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The King Zone Podcast Episode 28 - "Rose Red Won't Let You Have What You Want." Discussing the haunting of Rose Red (2002)

The King Zone Podcast Episode 28 - "Rose Red Won't Let You Have What You Want." Discussing the haunted and haunting of Rose Red (2002)

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book log - 2020

the circle by stephen j. galgon

let them eat pancakes by craig carlson

trophy life by lea gellar

the little cafe in copenhagen by julie caplin

serial killers volume 1 by ryan becker

time out by emma murray

love in the capitol by b. ivy woods

the fear hunter by elise sax

please like me by mindy kaling

i'm fine and neither are you by camille pagan

a secondhand life by pamela crane

the move by whitney dineen

dog day wedding by rich amooi

friends list by rob watson

sticky fingers by j.t. lawrence

the lonely heath attack club by j.c. williams

when she returned by lucinda berry

no judgements by meg cabot

big sexy love by kristy greenwood

the friday night date dress by talena winters

zenith man by jenniger haigh

woman last seen in her thirties by camille pagan

everything my mother taught me by alice hoffman

kiss me not by emma hart

the end of temperance dare by wendy webb

all this i will give to you by dolores redondo

the broken girls by simone st. james

kiss me tonight by emma hart

her by britney king

the wedding date by zara stoneley

felix ever after by kaceen callender

kiss me again by emma hart

the perfect wife by blake pierce

as kismet would have it by sandhya menon

next year in havana by chanel cleeton

love in the time of contracts by jethro collins

hot mess by emma hart

the survivor's guide to family happiness by maddie dawson

open book by jessica simpson

beach read by emily henry

the prettiest one by james hankins

big summer by jennifer weiner

digging in by loretta nyhan

the other family by loretta nyhan

palm beach bedlam by tom turner

untouchable by sibel hodge

the virgin romance novelist by meghan quinn

hogwarts: an incomplete and unreliable guide by j.k. rowling

the rumour by lesley kara

jackie four by phil chard

such a fun age by kiley reid

the family next door by sally hepworth

kissing games of the world by sandi kahn shelton

every single secret by emily carpenter

the poet x by elizabeth acevedo

harry potter: a journey through charms and defense against the dark arts by pottermore publishing

the birthday mystery by joyce cato

the wedding war by liz talley

kulti by mariana zapata

black friday by michael hodges

the other daughter by alex dahl

meet cute by helena hunting

the female of the species by mindy mcginnis

the devil's storybooks by natalie babbitt

you owe me a murder by eileen cook

my favorite half-night stand by christine lauren

tidelands by philippa gregory

gracefully you by jenna dewan

the void by christine bernard

tweet cute by emma lord

dear girls by ali wong

the woman inside by e.g. scott

risking it all by nina darnton

lying next to me by gregg olsen

the lost by natasha preston

roomies by christina lauren

i am not your perfect mexican daughter by erika l. sanchez

twice in a blue moon by christina lauren

the right swipe by alisha rai

i found you by lisa jewell

the secrets of married women by carol mason

a piece of normal by maddie dawson

my lovely wife by samantha downing

the bookish life of nina hill by abbi waxman

when we believed in mermaids by barbara o'neal

the nurse by amy cross

i'll never tell by catherine mckenzie

the weight of lies by emily carpenter

the bromance book club by lyssa kay adams

the wives by tarryn fisher

the marriage lie by kimberley belle

best friends & other liars by heather balog

get a life, chloe brown by talia hibbert

the child next door by shalini boland

the queen and the cure by amy harrison

the overdue life of amy byler by kelly harms

short stories from hogwarts of heroism, hardship, and dangerous hobbies by j.k. rowling

a friend in need by hannah ellis

the starter wife by nina lauren

the girl before by j.p. delaney

men without women by haruki murakami

the unhoneymooners by christina lauren

the other mrs. miller by allison m. dickson

the sun down motel by simone st. james

short stories from hogwarts of power, politics, and pesky poltergeists by j.k. rowling

the woman in our house by andrew hart

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93rd Academy Awards Nominees

BEST PICTURE

The Father – David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi, and Philippe Carcassonne

Judas and the Black Messiah – Shaka King, Charles D. King, and Ryan Coogler

Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth, and Douglas Urbanski

Minari – Christina Oh

Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Javey, and Chloé Zhao

Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell, and Josey McNamara

Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinick and Sacha Ben Harroche

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Marc Platt and Stuart Besser

BEST DIRECTOR

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

David Fincher – Mank

Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round

Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST ACTOR

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone

Chadwick Boseman (posthumous nominee) – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green

Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony

Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz

Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

BEST ACTRESS

Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey

Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday

Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss

Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra “Cassie” Thomas

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton

Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke

Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe

Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as Tutar Sagdiyev

Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne

Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Will Berson, Shaka King, Keith Lucas, and Kenny Lucas

Minari – Lee Isaac Chung

Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder and Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder and Derek Cianfrance

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, and Lee Kern; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Swimer, and Nina Pedrad; Based on the character Borat Sagdiyev by Baron Cohen

The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder

One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers, based on his play

The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang

Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau

The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rin, and Peilin Chou

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Richard Phelan, Will Becher, and Paul Kewley

Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray

Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young, and Stéphan Roelants

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana

Crip Camp – Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder

The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez

My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, and Craig Foster

Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino, and Kellen Quinn

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt

Mank – Erik Messerschmidt

News of the World – Dariusz Wolski

Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

BEST FILM EDITING

The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos

Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval

Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Sroughton

Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Emma – Alexandra Byrne

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth

Mank – Trish Summerville

Mulan – Bina Daigeler

Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

Emma – Marese Langan, Laura Allen, and Claudia Stolze

Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney, and Matthew Mungle

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Matiki Anoff, Mia Neal, and Larry M. Cherry

Mank – Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams

Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, and Francesco Pegoretti

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camailleri, Matt Everitt, and Brian Cox

The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawren, Max Solomon, and David Watkins

Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury, and Steven Ingram

The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones, and Santiago Colomo Martinez

Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard

Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

Minari – Emile Mosseri

News of the World – James Newton Howard

Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

"Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite

"Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, and Rickard Göransson

"Io Sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini

"Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth

BEST SOUND

Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders, and David Wyman

Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance, and Drew Kunin

News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller, and John Pritchett

Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliot, and David Parker

Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortes, and Philip Bladh

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM

Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski

The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan

The Present – Farah Nabulsi

Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat

Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise

If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier

Opera – Eric Oh

Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard

A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook

Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman

A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan

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93rd Academy Awards: The List.

Best Picture

· Nomadland – Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao

o The Father – Philippe Carcassonne, Jean-Louis Livi and David Parfitt

o Judas and the Black Messiah – Ryan Coogler, Charles D. King and Shaka King

o Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski

o Minari – Christina Oh

o Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Emerald Fennell, Ashley Fox and Josey McNamara

o Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche

o The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Stuart M. Besser and Marc Platt

Best Director

· Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

o Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round

o David Fincher – Mank

o Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

o Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman

Best Actor

· Anthony Hopkins – The Father as Anthony

· Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone

· Chadwick Boseman (posthumous) – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Green

Gary Oldman – Mank as Herman J. Mankiewicz

· Steven Yeun – Minari as Jacob Yi

Best Actress

· Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern

o Viola Davis – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Ma Rainey

o Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday as Billie Holiday

o Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman as Martha Weiss

o Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman as Cassandra "Cassie" Thomas

Best Supporting Actor

· Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah as Fred Hampton

o Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7 as Abbie Hoffman

o Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami... as Sam Cooke

o Paul Raci – Sound of Metal as Joe

o Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah as William "Bill" O'Neal

Best Supporting Actress

· Youn Yuh-jung – Minari as Soon-ja

o Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm as Tutar Sagdiyev

o Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy as Bonnie "Mamaw" Vance

o Olivia Colman – The Father as Anne

o Amanda Seyfried – Mank as Marion Davies

Best Original Screenplay

· Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

o Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson and Shaka King; Story by Berson, King, Keith Lucas and Kenny Lucas

o Minari – Lee Isaac Chung

o Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Abraham Marder and Darius Marder; Story by Derek Cianfrance and D. Marder

o The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

Best Adapted Screenplay

· The Father – Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller, based on the play by Zeller

o Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Jena Friedman, Anthony Hines, Lee Kern, Dan Mazer, Erica Rivinoja and Dan Swimer; Story by Baron Cohen, Hines, Nina Pedrad and Swimer; Based on the character by Baron Cohen

o Nomadland – Chloé Zhao, based on the book by Jessica Bruder

o One Night in Miami... – Kemp Powers, based on his play

o The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani, based on the novel by Aravind Adiga

Best Animated Feature Film

· Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray

o Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae

o Over the Moon – Peilin Chou, Glen Keane, and Gennie Rin

o A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Will Becher, Paul Kewley, and Richard Phelan

o Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, Ross Stewart and Paul Young

Best International Feature Film

· Another Round (Denmark) in Danish – directed by Thomas Vinterberg

o Better Days (Hong Kong) in Mandarin – directed by Derek Tsang

o Collective (Romania) in Romanian – directed by Alexander Nanau

o The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) in Arabic – directed by Kaouther Ben Hania

o Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) in Bosnian – directed by Jasmila Žbanić

Best Documentary Feature

· My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, Craig Foster and James Reed

o Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana

o Crip Camp – Sara Bolder, Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham

o The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez

o Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

Best Documentary Short Subject

· Colette – Alice Doyard and Anthony Giacchino

o A Concerto Is a Conversation – Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot

o Do Not Split – Charlotte Cook and Anders Hammer

o Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Shueuerman

o A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahali Allison and Janice Duncan

Best Live Action Short Film

· Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe

o Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski

o The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan

o The Present – Ossama Bawardi and Farah Nabulsi

o White Eye – Shira Hochman and Tomer Shushan

Best Animated Short Film

· If Anything Happens I Love You – Michael Govier and Will McCormack

o Burrow – Michael Capbarat and Madeline Sharafian

o Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise

o Opera – Erick Oh

o Yes-People – Arnar Gunnarsson and Gísli Darri Halldórsson

Best Original Score

· Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

o Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard

o Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

o Minari – Emile Mosseri

o News of the World – James Newton Howard

Best Original Song

· "Fight for You" from Judas and the Black Messiah – Music by D'Mile and H.E.R.; lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas

o "Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Music by Daniel Pemberton; lyric by Celeste and Pemberton

o "Husavik" from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga – Music and lyric by Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus and Savan Kotecha

o "Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead – Music by Diane Warren; lyric by Laura Pausini and Warren

o "Speak Now" from One Night in Miami... – Music and lyric by Sam Ashworth and Leslie Odom Jr.

Best Sound

· Sound of Metal – Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Philip Bladh, Carlos Cortés and Michelle Couttolenc

o Greyhound – Beau Borders, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw and David Wyman

o Mank – Ren Klyce, Drew Kunin, Jeremy Molod, Nathan Nance and David Parker

o News of the World – William Miller, John Pritchett, Mike Prestwood Smith and Oliver Tarney

o Soul – Coya Elliot, Ren Klyce and David Parker

Best Production Design

· Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale

o The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone

o Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton

o News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan

o Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

Best Cinematography

· Mank – Erik Messerschmidt

o Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt

o News of the World – Dariusz Wolski

o Nomadland – Joshua James Richards

o The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

· Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson

o Emma. – Laura Allen, Marese Langan and Claudia Stolze

o Hillbilly Elegy – Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash and Matthew W. Mungle

o Mank – Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri and Gigi Williams

o Pinocchio – Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier and Francesco Pegoretti

Best Costume Design

· Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ann Roth

o Emma. – Alexandra Byrne

o Mank – Trish Summerville

o Mulan – Bina Daigeler

o Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

Best Film Editing

· Sound of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen

o The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos

o Nomadland – Chloé Zhao

o Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval

o The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Best Visual Effects

· Tenet – Scott R. Fisher, Andrew Jackson, David Lee and Andrew Lockley

o Love and Monsters – Genevieve Camailleri, Brian Cox, Matt Everitt and Matt Sloan

o The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins

o Mulan – Sean Andrew Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands and Seth Maury

o The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez

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so i just started a “business” selling dumb goofy pet portraits and several people have told me i should make a children’s book which!!!!! is the sweetest thing ever and i’m lowkey thinking about maybe trying to write and illustrate one... but that’s sooo insane i mean i’m still in school and i don’t even want to be an artist professionally.. also i’d want to write a gothic story bc they’re the fucking best but gothic and children’s books don’t really overlap. much to think about. luv you!! 💛

that’s so cute!!! also as soon as you mentioned “gothic and children’s books” i immediately remembered this spooky children’s book i fond in october and i went through so many searches trying to remember why i knew this existed and it’s because kimberley j. brown (the main star of the halloweeentown movies) wrote a children’s book that’s halloween themed! i know it’s not quite gothic, but as someone who grew up loving halloween and halloween themed movies, i do think there is at least a vague market you could get away with exploring that genre (or at least serve as inspo for your drawings!) 

there’s also isabel greenberg’s graphic novels which are intended for adults but do kinda sit on the lines of gothic and illustrations— so i do think it’s possible if you ever want to research it and pursue it! but also keeping your hobbies and keeping things fun instead of making them into work is so valid and so important 

i don’t think school should ever stifle other passions and hobbies (esp since passions as hobbies keep us sane and remind us of our uniqueness and humanness outside of schoolwork and grades) but i love that genre and i’m so glad that you have this cute and amazing hobby with you! sending much love to you right back! 💌

tell me something about yourself!

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MY AWESOME PLAYLIST: 2019

This is the tenth year I’ve posted my Top 100 Songs of the Year. This will also be my last post on Tumblr. Feel free to follow me on Twitter. Later! ✌🏾

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100. Lil Nas X - Old Town Road [Feat. Billy Ray Cyrus]

99. Daniel Caesar, Brandy - Love Again

98. Maren Morris - Kingdom of One

97. Danielle Brooks - Black Woman

96. PUBLIC - Make You Mine (Acoustic)

95. Vanlves - Pyramids

94. Annie Murphy - A Little Bit Alexis (From Schitt’s Creek)

93. Davido - D & G [Feat. Summer Walker]

92. Denzel Curry - RICKY

91. The Lumineers - Salt And The Sea

90. YUNGBLUD - original me [Feat. Dan Reynolds]

89. Wiley, Stefflon Don, Sean Paul, Idris Elba - Boasty

88. Cynthia Eviro - Stand Up

87. HVOB - Sync

86. Camden Cox - Somebody Else

85. Sho Madjozi - John Cena

84. Flume, London Grammar - Let You Know

83. Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now

82. Majid Jordan - Caught Up [Feat. Khalid]

81. Ben Platt - River

80. Bon Iver - Hey, Ma

79. Emily King - Caliche

78. Jenifer - On oublie le reste [Feat. Kylie Minogue]

77. The Rescues - Hold On

76. H.E.R. - Could’ve Been (Remix) [Feat. Tone Stith]

75. Summer Walker - Come Thru [Feat. Usher]

74. Ólafur Arnalds - momentary

73. Kim Petras - There Will Be Blood

72. P Money, Giggs - Where & When

71. Stormzy - Don’t Forget To Breathe [Feat. YEBBA]

70. Celeste - She’s My Sunshine

69. Nathy Peluso - Natikillah

68. Lana Del Rey - Fuck it I love you

67. FKA twigs - holy terrain [Feat. Future]

66. Panic! At The Disco - Into the Unknown

65. Skrillex, Boys Noize, Ty Dolla $ign - Midnight Hour

64. FINNEAS - I Lost A Friend (Marian Hill Remix)

63. Sleeping At Last - Atlas: Eight

62. James Blake - Tell Them [Feat. Moses Sumney & Metro Boomin]

61. Freya Ridings - Lost Without You

60. City Girls - Twerk [Feat. Cardi B]

59. Megan Thee Stallion - Cash Shit [Feat. Da Baby]

58. BTS – Make It RIght

57. Klergy - World On Fire

56. Sasha Sloan - at least i look cool

55. Jolin Tsai - 玫瑰少年 "Womxnly"

54. Kimberley Tell - Lo Que No Me Dices

53. Chris Brown - No Guidance [Feat. Drake]

52. Missy Elliott - Throw It Back

51. Banks - Till Now

50. Cassian - Same Things [Feat Gabrielle Current]

49. Lennon Stella - Love Can Kill

48. RY X - YaYaYa

47. Selena Gomez - Look At Her Now

46. SHAED, ZAYN - Trampoline

45. Lauren Jauregui - More Than That

44. Sam Smith, Normani - Dancing With A Stranger

43. ROSALÍA - Con Altura [Feat. J Balvin, El Guincho]

42. Leikeli47 - Bad Gyal Flex

41. Felix Jaehn - Love On Myself (Keanu Silva Remix) [Feat. Calum Scott]

40. Harry Styles - Lights Up

39. Lizzo - Tempo [Feat. Missy Elliott]

38. Alex Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly [Feat. Alessia Cara]

37. Tierra Whack - CLONES

36. Marques Martin - Dinner Date [Feat. KAMAUU & Brandon Black]

35. Dua Saleh - Sugar Mama

34. Ashley O (aka Miley Cyrus) - On A Roll

33. Beyoncé - Before I Let Go

32. Kasawn Woods, Tinashe - Don’t Stop

31. Tinashe - Know Better

30. DaBaby - BOP

29. Gemitaiz, Madman - Karate [Feat. Mahmood]

28. Normani - Motivation

27. Solange - Way to the Show

26. EXO - Obsession

25. Mark Ronson - Don’t Leave Me Lonely [Feat. YEBBA]

24. Raiche - Complicated

23. Billie Eilish - listen before i go

22. Cardi B - Press

21. Ina Wroldsen, Dynoro - Obsessed

20. Ms Banks - Snack [Feat. Kida Kudz]

19. Logic, Eminem - Homicide

18. Doja Cat - Rules

17. The Bonfyre - U Say [Feat. 6lack]

16. Dawn Richard - Sauce

15. Beyoncé - ALREADY [Feat. Major Lazer, Shatta Wale]

14. Teyana Taylor - How You Want It?

13. Ariana Grande - needy

12. Patrick Watson - Here Comes The River

11. Billie Eilish - i love you

10. ROSALÍA - A Palé

9. BLACKPINK - Kill This Love

8. Ariana Grande - break up with your girlfriend, i’m bored

7. Summer Walker - Girls Need Love [Feat. Drake]

6. Beyoncé - BIGGER

5. Billie Eilish - WHEN I WAS OLDER

4. Diplo, IAMDDB - Mira

3. Clairo - Bags

2. Mahmood - Soldi

1. Labrinth, Zendaya - All For Us

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

‘WE NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS’ MARATHON OF ‘COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS’MOVIES RETURNS TO HALLMARK CHANNEL FRIDAY, MARCH 27 – MONDAY, MARCH 30

STUDIO CITY, CA – March 26, 2020 – Hallmark Channel is giving viewers more of what they asked for with another weekend of ‘We Need a Little Christmas,’ a special marathon featuring “Countdown to Christmas” movies, Friday, March 27, through Monday, March 30.

The Hallmark Channel premiere of “Just My Type,” on Saturday, March 28, as well as new episodes of “When Calls the Heart” and “When Hope Calls” on Sunday, March 29, will air at their originally scheduled times.

“Countdown to Christmas” movies starring fan favorites Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Holly Robinson Peete, Cameron Mathison, Alison Sweeney, Danica McKellar, Andrew Walker, Jill Wagner, Wes Brown and more will let viewers cozy-up at home and watch the movies they asked for.  The weekend kicks off with “Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa” starring Wagner, Mark Deklin (“Designated Survivor”), Robinson Peete (“Morning Show Mysteries,” “Hanging with Mr. Cooper”), Barbara Niven (“Chesapeake Shores”), Andrew Francis (“Chesapeake Shores”), Rukiya Bernard (“One Winter Weekend”) and Ashley Williams (“The Jim Gaffigan Show”).  The marathon continues throughout the weekend with movies including “Christmas at Holly Lodge,” “It’s Christmas, Eve,” “A Christmas Duet,” “A Christmas Wish,” and concludes with “Jingle All the Way” (Monday, March 30, 3:30 a.m. ET/PT).

The Full schedule appears below:

FRIDAY, MARCH 27th

12:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa” Stars: Jill Wagner (“Pearl in Paradise,” “Teen Wolf”), Mark Deklin (“Designated Survivor”), Holly Robinson Peete (“Meet the Peetes,” “Hanging with Mr. Cooper”), Barbara Niven (“Chesapeake Shores”), Andrew Francis (“Chesapeake Shores”), Rukiya Bernard (“One Winter Weekend”) and Ashley Williams (“The Jim Gaffigan Show”)

2:00 p.m. ET/PT: “The Mistletoe Promise” Stars: Jaime King (“Harts of Dixie”) and Luke Macfarlane (“Killjoys”)

4:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas at Holly Lodge” Stars: Alison Sweeney (“Days of our Lives,” “The Biggest Loser”), Jordan Bridges (J. Edgar, Mona Lisa Smile) and Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Instant Mom,” “Ray Donovan”)

6:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Picture a Perfect Christmas” Stars: Merritt Patterson (“The Royals”) and Jon Cor (“Shadowhunters”)

8:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Town” Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Tim Rozon (“Schitt’s Creek”) and Beth Broderick (“Sharp Objects”)

10:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Write Before Christmas” Stars: Torrey DeVitto (“Chicago Med”), Chad Michael Murray (“Riverdale”), Grant Show (“Dynasty”), Lolita Davidovich (“How to Get Away with Murder”) and Drew Seeley (“Glory Daze”)

SATURDAY, MARCH 28th

12:00 a.m. ET/PT: “My Christmas Dream” Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”), David Haydn-Jones (“Bridal Wave,” “A Cookie Cutter Christmas”) and Deidre Hall (“Days of Our Lives”)

2:00 a.m. ET/PT: “12 Gifts of Christmas” Stars: Katrina Law (“Snow Bride”), Aaron O’Connell (“The Haves and Have Nots”) and Donna Mills (“Knots Landing”)

3:30 a.m. ET/PT: “It’s Christmas, Eve” Stars: LeAnn Rimes (Logan Lucky) and Tyler Hynes (“UnREAL,” “Saving Hope”)

5:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas at the Palace” Stars: Merritt Patterson (“The Royals,” “The Christmas Cottage”), Andrew Cooper (“Royal Hearts,” “Damnation”) and Brittany Bristow (“Holiday Date”)

7:00 a.m. ET/PT: “A Christmas Duet” Stars: Chaley Rose (“Nashville,” “Code Black”) and Rome Flynn (“How to Get Away with Murder,” “The Haves and the Have Nots”)

9:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Connection” Stars: Brooke Burns (“The Chase,” “Gourmet Detective”) and Tom Everett Scott (“13 Reasons Why,” That Thing You Do!)

11:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas at Pemberley Manor” Stars: Jessica Lowndes (“90210,” “Magical Christmas Ornaments”) and Michael Rady (“Timeless,” “Jane the Virgin”)

1:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Let it Snow” Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), Emmy® nominee Alan Thicke ("The L.A. Complex") and Jesse Hutch (“Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove”)

3:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Check Inn to Christmas” Stars: Rachel Boston (“A Ring by Spring”), Wes Brown (“True Blood”) and Richard Karn (“Home Improvement,” “Family Feud”)

5:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Getaway” Stars: Bridget Regan (“The Last Ship,” “Jane the Virgin”) and Travis Van Winkle (“The Last Ship,” Hart of Dixie”)

7:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Next Door” Stars: Jesse Metcalfe (“Chesapeake Shores”) and Fiona Gubelmann (“Wilfred”)

11:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Reunited at Christmas” Stars: Nikki DeLoach (“The Perfect Catch”) and Mike Faiola (“Yellowstone”)

SUNDAY, MARCH 29th

1:00 a.m. ET/PT: “A Wish for Christmas” Stars: – Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls, “Party of Five”) and Paul Greene (“When Calls the Heart”)

3:00 a.m. ET/PT: “A December Bride” Stars: Jessica Lowndes (“90210”) and Daniel Lissing (“When Calls the Heart”)

4:30 a.m. ET/PT: “Double Holiday” Stars: Carly Pope (“Suits”) and Kristoffer Polaha (“Condor”)

6:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Land” Stars: Nikki DeLoach (“Love Takes Flight”) and Luke Macfarlane (“Killjoys”)

8:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Crown for Christmas” Stars: Danica McKellar (“The Wonder Years”) and Rupert Penry-Jones (“Black Sails”)

10:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Merry & Bright” Stars: Jodie Sweetin (“Fuller House,” “Love Under the Rainbow”), Andrew Walker (“Bottled with Love,” “Love in Design”) and Sharon Lawrence (“NYPD Blue,” “Shameless”)

12:00 p.m. ET/PT: “With Love, Christmas” Stars: Emilie Ullerup (“Chesapeake Shores”) and Aaron O’Connell (“The Haves and the Have Nots”)

2:00 p.m. ET/PT: “The Mistletoe Secret” Stars: Kellie Pickler (“Pickler & Ben,” “Wedding at Graceland”), Tyler Hynes (“UnREAL”) and Patrick Duffy (“Dallas,” “Step by Step”)

4:00 p.m. ET/PT: “The Christmas Club” Stars: Elizabeth Mitchell (“The Expanse”) and Cameron Mathison (“A Summer to Remember”)

6:00 p.m. ET/PT: “Christmas Under Wraps” Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“Fuller House”), David O’Donnell (“12 Wishes of Christmas”), Brian Doyle-Murray (“The Middle”) and Robert Pine (“Frozen”)

MONDAY, MARCH 30th

12:00 a.m. ET/PT: “The Nine Lives of Christmas” Stars: Brandon Routh (“Arrow”) and Kimberley Sustad (“A Bride for Christmas”) 2:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Welcome to Christmas” Stars: Eric Mabius (“Signed, Sealed, Delivered,” “Ugly Betty”) and Jennifer Finnigan (“Salvation”)

4:00 a.m. ET/PT: “Jingle Around the Clock” Stars: Brooke Nevin (“Chicago Hope,” “The Christmas Cure”), Michael Cassidy (“The OC”)

LINK HERE 

[goalhofer]

2020 Olympics South Africa Roster

Swimming

Martin Binedell (Pietermaritzburg)

Pieter Coetze (Pretoria)

Ethan Du Preez (Cape Town)

Michael McGlynn (Johannesburg)

Matthew Sates (Durban)

Michael Houlie (Cape Town)

Chad Le Clos (Durban)

Brad Tandy (Ladysmith)

Clarissa Johnston (Durban)

Laura Strugnell (Johannesburg)

Aimee Canny (Gnysa)

Mariella Venter (Johannesburg)

Emma Chelius (Pinecroft)

Kaylene Corbett (Bloemfontein)

Erin Gallagher (Durban)

Rebecca Meder (Pinecroft)

Tatjana Schoenmaker (Johannesburg)

Michelle Weber (Vereeniging)

Duné Coetzee (Pretoria)

Athletics

Tlotliso Leotlela (Phuthaditjhaba)

Phatutshedzo Maswanganyi (Soweto Township)

Akani Simbine (Kempton Park)

Clarence Munyai (Johannesburg)

Wayde Van Niekerk; Jr. (Bloemfontain)

Sokwakhana Zazini (Cape Town)

Elroy Gelant (George)

Desmond Mokgobu (Lempopo)

Stephen Mokoka (Mahikeng)

Cheswill Johnson (Germiston)

Ruswahl Samaai (Paarl)

Kayle Blignaut (Tuks)

Jason Van Rooyen (Johannesburg)

Rocco Van Rooyen (Johannesburg)

Anaso Jobodwana (Aberdeen)

Zakithi Nene (Ladysmith)

Thapelo Phora (Johannesburg)

Lesiba Mashele (Johannesburg)

Antonio Alkana (Cape Town)

Galaletsang Ramorwa (Johannesburg)

Ranti Dikgale (Phalaborwa)

Lythe Pillay (Benoni)

Lebogang Shange (Johannesburg)

Wayne Snyman (Welkom)

Marc Mundell (Pietermaritzburg)

Dominique Scott-Efurd (Stellenbosch)

Wenda Nel (Worcester)

Gerda Steyn (Dubai, U.A.E.)

Irvette Van Zyl (Sandton)

Jo-Ané Van Dyk (Potchefstroom)

Cycling

Nicholas Dlamini (Cape Town)

Ryan Gibbons (Johannesburg)

Daryl Impey (Johannesburg)

Jean Spies (Randberg)

David Maree (Kroonstad)

Alan Hatherly (Durban)

Alex Limberg (Johannesburg)

Stefan De Bod (Worcester)

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Pretoria)

Carla Oberholzer (Bloemfontein)

Charlene Du Preez (Sasolburg)

Candice Lill (Durban)

Diving

Micaela Bouter (Johannesburg)

Julia Vincent (Johannesburg)

Equestrian

Tanya Seymour (Gqeberha)

Victoria Scott-Legendre (Pietermaritzburg)

Field Hockey

Mustaphaa Cassiem (Cape Town)

Nduduza Lembethe (Tuks)

Keenan Horne (Cape Town)

Matt Guise-Brown (Pretoria)

Dayaan Cassiem (Cape Town)

Mohamed Mea (Johannesburg)

Tevin Kok (Durban)

Nicholas Spooner (Johannesburg)

Sam Mvimbi (Plettenberg Bay)

Austin Smith (Cape Town)

Tim Drummond (Cape Town)

Taine Paton (Durban)

Jethro Eustice (Durban)

Rasie Pieterse (Virginia)

Nqobile Ntuli (Johannesburg)

Clinton Panther (Gqeberha)

Tyson Dlungwana (Johannesburg)

Rusten Abrahams (Johannesburg)

Ryan Julius (Johannesburg)

Daniel Bell (Johannesburg)

Edith Molikoe (Gqeberha)

Robyn Johnson (Johannesburg)

Nomnikelo Veto (Gqeberha)

Charné Maddocks (Kimberley)

Lerato Mahole (Johannesburg)

Taryn Potts (Stellenbosch)

Onthatile Zulu (Johannesburg)

Celia Evans (Johannesburg)

Kristen Paton (Johannesburg)

Lisa-Marie Deetlefs (Johannesburg)

Erin Hunter (Johannesburg)

Lilian Du Plessis (Johannesburg)

Phumelela Mbande (Pietermaritzburg)

Quanita Bobbs (Cape Town)

Tarryn Glasby (Cape Town)

Nicole Walraven (Johannesburg)

Marizen Marais (Pretoria)

Toni Marks (Gqeberha)

Soccer

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James Monyane (Johannesburg)

Teboho Mokoena (Bethlehem)

Luke Fleurs (Fish Hoek)

Kamohelo Mahlatsi (Sebokeng)

Nkosingiphile Ngcobo (Pietermaritzburg)

Thabo Cele (KwaMashu Township)

Evidence Makgopa (GaMampa)

Luther Singh (Soweto Township)

Fagrie Lakay (Manenberg Township)

Sipho Mbule (Bethlehem)

Thendo Mukumela (Limpopo)

Sibusiso Mabiliso (Rustenburg)

Repo Malepe (Middelburg)

Lyle Foster (Soweto Township)

Goodman Mosele (Stilfontein)

Kobamelo Kodisang (Seraleng)

MacBeth Mahlangu (Kameelrivier)

Reeve Frosler (Port Elizabeth)

Golf

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Johannesburg)

Garrick Higgo (Stellenbosch)

Paula Reto (Cape Town)

Gymnastics

Caitlin Rooskrantz (Johannesburg)

Naveen Daries (Johannesburg)

Judo

Geronay Whitebooi (Pretoria)

Rowing

Luc Daffarn (Rondebosch)

Kyle Schoonbee (Johannesburg)

Sandro Torrente (Johannesburg)

Jake Green (Makhanda)

Lawrence Brittain (Pretoria)

John Smith (Germiston)

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Ronald Brown (Johannesburg)

Angelo Davids (Bellville)

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Benjamin Talbot (Johannesburg)

Alex Burger (Cape Town)

Skateboarding

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Brandon Valjalo (Johannesburg) 

Melissa Williams (Cape Town) 

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[sciencespies]

Why more clouds can mean less rain in Australia

https://sciencespies.com/environment/why-more-clouds-can-mean-less-rain-in-australia/

Why more clouds can mean less rain in Australia

A Northwest Cloudband on 12th January 2010, from the MTSAT Satellite. Picture: MTSAT

On any given day in Australia, depending on where you are, you may look up – hoping for those rainclouds to appear in the sky, or wishing them away.

But what you may not realize, is the clouds you’re looking at could be part of a pretty amazing weather phenomena.

The Northwest Cloudband is a huge cloud that stretches from the East Indian Ocean to the southern coast of Australia and can cause widespread rainfall across the country.

It’s thousands of kilometers long, extending from tropical Australia to Tasmania.

Similar systems occur around the world and they go by different names: tropical intrusions, tropical-extratropical cloudbands and tropical plumes. But the names all imply the same idea – the tropics intruding on the higher latitudes and bringing with them a whole lot of water.

Our new study shows that winter extreme rainfall is four times more likely in Victoria during a Northwest Cloudband event and up to twelve times more likely in northwest Australia.

And these events are becoming more common.

Why do cloudbands form?

The eastern Indian Ocean is the Northwest Cloudband nursery.

These giant clouds begin life as water evaporating from the warm surface of the Indian Ocean.

Number of Days with a Northwest Cloudband per year. Graphic: Adapted from Reid et al 2019

This evaporation is enhanced when the sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are warmer in the northeast Indian Ocean and cooler in the southeast Indian Ocean because this temperature difference makes the air above the ocean unstable.

The water vapor rises through the unstable atmosphere and forms clouds. But to get to southeastern Australia, without raining all the water out over the desert, the clouds need to hitch an express ride.

And this is where the extratropics come in.

The extratropics are typically defined as between 30 and 60 degrees latitude, and it’s in this zone that the weather is dominated by high and low-pressure systems.

A land of drought and flooding rains

Southern Australia is prone to these tropical visitors when there are high-pressure systems over southwest Western Australia and Queensland, as this sets up the ideal air flow for Northwest Cloudbands.

The southwestern high pushes cold air from the Southern Ocean towards northwest Australia, while the northeastern high pulls warm and wet air from the Coral Sea towards the center of Australia.

When the warm northeasterly air meets the cold southwesterly air, they clash creating a huge zone of unstable rising air – perfect for cloud formation.

The moist air and cloud that began over the Indian Ocean then traverses our entire continent via this zone of instability.

Conceptual model of Australian Winter Northwest Cloudband. Graphic: Reid et al 2019

How do we know northwest cloudbands are occurring more often?

Scientists were particularly interested in Northwest Cloudbands in the 1980s and 1990s.

The satellite era may have begun in the late 1970s with the launch of the first Geostationary satellites, but they were only just starting to be used to observe the weather – so scientists really only had access to a few years of useful data.

In these early studies, scientists manually identified Northwest Cloudbands by looking at grainy infrared satellite images of clouds over Australia.

But in the 21st Century, interest in the Northwest Cloudband waned.

In 2016, while researching the causes of Victorian changing rainfall with Professor Ian Simmonds and Dr Claire Vincent, we realized part of the puzzle was missing.

We knew Northwest Cloudbands caused rainfall in Victoria, but given we only had northwest cloudband records from the 80s and 90s, we couldn’t tell whether recent changes in Victorian rainfall had any relationship with Northwest Cloudbands.

The simple solution was to create our own updated record with the help of fellow School of Earth Sciences academic Dr Andrew King, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Victoria and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes.

The result was an algorithm that identifies Northwest Cloudbands over Australia from satellite observations of clouds.

Instead of manually searching approximately 14,000 images, the algorithm looks at the cloud over Australia from snapshots taken every three hours and tests the shape, location, continuity and size of the cloud to establish whether there is a Northwest Cloudband.

Winter daily rainfall anomalies during Northwest Cloudband days in units of millimetres. Graphic: Reid et al 2019

Our research produced a record of Northwest Cloudbands from 1984 through to 2016; the longest observational record of Australian Northwest Cloudbands. But it doesn’t stop there, as new satellite data becomes available, we are constantly updating the record.

Importantly, this 33-year-old record means we can now observe long-term trends. And we found Northwest Cloudbands are occurring more often over Australia at a rate of about one extra day per year.

In fact, they have nearly doubled in frequency and we don’t really know why.

There’s a raft of possible explanations all needing further research: climate change, the expansion of the tropical circulation system known as the Hadley Cell, aerosols and increased high-pressure systems in Southwest Western Australia.

What’s the impact of more cloudbands?

Given the ongoing concern about the impact of drought in Australia, it would be nice to assume that an increase in the frequency of these cloudbands would bring more rain.

But in fact, the reverse may be true.

We found that while the Northwest Cloudband increases rainfall over northwest, central and southern Australia (blue regions in rainfall map), it’s actually associated with a daily rainfall deficit (brown regions in rainfall map) over eastern and southwestern Australia.

This means that, counterintuitively, more cloudbands could lead to less rainfall in certain parts of Australia.

In fact, we are now trying to understand whether the recent droughts in New South Wales and Queensland have any connection to years with above average Northwest Cloudbands.

We are starting to learn about the impacts of cloudbands, which is especially important for understanding Australia’s rainfall trends in the future climate.

Explore further

NASA IMERG sees Australia’s bicoastal rainfall

More information: Kimberley J. Reid et al. The Australian Northwest Cloudband: Climatology, Mechanisms, and Association with Precipitation, Journal of Climate (2019). DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0031.1

Caroline C. Ummenhofer et al. Modulation of Australian Precipitation by Meridional Gradients in East Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature, Journal of Climate (2009). DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3021.1

Sarah M. Kang et al. Expansion of the Hadley Cell under Global Warming: Winter versus Summer, Journal of Climate (2012). DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00323.1

Raktima Dey et al. Investigating observed northwest Australian rainfall trends in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 detection and attribution experiments, International Journal of Climatology (2018). DOI: 10.1002/joc.5788

Michael R. Grose et al. Severe Frosts in Western Australia in September 2016, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2018). DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0088.1

Provided by University of Melbourne

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[pachathegreat]

Day 4: Halloweentown

Hey guys! Welcome to day 4 of The Shinning. Today we look at the beloved Disney Channel classic, Halloweentown. Released in 1998, starring Debbie Reynolds, Kimberley J. Brown, Joey Zimmerman, Emily Roeske, and Judith Hoag. 

Now I grew up without cable or internet, and didn’t get it in my home till freshman year of high school so I missed out on a lot. I managed to catch some Toonami and early Adult Swim, but missed 90′s Nickelodeon stuff and Disney Channel stuff, so Halloweentown was not a staple of my Halloween growing up as a kid. I was stuck watching whatever scary movie my older brother would rent, and I was really sensitive to horror movies as a kid cause I got it in my head that they were documentaries for some reason.

ANYWAYS 

Halloweentown seems to be a staple for a particular age of people. I could kinda see it, it’s not the most terrible Halloween based kids movie, certainly better than Ernest Scared Stupid in a lot of ways. Let’s get into it!

So the premise is fairly simple, yet a little unique. The movie follows the three Cromwell siblings (which honestly, pretty bad ass magical name, just works y’know?). The oldest is Marnie, middle child Dylan, and youngest Sophie who are banned from celebrating Halloween by their stern, but loving mother, Gwen. Gwen doesn’t want the kids partaking in anything resembling the weird, the strange, or occult, which is a bummer for Marnie cause she’s showing early signs of gothism (it’s a disease where you wear all black and develop a stick up your ass about this whole “being alive” thing). Dylan is a shitty little kiss ass, and Sophie is the sweet one. 

Marnie and her mom argue the merits of celebrating Halloween, with Sophie saying very vague things as to why she won’t let them go out on Halloween, and around now is when you pick up that there’s something up with the whole family, that would probably be a much more simple issue if Sophie sat her kids down and explained what the situation was, and why she doesn’t want her kids to celebrate Halloween, but no, it’s the 90′s and we haven’t found a way around complex situations that could be avoided with simple solutions. 

Sorry, just venting, you watch too many shows on the WB/CW, you notice a pattern (looking at you Arrowverse, and Supernatural...and practically every show on that channel). 

Anyways, through early photoshop comes...DEBBIE REYNOLDS! I know, I was just as surprised as you. First Eartha Kitt then Debbie Reynolds, classic leading ladies popping up where you least suspect them, and y’know what, they do some damn great work in each one. Back to Debbie though, Debbie comes off the bad SFX Magic Bus and heads over, a magic bag in tow to Gwen’s house, and as it turns out she’s Gwen’s mother! We can figure out where this is going, yes? Gwen is a witch too, and her children are also magically inclined, but Gwen refuses to teach them any magic cause her deceased husband was human, and she wants to raise the kids as human.  

No real mention if that’s what dear old dad wanted before he died. No cause is mentioned besides the fact that he was human. 

Debbie Reynolds, who plays Aggie (she wasn’t just being Debbie Reynolds, though it would explain how amazing that family is) has come to ask her daughter for help. Back in her home of Halloweentown, the inhabitants have been acting strange, kinda evil, then disappearing. Gwen wants nothing to do with any magical business, and tells her mom that she’s just being paranoid. What Gwen and Aggie don’t realize is that Marnie has heard all of this, the magic, the snide remarks I made toward the goths, all of it!

Marnie has taken it upon herself to go and help her grandmother, and also learn magic cause apparently this is her last chance to learn it before her powers disappear, I dunno, they got some weird rules in this world. 

So as Marnie is planning on sneaking out, Dylan tags along, despite everything about him indicating he’s not that type of character. So they both sneak onto the magic spooky bus and are transported to the magical realm where monsters, ghosts, witches, and all that live peacefully away from humans. They meet the mayor, who may or may not be a the villain. They get to grandma’s house, and convince her to that they could help, and that Marnie can learn a thing or two.

Also it’s mentioned that time moves differently in Halloweentown, but honestly, it feels like so made up. I know this a movie where we have a skeleton cabby, and a tooth fairy dentist working on a vampire, but seriously, their idea of time is kinda arbitrary compared to our world.  

So as the kids and Aggie are going around the town, we learn and see more of the town, kinda got the vibe that this would’ve been the closet America got to Harry Potter cause we have a hidden magical world, a young hero who learns of their powers before they’re adults, and a bunch of other magical shit going on. Mind you, the first Harry Potter book was released in the States about a whole month before this was aired. What’s the point I’m trying to make? None, just kinda interesting y’know. 

While this is going on, Gwen has figured out the kids have snuck out, and heads to Halloweentown to get the kids. Once she gets there, we see that her and the mayor had a bit of thing before she met her kids’ dad. She tries to get them back, but can’t get a bus back so quickly. This leads some time for Marnie and her mom to argue about why her mom would keep this part of culture away from her and her siblings, and that they had a right to know. Gwen responds with pretty much the same reasoning she gave Aggie. To be honest I was with Marnie this whole time. As a person who was raised with only one aspect of my cultural background, you don’t feel as a whole of a person as you should. But her would like totally disappear if she didn’t even learn anything so I guess I have it a bit better. 

Honestly Gwen’s reasoning is weak. 

So at this point our villain makes his appearance, making the inhabitants into assholes and then freezing them, getting them ready for something, for some reason. Aggie tries to face him off alone, but Gwen steps in to help, and even takes a shot for her mom. The shot freezes Gwen, and the next one gets Aggie. Before Aggie freezes completely she urges Marnie to finish the spell that could save the town.

This leads to the weakest part of the film. The kids go on hijinks and adventures getting the ingredients for the spell’s recipe. Some of it is okay, most of it is boring. So after the kids get the stuff together, they put it into this talisman. The kids head to the center of town, where our villain reveals himself to the public, and says his plan. Kinda. He wants to make everyone evil and attack the humans for some reason. The motive isn’t really clear. The villain then reveals himself further (don’t worry, this is Disney), to reveal that he was the mayor the whole time! Gasp!

Pretty obvious the whole time. Only made more obvious by each appearance of the guy. Marnie is able to reserve the evil curse and unfreeze everyone. And with the whole family putting energy into it, they murder the mayor in front of the whole town. Yay! Evil is vanquished, death to the bourgeoisie! Yay, he’s vanquished or whatever, the family goes back home, Gwen has decided that she will in fact train her kids in magic, with grandma Aggie coming around more often to help out and assist. 

So some things off the bat, I may sound like I’m shitting on this, but I actually enjoyed it. The cast is nice as a whole and isn’t reliant on just one actor like Ernest Scared Stupid was with Jim Varney. Well maybe except for Dylan he played the typical 90′s nerd and wasn’t that likable. I blame the 90′s for that, not the actor, kid was just trying to make a buck. 

Debbie Reynolds was a such a sweet lady and knows when to hold back, and when to chew scenery. When she has that stand off with the villain, you can hear her voice is taking a more dramatic tone and how she acts in that scene has some nice subtlety. Her talent is missed. 

The music in this is just very 90′s. A lot of xylophone’s and “spooky” music. Also random crows throughout the movie. The story has a little more than what I would think for a Disney Channel movie. LIke to hide that big of a secret was interesting to see, it’s just a shame that it didn’t pay off in the end. Like there should’ve been real consequences to Marnie finding out she was a witch or a believable reason for Gwen to keep this from her kids. The mayor’s motive was pretty much “ah fuck it, let’s be evil you guys!” and that weakened the movie to me. Either than that the dialogue is a lot better written for the kids than it was for Ernest and it can be funny. Sometimes it isn’t, but it has it’s moments. 

Also there was a PENTAGRAM shown and called as such on DISNEY Channel. Listen I’m amazed that Gravity Falls got away with the pseudo-occult stuff it did, this one straight out put a pentagram in the movie, and it’s an accessory that Marnie wears throughout the film. 

The makeup in this is really cool. It’s practical look for the wear, but it makes them to be a believable living being in this world. Some seem to have really big round chins. Don’t know if that was the actors or the make up. Just something I noticed watching this. 

I can see why this would be a staple for kids growing up. It has definite charm to it, and it’s not dripping in that 90′s cheesiness that Ernest had. Of the two live action films I’ve covered this week, this is the better one, and I wouldn’t mind watching it again. Kinda want to see the other ones now too.

Okay guys, that’ll be a wrap on Halloweentown. Next week it’s one I have seen before and I know that I actually like this one! 

Hocus Pocus is tomorrow! 

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The Kimberley j brown version of Marnie and Natalie the pink troll from the Halloweentown franchise are girlfriends I don't make the rules

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Simon Warder Day Three

Match  Reports  November  14,  2018  

L.  Turmel  (ENG)  3-0  A.  Serme  (CZE)  3-0

Match  report  by  Nikki  Todd    (just one women’s match today)

Serme  appeared  to  start  the  game  nervously  with  Turmel  starting  just  the  opposite.  Serme  began  to  fight  back  but  it  was  too  late;  a  few  perfect  lengths  from  Turmel  allowed  her  to  take  the  first  game  11-6.  Serme  started  the  second  game  well  by  setting  up  the  rallies  well  for  her  kill  shots  and  attacking  boasts.  

Turmel  responds  with  some  tight  drops.  Both  girls  are  attacking  a  bit  too  early  and  trade  points  back  and  forth.  Turmel  begins  to  use  her  aggressive  length    to  set  up  the  rallies  and  takes  game  2,  11-8.  Turmel  plays  steady  and  draws  some  unforced  errors  from  Serme.  She  balances  with  strong  attacks  and  takes  the  match  3-0.

J.  Camilo  Vargas  (COL)  3-0  C.  Fuller  (ENG)  

Match  report  by  Gary  Delavigne  

Vargas  came  out  true  to  form  for  his  debut  at  this  year’s  tournament.  He  started  the  match  strong,  keeping  Fuller  on  his  heels  and  taking  the  first  game  easily  11-2.  Fuller  takes  it  up  a  notch  in  games  2  and  3  as  the  rallies  get  a  bit  longer  but  ultimately  Vargas  is  in  control  of  the  match,  making  great  use  of  available  space  on  the  court.  Vargas  advances  to  the  quarter-finals  with  a  convincing  3-0  victory.  

[5]  M.  Yanez  (MEX)  3-0  M.  Fuller  (ENG) 

Match  report  by  Mark  McLean  

Yanez  took  control  from  the  opening  serve,  never  letting  Fuller  get  his  legs  under  him.  Great  width  and  good  length  had  Fuller  on  his  heels  all  game.  Game  2  started  much  like  the  first,  with  Yanez  cutting  off  ball  after  ball.  Yanez  attacks  relentlessly  in  the  front  left.  Yanez  finishes  the  second  looking  strong  and  quick.  Fuller  begins  trying  to  counter  with  pace  and  length  in  game  3.  He  puts  Yanez  to  work,  but  Yanezresponded  with  a  variety  of  shots.  A  few  great  volley  nicks  see  Yanez  win  the  final  game  11-9.

[8]  H.  Mustonen  (FIN)  3-1  M.  Nabil  (EGY)  

Match  report  by  Anna  Kimberley  

Nabil  was  effective  with  short  straight  attacks  early  in  the  match  but  Mustonen  was  able  to  exert  more  control  over  the  game  with  deeper,  tighter  lengths.  He  cut  the  ball  off  early  across  the  middle  and  held  the  T  to  take  the  first.  In  the  second,  Mustonen  extended  his  momentum  and  quickly  took  a  significant  lead,  frustrating  Nabil  withgreat  length  and  using  all  four  corners  of  the  court,  winning  the  second.  

Nabil  started  the  third  strong,  varying  his  attacks  and  using  height  to  get  out  of  trouble.  He  stayed  with  Mustonen  throughout  the  game.  Mustonen  stepped  up,  looking  to  cinch  the  match,  but  Nabil  pulled  through,  taking  the  third.    Nabil  appeared  to  crash  after  the  high  of  winning  the  third  and  quickly  went  down  6-0.  He  had  a  slight  revival  but  Mustonen  stayed  solid  with  tight  length  and  high  intensity  to  take  the  final  game  ofthe  match  11-5.

[3]  L.  Fuller  (ENG)  3-0  [WC]  D.  Mill  (CAN) 

Match  Report  by  Emilia  Soini  

A  couple  of  loose  balls  from  both  players  in  the  beginning  of  the  game  and  a  lot  of  traffic  in  the  middle  of  the  court.  Fuller  settled  into  the  match  before  Mill,  surging  ahead  to  take  game  1.  In  the  second,  Fuller  found  some  height  to  take  control  of  the  game,  with  a  little  help  from  Mill’s  errors.  

Fuller  hits  some  great  lines  and  creating  openings  and  takes  the  second  comfortably  11-2.  Fuller  takes  control  of  the  T  in  the  third,  getting  the  ball  to  all  corners  of  the  court.  Mill  is  running  and  beginning  to  make  more  errors.  Fuller  stays  consistently  and  patiently  wins  the  match  3-0.

[4]  S.  Khan  (PAK)  3-0  A.  Leanza  (USA)  

Match  report  by  Tom  Panabaker  

The  match  started  slow,  both  playing  conservative  length  to  get  a  feel  for  the  court.  After  a  long  rally  at  4-1,  Leanza  struggled  to  be  tight  on  length,  allowing  Khan  to  take  a  more  attacking  approach.  4  unforced  tins  by  Khan  made  this  game  tighter  than  it  appeared.  Khan  continued  tight  front  left  drops  in  game  2,  forcing  Leanza  to  lunge  hard  to  retrieve.  

Khan  was  then  free  to  punish  Leanza  deep  in  the  right  back  corner.  Khan  dominated  game  2,  11-2.  Leanza  could  not  achieve  consistent  length  ingame  3  and  Khan  retrieved  without  issue,  getting  tighter  and  deeper  as  the  game  went  on.  A  brief  lead  for  Leanza  at  5-2  was  slowly  chipped  away  at  by  Khan’s  aggressive  play.  Khan  took  a  surge  of  strong  points,  winning  the  third  11-6.

B.  Ajagbe  (NGR)  3-0  [6]  C.  Seth  (CAN)  

Match  report  by  Tom  Panabaker  

Things  got  exciting  when  Seth  won  a  hard  rally  to  bring  the  first  game  even  at  6-6.  Ajagbe  put  forth  a  solid  attack,  forcing  Seth  to  retrieve  over  and  over.  Ajagbe  tooka  9-6  lead  and  finished  11-8  in  the  first.  Seth  started  more  aggressively  in  the  second,  finding  his  attacking  shots  early.  Ajagbe  fought  back  and  patiently  took  back  the  lead.  Another  lead  change  as  Seth  charged  back  to  a  10-8  lead  after  a  Dzno  letdz  call  and  subsequent  unforced  error  by  Ajagbe.  An  exceptional  long  and  entertaining  rally  put  Ajagbe  up  game  ball    and  he  went  on  to  win  13-11.  Seth,  struggling  with  an  injury  from  the  past  weekend’s  provincial  tournament,  retired  after  game  2.  

[7]  A.  Graham  (ENG)  3-0  N.  Browne  (BER)  

Match  report  by  Mike  Ethridge  Browne  and  Graham  exchanged  points,  one  long  rally  after  another.  The  crowd  quickly  learns  they  will  need  more  beer  after  game  one.  Graham  squeaks  out  game  1,  12-10.  The ‘Giraffe  of  squash’  Browne  has  a  strong  presence  on  the  court  in  game  2,  with  more  long  rallies  and  great  athleticism  from  both  players.  Banter  by  both  players  keeps  the  crowd  entertained  and  allows  the  players  to  catch  their  breath.  Graham  seems  to  be  able  to  maintain  an  edge  in  the  match.    Graham  continued  to  push  hard  in  game  3,  capitalizing  on  a  few  key  rallies  to  take  the  match  3-0.

[1]  R.  Peter  (SUI)  3-2  H.  Varela  (ESP)  

Match  report  by  Tom  Panabaker  

A  thrilling  final  match  to  end  day  3!  Varela  played  solid  length  through  games  1  and  2  to  keep  Peter  in  a  defensive  role,  although  both  battled  hard  and  made  some  amazing  gets.  Varela  was  able  to  squeak  out  both  games  to  start  the  third  up  a  mere  4  points.  Varela  continued  to  drive  Peter  to  the  back  court,  jumping  on  any  loosereturns.  Peter  found  his  drop  and  surged  to  a  7-3  lead.  Varela  persistently  chipped  away  at  this  until  the  game  was  7-7.  Peter  responded,  taking  a  10-8  game  ball,  only  to  have  Varela  revert  back  to  his  patient  length  game  and  tie  it  at  10-10.  

Trading  leads  and  match/game  balls,  Peter  eventually  prevailed  at  15-13,  keeping  himself  alive  in  the  match.  Game  4  started  with  a  long  rally  on  the  first  point  with  Peter  making  some  awesome  gets  but  Varela  waiting  him  out  and  winning  this  big  point.  Although  Varela  controlled  the  play  early,  Peter  fought  back,  dominating  the  later  half  of  game  4  with  6  unanswered  points  to  tie  the  match  at  2-2.  

A  tough-fought  fifth  game  with  leads  changing  between  players.  Peter  took  control  of  the  match,  outlasting  Varela  in  fitness.  A  great  comeback  from  match  ball  down  in  game  3,  #1  seed  Peter  survives  for  another  day.

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Kimberley Garner Being Her Typical Superstar Self, Zac Brown Getting Divorce & Jabrill Peppers ...

TV reporter wearing a taco costume during live shot…because it was National Taco Day. • Florida Man a little too fired up over the Supreme Court ... source https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://bustedcoverage.com/2018/10/05/kimberley-garner-being-her-typical-superstar-self-zac-brown-getting-divorce-jabrill-peppers-whining/&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjAzNzA3MjA5ODA5OTliMzk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEcEoFwvT2UvvRv9r6TPET99ieZ-A

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Learning Reflection

For most of my life, I have been a verbal learner, learning best by listening to people’s words or by reading. In order for me to fully absorb information, it has to spark an interest, and one of my biggest interests is learning how to be a thoughtful, compassionate, and skilled librarian. When learning how to do something, like navigate a database or weed a collection, physical practice is best for me. Reading about collection development made me think I had a pretty good idea about what to expect when applying it in a library, but I quickly learned that it was not so simple. It takes a long time to determine the future of any book and requires various considerations before deciding to weed, keep, replace, purchase, etc.  

I enjoyed how the course began with the history of picture books, because I love learning about the history of things. It is fascinating to think that the “modern American picture book” was not materialized until 1928 (Horning, K.T. pg. 85), then to discover how they have evolved based on what makes a great one. Picture books help shape children’s identities, and personally reflecting on this made it even more apparent. I went down memory lane going through old boxes full of childhood toys and books, old photos and trinkets. So many books I could not remember, but the ones I did pulled strings in my heart. Those were the ones that had made me understand something about myself and the world around me. The Author Study assignment was a fascinating experience for me because I chose an author whose most famous works were written 100 years ago. Learning about Frances Hodgson Burnett was eye opening and The Secret Garden was a truly captivating book to read.  

The influence of children's books makes it necessary to also explore how they can perpetuate social structures, racial and gender stereotypes, just as much as they can foster kindness to others. This course showed me how the impacts of colonialism, institutional racism, and gender discrimination relate to children’s literature, particularly through the reading of “On being white: A raw, honest conversation,” by Allie Jane Bruce. Learning about the #WeNeedDiverseBooks non-profit movement is encouraging, as it aims to put more diverse books in schools and libraries, but it remains that many banned books are by authors or color. I can see now that librarians have a critical role in questioning the motives behind certain challenges to ensure equality, and to ensure that every child can see themselves in the books available to them.  

The course opened my eyes to the many different ways to tell a story, through books, comics, video games, apps, and animation. The reading log encouraged me to explore these formats and interact with e-tools that I had never even heard of, from the toca boca app for kids, to the voice-thread platform for presenting.

https://tocaboca.com/apps/

Before taking this class, I did not have a solid understanding of what it means to be digitally literate. First, one must be literate in the traditional sense, through reading and writing, and then foster the ability to “use & share, create & collaborate, analyze & evaluate, and apply ethical judgement,” (Hobbs, R. 2012) to various forms of technology and databases. As the educational world becomes increasingly digital, the digital divide becomes more evident, and this is another area that librarians must pay attention to and change.  

The book discussions helped me synthesize my thoughts about what makes a good children’s book, and I was surprised by just how much I loved the books. Both Bridge to Terabithia and Brown Girl Dreaming captivated me, taught me something new, and brought about tearful reactions. Speaking with people in my class about the books helped me feel less isolated in the online program and reinforced the hope I have for this profession and for myself in it. 

References:

Bruce, A. J. (2015). On being white: A raw, honest conversation. Children and Libraries, 13(3), p 3-6.

De Groot, J., & Branch, J. (2009).  Solid foundations: A primer on the crucial, critical, and key roles of school and public libraries in children’s development. Library Trends, 58(1).

Hobbs, R. (June 23, 2012). Defining digital literacy. Presentation at the American Library Association Annual Conference. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn6f0hJSMUE

Horning, K.T. (2010). From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books. New York: Collins.  

Reynolds, Kimberley. (2011). Children’s Literature: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.