#NOVEMBER 14

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— November 14, 1911 / Franz Kafka diaries

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Animal of the Day!

Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa)

(Photo from Northwest Widlife Online)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Western Canada; Alaska

Size (Weight/Length)- 2 kg; 35 cm 

Diet- Leaves; Fruit; Bark; Roots; Ferns

Cool Facts- Despite being called the mountain beaver and looking sort of like a beaver, these rodents are more closely related to squirrels than they are to North American beavers. Mountain beavers do not build dams or chew down trees and their tails are more of a stub. They instead climb trees in search of leaves or wander the ground while munching on toxic ferns when out of their burrow. Their thumbs are semi-opposable, letting the Mountain beaver hold a snack while eating. And boy do they eat, up to 9 hours per day. Young are born as twins or triplets and leave the burrow after only two months. They are one of the longer living rodents of up to 10 years.

Rating- 11/10 (Considered to be a living fossil.)

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HAPPY 27TH BIRTHDAY, MASON GOODING!!!

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Happy Screaming Partially Muscled Skeleton Day!

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𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟺, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟶 -𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟹

[ID: To awaken on a cold autumn morning full of yellowish light. To force your way through the half-shut window and while still in front of the panes, before you fall, to hover, arms extended, belly arched, legs curved backward, like the figures on the bows of ships in old times. END ID]

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'It Was in My DNA': Eddie Redmayne Reveals Why He Chose The Day of the Jacka

Eddie Redmayne returns to television for the first time in years when Peacock's The Day of the Jackal remake arrives in November. The limited series casts the Fantastic Beasts star as the titular assassin, whose reputation is terrifyingly legendary. And it presented the Academy Award winner with a unique challenge.

Speaking to CBR before the program's Nov. 14 premiere, Redmayne explained why The Day of the Jackal brought him back to the small screen and how the project compared to his movie credits. He also dished on his proudest -- and seemingly impossible -- accomplishments across the 10 episodes. And what did his acclaimed theatre run in Cabaret have to do with this role?

CBR: The Day of the Jackal is your first scripted TV project in several years. What was it about this remake that interested you, and how was it working in the television medium again?

Eddie Redmayne: I found it thrilling. I found it challenging. I'd not done television for a while, and I signed on to the series having read three episodes, and I found them so propulsive and deeply, deeply compelling. But of course, with television, you don't necessarily have the whole of it before you start

And I found that the scale of the thing was as large and cinematic as anything I'd done. I found the length of it -- and when you're shooting in two units side by side, and juggling those things consistently for sort of eight months -- globe-trotting in the most glorious way. It was equal parts thrilling, equal parts challenging.

There have been multiple other adaptations of Frederick Forsythe's 1971 novel, but they've all been years ago. Even the Bruce Willis movieThe Jackal, which was a very loose version, is over 20 years old. So did you want to consider the lengthy screen history of this character, or did you approach your version of Jackal with a clean slate?

I grew up watching the [1973 Fred] Zinnemann movie. It was one of those VHS that my parents loved, and so it was in my DNA. I'd also read the book. But when I read these scripts, what I loved is they retained what I describe as the sort of obsession with the craft of it.

I love those old '70s thrillers and films that are that aren't about computers doing extraordinary things, but are about craftsmanship and the chess-playing element of espionage. And what I loved about the scripts that I read is they retained that DNA, but it felt completely contemporary. It had something of the old school and that elegant refinement and that sort of casual ruthlessness, but it also felt completely contemporary.

You have to make The Jackal a larger than life assassin, or the entire project sort of falls apart on its face. You came to this project not long after your exceptional performance as The Emcee in Cabaret. Did the playing bigger and projecting that comes with a stage role help you in crafting this almost mythic character?

Full interview Here :

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Deposition of George Rheims

“while I was swimming I looked over my shoulder and saw the "Titanic" go down.”

Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United StatesSeries: Admiralty Case FilesFile Unit: In the Matter of the Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its Liability as owner of the steamship TITANIC

Received Copy UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK I n T h e M a t t e r of The Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navi- gation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its liability as owner of the S.S. "TITANIC" Original DEPOSITION OF GEORGE RHEIMS. HUNT, HILL & BETTS Proctors for Claimants Frederick K. Seward et al, 165 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY Direct Cross Re-Direct Re-Cross GEORGE RHEIMS, 2 17 25, 27 27. Exhibits: Page Claimant's Exhibit A, (drawing of ice berg) 9 Petitioner's " " ( diagram ) 19 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : I n T h e M a t t e r : of : The Petition of the Oceanic Steam Navi- : gation Company, Limited, for Limitation of its liability as owner of the S.S. : "TITANIC". : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - : Deposition of GEORGE RHEIMS, taken pursuant to notice before Robinson Leach, Esq., Notary Public, at No. 165 Broadway, New York, on November 14, 1913, at two o'clock P. M. Present: Hunt, Hill & Betts by Mr. Betts and Mr. Kinnicutt, for claimants, Frederick K. Seward, et al; Mr. Houston; Mr. F. R. Smythe; Mr. F. L. Robbins; Mr. Church; Mr. Hency C. Quinby; Mr. Frederick A. Stroh, for other claimants. Mr. Burlingham and Mr. Leach for the petitioner. IT IS STIPULATED that the deposition may be taken by a -2- stenographer, signing, filing and certification waived; steno- grapher's fees taxable in lieu of notary's fees; copy to be served on the petitioner's proctors. GEORGE RHEIMS, being duly sworn, testified as follows: DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. KINNICUTT: Q Will you give your full name? A George Lucia Rheims. Q And your residence? A Paris, France. Q Were you a passenger on board the "Titanic"? A Yes. Q Where did you embark? A Cherbourg. Q Where did you buy your ticket? A At Martin's in Paris. Q Was anything said to you by the person who sold you your ticket with regard to anything on the back of the ticket? MR. BURLINGHAM: Object to. A Nothing. Q On the night of the 14th of April, 1912, where were you at about 11:40 o'clock? A I was coming out of the bath- room. Q On what part of the ship? A On the forward part of the ship. Q What deck? A Deck A. Q Did anything peculiar happen about that time? A Just the time of the accident, the shock. Q Just state what your felt? A Why I was coming out of the bathroom and I felt a slight shock, and I turned to see what had happened and in looking to the right I saw through [full document and transcription at link]

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Mondays are the worst.

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— November 14, 1911 / Franz Kafka diaries

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La Mode nationale, no. 46, 14 novembre 1896, Paris. No. 6. — Corsage de dîner. No. 7. — Corsage de fantaisie. No. 19. — Corsage de soie. No. 20. — Corsage fantaisie. Bibliothèque nationale de France

No. 6. — Corsage de dîner, en étamine crème ornementée de felurs, sur transparent rose. Manches ballon en soie rose unie, petite garniture de plumes autour du décolleté, col en mousseline de soie noire.

No. 6. — Dinner corsage, in cream cheesecloth decorated with flowers, on pink transparency. Balloon sleeves in plain pink silk, small feather trim around the neckline, black chiffon collar.

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No. 7. — Corsage de fantaisie, avec plastron de satin crème faisant pointe à la taille. Col de satin boutonné, rabattu sur brisure. Manches ballon à hauts poignets.

No. 7. — Fancy bodice, with cream satin plastron pointing at the waist. Buttoned satin collar, folded over. Balloon sleeves with high cuffs.

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No. 19. — Corsage de soie crème. Devant et dos plats; dessus, pèlerine-col en mousseline plissée accordéon rose au-dessus, nœud de ruban de même couleur retombant jusqu'au bas du corsage, avec bande de mousseline plissée au milieu. Manches ballon courtes.

No. 19. — Cream silk corsage. Flat front and back; above, pink accordion pleated muslin collar cape above, ribbon bow of the same color falling to the bottom of the bodice, with strip of pleated muslin in the middle. Short balloon sleeves.

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No. 20. — Corsage fantaisie en lainage rayé rouge et noir, avec revers-col en lainage beige, retenus à la taille par des petits brandebourgs, col montant rabattu, nœud de ruban noir double en dessous. Manches petit ballon; parements de lainage beige.

No. 20. — Fancy bodice in red and black striped wool, with beige wool lapel, held at the waist by small frogs, high turn-down collar, double black ribbon bow underneath. Small balloon sleeves; beige wool facings.

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AKI WA HARU TO GOHAN WO TABETAI (2023, JAPAN)

Now Available on Gagaoolala (JAPANESE BL MOVIE)

Post 2 of 2

Haru (TAKAHASHI KENSUKE) is offered or suggested by his professor to spend a year abroad in efforts to expand his love of photography or learn more in depth (not sure exactly) but Haru doesn't want to be away from Aki (AKAZAWA RYOTARO)

Haru tells Aki he will continue his studies in Japan and not go to England.

Aki assumes after they start working they will go their separate ways. Haru explains that is not the case.

After the credits rolled...

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Keith Hudson † November 14, 1984