virginia Brown Faire, Alice Brady, and Jetta Goudal

ROUND ONE WONDERS:

Angie Dickinson, Thelma Ritter, Geraldine Chaplin, Evelyn Preer, Vanessa Brown, Betty Blythe, Susan Hayward, Mae Clarke, Sally Ann Howes, Ossi Oswalda, Adrienne La Russa, Hermione Gingold, Barbara Bouchet, Melina Mercouri, Anna Karina, Edwige Fenech, Charmian Carr, Pina Pellicer, Marlène Jobert, Tsuru Aoki, Alice Roberts, Leila Hyams, Lady Tsen Mei, Geneviève Bujold, Dolores Hart, Anita Berber, Bonita Granville, Vonetta McGee, Claire Windsor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Tuesday Weld, Grace Darmond, Carol Channing, Deanna Durbin, Laraine Day, Mariette Hartey, Wendy Hiller, Candy Darling, Hermione Baddely, Valeria Creti, Ella Raines, Ann Miller, Dana Wynter, Dalida, Martine Beswick, Gale Storm, Simone Signoret, Cristina Gaioni, Mabel Normand, Stéphane Audran, Ruth Weyher, Anna Wiazemsky, Ann Sheridan, Sandhya Shantaram, Alice White, Anne Francis, Gena Rowlands, Lyda Borelli, May Whitty, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jessica Walter, Virna Lisi, Barbara Shelley, Iris Hall, Heather Angel, Anne Shirley, Joanna Pettet, Virginia O'Brien, Joan Collins, Greer Garson, Gracie Allen, Peggy Ryan, Frances Dee, Shirley Maclaine, Geraldine Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Margaret Hamilton, Eva Gabor, Francesca Bertini, Julie Adams, Olga Baclanova, Misa Uehara, Yvette Vickers, Milena Dravić, Jenny Jugo, Madeleine Carroll, Benita Hume, Olive Borden, Shirley Jones, Miyoshi Umeki, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Anderson, Charlotte Greenwood, Sybil Seely, Mona Barrie, Kathryn Grayson, Katharine Ross, Madge Bellamy, Rhonda Fleming, Sally Gray, Jana Brejchová, Debra Paget, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Evelyn Brent, Zelma O'Neal, Marie Laforêt, Türkan Şoray, Beatriz Costa, Irene Zazians, Eleanor Powell, Susan Luckey, Patsy Kelly, Lil Dagover, Norma Talmadge, Dorothy Mackaill, Madge Evans, Virginia McKenna, Amália Rodrigues, Mamie Van Doren, Valerie Hobson, Isabel Jeans, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Claire Luce, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Nieves Navarro Garcia, Janet Leigh, Carmen Miranda, Jean Harlow, Aud Egedge-Nissen, Nina Foch, Jean Simmons, Piper Laurie, Katy Jurado, Jayne Mansfield, Anita Garvin, Frances Farmer, Lizabeth Scott, Joan Greenwood, Una Merkel, Arlene Francis, Ethel Merman, Doris Day, Suzanne Pleshette, Ruta Lee, Carolyn Jones, June Richmond, Eva Nil, Diana Dors, Anna Chang, Colleen Moore, Alexis Smith, Yvette Mimieux, Ruby Keeler, Viola Dana, Dolores Grey, Marie Windsor, Danielle Darieux, Jean Parker, Julie Christie, Acquanetta, Leatrice Joy, Ghita Nørby, Julie Newmar, Joanne Woodward, Sandra Dee, Eva Marie Saint, Simone Simon, Katherine Dunham, Birgitte Price, Lee Grant, Anita Page, Flora Robson, Martha Sleeper, Elsie Ames, Isabel "Coca" Sarli, Glenda Farrell, Kathleen Burke, Linden Travers, Diane Baker, Joan Davis, Joan Leslie, Sylvia Sidney, Marie Dressler, June Lockhart, Emmanuelle Riva, Libertad Leblanc, Susannah Foster, Susan Fleming, Dolores Costello, Ann Smyrner, Luise Rainer, Anna Massey, Evelyn Ankers, Ruth Gordon, Eva Dahlbeck, Ansa Ikonen, Diana Wynyard, Patricia Neal, Etta Lee, Gloria Stuart, Arletty, Dorothy McGuire, Mitzi Gaynor, Gwen Verdon, Maria Schell, Lili Damita, Ethel Moses, Gloria Holden, Kay Thompson, Jeanne Crain, Edna May Oliver, Lili Liliana, Ruth Chatterton, Giulietta Masina, Claire Bloom, Dinah Sheridan, Carroll Baker, Brenda de Banzie, Milú, Hertha Thiele, Hanka Ordonówna, Lillian Roth, Jane Powell, Carol Ohmart, Betty Garrett, Kalina Jędrusik, Edana Romney, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kay Kendall, Ruth Hussey, Véra Clouzot, Jadwiga Smosarska, Marge Champion, Mary Astor, Ann Harding, María Casares, Maureen O'Sullivan, Mildred Natwick, Michèle Morgan, Romy Schneider, Elisabeth Bergner, Celeste Holm, Betty Hutton, Susan Peters, Mehtab, Leslie Caron, Anna Sten, Janet Munro, Nataša Gollová, Eve Arden, Ida Lupino, Regina Linnanheimo, Sonja Henie, and Terry (what a good girl)

ROUND TWO BEAUTIES:

Evelyn Nesbit, Thelma Todd, Tura Satana, Helen Gibson, Maureen O'Hara, Rocío Dúrcal, Mary Nolan, Lois Maxwell, Maggie Smith, Zulma Faiad, Ursula Andress, Musidora, Delphine Seyrig, Marian Marsh, Leatrice Joy, Sharon Tate, Pina Menichelli, Teresa Wright, Shelley Winters, Lee Remick, Jane Wyman, Martita Hunt, Barbara Bates, Susan Strasberg, Marie Bryant, Diana Rigg, Jane Birkin, Rosalind Russell, Vanessa Redgrave, Brigitte Helm, Gloria Grahame, Rosemary Clooney, Bebe Daniels, Constance Bennett, Lilian Bond, Ann Dvorak, Jeanette Macdonald, Pouri Banayi, Raquel Welch, Vilma Bánky, Dorothy Malone, Olive Thomas, Celia Johnson, Moira Shearer, Priscilla Lane, Dolores del Río, Ann Sothern, Françoise Rosay, June Allyson, Carole Lombard, Jeni Le Gon, Takako Irie, Barbara Steele, Claudette Colbert, Lalita Pawar, Asta Nielsen, Sandra Milo, Maria Montez, Mae West, Alma Rose Aguirre, Bibi Andersson, Joan Blondell, Anne Bancroft, Elsa Lanchester, Nita Naldi, Suchitra Sen, Dorothy Van Engle, Elisabeth Welch, Esther Williams, Loretta Young, Margueritte De La Motte, Ita Rina, Constance Talmadge, Margaret Lockwood, Barbara Bedford, Josette Day, Stefania Sandrelli, Jane Russell, Doris Dowling, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Donna Reed, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands, Billie Burke, Kyōko Kagawa, Françoise Dorléac, Hend Rostom, Monica Vitti, Lilian Harvey, Marjorie Main, Jeanne Moreau, Lola Flores, Ann Blyth, Janet Gaynor, Jennifer Jones, Margaret Sullavan, Sadhana, Ruby Myers, Lotus Long, Honor Blackman, Marsha Hunt, Debbie Reynolds, Michèle Mercier, Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Judy Holliday, Tippi Hedren, Susse Wold, Vera-Ellen, Carmelita González, Nargis Dutt, Purnima, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne De Carlo, Miroslava Stern, Sheila Guyse, Helen, Margaret Dumont, Betty Grable, Joan Bennett, Jane Greer, Judith Anderson, Liv Ullman, Vera Zorina, Joan Fontaine, Silvana Mangano, and Lee Ya-Ching

ROUND THREE ELECTRIFIERS:

Jean Hagen, Sumiko Mizukubo, Mary Philbin, Ann-Margret, Margaret Rutherford, Claudia Cardinale, Eleanor Parker, Jessie Matthews, Theresa Harris, Brigitte Bardot, Alla Nazimova, Faye Dunaway, Marion Davies, Anna Magnani, Theda Bara, Myrna Loy, Kay Francis, Fay Wray, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Hideko Takamine, France Nuyen, Claudine Auger, Miriam Hopkins, Maylia Fong, Samia Gamal, Maude Fealy, Machiko Kyō, Sharmila Tagore, Lucille Ball, Ginger Rogers, Juanita Moore, Anna Fougez, Waheeda Rehman, Ruan Lingyu, Nina Mae McKinney, Ethel Waters, Nadira, Olivia de Havilland, Abbey Lincoln, Louise Beavers, Agnes Moorehead, Lana Turner, Norma Shearer, Maria Falconetti, Reiko Sato, Marie Doro, Clara Bow, Margaret Lindsay, Catherine Denueve, Madhabi Mukherjee, Rosaura Revueltas, Hu Die, Mary Pickford, Fredi Washington, Louise Brooks, Leonor Maia, Merle Oberon, Paulette Goddard, Vivien Leigh, Francine Everett, Savitri, Tita Merello, and Meena Kumari

ROUND FOUR STUNNERS:

Judy Garland, Dorothy Dandridge, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Papas, Lupe Vélez, Pola Negri, Gene Tierney, Barbara Stanwyck, Gina Lollobrigida, Lena Horne, Nutan, Jean Seberg, Kim Novak, Gladys Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, Linda Darnell, Julie Andrews, Carmen Sevilla, Gloria Swanson, Glynis Johns, Anne Baxter, Angela Lansbury, Anita Ekberg, Toshia Mori, Deborah Kerr, Hazel Scott, Chelo Alonso, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Kwan, Devika Rani, Shima Iwashita, and Anouk Aimée

ROUND FIVE SMOKESHOWS:

Setsuko Hara, Pearl Bailey, Joan Crawford, Madhubala, Marpessa Dawn, Keiko Awaji, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, Ava Gardner, Greta Garbo, Grace Kelly, Xia Meng, Suraiya, Natalie Wood, María Félix, and Mbissine Thérèse Diop

ROUND SIX SEXY LADIES:

Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Vyjyanthimala, Jane Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Josephine Baker, Elizabeth Taylor, and Ingrid Bergman

QUARTER FINALIST GLAMAZONS:

Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, and Lauren Bacall

SEMIFINALIST ICONS:

Rita Moreno, Diahann Carroll

FINALIST FABULOSITY:

Hedy Lamarr

ULTIMATE CHAMPION OF THE HOT & VINTAGE MOVIE WOMAN TOURNAMENT:

Eartha Kitt

[kaileeplayspokemon]

Midori: The Camellia Girl (2016) Dub Cast (fanon)

Cause there's no fucking way the anime will ever be licensed. So,this is my fanon idea of a dub cast for the 2016 live action film. First options:

Midori: Xanthe Huynh Midori's mother: Veronica Taylor Mr. Arashi: Dan Green Muchisute Tokkuriji: Roger Craig Smith Akaza: Patrick Seitz Kanabun: Casey Mongillo Benitsu: Cathy Weseluck Wonder Masamitsu: Greg Ayres

Second options: Midori: Brittney Karbowski Midori's mother: Cathy Weseluck Mr. Arashi: Kellen Goff Muchisute Tokkuriji: Ryan Colt Levy Akaza: Chris Rager Kanabun: Kayleigh McKee Benitsu: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn Wonder Masamitsu: Chuck Huber

Third options: Midori: Laura Bailey (a 4th option being Anairis Quinones) Midori's mother: Laura Post Mr. Arashi: Sean Rohani Muchisute Tokkuriji: Jonah Scott (a 4th option being Griffin Burns) Akaza: Jalen K. Cassell Kanabun: Meli Grant Benitsu: Kari Wahlgren Wonder Masamitsu: J. Michael Tatum

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XOXO Droplets voice actor headcanons

Okay, hear me out, I know the game has voice actors but I was thinking to myself “damn, if this thing had an anime and they used major well known VA’s, I wonder who would voice who” so I’m sharing it with y’all

Bae Pyoun

Come on, this one was easy to guess, Michael J. Tatum, you try and tell me the VA for Kyoya Otori from OHSHC, Shu Tsukiyama from Tokyo Ghoul and Rei Ryugazaki from Free! would not be an amazing VA for our sassy, snide antichrist

Pran Taylor

Okay, hear me out on this one, David Walk, his soft but also deep voice for Reiji Sakamaki from Diabolik Lovers, Adam from Sk8 the infinity and Asuma Mutsumi from Kiss Him, Not Me could work, not only is his voice very cold at times but he also shows with Mutsumi’s voice that he can show a softer side

Shiloh Fields

I’ll be honest, I was kind of stumped on this one, but then I was tossing up between Greg Ayres or Todd Haberkorn (cause it had to be one of the Ouran twins VA’s) I genuinely don’t know why I think this, honestly either of the two I named would be great depending on which side of Shiloh you want to exaggerate on more, but I feel like Todd would be a great balance of both sides of Shiloh, VA of Razor from Genshin Impact, Haru’s Nanase from Free! and Aru Akise from The Future Diary, idk how to even explain this one

Everett Gray

My instant thought is Micah Solusod, the voice for Yuu Hyakuya from Seraph of the end, Mizuki from Kasisama Kiss, Shun Kaidou from Saiki K, Izuru Kamakura from Danganronpa 2 and legit so many more characters I love (literally I could name off like five more characters off the top of my head) but he shows that he can give off the “I’m too cool for this and too cool for you” vibe while also being able to have an extremely funny side

Nate Lawson

First off, damn, I had too think long and hard again about this one, and I may be wrong here but I feel like Jerry Jewell could do a good job, VA for Kyo Sohma from Fruits Basket, Moblit Berner from AOT and Yuma Isogai from Assassination Classroom, again that cool guy vibes but with a touch of anger at times too

Jeremy King

Another hear me out moment, Bryce Papenbrook, and I’m not talking his regular voice like for Adrian Agreste from Miraculous Ladybug and Makoto Naegi from Danganronpa, but more his voice for Staz Charlie Blood, the deep depressive voice, idk, it was hard to find someone for him, mainly because I love his original VA so much (not that I don’t love the rest) but Calvin has such a unique and amazing voice

JB

I struggled to pick for this one because most of my favourite female VA’s voice more higher toned characters and for JB I knew I needed someone with a bit more sass to her voice, I ended up deciding on Elizabeth Maxwell, also the VA for Ymir Fritz from AOT, Midnight from BNHA and Arisa Uotani from Fruits basket

Idk, I’d like to hear other’s opinions, ik I’m probably biased and my opinions unpopular and honestly this was difficult to do, I mainly started it because Bae Pyoun and Kyoya Otori give me such similar vibes

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Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson CBE (lahir 31 Desember 1941) adalah seorang pelatih dan mantan pemain sepak bola berkebangsaan Skotlandia, yang pernah menangani Manchester United, Sir Alex dianggap sebagai salah satu pelatih terbaik dalam sejarah, dia telah memenangkan lebih banyak trofi daripada pelatih manapun sepanjang sejarah sepak bola Inggris. Dia telah menangani Manchester United sejak tanggal 6 November 1986 hingga 2013, menggantikan Ron Atkinson.

Di Manchester United, Sir Alex menjadi pelatih tersukses dalam sejarah sepak bola Inggris, dengan memimpin tim memenangkan 13 gelar juara liga. Pada 1999, dia menjadi pelatih pertama yang membawa tim Inggris meraih treble dari Liga Utama, Piala FA and Liga Champions UEFA. Juga menjadi satu-satunya pelatih yang memenangkan Piala FA sebanyak 5 kali, Fergie juga menjadi satu-satunya pelatih yang berhasil memenangkan gelar Liga Inggris sebanyak 3 kali berturut-turut bersama tim yang sama (1998-1999, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001). Pada 2008, dia bergabung bersama Brian Clough (Nottingham Forest) dan Bob Paisley (Liverpool) sebagai pelatih Britania yang pernah memenangkan kejuaraan Eropa sebanyak lebih dari satu kali. Ferguson resmi menyatakan pensiun sebagai pelatih United pada 9 Mei 2013. Posisinya digantikan oleh David Moyes terhitung mulai 1 Juli 2013.

Awal karier

Alexander Chapman Ferguson lahir dari pasangan Alexander Beaton Ferguson, seorang buruh pekerja galangan kapal dengan Elizabeth Hardie. Ia menghabiskan masa kecilnya di daerah Govan,Skotlandia bersama adiknya Martin Ferguson.

Karier klub

Karier sepak bola Ferguson dimulai ketika ia bergabung dengan klub amatir Queens Park pada umur 16 tahun. Berposisi sebagai penyerang ia mencetak 20 gol pada musim debutnya dan pindah pada musim berikutnya ke klub amatir St. Johnstone. Di klub barunya, Ferguson mengejutkan publik dengan mencetak hattrick melawan klub idolanya Glasgow Rangers. Performanya membuat ia dikontrak profesional oleh Dunfermline. Pada musim pertamanya Ferguson berhasil mencapai final Piala Skotlandia melawan Glasgow Celtic akan tetapi kalah 3-2. Ferguson sendiri tidak tampil dalam final karena penampilan buruknya ketika melawan St. Johnstone pada pertandingan sebelumnya. Musim keduanya bersama Dunfermline, ia berhasil keluar sebagai pencetak gol terbanyak Liga Skotlandia bersama Joe McBride dengan 31 gol. Prestasi ini akhirnya mengantarkan Ferguson ke klub impiannya sejak kecil, Glasgow Rangers. Masa-masa di Rangers ternyata tidak menyenangkan Ferguson. Ia sering dicadangkan dan berlatih dengan tim junior. Hal ini membuat Fergie tidak betah dan hanya bertahan 2 musim bersama Rangers. Ia kemudian ditawari pindah oleh klub Inggris, Nottingham Forest. akan tetapi istrinya, Cathie tidak menyetujui kepindahan mereka ke Inggris. Ia lalu memilih untuk pindah ke klub Falkirk. Ferguson dipromosikan sebagai pelatih merangkap pemain. Namun tak lama kemudian jabatannya digantikan oleh John Prentice. Ferguson kemudian memilih untuk pindah ke Ayr United di mana ia bermain di sana sampai pensiun sebagai pemain pada 1974. Sebagai pemain Ferguson telah mencetak total 170 gol dalam 317 pertandingan.

Awal karier di Manchester United

Awal kariernya di Old Trafford tidaklah semulus yang ia kira. Saat itu MU terbelit dalam masalah alkohol yang kritis. Beberapa pemain andalan mereka (Norman Whiteside, Paul McGrath dan Bryan Robson), mempunyai hobi menenggak minuman keras dan mempunyai level kebugaran yang "menyedihkan". Ferguson, bersama-sama dengan Archie Knox yang diangkat menjadi asisten manajer saat itu, secara perlahan-lahan mengubah kebiasaan buruk itu dan menanamkan disiplin ketat bagi para pemain, hal yang masih berlaku sampai saat ini di MU. Pertandingan debutnya berakhir dengan kekalahan 2-0 atas klub underdog, Oxford United. Diikuti oleh hasil imbang 0-0 7 hari berikutnya melawan Norwich City. Kemenangan pertama United di bawah asuhan Fergie hadir pada 22 November 1986 ketika Red Devils mengalahkan Queens Park Rangers 1–0 di Old Trafford. Selain itu Fergie juga berhasil memenangkan pertandingan tandang satu-satunya yang mereka raih musim itu. Yang istimewa, lawan mereka adalah rival abadi United, Liverpool pada Boxing Day, hal yang mana telah dijanjikan oleh Fergie ketika konferensi pers pertamanya sebagai manajer United yaitu "akan menggantikan Liverpool sebagai klub Inggris paling dominan mulai saat ini". Dalam musim perdananya di United, Fergie membawa MU duduk di peringkat 11, setelah sebelumnya mereka sempat terdampar di peringkat 21. Musim berikutnya Ferguson mendatangkan beberapa pemain baru untuk membela United. Mereka adalah Steve Bruce, Viv Anderson, Brian McClair dan kiper Jim Leighton. Dengan tambahan pemain-pemain baru ia meraih posisi 2 di belakang Liverpool yang menjadi juara Liga Inggris. Musim 1988/89 Ferguson kembali mendatangkan pemain baru, kali ini Mark Hughes yang kembali bergabung dengan United setelah penampilan mengecewakan selama 2 tahun di FC Barcelona. United diunggulkan untuk menjadi juara pada musim itu namun penampilan mereka mengecewakan dan akhirnya kembali terdampar di posisi 11 pada klasemen akhir. Pada awal musim, United tampil dalam partai persahabatan melawan tim nasional Bermuda dan Somerset County di mana Fergie turun sebagai salah satu pemain saat laga melawan Somerset. Ini merupakan satu-satunya penampilan Fergie berseragam Setan Merah dalam pertandingan.

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

Here's when all 40 new Hallmark Christmas movies will premiere (from ew.com) — Part 2 (HM&M only)

We Need a Little Christmas

Premieres: Oct. 22, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Erica Durance, Patrick Sabongui, Lynn Whitfield

Contains: Multiple stars from the Arrowverse, widowed mother, older neighbor

Official description: "Julie is adjusting to being a single mother to a grieving child while facing her first Christmas without her husband when she develops an unexpected friendship with her older neighbor Irene." 

Christmas Bedtime Stories

Premieres: Oct. 29, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Erin Cahill, Steve Lund, Charlie Weber

Contains: Missing military man, missing military man's wife trying to raise their daughter

Official description: "When Danielle's husband goes missing in action during his deployment, she is left to raise her daughter on her own. Three years later, as she acclimates to life without him, she begins to tell her daughter bedtime stories of her father." 

A Maple Valley Christmas

Premieres: Nov. 5, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Peyton List, Andrew Walker

Contains: Property for sale, arrival of handsome stranger, romance on the ranch

Official description: "Erica is a rancher who has spent her whole life working the family farm with her mother and sister. When Aaron arrives and disrupts her plans, she starts to question what it is she actually wants." 

Our Italian Christmas Memories

Premieres: Nov. 12, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Sarah Power, Beau Bridges

Contains: Dementia, grandma's beloved pasta sauce

Official description: "The Colucci siblings, in an effort to jog the memory of their grandfather who is struggling with dementia, set out to recreate their late grandmother's legendary pasta sauce." 

Long Lost Christmas

Premieres: Nov. 19, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Taylor Cole, Benjamin Ayres

Contains: Interior designer, surprise family members

Official description: "Hayley is an interior designer who plans to surprise her recently widowed mother, Patricia, with the perfect holiday present: the extended family she knows her mom yearns for." 

Time for Him to Come Home for Christmas

Premieres: Nov. 26, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Holland Roden, Tyler Hynes, Tenille Townes

Contains: A Mayans M.C. star, mysterious voicemail, second chance

Official description: "Four days before Christmas, Elizabeth Athens receives a voicemail from a number she doesn't recognize. On the message, a man she doesn't know makes one final plea to the love of his life for a second chance. The fifth installment of the popular movie franchise, based on Blake Shelton's song 'Time for Me to Come Home.'" 

The Holiday Stocking

Premieres: Dec. 3, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Nadine Ellis, B.J. Britt, Karon Riley, Tamala Jones, Mykelti Williamson

Contains: Angel who just got his wings, estranged sisters

Official description: "RJ is a new angel, who is given the chance to address his one regret, that he didn't help his sisters reconcile while he was still alive. Returning to earth as a stranger, he gets each of them to revive the Holiday Stocking, their parent's old tradition to encourage charity at Christmas." 

The Gift of Peace

Premieres: Dec. 10, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Nikki Deloach, Brennan Elliott

Contains: Widow who has lost faith, Christian support group

Official description: "Artist Traci is a once-devout Christian who has stopped believing in God after her husband tragically died despite her prayers. As her second Christmas without him approaches, she tries going to a support group for inspiration and comfort." 

Five More Minutes: Moments Like These

Premieres: Dec. 17, 10 p.m. ET/PT, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Stars: Ashley Williams, Lucas Bryant

Contains: A Williams sister, young widowed mother, holiday homecoming, music from American Idol alum Scotty McCreery

Official description: "The second holiday story inspired by Scotty McCreery's song 'Five More Minutes,' a young widow's Christmas wish for her son is answered in unexpected ways when she returns to their old home for the holidays." 

Click this link HERE for more of this article at ew.com 

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WEYWARD by Emilia Hart

RELEASE DATE: March 7, 2023

Three generations of women struggle against the bounds of patriarchy in this debut novel.Over the course of centuries, the Weyward women of Crows Beck in Cumbria, England, have shared a common gift: the ability to connect deeply with and seemingly communicate with nature, particularly animals. But they are also all victimized and controlled by men in a variety of ways. In 1619, healer Altha is put on trial for witchcraft after having been seen near a field where a farmer is trampled by his cows and because her own mother was suspected of being a witch due to her involvement in treating people in the village. Hundreds of years later, in the early 1940s, Violet Ayres chafes against the heavy-handed scrutiny and control of her father and struggles to learn more about her mother, Elizabeth Weyward, who died under mysterious circumstances when Violet was young. In the present day, Kate Ayres has fled her abusive live-in boyfriend before he can discover that she’s pregnant, taking refuge in her great-aunt Violet’s cottage as she attempts to rebuild her life and protect herself and her baby. Although the women's connection to nature at times feels like an unneeded dose of the supernatural in this already gripping novel, the ways in which they are subjected to the whims and cruelties of male dominance are chilling and realistic. Readers probably won't be especially surprised by some of the twists of the story, but this is nonetheless an engaging novel that captures the ways patriarchy has sought to limit women for all of history and the ways women have found to carve out freedom for themselves.

Thoughtful and at times harrowing, this novel is a successful blend of historical fiction and modern feminism.

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Kieslowski: Dialogue (Elizabeth Ayre & Ruben Korenfeld, 1991)

[mhsteger]

“Sweet Echo,” a musical setting by Henry Lawes (1596-1662) of part of A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle (Comus), 1634, by John Milton (born 9 December, 1608; died 8 November, 1674); performed here by Theatre of the Ayre, featuring Elizabeth Kenny, lute

Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph that liv'st unseen

            Within thy airy shell

          By slow Meander's margent green,

    And in the violet imbroider'd vale

          Where the love-lorn Nightingale

  Nightly to thee her sad Song mourneth well.

  Canst thou not tell me of a gentle Pair

          That likest thy Narcissus are?

            O if thou have

          Hid them in som flowry Cave,

            Tell me but where

  Sweet Queen of Parly, Daughter of the Sphear!

  So maist thou be translated to the skies,

And give resounding grace to all Heav'ns Harmonies!

To Mr. H. Lawes, on his Aires (Sonnet 13)

Harry whose tuneful and well measur'd Song First taught our English Musick how to span Words with just note and accent, not to scan With Midas Ears, committing short and long;

Thy worth and skill exempts thee from the throng,  With praise enough for Envy to look wan; To after age thou shalt be writ the man, That with smooth aire couldst humor best our tongu

Thou honour'st Verse, and Verse must lend her wing To honour thee, the Priest of Phœbus Quire  That tun'st their happiest lines in Hymn, or Story.

Dante shall give Fame leave to set thee higher Then his Casella, whom he woo'd to sing Met in the milder shades of Purgatory.

-- from Poems, 1673

[scotianostra]

Mike Denness was born 1st December 1940, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire.

Denness is the only Scottish born person to have captained the full England cricket team,  I would like to point out the two famous cricketers who captained England are sometimes classified as Scots, Douglas Jardine and Tony Greig both had Scottish parents, but Jardine was born in Mumbai and Greig in South Africa.

He was born in Bellshill, but the family moved to Ayr when he was young. With the Denness home situated adjacent to Ayr Cricket Club’s Cambusdoon ground, the young Mike gravitated towards that game.

He was not solely a cricketer. At Ayr Academy, he was a member of the legendary unbeaten rugby XV which included two other future national captains: Ian Ure, who captained the Scotland team in a non-cap international against Israel during the 1967 world tour, and Ian “Mighty Mouse” McLauchlan, who captained Scotland on a record number of occasions.

While he was a good enough rugby player to go straight into the Ayr RFC 1st XV on leaving school, he was a far better cricketer, winning his first Scotland cricket cap when still at Ayr Academy. His promise attracted the attention of Kent, where he made his debut in 1962, recommended to the county by another Scot to have played for them, Jimmy Allen, then a team mate at Ayr. He played more than 700 first-class matches and List A matches over his 22-year first-class career. He was a right-handed bat, either an opener or going in first wicket down.

Few contemporary batsmen were more stylish than Mike Denness at his peak, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Tallish and slim, well-balanced, immaculately dressed on and off the field, possessed of a fine array of strokes and an excellent cover fieldsman to boot, Denness looked a model cricketer in every way. It was his misfortune that when those qualities won him the England captaincy, after Ray Illingworth's dismissal, he lacked the support of one of the players on whom he was most dependent. 

Geoff Boycott, who made no secret of how acutely he coveted the captaincy himself, played only the first six of Denness's 19 Tests as captain, which fatally holed England's prospects against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson in Australia in 1974-75. 

Deposed when Australia won the first Test of 1975 at Edgbaston, Denness took his medicine with typical graciousness. He later became an ICC match referee but, at Port Elizabeth in 2001-02, his decision to sanction six Indian players, including Sachin Tendulkar, caused such a furore that the Indian and South African boards barred Denness from officiating in the next match, at Centurion. The ICC responded by withdrawing Test status from the game.

Mike Denness died in April 2013 after a battle with cancer during his final days as president of Kent

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I recently snagged my partner's thesis and was reading his acknowledgments. They were so great, they were short, pithy, funny. They were so him. Today I pulled down my dissertation and read mine. It reminded me of myself too -- and all the wonderful people, and pups and more, who have supported me along the way. So I thought I would post it here:

I was recently asked to come up advice I would give to other graduate students in ecology. I said ‘find good collaborators and appreciate them.’ The crux of this dissertation is the quality and depth of collaboration and mentoring that has gone into it and I can only write some token of my extreme thanks here.

My advisors, Doug Bolger and Kathy Cottingham have been my most constant and admirable supporters at Dartmouth. They have endured the pain of my fumbling early years here, read the countless grants I wrote to get enough funding for my research, and remained affable and upbeat through to reading manuscripts over and over. I thank Doug especially for sharing his study system in San Diego with me and still have many vivid memories of the first day (post-cross country flight) in the field with him. He has provided me with perspective, humor and a firm grounding in conservation science. To Kathy I extend special thanks for her constant moral, logistical, statistical and realistic good-humored advice and support. She has listened to everything from my most complex stats questions to the most basic etiquette question and somehow always been happy to help. I realized only recently how much I will miss meeting up with Kathy and being able to drop into Doug’s office to chat.

My committee members Matt Ayres, Ross Virginia and John Moore have also been invaluable. Matt was especially helpful in his constant quest for hypotheses and in reading my second chapter more than anyone but me. Ross has been a constant fount of wisdom on academia and formed the base of my ability to understand soil science.

Finally, I could not have imagined a better outside committee member than John Moore. I will never forget him coming up to me during qualifying exams to correct my board work and whispering ‘you’re doing fine.’ He has been fantastic in teaching me food web modeling, soil food webs and has offered me such a depth of advice and knowledge, always with a smile and warmth.

My honorary San Diego-based committee members, David Holway and David Lipson, made the research presented here possible. They both opened up their labs to me when I was only a second-year student. Their constant moral, local logistical support and their freely-offered scientific expertise have been instrumental in all the work presented here. In particular my special thanks for their collaboration on chapter 3 (David Holway) and 4 (David Lipson, with a tour de force to make what I thought would be a ‘Note’ in to a fantastic work and who pushed the revisions through). Additionally, in San Diego, John Martin of the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge has provided habitat, but also support and important information on local management projects and needs.

In addition I cannot express my full thanks to so many other advisors, friends, collaborators and mentors. To Mary Poulson, Mark McPeek, Becky Irwin, Becky Ball and Susan Milord. To Craig Layne for his friendship, miraculously unflagging support; he has been an amazing source of ideas, advice and chocolate. To Joe Craine and Kendra McLauchlan for their friendship, advice, expertise, and dinners. To Jeb Barrett for answering and re-explaining his answers to all my most basic soil science questions, and for beer hour. To Dan Gruner, Claire de Mazancourt, Elizabeth Borer and the rest of the NCEAS Trophic Structure working group, for showing me just how fantastically fun and fast-paced collaborative science can be. To Eric Seabloom for incredible patience and long-distance support while I learned R. To John Gilbert, who seems to always enjoy science and life, and is an inspiration to me. To Erin Wilson and Dana Morin for friendship and collaboration in San Diego. To Pauline Roberts for telling me to keep a daily field log. To Megan Donahue for showing me Balboa Park and explaining how to non-dimensionalize and drop the hat. To my labmate, Tom Morrison, for critical moments of coffee and associated conversation. To David Mbora for wine, conversation and perspective. To Sarah Neeley for friendship, time in Manhattan and teaching me structural equation modeling. To my dear friend, Sharon Martinson, it is impossible for me to express all she has done for me as a friend and scientist. To my sister and best friend, Joy, who knows the answers to all my questions and has always been there for me.

In the lab I have received extensive help, especially from Paul Zietz and many undergraduates. Among these Mayda Nathan and Britt Ousterhout deserve the greatest thanks and accolades. They are gifted researchers and have been critical to this research. Will Stork, Ha Linh Vu, Ankit Rastogi, Sam Haynor have also provided great help.

On the same occasion as this advice question I started this section with, I was asked who was my greatest inspiration, and I was able to quickly answer, ‘my mother.’ My Mum, Jeanne Dearden, has forever been the most remarkable person I know. She is thoughtful, too giving, well-read, funny and joyful and she makes my every day happier. I would not be an ecologist were it not for her love of nature, for her moving her entire family to the wilds of rural New Hampshire when I was six, for the wonderful friends and siblings she has given me—Joy and Jake Wolkovich, for the home and wonderful animals—most especially my Tilly—she brought into our lives, and for her constant and demanding wish that I be nothing more than happy. Far more important than the time I spent the last six years at Dartmouth is the time I have spent with my Mum and she has my greatest appreciation for all she has given me.

[lamilanomagazine]

Comune di Mantova e AmareMantova, l’opera lirica all’Ariston davanti a più di 400 bambini

Comune di Mantova e AmareMantova, l’opera lirica all’Ariston davanti a più di 400 bambini E’ tornata in scena la lirica per le scuole primarie. Più di 400 bambini martedì 12 dicembre hanno applaudito all’Ariston l’opera ”La storia della cambiale di Matrimonio” in atto unico per attore e artisti lirici, libretto di Gaetano Rossi, musica di Gioacchino Rossini. Nel teatro cittadino è stata rappresentata la terza edizione della rassegna AmareMantova 4 kids. Un progetto realizzato dal Comune di Mantova in collaborazione con il presidente della associazione Angelo Goffredi. Il giovane pubblico era formato dalle classi delle scuole primarie cittadine Don Mazzolari, Nievo e Pomponazzo che sono state accolte con il saluto dell’assessora alla Pubblica Istruzione del Comune di Mantova Serena Pedrazzoli. “Per il terzo anno è stato organizzato con successo questa iniziativa che serve per avvicinare gli alunni alla lirica – ha sottolineato Pedrazzoli-. E’ stato riproposto un percorso scolastico delle scuole primarie che si sta rivelando valido e che il Comune sostiene con convinzione”. I protagonisti in scena, oltre a Goffredi anche nelle vesti di direttore artistico, sono stati Dario Giorgelè, Cecilia Rizzetto e Maurizio Leoni. Nicola Dal Cero, alla direzione musicale, era anche concertatore al pianoforte. Le scene e le luci sono state affidate a Gianluca Spaggiari di Fabbricamente e la grafica ad Arcoeste di Mantova. La “Cambiale di Matrimonio” è una farsa musicata all'età di 18 anni da Rossini. Ha esordito al Teatro San Moisè di Venezia il 3 novembre 1810. Il compositore pesarese aveva già scritto altre opere, ma questa era la prima volta che veniva messa in scena pubblicamente. Al Teatro La Fenice di Venezia arrivò nel 1910. Ebbe successo anche all’estero: nel Regno Unito la première è stata nel 1954 al Sadler's Wells Theatre di Londra, nel 1984 a Perth, Ayr (Scozia), Stirling, Dundee, Dunfermline ed Inverness nella traduzione di Elizabeth Parry per la Scottish Opera. La prima rappresentazione al Rossini Opera Festival avvenne nel 1991 diretta da Donato Renzetti con l'Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai di Torino, Enzo Dara, Luca Canonici e Roberto Frontali (con successive repliche nel 1995 e nel 2006).... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

[whatsonmedia]

Wednesday Wisdom: Books of This Week!

WhatsOn brings the book selection for the week. Immerse yourself in the books on the list to feed your inner bibliophile. Enjoy yourself this week by occupying yourself with the new books in your home. Weyward In his debut book author showed, three generations of women fight against the restrictions of patriarchy. The Weyward women of Crows Beck in Cumbria, England, have shared a special talent for connecting with nature and appearing to converse with animals for generations. However, they are all also victimized various forms of abuses and control by males. Altha, a healer, placed on trial for witchcraft in 1619 after being spotted nearby a field. Where a farmer crushed by his cows and because her mother was thought to be a witch because of her work treating residents of the village. In the early 1940s, hundreds of years later, Violet Ayres fights to uncover the truth about her mother. Elizabeth Weyward passed away mysteriously when Violet was a young girl, as well as her father's oppressive scrutiny and control. In present day, Kate Ayres has left her abusive live-in boyfriend before he learns that she is pregnant. She has taken shelter in her great-aunt Violet's cottage as she works to rebuild her life and protect her unborn child. The ways in which women are subjected to the whims and cruelties of male supremacy are chilling and realistic. Even though at times it feels like the women's link to nature adds an unnecessary dose of the supernatural to this already suspenseful book. Although some of the plot twists are unlikely to particularly startle readers. This is still a compelling book that captures the ways patriarchy has attempted to impose restrictions on women throughout history. As well as the ways in which women have discovered to create their own paths to freedom. This book, which is thoughtful as well as awful, is an effective fusion of historical fiction and contemporary feminism. Weyward The London Séance Society The sensational bestseller THE LOST APOTHECARY's author wrote a spellbinding story . Two courageous women who seek justice and the truth in the dangerous practice of calling the deceased. Vaudeline D'Allaire, a renowned spiritualist, is about to conduct a sinister séance at a deserted château outside of Paris. She is highly sought after by both widows and investigators due to her skill at calling the spirits of murder victims to discover the identities of the perpetrators. Lenna Wickes has traveled to Paris in search of information regarding her sister's passing. However in order to do so, she must accept the unknown and get over her own bias against the occult based on reasoning. Lenna travels with Vaudeline when she is invited to England to investigate a prominent murder as a role of a student. But as the women work together with the strong males of London's elite Séance Society to solve the mystery, they start to worry that they might actually be involved in the crime they are trying to solve. The London Seance Society The Soulmate Prepare yourself for Sally Hepworth's The Soulmate. A gripping, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that drive us to the brink. On a cliff, there is a house. Dream residence for Gabe and Pippa in a sleepy coastal town. But something evil is hidden in their picture-perfect home. People frequently choose to commit suicide on the high peaks. Gabe physically talks them off the ledge each night as he comes to their aid. as long as he doesn't. When Pippa learns Gabe knew the victim, the questions rise... did the victim jump? Did she push? And would Gabe, Pippa's soul mate and the happiness of her life, lie? The deadliest secrets start to come to light as their marriage's flawless facade starts to fall apart. The Soulmate The Last Russian Doll Three generations of Russian women followed in this mysterious, epic book about betrayal, retaliation, and redemption. As it chronicles the enduring love story at its core throughout the 1917 revolution and the final days of the Soviet Union. In an ancient world, a long-ago country...A young girl and her family—a sibling, a father, and an eccentric mother who enjoyed collecting porcelain dolls and telling fairy tales—lived contentedly in Moscow. Everything changed one summer night, leaving only the girl and her mother from that family. Rosie has an English name, a caring fiancé, and a bright future now that she is studying at Oxford University. But what she wants is to comprehend—and forget—the past. After her mother passes away, Rosie travels back to Russia with only a single key and her mother's peculiar tradition. The shocking family history she uncovers includes the 1917 Revolution, the Leningrad siege, Stalin's purges, and more. The Last Russian Doll A young noblewoman named Tonya, who is as pretty as a porcelain doll and the protagonist of this saga, is at the center of a grand narrative that spans the entire century thanks to her deeds and her love for an idealistic man.... Read the full article

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Currently at the Creative Pinellas Gallery is Arts Annual 2022. Creative Pinellas invited past Professional and Emerging Artist Grantees to participate in the show, which celebrates the work of local artists. Many of the works from the show are also available for sale.

It’s a great opportunity to see some of the best artists working in Pinellas County, Florida. A selection of some of the work on view will be included in additional posts but all of the artwork is worth checking out.

For more on artist Neverne Covington, whose work is above, here is a bit more information.

This year the following artists are included in the show-

Anna Ayres

Elizabeth Barenis

Nathan Beard

Christina Bertsos

Saumitra Chandratreya

Neverne Covington

Javier T. Dones

John Gascot

Jim Gigurtsis

Jason Hackenwerth

Steph Hargrove

Kenny Jensen

Patricia Kluwe Derderian

Cecilia Lueza

Cora Marshall

Mark Mitchell

Gianna Pergamo

Babs Reingold

Carol Mickett & Robert Stackhouse

Xina Scuderi

Emily Stehle

Judy Vienneau

Angela Warren

This exhibition is on view from November 11th through December 31st, 2022.