#Hyde the Sixth Prince

[silvereternitywrites]

My Monarch!

Prompt: Ever since first contact, many alien races have considered humans to be primitive, to the point where we are seen as intelligent animals over our own race. Because of this, many aliens have humans as pets. You are the pampered pet of a very rich alien monarch. Prompt Source: userSuperaptorminion ; subreddit “Writing Prompts”

Most of the time, my life is fantastic- there's a pretty big faction of us, though no one seems to agree on a name except "species traitors". I, however, am of the opinion that if I can live a life of pampered luxury, with no responsibilities, every need taken care of and the only thing asked for in exchange occasional companionship, give me the fucking collar. Fuck capitalism, fuck the grind, fuck all of that shit from back on Earth.

Some kind of Monarch bought me, too, so when I grabbed my mates of choice by the hand and bared my teeth, they laughed, called me cute, and bought them too.

They haven't the slightest clue that we aren't tame, aren't 'just copying them'; like a housecat back home. Sure, you know that your Pomeranian or fat tabby is capable of killing you, if pressed, but you never expect it, because if you treat them well, why would they?

I don't love the Monarch, not really- not like some of the other pet humans do, at any rate. I appreciate that they tend my every need and those of my mates, I pay them with cuddles for providing treatment for my mate's chronic conditions and making them able to pursue what gives them joy again, I tolerate their checks of my own person for such issues (and don't hold it against them when my mates rat out my old injuries), and I enjoy my life of ease. I speak their language- all of us do, because honestly it's funny to watch them lose their shit every time we say intelligible words to them.

Today, however, a threat came to my Monarch- and my Monarch is folding, fearing for the safety of their people and us, the pets, since the challenger is not one of the ones who thinks we are "cute".

This is not acceptable. You see, my Monarch is mine.

Sacrificing themselves for the good of their people is very well and good- but no one is allowed to steal what is mine away from me.

So it is without preamble that I get off my cushion, where I spend most days absorbed in books or writing my own, pressing a button on my wristlet to send a pre-established signal to my mates. One is down in the combat arena, as they always are this time of day, training now that their body obeys them again; the other has been studying intergalactic law, including treaties and declarations of war. In our own language, I consult with them first; I am the culture expert between us, so we have a fairly well-rounded plan when I reach into the side compartment of my Monarch's throne, remove the blaster there, flick it to 'lethal', and shoot all three aliens at the front of the enemy formation.

The clamor and the screaming is enough to give me a migraine, so I am scowling when I step forth, in front of my Monarch, and give them the same hand signal they give me when they want me to move- pointing, paired with a word. They sit.

I turn to the enemy formation, which has sloppily formed up again, though the front three spots, reserved for the leaders, are left conspicuously empty. Good- they had no contingency for if they fell, and no designated people to step into their roles, and without that being pre-established, their culture did not allow for a common soldier to seize command.

It DID allow for 'theft' of the battalion by a conquering commander, though.

"You answer to me now, by right of conquest," I snapped out in their own tongue, prepared to be challenged. The galaxy at large saw us as pets, or PESTS, not as people- someone would challenge that I had the right to claim by conquest at all.

They looked among each other- which was their right to do, to confer if they wanted to challenge whoever had taken out their commanders- before one stepped forward, and I kept my body loose, balanced on the balls of my feet like my mate taught me, but no challenge had been called so I kept still. This one must have been a former commander- a right hand, certainly, because despite not really being able to judge age on their species this soldier was thick with scarring, and though their march never fell out of step, there was the slightest of limps in one of their four legs.

That one knelt down, folded hands on knees, and bent forward, baring the back of their neck in the sign of obedience.

"We are conquered. We answer you."

Oh good.

"I live the life of a Queen, given everything my heart desires, tended to by my mates of choice, given entertainment, food, leisure, and all the time I require to enjoy all of these things. I will not have need of a battalion often- and you are soldiers, loyal and true, battle-tested and strong, so I would not insult you by setting you free. But I have no wish to go out and conquer more, and would not hold a good soldier back from serving honorably elsewhere, for all I can offer is drills and defense should enemies come to invade my holdings, which is rare. If any wish to leave, they are free to find a battalion that fits them better," I told them in my best formal tones. After all, conquering them for my own was only the first step- and if they wouldn't be content to stay, there was no point in keeping them, fostering resentment all along the way.

"A Queen should have guards," the Lieutenant answered, just as formally. "And should a soldier cease to function well as a guard, they may serve perhaps elsewhere."

"As they should, in accordance with their most skilled performance ability," I replied.

"I will stay. My battalion will follow, until they are drawn elsewhere."

"Then be welcome to my service. Your right and left hands?"

Two younger ones with impeccable posture stepped forth, bowed their heads, and held position in the traditional commander's triangle.

"Then it is done. Tend your wounded, honor your dead, then the hale are to report to the combat arena- that is where my right hand trains, and they will know best how to schedule rotations for guard posts. They are my shape and limb arrangement, but with a darker carapace and with the strength of a Soldier apparent in their limbs. My left hand is my shape and limb arrangement as well, but of the same carapace color, and poison-warning blue headfur. His tongue is as dangerous as his color suggests."

My new Commander dipped his head deferentially as he rose to his feet and started directing the battalion. "Understood, my Queen."

Ah. The hazards of using 'queen' with an insectoid species.

Everything settled, I turned my blaster back to stun, put the safety on, and put it in the cubby before climbing up into my Monarch's lap and laying full-body against them in the way they understood meant "I desire my hair and back petted and scratched, NOW".

"I think perhaps our opinion of human pets may be outdated," they said, even as they provided the scratches.

I smiled. "Not really. I'm just a felidae-type human. I don't tolerate people messing with what belongs to me. That includes you. That's how it works, with cats. You don't own us- we own you."

my Monarch looked a little alarmed at that.

I just laughed, and said a joke I knew they would never get until they met an Earth cat: "Meow."

[kalorphic]

So, Novaturient is based on Spy…do you know any other IFs that are based on existing shows/movies/books etc? I’m quite new to IFs so any recs would be a great help! Thank you!

IFS INSPIRED BY/BASED ON EXISTING MEDIA:

There’s probably loads that I’m missing lol, but here are the ones that I know of. Unfortunately, a lot of them don’t have demos and/or haven’t updated in a long time (some a really long time), but I put them all in just in case you want to follow and hope for a miraculous reappearance lol.

Once & Future by @kaiwrites-if

Merlin | No Demo

Midnight Delights by @midnightdelights-if

The Morganville Vampires | No Demo

The Kiss of Midnight by @if-kissofmidnight

Predator Franchise | No Demo

Scandal by @nightingale-interactive

Scandal | Demo | MC genderlocked to Female

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: An Affair of the Heart by @doriana-gray-games

Sherlock Holmes | Demo

Valhalla by @palette-jack

Farscape | Demo

Supernova: Renegade by @jupitergames-if

Mass Effect/Star Trek | Demo

Unmourned by @unmourned

Frankenstein | No Demo

Façade by @altair-interactive-fiction

Jekyll and Hyde | No Demo

Swan Song by @swansong-if

Swan Lake | Demo

Return to Never, Never Land by @never-never-land

Peter Pan | Demo

Hidden World by @hidden-world-if

How To Train Your Dragon | No Demo

A Life Supreme by @lifesupreme-if

Cyberpunk 2077 | Demo

Beyond the Waves by @allthatwrites

Little Mermaid | No Demo

Orenda by @orenda-if

Howl’s Moving Castle | No Demo

Rabbit Hole by @if-rabbithole

Alice in Wonderland | No Demo

Knights of the Eternal by @if-eternalknights

Transformers | No Demo

Sempre by @sempre-if

Castle | No Demo

Elsinore: After Hamlet by @lapinlunaire-games

Hamlet | Completed [Itch.io]

Calamity Control by @calamitycontrol-if

Mass Effect meets The Dragon Prince | Demo

The Spark of Hope by @thesparkofhope

Star Wars | No Demo

The Hymn of Winter by @thehymnofwinter

Game of Thrones | No Demo

Dusk Till Dawn by @dusktilldawn-if

Dracula | No Demo

A Court of Serpents by @acourtofserpents

Folk of the Air Series | Demo

A Dangerous Game by @adangerousgame-if

Killing Eve | No Demo

The One Who Cried Wolf by @bluewritesif

Teen Wolf/Chilling Adventures of Sabrina/Vampire Diaries/Twilight | No Demo

Blood of a Saint by @bloodofasaint-if

Grishaverse | No Demo

Song of Valhalla: Spear of Heaven by @songofvalhalla-if

Percy Jackson & The Olympians | No Demo

Welcome to the Family by @wttf-if

The Addams Family/Kuroshitsuji | No Demo

Mata Aetara IF by @mata-aetara-if

Naruto | No Demo

Maboroshi by @maboroshi-if

Naruto | No Demo

Tales From Roseborough by @roseborough-if

Stardew Valley/Harvest Moon | No Demo

Emberwood by @emberwood-if

X-Men meets Ms. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children | Demo

Decaying Picture by @decayingpicture

Dorian Gray | No Demo

Slayer by @slayer-if

Buffy the Vampire Slayer | No Demo | MC genderlocked to Female

The Sixth Guardian by @the-sixth-guardian

Rise of the Guardians | No Demo

My Fair Maiden by @my-fair-maiden

Resident Evil: Village | No Demo | MC genderlocked to Female

Prodigal by @prodigal-if

Prodigal Son | No Demo

Hollowmoon Valley by @hollowmoonvalley

Stardew Valley | Demo (being rewritten)

Her Crimson Clutches by @thathexwolf

Vampire: The Masquerade | No Demo

The Unquiet Grave by @ombresart

Wuthering Heights | Demo

The Inseparables by @theinseparables-if

The Three Musketeers | No Demo

Hana no Uta by @hana-no-uta-if

Gintama | No Demo

Dahlia Hills by @dahliahills-if

Gossip Girl/One Tree Hill | No Demo

Apartment 502 by @apt502-if

New Girl/FRIENDS | No Demo

Embers of Hope by @embersofhope-if

Hunger Games | No Demo

The Whisper in the Mist by ME (@ellawrites-if)

Pacific Rim | No Demo

[staydandy]

Genre : Romance - South Korea 🇰🇷

As of June 4, 2023 this Library will no longer be updated. Please refer to the New Version here.

100 Days My Prince (2018) - Full List Alchemy of Souls Season 1 (2022) - Full List All the Liquors (2023) - Full List Arang and the Magistrate (2012) - Full List Are You Human Too? (2018) - Full List Arthdal Chronicles (2019) At a Distance, Spring is Green (2021) Blueming (2022) The Bridal Mask (2012) - Full List Clean With Passion For Now (2018) Color Rush (2020) Crash Course in Romance (2023) - Full List Crowned Clown (2019) - Full List D-Day (2015) The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022) - Full List Doctor John (2019) Falling for Innocence (2015) Flower of Evil (2020) - Full List The Forbidden Marriage (2022) - Full List From Now On, Showtime! (2022) - Full List Glory Jane (2011) - Full List Good-bye, Mr. Black (2016) Good Doctor (2013) - Full List The Great Seer (2012) - Full List Gu Family Book (2013) Healer (2014) The Heavenly Idol (2023) - Full List Hello, God (2006) Hwarang (2016) Hyde, Jekyll, Me (2015) If You Wish Upon Me (2022) - Full List I’m Not a Robot (2017) Individual Circumstances (2023) - Full List Introverted Boss (2017) It’s Okay, That’s Love (2014) Jinxed At First (2022) - Full List Just Between Lovers (2017) The King’s Face (2014) - Full List Kiss Sixth Sense (2022) - Full List Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023) - Full List The Law Cafe (2022) - Full List Lovers of the Red Sky (2021) - Full List Love to Hate You (2023) - Full List Melting Me Softly (2019) - Full List Mirror of the Witch (2016) - Full List Moonshine (2021) - Full List Pinocchio (2014) - Full List

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist (2022) - Full List Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist Season 2 (2023) - Full List Risky Romance (2018) A Shoulder to Cry On (2023) - Full List Time Between Dog and Wolf (2007) - Full List Unintentional Love Story (2023) - Full List You Raise Me Up (2021) - Full List Youth of May (2021) - Full List

*there's a weird gap in the list b/c Tumblr only allows a certain number of characters in one text block

[einsteinsugly]

The Grandkiddies: Caleb Steven Hyde (born March 17, 2015) (age 7)

Middle (left to right): Caleb, 18 months. Caleb, 4 years old. Plus, a sneak peek of Caleb as a teen, 16 years old.

@jackieburkhrts, he's the only one developed enough for a moodboard. :)

*****

-Leah and James's son, and E/D and J/H's grandson. He's their first grandkid.

-Eric and Donna are called Poppy and Mina, and Jackie and Hyde are called Pop and Lina.

-Jackie used to call him her "little prince" and put all her attention on him, until the girls came around. He still resents her.

-He's the first of many redheads. Jackie blames Donna.

-He has Hyde and James's icy blue eyes, though, so that's a consolation prize.

*****

-Kindergarten was largely spent in quarantine, and with online learning. Now, he's annoyed that he has to wear pants to school. And shoes.

-Since Eric retired at the beginning of COVID, and Leah went back to work, Caleb basically lives at Eric and Donna's house half of the time. With his twin sisters Abbie and Liv, and his baby brother Rowan.

-Abbie drives him crazy, because she always messes with him. And Jackie and Abbie have a lot in common, so…

-Eric has tried to get Caleb into Star Wars, but to no avail. He's gotten him to tolerate Spiderman, though.

-He also spends a solid chunk of time at Grooves with Hyde and James, too. James's marijuana dispensery next door is off limits, though.

*****

-He loves Minecraft, and hates Fortnite. He likes playing the OG Fallout games when everyone isn't looking.

-He loves Imagine Dragons, Muse, Green Day, The Black Keys, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles. And Post Malone's "Sunflower" is a guilty pleasure of his.

-Leah got him into reading at an early age, and he reads at a sixth-grade level. He's a huge Harry Potter fan, and he's convinced that he's a Gryffindor.

-Aunt Becca has let him borrow her old Goosebumps books. He's read them all, happily.

-He's often dragged into whatever shenanigans his cousin Declan (via Aunt Becca) and his best friend Wyatt (K/B's grandson) get into.

-He's usually pretty quiet and chill, but he has a tendency to get whiny when in distress. Accompanied by a questionable porky mouth.

[ghostfriendly5]

‘Choose Your Enemies Carefully’ Book Review  (Fewer Problems)

SPOILERS

The second book in the early Shadowrun ‘Secrets of Power’ trilogy, is a bit better and quite a bit funnier. Mostly due to the British setting, with Dodger even dropping in on my home port of Bristol. Surrounded by an unfinished biodome in 2051, much of a muchness with our current mayor’s absurdly unsuccessful plans for a new arena and underground. For the record, we never say ‘criminey!’, a ‘rotter’ isn’t a situation but a person, cricket has a ‘first ball’, instead of an ‘opening pitch’, and it isn’t ‘three leopards’ on the shirt. 

We do have some twits who hang around Stonehenge pretending to be druids, so it was rather amusing to see some upper class twits remake Wicker Man with all the deftness of Nicholas Cage. I’m not quite clear (again) whether their plan was to place Gordon-Windsor on the throne or sacrifice him in a ‘sacred king’ ritual to gain power, but ‘real’ druids would be speaking Celtic instead of Old English, and sending the Anglo-Saxon invaders back to Germany with their German royals. The Welsh are unhappy enough about an English ‘Prince of Wales’ at the moment, apart from our pinching the whole of England off them.

It was a pity Sam Verner never dropped in on the West End to take in Pirates of Penzance, and the only outlaws as insensibly over-virtuous as himself. Although it’s absurdly contrived that he ends up fighting deranged druids in Blighty at all. Dodger has to forge evidence that his sister is involved, for no good personal reason of his own, except preventing a few murders on the other side of the world. Without apparently knowing at the time that Janice was actually involved in the first place (And grateful for the obese Hyde-White shagging her, according to dear Sam, because orks are so ugly)! Dodger himself is alright though (he even has a cameo in the HBS games). His ‘verily’s are too artificial to be pretentious, much more bearable than fake-RP or mockney would’ve been. Funny voices and laughable accents are more essential to roleplaying than dungeons or dragons; Dodger is essentially a roleplayer placed in a roleplaying game.

As for Sam, the British setting reminds us that his handle of ‘Twist’ is at least appropriate; Oliver Twist was led by the Artful Dodger into a life of crime. He was also an absurdly sanctimonious little goody-goody; better if Sam had gotten out straight away, like Oliver, instead of hanging about as an insufferable prig with one foot in the deep end. Syncretism of shamanism with Christianity is a deep, real topic, the stupidity of bedhopping shadowrunners is a worthy one, but the superficial self-righteousness of everything Sam says or thinks on any topic is nauseating. He finds time to badmouth poor Hanae as well as his ork sister, and Janice’s fall/redemption would make a massively more interesting story; her sections are certainly the best parts of the book, set in a truly treacherous and corrupting Sixth World. An actual story about Sam’s search for his sister might also be worth reading. Poor Hart continues her slide into the ineffectual Bond girl zone; at least sleeping with Sam didn’t destroy Sally’s ability to do her job. Sam’s final takedown of Hyde-White was written considerably better than he deserved. 

While it’s still unbelievable that a character like Sam could last a minute in the Shadows, defeat major villains with a few weeks half-hearted training, or get the time of day from Runners like Dodger or Sally if they’d stolen a crate of watches, the good old Shadowrunning action is on display; rather sharper than the last book. Willie quietly and efficiently does good work, Dodger’s matrix warfare and sally against Camelot were strong sections. Although I expected his romance with Megaera, a far-reaching event in Shadowrun history, to get a lot more attention than it did.              

[rillabrooke]

2021 Reading List

An Accidental Duchess - littleLo (Wattpad)

Les Miserables, Vol. IV: Saint-Denis, Book Twelfth: Corinthe - Victor Hugo

Room Service - leigh_ (Wattpad)

Anne of Windy Poplars - L. M. Montgomery*

The Crucible - Arthur Miller**

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie**

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston**

Cherry Knots - hepburnettes (Wattpad)

Breakup Formula - hepburnettes (Wattpad)

The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde**

Plunder - rskovach (Wattpad)

Lost With You - ArabiaJ (Wattpad)

A Farewell To Arms - Ernest Hemingway**

Hired To Love - JordanLynde (Wattpad)*

Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw**

1984 - George Orwell**

In the Arms of My Enemy - TenayaGatrell2 (Wattpad)

The Ultimate Gift - Jim Stovall**

A Thousand Storms - yuenwrites (Wattpad)

Bartleby, The Scrivener - Herman Melville**

The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman**

The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe*

The Awakening - Kate Chopin**

Of Beauties and Beasts - gingerbread250 (Wattpad)

Sleepwalker - humored (Wattpad)

Les Miserables, Vol. IV: Saint-Denis, Book Thirteenth: Marius Enters the Shadow - Victor Hugo

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens* **

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson* **

Othello - William Shakespeare**

The Bully - TeaRainAndLove (Wattpad)

The Quirky Tale of April Hale - demonicblackcat (Wattpad)

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald**

Quirky Romantic Queries About Love - demonicblackcat (Wattpad)

The Fog Horn - Ray Bradbury**

Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury**

Les Miserables, Vol. IV: Saint-Denis, Book Fourteenth: The Grandeurs of Despair - Victor Hugo

Shoot the Jerk - TheStupefying (Wattpad)

An Abundance of Katherines - John Green*

Annabelle's Will - LeeleeKez (Wattpad)

Million Dollar Woman - arcticstars (Wattpad)

Taxi Service - SydneyDruckman (Wattpad)

Door To Door - defend (Wattpad)*

Prince Charming - romanceandcake (Wattpad)

Daughters of the King - Purplejeans (Wattpad)

Falling for the Seat Filler - steffy_t (Wattpad)

Sarah, Plain and Tall - Patricia MacLachlan*

The Game Changer - steffy_t (Wattpad)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne

Around the World in 80 Days - Jules Verne*

The Bachelor - greenwriter (Wattpad)

Paris in the Rain - arcticstars (Wattpad)

Les Miserables, Vol. IV: Saint-Denis, Book Fifteenth: The Rue de l'Homme Armé - Victor Hugo

Snapshot - arcticstars (Wattpad)

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book First: The War Between Four Walls - Victor Hugo

The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart*

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Second: The Intestine of the Leviathan - Victor Hugo

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Third: Mud but the Soul - Victor Hugo

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Fourth: Javert Derailed - Victor Hugo

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Fifth: Grandson and Grandfather - Victor Hugo

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Sixth: The Sleepless Night - Victor Hugo

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Seventh: The Last Draft from the Cup - Victor Hugo

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Eighth: Fading Away of the Twilight - Victor Hugo

Lady in Rags - Spiszy (Wattpad)

Les Miserables, Vol. V: Jean Valjean, Book Ninth: Supreme Shadow, Supreme Dawn - Victor Hugo

Widow in White - Spiszy (Wattpad)

A Song For You - UnsinkableShips (Wattpad)

Anne's House of Dreams - L. M. Montgomery*

Friendship for Dummies - leigh_ (Wattpad)

The Mermaid Hypothesis - adam_and_jane (Wattpad)

The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Edgar Allan Poe

Take Me Home - blissom (Wattpad)

The Cask of Amontillado - Edgar Allan Poe*

The Fall of the House of Usher - Edgar Allan Poe

62 Letters to You - UnsinkableShips (Wattpad)

The Chances of Mary Jane Chaucer - arrowheads (Wattpad)

The Pit and the Pendulum - Edgar Allan Poe

Bequest - rowena_wiseman (Wattpad)

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare

Age Matters - Enjelicious (Webtoon)

To Love Your Enemy - Jungyoon / Taegon (Webtoon)

Noblesse - Jeho Son / Kwangsu Lee (Webtoon)

The Steward of Blackwood Hall - flights_of_fantasy (Wattpad)

Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare*

Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare*

Macbeth - William Shakespeare**

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen*

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Matilda - Roald Dahl

Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins

The Mystery of Marie Rog��t - Edgar Allan Poe

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - Edgar Allan Poe

The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade - Edgar Allan Poe

The Balloon-Hoax - Edgar Allan Poe

The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe

The Premature Burial - Edgar Allan Poe

Berenice - Edgar Allan Poe

Never Bet the Devil Your Head - Edgar Allan Poe

The Sphinx - Edgar Allan Poe

Morella - Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart - Edgar Allan Poe

* reread ** for school

[teentitanimals]

Batfamily Teams

Generally goes oldest to youngest (in terms of average age of the team, not individual members). If a name is italicized, then it is not canonically a name they ever had, just one I made up/headcannoned, or stole from @newyoungjustice (who is AMAZING btw, please check them out!) or Earth-27. This is not every member ever, but I tried to hit all the main and important ones.

The Justice League (Core members listed only):

Bruce Wayne (Batman)

Clark Kent/Kal-El (Superman)

Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)

Oliver Queen (Green Arrow)

Dinah Lance (Black Canary)

Barry Allen (The Flash)

Arthur Curry (Aquaman)

J’onn J’onzz/John Jones (Martian Manhunter)

John Smith (Red Tornado)

Shayera Thal (Hawkwoman)

Katar Hol (Hawkman)

Zatanna Zatara (Zatanna)

Hal Jordan (Green Lantern)

John Stewart (Green Lantern)

Guy Gardner (Green Lantern)

Jessica Cruz (Green Lantern; alternatively, Power Ring)

Micheal Carter (Booster Gold)

Billy Batson (Shazam)

The Sirens:

Selina Kyle (Catwoman)

Harleen Quinzel (Harley Quinn)

Pamela Lillian (Poison Ivy)

Titans (Founders of the original Teen Titans):

Dick Grayson (joined as Robin; now Nightwing)

Wally West (joined as Kid Flash; now retired Flash)

Roy Harper (joined as Speedy; now Arsenal)

Donna Troy (retired Wonder Girl)

Garth Ranzz (joined as Aqualad; now Tempest)

Koriand’r/Kori Anders (Starfire)

Birds of Prey:

Barbara Gordon (Oracle; alternatively Oracle Alpha; formerly Batgirl)

Helena Bertinelli (The Huntress)

Dinah Lance (Black Canary)

Shayera Thal (Hawkwoman)

Zinda Blake (Lady Blackhawk)

Kate Kane (Batwoman)

Helena Wayne (The Huntress; nicknamed Little Hunt)

Karen Starr (Power Girl)

Cassandra Cain (joined as Batgirl; now Black Bat/Orphan)

Charlie Gage-Radcliffe (joined as Batgirl; now Misfit)

Titans (Joined the founding members later):

Victor Stone (Cyborg)

Rachel Roth (Raven)

Garfield Logan (Beast Boy)

Tara Markov (Terra; deceased)

Artemis Crock (joined as Artemis; now Tigress)

Karen Beecher (Bumblebee)

Barbara Gordon (joined as Batgirl; now Oracle)

Jason Todd (joined as Robin; now Red Hood)

Rose Wilson (Ravager)

Outlaws:

Jason Todd (Red Hood; formerly Robin)

Roy Harper (Arsenal; formerly Speedy)

Koriand’r/Kori Anders (Starfire)

Artemis of Bana-Mighdall (Artemis)

Bizarro II (Bizarro)

Rose Wilson (Ravager)

Kyle Rayner (Green Lantern)

Sasha Todd (Scarlet)

Lian Harper (Little Red Riding Hood)

Titans West (disbanded):

Garfield Logan (Beast Boy)

Bette Kane (joined as Flamebird; now Hawkfire)

Charley Parker (Golden Eagle)

Hank Hall (Hawk)

Don Hall (Dove; deceased)

Lilith Clay (Omen)

John Gnarkk (Gnarkk)

Teen Titans (“Third” Generation):

Kaldur’ahm/Jackson Hyde (joined as Aqualad; now Jekyll)

Tula zin’Marius (Aquagirl; deceased)

Christopher Kent/Lor-Zod (semi-retired Zenith)

Kara Danvers/Zor-El (Supergirl)

Virgil Hawkins (Static)

Tim Drake (joined as Robin; now Red Robin/Drake)

Jaime Reyes (Blue Beetle)

M’gann M’orzz/Megan Morse (Miss Martian)

Cassandra Cain (joined as Batgirl; now Black Bat/Orphan)

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler; formerly Batgirl and Robin)

Billy Batson (Shazam)

Young Justice:

Tim Drake (founded as Robin; now Red Robin/Drake)

Connor Kent/Kon-El (Superboy; nicknamed Kon)

Bart Allen (Impulse; formerly Kid Flash)

Cassie Sandsmark (Wonder Girl)

Cissie King-Jones (Arrowette)

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler; formerly Batgirl and Robin)

We are Robin:

Duke Thomas (joined as a Robin; now Signal)

Troy Walker (The Troy Wonder; deceased)

Daxton Chill (DaxAtax)

Andre Capriani (Dre-B-Robbin)

Riko Sheridan (R-iko)

Isabella Ortiz (Robina)

Carrie Kelley (Joined as a Robin; now Neon Batgirl)

Teen Titans (“Fourth” and “Fifth” Generations merged):

Wallace “Lace” West (Kid Flash)

Don Allen (½ The Tornado Twins)

Dawn Allen (½ The Tornado Twins)

Connor Hawke (joined as Speedy; now Red Arrow)

Damian Wayne (joined as Robin; now Flamebird)

Arthur “AJ” Curry Jr. (Aqualad)

Lian Harper (Little Red Riding Hood)

Milagro Reyes (Green Lantern)

Irey West II (Hyper)

Jai West (Velocity)

Super Sons:

Damian Wayne (joined as Robin; now Flamebird)

Jon Kent (Superboy)

New Young Justice (Name unofficial/a joke):

Damian Wayne (joined as Robin; now Flamebird)

Jon Kent (Superboy)

Kathy Branden (Beacon)

Maya Ducard (Nobody)

Lian Harper (Little Red Riding Hood)

Maps Mizoguchi (Oracle Omega; nicknamed Double O)

Colin Wilkes (Abuse)

Suren Darga (Darga)

Carrie Kelley (Neon Batgirl; formerly Robin)

League of Batgirls:

Barbara Gordon (Oracle; alternatively Oracle Alpha; formerly Batgirl)

Cassandra Cain (Black Bat/Orphan; formerly Batgirl)

Charlie Gage-Radcliffe (Misfit; formerly Batgirl)

Stephanie Brown (Spoiler; formerly Batgirl and Robin)

Bette Kane (Hawkfire; formerly Flamebird and Batgirl)

Carrie Kelley (Neon Batgirl; formerly Robin)

Tiffany Fox (Pink Batgirl)

Nell Little (Little Batgirl)

Teen Titans (“Sixth”, “Seventh” and “Eighth” Generations merged):

Tiffany Fox (Pink Batgirl)

Nell Little (Little Batgirl)

Tai Pham (Green Lantern)

Rani Carter (Bubble Girl)

Cynthia Lance (Sin)

Hippolyta Milton (Lyta)

Cerdian Ranzz (Cerdian)

Mar’i Grayson (Nightstar)

Jake Grayson (retired Robin)

Baby Birds of Prey (Name unofficial/a joke):

Lucy Quinzel (Columbine)

Lian Harper (Little Red Riding Hood)

Nell Little (Little Batgirl)

Cynthia Lance (Sin)

Hippolyta Milton (Lyta)

Not on a Team but Helps Out These Other Teams a Lot:

Julia Pennyworth (Penny-Two) [BoPs]

Harper Row (Bluebird) [BoPs, YJ, Third Gen TTs]

Cullen Row (Oracle Beta) [TTs and NWJs]

Alina Wayne (Oracle Gamma) [Sixth Gen TTs and BBoPs]

Luke Fox (Batwing) [TTs]

Timothy Fox (Vulture) [Seventh Gen TTs]

etc.

NOTES: i thought it’d be cool to have a little thing with Babs, Cullen, Maps and Alina where they’re all “Oracles”, so that’s why they’re Oracle Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Omega. Also, Carrie, Nell and Tiff were all “Batgirls-in-Training” before they got their ‘official’ Batgirl names. Both Helena-Huntresses exist in this universe, yes, as Helena Wayne crossed over from Earth Never-Two And Irey and Jai’s superhero names together make Hypervelocity, which I thought was super cool! :D

[blackmaylovesfries]

EXO Transmigrator AU - Masterpost

Masterlist

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does." Jean-Paul Sartre

Sinopse: Transmigrating was never in your plans. You were just an EXO-L trying to live your life and see your boys. But… For some unknown reason, you find yourself sacrificed to a Vampire!Baekhyun, overpowered by a Crown Prince!Junmyeon, kidnapped with Mafia!Sehun, loved by a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde!Kyungsoo, fighting for your life with a Zombie Apocalypse!Jongin, being the dotted sister of a Former Assassin!Jongdae, engaged with Ancient Korea!Minseok, mated with Werewolf!Chanyeol and being chased by a Cultivator!Yixing. How are you gonna end this mess?

Notices: This story is based on Chinese novels about transmigration. I recommend you guys to read some because they are amazing and also you can understand some points that I might not be able to fully explain. If you want, I can make a list to recommend some of my favorites for you! Also, this story will be update on Tuesdays and Thursdays!

Glossary

Alternative Moodboards/Aesthetics

Introduction

First World (Vampire!Baekhyun x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Second World (Crown Prince!Junmyeon x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Third World (Mafia!Sehun x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Fourth World (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde!Kyungsoo x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Fifth World (Zombie Apocalypse!Jongin x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Sixth World (Brother!Former Assassin!Jongdae x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Seventh World (Ancient Korea!Minseok x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Eighth World (Werewolf!Chanyeol x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Nineth World (Cultivator!Yixing x Reader) - One / Two / Three / Four / Five / Six / Seven / Eight / Nine / Ten

Outro - Original World / x Xiumin / x Suho / x Lay / x Chen / x Baekhyun / x Chanyeol / x D.O / x Kai / x Sehun

[blackkudos]

Chaka Khan

Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan, is an American singer and songwriter. Her career has spanned nearly five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Khan received public attention for her vocals and image. Known as the "Queen of Funk", Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with "I Feel for You" in 1984. Khan has won ten Grammy Awards and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide.

In the course of her solo career, Khan has achieved three gold singles, three gold albums and one platinum album with I Feel for You. With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. She has collaborated with Ry Cooder, Robert Palmer, Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, Guru, Chicago, De la Soul, Mary J. Blige, among others. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance artist of all time. She was ranked at number 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. She has been nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice; she was first nominated as member of Rufus in 2011.

Early life

Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953 into an artistic, bohemian household in Chicago, Illinois. The eldest of five children born to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, she has described her father as a beatnik and her mother as "able to do anything." She was raised in the Hyde Park area, "an island in the middle of the madness" of Chicago's rough South Side housing projects. Her sister Yvonne later became a successful musician in her own right under the name Taka Boom. Her only brother, Mark, who formed the funk group Aurra, also became a successful musician. She has two other sisters, Zaheva Stevens and Tammy McCrary.

Khan was raised as a Catholic. She attended the elementary school of Saint Thomas the Apostle Church in Hyde Park. She attributed her love of music to her grandmother, who introduced her to jazz as a child. Khan became a fan of rhythm and blues music as a preteen and at eleven formed a girl group, the Crystalettes, which included her sister Taka. In the late 1960s, Khan attended several civil rights rallies with her father's second wife, Connie, a strong supporter of the movement and joined the Black Panther Party after befriending a fellow member, activist and Chicago native Fred Hampton in 1967. Though many think that she was given the name Chaka while in the Panthers, she has made it clear that her name Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi was given to her at age 13 by a Yoruba Baba. In 1969, she left the Panthers and dropped out of high school, having attended Calumet High School and Kenwood High School (now Kenwood Academy). She began to perform in small groups around the Chicago area, first performing with Cash McCall's group Lyfe, which included her then-boyfriend Hassan Khan. Chaka and Hassan married in 1970.

She was asked to replace Baby Huey of Baby Huey & the Babysitters after Huey's death in 1970. The group disbanded a year later. While performing in local bands in 1972, Khan was spotted by two members of a new group called Rufus and soon won her position in the group (replacing rock n roll singer Paulette McWilliams). The group caught the attention of musician Ike Turner who flew them out to Los Angeles to record at his studio Bolic Sound in Inglewood, California. Turner wanted Khan to become an Ikette; she declined stating she was "really happy with Rufus. But Ike's attention was certainly a boost."

Career

1973–1978: Early career with Rufus

In 1973, Rufus signed with ABC Records and released their eponymous debut album. Despite their fiery rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Maybe Your Baby" from Wonder's acclaimed Talking Book and the modest success of the Chaka-led ballad "Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)", the album failed to gain attention. That changed when Wonder himself collaborated with the group on a song he had written for Khan. That song, "Tell Me Something Good", became the group's breakthrough hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974, later winning the group their first Grammy Award. The single's success and the subsequent follow-up, "You Got the Love", which peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, helped their second parent album, Rags to Rufus, go platinum, selling over a million copies. From 1974 to 1979, Rufus released six platinum-selling albums including Rufusized, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Ask Rufus, Street Player and Masterjam. Hits the group scored during this time included "Once You Get Started," "Sweet Thing," "Hollywood," "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)," and "Do You Love What You Feel."

The band gained a reputation as a live performing act, with Khan becoming the star attraction, thanks to her powerful vocals and stage attire—which sometimes included Native American garb and showing her midriff. Most of the band's material was written and produced by the band itself with few exceptions. Khan has also been noted for being an instrumentalist playing drums and bass; she also provided percussion during her tenure with Rufus. Most of her compositions were collaborations with guitarist Tony Maiden. Relations between Khan and the group, particularly between her and Andre Fischer, became stormy. Several members left with nearly every release. While Khan remained in the group, she signed a solo contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1978. While Khan was busy at work on solo material, Rufus released three albums without her participation including 1979's Numbers, 1980's Party 'Til You're Broke, and 1983's Seal in Red.

1978–1983: Early solo career and final years with Rufus

In 1978, Warner Bros. Records released Khan's solo debut album, which featured the crossover disco hit, "I'm Every Woman", written for her by singers-songwriters Ashford & Simpson. The success of the single helped the album go platinum, selling over a million copies. Khan also featured on Quincy Jones's hit, "Stuff Like That", also released in 1978, which also featured Ashford & Simpson as co-writers, along with Jones and several others. Ashford & Simpson performed with Khan on the song.

In 1979, Khan reunited with Rufus to collaborate on the Jones-produced Masterjam, which featured their hit "Do You Love What You Feel", which Khan sang with Tony Maiden. Despite her sometimes-acrimonious relationship with some of her bandmates, Khan and Maiden have maintained a friendship over the years. In 1979 she also dueted with Ry Cooder on his album Bop Till You Drop. In 1980, while Rufus released Party 'Til You're Broke, again without Khan, she released her second solo album, Naughty, which featured her on the cover with her six-year-old daughter Milini. The album yielded the disco hit "Clouds" and the R&B ballad "Papillon".

Also in 1980, Khan had a cameo appearance as a church choir soloist in The Blues Brothers starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Khan released two albums in 1981, the Rufus release, Camouflage and the solo album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me. The latter album went gold. The same year, Khan appeared on three tracks on Rick Wakeman's concept album 1984. In 1982, Khan issued two more solo albums, the jazz-oriented Echoes of an Era and a more funk/pop-oriented self-titled album Chaka Khan. The latter album's track, the jazz-inflected "Be Bop Medley", won Khan a Grammy and earned praise from jazz singer Betty Carter who loved Khan's vocal scatting in the song.

In 1983, following the release of Rufus's final studio album, Seal in Red, which did not feature Khan, the singer returned with Rufus on a live album, Stompin' at the Savoy - Live, which featured the studio single, "Ain't Nobody", which became the group's final charting success reaching number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B chart, while also reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom. Following this release, Rufus separated for good.

1984–1996: Solo success

In 1984, Khan released her sixth studio album, I Feel for You. The title track, the first single released, was originally written and recorded by Prince in 1979 and had also been recorded by The Pointer Sisters and Rebbie Jackson. Khan's version featured a harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder and an introductory rap by Grandmaster Melle Mel. It became a million-selling smash in the U.S. and United Kingdom and helped to relaunch Khan's career. "I Feel for You" topped not only the U.S. R&B and dance charts, but achieved great success on the U.S. pop chart and reached No. 1 in the U.K. The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984 and remained on that chart for 26 weeks, well into 1985. Additionally, it hit No. 1 on the Cash Box chart. It was listed as Billboard′s No. 5 song for 1985 and netted Prince the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. In addition to the song's successful radio airplay and sales, a music video of Khan with breakdancers in an inner-city setting enjoyed heavy rotation on television and helped to solidify Khan's notoriety in popular culture.

Other singles that helped the I Feel For You album go platinum included "This is My Night" and the ballad "Through the Fire", the latter of which was also successful on the adult contemporary chart. Khan was featured in Steve Winwood's 1986 number-one hit, "Higher Love". That same year, a duet was planned with Robert Palmer for the song "Addicted To Love". However, her manager declined to release the duet, citing the desire to not have too much product from her in the marketplace at one time. She was still credited for the vocal arrangements in the album's liner notes, and the song became an international hit. Khan followed up the success of the I Feel For You album with 1986's Destiny and 1988's CK. Khan found more success in the late 1980s with a remix album, Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project, which reached the top ten on the British albums chart. As a result, she performed regularly in the U.K., where she maintained a strong fan base.

In 1990, she was a featured performer on another major hit when she collaborated with Ray Charles and Quincy Jones on a new jack swing cover of The Brothers Johnson's "I'll Be Good to You", which was featured on Jones's Back on the Block. The song reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the R&B chart, later winning her and Ray Charles a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group. Khan returned with her first studio album in four years in 1992 with the release of The Woman I Am, which was a success due to the R&B songs "Love You All My Lifetime" and "You Can Make the Story Right".

Khan also contributed to soundtracks and worked on a follow-up to The Woman I Am she titled Dare You to Love Me, which was eventually shelved. In 1995, she and rapper Guru had a hit with the duet "Watch What You Say", in the U.K. That same year, she provided a contemporary R&B cover of the classic standard, "My Funny Valentine", for the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. In 1996, following the release of her greatest-hits album, Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1, Khan abruptly left Warner Bros. after stating the label had neglected her and failed to release Dare You to Love Me.

1998–2016

In 1998, Khan signed a contract with Prince's NPG Records label and issued Come 2 My House, followed by the single "Don't Talk 2 Strangers", a cover of a 1996 Prince song. She later went on a tour with Prince as a co-headlining act. In 2000, Khan departed NPG and she released her autobiography Chaka! Through The Fire in 2003. The following year she released her first jazz covers album in twenty-two years with 2004's ClassiKhan. She also covered "Little Wing" with Kenny Olson on the album Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Three years later, after signing with Burgundy Records, Khan released what many critics called a "comeback album" with Funk This, produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis & Big Jim Wright. The album featured the hit, "Angel", and the Mary J. Blige duet, "Disrespectful". The latter track went to number one on the U.S. dance singles chart, winning the singers a Grammy Award, while Funk This also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. The album was also notable for Khan's covers of Dee Dee Warwick's "Foolish Fool" and Prince's "Sign o' the Times". In 2008, Khan participated in the Broadway adaptation of The Color Purple playing Ms. Sofia to Fantasia Barrino's Celie.

In December 2004, Chaka Khan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music during the inauguration of its president, Roger H. Brown.

In a 2008 interview Khan said that she, unlike other artists, felt very optimistic about the current changes in the recording industry, including music downloading. "I'm glad things are shifting and artists – not labels – are having more control over their art. My previous big record company (Warner Bros.) has vaults of my recordings that haven't seen the light of day that people need to hear. This includes Robert Palmer's original recording of 'Addicted to Love' – which they took my vocals off of! We are working on getting it (and other tracks) all back now." In 2009, Khan hit the road with singers Anastacia and Lulu for Here Come the Girls.

In 2009, Chaka was guest singer with the song "Alive" on jazz drummer Billy Cobham's album Drum ' n voice 3. In 2010, she contributed to vocals for Beverley Knight's "Soul Survivor", collaborated with Clay Aiken on a song for the kids show Phineas and Ferb, and performed two songs with Japanese singer Ai on Ai's latest album The Last Ai. Khan continues to perform to packed audiences both in her native United States and overseas.

On May 19, 2011, Khan was given the 2,440th Hollywood Walk of Fame star plaque on a section of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Her family was present when the singer accepted the honor, as was Stevie Wonder, who had written her breakout hit "Tell Me Something Good". On September 27, 2011, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame committee announced that Khan and her former band Rufus were jointly nominated for induction to the hall. It was the collective's first nomination 13 years after they were first eligible. The group were nominated partly due to Khan's own storied reputation, including her own solo career in conjunction with her years with Rufus. Recently, Khan rerecorded her song, "Super Life", under the title "Super Life: Fear Kills, Love Heals" with Eric Benet, Kelly Price, and Luke James in tribute to Trayvon Martin, a teenager who was killed on February 26. A number of celebrities also joined in the recording including Loretta Devine, Terry Crews, Eva Pigford, and reporter Kevin Frazier.

On December 6, 2012, Chaka Khan made a controversial decision to perform at a benefit for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF originally invited Stevie Wonder, however after a successful lobbying campaign by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Wonder withdrew and was replaced by Khan who was able to raise $14 million for the IDF. This support contrasted with her earlier support for the Black Panther Party that publicly supported a Free Palestine.

On July 27, 2013, Khan was honored 40 years after signing her first recording contract with a ceremonial renaming of Blackstone Avenue between 50th and 51st street (where her former high school, Kenwood Academy, sits) as Chaka Khan Way and on July 28 the city declared the day Chaka Khan Day. She performed at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion on the 28th. In August 2014, Khan served as grand marshal at the 85th annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in her hometown of Chicago.

On August 27, 2015, Khan was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 21 of Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with professional dancer Keo Motsepe. Khan and Motsepe were the first couple eliminated from the competition on September 21, 2015.In July 2016, she canceled concert performances and entered rehab.

2018-present:

Hello Happiness

In June 2018 she released a new single called "Like Sugar", a collaboration with Major Lazer member Switch. She later went on to promote the single on the Ellen show. "Like Sugar" is included on her 2019 album Hello Happiness. The album was released on February 15, 2019 and is her first album in twelve years.

Khan served as Grand Marshal in the 2019 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2019 in Pasadena, California.

On June 25, 2019, The New York Times Magazine listed Chaka Khan among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.

In October 2019, Khan was an honoree at Variety's "Power of Women" luncheon for supporting Little Kids Rock. Other honorees were Mariah Carey, Jennifer Aniston, Brie Larson, Awkwafina, and Dana Walden.In November 2019, Khan collaborated with Ariana Grande on the song "Nobody" from the soundtrack Charlie's Angels.

In 2020, Khan competed in season 3 of The Masked Singer as Miss Monster. She was eliminated and unmasked in the third episode.

Khan was invited to sing the National Anthem at the 2020 NBA All-Star Game. Her rendition has been heavily criticized on Twitter, comparing it to Fergie's rendition in 2018.

Personal life

Khan has been married twice and is the mother of two, daughter Indira Milini and son Damien Holland. Her first marriage was to Hassan Khan, in 1970, when she was 17, which ended in divorce a short time later. Milini's birth was the result of a relationship between Khan and Rahsaan Morris. Khan married her second husband, Richard Holland, in 1976. The marriage reportedly caused a rift between Khan and several members of Rufus, in particular, Andre Fischer. Holland wanted her to tone down her sexy stage image, but she refused. He filed for divorce in 1980, citing "irreconcilable differences." Khan dated a Chicago-area schoolteacher in the mid-1980s in the middle of her solo stardom. Following their separation, Khan moved to Europe, first settling in London, later buying a residence in Germany. She lived in Germany for a while "in a little village in the Rhine Valley" and also in Mannheim.

Khan is vegan, saying she adopted the diet to lose weight and combat high blood pressure and Type-2 diabetes. In the past, Khan struggled with drug abuse and alcoholism. Her drug use, which at times included cocaine and heroin, ended in the early 1990s. Khan had an on-and-off struggle with alcoholism until 2005, declaring herself sober. In 2006, her son Damien Holland was accused of murder after 17-year-old Christopher Bailey was shot to death. Khan testified on her son's behalf. Holland claimed the shooting was an accident. He was acquitted in the criminal trial and found liable in the civil suit. Though she sang at both the 2000 Democratic and Republican conventions, Khan says that she is more of a "Democratic-minded person".

Khan was featured in a 2013 episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories where she told the story of a shadow man who followed her on tour for years, until she met a guardian angel who admonished her to change her life or die.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

To date, Khan has won ten Grammy Awards, including two as a member of Rufus. She has received 22 Grammy Award nominations, including three as a member of Rufus.

Soul Train Awards

1998 Lena Horne Award (Career Achievement) (Recipient)

2009 Legends Award (Career Achievement) (Recipient)

United Negro College Fund Award

2011 UNCF: Award of Excellence (Recipient)

American Music Award nominations

To date, she has had four American Music Award nominations.

1985 Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Tina Turner)

1982 Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Stephanie Mills)

1981 Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Diana Ross)

SoulMusic Hall of Fame at SoulMusic.com

Inducted: Female Artist (December 2012)

UK Music Video Awards

2018 Best Color Grading in a Video: Like Sugar (won)

2018 Best Editing: Like Sugar (won)

Discography

Solo

Chaka (1978)

Naughty (1980)

What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (1981)

Chaka Khan (1982)

Echoes of an Era (1982)

I Feel for You (1984)

Destiny (1986)

ck (1988)

The Woman I Am (1992)

Come 2 My House (1998)

ClassiKhan (2004)

Funk This (2007)

Hello Happiness (2019)

With Rufus

Rufus (1973)

Rags to Rufus (1974)

Rufusized (1974)

Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (1975)

Ask Rufus (1977)

Street Player (1978)

Masterjam (1979)

Camouflage (1981)

Stompin' at the Savoy – Live (1983)

As guest

All My Friends Are Here, So Blue - Arif Mardin feat. Chaka Khan & David Sanborn

[staydandy]

Whump List Library - South Korea 🇰🇷

As of June 4, 2023 this Library will no longer be updated. Please refer to the New Version here.

A list of whump lists I’ve made ^^ .. click the titles to go to the lists Obviously this is a WIP .. links will be added as I go .. but I guess till all the links are added, it’s kinda a preview ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ To Directory

100 Days My Prince (2018) - Full List

Adamas (2022) - Full List

Alchemy of Souls (2022) - Full List

All That We Loved (2023) - Full List

All the Liquors (2023) - Full List

Arang and the Magistrate (2012) - Full List

Are You Human Too? (2018) - Full List

Arthdal Chronicles (2019)

At a Distance, Spring is Green (2021)

Awaken (2020)

Bad and Crazy (2021)

Bad Guys (2014)

Bad Prosecutor (2022) - Full List

Big Mouth / Mouse (2022) - Full List

Black Knight (2023) - Full List

Blind (2022) - Full List ... bonus : Character Key

Blueming (2022)

Brain Works (2023) - Full List

The Bridal Mask (2012) - Full List

Café Minamdang (2022) - Full List

Chimera (2021)

Clean With Passion For Now (2018)

Color Rush (2020)

Confession (2019)

Crash Course in Romance (2023) - Full List

Criminal Minds (2017)

Cross (2018)

Crowned Clown (2019) - Full List

D-Day (2015)

Defendant (2017)

The Devil Judge (2021) - Full List

The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (2022) - Full List

Doctor John (2019)

Doctor Prisoner (2019)

Duel (2017)

Falling for Innocence (2015)

Falsify (2017) - Ful List

The First Responders Season 1 (2022) - Full List

Flower of Evil (2020) - Full List

The Forbidden Marriage (2022) - Full List

From Now On, Showtime! (2022) - Full List

Glory Jane (2011) - Full List

God’s Quiz (2010) ... 5: Reboot (2018)

The Golden Spoon (2022) - Full List

Good-bye, Mr. Black (2016)

Good Doctor (2013) - Full List

The Great Seer (2012) - Full List

Grid (2022) - Full List

Gu Family Book (2013)

Happy Merry Ending (2023) - Full List

Healer (2014)

The Heavenly Idol (2023) - Full List

He is Psychometric (2019) - Full List

Hello, God (2006)

Hwarang (2016)

Hyde, Jekyll, Me (2015)

If You Wish Upon Me (2022) - Full List

I’m Not a Robot (2017)

Individual Circumstances (2023) - Full List

Insider (2022) - Full List

Introverted Boss (2017)

Island - Parts 1 & 2 (2022-2023) - Full List

Item (2019)

It's Okay, That's Love (2014)

Jinxed At First (2022) - Full List

Jirisan (2021)

Just Between Lovers (2017)

Kill Me, Heal Me (2015)

The King’s Face (2014) - Full List

Kiss Sixth Sense (2022) - Full List

Kkondae Intern (2020)

Kokdu: Season of Deity (2023) - Full List

The Law Cafe (2022) - Full List

Life on Mars (2018) - Full List

Link: Eat, Love, Kill (2022)

Lovers of the Red Sky (2021) - Full List

Love to Hate You (2023) - Full List

Lucky Romance (2016)

Mad Dog (2017)

Melo Holic (2017)

Melting Me Softly (2019) - Full List

Memories of the Alhambra (2018)

Memorist (2020)

Military Prosecutor Doberman (2022) - Full List

Mirror of the Witch (2016) - Full List

Missing: The Other Side (2020) - Full List

Moonshine (2021) - Full List

Moorim School (2016)

My Love from the Star (2013)

Mystic Pop-up Bar (2020)

Once Again (2022) - Full List

Once Upon a Small Town (2022)

One Dollar Lawyer (2022) - Full List

One Ordinary Day (2021)

Pinocchio (2014) - Full List

Poong, the Joseon Psychiatrist (2022) - Full List ... Season 2 (2023) - Full List

Priest (2018)

Prison Playbook (2017)

Project Wolf Hunting (2022)

Psychopath Diary (2019)

Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People (2017)

Reborn Rich (2022) - Full List

Remember: War of the Son (2015)

Reunited Worlds (2017)

Revenge of Others (2022) - Full List

Risky Romance (2018)

Rugal (2020)

School 2013 (2012)

Secret Royal Inspector (2020)

Sell Your Haunted House (2021)

Shark: The Beginning (2021)

A Shoulder to Cry On (2023) - Full List

The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (2018)

The Sound of Magic (2022) - Full List

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Unless you wean off the milk, Scriptures = Letters, you cannot desire th... Unless you wean off the milk, Scriptures = Letters, you cannot desire the Meat of Jesus = His Word. THE GOSPEL TRUTH, OUR TREASURES, IS ALWAYS RECEIVED FROM ABOVE, THE WORLD OF LOGICAL REASONING THAT BREWS LOGO = HIS WORD. Unless you wean off the Milk, Scriptures or the dead letters meant for the once-born babies, the Jewish leaven forbidden by Jesus and you start thinking logical to develop Teeth of Logical reasoning to Chew the Flesh of Jesus, our Daily Bread of Life, you cannot be Part of Christ Jesus, our Anointed Royal High Priest. Here is a Youtube Video that I produced on this topic:- https://youtu.be/9FDR0ZpVdjU The Gospel comes from your own heart through intuition and not from the forbidden Scrips, the old wine. Thus, when you go Preaching Tour, do not take any money, two shoes, two tunics or Scrip, the Bible with you for bashing as they do it at the Hyde Park Corner, London. In this Dark Age of Satgur Matt wailah, whatever you do or sow, you get its fruit soon. People of Kashmir used to be known as Guru Brahmin and those of them who became Mohammedans tormented others very badly that they approached the Last Christ = Sixth Satguru Tegh Bahadur Ji for help. Then, Satguru Tegh Bahadur Ji, Commander-in-Chief of Sikhi gave his own sacrifice with his devoted Sikh Soldiers of Humility sealed to serve God. To-day, we are in the End Times and these Kashmiris are ground between the two countries, India and Pakistan to repay for the past deeds. Same applies to Afghanistan who used to attack India and do looting and killing. JESUS HAD NO ONCE-BORN DISCIPLES BUT THE TWICE-BORN LABOURERS. His twice-born Labouring Solitary Brethren/Friends called “Talmidim or Sikhs” and not the once-born natural disciples of the crook Rabbis who disciplined them through the moral laws of Moses. or Freewill. Thus, the substitutes “Disciple and Lord” are the corruptions by the Messianic Jews to set up the same Temple system from the yoke of which Jesus set us FREE by giving his own life as the Lamb of God. Or these robed hireling Dog-Collared Priests in the Churches of Mammon have fulfilled Matt. 12v43-45 making the situation worse than before the arrival of Jesus, the First anointed Christ of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc.: BIRTH OF JOHN, THE BAPTIST, AN IDEAL RABBI MATT 13, V52:- https://youtu.be/RNXvv-WwdI4 and the Proofs of the Virgin Birth of Jesus: - www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/bojes.htm Holy Gospel of our Supernatural Father Elohim, Allah, Parbrahm, etc., delivered First by Jesus, the First Anointed Christ = Satguru of the highest living God Elohim that dwells within our Temple of God called Harmandir or “Emmanuel”. He was the First Anointed Light from our Father and Satguru = Christ Nanak, the Second Anointed Greatest of all the Christs because he had to confront the Kings and Emperors of Darkness of Khatri tribal people (less than one per cent Khatris adopted Sikhism against Jatts = Samaritans 70%) against the people of Judah tribe, the Princes of Darkness. Nanak came in 1469 and Preached The Gospel to Perfection through Five more Lights for 150 years. Still, the Darkness created by Satanic Khatris turned Mullahs couldn’t be comprehended. Gurdwara stands for Gur = Dhanghh = Tareeka which is logical reasoning that Brews Logo, His Word and Dwara means a place of Sangat. So, Gurdwara is the place where GURMUKH Sikhs meet. Gur = logical reasoning and Mukh = Mouth. A mouth that speaks logically is called a Gurmukh. Gur doesn't mean Guru. Satgur means the formula for speaking logical reasoning that Brews = Parshaad = Logo. THE GOSPEL IS CALLED “LOGO” AND LOGO IS THE EXTRACT/NECTAR OF “LOGICAL REASONING” – SATGUR PARSAD. Once-born people are incapable of logical reasoning and, therefore, the logo is for the twice-born people of discerning intellect called the “holy spirit”, surtti or “common sense”. So, if you want The Gospel, then you must think logically over your own heart. Thus, listen to everyone and ponder over it logically in your own heart. Then, the Gospel would be written over the living tablets of heart – 2corn 3. Scriptures, University degrees in “dead letters” will turn you into a super donkey carrying “Holy Books”. “Letter killeth, spirit giveth Life”. Typical Youtube Video on Son of God:- Son represents Father, so in Jesus, we are the sons of Elohim and we should display His qualities for Salvation. https://youtu.be/dQ8pSqeFjQw Four Communities of Religion - One God One Faith:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/FourCom.htm Hajj www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/faithfat.pdf Punjabi http://youtu.be/9DqMvO1hb0U Some of my Youtube videos have been banned by Facebook. So, I have shifted them to my website:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/Youtbe.htm Flesh + soul = Once-born natural Disciple of the Rabbis Flesh + soul + spirit = Twice-born sensible Labouring son of God John's baptism:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/johnsig.pdf Trinity:- www.gnosticgospel.co.uk/trinity.pdf

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1910 March 3 Dejazmatch Tafari is finally given governorate of Harar. 1916 May 16, 18 and 20 8 P. M. Du Bois’s “The Star of Ethiopia” portrayed by 1010 Actors in Costume 53 Musical Numbers Full Brass Band is performed at the 100th General Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church held in the CONVENTION HALL BROAD AND ALLEGHANY AVENUE, Philadelphia. Lucien B. Watkins publishes his “The Star of Ethiopia” poem. September 27 the day of the feast of Masqal, nobles, army, the Archbishop Abuna Mettewos, Etchage Walda Giyorgis and priests assemble at Palace disposing of Emperor Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia and proclaim Zawditu his aunty, Menelik’s daughter as Empress with her cousin Dejazmatch Tafari assuming the rank of Ras, Crown Prince and hier to the throne as well as Regent Plenipotentiary. 1921 December Garvey makes his “Christmas message to the Negro Peoples of the World” speech. 1922 January 1 Garvey makes his Emancipation day speech at Liberty Hall in New York city. Garvey quotes verse 31 of Psalm 68 in both of these speeches. August Trinidadian pilot Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, dubbed "the Black Eagle of Harlem" by H. Allen Smith because of his parachute jumps, flys a biplane over UNIA parade and is appointed head of the organization’s new Aeronautical Department. 1923 Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Amy Jaques Garvey 1923 Chapter 3 The Image of God If the white man has the idea of a white God, let him worship his God as he desires. If the yellow man’s God is of his race let him worship his God as he sees fit. We, as Negroes, have found a new ideal. Whilst our God has no color, yet it is human to see everything through one’s own spectacles, and since the white people have seen their God through white spectacles, we have only now started out (late though it be) to see our God through our own spectacles. The God of Isaac and the God of Jacob let Him exist for the race that believes in the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. We Negroes believe in the God of Ethiopia, the everlasting God — God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost, the One God of all ages. That is the God in whom we believe, but we shall worship Him through the spectacles of Ethiopia. Earnest Alfred Wallace Budge sometime scholar at Christ College Cambridge University and Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities in the British Museum publishes his first edition of the Ethiopic "Book of the Glory of Kings/Kebra Negast". 1924 July 4 Julian to make transatlantic flight from New York to Liberia via Atlantic city, New Jersey and the West Indies. Julian purchases a seaplane which he christens "Ethiopia I", which he crashes into Flushing Bay after one of the planes pontoons comes off. 1930 Julian at the Emperor Haile Selassie’s pre coronation show, parachutes landing in front of the Emperor, the Emperor grants him citizenship, the rank of colonel as well as the highest honour in Ethiopia, the order of Menelik. Julian at the Emperors coronation dress rehearsal crashes the Emperors personal plane de Havilland Gipsy Moth into a Eucalyptus tree, the plane was given to the Emperor as a gift from Selfridge’s department store in London. May International Organiser M. L. T. De Men's replaces Knox as first assistant president general and representive in charge of American field of UNIA. August 18 Garvey’s play "Coronation of an African King", which tells the story of a fictional King of Sudan whos name is Cudjoe is performed. 1932 December Mittie Maud and Gordon found Peace Movement of Ethiopia in Chicago. 1934 November 3 Garvey praises New York UNIA division president A. L. King for his work in movement and informs him that he is trying to make arrangements to move the UNIA HQ from Kingston to London. 1935 January 7 Ethiopia Christmas Day The Swedish H. R. H Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph hier to the throne arrives in Addis with his wife Princess Louise, his daughter Princess Ingrid and his son Prince Bertil. The French foreign minister Pierre Laval and Italian Prime Minster Benito Mussolini sign the Franco Italian agreement giving Italy a part of bordering French Somliland (now Djibouti) as part of Eritrea as well as the Aouzou strip in French Chad as part of Italian Libya. January 19 The League of Nations Council at session decide that the Wal Wal clash should be resolved by arbitration arbitrators should examine the interpretation of the frontier treaty of 1908 May 16 by investigation as according to articles 5 and 7 of the 1928 treaty as to wither Wal Wal is part of Ethiopia or Italian Somaliland. Du Bois publishes his Black Reconstruction in America. March 16 Garvey travels to London on the SS Talapa. March 17 Ambassador Takla Howargat makes submission to the League invoking Article 15 of the covenant. March 28 General Emilio De Bono is named commander in chief of Italian armed forces in East Africa and force invading from Eritrea. April Britain, France and Italy sign the Stresa. May 16 The Emperor sends message to Geneva ‘We request that, if Italy refuses to accept that the arbitration should examine and adjudicate upon all the attacks that have been made in the vicinity of the Somali-Ethiopian border since last December and should pronounce upon the interpretation of the treat of 1908 May 16, the Council itself will take the investigation in hand and resolve matters by a full examination on basis of article 15 of the covenant.’ May 25 As a result of the Emperor’s second submission the League decides arbitrators should be chosen. ‘Because it was Ethiopia’s desire that the judgement to be pronounced should be impartial and on an absolutely legal basis, she on her part chose arbitrators two men who were legal experts, one French Albert de Geouffre de La Pradelle, professor of law in the University of Paris, and one American Pitman B. Potter professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Geneva who were very well known for their knowledge and refinement in international law.’ ‘Italy on her part selected two Italians from among Italy’s government officials.’ Ethiopia’s clear conscience was aware of the rights due to her and We, therefore, submitted immediately our request to Italy to settle the matter on the basis of the text of the treaty, referring to the treaty concluded in 1928, by which Italy had undertaken that peace and friendship should forever persist between us and that, if a quarrel arose between us, this quarrel should have a peacful outcome on the authorative verdict of arbitrators. To this request, which we had presented, the reply was an absolute refusal, and Italy revealed her inflexible resolve to have the demands which she had submitted fulfilled in their entirety without investigation and without adjudication in the proper manner. The Emperor on July 18 of the same year. May Robinson arrives in Ethiopia. Garvey speaks at Hyde Park speakers corner. Garvey publishes Black Man monthly magazine from 2 Beaumont Crescent, West Kensington with Una Marson who would later work for the BBC Caribbean service as his personal secretary. Seay becomes the second woman in awarded member of the Order of the British Empire presented to her by Governor Burns and agrees with Womans League and Labourers and Unemployment Association on womens suffrage for voting age to be lowered to but proposes unemployed women rather than to be given suffrage be given land grants. June 25 Joe Louis Detroit’s Brown Bomber, scores a decisive technical knockout over the Italian Primo Carnera in the sixth round of their bout at the Yankee Stadium. Here is Louis standing over the bleeding, fallen Carnera, during one of the three knockdowns in the sixth round. June When the danger became more urgent, being aware of my responsibilities towards my people, during the first six months of 1935 I tried to acquire armaments. Many Governments proclaimed an embargo to prevent my doing so, whereas the Italian Government through the Suez Canal, was given all facilities for transporting without cessation and without protest, troops, arms, and munitions. From the Emperors speech to the League on June 30 of the following year. 3000 white and black men volunteer through the UNIA to fight. Garvey cautions Mossolini against aggressive action towards Ethiopia. Bayen graduates from Howard University medical school. July 8 Garvey in the Black man. July 10 Bayen leaves the U. S. for Ethiopia. July 18 The Emperor delivers speech to parliament. During the Ethiopian Crisis people from all other the world rallied support for the Emperor. July 23 The members of the International African Friends of Ethiopia with their various roles including C. L. R. James as Chairman, Amy Ashwood Garvey as Treasurer and Jomo Kenyatta as secretary hold their first meeting. July 28 Sunday The International African Friends of Ethiopia hold meeting at Faringdon Street, Memorial Hall. August 18 I.A.F.E. hold meeting at Conway Hall Treaty and lift arms embargo. August 26 IAFE hold rally at Trafalgar Square. THE DEFENCE OF ETHIOPIA The International African Friends of Ethiopia. (Formerly The International African Friends of Abyssinia) If devilish force prevails and causes a war then Abyssinia will arise; and, with its Emperor leading, followed by his people, whose courage and valour are known, will defend its country against the invader to the last drop of its blood. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, at Addis Ababa, August 12th 1935. THAT IS THE POSITION WE ADOPT. Come to THE CONWAY HALL, Sunday August 18th, 1935 at 8 p.m. Resolutions demanding that the British Government keep their Treaty obligations by (a) Supporting Ethiopia in its struggle against Italian Fascism. (b) Raising the embargo on the export of Arms to Ethiopia will be moved. SPEAKERS: Dr. WILLIS N. HUGGINS, Ph.D., from America who has carried the protest of 40 organisations, both black and white, to Geneva, and will tell of the efforts of the Friends of Ethiopia in the United States of America. Mr. C. L. R. JAMES Mr. J. M. KENYATTA Chief TUFUHIN MOORE Dr. SANDRO MAGRI, An Italian Anti-Fascist. AN ETHIOPIAN. August 12 Ethiopia also pleads for the embargo to be lifted. August Garvey praises the Emperor as a gentleman and calls Mussolini a barbarian guilty of savagery. September 2 Amy Ashwood and the International African Friends of Ethiopia held a rally in London at Trafalgar Square. Afterwards, Amy posed for a photograph with two of the sons of the Ethiopian Minister Dr. Warqenah Eshete (aka Dr. Charles Martin), Benyam and Yosef (2nd and 3rd from the right). Both sons were Co-Founders of the radical and militant Black Lion Organization that was involved in liberating Ethiopia from Italian occupation and tyranny. Unfortunately, shortly after taking this photo the two were arrested in Ethiopia and summarily executed for the attempted assassination of the Italian Viceroy Marshall Rodolfo Graziani. — at Trafalgar Square. August Garvey praises the Emperor as a gentleman and calls Mossolini a barbarian guilty of savagery. September 3 The Wal Wal clash is adjudicated by arbitration niether Ethiopia or Italy responsible for the clash, Italy stops compensation. September 4 Italy submits memorandum of complaints to the council of the League of Nations. September 11 The Emperor makes radio broadcast. September 11 The Jamaica Gleaner The Honorable Amy Ashwood Garvey speaks before a London crowd at Trafalgar Square, denouncing the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. “No race has been so noble in forgiving, but now the hour has struck for our complete emancipation. We will not tolerate the invasion of Abyssinia.“ Mrs. Garvey said: “In this struggle, the black women are marching beside the men. You white people brought us out of Africa to Christianize us and civilize us, but all the Christianity and civilization you gave us for 320 years was slavery. You have talked of ‘The White Man’s burden.’ Now we are carrying yours and standing between you and Fascism.” She warned the British Government that if this became a struggle between the “Blacks” and the “Whites” that three quarters of the people of the Empire are colored. September 15 Nuremberg laws in Germany October 3 5:00 AM General Emilio De Bono, without a declaration of war, advances into Ethiopia from Eritrea crossing the Mareb river in the north by plane. Graziani implements the Milan plan all along the southern front to remove Ethiopian forces from various frontier posts and to test the reaction of a series of probes there. The Emperor orders a general mobilization. October 5 Italian I Corps take Adigrat and the League’s Committee of 13 report on the details of events occurred after the month of December of the previous year and up to October 3 of the present year. October 6 Italian II Corps take Adwa where the Italians were defeated 40 years ago in 1896 on March 1. Robinson witness’s the bombing’s of both Adigrat and Adwa. The Emperor orders Ras Seyoum Mangasha commander of the army of Tigre to withdraw a days march away from the Mareb river. The Emperor orders his son in law Dejazmatch Haile Selassie Gugsa to move back 89 and 56km (55 and 35 miles) from the border. October 10 The International African Friends of Ethiopia at a meeting at Clarks theatre in Castries, Saint Lucia protest the Foreign Enlistment Act and pass the following resolution in view of the provoked aggression of Italy against unarmed Ethiopia the penal clause of the above act be waived so far as it applies to west Indians to permit. October 11 Dejazmatch Haile Selassie Gugsa surrenders to the Italian commander with 1, 500 of his men at Adagamos the Italian outpost and defects to the Italian side leaving Makale, his capital in eastern Tigre at 1:00 am with 50 of his men meeting with the Italians. Bono at his HQ with Gugsa on the left. October 14 with De Bono proclaimed the end of slavery, with the livestock having been moved to the south to feed the army those no longer slaves were left with no other option but to loyal to the Italians. I am obliged to say that the proclamation did not have much effect on the owners of the slaves and perhaps still less on the liberated slaves themselves many of the latter the instance they were set free, presented themselves to the Italian authorities asking and now who gives me food. October 15 De Bono forces advance from Adwa occupy Axum, Bono loots Obelisk. October 19 The Bishop of Udine [Italy] writes, ‘It is neither timely nor fitting for us to pronounce on the rights and wrongs of the case. Our duty as Italians, and still more as Christians is to contribute to the success of our arms.' Ras Mulugeta is given orders and parades with army. October 21 The Bishop of Padua writes 'In the difficult hours through which we are passing, we ask you to have faith in our statesmen and armed forces.’ A. L. King and his Provisional Committee for the Defense of Ethiopia ship medical supplies to the Emperor. October 24 The Bishop of Cremona consecrated a number of regimental flags and said 'The blessing of God be upon these soldiers who, on African soil, will conquer new and fertile lands for the Italian genius, thereby bringing to them Roman and Christian culture. May Italy stand once again as the Christian mentor to the whole world.’ The Somali villages of Kelafo, Dagnerai, Gerlogubi and Gorahai in the Oganden are taken by the Italians. October 27 To His Excellency Graziani. The use of gas as an ultima ratio to overwhelm enemy resistance and in case of counter-attack is authorized. Mussolini. November The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy excluding oil. November 3 20 aeroplanes from the Regia Aeronautica drop bombs at Gorrahei the stronghold of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan known to the British as Mad Mullah. Grazmatch Afawarq is hit on the leg by a bomb splinter whilst firing with a 37 mm Oerlikon named after the suburb of Zurich where these guns are made taking aim to bring down a plane. November 4 Waves of 20 Aeroplanes bomb Gorrahei. November 8 I Corps and Eritrean Corps take Makale. November 13 Graziani moves his headquarters to Baidoa. November 16 De Bono is promoted to the rank Marshall of Italy. November 19 The Emperor leaves for Jijiga the capital of Tigre. November 20 Grazmatch Afawarq is posthumously conferred upon with the rank of Dejazmatch. November 28 The Emperor leaves Addis for Dessie in the province of Wollo. November 30 The Emperor moves his HQ to Dessie. 20 killed 100 wounded. December 4 Ras Imru advances from Gojam, his forces are bombed. December 5 The Italians take Abbi Addi. December 6 Lethbridge Herald newspaper THIRTY ITALIAN BOMBERS RAIN DEATH ON CITY AS EMPEROR AND SON WATCH Incendiary Bombs Set Field Hospital Palace of Crown Prince Wrecked by Blasts from Air 200 Injured Protest Attack on Red Cross Hospital Death Stalks Ethiopian Hillsides War is never a pleasant thing, and the current Italo Ethiopian war is no exception. Here is a new photo that graphically illustrates the tragedy of war. Two native soldiers who will probably never be honored by burial shot down by Italian planes. Similar scenes were witnessed today in Dessye where Italian bombers wreaked havoc before the eyes of Emperor Haile Selassie. By CHRISTIAN OZANNE (Copyright, 1935, by the Havas New Agency) ADDIS ABABA Dec 6 (C.P. Havas) Thirty two persons were killed and more than 200 injured when 30 Italian planes bombed Dessye today before the eyes of Emperor Haile Selassie and his, 11 year old second son, Prince Makonnen. Protests To League By JOSPEH E. SHARKEY (Associated Press Foreign Staff) GENEVA, Dec. 6 (A.P.) Emperor Haile Selassie, who escaped death in an Italian air bombing raid on his headquarters at Dessye today, protested directly to the League of Nations a few hours later against the bombing of Red Cross hospital.) Emperor Haile Selassie, who escaped death in an Italian air bombing raid on his headquarters at Dessye today, protested directly to the League of Nations a few hours later against the bombing of Red Cross hospitals and the killing of women and children. The Ethiopian monarch declared the American hospital at Dessye which was struck by bombs had displayed the authorized insignia of the Red Cross. Emperor’s protest The emperors protest stated (Continued on Page Two.) Ethiopian Emperor Fire Machine Gun Himself During Bombardment Of Dessye By Italian Squadron By James A. MILLIS (Copyright. 1935, the Associated Press.)WITH EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE AT DESSYE, ETHIOPIA.Dec. 6 Italian war planes struck at Emperor Haile Selassie’s headquarters today, bombing and machine gunning troops, civilians, the emperor’s palace, and hospitals indiscriminately.The emperor himself fough against the attack which lasted 17 minutes while more than 1000 bombs were dropped and at least 12 persons were killed and 200 wounded,The little, bearded man was talking to Dejazmatch (general) Birru and a doctor named Zeryos when the thunder of the bombing planes was heard (Continued on Page Two) December 10 The British and French foreign ministers Samuel Hoare and Pierre Laval Pact make an underhand agreement to sign Ogaden Tigray and Southern parts of Ethiopia away to Mussolini, the pact is leaked by a French newspaper and the foreign ministers are forced to resign. December 15 The Emperor launches the Ethiopian Christmas Offensive/Counteroffensive also refered to as the Dolo offensive. December 15 Ras Seyoum Mangasha and his army of Tigre with 30, 000 men Abiy Addi Beles River the Ethiopian center, Ras Kassa Haile Darge and his army of Beghemder province in Gondar with 40, 000 advance from Dessie to join Mangasha in the center, Ras Mulugeta Yeggazu Minister of War advances from Dessie with 80, 000 to Amba Aradam the steep sided flat topped mountain on the right of the Ethiopian center blocking the Italian advance to Addis Ababa, the Emperor with 40, 000 men advance from Gojjam towards Mai Timket to the left of Mangasha and Darge, the Ethiopian center. 1,000 Ethiopians cross the Tekeze river and advance toward the Indabaguna Pass. The Ethiopians attack the Italian commander Major Criniti’s forces composed of 1, 000 Eritrean infantry and L3 tanks, the Italians fall back to the the Indabaguna pass where 2, 000 Ethiopian soldiers are already waiting, the Ethiopians then encircle Criniti’s force. The Ethiopians kill two Italian officers and Criniti is left wounded. The Italians try to break out using their tanks which are immobilized by the terrain, the Ethiopians kill the infantry and rush the tanks killing their two man crews. The Ethiopians ambush the Italian relief column of ten tanks, two trucks and infantry sent to Criniti. The Ethiopians roll boulders infront and behind several of the tanks to immobilize them and then pick off the Eritrean infantry and the tanks. More tanks are immobilized by the terrain and two are set on fire. Criniti breaks out in a bayonet charge. There were 31 Italian casualties, 370 Askari were killed and five Italians were taken as prisoners, the Italians claim that there were 500 Ethiopian casualties which is a figure believed to have been much exaggerated. Next the Ethiopians plan for Ras Kassa and Ras Seyoum to split the Italian army in two and isolate the Italian I Corps and III Corps in Mekele and for Ras Mulugeta to Amba Aradam to crush both Corps. After Ras Imru retook Adwa he would invade Eritrea. December 17 De Bono recieves state telegram 13181, and is replaced as Marshall of Italy by Pietro Badoglio. December 18 Harvest of Gold. December 19 Thursday Daily Mirror SIR S. HOARE RESIGNS. December 21 Friday morning 21 aeroplanes bomb Dessie. December 22 Ras Seyoum retakes Abbi Addi. December 30 Red Cross unit at Dolo is bombed, Egyptian ambulance at Bulall attacked and Egyptian medical unit at Daggah Bur. December Julian arrives back in New York on the Cunard liner Aquitania. The Emperor attends a church service after the bombardment of Dessie The Emperor is named man of the year by TIME weekly magazine. 1936 February Peace Movement of Ethiopia, Inc., rival wing of unincorporated movement of the same, formed in Illinois under direction of Garvey’ites Charles Watkins and Ethel Waddel, Waddel accuses movement founder Mittie Mord Lena Gordon of incompetence and hostility toward Garvey. April A. L. King endorses racially integrated demonstrations in support of Ethiopia cause 1937 January Garvey blasts Haile Selassie in editorials; blames Emperor for Italian defeat and praises Mussolini as “an astute diplomat and statesman.” March UNIA members express criticism of Garvey for his negative statements about the Emperor and some refuse to continue supporting the UNIA. May 30 Garvey calls the Emperor a dumb trickster. Randolph Bunche dairy entry. May Garvey is heckled off the platform at Hyde Park by students angered over his criticism of the Emperor. October 17 Garvey visit’s St. Lucia.

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Royal baby latest news: New prince meets family as world awaits name announcement - The Telegraph

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Royal baby latest news: New prince meets family as world awaits name announcement - The Telegraph

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have begun introducing their new prince to family members, as the world awaits an announcement on the baby’s name.

Prince William and Kate have retreated to the sanctuary of Kensington Palace after showing off their third child to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing.

As the Duke and Duchess settle into life as a family of five, the first visitors began arriving at their west London home on Tuesday. Pippa Middleton, the Duchess’s sister, was the first to be pictured after meeting the as-yet-unnamed baby.

Video: Auntie Pippa meets baby – Duchess’s sister leaves palace

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could have been the first to visit as they are neighbours at Kensington Palace. The new baby prince’s great-grandmother the Queen, 92, is still at Windsor Castle with the Duke of Edinburgh who is recuperating after a hip operation.

Prince Charles said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon that he and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are “both so pleased at the news”. He added: “It is a great joy to have another grandchild, the only trouble is I don’t know how I am going to keep up with them.”

The name of the baby Prince of Cambridge, who was born on Monday at 11.01am weighing 8lb 7oz, has yet to be unveiled. Royals traditionally keep the public guessing before revealing their choice and William and Kate will want to share the name with the Queen and the rest of their family before making it public.

Kensington Palace said the name would be announced in “due course” but the favourite at the bookies is currently Arthur, followed by James, Philip and Albert.

The Duke fuelled speculation about the name of his new baby boy, telling a man who suggested he could suit Prince Alexander: “Funny you should say that…”

William, who left his two-day-old son with the Duchess to attend a commemoration service, teased attendees about the as-yet-unknown name, as the world waited to hear what the Prince would be called. 

Told by Alexander Downer, the Australian High Commissioner, that he favoured his own Christian name as a frontrunner for the Prince, the Duke replied: “Funny you should say that… It’s a good name.”

The Dean of Westminster, introducing the Duke to Mr Downer’s New Zealand counterpart Sir Jerry Mateparae, joked: “And Jerry would like it to be Jerry”. 

“It’s a strong name, I have to say,” the Duke conceded smiling, speaking publicly for the first time since he took his new addition home from hospital.

The Duke joined his brother Prince Harry and soon-to-be sister-in-law Meghan Markle at Westminster Abbey for an Anzac Day service, but the topic of conversation quickly turned to the new Prince.

Asked how the Duchess and the baby were doing, Prince William said: “They’re very well thanks.”

The now father-of-three said they are “in good form, luckily”, and added: “Sleeping’s going reasonably well so far, so he’s behaving himself which is good news.”

While the Duke’s words stoked further speculation about the possibility of a Prince Alexander, the name is not likely to be a final contender as it is one of Prince George’s middle names. 

Video: New Prince of Cambridge’s first public outing

Born fifth in line, the baby is the Queen and Philip’s sixth great-grandchild and Kensington Palace said the couple, along with the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry, and the Middletons, were delighted with the news of the new arrival.

George and Charlotte, who visited their new sibling at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, on Monday afternoon, are likely to be at school and nursery on Tuesday.

At 2pm on Tuesday, gun salutes were fired in London by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park and the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London to mark the birth.

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Floral dress worn by Princess Charlotte on Monday sells out online 

The floral smocked dress worn by Princess Charlotte as she went to meet her new baby brother has sold out online.

Confident Charlotte, who is just days away from her third birthday, was at ease in front of the world’s media at the Lindo Wing in London.

She charmed the crowds on Monday, by turning to wave as she led her father the Duke of Cambridge up the steps to the hospital to meet the newborn baby prince.

Her blue Periwinkle dress, with Peter Pan collar and short sleeves, and blue daisy smocking was by Little Alice London.

The floral smocked dress worn by Princess Charlotte as she went to meet her new baby brother has sold out online Credit: Samir Hussein/WireImage

The outfit, which is priced from £40 for aged six months to £45 for six years, has sold out in all sizes.

The dress features contrast piping on the collar and sleeves, and a button back and sash tie.

The brand, which specialises in smocked clothes, is owned by Alice Avenel – who went to school at Marlborough College with Charlotte’s mother the Duchess of Cambridge.

3:59PM

Young Pc tells of ‘highlight of my career’ as he appears in background of Royal baby photos 

A young Metropolitan Police constable, Tyler O’Hare, took centre of stage during the Royal baby’s first public appearance. Sort of… 

He was in the background of many of the pictures outside the Lindo Wing as the “door officer” when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge stepped outside with the new prince.

Pc O’Hare posted pictures on Twitter, saying it was “an honour and utter privilege”. He added: “Today was an amazing day and a highlight of my career!”

3:52PM

New father Prince William pictured leaving palace

 The Duke of Cambridge has been spotted leaving Kensington Palace this afternoon. Prince William was pictured driving himself away from the family home. It’s unclear where he was going – perhaps popping out for some essential supplies?

Prince William leaves Kensington Palace by car on Tuesday afternoon Credit: Jack Taylor /Getty

3:17PM

Historian Hugo Vickers on why the Royal baby’s name might not matter as much as you think

Hugo Vickers, the Royal biographer and historian, explains in this video the meaning behind the most popular possible name choices for the latest baby Cambridge – and why the choice might not matter as much as you think. 

2:50PM

Countess of Wessex ‘thrilled’ for Cambridge family

During a visit to Tregolls School in Truro, Cornwall, the Countess of Wessex said she did not know the name of the latest addition to the Royal family. 

She said: “The jury’s out on that one. I don’t know, we’re all just going to have to wait and see.

“I’m thrilled for them all, it’s lovely – really good news.”

2:48PM

Video: Moment royal birth was marked by 41 round gun salute

2:02PM

Gun salutes mark Royal birth

Gun salutes have been fired in London by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and the Honourable Artillery Company to mark the birth of the Duke and Duchess  of Cambridge’s baby boy. 

The soldiers, horses and Guns of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery rode out from Wellington Barracks into Hyde Park for a 41 round salute.

And the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), the City of London’s Army Reserve regiment, fired a 62-round Gun Salute from The Tower of London.

Members of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery fire a First World War era gun during a 41 gun Royal salute in Hyde Park Credit: ADRIAN DENNIS /AFP

Members of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery on Tuesday afternoon Credit: ADRIAN DENNIS /AFP

Gun salutes have also been used to mark other Royal events Credit: ADRIAN DENNIS /AFP

1:57PM

Punters back James and Henry… but Arthur remains bookies’ favourite

Punters have been racing to place bets on the possible name of the royal baby boy, with James and Henry catching favourite Arthur.

Bookies still have the moniker of the legendary king as their top name, but are seeing Royal fans taking a punt on other choices facing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said: “Henry has been very popular overnight and might well be in the frame.”

The firm has Arthur as 2-1 favourite, but the odds on Henry have been shortened from 14-1 to 10-1.

Other popular names include James 4/1, Phillip 5/1 and Albert 6/1.

Coral spokesman Harry Aitkenhead said: “Arthur is the hot favourite at the moment and ever since the birth yesterday our customers have been queuing up to get their bets on.

“James, Albert and Philip have also been backed and anything else would be a major shock.”

He added their favourite was Arthur 2-1, followed by James 4-1, Albert 5-1, Philip 6-1, and Alexander and Henry both with odds of 12-1.

Click here for the latest odds on possible Royal baby names – and history behind them.

1:16PM

Auntie Pippa meets the new prince: Kate’s sister pictured leaving Kensington Palace

Pippa Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister, is the first member of the family to be spotted at Kensington Palace today.

The 34-year-old was pictured leaving the Royal couple’s home after meeting the as-yet-unnamed baby for the first time.

Pippa Middleton pictured leaving Kensington Palace on Tuesday afternoon Credit: Paul Grover for The Telegraph 

1:08PM

Westminster Abbey bells ring out to celebrate Royal birth  

The birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby boy has been marked by  bell ringing at Westminster Abbey. 

Bell-ringers ring a peal from 1pm to celebrate the prince’s arrival.

12:20PM

Prince Charles: I don’t know how I am going to keep up with grandchildren

The Prince of Wales said he and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are “both so pleased at the news”.

Prince Charles said in a statement: “It is a great joy to have another grandchild, the only trouble is I don’t know how I am going to keep up with them.”

11:41AM

Royal Collection releases official souvenirs before baby even has a name

The official commemorative souvenirs marking the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s baby son have gone on sale – before the new prince’s name has been announced.

Featuring a lion cub and unicorn inspired by the Royal Arms, the Royal Collection china is decorated with gold ribbons, silver pompoms and a coronet-inspired pattern.

The pieces bear the words “Welcome to our new royal baby” and display William and Kate’s coronet.

The range of official commemorative chinaware to celebrate the prince’s birth  Credit: Royal Collection Trust

The official range includes a pillbox costing £35, a tankard for £39 and a plate priced at £49.

Each item in the range is gilded with 22-carat gold and made in Stoke-on-Trent using traditional methods.

There is also a pram-shaped woven decoration, made with glistening threads, delicate pearl detail, and embroidered on the back with “Royal Baby 2018”, for £14.95.

11:12AM

Royal history of Arthur… and other names new prince could be given 

Arthur

A middle name of the Prince of Wales, Arthur is also one of Prince William’s middle names as well as the Queen’s father, George VI.

The legendary King Arthur was the mythical leader of the knights of the Round Table, who supposedly lived in the 5th or 6th century.

Once popular, the name fell out of fashion, but has had a revival in recent years. Former prime minister David Cameron has a son called Arthur.

Albert

Queen Victoria used to insist that the name Albert was used as a middle name by her descendants, if not a first, in honour of her much-loved consort Prince Albert.

By choosing Albert or Bertie for a boy, the Duke and Duchess would be honouring Queen Elizabeth II’s father, George VI, who was actually Albert Frederick Arthur George but always known to his family as Bertie.

Shy, stammering Bertie was forced to become king when his brother Edward VIII abdicated, but won the nation’s affection by standing firm in London during the Second World War.

Philip

A lasting tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh might see the new Prince of Cambridge called Philip.

Both Prince Charles and Prince William have Philip as a middle name.

The Duke of Edinburgh – known for his dedication to duty and his acerbic wit – has been married to the Queen for more than 70 years and is the nation’s longest serving consort.

Frederick

A Prince Freddie of Cambridge would have a historical link to the 1st Duke of Cambridge.

Prince Adolphus Frederick lived from 1774 to 1850 and was a son of George III.

He was apparently very fond of interrupting church services by bellowing out “By all means” if the priest said “Let us pray”.

Charles

William may want to pay tribute to his father – but perhaps as a middle name as it may be considered too similar to Charlotte.

James

James could be chosen to signify the Duchess’s affection for her brother, the baby’s uncle, James Middleton.

William already has a cousin James, the Earl and Countess of Wessex’s son, Viscount Severn.

James is a Stuart name. James I, son of Mary, Queen of Scots, had been king of Scotland for 36 years as James VI when he became king of England in 1603.

Other names

They could choose William as a middle name for a boy, but also perhaps Michael as a middle name out of respect for Kate’s father.

Kate’s grandfather on her paternal side was called Peter, while on her maternal side, her grandfather was Ronald.

Thomas also appears several times in Kate’s family tree, as does Francis.

10:48AM

Who will be godparents to the new Baby Cambridge?  

When it comes to godparents, the youngest Cambridge child might well be dealt the best hand yet. After seven years of marriage (and three children), the Duke and Duchess now know exactly who their real friends are.

Plus, with 12 godparents between them, Prince George and Princess Charlotte have already ticked off all those their parents felt obliged to ask. Admittedly a few of their oldest and best friends have already been bagged – Emilia d’Erlanger, for example, is George’s godmother and Prince William’s friend, Tom Van Straubenzee belongs to Chalotte – but there are plenty more of their friends waiting in the wings, as well as a few close cousins. 

Click here for our best guestimate at who might be in the frame for possible godparents to the new prince.

Some of the runners and riders in our shortlist in the race to become the youngest royal’s godparents 

10:40AM

Meet the Duchess of Cambridge’s Royal ‘glam squad’

It would be a worst nightmare for most new mothers, but the Duchess of Cambridge had a close knit team of helpers on hand to help ensure she looked her best for her moment in front of the world’s media.

For the past few years, the Duchess has worked closely with former PA Natasha Archer and hairdresser Amanda Cook Tucker to ensure that her every public appearance is pristine.

Natasha Archer and Amanda Cook Tucker arriving to tend to Kate after the birth of Prince George Credit: Geoff Pugh for The Telegraph

The duo are often spotted loading vanity cases and suit carriers onto the royal jet during tours or lurking behind the scenes to tend to the Duchess whenever she needs.

Here is everything you need to know about the Royal “glam squad”, who were on hand for the Duchess’s Lindo Wing exit.

10:01AM

Arthur is bookies’ favourite – but James most popular with punters  

Arthur remains the bookmakers’ favourite for the new Royal baby’s name, but James is the most popular for individual wagers placed with Ladbrokes.

James  has seen the largest amount of bets and money placed since the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth.

It is the same name as the Duchess of Cambridge’s brother, James Middleton. Prince William also has a cousin James, Viscount Severn.

Despite being the favourite in the betting at 2/1, Arthur is left for second spot in the Top 10 list, followed by Albert (5/1), Philip (6/1) and Henry (12/1), according to Ladbrokes.

Jessica Bridge, of Ladbrokes, said:  “Over 100,000 bets have placed across the UK betting industry on the baby name, and punters are eagerly awaiting the announcement from Kensington Palace to see if they will be quids in.”

Latest Prince of Cambridge name odds

Arthur 2/1

James 4/1

Albert 5/1

Philip 6/1

Alexander 12/1

Henry 12/1

Edward 16/1

Frederick 14/1

Thomas 16/1

Alfred 20/1

Jack 20/1

Louis 20/1

Michael 20/1

Charles 25/1

William 25/1

Top 10 names according to bets and money wagered

James

Arthur

Albert

Philip

Henry

Alexander

Edward

Frederick 

Thomas

Alfred

9:13AM

Royal gun salutes to mark birth of new baby

As well as an expected flurry of family visitors to Kensington Palace on Tuesday, Royal Gun Salutes will also celebrate the birth of the new Royal baby. 

The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and The Honourable Artillery Company will each fire celebratory Royal Salutes at 2pm.

The Duchess of Cambridge shows her new prince to the world Credit: John Stillwell /PA

The soldiers, horses and Guns of The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will ride out from Wellington Barracks into Hyde Park for a 41 round salute. 

And the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), the City of London’s Army Reserve regiment, will fire a 62-round Gun Salute from The Tower of London.

8:54AM

Royal baby name odds: Runners and riders for new Prince of Cambridge

Prince Arthur… Prince Albert… Prince Philip… or something else?

Asked on Monday evening whether or not he and his wife had decided on a name, the Duke of Cambridge said: “You’ll find out soon enough.”

As the bookmakers continue to take bets on the new Royal baby’s name, click here to take a look at all the contenders.

What do you think the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will call their third child? Vote in our poll below.

8:49AM

Baby prince’s first achievement is to make history for gender equality

By welcoming a baby prince, William and Kate are following the birth pattern of the Queen and Philip’s children – a son, a daughter and then another son.

The Queen and the Duke had Prince Charles, then Princess Anne, followed by, after a gap of 10 years, Prince Andrew, with a fourth child, Prince Edward, born four years later.

George and Charlotte visit their new baby brother in hospital Credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS /AFP

The prince’s birth also made history for Royal gender equality – he is the first child to be born since an Act that secured girls’ place in the line of succession.

Here’s how the route to the British throne now looks.

8:46AM

Duke says couple are ‘very happy’ but have ‘thrice the worry now’

Smiling broadly, the Duchess was dressed in a vibrant red Jenny Packham dress with a white lace collar, reminiscent of William’s late mother Diana, Princess of Wales – who wore red and white outside the Lindo Wing after Prince Harry was born in 1984.

As William and Kate headed home after appearing in front of the banks of cameras with their seven-hour-old son, the Duke said they were “very happy” and “very delighted”.

He joked, holding up three fingers, that he had “thrice the worry now”, adding: “We didn’t keep you waiting too long this time.”

The Duke of Cambridge holds up three fingers as he tells the media he has ‘thrice the worry now’ as he leaves the Lindo Wing  Credit: BEN STANSALL /AFP

The Duke and Duchess thanked the hospital for their care and the public for their wishes.

Kensington Palace said: “Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank all staff at the hospital for the care and treatment they have received.

“They would also like to thank everyone for their warm wishes.”

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/24/royal-baby-updates-kate-middleton-latest-news-new-princes-name/

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LONDON | Prince charming: Kate gives birth to boy, home by suppertime

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LONDON | Prince charming: Kate gives birth to boy, home by suppertime

LONDON | April 23, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) Third time’s a charm. The Duchess of Cambridge gave birth Monday morning to a new prince who is fifth in line to the British throne — and she was home by suppertime.

The duchess and husband Prince William drove to St. Mary’s Hospital in London early in the morning, and Kate’s 8 pound, 7 ounce (3.8 kilogram) boy was born at 11:01 a.m., with royal officials announcing the birth about two hours later.

There followed a smoothly choreographed operation perfected after the births of the couple’s two other children. In late afternoon, elder siblings Prince George and Princess Charlotte were brought to meet their baby brother. Around 6 p.m. and wearing a vibrant red dress, Kate emerged alongside her husband, holding the tiny royal highness, wrapped in a white lace shawl.

After posing for dozens of photographers and camera crews outside the hospital’s private Lindo Wing, the trio headed home, with the baby nestled securely in a car seat. Television news helicopters followed the royal Range Rover as it made the mile (1.6 kilometer) journey to the family’s Kensington Palace residence.

William declared the couple “very delighted” with the new addition to the family.

The royal palace said “the queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news.” Prime Minister Theresa May offered “warmest congratulations.”

News of the royal birth came with a mix of tradition and modernity typical of Britain’s media-savvy royal family. It was announced on Twitter and also proclaimed in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace with a framed notice perched on a golden easel.

Tony Appleton, a town crier from southeast England, showed up in full regalia to declare the newborn prince’s birth outside the hospital. The words “It’s a boy” flashed in lights around the top of London’s BT Tower, which can be seen for miles around.

More ceremonial celebration will come Tuesday, including the pealing of bells at Westminster Abbey and a gun salute in London’s Hyde Park.

The baby is a younger brother to 4-year-old Prince George and Princess Charlotte, who turns 3 next week. Both were born at the same hospital, as were William and his younger brother, Prince Harry.

The infant’s name, which has been subject to a flurry of bets, is likely to be announced in the next few days. Arthur and James are among bookmakers’ favorites for the new prince, whose full title will be His Royal Highness, Prince (Name) of Cambridge.

“You’ll find out soon enough,” William said when asked about the baby’s name.

Monday is St. George’s Day, England’s national day, but the baby is unlikely to be given the name since his older brother already has it.

The new arrival is Queen Elizabeth II’s sixth great-grandchild and bumps Prince Harry to sixth place in the line of succession. The baby is fifth in line, after grandfather Prince Charles, father Prince William and his two siblings.

Charlotte is the first royal daughter to stay ahead of a younger brother in the line of succession. Before the rules were changed in 2012, male heirs took precedence.

Kensington Palace announced in September that Kate was pregnant with her third child. As in her previous pregnancies, the duchess suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness.

Officials announced her previous pregnancies before the traditional 12-week mark because she was too unwell to attend public engagements. This time around, it kept her from taking George to his first day of school.

The 36-year-old duchess, formerly Kate Middleton, nevertheless kept up a busy schedule of royal duties during her pregnancy, including a visit with William to Scandinavia. She carried out her last official engagement on March 22 before going on maternity leave.

The birth was overseen by a team of doctors including consultant obstetrician Guy Thorpe-Beeston and consultant gynecologist Alan Farthing — who were also called in for the births of George and Charlotte — as well as the hospital’s midwives.

Television crews, journalists and royal fans had set up camp outside the hospital for the “royal baby watch” since early April in anticipation of the arrival.

John Loughrey, a veteran royal-watcher who camped outside the hospital for two weeks, said the baby would be “very good for our country and of course Her Majesty the queen.”

“I’m so pleased it’s St. George’s Day,” he said before the birth was announced. “St. George himself would be very pleased if the baby’s born today.”

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI , By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (R.A)

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Chaka Khan

Chaka Khan (born Yvette Marie Stevens; March 23, 1953) is an American recording artist whose career has spanned five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. Widely known as the Queen of Funk, Khan has won ten Grammys and has sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide. Khan was ranked at number 17 in VH1's original list of the 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll. In 2015, she was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for the second time; she was previously nominated as member of Rufus in 2011. Khan was the first R&B artist to have a crossover hit featuring a rapper, with "I Feel for You" in 1984. In the course of her solo career, Khan has achieved three gold singles, three gold albums and one platinum album with I Feel for You. With Rufus, she achieved four gold singles, four gold albums, and two platinum albums. In December 2016, Billboard magazine ranked her as the 65th most successful dance artist of all-time.

1953–1972: Early life

Chaka Khan was born Yvette Marie Stevens on March 23, 1953 into an artistic, bohemian household in Chicago, Illinois. She is the eldest of five children born to Charles Stevens and Sandra Coleman, and has described her father as a beatnik and her mother as 'able to do anything.' She was raised in the Hyde Park area, 'an island in the middle of the madness' of Chicago's rough South Side housing projects. Her sister Yvonne later became a successful musician in her own right under the name Taka Boom. Her only brother, Mark, who formed the funk group Aurra, also became a successful musician. She has two other sisters, Zaheva Stevens and Tammy McCrary .

Chaka Khan was raised as a Catholic. She attributed her love of music to her grandmother, who introduced her to jazz as a child. Khan became a fan of rhythm and blues music as a pre-teen and at eleven formed a girl group, the Crystalettes, which included her sister Taka. In the late 1960s, Khan attended several civil rights rallies with her father's second wife, Connie, a strong supporter of the movement, and joined the Black Panther Party after befriending fellow member, activist, and Chicago native Fred Hampton in 1967. Though many think that she was given the name Chaka while in the Panthers she has made it clear that her name Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi was given to her at age 13 by a Yoruba Baba. In 1969, she left the Panthers and dropped out of high school, having attended Calumet High School and Kenwood High School (now Kenwood Academy). She began to perform in small groups around the Chicago area, first performing with Cash McCall's group Lyfe, which included her then boyfriend Hassan Khan, whom she would later marry.

She was asked to replace Baby Huey of Baby Huey & the Babysitters after Huey's death in 1970. The group disbanded a year later. While performing in local bands in 1972, she was spotted by two members of a new group called Rufus and soon won her position in the group (replacing rock and roll singer Paulette McWilliams). They later signed with ABC Records in 1973. Prior to signing with the label, she married on-and-off boyfriend Hassan Khan, changing her stage name to Chaka Khan.

Career

1973–1978: Early career with Rufus

In 1973, Rufus released their eponymous debut album. Despite their fiery rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Maybe Your Baby" from Wonder's acclaimed Talking Book and the modest success of the Chaka-led ballad "Whoever's Thrilling You (Is Killing Me)", the album failed to garner attention. That changed when Wonder himself collaborated with the group on a song he had written for Khan. That song, "Tell Me Something Good", became the group's breakthrough hit, reaching number-three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974, later winning the group their first Grammy Award. The single's success and the subsequent follow-up, "You Got the Love", which peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100, helped their second parent album, Rags to Rufus, go platinum, selling over a million copies. From 1974 to 1979, Rufus released six platinum-selling albums including Rufusized, Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan, Ask Rufus, Street Player and Masterjam. Hits the group scored during this time included "Once You Get Started," "Sweet Thing," "Hollywood," "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)," and "Do You Love What You Feel."

The band gained a reputation as a live performing act with Khan becoming the star attraction, thanks to her powerful vocals and stage attire which sometimes included Native American garb and showing her midriff. Most of the band's material was written and produced by the band itself with few exceptions. Khan has also been noted for being an instrumentalist playing drums and bass; she also provided percussion during her tenure with Rufus. Most of her compositions were collaborations with guitarist Tony Maiden. Relations between Khan and the group, particularly between her and Andre Fischer, became stormy. Several members left with nearly every release. While Khan remained a member of the group, she signed a solo contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1978. While Khan was busy at work on solo material, Rufus released three albums without her participation including 1979's Numbers, 1980's Party 'Til You're Broke, and 1983's Seal in Red.

1978–1983: Early solo career and final years with Rufus

In 1978, Warner Bros. Records released Khan's solo debut album, which featured the crossover disco hit, "I'm Every Woman", written for her by songwriters Ashford & Simpson. The success of the single helped the album go gold, selling over a million copies. Khan also was a featured performer on Quincy Jones's hit, "Stuff Like That", also released in 1978.

In 1979, Khan reunited with Rufus to collaborate on the Jones-produced Masterjam, which featured their hit "Do You Love What You Feel", which Khan sang with Tony Maiden. Despite her sometimes-acrimonious relationship with some of her bandmates, Khan and Maiden have maintained a friendship over the years. In 1979 she also duetted with Ry Cooder on his album Bop Till You Drop. In 1980, while Rufus released Party 'Til You're Broke, again without Khan, she released her second solo album, Naughty, which featured her on the cover with her six-year-old daughter Milini. The album yielded the disco hit "Clouds" and the R&B ballad "Papillon".

Also in 1980, she had a cameo appearance as a church choir soloist in The Blues Brothers with John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Khan released two albums in 1981, the Rufus release, Camouflage and the solo album What Cha' Gonna Do for Me. The latter album went gold. The same year, Khan appeared on three tracks on Rick Wakeman's concept album 1984. In 1982, Khan issued two more solo albums, the jazz-oriented Echoes of an Era and a more funk/pop-oriented self-titled album Chaka Khan. The latter album's track, the jazz-inflected "Be Bop Medley", won Khan a Grammy and earned praise from jazz singer Betty Carter who loved Khan's vocal scatting in the song.

In 1983, following the release of Rufus's final studio album, Seal in Red, which did not feature Khan, the singer returned with Rufus on a live album, Stompin' at the Savoy - Live, which featured the studio single, "Ain't Nobody", which became the group's final charting success reaching number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B chart, while also reaching the top ten in the United Kingdom. Following this release, Rufus separated for good.

1984–1996: Solo success

In 1984, Khan released her sixth studio album, I Feel for You. The title track was the first single released. Originally written and recorded by Prince in 1979, it had also been recorded by The Pointer Sisters and Mary Wells. Khan's version featured a harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder and an introductory rap by Grandmaster Melle Mel. It became a million-selling smash in the U.S. and United Kingdom and helped to relaunch Khan's career. "I Feel for You" topped not only the U.S. R&B and dance charts, but achieved great success on the U.S. pop chart and reached #1 in the United Kingdom. The song reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1984 and remained on that chart for 26 weeks, well into 1985. Additionally, it hit #1 on the Cash Box chart. It was listed as Billboard′s #5 song for 1985 and netted Prince the 1985 Grammy Award for Best R&B Song. In addition to the song's successful radio airplay and sales, a music video of Khan with break dancers in an inner-city setting enjoyed heavy rotation on television and helped to solidify Khan's notoriety in popular culture.

Other singles which helped the I Feel For You album to go platinum included "This is My Night" and the ballad "Through the Fire", the latter of which was also very successful on the adult contemporary chart. Khan was featured in Steve Winwood's 1986 number one hit, "Higher Love". That same year, a duet was planned with Robert Palmer for the song "Addicted To Love". However, her manager declined to allow the duet to be released, citing the desire to not have too much product from her in the marketplace at one time; she was still credited for the vocal arrangements in the album's liner notes, and the song became an international hit. Khan followed up her successful I Feel For You album with 1986's Destiny and 1988's CK. Khan found more success in the late 1980s with a remix album, Life Is a Dance: The Remix Project, which reached the top ten on the British albums chart. As a result, she performed regularly in the United Kingdom, where she maintained a strong fan base.

In 1990, she was a featured performer on another major hit when she collaborated with Ray Charles and Quincy Jones on a new jack swing cover of The Brothers Johnson's "I'll Be Good to You", which was featured on Jones's Back on the Block. The song reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the R&B chart, later winning her and Ray Charles a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group. Khan returned with her first studio album in four years in 1992 with the release of The Woman I Am, which was a success thanks to the R&B songs "Love You All My Lifetime" and "You Can Make the Story Right".

Khan also contributed to soundtracks and worked on a follow-up to The Woman I Am which she titled Dare You to Love Me, which was eventually shelved. In 1995, she and rapper Guru had a hit with the duet "Watch What You Say", in the United Kingdom. That same year, she provided a contemporary R&B cover of the classic standard, "My Funny Valentine", for the Waiting to Exhale soundtrack. In 1996, following the release of her greatest-hits album, Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, Vol. 1, Khan abruptly left Warner Bros. after stating the label had neglected her and failed to release Dare You to Love Me.

1998–present

In 1998, Khan signed a contract with Prince's NPG Records label and issued Come 2 My House, followed by the single "Don't Talk 2 Strangers", a cover of a 1996 Prince song. Khan later went on a tour with Prince as a co-headlining act. In 2000, Khan departed from NPG and in 2004 released her first jazz covers album in twenty-two years with 2004's ClassiKhan. She also covered "Little Wing" with Kenny Olson on the album Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. Three years later, after signing with Burgundy Records, Khan released what many critics called a "comeback album" with Funk This, produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis & Big Jim Wright The album featured the hit, "Angel", and the Mary J. Blige duet, "Disrespectful". The latter track went to number one on the U.S. dance singles chart, winning the singers a Grammy Award, while Funk This also won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. The album was notable for Khan's covers of Dee Dee Warwick's "Foolish Fool" and Prince's "Sign o' the Times". In 2008, Khan participated in the Broadway adaptation of The Color Purple playing Ms. Sofia to Fantasia Barrino's Celie.

In a 2008 interview Khan said that she, unlike other artists, felt very optimistic about the current changes in the recording industry, including music downloading. "I'm glad things are shifting and artists – not labels – are having more control over their art. My previous big record company (Warner Bros.) has vaults of my recordings that haven't seen the light of day that people need to hear. This includes Robert Palmer's original recording of 'Addicted to Love' – which they took my vocals off of! We are working on getting it (and other tracks) all back now." In 2009, Khan hit the road with singers Anastacia and Lulu for Here Come the Girls.

In 2009, Chaka was guest singer with the song "Alive" on jazz drummer Billy Cobham's album Drum ' n voice 3. In 2010, she contributed to vocals for Beverley Knight's "Soul Survivor", collaborated with Clay Aiken on a song for the kids show Phineas and Ferb, and performed two songs with Japanese singer Ai on Ai's latest album The Last Ai. Khan continues to perform to packed audiences both in her native United States and overseas.

On May 19, 2011, Khan was given the 2,440th Hollywood Walk of Fame star plaque on a section of Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Her family was present when the singer accepted the honor, as was Stevie Wonder, who had written her breakout hit "Tell Me Something Good". On September 27, 2011, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame committee announced that Khan and her former band Rufus were jointly nominated for induction to the hall. It was the collective's first nomination 13 years after they were first eligible. The group were nominated partly due to Khan's own storied reputation, including her own solo career in conjunction with her years with Rufus. Recently, Khan rerecorded her song, "Super Life", under the title "Super Life: Fear Kills, Love Heals" with Eric Benet, Kelly Price, and Luke James in tribute to Trayvon Martin, a teenager who was killed on February 26. A number of celebrities also joined in the recording including Loretta Devine, Terry Crews, Eva Pigford, and reporter Kevin Frazier.

On December 6, 2012, Chaka Khan made a controversial decision to perform at a benefit for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The IDF originally invited Stevie Wonder, however after a successful lobbying campaign by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, Wonder withdrew and was replaced by Khan who was able to raise $14 million for the IDF. This support contravened her earlier support for the Black Panther Party that publicly supported a Free Palestine.

On July 27, 2013, Khan was honored 40 years after signing her first recording contract with a ceremonial renaming of Blackstone Avenue between 50th and 51st street (where her former high school, Kenwood Academy, sits) as Chaka Khan Way and on July 28 the city declared the day Chaka Khan Day. She performed at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion on the 28th. In August 2014, Khan served as grand marshal at the 85th annual Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in her hometown of Chicago.

On August 27, 2015, Khan was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 21 of Dancing with the Stars. She was paired with professional dancer Keo Motsepe. Khan and Motsepe were the first couple eliminated from the competition on September 21, 2015.

In July 2016, she canceled concert performances and entered rehab.

Personal life

Khan has been married twice and is the mother of two children, daughter Indira Milini and son Damien Holland. Her first marriage was to Hassan Khan, in 1970, when she was 17. They divorced a short time later. Milini's birth was the result of a relationship between Khan and Rahsaan Morris. Khan married her second husband, Richard Holland, in 1976. The marriage reportedly caused a rift between Khan and several members of Rufus, in particular, Andre Fischer. Khan dated a Chicago-area schoolteacher in the mid-1980s in the middle of her solo stardom. Following their separation, Khan moved to Europe, first settling in London, later buying a residence in Germany. She lived in Germany for a while "in a little village in the Rhine Valley" and also in Mannheim.

Khan is vegan, saying she adopted the diet to lose weight and combat high blood pressure and Type-2 diabetes. In the past, Khan struggled with drug abuse and alcoholism. Her drug use, which at times included cocaine and heroin, ended in the early 1990s. Khan had an on-and-off struggle with alcoholism until 2005 declaring herself sober. In 2006, her son Damien Holland was accused of murder after 17-year-old Christopher Bailey was shot to death. Khan testified on her son's behalf defending her son's innocence. Holland claimed the shooting was an accident and was found not guilty. Though she sang at both the 2000 Democratic and Republican conventions, Khan says that she is more of a "Democratic-minded person".

In December 2011, Khan won permanent custody of her granddaughter, Daija Jade Holland, after reporting that Daija's mother, the girlfriend of Khan's son Damien Holland, was unable to raise her due to her drug addiction. The media reported that Khan's son was also addicted to drugs.

Khan was featured in a 2013 episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories where she told the story of a shadow man who followed her on tour for years, until she met a guardian angel who admonished her to change her life or die.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

To date, Khan has won 10 Grammy Awards, including two as a member of Rufus. She has received 22 Grammy Award nominations, including three as a member of Rufus.

Soul Train Awards

1998 Lena Horne Award (Career Achievement) (Recipient)

2009 Legends Award (Career Achievement) (Recipient)

United Negro College Fund Award

2011 UNCF: Award of Excellence (Recipient)

American Music Award nominations

To date, she has had four American Music Award nominations.

1985 Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Tina Turner)

1985 Favorite Female Video Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Tina Turner)

1982 Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Stephanie Mills)

1981 Favorite Female Artist – Soul/Rhythm & Blues (Nominee only. Award recipient was Diana Ross)

SoulMusic Hall Of Fame at SoulMusic.com

Inducted: Female Artist (December 2012)

Discography

Chaka (1978)

Naughty (1980)

What Cha' Gonna Do for Me (1981)

Chaka Khan (1982)

Echoes of an Era (1982)

I Feel for You (1984)

Destiny (1986)

ck (1988)

The Woman I Am (1992)

Come 2 My House (1999)

ClassiKhan (2004)

Funk This (2007)

Wikipedia

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10 NFL veterans on the roster bubble

Training camp presents a bit of a mixed bag for NFL players. Every team enters the season with the potential to go on and win the Super Bowl, which is a good feeling. But before the regular season begins, players have to fight for jobs. Making an NFL roster is extremely difficult as even veterans are not safe from being cut.

Each year there are countless surprises when final cuts come through and teams break camp. Here’s a look at 10 NFL veterans who are on the roster bubble and in danger of potentially being cut, released or traded.

10. Geno Smith, QB, New York Giants

When the Giants initially signed Geno Smith, the move came as a surprise to many. But despite inking a one-year deal, Smith’s spot on the 53-man roster is far from guaranteed. In fact, he finds himself in an uphill battle, working to overcome a torn ACL while needing to beat out fellow quarterback Josh Johnson, who has experience in the Giants’ offensive system.

After having selected California quarterback Davis Webb in the third-round of the 2017 NFL Draft, the Giants will have only one spot available to back up iron-man quarterback Eli Manning.

Smith, who was a second-round pick of the New York Jets in 2013, never materialized for Gang Green and has been widely considered a bust. However, on the other side of town, Smith has embraced his situation and worked hard this offseason to revitalize his career and prove he’s worthy of another chance in the NFL.

So far in training camp, Smith has looked healthy and, at times, quite capable. However, he hasn’t completely separated himself from Johnson and will remain very much on the bubble throughout camp and the preseason.

9. Graham Gano, kicker, Carolina Panthers

Graham Gano has been the Panthers’ kicker since 2012, but his struggles in 2016 were well-documented. He made only 78.9% of his field goal attempts — his lowest mark as a Panther — and missed six field goals from over 40 yards. He also failed to convert on three point after attempts.

In response to Gano’s struggles, Carolina did something they had never before done in their history: they selected a kicker in the NFL Draft.

The Panthers snatched up Harrison Butker in the seventh round, which isn’t considered a throw-away pick. Although he’s since been fired, general manager Dave Gettleman values every pick and uses them on players he believes will help the team.

Although Gano embraces the training camp competition, it’s the first time he’s faced legitimate heat as a Panther. He’ll need to win the kicking job outright or he’ll be given a pink slip on cut-down day.

8. DeAngelo Hall, FS, Washington Redskins

In 2015, DeAngelo Hall switched from full-time cornerback to safety for the Redskins, which was done to prolong the 33-year-old’s career. However, after suffering a torn ACL in 2016, Hall has now missed 31 of the last 48 regular season games. Add in that he’s got a salary cap hit of $3.11 million (dead cap of only $812,500) and it’s a potentially rough situation for the veteran.

The Redskins also signed D.J. Swearinger and moved Su’a Cravens from linebacker to safety, further boosting competition at the position. The competition includes Will Blackmon, who has served as their primary backup.

Given that Hall is relatively inexperienced at the position, is oft-injured and comes at a fairly high cost, he could be on the hot seat. As it stands, Hall opened up camp on the PUP list. If he’s not able to come back healthy, perform well during the preseason and beat out some of the younger players, his future could be in jeopardy.

7. Kyle Fuller, CB, Chicago Bears

Kyle Fuller was a first-round pick of the Bears in 2014 and appeared in 32 games (30 starts) over his first two seasons, recording 119 tackles (98 solo), three interceptions and 19 passes defensed. However, he missed the entire 2016 season after having his knee scoped and fell out of favor with the team’s new coaches/front office.

This offseason, Chicago went to work on their secondary, adding projected starters Prince Amukamara and Marcus Cooper. They also declined Fuller’s fifth-year option.

The Bears may owe Fuller a $1,740,954 guaranteed salary in 2017, but he may not be with the team much longer. He’s essentially lost his starting job, does not appear to be in the team’s plans for the future, and is now a lame duck at his position.

If Fuller does not come out and perform well in both training camp and the preseason, it’s possible the Bears cut him loose. But even if he does play solidly, Chicago could look to trade him.

6. Ryan Mathews, RB, Philadelphia Eagles

Ryan Mathews is a rather obvious addition to this list given that his release is already expected. However, with training camps underway and the preseason in its early stages, Mathews has hung onto a roster spot, ironically, because of an injury.

Because Mathews is still nursing a herniated disc in his neck — an injury suffered in Week 16 of last season — the Eagles can’t afford to release him. If released now, he would count for more than $1.1 million against their limited cap space.

Although Mathews would have a dead cap hit of $1 million is released while healthy, it makes more sense for the Eagles to wait until he can pass a physical — which is exactly what they’re doing.

With the additions of veteran LeGarrette Blount and rookie Donnel Pumphrey, coupled with a total cap hit of $5 million this season, it’s clear that when Mathews is finally healthy enough to play, he’ll no longer be an Eagle.

5. Brandon Bolden, RB, New England Patriots

The Patriots are never shy about cycling through their roster to find the right fits and ideal role players, and that often leads to the release or trades of unexpected players.

One such player in 2017 could be running back Brandon Bolden, who has managed to carve out a niche role in each of the last five seasons. However, with the additions of Mike Gillislee and Rex Burkhead, as well as James White being a roster lock, Bolden could be the odd man out in New England.

Bolden is coming off his least productive season with the Patriots, having been given only a single rushing attempt in 2016, and would have to beat out both Dion Lewis and D.J. Foster to potentially earn himself a roster spot.

With a salary cap hit of only $695,000, a decision on Bolden certainly won’t be financially motivated. But that’s unlikely to be a saving grace for the NFL veteran.

4. Carlos Hyde, RB, San Francisco 49ers

Seeing Carlos Hyde’s name here might come as a bit of a surprise to many, but as the 49ers look to continue their intensive rebuild, it’s entirely possible they want to go with a younger player.

Hyde still has a lot to offer, but he joined San Francisco three head coaches ago. And throughout the offseason, head coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch seemed lukewarm on him at best. Add in that the team traded up in the fourth round of the NFL Draft to select Joe Williams, and it would seem they have a specific plan in mind.

Shanahan has been especially high on Williams, and early reviews on the former Ute have been relatively positive. That’s not to say the cost-effective Hyde hasn’t stood out himself — he has — but like some other veterans on this list, the writing may be on the wall for Hyde.

Hyde may have the best chance at sticking of anyone on this list, but his seat is a bit warmer than some may realize.

3. Sammie Coates, WR, Pittsburgh Steelers

In the literal minutes after the Steelers selected USC wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in the second-round of the 2017 NFL Draft, Martavis Bryant hit Twitter to let the world know that Smith-Schuster was Sammie Coates’ replacement.

Coates played it off like a joke, but Bryant didn’t appear to be joking. And given that Antonio Brown, Bryant, Eli Rogers and Smith-Schuster are all roster locks, there is little wiggle room for Coates and the others vying for a position.

On the plus side, Coates showed what he could do over the first five games of last season, hauling in 19 receptions for 421 yards and two touchdowns, but then it was all downhill from there. Hand and finger injuries limited Coates to only two receptions for the remainder of the regular season, and with a dead cap hit of only $157,881 in 2017, he is susceptible to being cut.

At the end of the day, Coates is in a “play well this preseason or else” scenario. He will legitimately have to earn himself a spot on the 53-man roster, and after missing the start of camp after having his knee scoped, he faces an uphill battle.

2. Jamaal Charles, RB, Denver Broncos

Jamaal Charles may have been a big-name acquisition for the Broncos this offseason, but the one-year, $1,000,000 contract is proof that he’s not being relied upon to come in and start.

Still, Charles will compete with C.J. Anderson for carries and provides Denver some security if things don’t go according to plan throughout training camp and the preseason. But should Anderson rebound after a torn meniscus ended his 2016 season, Charles’ cup of coffee could run dry quickly.

In addition to Charles and Anderson, the Broncos also have Devontae Booker and sixth-round pick De’Angelo Henderson in the mix.

Charles suffered a torn ACL in 2015 and then had a setback in 2016, which led to a second consecutive season-ending surgery. He had also previously suffered a torn ACL in 2011. Simply put, Charles’ health always makes his status a concern.

1. Brock Osweiler, QB, Cleveland Browns

When the Browns traded for Brock Osweiler and a second-round pick in March, the belief was that they would turn around and attempt to trade him right back out of town. It was either that, and likely eat his guaranteed $16 million salary, or release him.

To date, neither of those things have materialized. For now, Brock seems to be sticking in Cleveland.

Osweiler’s future remains to be seen, but it’s obvious he is walking on very thin ice. And as well as he performed in mini-camp, much of the first-team work went to Cody Kessler and rookie second-round pick DeShone Kizer.

Still, Osweiler was tabbed the team’s starting quarterback for their preseason opener, and they seem to want take things slowly in developing Kizer. But if Kizer keeps looking good, he could force Cleveland’s hand, thus making Osweiler expendable.

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