#James Bradwell

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Greece is the Word

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford, Wednesday 28th June 2023 Greece-on-Sea makes more sense as a setting for Shakespeare’s Dream, than for Mamma Mia, and with the added period touch (it’s the 1930s) the stage is set for an atmospheric, evocative show.  Actor-musicians add to the mood, and there’s a lengthy dumb show sequence, an overture to set the scene and to transport us…

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Here is a Background Character Appreciation Post!!

We all wanted to see Penelope have suitors this season. Some were interesting, to say the least, but all of them must have some stories!! I wanted to share some of their names.

Lord Garret is played by: Jonathan Livingstone

Lord Barnell is played by: Martin Sarreal

Lord Leiber is played by: Joshua Akehurst

My personal favorites:

Lord Basilio: James Bradwell

Lord Remington: Zak Ford-Williams

Of course, the Lord Squad. These men were mostly for Colin.

Lord Fife: Bert Seymore

Lord Cho: Caleb Obediah

We do see these Stanton and Wilding snub Penelope and are well aware of Colin helping her in the marriage market. Part of me wonders if these men never went after Penelope because they could see that Colin was close to her.

Lord Stanton: Jorden Myrie

Lord Wilding: Joe Barnes

I hope you all enjoy these characters and if you want to make backstories for them go ahead! 💕

@colinfeatherington I hope this helps!! 💕

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[packedwithpackards]

E.P.W. Packard... and Susan B. Anthony?: A connection on paper

As you may remember (or not), back in January 2018, I first wrote about my ancestor, E.P.W. Packard, otherwise known as Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard, a person who crusaded against mental asylums across the country, leading to the creation of "Packard Laws" to limit their use. I wrote about her again in June 2018, March 2019, March 2019, and August 2019, among other posts. I'd recommend reading all four of those posts. Anyway, I recently came across a page in the diaries of Susan B. Anthony, where she mentions Elizabeth! In a diary entry on May 28, 1870, she writes that she talked to Elizabeth, saying that "she has been in insane asylum for years, because of unbelief in Orthodoxy," with her husband a minister. [1] Sadly, that's it.

However, this connection is even more profound, as it means that Elizabeth had direct ties to the women's rights movement, especially the struggle for suffrage for women, as Anthony has founded the National Woman Suffrage Association only one year prior in 1869. Does this mean that Elizabeth was on the front lines of that movement? Of that, I'm not sure, but it definitely gives another avenue for future research, to be sure.

It is interesting that in 1860, when Elizabeth was imprisoned, Anthony was visiting Lydia Mott, her friend, in Albany, New York, and later dedicated herself to helping a woman named Phoebe Phelps. We also know that E.P.W. seems to have distanced herself from the movement, as she was compelled to curry public opinion in order to convince male legislators to vote in her favor, moving forward her objectives, and felt closer to James Bradwell, who was a moderate, than Anthony, who was more "radical." [2] She later had to rent out part of her house as a result of the Chicago Fire destroying a printing press which had her name plates for books.

Ultimately, E.P.W. did not follow what Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Anthony had done in the past: linking abuses in mental asylums to "laws disadvantaging women." [3]

Notes

[1] Anthony, Susan B. Susan B. Anthony Papers: Daybook and Diaries, -1906; Diaries; 1870. 1870. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss11049.mss11049-001_00519_00682/?q=packard&sp=53.

[2]  Linda V. Carlisle, Elizabeth Packard: A Noble Fight (US: University of Illinois Press, Nov 15, 2010), ISBN 9780252090073, p. 159-161, 163.

[3] Kim E. Nielsen, Money, Marriage, and Madness: The Life of Anna Ott (US: University of Illinois Press, 2020), ISBN 9780252052026, p 89.

Note: This was originally posted on Jan. 28, 2021 on the main Packed with Packards WordPress blog (it can also be found on the Wayback Machine here). My research is still ongoing, so some conclusions in this piece may change in the future.

© 2021-2022 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

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james bradwell in holby city (2021) 🌻 if you click in the source link or go in my gif directory, you will find #56 gifs from james bradwell’s (b. 1995/1996) guest appearance on 23.20 of holby city. you can edit these as much as you would like, but please link back & tag me if you redistribute them! thank you & enjoy !

content warnings : some hospital settings !

[dance-world]

Brodie James,  Luke Marchant, Joey Romancewicz, Yipeng Xu, Matt Bradwell, Mason Alexander Lovegrove, Cristiano Martino, and Shaun Andrews - The Australian Ballet

[celebratingamazingwomen]

Myra Bradwell (February 12, 1831 – February 14, 1894) made history in 1870, when she attempted to become the first woman in the state of Illinois to practice law. Even though she was denied, her activism paved the way for anti-discrimination laws that allowed countless women to enter the workforce in a variety of fields.

She was motivated to study the profession after she married the lawyer James Bradwell and started working as an apprentice in his office. In 1868 she founded the newspaper Chicago Legal News, which had a column dedicated to women’s issues. Even if her attempts to be admitted to the bar were initially unsuccessful, her efforts directly led to the passing of a law that forbade gender discrimination in all areas except the military. She was eventually awarded her license to practise in 1892.

[dry-valleys]

The northwest view is still a picturesque delight, with its hillsides and valleys, the green fields, and high hedgerows of Staffordshire. Strangers and pilgrims who have left the district, now and then silently stray to an elevation to have a refreshing glance at this scenery before they again return to their distant homes and lands, and leave behind them a farewell sigh for that " which once hath been." William Scarratt, 1906.

Rising from the hectic Chatterley Valley to Bradwell Woods, which as far as I can see have never been built on (the fine carpet of bluebells we’re looking forward to indicates ancient woodland).

(January 2021 and (7) May 2018, (9) November 2017).

The valley is cut through by the Trent and Mersey Canal, designed by James Brindley, the first sod of which was cut nearby by Josiah Wedgwood, to carry Potteries wares to Liverpool and the sea. The canal was finished in 1777 and a remote corner of rural Staffordshire with poor soils and worse transport suddenly became an industrial behemoth, a process about which may local authors wrote.

They were joined by the railway in 1848 (now Grade II listed, Longport station is still in use and I often ride it when I travel between volunteering at Westport Lake and my day job, in Crewe).

Many of the factories Wedgwood and Brindley knew, expanded by Scarratt’s day, are now gone, but (4) H & R Johnson (founded in 1901 and in this area since 1968) remains.

Industrial history is remembered by the Golden Statue, built in Nottingham to a design by Wolfgang Buttress and here since 2015, remembering the business of the valley.

In 1903, Charles Shaw rued that "This lovely, peaceful, and fruitful valley is now choked with smoke and disfigured by mining and smelting refuse." and one can still see his point, but the woods are still proudly untouched.

Although the railway he complained about is still there, joined by the A500 road (started in 1962 and not fully finished in 2006- I remember the traffic jams caused by the last bout of work in ‘06), and littering has become an issue, it's still the case that in the woods this area has regained a lot of what Shaw recalled from his childhood in the 1830s and one can breathe again.

[knoxspeccoll]

Exhibit Highlight!

We’ve got a new exhibit open on the second floor of the library! Exhibits are open for viewing for Knox College faculty, staff, and students. If you are interested in further content from the exhibit, please contact us at specialcollections@knox.edu. 

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence with Highlights of Local Suffragettes and Supporters

In 1919, Illinois became the first state to ratify the 19th amendment. The ratification made it illegal to deny an individual the right to vote based on sex. By August 26, 1920, the 19th amendment became fully certified after years of persistence. Although, the struggle for suffrage continued far beyond 1920 with many individuals (particularly indigenous communities and people of color) being suppressed from and targeted for voting.

The 44th Annual Convention for the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association took place in Galesburg, IL on October 02, 1912. The single known image from this event exists at the Galesburg Public Library.  We hope that the associated documents and individuals featured in this exhibit will bring a larger awareness of the local individuals involved in the fight for women’s suffrage, and the many that continue to be left out.  

This exhibited items from Special Collections are in addition to the poster exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute, Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence, which offers a national context for the process to the 19th amendment.

Suffragettes and supporters included are:

Ethel Edgerton Hurd, Knox class of 1865

Delia Sheldon Jackson, Knox class of 1887

Hettie Linsley Thompson, Knox class of 1887

Ella Park Lawrence, Knox 1878  Honorary Degree

Fannie Hicks Givens, Knox Class of 1892

Ida Little Pifer

Harriet B. Arnold, Knox class of 1906

Maria Bowen, Knox class of 1922

James B. Bradwell, Knox class of 1855

Information above attributed to the following: 

Votes for Women Digital Exhibits and Collections

Suffrage 2020 Illinois via the Evanston’s Women’s History Project

Galesburg Public Library Archives

[shakespearesglobeblog]

Read Not Dead: Edward I casting.

This weekend we have a talented group of actors taking on the task of putting on a play with only a few hours of rehearsal. It is only by being such masters of the stage/professionals that these actors are able to perform a professional production in such a short space of time!

Our Read Not Dead series puts rarely performed plays in the spotlight and gives them a breath of fresh air for new audiences.

Joining director James Wallace, we have:

John Hopkins Hilary Tones Ffion Jones James Askill Georgia Frost Zoe Waites Tok Stephen Oliver Bennett Michael Geary Mark Hammersley James Bradwell Michael Geary Mark Hammersley James Bradwell

Edward I will be performed on Sunday 10 February 2019.

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My SlideShare presentation with more about Myra Bradwell is available on-line: https://www.slideshare.net/GeorgiannBaldino/bradwell 

"While [her husband] James Bradwell served in the Illinois state legislature, Myra Bradwell often drafted legislation that he ushered into law, including a statute that gave all people, men and women, the right to practice any profession. Some of the bills she drafted gave women the right to run for office in the Illinois public school system, to become notaries public, and gave women equal rights to the custody of their children in case of divorce." [Source: History of American Women https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2013/07/myra-bradwell.html ]

[resoundingessex]

It has been at least five years since I have been out this way and I was looking forward to reacquainting myself with the area. The two large buildings of the (decommissioned) power station looked very different in the light today compared to last week at Goldhanger, but they make a very imposing placemark, navigation aid, on the landscape in any weather. At Bradwell Riverside there were four people looking out to sea, pointing and talking, and they all became very animated and started shouting when a man on ride on lawnmower drove in to something. Other than that, it was very quiet and I set out along the sea wall towards the power station, glad to have brought a scarf and gloves as the wind was brisk and crisp. I set up near the Down Hall Farm Sluice, a short way from where Baker has a point marked on one of his maps (University of Essex Archive Ref:C3), opposite Pewet Island and next to the channel separating it from the mainland. There were several wading birds on the island and a couple of cormorants drying themselves in the cold breeze. I did remember to bring some binoculars, which were lent to me by painter Ruth Philo. They were her father’s, originally bought in the 1960’s, so a slight connection to Baker’s time. I have seen his selection of optics in the University Archive, and even looked through his binoculars, even if only out of the university window. Ruth’s will certainly make a difference to spotting and identifying birds out in the landscape and I was even able to get a closer look at the Radio Caroline ship out in the estuary. I saw several Common Gulls, Brent Geese and Cormorants and also heard a pheasant and the aforementioned lawnmower running over something, which seemed to be par for the course given his previous. I was a bit restless, knowing I was meeting someone soon, and couldn’t really settle in to the location as I had the week before, so I might rethink how I approach the days where I am walking with someone. But as the hour progressed the wind seemed to become more insistent and the tide continued to receed revealing more of Pewet Island. A couple of withies stick out from the mud, a wonky vertical to the horizontal of the water, sea wall and horizon. I found it frustrating not to be able to identify the different wading birds … more work needs to be done here. The time counted down slowly, with every gust. At 58 minutes, my mobile phone rang (but was on silent mode, naturally), it was one of the artists I was going to meet but I let it ring off as even though I was 30 feet away I didn’t want to record myself. On the hour I stopped recording and phoned him back, and agreed to meet at the junction of the two footpaths by the power station. It was good to see James Ravinet and Warren Harper as I had only seen them occasionally since moving north over a year ago, and I also wanted to talk to them about their work around Bradwell and on the Dengie peninsula, much of it being on their Institute for the Recognition of Peripheral Interests site. Whilst we were chatting Warren saw a bird of prey hovering about 15 feet above the sea wall, but it flew away across the field before we could look at it through our binoculars. It was exciting to know that there were birds of prey out here, especially as I had seen a tweet a few weeks ago about Peregrines nesting on top of the power station buildings. A few minutes later he spotted two birds of prey flying above the reactor buildings. They were gliding into the wind in order to hover in a reasonably stable position relative to the ground, which gave us time to look at them through the binoculars and positively identify them as Peregrine Falcons! I specifically looked at one falcon and could clearly see its ‘badger’ like markings, as described by Baker, meaning that this was the tiercel (male), and the other the falcon. As it turned slightly in the wind I could see the outline of its shape was also what I had recognised from other photographs…what a great moment! It was at this point that the security cameras on the power station that had been watching us standing and chatting started to flash at us, as if they thought we were looking at them through the binoculars, so we gave them a wave and started to walk off along the sea wall. A local man walking his dog, the first of today, approached us on the beach to ask what we were doing. ‘Are you surveying the sound?’ he said. He seemed disappointed when I said I was recording birds, and said that he saw peregrines all of the time as if they sparrows. Interestingly for James and Warren he’d worked at the power station when it was operational so we had a bit of a chat before his dog instructed him it wanted to go for a run. With a combination of the relentless cold south east wind in our faces, and breathing in chemicals being sprayed onto a nearby field, we decided to leave the beach and head back to their car, looking at all of the power station defences, whilst the cameras followed us too. 

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Fox news Top undrafted rookie free agents following the 2020 NFL Draft - NFL.com

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There had been 255 gamers selected in the 2020 NFL Draft who now contain a living to call dwelling. Nonetheless for folk that did no longer hear their title known as over the three days, it would not imply hope of making an NFL roster is misplaced. Right here is my living-by-living list of the most straightforward undrafted rookie free brokers available (by irascible).

Word all of the picks for the 2020 NFL Draft right here.

Quarterbacks

1. Steven Montez, QB, Colorado (UPDATE: Signing with Washington Redskins, per team) 2. Anthony Gordon, QB, WSU (UPDATE: Signing with Seattle Seahawks, per Pelissero) 3. Brian Lewerke, Michigan Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle England Patriots, per his agent) 4. Shea Patterson, Michigan (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per Pelissero) 5. Bryce Perkins, Virginia (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Rams, per Pelissero) 6. Kelly Bryant, Missouri 7. Kevin Davidson, Princeton (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 8. Khalil Tate, Arizona (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 9. Riley Neal, Vanderbilt (UPDATE: Signing with Denver Broncos, per Pelissero) 10. Jacob Knipp, Northern Colorado 11. Mason Ravishing, North Texas 12. Kai Locksley, UTEP 13. Reid Sinnett, San Diego (UPDATE: Signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per Pelissero) 14. Crop Tiano, Chattanooga(UPDATE: Signing with Houston Texans, per Pelissero) 15. Jalen Morton, Prairie Look (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 16. Tyler Huntley, Utah (UPDATE: Signing with Baltimore Ravens, per team) 17. Case Cookus, Northern Arizona (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per Pelissero) 18. Blake Barnett, South Florida 19. Tom Flacco, Towson Inform

Working backs

1. James Robinson, Illinois Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Jacksonville Jaguars) 2. Salvon Ahmed, Washington (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers) 3. Kennedy McKoy, West Virginia 4. Rico Dowdle, South Carolina (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 5. Michael Warren, Cincinnati (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 6. Sewo Olonilua, TCU (UPDATE: Signing with Dallas Cowboys) 7. Jamycal Fleet, Baylor (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers, per team) 8. LeVante Bellamy, Western Michigan (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 9. Rodney Smith, Minnesota 10. Scottie Phillips, Mississippi (UPDATE: Signing with Houston Texans) 11. J.J. Taylor, Arizona 12. Javon Leake, Maryland (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per team) 13. Brian Herrien, Georgia (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 14. Darius "Jet" Anderson, TCU (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 15. Patrick Taylor, Memphis (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 16. Reggie Corbin, Illinois 17. Tony Jones, Notre Dame (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle Orleans Saints) 18. Xavier Jones, SMU (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Rams, per team) 19. Benny LeMay, Charlotte (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 20. Tyson Williams, BYU 21. Jaqwis Dancy, La Tech 22. Gerold Vivid, Utah Inform 23. Cameron Scarlett, Stanford (UPDATE: Signing with Tennessee Titans) 24. Darius Bradwell, Tulane (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 25. Moe Neal, Syracuse 26. Tabyus Taylor, Virginia Union 27. Tra Minter, South Alabama 28. Artavis Pierce, Oregon Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Chicago Bears) 29. Jordan Cronkrite, South Florida 30. Mon Denson, South Carolina 31. A.J. Hines, Duquesne 32. Antonio Williams, North Carolina (UPDATE: Signing with Buffalo Bills) 33. Trevor Allen, Northern Iowa 34. Walter Fletcher, Ball Inform

Huge receivers

1. Kalija Lipscomb, WR, Vanderbilt (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 2. Quartney Davis, Texas A&M (UPDATE: Signing with Minnesota Vikings, per team) 3. Lawrence Cager, Georgia (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Jets) 4. Trishton Jackson, Syracuse (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Rams, per team) 5. Omar Bayless, Arkansas Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Carolina Panthers, per NFL Community's Rhett Lewis) 6. Binjimen Victor, Ohio Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per team) 7. Aaron Fuller, Washington (UPDATE: Signing with Seattle Seahawks) 8. Austin Mack, Ohio Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per team) 9. Kendrick Rogers, Texas A&M (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 10. Josh Pearson, Jacksonville Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per team) 11. Marquez Callaway, Tennessee (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle Orleans Saints) 12. Juwan Johnson, Oregon (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle Orleans Saints) 13. Kendall Hinton, Wake Wooded space (UPDATE: Signing with Denver Broncos, per team) 14. Cody White, Michigan Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 15. Stephen Guidry, Mississippi Inform (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 16. Jeff Thomas, Miami (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle England Patriots, per Pelissero) 17. Kirk Merritt, Arkansas Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Miami Dolphins) 18. Chris Finke, Notre Dame (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers, per team) 19. Lee Morris, Oklahoma 20. Hasise Dubois, Virginia 21. Dejon Brissett, Virginia 22. Tony Brown, Colorado (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 23. Isaiah Wright, Temple (UPDATE: Signing with Washington Redskins, per team) 24. Josh Hammond, Florida (UPDATE: Signing with Jacksonville Jaguars) 25. Jeff Cotton, Idaho (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 26. Matthew Sexton, Jap Michigan 27. Andre Baccellia, Washington (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 28. Will Hastings, Auburn (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle England Patriots) 29. Aleva Hifo, BYU (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 30. Johnathan Johnson, Missouri (UPDATE: Signing with Washington Redskins, per team) 31. Isaiah Zuber, Mississippi Inform 32. Dan Chisena, Penn Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 33. Maurice French, Pittsburgh (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 34. Kevin Kassis, Montana Inform 35. Chris Rowland, Tennessee Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Atlanta Falcons, per NFL Community's Steve Wyche) 36. Tyler Simmons, Georgia (UPDATE: Signing with Houston Texans) 37. Micah Simon, BYU 38. Matt Cole, McKendree (UPDATE: Signing with Miami Dolphins)

Tight ends

1. Hunter Bryant, TE, Washington (UPDATE: Signing with Detroit Lions, per team) 2. Thaddeus Moss, LSU (UPDATE: Signing with Washington Redskins, per team) 3. Jared Pinkney, Vanderbilt (UPDATE: Signing with Atlanta Falcons) 4. Charlie Taumoepeau, Portland Inform (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 5. Jacob Breeland, Oregon (UPDATE: Signing with Baltimore Ravens, per Pelissero) 6. Sean McKeon, Michigan (UPDATE: Signing with Dallas Cowboys) 7. Nigel Kilby, Southern Illinois 8. Giovanni Ricci, Western Michigan (UPDATE: Signing with Carolina Panthers) 9. Race Harrell, Arkansas (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers, per team) 10. Luke Farrell, Ohio Inform 11. Dominick Wood-Anderson, Tennessee (UPDATE:  Signing with Seattle Seahawks, per team)

12. Ahmad Wagner, Kentucky (UPDATE: Signing with Chicago Bears) 13. Ben Ellefson, North Dakota Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Jacksonville Jaguars) 14. Cheyenne O'Grady, Arkansas 15. Joey Magnifico, Memphis 16. Noah Togiai, Oregon Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per Pelissero) 17. Jared Rice, Fresno Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 18. Tyler Mabry, Maryland (UPDATE:  Signing with Seattle Seahawks, per team)

19. Farrod Inexperienced, Mississippi Inform (UPDATE:  Signing with Indianapolis Colts, per team) 20. Mitchell Wilcox, South Florida (UPDATE: Signing with Cincinnati Bengals, per team) 21. Jay Jay Wilson, Auburn 22. Nate Wieting, Iowa (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 23. Woody Brandom, Sam Houston St. 24. Blaise Gammon, Kansas Inform 25. Tyrone Wheatley Jr., Morgan Inform 26. Matthew Wilkerson, Edward Waters College

Offensive tackles

1. Yasir Durant, Missouri (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 2. Trey Adams, Washington(UPDATE: Signing with Buffalo Bills, per Pelissero) 3. Terence Steele, Texas Tech (UPDATE: Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per NFL Community's Jane Slater) 4. Darrin Paulo, Utah (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle Orleans Saints) 5. Jared Hilbers, Washington (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Jets) 6. Branden Bowen, Ohio Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Carolina Panthers) 7. Crop Kaltmayer, Kansas Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Miami Dolphins) 8. Evin Ksiezarczyk, Buffalo 9. Steve Nielsen, Jap Michigan 10. Victor Johnson, Appalachian Inform 11. Matt Womack, Alabama 12. Carter O'Donnell, Alberta (Canada) 13. Kamaal Seymour, Rutgers 14. Josh Knipfel, Iowa Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Cincinnati Bengals, per team) 15. Evan Greeneway, South Dakota Inform 16. Mason Wolfe, Kentucky 17. Brandon Walton, Florida Atlantic 18. Josh Brown, Idaho 19. Jake Fruhmorgen, Baylor 20. Jared Southers, Georgia Tech 21. Scott Hattok, Air Pressure 22. Chris Ferguson, Cincinnati 23. Javon Mosley, Gentle Mexico 24. Zack Johnson, North Dakota Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 25. Cole Habib, Northern Arizona 26. Jake Benzinger, Wake Wooded space (UPDATE:  Signing with Arizona Cardinals, per team) 27. David Moorman, Wisconsin 28. Jordan Steckler, Northern Illinois 29. Mitch Brott, Montana Inform 30. Patrick Krall, Monmouth (Ill.) 31. Tommy Champion, Mississippi Inform 32. David Bolisomi, TCU 33. Miles Pate, Western Kentucky 34. Chris Schlichting, Jap Washington 35. Ryan Roberts, Florida Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 36. Hunter Atkinson, Georgia Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Atlanta Falcons, per team) 37. Clayton Bradley, USC 38. Drake Dorbeck, Southern Miss (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 39. Ketel Asse, Laval 40. Marcus Norman, South Florida 41. Gewhite Stallworth, Louisiana Tech

Internal offensive linemen

1. Cordel Iwuagwu, TCU 2. Darryl Williams, Mississippi Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per Pelissero) 3. Cohl Cabral, Arizona Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Rams, per team) 4. Zach Shackelford, Texas 5. Jordan Johnson, Central Florida 6. Kyle Murphy, Rhode Island (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per team) 7. Trystan Colon-Castillo, Missouri (UPDATE: Signing with Baltimore Ravens, per team) 8. Luke Juriga, Western Michigan (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 9. Donell Stanley, South Carolina 10. Dallas Warmack, Oregon 11. Brady Aiello, Oregon (UPDATE: Signing with Minnesota Vikings, per team) 12. Steven Gonzalez, Penn Inform 13. Gabe Megginson, Illinois Inform 14. Evan Adams, Syracuse (UPDATE: Signing with Baltimore Ravens, per team) 15. Frederick Mauigoa, Washington Inform 16. Sean Pollard, Clemson (UPDATE: Signing with Baltimore Ravens, per team) 17. Tim Lynott, Colorado 18. Colton Prater, Texas A&M 19. Jake Lacina, Augustana (S.D.) (UPDATE: Signing with Minnesota Vikings, per team) 20. Cody Creason, Arizona 21. Christian Montano, Tulane (UPDATE: Signing with Pittsburgh Steelers, per team)

Edge rushers

1. Crop Coe, Auburn 2. Qaadir Sheppard, Mississippi 3. Bryce Huff, Memphis 4. Chauncey Rivers, Mississippi Inform (UPDATE:  Signing with Baltimore Ravens, per team) 5. LaDarius Hamilton, North Texas (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per Cowboys) 6. Bryce Sterk, Montana Inform 7. Trevon Hill, Miami 8. Ron'Dell Carter, James Madison (UPDATE: Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per Slater) 9. Azur Kamara, Kansas (UPDATE: Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per Pelissero) 10. Oluwole Betiku, Illinois (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per team) 11. Joe Gaziano, Northwestern (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 12. Christian Rector, USC 13. Kendall Coleman, Syracuse 14. Tipa Galeai, Utah Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 15. Jonah Williams, Weber Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Rams, per team) 16. Jalen Bates, Colorado Inform 17. Austin Edwards, Ferris Inform 18. Michael Divinity, LSU (UPDATE: Signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per team)

Internal defensive linemen

1. Benito Jones, Mississippi 2. Raequan Williams, Michigan Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 3. Josiah Coatney, Mississippi (UPDATE: Signing with Pittsburgh Steelers, per team) 4. Malcolm Roach, Texas (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle Orleans Saints, per Pelissero) 5. Trevon McSwain, Duke (UPDATE: Signing with Chicago Bears, per team) 6. Darrion Daniels, Nebraska (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers, per team) 7. Garrett Marino, Alabama-Birmingham (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 8. Doug Costin, Miami (Ohio) 9. Mason Bennett, North Dakota 10. Tyler Clark, Georgia (UPDATE: Signing with Cincinnati Bengals, per team) 11. Calvin Taylor, Kentucky (UPDATE: Signing with Pittsburgh Steelers, per team) 12. Brendon Hayes, Central Florida 13. David Moa, Boise Inform(UPDATE: Signing with Minnesota Vikings, per team)

14. Mike Panasiuk, Michigan Inform 15. Teair Tart, Florida Global 16. Breiden Fehoko, LSU (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 17. Auzoyah Alufohai, Western Georgia 18. LaCale London, Western Illinois (UPDATE: Signing with Chicago Bears, per team) 19. Chris Williams, Wagner 20. Kobe Smith, South Carolina (UPDATE: Signing with Tennessee Titans, per Pelissero) 21. Ray Lima, Iowa Inform 22. Brady Reiff, Iowa 23. Cedrick Lattimore, Iowa (UPDATE:  Signing with Seattle Seahawks, per team)

24. Sterling Johnson, Coastal Carolina

Linebackers

1. Joe Bachie, LB, Michigan St. 2. Dante Olson, LB, Montana (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 3. Jordan Mack, Virginia 4. De'Jon Harris, Arkansas 5. Cale Garrett, Missouri 6. David Woodward, Utah Inform 7. Michael Pinckney, Miami 8. Kyahva Tezino, San Diego Inform 9. Jan Johnson, Penn Inform 10. Francis Bernard, Utah (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 11. Chris Orr, Wisconsin 12. Daniel Bituli, Tennessee 13. Cam Gill, Wagner (UPDATE: Signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per team) 14. Isaiah Davis, Maryland 15. Dontavious Jackson, Florida Inform 16. John Houston, USC (UPDATE: Signing with Pittsburgh Steelers, per team) 17. Keisean Lucier-South, UCLA 18. Javin White, UNLV 19. Bryan London II, Texas Inform 20. Keandre Jones, Maryland (UPDATE: Signing with Chicago Bears, per team) 21. Asmar Bilal, Notre Dame (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Chargers, per team) 22. Erroll Thompson, Mississippi Inform 23. Leo Lewis, Mississippi Inform 24. La'mar Winston, Oregon 25. Omari Cobb, Marshall (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team)

Safeties

1. J.R. Reed, Georgia (UPDATE: Signing with Jacksonville Jaguars, per Pelissero) 2. Myles Dorn, North Carolina(UPDATE: Signing with Minnesota Vikings, per team) 3. Chris Miller, Baylor (UPDATE:  Signing with Seattle Seahawks, per team)

4. Jared Mayden, Alabama (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers, per team) 5. Shyheim Carter, Alabama 6. Jalen Elliott, Notre Dame (UPDATE: Signing with Detroit Lions, per team) 7. Kam Curl, Arkansas 8. Jeremiah Dinson, Auburn (UPDATE: Signing with Detroit Lions, per team) 9. Rodney Clemons, SMU (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team) 10. Reggie Floyd, Virginia Tech (UPDATE:  Signing with Arizona Cardinals, per team) 11. Evan Foster, Syracuse 12. Nigel Warrior, Tennessee 13. David Dowell, Michigan Inform 14. Jovante Moffatt, Heart Tennessee (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 15. Jarius Morehead, N.C. Inform 16. Luther Kirk, Illinois Inform (UPDATE:  Signing with Dallas Cowboys, per team) 17. Marc-Antoine Dequoy, Montreal (Canada) (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 18. CJ Ibezim, American Global 19. Josh Sandry, Montana 20. Brayden Konkol, Montana Inform 21. James Hendricks, North Dakota Inform 22. Javon Hagan, Ohio (UPDATE: Signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per team) 23. Kekoa Nawahine, Boise Inform 24. Benny Walls, Temple 25. Douglas Coleman III, Texas Tech (UPDATE: Signing with Denver Broncos, per team) 26. Alize Ward, Stephen F. Austin 27. Jaquarius Landrews, Mississippi Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Giants, per team) 28. Marlon Bridges, Jacksonville (Ala.) Inform 29. Christian Campbell, Georgia Tech

Cornerbacks

1. Javaris Davis, Auburn (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per Pelissero) 2. Parnell Motley, Oklahoma (UPDATE: Signing with Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per team) 3. Grayland Arnold, Baylor (UPDATE: Signing with Philadelphia Eagles, per team) 4. A.J. Inexperienced, Oklahoma Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Cleveland Browns, per team) 5. DeMarkus Acy, Missouri (UPDATE: Signing with San Francisco 49ers, per team) 6. Lamar Jackson, Nebraska (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Jets, per Pelissero) 7. Javelin Guidry, Utah (UPDATE: Signing with Gentle York Jets, per Pelissero) 8. Madre Harper, Southern Illinois 9. Stanford Samuels, Florida Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 10. Zane Lewis, Air Pressure (UPDATE: Signing with Arizona Cardinals, per Pelissero) 11. Lavert Hill, Michigan 12. Jace Witttaker, Arizona 13. Delrick Abrams Jr., Colorado 14. Trajan Bandy, Miami (UPDATE: Signing with Pittsburgh Steelers, per Pelissero) 15. Essang Bassey, Wake Wooded space (UPDATE: Signing with Denver Broncos, per team) 16. Nevelle Clarke, Central Florida(UPDATE: Signing with Minnesota Vikings, per team) 17. Amari Henderson, Wake Wooded space 18. Will Sunderland, Troy (UPDATE: Signing with Inexperienced Bay Packers, per team) 19. Levonta Taylor, Florida Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Los Angeles Rams, per team) 20. James Pierre, Florida Atlantic 21. Jaron Bryant, Fresno Inform 22. Tyler Corridor, Wyoming 23. Alvin Davis, Akron 24. Raymond Buford, Gentle Mexico Inform 25. Manny Patterson, Maine 26. Debione Renfro, Texas A&M 27. Charles Oliver, Texas A&M 28. Prince Robinson, Tarleton 29. Kobe Williams, Arizona Inform (UPDATE:  Signing with Jacksonville Jaguars, per team) 30. Isiah Swann, Dartmouth (UPDATE: Signing with Cincinnati Bengals, per team)

Punters

1. Joseph Charlton, South Carolina 2. Michael Turk, Arizona Inform 3. Alex Pechin, Bucknell 4. Tommy Townsend, Florida (UPDATE: Signing with Kansas City Chiefs, per team)

Inform-kickers

1. Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia (UPDATE: Signing with Indianapolis Colts, per Pelissero) 2. JJ Molson, UCLA 3. Cooper Rothe, Wyoming 4. Dominik Eberle, Utah Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Las Vegas Raiders)

Long-snappers

1. Steve Wirtel, Iowa Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Detroit Lions, per team) 2. Richard McNitzky, Stanford 3. Liam McCullough, Ohio Inform (UPDATE: Signing with Las Vegas Raiders)

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Los Angeles, May 7, 2020 - Vertical Entertainment has acquired the North American distribution rights to social media crime thriller Infamous starring Bella Thorne (Midnight Sun, The Duff), Jake Manley (Midway, A Dog's Journey), and Amber Riley (Glee, Straight Outta Compton).The film is written and directed by Joshua Caldwell and produced by SSS Entertainment and Lucidity Entertainment. It will hit virtual cinema and VOD June 12th. Highland Film Group is handling international sales.

Living in a small Florida town and working at a diner was never Arielle's (Bella Thorne) dream life. She's always wanted more. Fame. Popularity. Admiration. When she falls for a recently paroled young criminal named Dean, she drags him back into a life of danger, learning that posting their criminal exploits on social media is an easy way to viral fame. They embark on a dangerous adventure together that leads to robbery, cop chases, and murder.

The deal was negotiated by Peter Jarowey and Josh Spector at Vertical with Arianne Fraser of Highland Film Group on behalf of the filmmakers.

"We've always believed Infamous deserved a dynamic and exciting approach to its distribution and marketing so we couldn't be more excited to partner with Peter and his team at Vertical Entertainment on the release of Infamous. They are the perfect company to bring this movie to the viewing public," said the filmmakers.

"Bella Thorne is a force to be reckoned with in this high intensity crime thriller that provides a distinct take on the desire for social media fame,"says Rich Goldberg, co-president of Vertical Entertainment. "We're excited to bring this film to North American audiences."

Infamous is produced by Shaun Sanghani of SSS Entertainment alongside Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson of Lucidity Entertainment and Scott Levenson in association with Vertical Entertainment, Beer Money Worldwide and El Ride Productions. Thor Bradwell is producer. Sanghani also financed the picture via his financing arm SSS Film Capital.

About Vertical Entertainment Vertical Entertainment is a global independent distributor that offers a unique combination of full-service marketing and sales services. Dedicated to providing highly-effective and collaborative solutions, Vertical leverages unparalleled relationships to maximize revenue across all streams. The marketing and sales expertise from Vertical's seasoned team gives content partners a wealth of experience minus the studio costs.

Vertical won a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for Molly Shannon's role in "Other People" and the film won a GLAAD Award for "Outstanding Film Limited Release" as well. Vertical also had four other Indie Spirit nominations - three more for "Other People" (Best Lead Actor for Jesse Plemons, and Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay for filmmaker Chris Kelly) and one for Best International Film for Babak Anvari's "Under the Shadow," which was also the official UK submission for the 2017 Oscars, in addition to winning one BAFTA Award and three British Independent Film Awards as well.

Upcoming Vertical releases include "Open Source" starring Bruce Willis and Jesse Metcalfe; "Inheritance" starring Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Chace Crawford and Connie Nielsen; "Archive" starring Theo James and Stacy Martin; "Yes, God, Yes" starring Natalia Dyer, Timothy Simons, and Alisha Boe; "Skylin3s", the third installment of the Skyline franchise, and "The Bay of Silence" starring Claes Bang and Olga Kurylenko. Other notable recent releases include "Human Capital" starring Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Saarsgard and Maya Hawke, "Code 8" starring Stephen Amell, Robbie Amell, and Sung Kang, "Can You Keep A Secret?" starring Alexandra Daddario, Tyler Hoechlin and Laverne Cox, "American Woman" starring Sienna Miller, Aaron Paul and Christina Hendricks; "The Professor and the Madman" starring Mel Gibson, Sean Penn and Natalie Dormer "Drunk Parents" starring Alec Baldwin, Salma Hayek, Jim Gaffigan, Ben Platt and Joe Manganiello; "Lying and Stealing" starring Theo James and Emily Ratajkowski; Keith Behrman's "Giant Little Ones" starring Josh Wiggins, Kyle Maclachlan, and Maria Bello; Rob Reiner's "Shock and Awe" starring Woody Harrelson, James Marsden, Milla Jovovich, Jessica Biel, and Tommy Lee Jones; and Kevin Connolly's "Gotti" starring John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Chris Mulkey.

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“A Sad Revelation”: The Insanity Trial of Mary Todd Lincoln

On May 19, 1875, Mary Todd Lincoln was arrested and tried for lunacy before a jury of twelve men in the Cook County Court in Chicago. The charge had been filed by her son, Robert Todd Lincoln, and the State of Illinois required a civil trial to rule on the issue. The Court agreed that the president’s widow was “an insane person.” So on May 20th, Robert escorted his mother to Bellevue Place, a private sanitarium in Batavia, Illinois, run by Dr. Richard J. Patterson. There she was to be comfortably confined and treated for insanity. She would remain at Bellevue Place until she successfully engineered her own release on September 10, 1875.

The story of Mary Todd Lincoln’s insanity trial and commitment is revealed in the unique collection of documents contained in the Insanity File Collection held by the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. The documents offer very personal glimpses of concerns about Mary’s increasingly bizarre behavior after Tad’s death in 1871 and about the actions her family took.

In early May 1875 Robert, increasingly worried and embarrassed by his mother’s behavior, sought professional medical opinions on her sanity. Dr. Patterson summed up the conclusions of the doctors in this May 18th letter to Robert’s lawyers. Patterson noted, “I know nothing of Mrs. Lincoln’s mental condition, excepting from facts such as stated to me and other medical gentlemen, at the conference at your office on the 15th inst.” Still, he concluded, “From the facts disclosed at your office…, it is my opinion that Mrs. Lincoln is insane….or in the language of the Statute, that she is a fit person to be sent to the State Hospital for the Insane.”

On May 19th Robert followed the advice of the doctors and his lawyers and filed an “Application to Try the Question of Insanity” in the Cook County Court in Chicago. The case was prosecuted by family friend Leonard Swett, who arrived with a police officer unannounced at Mary’s hotel and escorted her to court. A series of medical and other witnesses testified to Mary’s strange behavior; Robert testified that he believed his mother to be insane. Mary did not testify. Her lawyer offered little defense and called no witnesses. After ten minutes of deliberation, the jury reached its verdict “declaring Mary Todd Lincoln an Insane Person” and the Court issued a “Proceedings and Order Declaring Mary Todd Lincoln an Insane Person.” A further proceeding made Robert conservator of her estate.

Headlines in the Chicago newspapers topped lengthy articles telling the story of the “Sad Revelation” and Mary’s “Clouded Reason.”

Mary’s “Insanity Freaks”—her half-hearted attempt to poison herself after the trial and her confinement to Bellevue Place on May 20th—also received attention in the press.

Robert received support from friends and advisors like David Davis, who sent the young man a letter of encouragement on May 23rd. Davis wrote, “It is a source of deep thankfulness, that the matter passed off so well. The terrible strain on you will now be removed & you can go to work. Some good comes out of almost every thing. & the necessity of confining yr mother in an asylum will go very far towards removing the unfavorable impressions created by her conduct since yr fathers death.”

Mary, of course, was furious with Robert and humiliated by her status as “an insane person.” Almost immediately after her arrival at Bellevue Place, she began a secretive campaign to prove her sanity and to be released to live with her sister, Elizabeth Todd Edwards, in Springfield. She enlisted the help of the Chicago newspapers and her friends Judge James B. and Myra Bradwell. Robert and Dr. Patterson did what they could to end such “interference” in Mary’s treatment, but by August the tide had turned in Mary’s favor.

Myra Bradwell appealed directly to Elizabeth, who at first insisted she could not care for her sister and apologized to Robert for her “improper interference.” But a visit from Myra Bradwell carrying a letter from Mary convinced Elizabeth that, as she wrote to Robert on August 15th, “It may be that a refusal, to yield to her wishes, at this crisis, will greatly increase her disorder….I now say, that if you will bring her down, feeling perfectly willing, to make the experiment - I promise to do all in my power, for her comfort and recovery.”

Around the same time, the Bradwells enabled a reporter for the Chicago Times to interview Mary. He reported that after speaking to Mary, he “departed thoroughly convinced that whatever condition of mind Mrs. Lincoln may have been in previously, she is unquestionably compos mentis now, and ought not to be deprived of her liberty.”

Ultimately, Robert had no alternative. On September 10, 1875, Mary was released from Bellevue Place, and the next day Robert accompanied her to Springfield. Five days later, Elizabeth reported to Robert, “A number of our friends have called and are delighted to see your Mother looking so well, and in every respect acting in the most agreeable manner….[She] seems to heartily enjoy herself. I will certainly indulge the hope, that ere long, every one will be thoroughly convinced of her entire recovery.”

At a second hearing in the Cook County Court on June 15, 1876, a jury considered Mary’s petition to end Robert’s conservatorship and ruled that “Mary Lincoln is restored to reason and is capable to manage and control her estate.” The Chicago newspapers reported the “Happy Denouement.”

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Heritage MK Volunteer Maker' Launch, 5th June

Heritage MK Volunteer Maker’ Launch, 5th June

You are invited to the launch of the new Heritage MK Volunteer Makers’ platform on Tuesday 5th June 2018 – at 6.30-9pm Cruck Barn, at City Discovery Centre, Bradwell Abbey

Programme:

6.30pm – Welcome drinks

6.45 – 7.30 pm Presentations:

The Value of Volunteering in MK – Alissa Pemberton – Associate Community Action MK

Heritage MK – Who are we and what do we do? – Noël James – Director City…