#Sara M. Lyons

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Day 30 -- Sarah Lyons

The (nsfw) details for Kinktober 2023, Day 30 are just below the cut!

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Breath Play with Sarah Lyons x m!Lone

Sarah Lyons is a badass, that much is definitely true, but I'd like to think she has a soft spot for sweet lil vaulties. 😏

I hope y'all enjoy! <3

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Included: Breath play, shower sex, hand jobs, kissing, touching, light cumplay, light dom/sub dynamics, light femdom.

Words: 1.9k

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White steam billowed about their sodden forms, curling upwards in hazy coils that softened Lone’s features to her sultry gaze. Sarah’s eyes were only half-opened, as her arms wrapped around her partner’s shoulders, as she relented to his bullshit suggestion to help save more water. 

‘It’s what my father would’ve wanted.’ He’d said, making her laugh and cringe all at once. 

But ultimately, Lone was right. It was over now, the Enclave was gone, the purifier was working like it was always meant to, like Lone’s father had always dreamed it would, and, for the first time in her living memory, Sarah Lyons could enjoy the luxury of a hot shower and a bit of relaxation.

Her partner joining her was just the polish on the sword, and this… Their hands roaming over her scarred skin, their lips pressing to hers in passionate clashes, the heat of the water raining down, making her breathless, making Lone look fevered and intense and wild for her– well, more so than usual– it was overwhelming in the best of ways.

Sarah felt as though she had to fight him back, or the ex-vaultie would consume her whole. She’d seen him in the field, knew what he was capable of, and it excited her. 

One of her hands smoothed to the front of him, sliding easily over the wetness on his chest, before her fingers found their way to his collarbones, then up to the column of his throat. At the same time, her other hand eased its way down his body leisurely, delighting in the feel of his muscular form, in the ways he’d changed from how she first knew him. 

He’d been soft upon their first meeting. Soft, scared, and more out of place than a molerat in a vertibird’s piloting seat. 

Then Lone had made a name for himself, he’d hardened along with the landscape that became his new home, he grew closer to what she wanted, what she needed in her life-- what she hadn't known until she met him.

Sarah had thought the Brotherhood would be her companion forevermore, that the Pride would take the place of those relationships she saw blooming at random intervals among Brotherhood knights, but this… What she had with Lone wasn’t what she expected, wanted, even, but now that she had it, she wondered how she ever got by before. 

What she and Lone shared, maybe it wasn’t absolutely necessary for her survival, but it made her feel alive like nothing else. 

Even the rush of the battlefield didn't quite compare to this thrilling bliss.

Lone’s sounds left him in rough growls as her hand set more firmly over his throat, putting pressure there the way he liked, as her other hand journeyed over his heaving torso, and dipped down to brush over his stiffening erection. 

A breathless chuckle left him, and Sarah felt her hand jostle at the bob of his Adam’s apple. 

“Mm, Sarah…” It came out so husky already, and she’d barely started with him. 

She felt Lone’s hands running up her body in-turn, one grasping at the softness of one breast, as the other dug its short nails into the small of her back, hauling her closer. Her grip only tightened in response, both at his cock and his neck, and Lone released another heady groan. 

They knew how to play each other, like the feel of a laser rifle in hand, she knew him now. Lone’s ins and outs, what made him tick, how he operated, where exactly she needed to touch to get the exact response she craved. 

“Fuck, baby, your hands are rough.” He growled it out like it irked him, but Sarah smiled at it all the same, and gave him another dizzying squeeze. 

“Only to your smooth, baby skin, vaultie.” She chuckled, and saw an answering smile rise to his expression as more of a grimace. 

“Just lucky we have all this water,” She continued, her voice low amid the hiss of the shower water hitting the concrete floor below. “Helping to ease my way over you. May not be so fortunate next time.” 

“Mm, no.” Lone rasped as she began to work over his cock, using the little lubrication the water provided to work her calloused fingers over the grooves of his swollen shaft. “No, but I don’t– ah, you know I like it rough.” 

“That’s what you say.” She teased as she blinked water droplets from her blonde eyelashes. “But it’s hard to believe when you never quit complaining about it.” 

Sarah picked up her pace, pulsing her grip around his cock and his throat alike as she began to ease off his air supply, as she felt a tightening heat fill his member to bursting, as his tip began to leak a new kind of lubrication. 

“Oh, Sarah,” She mocked him, “Too fast! Too tight, too hard! Mercy, please!” She saw him flinch, his hazy, distant eyes sparking with a good-natured annoyance at her teasing, even as his body started to tremble, as his face started to redden to that same deep color as his cock from the lack of air. 

“Not like those silky, sweet hands of… Ah, shit, what was the girl’s name? Amanda?” 

“Amat–” Lone tried, but Sarah’s grip melted his word into a helpless moan. 

“Doesn’t matter.” She said with a shit-eating grin spread over her features, dulled only slightly by the arousal she felt at seeing her partner this way. “She’s not here now, is she? Nah, you’re stuck with the mean, gruff Brotherhood Sentinel, the one who makes you shake and plead until you're bursting at the seams.”  

He damn-near whimpered at that, knowing it to be true. 

God, I love when he gets like this.

Her strong, solid Brotherhood brother-in-arms, dissolved down to that sweet, soft vault boy she was remiss to fall for in the first place. Only around her could he let down his guard like this.

She’d been the first of the Brotherhood to meet him, after all, when he had been so oblivious to what he was that he didn’t feel the need to hide it behind that stoic, formidable exterior mask he plastered to himself all the time now. 

She loved who he became, loved what he did for the Brotherhood, the CW, the whole entire Wasteland, and she respected the hell out of him for all of it, but… Still, in her own serious, level-headed heart, Sarah had a deep affection for that sweet, stumbling amateur she’d met those months ago. 

My sweet Lone… she’d called him one night, brushing her fingers through his hair and feeling the fineness of it. He’d almost looked offended, until he shifted to look into her eyes. Then, Lone knew the truth of it. 

She’d loved him all the while, long before she gave herself permission to. 

“Please, Sarah.” He choked out around the pressure of her hand. It’d grown more firm without her realizing, her fingers squeezing the walls of his throat so tightly, she could hear the labor it took for him to haul in any semblance of oxygen. 

She released her hold slightly, and felt his body heave as it drank in breath. His eyes regained some of their presence; though, now they threatened to roll back in his head as his muscles strained from the feeling of oxygen suddenly flooding into them. 

His cock pulsed at the very same time, oozing his precum out over her fingers as his hips bucked, until the stream of the shower washed it away. The warm droplets pattered down like a massage, easing her own muscles while stimulating her partner at the very same time, as she kept the sensitive head of him tilted up to meet the pressure of the water raining down. 

“Want to finish for me?” She prompted, her subconscious growing increasingly anxious at the amount of clean, fresh water vanishing down into the drain. 

“Yes.” It came out weakly, and the gruffness had a chill erupting up her spine, spreading gooseprickles over her skin as it went. “Let me finish f-for you, Sarah.” 

“Buck into me.” She commanded, and Lone instantly relented to her. 

His hips clashed wildly into her touch, until the head of his cock was jamming into the skin just below her belly button. She clenched her hand tightly around him, gripping the loose skin until she felt it drag against her palm, until she saw the way his teeth gritted and his face grew dark with the overstimulation of her contact in addition to the distinct absence of oxygen. 

“Close.” Lone choked, and Sarah felt his cock pulse in her hand again, this time overtly noticeable, even with the feel of the water battering her skin, she felt his hips tremble as they pushed forward into her, growing more frantic with each passing moment. 

The water was growing cooler around her, but she wasn’t sure if it was the time they’d spent there in the shower, or the stifling heat of her own skin making it seem so. 

Come on. Her mind urged, as her hand quickened, and as she heard her partner attempt to gasp, as his mouth opened in a silent, winded “O”, she released the pressure on his throat and cock all at once.

Her hand stayed around him on both accounts, but the oxygen flooding in, the lack of stalling pressure around the length of his cock, and he was at his release, gasping audibly this time as he sprayed enthusiastic ropes of his spend onto her belly. Lone’s whole body shook until he was falling against the metal wall behind him, with only Sarah’s hold to keep him standing. 

His labored breaths, coming out as weak, raspy moans in his throat’s soreness, had her own arousal chomping at the bit within her, ready for her own bit of stimulation to send her over the edge after him. 

I’ll have to wait though. No more wasting water, we’ve been selfish enough as it is. 

She felt his member give one last pulse against the grip of her hand, before it softened, and she released him. Lone blinked at her, looking as though he’d just awoken. He was a sodden mess, hair dripping down into his tired eyes, hands shaking, shining chest heaving with his deep intakes of breath, his whole body glistening with shower water and sweat alike. 

They allowed themselves both one final run of their hands, hers still firm as they wiped him down, helping to clean the remnants of their recent efforts from his skin, the same as his shaking hands did with her. She reveled in his touch as much as her conscience would allow, the feel of his body's light trembles in the aftermath, the delicate way he wove his fingers over her skin, that deep, genuine care in his fatigued expression.

Then the lever squealed as she reluctantly pulled her hand from him and turned the shower off, the pouring water sputtering as it came to a halt above them. 

Lone’s hands were still on her though, grasping around her body, wantonly for the fact that he’d just orgasmed and looked more worn than an initiate after their first day at bootcamp. His fingers dipped between her legs briefly, and he felt her own enthusiasm there, present in the sticky wetness within her folds that had failed to wash off. 

“Seems we’re not done yet…” Lone's voice rasped, tired still, but mischievous, and filled with lewd promises for what was to come. 

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hi!! i know this has beeb asked before but not for a while and I thought there might be some releases since then, so : any Queer High Fantasy? I've been recommended Priory of the Orange Tree before. Thank you!!

Not sure when the last time was but here’s what’s currently on my radar! (You can also find these here, and an asterisk means it’s not out yet: https://lgbtqreads.com/sff/spec-fic-by-subgenre/) I bolded some of the ones that are newer or coming out in the next few months.

MG

*Splinter & Ash by Marieke Nijkamp – NB

Sir Callie by Esme Symes-Smith – NB

YA

Female Protags

The Winter Duke by Claire Eliza Bartlett

The Never Tilting World by Rin Chupeco – L

Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran

Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst – L,B

Inkmistress by Audrey Coulthurst – B

The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine – B

Noble Falling and Noble Persuasion by Sara Gaines

Rule by Ellen Goodlett

Havenfall by Sara Holland

*Hearts Forged in Dragon Fire by Erica Hollis

The Afterward by EK Johnston

Empirium by Claire Legrand – B

Belle Révolte by Linsey Miller – BA

These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy

The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski

It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria – B, A

The Third Daughter and The Second Son by Adrienne Tooley

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells – B

The Thousand Names by Django Wexler

Male Protags

Cloaked in Shadow by Ben Alderson

The Runebinder Chronicles by Alex R. Kahler

Skybound by Alex London

So This is Ever After by F.T. Lukens

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Soria

The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas – T

Non-Binary Protags

Spell Bound by FT Lukens

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller – GF

*A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien

Adult

Female Protags

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

Tales of Inthya by Effie Calvin

The Vanished Queen by Lisbeth Campbell

Rook & Rose by M.A. Carrick

The Night and its Moon by Piper CJ

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

*Warmongers by C.L. Clark

The Gardener’s Hand by Felicia Davin

*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

The Unspoken Name by A.K. Larkwood

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

From Under the Mountain by C.M. Spivey

The Drowning Empire by Andrea Stewart (Amz)

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Malice by Heather Walter

When Women Were Warriors series by Catherine M. Wilson

Male Protags

Kirith Kirin by Jim Grimsley

The Cadeleonian series by Ginn Hale

Tales From Verania by T.J. Klune

A Chorus of Dragons by Jenn Lyons

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

*Dark Moon, Shallow Sea by David R. Slayton

Stagsblood Trilogy by Gideon E. Wood

Genderqueer Protags

*The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang

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Smoke and Mirrors

8- The Mirror Doesn't Lie 

Book: The Royal Romance Finale+, Alternate Universe 

Series Premise: Hidden in the shadows, poised to challenge the status quo are enemies of the state. The loyalties and honesty of family and friends will be tested. ‘Keep your friends close, your enemies closer’. 

Smoke and Mirrors Masterlist 

Main Pairing: Liam Rys x F!MC Riley Brooks-Rys, OTP ‘LiRi’ 

2nd Pairings: Leo Rys x Amalas, Drake Walker x F!OC Delaney Leigh, Olivia Nevrakis x M!OC Alex Cossoy 

*Most characters belong to Pixelberry 

*Not Beta’d, please excuse all errors.  

Rating: M🔞*Series Warnings: NSFW material, sexual innuendo, adult language/swearing/drinking/gun violence. Not recommended for anyone under 18 years of age. 

Category: Alternate Universe/on-going series/angst/fluff 

Words: 1990

8- The Mirror Doesn’t Lie 

Chapter Summary: Preparations for the Celebration Ball continue for the upcoming Saturday at the palace to officially inform the court of the princes and their expected arrival date in August. Drake’s revelations about his future are revealed with memories of the past for Liam. Lena, under custody with Interpol is transferred to Lyon, France.  

Music and Title Inspiration:

Simply the Best, Sara Beth                                               Mirrors, Justin Timberlake 

A/N1: My submission for @choicesflashfics Week #38, Prompt #1 - “I love your curves. I think it’s one of the best things about you.”, Prompt #2 - “Pretending to be happy is pretty damn exhausting.” 

A/N2: My submission for Choices June Challenge, Prompt – Nature – Run (jogging), beach, sunshine, summer. @liaromancewriter 

A/N3: My submission for Character Summer Challenge, Prompt – beach @choicesficwriterscreations 

Bright, early mornings in the summer always brought a calming solace for Liam. As he jogged along the coastline of the private, secluded beach near the Capital, the sunshine and cool sea breeze invigorated him and allowed for clarity of thought; a guilty pleasure that he took for himself. Listening to calming music through his ear buds, and with the steady pace of his jog, his thoughts eventually turned to the conversation that he had had with his brother the previous evening. Liam shook his head, remembering with regret how the phone conversation quickly got heated... 

‘Leo, are you trying to tell me that I need to give this woman, this stranger, the benefit of the doubt?”

All I am saying Liam, is that our father turned his back on his own daughter, on your sister, my half sister.

Oh, in that case you are trying to tell me that I am just like our father?!  

This woman threatened my daughter, stalked my wife, told you that she wanted my throne because she felt that I was not worthy of it. 

And what, I should just let her have access to me and to my family without consequence? 

Are you insane?! '

Liam stopped abruptly, not realizing his calming jog had turned into a fast-paced run. He bent over, slowing down his breathing as he swept the sweat from his brow.  

 The sunshine glinted off the bows of the yachts docked at the marina just up ahead as he looked up. Chuckling to himself, he realized how far and fast he ran. 

This argument had swiftly spiraled into a shouting match and ended with Liam curtly ending that conversation. 

Shaking his head, he chastised himself, thinking that when he returned to the palace, he needed to call Leo to further explain his reasoning and to apologize for the conversation getting out of hand.

Of course, he was curious, and wanted answers from this woman, his ‘sister’. What he really needed was answers from his father.  

Why did he not embrace his own flesh and blood? Why?  

Why would he knowingly abandon his child?  

Why keep this child away from him?  

Was his father’s paranoia the reason?  

These are missing pieces to this puzzle that confounded him. Should he give her the benefit of a doubt? Yes, he can. However, there are qualified Interpol Inspectors that are trained to vet situations like this.  

His responsibility, no... his duty was to protect his queen and family at all costs. Which makes it a critical priority to keep this woman physically away from Cordonia’s borders. 

Liam made a mental note to call back Olivia and Inspector Cossoy back to the capital, once Lena was secured in Lyon, France. 

Picking up his jog again, he continued at a steady pace, changing his thoughts to the upcoming celebration ball being held at the palace on Saturday. Deciding to formally invite Amalas, he was sure that his brother would follow her back to Cordonia. That would be the perfect opportunity to extend an olive branch. 

“Li, hold up.” Drake appeared walking on the dock, interrupting his thoughts. 

“Hey, Drake, good morning.” Liam slowed to a stop, turning to greet his friend.  

“Welcome back, how was your trip?” This being the first conversation that the friends had since their talk; Liam was curious about how his trip to the U.S. played out. 

“Pretty good, all things considered.” Drake acknowledged. 

“Delaney’s parents were very welcoming. Her older brother, not so much.” 

“Oh, oh! That must have been uncomfortable, what did you do?” Liam joked, clapping Drake on the back. 

“He was asking me more questions about my intentions than her father did.” Drake rolled his eyes, shaking his head. 

“It made me wonder what Laney told him about me.” 

“Why would she disparage you?” 

Drake ran his hand down his face, sighing, “we had an argument just before we left the hotel to meet her family at the restaurant. She seems to think that I am afraid of commitment.” 

Liam looked at his friend, “well, she may have a point there.” 

“Not you too,” Drake complained. “I just like my space.” 

“Yes, well, it sounds like she wants a future with you, Drake, and that means compromise.” 

Groaning, “I get that, Li, it's just that.... Drake paused and exhaled loudly, closing his eyes. 

Liam noticed the tells of Drake’s nervousness and stopped to look directly at his friend. 

For whatever reason, Drake was having a rough time returning eye contact. 

Without looking up, Drake reached into his backpack that was slung over his shoulder. 

“I have something for you. It is an invitation for you and Riley.” 

Surprised, Liam reached for the sealed envelope. “This? An invitation for what?  

Drake, speaking very quietly, “well, I don’t want to spoil the surprise... But it is something incredibly special from Delaney and I.” 

Liam’s eyes narrowed suspiciously, reading the look on Drake’s face as apprehensive. 

“Delaney and I have come to an agreement.” Drake looked everywhere but did not return Liam’s questioning gaze. 

“We have decided to set up roots, here, in Cordonia, as a couple.” 

“Really? What happened to change her mind about moving back to Austin?”  

“We came to a compromise.”   

This piqued Liam’s curiosity. “What exactly did you agree to?” 

“In your hand, Li, is a wedding invitation.” Drake revealed, his eyes not looking up from the ground. 

“Well, well, well...this is, a surprise. Congratulations, my friend! Riley will be delighted to hear this.” 

Still looking at the ground, Drake nodded, “thank you, Liam.” 

Furrowing his brows, Liam looked at his friend in confusion, not saying a word. 

“Watching you with Brooks, all these years.... I want that too.” Drake spoke hesitantly. 

It wasn’t lost on Liam; the meaning behind those words. Knowing that Drake had feelings for Riley, once upon a time, that had sparked during his social season. Confessed feelings that still lingered for Drake, but feelings that were never returned by Riley. 

“Pretending to be happy is pretty damn exhausting,” Drake confessed. 

♤♡◇♧

Royal Boutique, Cordonian Palace 

Eleanor squealed, “mommy, look at all the pretty dresses! I want that one! Oh, oh, look at this one! Mommy, pleeease, may I have both?” 

It was the Friday before the Celebration Ball at the Palace. Promising her daughter, the particularly important grown-up task of choosing her formal wear, Riley watched her little girl excitedly choose two dresses to try. 

“Well, Ellie, since you can only wear one dress to the ball tomorrow, the other dress you can wear to the next event. Choose the one that you think fits the purpose of having this ball.” 

Eleanor tapped her finger to her chin, debating her choice.  

“You handled that situation perfectly, your majesty.” Riley’s personal assistant, Claire, whispered. 

“Mommy, I have decided.” 

Riley looked expectantly at her daughter. 

“These dresses are wrong,” Eleanor answered. “These dresses aren’t blue.” 

Claire grinned watching Riley’s reaction, as Ellie plucked the blue dress from the rack to try on, leaving the other selections behind. 

Shaking her head with a smile, Riley resumed looking through the ball gowns in the boutique. It was time to find a gown that would fit her now rapidly changing body and her personal assistant suggested an A-line pastel yellow tulle ball gown with an embellished plunging neckline. 

Gazing at her reflection in the full-length mirror she smiled as she felt flutters in her tummy. The twins were very active in their daily movements tucked securely inside her body. 

“Claire, this is the one.” Riley called out to her assistant from the dressing room. 

Hearing the dressing room door click behind her, Riley was delighted when she felt Liam’s strong arms wrap around her; clearly not Claire. 

Riley closed her eyes, when she felt his lips kiss her ear. 

“Mm mm... what did you do with my assistant?” Riley tittered. 

“I sent her away. You have me to attend to your needs.” Liam responded, kissing down her neck. 

“In that case, what do you think of this gown? Do you think the bodice is too revealing?” 

“I love your curves. I think it’s one of the best things about you.” 

Giggling, Riley playfully swatted his arm. “Liam, I am serious!” 

“I am too, love.... You are ravishing.” 

♤♡◇♧

Monterrisian Royal Palace 

The unmarked black SUV passed through the palace side gate as Alex and Olivia watched. Lena was being transported out of the country by Interpol today. 

Once Lena arrives at the Interpol headquarters in France, she will be given a psychological evaluation and be officially charged for her crimes.

Alex overheard Leo's question for Olivia...

“She did not look happy, but at least she wasn’t resisting or trying to escape.” Olivia answered Leo on her cell speakerphone. 

"Good to hear. Amalas notified Liam this morning about the transfer."

"Are the two of you planning to attend the celebration ball tomorrow?"

Olivia was well aware of the 'conversation' between the brothers.

Agreeing with Liam, Olivia was very vocal about her position to Leo after their conversation ended.

"Yes, Liv, I will go but I am going solo."

Olivia looked at Alex, raising her brow, and answering Leo.

"This will be an interesting evening,"

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B-6 : Oscars 2023 - Predictions vs Reality

The 95th Academy Awards, a.k.a. The Oscars® took place today. The ceremony was full of obvious wins (and some unexpected ones too). The best part was - this year’s Oscars telecast had zero incidents (as the host Jimmy Kimmel points out in the end).

Amid all of this, here's a look at the predicted winners and the actual winners (in order of their presentations):-

Best Animated Feature Film

Prediction: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley)

Reality: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, and Alex Bulkley)

Best Supporting Actor

Prediction: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Reality: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Supporting Actress

Prediction: Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

Reality: Jamie Lee Kurtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Documentary Feature Film

Prediction(s): All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, and Yoni Golijov)/A House Made of Splinters ( Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström)

Reality:  Navalny (Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, and Shane Boris)

Best Live Action Short Film

Prediction: An Irish Goodbye (Tom Berkely and Ross White)

Reality: An Irish Goodbye (Tom Berkely and Ross White)

Best Cinematography

Prediction: All Quiet on the Western Front (James Friend)

Reality: All Quiet on the Western Front (James Friend)

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Prediction: Elvis (Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, and Aldo Signoretti)

Reality: The Whale (Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Anne Marie Bradley)

Best Costume Designing

Prediction: Elvis (Catherine Martin)

Reality: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Ruth E. Carter)

Best International Feature Film

Prediction(s): All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany - Edward Berger)/Argentina, 1985 (Argentina - Santiago Mitre)

Reality: All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany - Edward Berger)

Best Documentary Short Film

Prediction(s): The Elephant Whispers (Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga)/The Martha Mitchell Effect (Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison)

Reality: The Elephant Whispers (Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga)

Best Animated Short Film

Prediction: My Year of Dicks (Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon)

Reality: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud)

Best Production Design

Prediction: Elvis (Production Design - Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration - Bev Dunn)

Reality:  All Quiet on the Western Front (Production Design - Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration - Ernestine Hipper)

Best Original Score

Prediction(s): The Banshees of Inishrein (Carter Burwell)/Babylon (Justin Hurwitz)

Reality: All Quiet on the Western Front (Volker Bertelmann)

Best Visual Effects

Prediction: Avatar: The Way of Water (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett)

Reality: Avatar: The Way of Water (Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, and Daniel Barrett)

Best Original Screenplay

Prediction(s): The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh)/Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)

Reality: Everything Everywhere All at Once (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Prediction: Women Talking (Sarah Polley - based on the novel by Miriam Toews)

Reality: Women Talking (Sarah Polley - based on the novel by Miriam Toews)

Best Sound

Prediction: Top Gun: Maverick (Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor)

Reality: Top Gun: Maverick (Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor)

Best Original Song

Prediction: "Naatu Naatu" (RRR - Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose)

Reality: "Naatu Naatu" (RRR - Music by M. M. Keeravani; Lyrics by Chandrabose)

Best Film Editing

Prediction: Top Gun: Maverick (Eddie Hamilton)

Reality: Everything Everywhere All at Once (Paul Rogers)

Best Director

Prediction: Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

Reality:  Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Actor

Prediction(s): Austin Butler (Elvis)/Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)/Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Reality: Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Best Actress

Prediction(s): Cate Blanchett (Tár)/Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Reality: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Picture

Prediction: The Fabelmans

Reality: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Which categories met your expectations? Don’t forget to share them in the comments below.

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AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Dream11 Prediction | Fantasy Cricket Tips for 1st T20I, Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup 2025

Namaste cricket fans! 🤩 Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup 2025 shuru ho gaya hai, aur pehla match hone jaa raha hai Australia Women U19 (AUS-WU19) aur Scotland Women U19 (SCO-WU19) ke beech. Yeh exciting mukabla hoga 18 January 2025 ko, UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi mein. Yeh article aapko milega Dream11 prediction, top fantasy picks, pitch report, weather report aur dono teams ke playing XIs ka complete analysis. Toh aapke Dream11 team banane ka kaam aur asaan ho jayega. 💪 AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Match Details - Match: AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19, 1st T20I, Women’s U-19 T20 World Cup 2025 - Date: 18 January 2025 - Time: 8:00 AM IST - Venue: UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi - Live Streaming: FanCode AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Pitch Report UKM-YSD Cricket Oval ki pitch batters ke liye heaven hai. Powerplay me thoda swing mil sakta hai, but overall, high-scoring match ki umeed hai. - Average 1st Innings Score: 160-170 - Key for Batters: Set hone ke baad boundaries maarna easy hai. - Key for Bowlers: Spinners ko middle overs me help mil sakti hai. AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Weather Report Dhoop rehne ki umeed hai, aur temperature 27°C ke aaspaas hoga. Barish ka koi chance nahi, toh match ka pura mazza utha sakte hain! AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Dream11 Fantasy Team Tips Captaincy Picks - Ella Briscoe (AUS-WU19): Australia ke liye consistent performer hai aur top-order me anchoring kar sakti hai. - Caoimhe Bray (AUS-WU19): All-round performance ke liye famous hai, aur dono departments me impact kar sakti hai. Top Fantasy Picks - Batsmen: Ella Briscoe, Eleanor Larosa, Maisie Maceira - All-rounders: Hasrat Gill, Caoimhe Bray, Tegan Williamson - Bowlers: Lucy Hamilton, Amelie Baldie, Charlotte Nevard AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Predicted Playing XIs

Australia Women U19 Playing XI - Ella Briscoe - Maggie Clark - Kate Pelle (wk) - Lucy Hamilton - Eleanor Larosa - Chloe Ainsworth - Caoimhe Bray - Lily Bassingthwaighte - Sara Kennedy - Hasrat Gill - Grace Lyons Scotland Women U19 Playing XI - Molly Barbour Smith - Maisie Maceira - Emma Walsingham - Nayma Sheikh - Niamh Muir - Lucy Forrester Smith - Mollie Parker - Kirsty McColl - Amelie Baldie - Rosie Speedy - Charlotte Nevard AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Dream11 Team Suggestions AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Dream11 Prediction Grand League Team

- Wicketkeeper: K Pelle - Batters: E Briscoe, E Larosa, M Maceira - All-rounders: H Gill (C), C Bray (VC), T Williamson - Bowlers: L Hamilton, S Kennedy, A Baldie, C Nevard AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Dream11 Prediction Small League Team

- Wicketkeeper: K Pelle - Batters: E Briscoe, I Mckeon, N Sheikh - All-rounders: H Gill, C Ainsworth (C), C Bray (VC) - Bowlers: L Hamilton, E Black, J Morton, A Baldie Who Will Win Today’s Match? Australia Women U19 ki team har department me Scotland se strong lag rahi hai. Unka win karne ka chance zyada hai, lekin cricket unpredictable hai! Conclusion Yeh tha hamara AUS-WU19 vs SCO-WU19 Dream11 prediction ka detailed breakdown. Apni Dream11 team banate waqt in tips ka dhyan rakhein, aur aapke chances badh jayenge leaderboard pe top par aane ke! 🏆 Agar aapko yeh article helpful laga, toh ise share karein aur aur bhi aise updates ke liye judey rahiye! Read the full article

[actu-juridique]

France, Conseil d'État, 5ème chambre, 26 novembre 2024, 494802

https://justifiable.fr/?p=1651 https://justifiable.fr/?p=1651 #5ème #chambre #Conseil #dÉtat #France #novembre Vu la procédure suivante : Mme A… Foisy a demandé au tribunal administratif de Lyon d’annuler pour excès de pouvoir la décision du 24 juillet 2023 par laquelle le préfet de Loire-Atlantique a refusé d’échanger son permis de conduire marocain contre un permis de conduire français, ainsi que le rejet implicite de son recours gracieux contre cette décision. Par une ordonnance n° 2400606 du 31 janvier 2024, le président de la 1ère chambre de ce tribunal administratif a rejeté sa demande. Par un pourvoi sommaire et un mémoire complémentaire enregistrés les 4 juin et 4 septembre 2024 au secrétariat du contentieux du Conseil d’Etat, Mme Foisy demande au Conseil d’Etat : 1°) d’annuler cette ordonnance ; 2°) réglant l’affaire au fond, de faire droit à ses demandes de première instance ; 3°) de mettre à la charge de l’Etat la somme de 3 500 euros au titre de l’article L. 761-1 du code de justice administrative et 37 de la loi du 10 juillet 1991. Vu les autres pièces du dossier ; Vu : – la loi n° 91-647 du 10 juillet 1991 ; – le code de justice administrative ; Après avoir entendu en séance publique : – le rapport de Mme Sara-Lou Gerber, maîtresse des requêtes, – les conclusions de M. Maxime Boutron, rapporteur public ; La parole ayant été donnée, après les conclusions, à la SCP Le Guerer, Bouniol-Brochier, avocat de Mme Foisy ; Considérant ce qui suit : 1. Il ressort des pièces du dossier soumis aux juges du fond que Mme Foisy, titulaire d’un permis de conduire marocain, a sollicité, le 8 septembre 2022, l’échange de celui-ci contre un permis de conduire français, en application de l’article R. 222-3 du code de la route. Par une décision du 24 juillet 2024, le préfet de Loire-Atlantique a refusé de procéder à cet échange, au motif que la demande avait été présentée au-delà du délai d’un an imparti pour le solliciter. Mme Foisy se pourvoit en cassation contre l’ordonnance du 31 janvier 2024 par laquelle le président de la première chambre du tribunal administratif de Lyon, sur le fondement du 4° de l’article R. 122-12 du code de justice administrative, a rejeté son recours contre cette décision, ainsi que contre le rejet de son recours gracieux, en estimant celui-ci manifestement irrecevable. 2. Pour rejeter comme manifestement irrecevable la requête de Mme Foisy, le président de la première chambre du tribunal administratif de Lyon a estimé que celle-ci comportait uniquement des conclusions à fins d’injonction tendant à ce que le tribunal  » réexamine sa demande d’échange de permis de conduire « . En statuant ainsi, alors qu’il ressortait clairement des écritures de Mme Foisy que sa requête tendait à obtenir l’annulation de la décision du préfet refusant l’échange de son permis qu’elle avait produite, sous l’application Télérecours, comme étant la décision attaquée, et que cette requête contenait d’ailleurs l’exposé d’éléments de fait et de droit mettant le juge à même de statuer sur la légalité de cette décision, l’auteur de l’ordonnance s’est mépris sur la portée des écritures de la requérante. Mme Foisy est, par suite, fondée, sans qu’il soit besoin d’examiner l’autre moyen du pourvoi, à demander l’annulation de l’ordonnance attaquée. 3. Mme Foisy a obtenu le bénéfice de l’aide juridictionnelle. Par suite, son avocat peut se prévaloir des dispositions des articles L. 761-1 du code de justice administrative et 37 de la loi du 10 juillet 1991. Il y a lieu, dans les circonstances de l’espèce, et sous réserve que la SCP Le Guerer, Bouniol-Brochier, avocat de Mme Foisy, renonce à percevoir la somme correspondant à la part contributive de l’Etat, de mettre à la charge de l’Etat une somme de 1 500 euros à verser à cette société. D E C I D E : ————– Article 1er : L’ordonnance du 31 janvier 2024 du président de la 1ère chambre du tribunal administratif de Lyon est annulée. Article 2 : L’affaire est renvoyée au tribunal administratif de Lyon. Article 3 : L’Etat versera à la SCP Le Guerer, Bouniol-Brochier, avocat de Mme Foisy, une somme de 1 500 euros en application des dispositions du deuxième alinéa de l’article 37 de la loi du 10 juillet 1991, sous réserve que cette société renonce à percevoir la somme correspondant à la part contributive de l’Etat. Article 4 : La présente décision sera notifiée à Mme A… Foisy, au ministre de l’intérieur et à la la SCP Le Guerer, Bouniol-Brochier. Délibéré à l’issue de la séance du 7 novembre 2024 où siégeaient : Mme Laurence Helmlinger, assesseure, présidant ; M. Alain Seban, conseiller d’Etat et Mme Sara-Lou Gerber, maîtresse des requêtes-rapporteure. Rendu le 26 novembre 2024. Source link JUSTIFIABLE : Indexation des Jurisprudences depuis le 1er novembre 2024 JUSTIFIABLE enrichit son offre en indexant désormais les différentes jurisprudences publiées depuis le 1er novembre 2024. Cette nouvelle fonctionnalité couvre les décisions rendues par les juridictions françaises, offrant un accès rapide et structuré à une base de données constamment mise à jour. Ce service vise à faciliter la recherche juridique et à garantir aux professionnels du droit, étudiants, et particuliers un accès clair et précis à l’évolution des décisions judiciaires en France. Explorez dès maintenant cette catégorie et restez informés des derniers développements juridiques.

[entomoblog]

Des moustiques-tigres infectés par le virus de la dengue détectés pour la première fois en France hexagonale | INRAE

See on Scoop.it - EntomoNews

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE - La dengue – ou grippe tropicale – est la principale maladie virale liée aux moustiques et contre laquelle il n’existe pas de traitement spécifique. La prévention est donc essentielle. Bien qu’historiquement restreintes à la zone intertropicale, des infections humaines par le virus de la dengue sont détectées en France hexagonale depuis 2010. Des scientifiques INRAE, en collaboration avec l’université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, l’EPHE-PSL et le réseau MASCARA sont intervenus sur un foyer de cas de dengue détecté dans la Drôme en 2023.

  Pour la première fois en France hexagonale, les chercheurs ont trouvé des moustiques infectés par le virus. Cette découverte est majeure car non seulement elle permet de confirmer l’espèce vectrice (ici le moustique-tigre), mais elle propose aussi un moyen innovant pour tracer le virus et suivre l’épidémiologie de la maladie facilement, rapidement et à moindre coût, par l’analyse des contenus des pièges à moustiques chez des citoyens vivant autour des cas détectés de la maladie.

  Publié le 16 septembre 2024

  "Le virus responsable de la dengue appartient au genre des Orthoflavivirus comme le virus zika ou le virus West-Nile. Alors que des infections humaines par le virus de la dengue sont détectées en France hexagonale depuis 2010, les données permettant d'identifier les espèces de moustiques impliquées et de tracer le virus font défaut. Soutenus par le réseau local MASCARA[1]   regroupant notamment des agences de santé publique et des laboratoires de recherche, les chercheurs INRAE et leurs collègues ont analysé, à la fin de l'été 2023, des moustiques provenant de pièges privés au sein d'un quartier urbain français touché par un foyer de dengue.

  Le foyer, dans la Drôme, comprenait 3 cas, dont 2 autochtones confirmés (par sérologie ou détection du virus), c’est-à-dire que les malades n’avaient pas voyagé dans une zone où la maladie est présente au cours des 15 derniers jours et avaient donc été contaminés sur le territoire français. Un 3e cas, identifié à proximité des deux premiers suite à l’enquête épidémiologique, a été classé comme importé. L’individu était revenu d'un récent séjour dans les îles françaises des Caraïbes avec des symptômes compatibles avec la dengue, mais celle-ci n'avait pas été diagnostiquée.

  Des moustiques Aedes albopictus (moustique-tigre) piégés à moins de 100 m de la zone de résidence des personnes infectées contenaient le virus. Les données génétiques du virus provenant des moustiques collectés ont permis de relier cette souche virale aux souches responsables de l'épidémie de dengue de 2023-2024 ayant sévi dans les îles françaises des Caraïbes. Ceci suggère que les moustiques auraient transmis le virus à partir du cas importé vers les cas autochtones, provoquant le foyer d’infection.

  Cette étude indique que le virus circule en France métropolitaine via les populations locales de moustique-tigre. Elle montre l'importance de mettre en place des plans de lutte individuelle et collective vis-à-vis de cette espèce[2], mais aussi de sensibiliser les professionnels de la santé aux maladies transmises par les moustiques. Enfin, elle souligne l'intérêt de la surveillance entomo-virologique, en particulier à travers l’utilisation des pièges à moustiques privés."

  Référence 

Viginier B., Klitting R., Galon C. et al. (2024). 

  Peri-domestic entomological surveillance using private traps allows detection of dengue virus in Aedes albopictus during an autochthonous transmission event in mainland France, late summer 2023. Euro Surveill. 29(36):pii=2400195. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.36.2400195

  Barbara Viginier1 , Raphaëlle Klitting2,3 , Clémence Galon4 , Violaine Bonnefoux5 , Christophe Bellet5 , Albin Fontaine3,6 , Élise Brottet7 , Marie-Claire Paty8 , Armelle Mercurol9 , Nathalie Ragozin9 , Sara Moutailler4 , Gilda Grard2,3 , Xavier de Lamballerie2,3 , Frédérick Arnaud1 , Maxime Ratinier1 , Vincent Raquin1

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Crop tank / Metallic skater skirt / Pink socks / Pin jewelry / Sara M Lyons pin jewelry / Pin jewelry, $6.45 / Gemma Lister gold tone jewelry, $52 / Retrò 80s hair accessory / Long wearing lipstick

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"They're playing our song! The one that Elton and I danced to." 

Enamel pin by Sara M. Lyons for Patti Lapel.

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These were so cute 👽

[heavenhillgirl]

Sara M. Lyons Mini Ghost Pin Set - $10

[the-necessary-unnecessary]

P’s reps could be in contact with Lyon for sev reasons. 1 Sara is putting in a good word about them and P wants more info. 2. It be smart for her reps to talk to multiple teams and see what kind of offers they offer. After all this is a buisness with a short career time frame if Lyon is offering 800k and chel 400k (random # but u get it) could effect decisions after all. Not that P/M are after the $but also $ is huge aspect of life. Also would be good for negations and counter offers

Undeniably, money is a large part of the game. And although it might not be their biggest priority (with that being playing together in a team they both feel comfortable in and will get the best out of them) it's still a necessity and even if it's more than they'd need to get buy its undeniably attractive and would also help give them a cushion for after their playing careers. Also useful for leverage and stuff as well, so yeah would make sense for them to be surveying the market

[writemarcus]

The Civilians Announces Tenth Annual R&D Group

The Civilians will present the newest members of The R&D Group, marking the Group's 10th season, and The Civilians 20th Anniversary Season. The R&D Group is comprised of playwrights, composers, and directors who work together as a writing group for nine months to develop new plays and musicals. The season culminates in the Findings Series, a works-in-progress reading series anticipated taking place in June 2021. The artists were selected from a competitive application process. The open call received a record number of 268 applications, a 60% increase from last year.

The members of The Civilians' 2020-21 R&D Group are Galia Backal, Nana Dakin, Isabella Dawis, Jacinth Greywoode, Jaime Lozano, Emily Lyon, AriDy Nox, Reynaldo Piniella, Tylie Shider, Tidtaya Sinutoke, Rachel Stevens, Ken Urban, and Noelle Viñas.

Led by R&D Program Director Ilana Becker, the artists share work as it develops, discuss their creative processes, and provide a community of support for one another. Each project develops according to its unique methods of creative inquiry, offering new approaches to the idea of "investigative theater." Methods may include interviews, community engagement, research, or other experimental methods of inquiry. The artists will meet twice a month, virtually.

"The sheer talent and curiosity we encountered in this year's applicants proved exceptionally heartening. This season's R&D Group artists, in particular, inspired us with their visionary and deeply personal approaches to questions that demand illumination," said Becker. Artistic Director Steve Cosson added, "I am overjoyed to mark the 10th Anniversary of The Civilians' R&D Group with these exceptional artists; I'm immensely excited as they embark on the process of developing these vital new projects."

Ken Urban's project, THE MODERATE, joins the group through The Civilians' new work development program; his play is commissioned by the EST/Sloan Project, developed by The Civilians, and will receive its first reading at EST. This season, Cosson and Becker will also hold two virtual roundtable sessions with Finalist Directors in order to better get to know their work, and to expand community.

The 2020-21 R&D Group projects are as follows:

SUNWATCHER

Libretto by Isabella Dawis, Music by Tidtaya Sinutoke, Directed by Nana Dakin, with support from Producer/Cultural Consultant Ikumi Kuronaga

SUNWATCHER, a Noh-inspired musical, is the story of astronomer Hisako Koyama (1916-1997) - intertwined with the ancient Japanese myth of the sun goddess Amaterasu, in a retelling inspired by the structure of classical Noh theatre. Hisako was a woman with no formal scientific training - also a survivor of the 1945 US air raid of Tokyo, the deadliest bombing in history - who managed to rise to the stature of Galileo. She did so by drawing the sun in painstaking detail every day for 40 years, a landmark achievement for solar science. SUNWATCHER is a celebration of Hisako's extraordinary dedication to ordinary observation, reminding us how seemingly small acts can have an immense impact over time and space.

BLACK GIRL IN PARIS

Music by Jacinth Greywoode, Book and Lyrics by AriDy Nox

BLACK GIRL IN PARIS is a musical about one of the most famous and least known black women in the American historical canon: Sally Hemmings. It hones in on her years spent in Paris, a point in her life where she both had the most access to freedom ever afforded her and the beginnings of the relationship that would forever define her legacy. Black Girl in Paris seeks to explore the inherent contradictions of an enslaved young black woman held in bondage in a city where slavery has been outlawed, under a man widely considered to be one of the architects of one of the greatest articulations of the necessity of freedom in the western world. It also centers an ensemble cast of Ancestors who chide and guide Sally along her journey, interweaving fables and history to craft the nuanced world Sally is forced to grapple with. At the heart of this musical is the question "What does it mean to be free?", a question black Americans have been grappling with since the original kidnapping and enslavement of Africans for The American Project.

DESAPARECIDAS (Working Title)

Lyrics and Music Jaime Lozano, Directed by Rachel M. Stevens, Co-Created by Lozano and Stevens

Told through the lens of Mexican folklore, our story explores the psychology behind societal suppression and the strategic erasure of female voices in the fight to end gender-based violence and the killing of women and girls. A female ensemble assumes a community of characters in a tapestried play of dramatized accounts, fictionalized scenes and musical sequences to unearth and dismantle the moral behind the 'myth' of violence against women.

DISSENTARY

Written by Reynaldo Piniella, Directed by Emily Lyon

Tasked with escaping your neighborhood, you inevitably run across environmental hazards that impede your progress. Especially if you're Black, Indigenous or Latinx. Dissentary takes inspiration from the classic game The Oregon Trail and adds an environmental justice lens; your group can do one of two things - leave in pursuit of clean air, water and healthy food, or stay and defeat the corporations focused only on profits. Dissentary will both be a participatory theatrical piece as well as an accompanying card game that will allow people to play the game off-line themselves, thus giving access to people who normally don't have access to the arts.

RESET: RACE and CULTURE CONTACTS in the MODERN WORLD

Written by Tylie Shider

an investigative work of theatre

about how incidents between police and black Americans

continues to reset race relations in the country.

THE MODERATE

a new play by Ken Urban, directed by Steve Cosson, commissioned by the EST/Sloan Project and developed by The Civilians.

ACCEPT. ACCEPT. REJECT. ACCEPT. REJECT. For a minimum of eight hours a day, with a target of at least 2,000 videos a day, Frank evaluates the videos and photos uploaded on the world's largest social media site. What Frank sees, he can't un-see, but he soon realizes he has the power to change the world. Playwright Ken Urban and director Steve Cosson will interview scientists, researchers and policymakers in order to dramatize the hidden human cost of the internet and imagine a future when a free exchange of knowledge and information is possible again. This project is an EST/Alfred P. Sloan Science & Technology Project Commission.

EL CÓNDOR MÁGICO

Written by Noelle Viñas, Directed by Galia Backal

El Cóndor Mágico examines the events of Operation Condor, the US-backed campaign of right-wing dictatorships and repressive regimes in South America throughout the 1970s-80s via oral history, research, and satire. It will also explore the American fascination with magical realism, a Latin American narrative tool rooted in history in a region where people have been known to "disappear," problems miraculously go away, and corruption can serve as a curtain behind which history does tricks. Research will unravel how the political imprisonment of over 400,000 people, varied intimidation/torture tactics taught by the US, and unknown thousands of "disappeared" people set a precedent for relations between the US and Latin America that haunt us today. With an eye on Operation Condor's long shadow and impressive wingspan, it asks: who is the magician behind the "magical realism" when it comes to the relationship between Latin America and the US?

FINALISTS

In honor of the overwhelming amount of talent and curiosity displayed amongst this year's applicants, The Civilians are pleased to share the exceptional finalists considered for this season's R&D Group:

Finalist Projects were proposed by Calley N. Anderson; Masi Asare; Helen Banner; Aaron Coleman; Sara Cooper & Kira Stone; Annalisa Dias; Dominic Finocchiaro & Stephen Bennett; Franky D. Gonzalez; Suzy Jane Hunt; Rachel Gita Karp, Ben Hoover & Jacob Russell; Divya Mangwani & Kate Moore Heaney; Talene Monahon & Adam Chanler-Berat; Brett Robinson; Dominique Rider & Nissy Aya; Marcus Antwan Scott, Ryan Kerr, & Dev Bondarin; David B. Thomas, Nick Hatcher, & Sheridan Merrick; Xandra Nur Clark; and Sim Yan Ying "YY" & Alvin Tan.

Finalist Directors are é boylan, Britt Berke, Matt Dickson, Joan Sergay, Noam Shapiro, Emerie Snyder, Leia Squillance, Alex Tobey, and Michael T. Williams.

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So in love with this customer pic taken by @fauxfox_ 💖🙏🏼 and #blessed to have my artwork next to some dope ladies @saramlyons @valfre

[actu-juridique]

France, Conseil d'État, 5ème chambre, 26 novembre 2024, 490816

https://justifiable.fr/?p=1644 https://justifiable.fr/?p=1644 #5ème #chambre #Conseil #dÉtat #France #novembre Vu la procédure suivante : Mme C… B… et M. E… D…, agissant en leur nom propre et en tant que représentants légaux de leur fils mineur A…, ont demandé au tribunal administratif de Clermont-Ferrand de condamner le centre hospitalier de Vichy (Allier) à leur verser, en réparation des préjudices que leur ont causés les conditions de la naissance A…, le 5 avril 2009, la somme de 1 583 344,48 euros ainsi qu’une rente trimestrielle de 7 113,60 euros et une rente mensuelle de 812,25 euros pour A… et la somme de 190 717,95 euros pour eux-mêmes. Par un jugement n° 1600017 du 14 décembre 2021, le tribunal administratif a condamné le centre hospitalier de Vichy à verser, d’une part, à A… D…, représenté par ses parents, la somme de 145 976,26 euros et une rente semestrielle de 7 025,12 euros à servir jusqu’à réévaluation de son état de consolidation, sous déduction de la prestation de compensation du handicap et de toute allocation ayant le même objet et, d’autre part, à Mme B… et M. D…, une somme de 57 771,92 euros en réparation de leurs préjudices personnels. Par un arrêt n° 22LY00494 du 10 novembre 2023, la cour administrative d’appel de Lyon, sur appel de Mme B… et M. D… et appel incident du centre hospitalier de Vichy, a condamné ce dernier à leur verser, d’une part, en qualité de représentants légaux de leur fils A… D…, une somme de 523 061,32 euros, d’autre part, au titre de leur propre préjudice, une somme de 42 277 euros à Mme B…, une somme de 35 000 euros à M. D…, ainsi qu’une somme de 18 014,13 euros au titre des frais exposés conjointement par eux, l’ensemble de ces sommes portant intérêts au taux légal à compter du 6 janvier 2016, ces intérêts étant capitalisés au 6 janvier 2017 et à chaque échéance annuelle pour produire eux-mêmes intérêt. Par un pourvoi sommaire, un mémoire complémentaire et un mémoire en réplique, enregistrés les 10 janvier, 10 avril et 25 octobre 2024 au secrétariat du contentieux du Conseil d’Etat, le centre hospitalier de Vichy demande au Conseil d’Etat : 1°) d’annuler cet arrêt en tant qu’il statue sur l’indemnisation des préjudices A… D… au titre du besoin d’assistance par tierce personne ; 2°) réglant l’affaire au fond, de faire droit, dans cette mesure, à ses conclusions d’appel. Vu les autres pièces du dossier ; Vu : – le code de la santé publique ; – le code de justice administrative ; Après avoir entendu en séance publique : – le rapport de Mme Sara-Lou Gerber, maîtresse des requêtes, – les conclusions de M. Maxime Boutron, rapporteur public ; La parole ayant été donnée, après les conclusions, à la SCP Gury et Maître, avocat du centre hospitalier de Vichy et à la SCP Rocheteau, Uzan-Sarano et Goulet, avocat de M. D… et de Mme C… B… ; Considérant ce qui suit : 1. Il ressort des pièces du dossier soumis aux juges du fond qu’Hugo D…, né le 5 avril 2009 au centre hospitalier de Vichy, présente un handicap imputable à une encéphalopathie anoxo-ischémique d’origine intra et per-partum. Par un jugement du 14 décembre 2021, le tribunal administratif de Clermont-Ferrand a condamné le centre hospitalier à indemniser l’enfant, ses parents Mme B… et M. D…, ainsi que la caisse primaire d’assurance maladie du Puy-de-Dôme et de l’Allier, en retenant que les fautes commises au cours de l’accouchement avaient fait perdre une chance d’éviter le dommage, estimée à 50 %. Par un arrêt du 10 novembre 2023, la cour administrative d’appel de Lyon a partiellement annulé ce jugement, réévalué les indemnités dues à A… D… et à ses parents et réformé le jugement en ses dispositions contraires. Le centre hospitalier de Vichy se pourvoit en cassation contre cet arrêt en tant que celui-ci fixe l’indemnisation due au titre du besoin d’assistance par tierce personne. M. D… et Mme B… forment un pourvoi incident en tant que ce même arrêt n’a évalué le taux de la perte de chance de se soustraire au dommage qu’à hauteur de 50 %. Sur le taux de perte de chance : 2. Il ressort des énonciations de l’arrêt attaqué que, pour fixer à 50 % la perte de chance imputable aux fautes commises par le centre hospitalier de Vichy, la cour administrative d’appel de Lyon s’est notamment fondée sur l’expertise complémentaire du Pr F… et du Dr G…, qui ont conclu qu’Hugo avait été victime de deux atteintes hypoxiques, avant et durant l’accouchement, et que, bien qu’il fût très difficile de cerner les parts respectives de ces deux facteurs dans les préjudices subis, le retard fautif à décider d’une césarienne avait été à l’origine d’une perte de chance de 50 % d’éviter une aggravation de son état. La circonstance que ce rapport d’expertise fasse état, dans le cadre du rappel des faits, d’un tracé à risque important d’acidose à 11h38, puis, dans la réponse à la quatrième question de l’expertise, d’un tracé à risque important d’acidose à partir de 13h n’est pas de nature à entacher ce rapport d’une contradiction interne, les experts ayant considéré qu’entre 10h et 12h l’enregistrement du rythme cardiaque fœtal, dont il ne ressort pas des pièces du dossier qu’il aurait été interprété de manière erronée, présentait encore une variabilité qui ne conduisait pas à une indication certaine de césarienne. Par suite, en se fondant sur ce rapport et sur l’ensemble des expertises figurant par ailleurs au dossier, pour fixer à 50 % la perte de chance d’échapper au dommage en l’absence de toute faute médicale, les juges du fond n’ont ni commis d’erreur de droit, ni dénaturé les faits et pièces du dossier sur lesquels ils ont porté une appréciation souveraine. 3. Il résulte de ce qui précède que le pourvoi incident de M. D… et Mme B… doit être rejeté. Sur l’indemnisation due au titre du besoin d’assistance par une tierce personne : 4. Il ressort des énonciations de l’arrêt attaqué que, pour évaluer le besoin d’assistance par une tierce personne A… jusqu’à la date de son arrêt, la cour administrative d’appel de Lyon, après avoir estimé que ce besoin s’élevait à 22 heures par jour, a relevé que l’enfant était pris en charge à temps plein dans un institut médico-éducatif, et en a déduit qu’il n’y avait lieu d’indemniser ce chef de préjudice, à compter du mois de septembre 2012, que durant les week-ends et les vacances scolaires, périodes pendant lesquelles A… avait vocation à séjourner chez ses parents. En statuant ainsi, alors qu’il ressortait des pièces du dossier, et notamment des relevés de la prestation de compensation du handicap qui différenciaient les jours où cette prestation était versée en indemnisation de l’aide apportée par la famille et les jours où elle était versée au titre du  » minimum établissement « , que les jours de présence de l’enfant à domicile s’établissaient à un niveau sensiblement inférieur, la cour administrative d’appel a dénaturé les pièces du dossier. Il suit de là que le centre hospitalier de Vichy est fondé à demande l’annulation de l’arrêt qu’il attaque en tant qu’il statue sur l’indemnisation due à A… D…, au titre du besoin d’assistance par une tierce personne. Sur les conclusions présentées au titre de l’article L. 761-1 du code de justice administrative : 5. Il n’y a pas lieu de mettre à la charge du centre hospitalier de Vichy, qui n’est pas la partie perdante, les conclusions présentées à ce titre par M. D… et Mme B…. D E C I D E : ————– Article 1er : L’arrêt 10 novembre 2023 de la cour administrative d’appel de Lyon est annulé en tant qu’il fixe l’indemnisation due à A… D…, au titre du besoin d’assistance par une tierce personne de ce dernier. Article 2 : Le pourvoi incident de M. D… et Mme B… est rejeté. Article 3 : La présente décision sera notifiée au centre hospitalier de Vichy, à Mme C… B… et à M. E… D…. Copie en sera adressée à la caisse primaire d’assurance maladie de l’Allier. Délibéré à l’issue de la séance du 7 novembre 2024 où siégeaient : Mme Laurence Helmlinger, assesseure, présidant ; M. Alain Seban, conseiller d’Etat et Mme Sara-Lou Gerber, maîtresse des requêtes-rapporteure. Rendu le 26 novembre 2024. La présidente : Signé : Mme Laurence Helmlinger La rapporteure : Signé : Mme Sara-Lou Gerber La secrétaire : Signé : Mme Nathalie Pilet Source link JUSTIFIABLE : Indexation des Jurisprudences depuis le 1er novembre 2024 JUSTIFIABLE enrichit son offre en indexant désormais les différentes jurisprudences publiées depuis le 1er novembre 2024. Cette nouvelle fonctionnalité couvre les décisions rendues par les juridictions françaises, offrant un accès rapide et structuré à une base de données constamment mise à jour. Ce service vise à faciliter la recherche juridique et à garantir aux professionnels du droit, étudiants, et particuliers un accès clair et précis à l’évolution des décisions judiciaires en France. Explorez dès maintenant cette catégorie et restez informés des derniers développements juridiques.

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so! I hear FEH channel is mostly a miss, but at least, the CYL leak is confirmed, huh? time to put that entire day of tallying to use! have some top 25s per continuity as usual

and in order to keep the size of these posts semi-reasonable, I’ll split them up -- this first one shall contain the rankings for Akaneia through Magvel

AKANEIA TOP 25

Marth (44107)

akaneia!Tiki (3031)

Caeda (2400)

Catria (2350)

m!Kris (1662)

Xane (1489)

Minerva (1294)

Navarre (1289)

Ogma (1141)

Camus (1061)

Katarina (1024)

Linde (897)

Wrys (836)

Nyna (792)

Palla (789)

Merric (702)

f!Kris (688)

Elice (659)

akaneia!Anna (650)

Julian (622)

Wolf (610)

Jeorge (586)

Hardin (516)

Nagi (498)

Michalis (489)

VALENTIA TOP 25

(previous winners: Celica (CYL2), Alm (CYL3))

Berkut (2031)

Mila (1741)

Delthea (1386)

Faye (1292)

Luthier (1121)

Tatiana (983)

Kliff (811)

Lukas (732)

Sonya (676)

Rinea / Brigand Boss (660)

Genny (560)

Mae (555)

Fernand (540)

Clair (508)

Zeke (466)

Rudolf (432)

Conrad (418)

Kamui (401)

Python (398)

Saber (339)

Hestia (331)

Leon (328)

Silque (316)

Atlas (298)

Duma (288)

JUGDRAL TOP 25

Seliph (15593)

Sigurd (6198)

Reinhardt (4963)

Ayra (2166)

Ishtar (1870)

Leif (1828)

Finn (1625)

Julia (1109)

Eldigan (1106)

Brigid (1026)

Erinys (977)

Lewyn (929)

Larcei (896)

Arvis (879)

Tine (825)

Ced (783)

Lachesis (774)

Azelle (771)

Patty (757)

Lex (738)

jugdral!Arthur (682)

Mareeta (627)

Deirdre (624)

Sara (568)

Ulster (491)

ELIBE TOP 25

(previous winners: Lyn, Roy (CYL1), Hector (CYL2), Eliwood (CYL3))

Nino (5144)

Lilina (4859)

Ninian (2796)

Nils (2336)

Idunn (1505)

Merlinus (1456)

Erk (1445)

Athos (1409)

Leila (1266)

Rath (1204)

Sain (1091)

Florina (1083)

Fae (1078)

Dieck (1071)

Fir (865)

Sophia (847)

Limstella (803)

Guy (793)

Sonia (771)

Lucius (719)

Jaffar (627)

Heath (621)

Wolt (600)

Pent (579)

Raven (572)

MAGVEL TOP 25

(previous winners: Ephraim (CYL2))

Eirika (26040)

magvel!Selena (4469)

Lute (3047)

Joshua (2575)

Myrrh (2066)

Lyon (1945)

Marisa (1694)

Tana (1129)

Knoll (983)

Seth (883)

Amelia (862)

L’Arachel (714)

Colm (696)

Gilliam (693)

Artur (603)

Vanessa (589)

Duessel (526)

Neimi (511)

Natasha (484)

Franz (467)

Innes (415)

Saleh (360)

Valter (332)

Ismaire (306)

Ross (286)