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venuscnjunctpluto · 2 years ago

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Observations Pt 7.

Credits: @venuscnjunctpluto

* Jesse’s Lilith is in Billie’s 12th house. This is such scary synastry to me because you don’t see how the Lilith person can be manipulating you or even trying to seduce you.

*scorpio risings have something noticeable about their ‘glabella’ (space in btw the eyes specifically the smooth area above the nose I had to Google it lol) I notice Scorpio risings have glabella’s that protrude which makes their eyes even more noticeable and intense. And it makes them look like a skunk lol (ex: Taylor swift, dita von teese, Natalie Portman, Chaka Khan, and Sydney Sweeney)

*moon square Venus people are the epitome of Candy Heron in mean girls. They end up in friendships and relationships that worse their emotional well-being. It’s usually summed up to them not being able to be themselves around their “friends” or partners.

*libra risings have pudgy noses with smaller nostrils while Aries risings have defined noses with larger nostrils. You can usually guess these two by their noses

*Capricorn rising women 🤝 elaborate ponytails, long braids, bangs idk their hair gives off power puff girl vibes

*the way Pisces placements get talked to is ridiculous to me. People will talk to them like literal children which is very demeaning.

*simone biles just got married congrats to her! Her husband has so many prominent cancer placements and 0 degree libra mars. Civilized cardinal placements have such big husband/wife energy it’s insane. Very romantic and taking the time you learn you as a person. They also have Venus trine Venus, mars conjunct mars, moon conjunct moon synastry 💕

*kelis is the perfect example of a Leo dominant. She wears so many vibrant colors, dyed her hair often, and always carried confident aura.

*I notice Scorpio Venus women defend plastic surgery and those who get it. I know three of them who defend the kardashians like crazy (even though ppls problem is the lying about surgery but anywho). I think it’s bc they would get plastic surgery as well if they could.

*venus-uranus/aqua Venus placements make friends so easily it’s insane. They’ll get reposted on social media a lot as well.

*Ik this guy with cupido conjunct mars and he’s a huge flirt and player. I have cupido conjunct mars and I think it attracts players towards me it’s been so many situations a guy has tried to hide his player tendencies but I always found out eventually. I think this is a red flag placement🚩🚩🚩🚩

*i have cupido in the 8th so does Barack Obama, Ryan gosling, Rihanna, Monica Bellucci, Elizabeth Taylor, Cardi B. This might be a very seductive placement these ppl probably go all in when they’re attracted to someone. Or they might use their sexuality to get their crushes.

*zoe kravitz playing Selina Kyle and having Venus conjunct pluto makes sense. She can pull off darker looks and I notice women w this look like cats. Ryan destiny is also a good example of this.

* a lot of my celeb crushes I have their Venus in my 1st. Matthew Gary gubler, Rob Lowe, Prince, Johnny depp, Cillian Murphy etc…the house person can admire the Venus persons’s style.

*uranus-asc have something unique about their appearance and usually it’s a cleft chin (ex: Ben Affleck, Troian Bellisario, Adele) I have this aspect as well and I have one

*virgo venuses 🤝 wearing black clothes and glasses

*sag venuses 🤝wearing goofy graphic t-shirts

*hilaria baldwin has a sag venus and obviously that’s a indicator of being into other cultures. I notice ppl who tend to be fixated on or appropriate other cultures have sag or aqua venuses *insert timothee chalamet’s rap video lol*

*in defense of Austin butlers sexy voice…a lot of Taurus risings have voice changes or issues. Miley Cyrus’s voice has gotten incredibly deeper as well because she developed a condition. Unpopular opinion I think his voice just changed😭

* Saturn-asc and people thinking you’re older bc you are reserved. They’re the kid who sat down quietly and read books or knitted while everybody else was running around. Even when we have other carefree placements our Saturn-asc makes them barely noticeable at all during first impressions. We also love vintage clothing (ex: Keith powers) I saw a similar post but I agree that this can make someone’s rising traits develop more as they get older. As an Aries rising I didn’t start working out or asserting myself more until I got older.

Stars with Venus-asc tend to be really charismatic and funny during interviews. (Ex: Rihanna, keke Palmer, Megan the stallion, and lizzo)

*saturn-sun people have very strict fathers or male figures who tried to control them a lot growing up. This can make them very hard on themselves as they get older and I notice a lot of lawyers have major Saturn aspects.

* two prominent stem malfunctions (challenger explosion and the Columbia explosion) happened during Aquarius season

#astro observations #astro community #Lilith #moon square Venus #Pisces #Leo

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blackswaneuroparedux · 2 years ago

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I never admitted to anybody during my entire military service that I had been an actor. I was terrified that I would be put in charge of Ensa [Entertainments' National Service Association]. Not even my closest friends knew I was an actor. I told them I was reading English at St Andrews University.

- Richard Todd

In his heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Richard Todd was Britain’s leading matinee idol. If you love old movies, you’ll have seen Todd in one of his starring roles in “The Virgin Queen” opposite Bette Davis, “Stage Struck” with Marlene Dietrich, or “The Dam Busters” for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He was the tough little Scotsman in the wartime weepie “The Hasty Heart” and had audiences madly hunting for hankies.

Those were the days when Todd streaked across North American film screens as virtually every romantic hero from Rob Roy to Robin Hood. Ian Fleming chose him to play James Bond in “Dr. No” in 1962, but a schedule clash meant Sean Connery stepped into the role.

Little less known is the fact that he was also among the first British soldiers and the first Irishman to land in Normandy on D Day. More specifically, he participated in Operation Tonga during the D-Day landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944.

So it must have been surreal for Richard Todd the hearthrob actor to find himself playing Major John Howard in the epic movie ‘The Longest Day’ (1962) based on Cornelius Ryan’s book. Not least because he served with Howard and took part in the fighting at Pegasus Bridge that Major John Howard was tasked to secure on D Day.

Richard Todd was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1919. His father was a medic in the British Army and, as his posting required, the early years of his life were spent in India. The family settled in Devon upon their return to England, and Richard was educated at Shrewsbury Public School, in Shropshire. The theatre was his first love, and he furthered his dramatic skills at the Italia Conti school, thereafter moving to Scotland where he helped to form the Dundee Repertory Theatre. When War was declared, Todd went to St. Andrew's University on the following day to volunteer. He was not a member of the University, but he not only convinced the selection unit that he was, but also added that he had been reading English there for six months, and that he had obtained a Cert A in his school cadet corps; a key point to being accepted as an officer. Despite success in passing off this invented career, Todd was to be disappointed by a lack of interest in him thereafter.

Becoming increasingly desperate to get into the War before it ended, he sent numerous letters to the War Office to press his case, which, in June 1940, was finally noticed.

Accepted by the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Todd went to Sandhurst to receive his officer training. He had a very lucky escape here when he was in a corridor on the second floor of a building when it was hit by a bomb, and he was blown into the garden outside by the blast. He got to his feet in the darkness and did not feel particularly affected by it, but an examination by torchlight revealed that his whole body was covered in blood from numerous small wounds.

A spell his hospital delayed his passing out from Sandhurst until early 1941. Celebrating in London, he narrowly avoided death again when he found his usual haunt, the Cafe de Paris, was too crowded to admit him and so he went elsewhere; it was hit by a bomb that same night and 84 people were killed.

His Battalion, the 2nd/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, was posted to XII Corps in defence of Kent, where a German invasion if it came would almost certainly land. Todd was given command of the infantry in the Dymchurch Redoubt, a fort of the Napoleonic era mounting two six-inch guns.

In the event of an invasion, this would certainly have been a primary target for the enemy, and those manning it were told that, with the main defensive line far to their rear, they would be left to fight to the end. General Montgomery commanded XII Corps at this time, and his characteristic emphasis on training and preparedness led to the formation of the first Battle Schools. Richard Todd attended one of these, and the experience allowed him to run his own School when, in December 1941, he was sent to Iceland with the 1st/4th King's Own Light Infantry to be trained in arctic and mountain warfare. Returning to England in September 1942, he eventually ended up in the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion of the 6th Airborne Division. He was among troops of the 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion who, at 00:40 hours on 6 June 1944, landed behind the Normandy beaches in a cornfield, perilously close to tracer fire.

Todd scrambled into a wood and with 150 other paratroopers reached Pegasus and Ranville bridges, vital crossings to allow Allied forces to break out from the beachheads into Normandy. They had been seized by a glider force from the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry under the command of Major John Howard, who needed reinforcements to fend off ferocious German attacks.

In his memoirs, Caught in the Act, Todd would write of the carnage, “There was no cessation in the Germans' probing with patrols and counter-attacks, some led by tanks, and the regimental aid post was overrun in the early hours. The wounded being tended there were all killed where they lay. There was sporadic enemy mortar and artillery fire we could do nothing about. One shell landed in a hedge near me, killing a couple of our men.”

Todd would go on and see action at the Battle of the Bulge and push into the Rhine into Germany. After VE day, his division returned to the UK for a few weeks, then was sent on counter-insurgency operations in Palestine. During this posting he was seriously injured when his Jeep overturned, breaking both shoulders and receiving a concussion. He returned to the UK to be demobilised in 1946.

In 1962, Todd was given the part of Major John Howard in the film adaptation of Cornelius Ryan's book about the D-Day landings, ‘The Longest Day’ (1962). Due to the nature of cinema, it was impossible for the film to give a thorough reflection of the role of the 6th Airborne Division during the Invasion, and as such their activities were solely represented by a reconstruction of the capture of Bénouville Bridge by Howard's coup-de-main force. Although briefly mentioned, the role of the 7th Battalion in the defence of the western bridgehead was largely ignored, and so it appeared as if the defence of the bridge rested only on Howard's men.

Naturally, the omission of their fierce defence of Bénouville caused some resentment amongst veterans, not least because one of their own was championing this re-working of history. Todd, however, regarded ‘The Longest Day’ (1962) as a film rather than a documentary, and his part in it was simply that of an actor doing as he was told.

Richard Todd would never have guessed, that in 17 years since he was on Pegasus Bridge as a paratrooper that he would standing there again as an actor portraying Major John Howard who was given the order: 'Hold,… until relieved'. It had to be Richard Todd’s 'twilight-zone' moment.

The ‘relieve’ for Howard had to come from Lord Lovat and his troops, who had landed on SWORD Beach, and were legging it towards Pegasus Bridge.

Before the shooting of the scenes were started at Pegasus Bridge, the film producer of The Longest Day, Darryl F. Zanuck, had the real life Lord Lovat and Major John Howard brought over to meet the men who were going to portray them (Peter Lawford portrayed Lord Lovat). The men had not seen each other since 6 June 1944.

Photo (above). From L-R: Peter Lawford, Lord Lovat, Richard Todd, Major John Howard.

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baking-accident · 2 years ago

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lore from the futurama commentaries/interviews:

- billy west auditioned for bender originally, but he prefers john dimaggio's voice because he sounds like a "punch-drunk fighter"

- he based zoidberg's voice on old yiddish comedians george jessel and lou jacobi, and fry's voice on himself in his twenties

- rob paulsen and ryan stiles also auditioned for fry

- lauren tom's chinese swears as amy are real, some of them mean "i'm going to chop your head off" and "i'm going to beat you to death"

- maurice lamarche points out that hg blob, lrrr, and morbo all have basically the same voice. also he hated having to sing karaoke as kif

- everyone hates the hyperchicken lawyer????

- dawnn lewis (labarbara) also sang the rich lobster song in viva mars vegas

- early on hermes was american and named dexter, phil lamarr says he knew how to do a jamaican accent from auditioning for the movie cool runnings

- the crew "won" a black lung award from west kildonan collegiate's “students working against tobacco” team for bender's smoking, their defense is that he doesn't have lungs

- jurassic bark was inspired by the 1987 japanese movie “the tale of hachiko”

#futurama #in honor of hulurama dropping soon 👀

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zoeology31 · 7 months ago

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Series sweep! 🧹🧹🧹🧹

Yeah, you're supposed to beat bad teams, but 4-game sweeps are hard, especially with a doubleheader thrown in. This was a great series with a lot of action and lots of fun stuff happening. The team is hitting its stride offensively and has the confidence to come back from any deficit, the City Connects and everyone's custom gear look great, there's a Prince-themed homer celly now, etc.

Pitching was... interesting this series, but Ryan and Ober both had genuinely strong starts, and half credit to Varland for shutting things down through 4+ innings after Paddack got lit up. Also strong performances from Jax, Alcala, Staumont, and Duran out of the bullpen, all four of them have really been great in their own way.

Royce Lewis is unbelievable, man. Every day he hits a homer and there's a new stat about how historic his pace is in franchise history. Genuinely if he keeps this up he should be an All-Star, forget about the missed time.

On a similar note, what a heater Correa's on right now. Extremely deserved AL player of the week, hitting a ridiculous .548/.576/.871 with 17 hits and 3 homers, and expanding that window slightly he has 24 hits in his last 11 games. It's the best stretch of his career (yes, including 2017) and the best by any Twin since 2010, and damn is it fun to watch.

Other position player shoutouts: Buxton had some clutch hits and played his usual amazing defense, Kepler of course had his night on Friday, and Santana, Miranda, and Larnach all came up big at various points. Also welcome back Austin Martin, who's already had some well-timed hits and that insane homer-robbing catch last night (MLB play of the week and #1 on SportsCenter top ten!). I have a feeling he'll be sticking around this time.

(On-brand closing note: Duran's kids threw out the first pitch for Father's Day and it was the cutest thing in the world)

Half a game back from KC and five and a half from Cleveland (thank you Jays). Let's have some fun.

#my stuff #baseball #minnesota twins

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forensicated · 11 months ago

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Smiffina Episodes: Gun Runner Part 3 - Kick Off (3/5)

Mel is not looking forward to her day policing the derby between Millwall and Leyton Orient at The Den. Uniform are confused why Smithy isn't in as a football match would be his perfect day policing.

Neil, Gina, Heaton and Max have a meeting about the match and Smithy as he will be present at the match with the rest of the gang. Gina is unimpressed however as it's been a week and there's been no progress or information and she doesn't know how safe Smithy is. Max is defensive, they know that they're waiting for a big shipment and that Smithy has been lined up to reactivate them but they don't know who is behind it - yet - or who the supplier is. That should change today as Smithy is due to meet The Big Boss at the match. Max claims they'll be able to track Smithy on CCTV throughout. Gina points out how ridiculous it is for him to be undercover so close to Sun Hill given that he could be recognised by anyone that he'd arrested at any point. Max reassures her he'll be pulled out the first sign of trouble. "He's all on his own out there!" "Not exactly, he's set up in a lovely new flat with all mod cons including the most sophisticated technology that the MET can buy." And of course Stevie as his undercover girlfriend who brings him plates of fruit for breakfast rather then bacon sandwiches (!)

Smithy's not best pleased as he's had no water for 2 days "Apparently it's very difficult to find a decent plumber round here!" He growls into the camera. Because of this he's also had a diet of takeaways. Smithy is also not happy that things are going so slow as he's been there for a week and all he has to show for it is some empty pizza boxes and a bit of stubble (there's not enough stubble for a week!)

Kieran Wallace turns up to pick Smithy up with Dennis Turner at 10am for a pub crawl before the match - complete with cans given that they're an hour early. Stevie makes herself known and takes a picture subtly of Wallace and Turner whilst kissing Smithy goodbye.

Gina tells uniform about Smithy being undercover and that there's been an unofficial warning about Orient 'welcoming home fans with a bang' that upgraded the security threat to Category C.

Will commits the cardinal sin of saying that things are 'quiet' when they're called to a local park because of children causing a disturbance. As soon as he's mentioned the Q word, a massive firework explodes right in front of their car followed by a second. "Never use the Q word - ever!!" Beth reminds him. Jason, a child, insists that he just 'found' the fireworks. Will points out that they're category 4 which is only for official use and should be carefully stored due to their volatile nature. He claims he 'borrowed' them from Ryan, his stepdad's garage. When the police check there's none there but Jason claims there were two boxes. His mum suggests that Ryan might have taken them to the match in the car. Crazy Craig's Warehouse reports that they were broken into overnight. Three boxes were stolen with one containing faulty mortar shells that are part of a faulty batch that were due to be returned - they're unstable and could go off at any time. It seems to link with the warning Borough Intelligence had about 'welcoming fans with a bang'. Heaton orders Ryan's car index and description to be sent to Gina so that he can be found on CCTV and the fireworks located sooner rather than later. Gina briefs the officers present to keep their eyes peeled. Ryan sounds like a right prince given he doesn't take his mobile to matches despite his wife being 2 weeks overdue and that he keeps Saturdays for football. And he's an Orient supporter.

Stevie has done her homework on Dennis Turner. He has previous for GBH, Assault with intent to rob, aggravated burglary and more! In a pub near the ground, Turner starts mouthing off about Stevie to Smithy who squares up to him before Wallace makes Turner back off. Wallace tells Smithy that Turner is the ammunition supplier - if he gets the job. Roger is in the same pub to ward off trouble and reminds people it's time to start finishing their drinks so they can get to the game. Turner tells him that he's not ready to leave and squares up to him. Smithy steps in and moves him on before he can start trouble and they head to the game.

In the control room at The Den, Gina and Mel are scrolling through CCTV to try and find Smithy and Ryan. Max moans about the amount of uniform officers swarming around but Gina lays it clear just how dangerous the fireworks are and that the gunpowder in them would be like letting off a bomb in the stadium without the firework even having to be lit. Then there's also the panic and stampede it would cause! Gina's already on edge after the recent bombings and tells him she won't take chances with her officers lives. Roger tells her over the radio that Smithy has left the pub and they locate him, Wallace and Turner on CCTV.

Callum has found Ryan's car and is starting to set up a cordon. The CCTV controller has an idea of where he'd be sitting from that area and starts to scan for him in the crowd. He offers to send stewards in but Neil doesn't want to spook Wallace so they put up a decoy message on the screens and over the tannoy to tell him his wife has gone into labour and to make his way to the hospital. The crowd applaud him as he makes his way to the exit where he's met by police and arrested in the carpark. Gina tells him the message was a ruse and they believe he has fireworks in his car. Ryan frowns and says he hasn't touched a firework since he was a child. Gina warns him that they could evacuate the stadium and perform a controlled explosion of his car if he doesn't tell the truth and he offers to open his boot and show them there's nothing in there. Indeed as they search the car there's nothing in the boot. Suspecting he could have them elsewhere, Gina sends him back to the station to be interviewed.

Ryan makes notes of everything in his interview, intending to sue them. Will points out he has the right to a copy of the tape and has a solicitor who would do it all for him so he doesn't need to write it down. Beth asks about the burglary of Crazy Craig's and where the stolen fireworks are after his stepson removed some from the garage. Suddenly it all makes sense to Ryan and he tells them it's likely the boys father, Travis put him up to it. He has an alibi for the time of the burglary as he was doing an emergency plumbing job and his boss and the customer can prove it. Travis is a known thief and Jason was staying with him the night before. When they return to the front office Jason has gone walkies. His mother admits that Travis has been against Ryan from the start. It's bad enough she left him in the first place but the fact that Travis is a lifelong Millwall supporter and Ryan is a Leyton Orient fan? Sacrilege!

Smithy makes his way to a seat, trying to keep his head down incase anyone recognises him. Wallace introduces him 3 other men around them. Gina is amused to find the previously-against-football Mel watching the game with interest. She's less amused to spot Jason on the CCTV looking into cars in the carpark with a crowbar in hand. Mel heads down to the carpark to frighten the life out the boy.

Unfortunately it turns out that the car is his dad's car and it contains fireworks. Gina shouts to Mel over the radio to get out of the way but one explodes before she can even respond, leaving a horrified Gina staring at the screen with Neil and Max, terrified she's lost another officer. Callum and Ben rush over and find a coughing Mel dragging Jason out of the smoke. "Mel, are you alright?" "Do I look alright? You little brat, what were you thinking?!" she growls at him. Both of them are fine, just sooty and coughing as it appears what went off was a smoke canister and not a firework. Callum asks Gina if she wants him to check if the fireworks are in the boot and she freezes for a few seconds until Callum calls her name, telling him it's too dangerous. They set up a cordon around the car and send Callum to Travis' seat - which they know as he's a season ticket holder - to arrest him and to tell him if he doesn't tell them what's in the car then they'll blow it up.

Wallace takes Smithy and the other boys to a private box to watch the match and meet The Boss. In the chaos of the smoke canister and concern for Mel it's missed by the Sun Hill officers who have no idea where he is.

Gina asks Travis Perkins what's in his car. He doesn't see what the big deal is as 'it's just some fireworks'. Thankfully it's only a few - the rest he has stored at his house. Gina arrests Travis and his son for burglary and returns to the station to sort it out, leaving Callum in charge at The Den. Travis claims it was him who stole the fireworks but none of his fingerprints match those found.

Smithy meets Big Boss who is hiding in a private box with the blinds closed despite the match being on. Smithy asks if they're going to open the blinds. "I'm not here for the game." Thankfully, Smithy has been found on CCTV entering the box and manages to talk Big Boss into opening the blinds enough so he can be seen for a few seconds and then they're closed again. Luckily it's long enough for Neil to locate him and get a picture of Big Boss alongside him.

At the station Gina still looks rattled after a long morning and tells Beth there is a charge to add on for Travis. "Disturbing the peace. Mine in particular." Beth asks her what she wants to do about Jason and Gina snaps. "Why can't someone else take responsibility around here, just for one minute?" She hurries into her office, pushing papers off her desk in anger. She's at the end of her tether and the stuff with Smithy being in unknown danger, the fireworks, what happened to Mel... it's all getting on top of her. She doesn't get a moments peace as straight away, Heaton starts ringing her and asks her to come and see him. She starts to tell him that she can't right that second until he says it's about Smithy and she goes straight up.

Stevie has found out Big Boss is called Darren Cutler and he has form for drug smuggling, manslaughter, armed robbery, kidnap and worse. Gina recognises the name but she can't place it. He's been quiet for 2 years so they need Smithy to work out what he's been up to. Gina has a bad feeling about it and thinks it's too dangerous but Heaton tells her it's not her call and they're not pulling Smithy out.

Mel asks Roger and Tony what Gina's like to work for. Roger says she's firm but fair and the best person to have onside when things kick off. Mel thinks it must be her putting her foot in it as Gina seems changeable with her as 'she was proper narky with me and Beth.' There's one slight problem to Mel's complaint however, as much as Roger and Tony try to tell her. How have the relief not learnt to look behind them when moaning, especially if it's about Gina? 😂😂

Gina follows her through to deal with Jason and his step dad. Jason has to stay to answer a few questions. but the mother goes into labour. Jason worries and blames himself for it as they wait for the ambulance and he confesses it was him who broke in to the warehouse and that his dad was covering for him. Gina worries given the large amount of blood appearing and that they're going to have to take her via the van. Hilary tells Gina that she doesn't feel any pain anymore, just tired. Gina orders her to stay awake, tending to her in the back of the van. Thankfully the baby and mum are all ok. "Ma'am, can I just say...? I think you were brilliant today. Everything went haywire left right and center and you just ploughed on. You're brilliant." Gina swallows. "No I wasn't. I was just doing my job."

Like Gina, Neil recognises Cutler's name but can't place it. Heaton admits he's not concerned about what Cutler's done but what he's about to do, especially as he's been under the radar for two years. Currently there's no obvious Wallace and Cutler link but there must be one somewhere given he's using Wallace to gather the skills. Heaton tells the others Gina wants Smithy right now because it's dangerous and Max insists he won't do that. Neil interrupts after reading Cutler's record insisting Smithy needs to be pulled out immediately. The last stretch in prison that Cutler did coincided with the time that Smithy was in Longmarsh after being set up by Larson. They might not have been on the same wing, but it was known in Longmarsh that Smithy was a police officer. Neil worries it could have been a set up from the beginning though Max and Heaton don't think so. Callum suggests Smithy's the only one who can decide so they should let him know what sort of danger he's in. Stevie suggests she give him a call as his 'girlfriend' and explain as briefly as possible.

Smithy gets himself a coffee as he speaks to Cutler and asks him where he's been as he hasn't heard of him despite Wallace saying he's a big deal. He admits to Smithy that he's been 'on a fact finding tour for the last two years'. He's found suppliers and it can be a very profitable deal for all of them all - if they've got the right skills. He asks Smithy if he's familiar with a mach 10. Cutler tells him it's a pistol and Smithy corrects him at length "and it's more machine gun than pistol." He has his doubts about the quality of the guns. Smithy promises he can do it. "You planning on starting a war or finishing one?" he asks casually. Cutler pauses, watching Smithy before telling him he thinks they've met before. Smithy shrugs, plays it cool and the subject is changed. Cutler tells him he doesn't go to war. The good business is selling to those who are already at war - to both sides if possible. "The Mach 10's are for the street." he realises. "The gangs have the cash to buy Mach 10's." "And the will to use them. It'll be carnage!" Cutler isn't bothered, saying there's always more demand. He needs people who can hold their nerve. Stevie rings. "It's the girlfriend, do you mind?" he asks before Cutler tells him to take it.

Stevie tells him that Cutler was in Longmarsh at the same time Smithy was. She asks if his cover is still solid and he says yes for now. Stevie tells him the Super wants him out incase things get difficult. Smithy plays the call as though Stevie's threatening to break up with him to cover his words, saying he needs her more than ever and she needs him and that he just needs a little more time. Stevie says it can't happen and they're going to nick Cutler after the game once he and Wallace are clear of the ground. Smithy says that's not a good idea and that he can sort it. Stevie tells him it's out of his hands and he sighs and tells 'her' to do whatever she thinks she has to. As he hangs up, Cutler has another moment of deja vu. Smithy asks him if he's been in prison. He admits he was in Longmarsh 2 years ago and that's where they'd met. Cutler isn't satisfied saying it's not a big prison so why is it only now that he's recognising him. Smithy says he was only there for 3 months on a category A remand ring for murder before he was released with all charges dropped. "Did you do it?" "No." "That's funny, I did. I pleaded manslaughter. By the time I got to Longmarsh I was downgraded to a category B." "There you go then." Smithy shrugs. "That explains it, that's why our paths never crossed."

Wallace arrives back in the box, telling Cutler there's more police milling around than usual. Cutler admits he'd rather not have the police see him and Smithy agrees "That makes two of us." He gets an idea of how both of them can get out without getting seen. They pull their hoods up and head towards the toilets. Smithy and Cutler change coats and he slips out to Cutler's car. Callum moves in to arrest him thinking it's Cutler and Smithy tells him quickly to back off incase he's being watched because he knows what he's doing. He drives out the carpark with Callum only able to call it in, Neil sends Stevie over to Smithy's to have it out with him.

Stevie points out how dangerous it is and Smithy insists he'd not have set it up if they'd listened to him. "The answer was no." "Too late now though isn't it!" Smithy shrugs, telling them Cutler has contacts with Russians and possibly Serbians who can get him Mach 10's. "They are military issue and he wants to tell them to the streets." Smithy's linked it in with Carly and says Cutler's the man who sells the guns that kills the Carly Samuel's of this world, only now he wants them to be machine guns!" Stevie tries to calm him down but Smithy won't have any of it. "I didn't ask for any of this!" he insists, saying they came to him to get it done and then he looks into the camera of the CCTV cameras. "You started it, I'm gonna finish it!"

There's a scene cut from this episode where Smithy gets p'd off at the bloke who's potentially going to be supplying the ammunition and to maintain his cover - and to make the blinds move and reveal where he is - he takes him by the throat to shut him up and stop him talking. Although it's cut from this ep - a short clip of it is included in the 'Previously' round up at the start of part 4!

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stratverse · 3 days ago

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4/4/13: Orioles Win in 10 To Avoid Sweep

BAL: 002 010 000 1 // 4-10-0 (LoB: 8) TB: 102 000 000 0 // 3-7-0 (LoB: 4)

WP: O'Day (1-0); LP: Ramos (0-1); S: Johnson (1) HR: Joyce (off González; 0 on); Hardy (off Hernández; 0 on); R. Roberts (off González; 1 on); B. Roberts (off Hernández, 0 on)

Chris Davis singled with 2 outs in the 10th inning, with Nick Markakis running home from 2nd and sliding in just under the tag on the relay, giving the Orioles a 4-3 lead, and Jim Johnson closed the door on the Rays in the bottom half of the inning to give the Orioles their first win on the season. That marked the lone run scored after the top half of the 5th inning, a far cry from the first half of the game, where their were 4 home runs - 2 by each team - and 6 total runs scored. Cesár Ramos, who entered in the 10th inning, gave up 2 hits and hit a batter to pick up the loss; for the Orioles, Darren O'Day pitched 2.1 shutout innings in relief to get the win.

(Strat notes: The Rays are short a pitcher from their opening day roster, so he's been replaced; the Orioles 25 is full. However, I think Brian Roberts got injured in this game - and was out for like 2.5 months - so I'll have to figure out what to do with him. Obviously he's not hurt in the Strat-world (yet?), so I guess, like Ryan Ludwick, he'll play intermittently. It doesn't seem like the Orioles will call up another infielder for a bit, so I guess that isn't a huge concern yet.

One of the home runs today fell into that "last number of the HR" range, meaning there was a chance for it to turn into an "OF robs the HR" - and it seemed like a good chance of it, too, as Nate McLouth's defense rating is a 2, meaning that 1-8 was a home run and 9-20 was an out - and the d20 came up with a 6, so it ended up being a home run anyways. But we were that close to not having an extra-inning affair.)

Injuries: SP Mark Buerhle, TOR - out for 3 games

Baltimore 1-2; Tampa Bay: 2-1 Next game in replay: MIA (LeBlanc, 0-0) @ WAS (Zimmermann, 0-0)

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USC hires Rob Ryan as assistant coach for the defense

LOS ANGELES — D’Anton Lynn was born into the NFL, his father Anthony Lynn the former head coach of the Chargers. But his introduction to coaching in the NFL, as D’Anton Lynn once said, was Rex Ryan. A slew of influences, since Lynn started in the NFL as an intern with Ryan’s Jets in 2014, have left their mark, like former Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and current Seahawks head coach…

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jxrm · 5 months ago

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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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Movie Review: The Beekeeper is astonishingly bad and entertainingly good

Action heroes have had a very active participation in film and television for decades, each generation has seen and had their favorites and it is a genre that is popular among locals and strangers. These productions have an already established rule: the actors evolve and adapt to new media, leaving the baton to others. During the 80s and 90's we saw the birth of those who are now great stars of celluloid, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Wesley Snipes, Harrison Ford, Steven Seagal, Kurt Russell, Jackie Chan Mel Gibson among many others. The new generation of heroes has brought with them diverse and varied stories ranging from the fight against drug traffickers, white slavery, kidnappings, conspiracies, large-scale robberies, and everything attached to the modernity of the time in which we live being Tom Cruise, Dwayne Johnson, Keanu Reeves, Liam Neeson, John Cena, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Ryan Reynolds, Chris Evans, Vin Diesel, and Jason Statham who are now in charge of taking the action to a new level. With productions that range from the most complex and successful to the simplest that end up being part of a catalog on some Sreeaming platform, good, average, bad, and very bad productions make it clear to us that there is everything for everyone, the director At the beginning of 2024, David Ayer presents a film that complies with the rules with a different approach, The Beekeeper raises how dangerous modernity can be.

What is the film about?

The so-called Beekeepers are elements that form and apply a special program outside of any chain of command, men and women work ruthlessly during the most extreme circumstances involving a national emergency, when Adam Clay (Jason Statham), a retired Beekeeper, discovers a conspiracy in The highest levels of the government will have to unlock all their knowledge and defense mechanisms to fulfill a new mission, revenge against those who believe they are untouchable and above the law. We cannot deny that this genre is extremely entertaining, having a premiere like this in which we see the actor Jason Statham flaunting everything he knows about martial arts and fighting is extremely pleasant for those who like this type of film, the idea That there is a "secret" elite that brings order where others cannot is extremely cliché and trite, here there is absolutely nothing new or anything that enriches but there is something that entertains. Adam Clay is a stealthy ex-combatant who seeks revenge in the purest style of hitting, kicking, shooting, and chasing against those technicians who profit by using the internet and electronic media to rob people online, Clay is a modern and updated version that reminds us of that trilogy directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Easwood in 1964, the famous Man with No Name from the Italian films of the spaghetti western genre, a man who knows how to move, who has high-level tactile training, knowledge of firearms and personal defense with the bonus that now, retired, he lives in the countryside raising bees and selling his honey, which means that he is not an ordinary beekeeper. As a starting point for this whole mess of action, we meet his neighbor and friend, an older woman named Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad) who lives on the farm near his and rents him space in her barn to work on the process of Honey, the friendship between the two has its reservations. Eloise is the only person who cares for him and with whom he can talk, the typical man who helps those in need regardless of the cause and consequences. Eloise, ignorant of the risks involved in using the Internet to carry out banking procedures, makes the terrible mistake of responding to a phishing scam, a technique that consists of sending emails that impersonate companies or public organizations requesting personal and banking information from the user. , within minutes her bank account is empty, and the account of a non-profit organization she helped found, leading her to commit an act of suicide. Clay immediately trades in his beekeeper's clothes for a commando team to deal with and stop this criminal organization from doing what the law does not or cannot do because it is at the center of corruption.

Up to this point, things are presented in a linear way in which none of the characters are completely established. We have the action hero, the villains of the evil corporation, the victim, and the FBI agent who investigates the event and who turns out to be the daughter of Eloise Verona Parker (Emmy Raver-Lampman) what we would expect from this is that everyone would develop alongside the main story, that each revelation, although not an impressive twist, could give us give as viewers a more general idea of things but that does not happen and it does not happen for the simple reason that they intend for this to be a saga that has more installments, something that does not seem to go out of fashion in Hollywood. Continuing with the plot, when Agent Parker learns of her mother's death, she immediately takes the case and arrests Clay on suspicion of homicide. When it is determined that Eloise's death was a suicide, he is released. The agent reveals that this group who robbed Eloise has been in the FBI's sights for some time but they are tough to track down, their attitude ranges from neutral to pessimistic about whether they will be found and prosecuted, wanting to achieve justice for Eloise Clay contacts his former fellow Beekeepers to find to the scammers responsible. At this point the film itself tells us where things are going, this narrative arc has been constant in presenting small acts that open new subplots, this is because we want to tell things differently, from here we already know that Clay will have allies in his search, he will find them and there will be a display of action where the good guys face the bad guys and end up coming out ahead in a situation that has us very worried and in the process, we will see chases, fights, explosions, more fights, more chases and more explosions that comply with the rule that it establishes. It seems that it is a great merit that the film never gives more details about how these characters arise, how these criminal organizations are born and operate, nor does it establish who Adam Clay was before becoming a commando of this secret elite, as it is that without having An identity exists outside of any known government structure, it is only established that he is an agent that operates under the terms and conditions of the group that trained him, of which we also know nothing or what they have done. Director David Ayer is no stranger to the action genre, one of his most popular failures is Suicide Squad (2016) or for being the one which opened the film saga of The Fast and the Furious (2001), and here he wants to show us that it seems easy to make tapes with this theme and it's not just about giving stupid shit but it has a current story with a social message in which we should all take care of each other about fraud and the value of friendship while the topic of bees and the ecological discourse of what they represent is completely diluted, it is just a mere pretext to give a twist to the identity of the protagonist. The script written by Kurt Wimmer (The Thomas Crown Affair, Street Kings, and Point Break) is also no stranger to this genre, his script lacks strength and the necessary impact to place it at a level in which what we see has symmetry, things happen by chance and for its benefit, it establishes as a rule that it does not matter if the characters are established or if their extreme and exaggerated action justifies the 105 min duration, there are no relevant dialogues that give more seriousness and credibility, it is only focused in tin action which justice for all these victims of cyber fraud is more important than following the law, in the special effects that range from the excessive use of CGI to more practical effects.

Towards its conclusion we see that each character already acts on their own and it seems that we are watching segments of different films, the editing is very uneven which causes it to have more errors than those mentioned above, the holes in the script and here time is wasted that is good They could have used to give a more general idea of things with those useful flashbacks, the FBI agents investigate something, Clay kills everyone without rhyme or reason, the villains try to reestablish their order and a line of defense, all this with the end is that if this works there may be more sagas using mainly the character of Adam Clay in other missions and if not it doesn't matter because it was an entertaining and forgettable movie. Something else that its script has is that it is indiscreet in itself, the references to other films of the genre are evident as well as the recreation of scenes that remind us of the Mission: Impossible saga, The Fast and the Furious, and those classic films martial arts B series starring Bruce Lee, the film plays between action and fantasy combined with science fiction that addresses a current issue with a social message, the mixture of these elements is what makes it very unbelievable but it doesn't matter either, the genre itself is not to be taken seriously, it is only to entertain. None of us is indeed exempt from being a victim of such a fraud, the message it tries to give us lacks seriousness and falls more into the joke or joke that a country woman cannot or should not be more than 2 million dollars in an account without any type of protection, once the decision is made that the character commits suicide, they do not give any explanation or indication of whether or not they recovered that money, it is understood that if in a game in which so much The director and the scriptwriter leave it to the discretion of the viewer. Having already stated its flaws, we can say that not everything here is so bad, there are very well-choreographed fight sequences as well as the chase scenes, Ayer has a unique handling of the shots and what he wants us to see in them, and the constant cuts It does not allow us to fully appreciate all that work and leads us to ask ourselves, what did he say when I said what did he say? Even in these times we think and have the foolish belief that this helps more to make the action look spectacular and that is not the case, it simply confuses us and takes us out of rhythm. All this waste of entertaining errors works in its context, a fantasy about how satisfying it would be to brutalize and kill this type of criminals who take advantage of innocent people without fear of being punished, a topic that is current but has been treated in different ways for decades, we already know that governments know about this and do nothing, as do police departments specialized in cybercrimes, which are protected by an endless network of corruption that goes from the streets to the upper social spheres and policies. The Beekeeper as a commercial product is completely ridiculous and excessive in almost every way, and perhaps this is why it fulfills what it promises, it is pretentious and boasts of being something new that they believe will make us think that we want to see more of this, there will be Those who do and there will be those who don't, the proposal loses everything interesting that it could have been and perhaps in other hands this would have a different result for better or worse, as spectators what we want is to have a pleasant time that distracts us from the daily routine of our day. every day and we are not as demanding in this genre as in others. The cast is made up of Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Irons, and again we say that they do what they can with what they have, some more, others less but the last name Statham sells and makes numbers at the box office, here you don't need more than what they can give. The music composed by Dave Sardy and Jared Michael Fry is just what is expected from a production like this, it complies with the rule of being an audiovisual companion with no other pretension than being a good job. In conclusion, The Beekeeper is astonishingly bad and perhaps that makes it entertainingly good, once again we see what could have been and was not, one more missed opportunity, something that aims to open a new saga in the genre that occupies it without any brilliance. and substance, something that may or may not delight fans but is there trying to occupy a place among the best action films. The Beekeeper is now available in movie theaters in our country. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzINZZ6iqxY Read the full article

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The HRC's insistence that there is a "campaign" of violence against trans people is so frustrating to me, because they often do not mention how the trans people who lost their lives to violence died. Spoiler alert: it's not all hate crimes. It's so disingenuous.

Their own reporting says (bolding mine):

The death must have been committed by another person, either directly or through contributions to the circumstances that resulted in the death. This means that suicides and death from illness and substance use are not included. The cause of death must be confirmed by authorities to be a homicide and/or caused by another person.

“Authorities” includes official statements (or press reports of official statements) from law enforcement and/or lawyers and advocates involved in the case. Violence, including structural violence, must also be a component of the circumstances, even if the perpetrator did not set out to kill the victim. Thus, deaths due to robbery/burglary, hit-and-run and vehicular homicide, and deaths which occur at the hands of the police/while in police or law enforcement custody, are included, in addition to deaths from homicide and manslaughter.

So let's see how many of these deaths were hate crimes, as opposed to deaths that could occur to literally any American (like hit-and-runs, which are generally not crimes that target people by gender identity).

Deaths from the end of 2023 going forward through 2024:

Amiri Reid and Kejuan Richardson - shot by a man while driving together. No motive was released for the suspect's act, and he later was found dead.

Jean Butchart - a verbal altercation between the deceased and the shooter escalated. The shooter committed two other assaults. There is no known motive, and authorities called the death part of a string of "random, violent" acts.

Savannah Ryan Williams - the victim of an actual hate crime; was murdered by a man after engaging in mutual sex.

Meghan Riley Lewis - after a delivery driver misgendered her, she followed him on foot and demanded that he confront her. He shot her in self-defense.

Amber Minor - was found dead in a driveway from a gunshot wound. No suspects, no motive announced.

Kitty Monroe - the victim of an actual hate crime; was chased and assaulted by two individuals, one of whom later ran her over with a truck.

Righteous Hill - murdered in his yard by an unknown shooter. No motive has been released.

Diamond Brigman - shot by a man now in custody, but no motive has been released.

Alex Franco - shot by two teenagers after he met up with them with plans to buy a gun; they planned to kill him and rob him.

Meraxes Medina - shot and also hit by a vehicle. No motive has been released, though a friend does believe Medina was targeted due to her identity.

Africa Garcia - a homeless and impoverished woman who was shot; no known motive.

Tee Arnold - believed his life was in danger before he was shot to death, but no motive was given. Police identified a potential suspect as someone who knew Arnold.

River Goddard - murdered in a domestic violence incident.

Andrea Doria Dos Passos - a homeless woman who was brutally murdered, and despite police saying she was not targeted due to identity, there are signs that she might have been, such as "overkill."

Sasha Williams - stabbed to death by an assailant who gave no motive and has been declared unable to stand trial.

Starr Brown - killed by a coworker.

Kita Bee - killed in a hit-and-run.

Reyna Hernandez - killed in a domestic violence incident.

Tayy Dior Thomas - killed by her partner.

Michelle Henry - killed after a fight in a house. Not classified as a hate crime.

Yella (Robert) Clark Jr. - got into a fight in prison. Part of his convictions included the 2018 murder of another inmate.

Jazlynn Johnson - shot by a friend who claimed it was an "accident."

Liara Tsai - stabbed by an ex-partner.

Pauly Likens - murdered by an individual potentially met on Grindr. Likens was a teenager.

Shannon Boswell - was both shot and hit by a car. It's unsure which killed her, and there are no suspects or motive.

Kenji Spurgeon - shot by an unknown assailant. Motive unknown. Killed in an area where the nightlife frequently leads to violence.

Monique Brooks - killed outside a Florida mall. No known suspects or motive.

Dylan Gurley - killed after an altercation potentially about money; the suspect and Gurley were both homeless and had had fights before; the suspect said he would kill the next person who stole from him.

Tai'Vion Latham - shot by an unknown assailant. No known motive.

Vanity Williams - killed by a friend. Motive not reported.

Redd (Barbie) Black - killed in a random shooting.

Kassim Omar - originally paralyzed in a shooting, died from her injuries two years later. Two teenagers were charged. No known motive was reported.

Honee Daniels - killed in a hit-and-run.

Santonio Coleman - potentially died from an accident after falling from a trail. Death could not be classified as a homicide.

Quanesha Shantel - killed in a domestic violence incident.

To me, the majority of these deaths are ways anyone could die. Women die, on average, in the US, at the rate of 3 a day by intimate partners. But when it happens to trans people at the rate of a few out of 40/yr, it's an "epidemic" or a "genocide." People die in hit-and-runs and random shootings literally every day in the US. It's not part of an "epidemic" unless we're talking about an "epidemic" of gun violence.

Solving violence against trans people seems to include the same solutions as solving violence against most other people: housing, safe spaces to go in uncertain times, gun regulations.

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