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5-1-24 WIP Wednesday | Surely

"The only thing that has gone bad is your brain." Andrew rolls his eyes and takes his own sip from Neil's cast aside glass.

He grimaces.

"Yeah! See, it's rancid!" he exclaims.

"It's barely any coke in it. It's all Grenadine." he scowls grabbing a glass and shoving Neil's head out of the way to fill it.

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2020 Movie Odyssey Award for Best Original Song (final round)

(Yet again, tumblr has not fixed bullet indentations. So this post doesn’t look as clean on your dashboards.)

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Happy Holidays to all! After a fascinating preliminary round, now begins the final round to 2020's Movie Odyssey Award for Best Original Song (MOABOS). This is the eighth time it has been contested and the seventh year it has been open to involvement from family, friends, and tumblr followers. I begin every new year not knowing whether I will be able to share with all of you these songs and the movies they come from around November/December. So on the day that MOABOS becomes viable (usually around mid-year), it's a long stretch of anticipation to this point.

For those who have never participated in this before, my classic movie blog traditionally ends the year by honoring some of the best achievements from movies that I saw for the first time this calendar year (the "Movie Odyssey"; rewatches do not count) with an Oscar-like ceremony. I choose all the nominees and winners from each category, save one: Best Original Song. It is the only category I can think of that does not require you to watch several movies in their entirety. I know some of you wonder why I bother with this quixotic social experiment. But I have always considered it a sort of cinematic-musical thank-you for your moral support in various ways - in the hopes of introducing to all of you films and music you may not have otherwise encountered or sought. A small slice of the 2020 Movie Odyssey, so to speak.

This final will be contested by sixteen songs. As I've mentioned before, for the first time ever, there are no MOABOS entries originating from this year that made the competition - a MOABOS first. I have seen one 2020 film since the prelim (Wolfwalkers... at a drive-in mind you), but this entire final is one of yesteryear. Even without any 1930s songs, this year's final is probably the oldest on average. There are some very recognizable songs that made it straight to the final, bypassing the preliminary; those songs are contained within. Among them, a city anthem and a song that should be a city's anthem. Elsewhere, this is the first final to ever feature two classic Bollywood songs - but no classic Bollywood song has ever cracked the top ten. Elvis has three songs in this final, a MOABOS joint record along with Prince and the Bee Gees (both in 2016). But also appearing in multiple entries are Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. With five non-English-language songs in the final, this year’s final ties 2017 with the largest contingent of finalists not in the English language.

INSTRUCTIONS Please rank (#1-16) your choices in order. The top ten songs will receive nominations. The tabulation method used in the preliminary round is being used for the final only as the second tiebreaker (the tabulation method that will be used principally for the final - aka "single transferable vote" - is described in the “read more” at the bottom). There is no minimum or maximum amount of songs you can rank, but because of the nature of single transferable vote, it is highly recommended to rank as many songs as possible, rather than only one or two. Those who rank fewer songs run a greater risk of their ballots being discarded in the later rounds of tabulation. Again, this is all described in the “read more”.

Please consider to the best of your ability: how musically interesting the song is (incl. and not limited to musical phrasing and orchestration); its lyrics; context within the film (contextual blurbs provided for every entry for those who haven't seen the films); choreography/dance direction (if applicable); and the song's cultural impact/life outside the film (if applicable, and, in my opinion, least important factor). Imperfections in audio and video quality may not be used against any song. I encourage you to send in comments and reactions with your rankings - it makes the process more enjoyable for you and myself!

The deadline for submission is Thursday, December 31 at 8 PM Pacific Time. That is 6 PM Hawaii/Aleutian Time / 10 PM Central / 11 PM Eastern. That deadline is also Friday, January 1 at 2 AM GMT / 3 AM CET / 4 AM EET. This deadline has been pushed back two consecutive times due to a sizable non-response rate - but I very much do not want to do so again.

I have compiled most of this final round's songs into this YouTube playlist. Please note that neither of Kaagaz Ke Phool’s two songs are contained in the playlist. You will need to access them using their respective links.

Enjoy the music! Feel free to listen as many times as you need, and I hope you discover music and movies you may have never otherwise heard of that you find fascinating. The following is formatted... ("Song title", composer and lyricist, film title):

2020 MOVIE ODYSSEY AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG – FINAL ROUND

“Angela”, music and lyrics by José Feliciano and Janna Merlyn Feliciano, Aaron Loves Angela (1975)

Performed by José Feliciano

(English-language version) / (Spanish single version)

Played over the opening credits to this teenage drama that is partly a blaxploitation film, partly an interracial coming-of-age romance. The movie wasn't a hit, but the Spanish-language version of this song was received well in Latin America.

“Blue Shadows on the Trail”, music and lyrics by Eliot Daniel and Johnny Lange, Melody Time (1948)

Performed by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers

This is the introductory song to the final segment of Melody Time. That segment is dedicated to the legend of Pecos Bill, and this atmospheric song leads into the telling of that story.

“Can’t Help Falling in Love”, music and lyrics by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss, Blue Hawaii (1961)

Performed by Elvis Presley

(film version) / (single version)

Chadwick "Chad" Gates (Elvis) has just returned to his home state of Hawai'i after a stint in the Army. Not wanting to work on his father's pineapple plantation (seriously), he rekindles his relationship with his girlfriend, Maile (Joan Blackman). This song is sung as an accompaniment to a music box he gives to Maile's grandmother (Flora Kaai Hayes, a former Hawaiian Territorial Representative to the U.S. House). This song is among Elvis' best-known and most widely-covered.

“Dekhi Zamaane Ki Yaari / Bichhde Sabhi Baari Baari”, music by S.D. Burman, lyrics by Kaifi Azmi, Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959, India)

Performed by Mohammad Rafi (dubbing Guru Dutt)

Lyrics in Hindi - roughly, "I Have Seen How Deeply Friendship Lies / I Have Seen People Abandon Me One by One"

Part 1 (3:44-8:27) / Part 2 (2:16:29-2:20:42)

Make sure to turn on the video’s English captions

In this romantic tragedy, Suresh Sinha (Dutt) is a washed-up director looking back on his life. In the first part, the song leads into the rest of the film - which is almost entirely a flashback. In brief, Suresh is unhappily married to a woman whose in-laws look down on him because, to them, working in films is contemptible to their social class. Suresh meets a woman, Shanti (Waheeda Rehman), on accident and she is soon cast as the lead for his next film. They fall in love, but it is never consummated for various reasons. Eventually, his career crashes after a box office bomb and her career is ascendant. Leading into the second part of the song, Suresh is penniless and working as an extra at the movie studio. Shanti recognizes him, wants to help, but he refuses to revive his career on the back of her success. Kaagaz Ke Phool has elements of autobiography, and Suresh's fate has parallels with what happened to Dutt after this film was released.

“(Do You Know What It Means to Miss) New Orleans”, music by Louis Alter, lyrics by Edgar De Lange, New Orleans (1947)

Initially performed by Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong and his band; reprised by various

(initial film performance) / (Louis Armstrong single version)

Endie (Holiday in her only appearance in a feature film) is a maid to the affluent Smith family, whose matriarch looks down on jazz as a disreputable genre of music. In secret, Endie frequents a gambling and jazz establishment in the historic Storyville district of New Orleans and performs here with Louis Armstrong (playing himself) and others when she gets the chance. The matriarch's daughter (Dorothy Patrick), an classical operatic soprano, is transfixed by this new music she has never heard before.

“ Exsultate Justi”, music and lyrics by John Williams, Empire of the Sun (1987)

Performed by orchestra and chorus under the direction of Williams

Lyrics in Latin

In this historical epic, affluent British school boy Jamie Graham (a young Christian Bale) is living with his parents in Shanghai when the Japanese invade. Jamie is separated from his parents and placed in an internment camp. Soon before the end of WWII, the prisoners are moved elsewhere, but Jamie hides and stays put. This song plays as Jamie bikes around the empty camp and continues to play as he encounters liberating U.S. troops. Jamie is dirty and malnourished when found; one can argue that this song is used ironically. It plays once more over the end credits. "Exsultate Justi" is a variation on a theme John Williams develops over the course of the film and harkens back to Jamie's past, attending Anglican services with parents.

“Farewell to Storyville",  music by Louis Alter, lyrics by Edgar De Lange, New Orleans (1947)

Performed by Louis Armstrong and his band, Billie Holiday, and company

In New Orleans, the Storyville district was a den of drinking, gambling, jazz, and prostitution. The district was the home to a heavily black populace. The U.S. military, about to establish a Naval base nearby, forces the city to close the district for good. This song is a swinging dirge to a center of jazz - a musical genre looked down upon by many of the city's upper-class whites due to its ties (real and imagined) to crime.

“Happy Endings", music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, New York, New York (1977)

Performed by Liza Minnelli and company (that's Jack Haley - who played the Tin Man and was, at the time, Minnelli's father-in-law - roughly seven minutes in)

(use in film) / (soundtrack version)

It is highly recommended one sees how this song is used in the film. Bear with me: this song is part of a movie within a movie. Within that movie within a movie, there is another movie. "Happy Endings" is the title end song to a film called Happy Endings within New York, New York. Singer Francine Evans (Liza Minnelli) has made it big as a recording artist and caps off her hit film, Happy Endings, with this song. We see Francine's ex, played by Robert De Niro, in the audience as the film ends. "Happy Endings" is a homage/deconstruction to midcentury Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) musicals. It serves the film as "The Broadway Melody" does to Singin' in the Rain (1952) or the 17-minute ballet does to conclude An American in Paris (1951).

“Here They Come (From All Over the World)", music and lyrics by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

Performed by Jan and Dean

The link above provides the entire film. You only need to watch from 0:00-4:11. If you like music from this era or want to hear more, this film is highly, highly recommended.

This is the opening credits song to a concert film recorded over two days in Santa Monica, California on October 28 and 29, 1964. The Teenage Awards Music International (T.A.M.I. - yes, I know it's an awkward name) Show included many of the most popular musical stars of that time - almost all of them name-dropped in this song. Jan and Dean, a surf music duo, served as hosts (and performed during) the show. You folks are lucky that this is the only original song from this film!

“Is There Still Anything That Love Can Do?", music and lyrics by Yôjirô Noda, Weathering with You (2019, Japan)

Performed by RADWIMPS

Lyrics in Japanese (translation)

Weathering with You is a romantic fantasy anime about a high school boy who runs away from his rural home to Tokyo, where he meets a girl who can manipulate the weather. It has been inexplicably raining for weeks without interruption in Tokyo, so they form a business to help clear the inclement weather for special events. The melody of this song is heard throughout the film's score. It does not appear with lyrics until late in the film. The song is played under the boy's seemingly impossible attempt to save her from an unwilling human sacrifice.

There is so much plot in this damn film (it's all Makoto Shinkai's fault) - I can't explain the context of the song or this movie in a reasonable amount of space.

“Moonlight Swim”, music by Ben Weisman, lyrics by Sylvia Dee, Blue Hawaii (1961)

Performed by Elvis Presley

In a musical packed end-to-end with songs, Chadwick "Chad" Gates (Elvis) has taken a job with a tour guide agency. On his first day, he drives his first clients - a school teacher (who not so secretly is attracted to Chad) and four teenagers (one of whom becomes smitten) - to their destination.

“Personality”, music by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke, Road to Utopia (1946)

Performed by Dorothy Lamour

(in-film performance) / (live radio performance)

In the fourth film of the Road to... comedy series, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's characters have just overpowered two Alaskan thugs with a history of murderous violence. As they enter a saloon dressed up as those two thugs, all of the patrons - in a town that only knows the thugs by reputation - shut up in terror. They are treated to a performance by Sal (Lamour), who is trying to find a map of a gold mine that the real outlaws supposedly have. A visual narrator (Robert Benchley) interrupts the scene before the song briefly.

“Please Don’t Stop Loving Me”, music and lyrics by Joy Byers, Frankie and Johnny (1966)

Performed by Elvis Presley

(in-film performance) / (single version)

Johnny (Elvis) and girlfriend Frankie (Donna Douglas) work on a Mississippi River riverboat as performers. Johnny is addicted to gambling and believes that another woman is spurring on his recent run of good luck. During a fit of jealousy-as-acting, Frankie accidentally shoots Johnny during a bit of musical theater (someone switched out the blanks for real bullets). This song occurs after Johnny has recovered from the accident.

“Theme from New York, New York”, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, New York, New York (1977)

Performed by Liza Minnelli

(in-film performance) / (Frank Sinatra single)

For most of the film, saxophone player Jimmy Doyle (Robert De Niro) is trying to compose a song but cannot figure out the lyrics (this plays out as a subplot). His eventual girlfriend/later ex, Francine Evans (Minnelli) provides said lyrics. Some time well after they have broken up, he finds her singing this song - which he previously brought to the top of the jazz charts - in the nightclub where they first met. This film flopped (musical movies were out of fashion by the mid-'70s, and a musical didn't seem "on brand" for director Martin Scorsese). But the Frank Sinatra single popularized this song, and it has been used in many venues of popular culture.

“Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam”, music and lyrics by S.D. Burman, Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959, India)

Performed by Geeta Dutt (dubbing Waheeda Rehman)

Lyrics in Hindi - roughly, "Time Has Inflicted Such Sweet Cruelty On Us"

Song begins at 1:03:31 and ends at 1:07:51

Make sure to turn on the video’s English captions

In this romantic tragedy told in flashback, Suresh Sinha (Guru Dutt) is a director looking back on his life. Suresh is unhappily married to a woman whose in-laws look down on him because, to them, working in films is contemptible to their social class. Suresh meets a woman, Shanti (Waheeda Rehman), on accident and she is soon cast as the lead for his next film. They fall in love, but it is never consummated for various reasons. This song is the most explicit statement of that love in this film. How much of the scene's set-up is observable by the characters is up to the viewer's interpretation.

“You Make Me Feel So Young”, music by Josef Myrow, lyrics by Mack Gordon, Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)

Performed by Del Porter (dubbing Charles Smith) and Carol Stewart (dubbing Vera-Ellen)

(use in film) / (Frank Sinatra cover)

In this rarely-seen musical (*insert plea to Disney to restore the massive 20th Century Fox catalogue they now own and are almost certainly neglecting*), three chicken farmer sisters decide to travel to Atlantic City in hopes of marrying a rich husband when they learn their aunt's inheritance is not nearly as much as they want. There, youngest sister Myra (Vera-Ellen) - despite the sisters' original intentions of marrying men of wealth - becomes involved with a waiter named Mike (Charles Smith). They go on a date, and they sing this song. A somewhat overly-literal fantastical dancing sequence ensues, complete with Vera-Ellen's dancing skills. This song was popularized by Frank Sinatra years later and has long enjoyed status as a big band/jazz standard.

Contact me however you wish if you have questions or comments regarding MOABOS' processes or something specific about a song or a few. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are having difficulty accessing one of the songs (especially if it is region-locked) or if there is an error in the playlist.

Once more, I thank you all for your support for the Movie Odyssey, the blog, and for me personally - no matter how long I’ve known you or in what capacity. There are no hard feelings if you cannot get to this, although I will be checking in as the deadlines get close. Please wear a mask. Practice social distancing. We'll see each other again on the other side of this pandemic.

TABULATION The winner is determined by a process distinct from the preliminary round. For the final, the winner is chosen by the process known as single transferable vote (the Academy Awards uses this method to choose a Best Picture winner, visually represented here - you should really watch this video if the below doesn’t make sense… which it probably won’t):

All #1 picks from all voters are tabulated. A song needs more than half of all aggregate votes to win (50% of all votes plus one… i.e. if there are thirty respondents, sixteen #1 votes are needed to win on the first count).

If there is no winner after the first count (as is most likely), the song(s) with the fewest #1 votes or points is/are eliminated. Placement will be determined by the tiebreakers described below. Then, we look at the ballots of those who voted for the most recently-eliminated song(s). Their votes then go to the highest-remaining and non-eliminated song on their ballot.

The process described in step #2 repeats until one song has secured 50% plus one of all votes. We keep eliminating nominees and transfer votes to the highest-ranked, non-eliminated song on each ballot. NOTE: It is possible after several rounds of counting that respondents who did not entirely fill in their ballots will have wasted their votes at the end of the process. For example, if a person voted the second-to-last place song as their #1, ranked no other songs, and the count has exceeded two rounds, their ballot is discarded (lowering the vote threshold needed to win), and they have no say in which song ultimately is the winner.

A song wins when it reaches more than fifty percent of all #1 and re-distributed votes.

Tiebreakers: 1) first song to receive 50% plus one of all #1 and transferred votes; 2) total points earned (this was the first tiebreaker in the preliminary round); 3) total #1 votes; 4) average placement on my ballot and my sister’s ballot; 5) tie declared

Previous years’ results for reference: 2013 final 2014 final (input from family and friends began this year) 2015 final 2016 prelim / final 2017 prelim / final 2018 prelim / final 2019 prelim / final

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Globe, December 28

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Farewell to 93 legends we loved and lost in 2020 

Page 2: Up Front & Personal -- Steve Martin holds a green pepper on the NYC set of Only Murders in the Building, Derek Hough is light on his feet at the MTV Movie & TV Awards 

Page 3: Julia Roberts looks scary skinny during a solo stroll in Hawaii, Chris Pratt hoists a hoverboard during an L.A. workout 

Page 4: Troubled twosome Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi are hoping to put their year from hell behind them by renewing their vows over the holidays in a desperate big to keep their love alive -- Ellen wants to prove her long-suffering wife comes first ahead of Ellen’s daytime talk show and her many celebrity friends and is going all out to show it -- penny-pincher Ellen opened her wallet as wide as her heart telling Portia she could spend whatever she wants on clothes, food, drinks, music and invite whoever she wants at the New Year’s vow ceremony on a Santa Barbara beach

Page 5: Obsessive Blake Shelton is so stressed over his upcoming wedding to Gwen Stefani he’s turning into the Groomzilla from hell -- he is sparing no expense and shelling out millions to redo his Oklahoma ranch to impress the couple’s Tinseltown friends but the mountain of stuff still to be done is driving him around the bend even though no one’s putting pressure on him but he’s obsessed with the wedding details and driving his staff crazy with his constant orders and revisions -- he’s building a chapel on the ranch and a lighted boat for a romantic wedding cruise on the lake and picking the style of the canopy for the banquet floor and re-landscaping the grounds and adding a color-themed garden

* Kenya Moore of Real Housewives of Atlanta reveals she went on a date with Kanye West but bolted when she caught him watching inappropriate flicks -- she described the outing with Kanye as a disaster date and they ended up going to his house where he left her alone, wandering around and when she followed the noises he was watching something on TV that he probably shouldn’t have been and that was her exit 

Page 6: Matthew Perry was such a slave to his addiction his former galpal Kayti Edwards says he’d send her to score drugs while she was pregnant and Matthew insisted she was the perfect drug mule because he believed cops wouldn’t stop a gal in her condition Kayti claims in a shocking tell-all about her 2011 romance with Matthew -- she says his ravenous cravings for cocaine and heroin were so out of control that he once superglued his hands to his legs and he took up to 80 Vicodin pills daily -- Kayti claims she was trying to protect Matthew because she feared he’d end up wandering around the streets and being nabbed by cops or snapped by photogs but she was also getting paid big bucks like $3000 to $4000 a day 

Page 7: Duchess Camilla’s taste for an early morning tipple has rubbed off on husband Prince Charles who is now so hooked on the sauce he starts the day guzzling a powerful gin martini with breakfast and now Charles’ alarmed staffers and pals are talking about an intervention to remind him not to go down the path that put his second wife in rehab -- Charles’ booze consumption has been off the charts for years but drinking first thing in the morning with his breakfast is a new low -- Charles laughs off suggestions he has a booze issue but one look at his bloodshot face tells the story 

* Now that a COVID-19 vaccine’s been approved in Britain Queen Elizabeth says she’s going to get the shot but wait her turn instead of pulling royal rank but she and husband Prince Philip won’t wait long because at their ages they’re in the second group to get the vaccine which is health care workers and people over 80 

Page 8: Helena Bonham Carter has a world-shakin’ suggestion for gals frustrated by the COVID-19 lockdown: get a vibrator -- she says women shouldn’t worry about snaring a beau during the pandemic but that’s easy for her to say because she’s currently cuddling with toyboy writer Rye Dag Holmboe 

* George Clooney confesses wife Amal Clooney had him shaking in his boots when he popped the question and she didn’t answer -- he asked her out of the blue but instead of squealing yes immediately the brainy lawyer just stood there -- George says he was on his knee for like 20 minutes and finally said he was going to throw his hip out -- Amal finally agreed and the couple have three-year-old twins 

* The nip/tuck freak daughter of Olivia Newton-John is being blasted as a hypocrite for coming out against the new COVID-19 vaccines -- Chloe Lattanzi claims she doesn’t trust doctors or the vaccine but critics note she had no problem shelling out an estimated $550,000 to plastic surgeons for nose jobs, super-sized boobs and ballooned lips 

Page 9: Since his life-threatening health scare game show icon Pat Sajak’s been testy and snapping at contestants and crew members leaving insiders fearing he’s heading for a breakdown -- the once-cheery Wheel of Fortune host is a different man since recovering from emergency surgery for a blocked intestine and is having difficulty coping with the workload -- he just can’t keep up with the pace and he’s pushed to the very limit and can’t seem to function doing this job and it’s all spilling over and manifesting into these ugly outbursts which are shocking viewers -- he even glares at long-time help-mate Vanna White when he gets frustrated or forgetful and she is really too nice to complain about it but she’s definitely been taken aback by his behavior 

Page 10: Proof UFOs are real -- new photos taken by Navy jets reveal we are not alone 

Page 12: Celebrity Buzz -- WWE legend Ric Flair (picture), Real Housewives of Orange County’s Braunwyn Windham-Burke maintains she’s not attracted to men despite renewing her wedding vows with her husband of over two decades -- she says she is gay but she loves husband Sean Burke and they plan on staying married although they don’t sleep in the same bedroom and they are raising their kids together but he knows the girl she’s dating and he’s been given the thumbs-up to date too, Liam Payne believes he’s being haunted by spooks -- convinced spooky spirits were inhabiting his West London digs Liam moved but spooks popped up at the new pad and he thinks the new house is even more haunted than the old one, George Clooney handpicked an even better looking doppelganger to play his younger self in his new flick The Midnight Sky who is screen legend Gregory Peck’s grandson Ethan Peck -- George said it was tricky because people know what he looked like when he was 35 years old but he rejected the high-tech gizmos used to weirdly reverse Robert De Niro’s age in The Irishman but he did mix his voice with Ethan’s since his voice is pretty recognizable, Matthew McConaughey’s kids Levi and Vida used their phones to photograph him for his latest magazine covers because of quarantine they couldn’t do normal photoshoots so the kids became the photographers 

Page 13: Tom Arnold dines out in Rome (picture), Aubrey O’Day (picture), Brooke Burke in Mexico (picture), pregnant Meghan Trainor was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and she’s healthy and her baby boy is healthy but she has to really pay attention to everything she eats 

Page 14: Luke Evans denies hiding in the closet to advance his Hollywood career saying it was the last thing he had because everything else he’d given to the world and adding that he left home at 16 because he was gay and went into the world as a kid because he had to, Mindy Kaling managed to keep two pregnancies under cover and kept the kids’ middle names under wraps until now -- a fan wondered why Mindy who is of a Indian heritage gave her kids Caucasian names but their names are Katherine Swati and Spencer Avu 

* Fashion Verdict -- Blanca Suarez 3/10, Olivia Palermo 1/10, Nicky Hilton 9/10, Bella Heathcote 2/10, Catt Sadler 8/10 

Page 16: True Crime 

Page 17: Martha Stewart confesses her painful divorce in 1990 was a terrible thing and she hasn’t talked to ex-husband Andrew Stewart since but she bounced back from the pain and her infamous prison stint because she’s very strong and motivated to get on with life -- still Martha admits being dumped by her husband for another woman after 29 years of marriage nearly did her in -- Martha also reveals serving five months in West Virginia in 2004 on a federal insider stock trading rap was a struggle but she got through it by working on her arts and crafts 

Page 19: 10 Things You Don’t Know About Don Lemon 

* Dolly Parton pulled no punches when discussing her longtime romance with Carl Dean dishing she and her husband have been together for 57 years and married for 54 and she’s sick of him and she’s sure he’s sick of her -- the couple have rarely been seen in public together and she says their marriage succeeds because she stays gone and they’re not in each other’s faces all the time 

* Miley Cyrus says she’s mastered the art of staying safe during lockdown love and it’s by having online sex -- she said the safest sex in these COVID-crazy times is the virtual kind and that’s where Miley has been hooking up

Page 21: Cover Story -- Thanks for the Memories -- tribute to the stars we loved and lost in 2020 

Page 22: Alex Trebek 

Page 23: Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna, Kelly Preston 

Page 24: Kirk Douglas, Sean Connery 

Page 25: Olivia de Havilland, Chadwick Boseman 

Page 26: Robert Conrad, Naya Rivera 

Page 27: Regis Philbin 

Page 28: Kenny Rogers, Roy Horn 

Page 29: Eddie Van Halen, Little Richard 

Page 36: Health Report -- eating bread can toast your brain 

Page 38: Ghostbusters icon Dan Aykroyd has turned into a ghoulish recluse who rarely leaves his $25 million Martha’s Vineyard estate where he’s now eerily planning his own funeral -- the bizarre 68-year-old appears perfectly healthy yet he spooks around in his bed clothes muttering about who he wants to officiate at his memorial service and the goodies the chef should serve at the wake -- the curious thing is he appears to be in no danger of dropping dead anytime soon and he’s sturdy as a horse which is surprising given the cigars and the vodka and the big meals he enjoys -- Dan’s wife of 37 years Donna Dixon has gotten used to her husband’s ghoulish monologues

* Bob Dylan sold his extensive back catalog of more than 600 songs including Blowin’ in the Wind and Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door to Universal Music in a blockbuster deal topping $300 million 

Page 40: Patrick Stewart confesses he’s been furious all his life and he’s still seeing a shrink to control his rage -- he reveals he’s burned with rage inside since childhood when he witnessed his dad’s violence against his mom and he had to suppress all that anger -- at age 14 he feared he’d explode and kill his headmaster when he caned him and later he worried he’d hurt his two children with first wife Sheila Falconer in a fit of fury and now at age 80 it’s still there so he sees a therapist every week 

Page 44: Straight Talk -- The Weeknd has his nose out of joint because he wasn’t nominated for any Grammys this year and he claims he’s being snubbed because he’ll be starring on the February 7 Super Bowl halftime show a week after the Grammys 

Page 45: Jeffrey Epstein’s accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell is a paranoid mess losing her hair and wasting away in federal prison where she’s terrified shadowy forces have marked her for death -- the shrinking British socialite who denies recruiting and grooming underage girls for Epstein’s twisted lust is charged with sex trafficking minors as she rots in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center awaiting trial next year 

Page 47: Bizarre But True 

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No matter who wins the 2020 presidential election, they won’t be able to get much done if their party doesn’t also win the Senate. Historically, the presidential election results in a given state have tracked closely with the Senate outcome there, and the two are only coming into closer alignment (in 2016, for example, the presidential and Senate outcome was the same in every state). But partisanship isn’t the only factor in Senate races (yet); a senator’s popularity can still make a difference. That’s why, today, we’re unveiling a metric of a senator’s political standing that takes both partisanship and popularity into account.

With the help of Morning Consult, which polls the approval ratings of U.S. senators every quarter, we’ve created a statistic that I’m playfully calling Popularity Above Replacement Senator (PARS). It’s based on the same premise as my Popularity Above Replacement Governor (PARG) statistic1 — that it’s a good idea to think about politicians’ popularity in the context of their states’ partisanship. PARS, like PARG, is calculated by measuring the distance between a politician’s net approval rating (approval rating minus disapproval rating) in her state and the state’s partisan lean (how much more Republican- or Democratic-leaning it is than the country as a whole).2 Take West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin as an example. According to the latest Morning Consult poll, which covered the first three months of 2019, Manchin had a +5 net approval rating. That may not look like anything special, but it’s actually quite impressive because Manchin is a Democrat in one of the reddest states in the nation (R+30). Accordingly, he leads all senators with a +35 PARS.

Introducing ‘Popularity Above Replacement Senator’ scores

Senators’ net approval ratings for the first three months of 2019 relative to the partisan leans* of their states

Senator State Name Party Net Approval State Partisan Lean PARS WV Joe Manchin D +5 R+30 +35 AL Doug Jones D +6 R+27 +33 MN Amy Klobuchar D +32 D+2 +30 MT Jon Tester D +12 R+18 +30 ME Angus King I +30 D+5 +25 OH Sherrod Brown D +17 R+7 +24 NH Jeanne Shaheen D +21 R+2 +23 AZ Kyrsten Sinema D +12 R+9 +21 VA Mark Warner D +19 EVEN +19 NH Maggie Hassan D +17 R+2 +19 ME Susan Collins R +13 D+5 +18 PA Bob Casey D +15 R+1 +16 MN Tina Smith D +18 D+2 +16 WI Tammy Baldwin D +14 R+1 +15 OR Ron Wyden D +24 D+9 +15 VA Tim Kaine D +13 EVEN +13 SC Tim Scott R +30 R+17 +13 MI Debbie Stabenow D +13 D+1 +12 GA David Perdue R +22 R+12 +10 DE Chris Coons D +23 D+14 +9 OR Jeff Merkley D +18 D+9 +9 MI Gary Peters D +10 D+1 +9 CO Michael Bennet D +10 D+1 +9 NV Jacky Rosen D +7 R+1 +8 NV Catherine Cortez Masto D +7 R+1 +8 LA John Kennedy R +25 R+17 +8 DE Tom Carper D +21 D+14 +7 WA Maria Cantwell D +19 D+12 +7 VT Patrick Leahy D +31 D+24 +7 VT Bernie Sanders I +31 D+24 +7 WA Patty Murray D +18 D+12 +6 GA Johnny Isakson R +18 R+12 +6 CT Chris Murphy D +17 D+11 +6 LA Bill Cassidy R +23 R+17 +6 MD Ben Cardin D +28 D+23 +5 FL Marco Rubio R +10 R+5 +5 WI Ron Johnson R +6 R+1 +5 SC Lindsey Graham R +21 R+17 +4 PA Pat Toomey R +5 R+1 +4 NC Richard Burr R +8 R+5 +3 OH Rob Portman R +10 R+7 +3 MS Roger Wicker R +18 R+15 +3 MD Chris Van Hollen D +25 D+23 +2 NM Tom Udall D +9 D+7 +2 FL Rick Scott R +7 R+5 +2 CO Cory Gardner R 0 D+1 +1 NM Martin Heinrich D +8 D+7 +1 TX John Cornyn R +17 R+17 0 ND John Hoeven R +33 R+33 0 NJ Cory Booker D +13 D+13 0 MA Ed Markey D +29 D+29 0 CT Richard Blumenthal D +10 D+11 -1 NE Ben Sasse R +23 R+24 -1 IL Tammy Duckworth D +11 D+13 -2 SD Mike Rounds R +28 R+31 -3 IA Joni Ernst R +3 R+6 -3 IA Chuck Grassley R +3 R+6 -3 NC Thom Tillis R +2 R+5 -3 AR John Boozman R +21 R+24 -3 RI Jack Reed D +22 D+26 -4 TX Ted Cruz R +13 R+17 -4 IN Todd Young R +14 R+18 -4 MT Steve Daines R +13 R+18 -5 IN Mike Braun R +13 R+18 -5 AR Tom Cotton R +19 R+24 -5 AL Richard Shelby R +21 R+27 -6 SD John Thune R +24 R+31 -7 HI Brian Schatz D +28 D+36 -8 AK Lisa Murkowski R +6 R+15 -9 AK Dan Sullivan R +6 R+15 -9 NY Kirsten Gillibrand D +13 D+22 -9 AZ Martha McSally R 0 R+9 -9 IL Dick Durbin D +3 D+13 -10 NY Chuck Schumer D +12 D+22 -10 UT Mitt Romney R +21 R+31 -10 CA Kamala Harris D +13 D+24 -11 MO Josh Hawley R +7 R+19 -12 NE Deb Fischer R +12 R+24 -12 WV Shelley Moore Capito R +18 R+30 -12 KS Jerry Moran R +10 R+23 -13 UT Mike Lee R +17 R+31 -14 MS Cindy Hyde-Smith R +1 R+15 -14 RI Sheldon Whitehouse D +11 D+26 -15 ID Mike Crapo R +20 R+35 -15 ID Jim Risch R +20 R+35 -15 TN Lamar Alexander R +13 R+28 -15 CA Dianne Feinstein D +8 D+24 -16 MO Roy Blunt R +3 R+19 -16 TN Marsha Blackburn R +10 R+28 -18 WY Mike Enzi R +29 R+47 -18 WY John Barrasso R +29 R+47 -18 OK James Lankford R +15 R+34 -19 MA Elizabeth Warren D +9 D+29 -20 KY Rand Paul R +2 R+23 -21 OK Jim Inhofe R +12 R+34 -22 HI Mazie Hirono D +14 D+36 -22 KS Pat Roberts R 0 R+23 -23 NJ Bob Menendez D -10 D+13 -23 ND Kevin Cramer R +8 R+33 -25 KY Mitch McConnell R -13 R+23 -36

A Democratic senator with a net approval of +2 in an R+7 state has a PARS of +9 (2+7 = 9). If the same state had a Republican senator with the same approval rating, the PARS would be -5 (2-7= -5).

Independent Sens. Angus King and Bernie Sanders are considered Democrats for these calculations.

Shaded rows denote senators whose seats are up in 2020, excluding those senators who are not seeking reelection.

* Partisan lean is the average difference between how a state votes and how the country votes overall, with 2016 presidential election results weighted at 50 percent, 2012 presidential election results weighted at 25 percent and results from elections for the state legislature weighted at 25 percent. The partisan leans in this article were calculated before the 2018 elections; we haven’t calculated FiveThirtyEight partisan leans that incorporate the midterm results yet.

Sources: Morning Consult, media reports

Like we did for PARG, we can use PARS as a tool to assess the 2020 Senate elections — specifically, to give us clues about which of the senators whose seats are up in 2020 might be poised to over- or underperform their party’s presidential ticket.

That conversation starts with Sen. Doug Jones, who comes in at No. 2 in PARS with a score of +33. Jones is a Democratic senator in R+27 Alabama, so he’s fighting an uphill battle. And if he is able to maintain a positive net approval rating (it’s +6 currently), that will be a sign of life for his candidacy.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins is another senator who hopes to overcome the partisan lean of her state (Maine is 5 points more Democratic-leaning than the nation) to win reelection. Her net approval rating in the Morning Consult poll has been on the decline over the past two years, but she still has a solid +13 net approval rating. The question is whether the results in 2020 will be closer to her net approval rating or Maine’s light-blue partisanship; splitting the difference yields a race that leans (or tilts) Republican, which is exactly where major election handicappers have it.

Similarly, if you were to look at state partisanship alone, you might assume that Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Warner of Virginia and Tina Smith of Minnesota are electorally vulnerable. But PARS reveals why the handicappers aren’t so sure. They all sit in closely divided states (from R+2 for New Hampshire to D+2 for Minnesota), yes, but they are all also quite popular. Shaheen has a +21 net approval rating, Warner has a +19 net approval rating and Smith has a +18 net approval rating.

Unlike this trio, there are some senators whose electoral fates probably do hinge on the presidential race. Those include Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas. Each has a PARS between +1 and -3, indicating that their net approval rating is in line with their states’ partisan lean. If the Democratic presidential nominee carries their states (admittedly, this will be easier for Colorado than for Texas), the party may get a Senate seat as a bonus.

Finally, the senator who ranks last in PARS is also up for reelection in 2020, and it’s a big name: Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell manages just a -13 net approval rating despite inhabiting an R+23 state. It’s not crazy to think he could be vulnerable in 2020. Democrats are reportedly trying to recruit former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath, who raised $8.6 million for an unsuccessful 2018 congressional bid, to run against him. But it’s worth remembering that Lucy has held this football in front of Democrats before. In 2014, McConnell also had popularity problems, and Democrats thought they had a top candidate to challenge him in Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. McConnell beat Grimes 56 percent to 41 percent.

Check out all the polls we’ve been collecting ahead of the 2020 elections.

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From Memphis to Merseyside #2

Thursdays 8pm EST bombshellradio.com Ep 2 Sam Phillips and Sun Records It is January 3, 1953 in Memphis. Former DJ and radio sound engineer Sam Phillips is about to fulfil a dream, just 2 days shy of his 30th birthday. While working at WLAY in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Phillips fell in love with the music that he heard by Black American musicians and decided to move to Memphis and open the Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue with his assistant, Marion Keisker. Their goal is to provide African American musicians with a chance to get their music on records. Phillips’ slogan for the studio is ‘We Record Anything, Anywhere, Anytime’ and little do he and Keisker know that this little outfit is going to go on to create big waves in the music business for many years to come. Playlist Order: 1 Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On 2 Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential 3 Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats Rocket 88 4 Howlin’ Wolf Moanin’ at Midnight 5 Arthur Crudup That’s All Right Mama 6 Rufus Thomas Jr Tiger Man (King of The Jungle) 7 Carl Perkins Gone Gone Gone 8 Ringo Starr Sure To Fall 9 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Blue Moon of Kentucky 10 Rufus Thomas Bear Cat (The Answer to Hound Dog) 11 John Fogerty Almost Saturday Night 12 Gale Storm I Hear You Knocking 13 The Platters Only You 14 The Four Lads Moments to Remember 15 Roger Williams Autumn Leaves 16 Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons 17 Prefab Sprout Electric Guitars 18 Prefab Sprout King Of Rock And Roll 19 Bruce Springsteen Viva Las Vegas 20 Elvis Presley C’mon Everybody 21 The Beatles Honey Don’t 22 Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues 23 Johnny Cash I Walk the Line 24 The Gentrys Cinnamon Girl 25 Carl Perkins Blue Suede Shoes 26 Carl Perkins Movie Magg 27 Roy Orbison and The Teen Kings Ooby Dooby 28 Roy Orbison Devil Doll 29 Elton John Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On 30 The Beatles I Forgot To Remember To Forget       Read the full article

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Hey everyone!

From July 30th to August 6th, there will be an event! During this event, characters will be de-aged. There is no specific limit to how much younger each character will be. Some can be decades younger, while others may only be a few years younger. For Asgardians and other very old characters, they may even be hundreds or thousands of years younger to actually make them look like younger versions of themselves.

Since people will be using specific faceclaims for their characters at younger ages, we want to make sure that no one uses the same faceclaims, which is why we are announcing this a week in advance. No one has to participate in this event if they don’t want to, but if you do want to deage your character, please fill out this application and send it to us. If your faceclaim is already taken, we will inform you, and you will have to choose a new one. If you need help finding a young FC for your character, we recommend checking here.

I play [CHARACTER NAME] who was [FORMER AGE IN NUMBERS] years old and looked like [ORIGINAL FC], but now they will be [NEW AGE IN NUMBERS] years old and will look like [NEW FC]

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DC

I play [ALFRED PENNYWORTH] who was [82] years old and looked like [MICHAEL CAINE], but now they will be [50] years old and will look like [SEAN PERTWEE] 

I play [DICK GRAYSON] who was [27] years old and looked like [BOB MORLEY], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [URIAH SHELTON]

I play [EDWARD NYGMA] who was [30] years old and looked like [CORY MICHAEL SMITH], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [LOUIS HYNES] 

I play [GARFIELD LOGAN] who was [21] years old and looked like [BOOBOO STEWART], but now they will be [13] years old and will look like [BOOBOO STEWART]

I play [HARLEY QUINN] who was [28] years old and looked like [MARGOT ROBBIE], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [NATALIE ALYN LIND]  

I play [HARVEY DENT] who was [35] years old and looked like [DANIEL SHARMAN], but now they will be [18] years old and will look like [DANIEL SHARMAN]

I play [IRIS WEST] who was [25] years old and looked like [CANDICE PATTON], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [IMAN BENSON]

I play [ISABELLA FLYNN] who was [32] years old and looked like [CHELSEA SPACK], but now they will be [18] years old and will look like [CHLOË GRACE MORETZ]

I play [JEREMIAH VALESKA] who was [25] years old and looked like [CAMERON MONAGHAN], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [CAMERON MONAGHAN] 

I play [JONATHAN CRANE] who was [38] years old and looked like [CILLIAN MURPHY], but now they will be [12] years old and will look like [ASA BUTTERFIELD]

I play [KARA ZOR-EL DANVERS] who was [25] years old and looked like [MELISSA BENOIST], but now they will be [5] years old and will look like [MIA TALERICO]

I play [LEE THOMPKINS] who was [35] years old and looked like [SOFIA CARSON], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [CAMILA MENDES]

I play [LEX LUTHOR] who was [30] years old and looked like [COLTON HAYNES], but now they will be [18] years old and will look like [YOUNGER COLTON HAYNES]

I play [NYSSA RAATKO] who was [32] years old and looked like [SARAH SHAHI], but now they will be [20] years old and will look like [MEDALION RAHIMI]

I play [OSWALD COBBLEPOT] who was [30] years old and looked like [ROBIN LORD TAYLOR], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [FINN WOLFHARD]

I play [ PAMELA ISLEY] who was [35] years old and looked like [ISLA FISHER], but now they will be [21] years old and will look like [SOPHIE TURNER]

 I play [RAVEN] who was [23] years old and looked like [ELIZABETH GILLIES], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [YOUNGER ELIZABETH GILLIES].  

I play [ROSE WILSON] who was [25] years old and looked like [KRISTIN KREUK], but now they will be [18] years old and will look like [KRISTIN KREUK]

I play [ROY HARPER] who was [25] years old and looked like [SAM CLAFLIN], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [TIJN ELBERS]

I play [SARA LANCE] who was [29] years old and looked like [CAITY LOTZ], but now they will be [10] years old and will look like [KYLIE ROGERS] 

I play [SELINA KYLE] who was [34] years old and looked like [ROSARIO DAWSON], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [YARA SHAHIDI]

I play [TABITHA GALAVAN] who was [30] years old and looked like [JESSICA LUCAS], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [CHINA ANNE MCCLAIN]

MARVEL

I play [AVA STARR] who was [27] years old and looked like [HANNAH JOHN-KAMEN], but now they will be [8] years old and will look like [RAELYNN BRATTEN]

I play [BOBBI MORSE] who was [38] years old and looked like [ADRIANNE PALICKI], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [LAUREN TAYLOR] 

I play [BUCKY BARNES] who was [101] years old and looked like [SEBASTIAN STAN], but now they will be [25] years old and will look like [...SEBASTIAN STAN].  

I play [CLINT BARTON] who was [42] years old and looked like [JEREMY RENNER], but now they will be [21] years old and will look like [PENN BADGLEY]

I play [DAISY JOHNSON] who was [30] years old and looked like [CHLOE BENNET], but now they will be [7] years old and will look like [HEO JUNG-EUN]  

I play [GAMORA] who was [30] years old and looked like [ZOE SALDANA], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [AMANDLA STENBERG]

I play [HOPE VAN DYNE] who was [38] years old and looked like [EVANGELINE LILLY], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [ALEXIS BLEDEL] 

I play [ILLYANA RASPUTIN!] who was [30] years old and looked like NATALIE DORMER], but now they will be [19] years old and will look like [OLIVIA HOLT]

I play [KATE BISHOP] who was [21] years old and looked like [ALEXANDRA DADDARIO], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [IZABELA VIDOVIC]

I play [LADY SIF] who was [1000+] years old and looked like [JAIMIE ALEXANDER], but now they will be [450] years old and will look like [ALICIA VIKANDER.]

I play [LOKI LAUFEYSON] who was [2000+] years old and looked like [EVA GREEN], but now they will be [23] years old and will look like [PHOEBE TONKIN]

I play [MARY JANE WATSON] who was [19] years old and looked like [MADELAINE PETSCH], but now they will be [13] years old and will look like [SADIE SINK]

I play [MELINDA MAY] who was [52] years old and looked like [MING-NA WEN], but now they will be [23] years old and will look like [JESSICA LU.]

I play [NATASHA ROMANOFF] who was [33] years old and looked like [SCARLETT JOHANSSON], but now they will be [18] years old and will look like [JANE LEVY.]  

I play [PETER PARKER] who was [19] years old and looked like [TOM HOLLAND], but now they will be [9] years old and will look like [TY SIMPKINS]

I play [PHIL COULSON] who was [53] years old and looked like [CLARK GREGG], but now they will be [24] years old and will look like [LOGAN LERMAN].   

I play [SCOTT LANG] who was [41] years old and looked like [PAUL RUDD], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [YOUNG MILO VENTIMIGLIA].

I play [STEPHEN STRANGE] who was [37] years old and looked like [BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [ALEX LAWTHER]

I play [STEVE ROGERS] who was [35] years old and looked like [CHRIS EVANS], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [CHRIS EVANS]

I play [THOR ODINSON] who was [1000+] years old and looked like [ CHRIS HEMSWORTH], but now they will be [15] years old and will look like [CHRISTOPHER PAUL RICHARDS]

I play [TONY STARK] who was [48] years old and looked like [ROBERT DOWNEY JR], but now they will be [17] years old and will look like [ROBERT DOWNEY JR.]

OC

I play [ALEX] who was [22] years old and looked like [HAYLEY KIYOKO], but now they will be [14] years old and will look like [N/A] 

I play [ALYA WHITEHALL IV] who was [22] years old and looked like [TERESA PALMER], but now they will be [16] years old and will look like [EMILY ALYN LIND]

I play [DAMARIUS BLACKWOOD] who was [40] years old and looked like [MISHA COLLINS], but now they will be [20] years old and will look like [MISHA COLLINS] 

I play [JACKSON STORM] who was [30] years old and looked like [JENSEN ACKLES], but now they will be [20] years old and will look like [JENSEN ACKLES] 

I play [ LILY FAIRFOX] who was [27] years old and looked like [KAREN GILLAN], but now they will be [19] years old and will look like [BELLA THORNE]

I play [NATALIA KASSUS] who was [35] years old and looked like [LANA PARRILLA], but now they will be [19] years old and will look like [DEMI LOVATO]

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UPDATED CHARACTER LIST 12/29/17

GUIDELINES: I don’t write smut, abuse, self-harm, or suicide. Nor do I write cheating. Also, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE LIST BEFORE REQUESTING. IT’S BETTER TO ASK ME IF YOU’RE UNSURE. I don’t mind answering questions, but I don’t want you to waste your precious time writing out a 2000 character request for someone I don’t write for lmao.

 New Characters:

Justin Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Max Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Alex Russo (Wizards of Waverly Place)

Chicago (Pitch Perfect 3)**

Bennet (My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2)*

Spencer (Jumanji)

Fridge (Jumanji)

Martha (Jumanji)

Bethany (Jumanji)

Alex (Jumanji)*

Ben Grimm (Fantastic Four)**

Johnny Storm (Fantastic Four)

Susan Storm (Fantastic Four)

Reed Richards (Fantastic Four)

 Characters that are marked with a * are characters I’m especially interested in writing.

** means I’d probably explode if you requested something for them.

*** means this character is a favorite of mine and will probably be written quicker than most.

 Disney

Poe Dameron (Star Wars)**

Rey (Star Wars)

Finn (Star Wars)***

Tumnus (Narnia)

Peter Pevensie (Narnia)

Susan Pevensie (Narnia)

Edmund Pevensie (Narnia)*

Lucy Pevensie (Narnia)

Tadashi Hamada (Big Hero 6)*

Honey Lemon (Big Hero 6)

Wasabi (Big Hero 6)

Fred (Big Hero 6)

Prince Adam/Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast)

Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

Bernard the Elf (The Santa Clause)***

Charlie Calvin (The Santa Clause 2 + 3)

Diaval (Maleficent)*

Thackery Binx (Hocus Pocus)*

 Disney Shows

Brett Willis (KC Undercover)

Benny Weir (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)*

Ethan Morgan (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)

Erica (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)

Sarah (My Babysitter’s A Vampire)*

Peter Pan (Once Upon a Time; Peter Pan (2003))

Henry Mills (Once Upon a Time)

August (Once Upon a Time)**

Felix (Once Upon a Time)

Mason Greyback (Wizards of Waverly Place)**

 Disney Channel Original Movie

Luke (Halloweentown)***

Marnie Cromwell (Halloweentown)**

Doug (Disney Descendants)*

Jay (Disney Descendants)**

Carlos (Disney Descendants)

Chad (Disney Descendants)

Gil (Disney Descendants)**

Harry Hook (Disney Descendants)

Uma (Disney Descendants)

Mal (Disney Descendants)

Evie (Disney Descendants)*

Lonnie (Disney Descendants)*

 MCU

Steve Rogers (The Avengers)

Bruce Banner (The Avengers)

Natasha Romanov (The Avengers)

Clint Barton (The Avengers)

Sam Wilson (The Avengers)

Vision (The Avengers)

Scott Lang (The Avengers)

Peter Parker (The Avengers)

T’Challa (The Avengers)

Valkyrie (The Revengers)

Peggy Carter (The Howling Commandos)

Bucky Barnes (The Avengers)

Daisy Johnson (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Jemma Simmons (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Phil Coulson (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Melinda May (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Leopold Fitz (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Lance Hunter (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Alfonso Mackenzie (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Bobbi Morse (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Peter Quill (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Rocket Raccoon (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Drax the Destroyer (Guardians of the Galaxy)

Ned (Spiderman: Homecoming)*

MJ (Spiderman: Homecoming)

Thor (The Avengers)

Pietro Maximoff (Avengers: Age of Ultron)*

Wanda Maximoff (Avengers: Age of Ultron)**

Pre-Serum Steve Rogers (Captain America: The First Avenger)*

 X-Men

Charles Xavier (X-Men)

Erik Lehnsherr (X-Men)

John Allerdyce (X-Men)

Bobby Drake (X-Men)

Kitty Pryde (X-Men)

Rogue (X-Men)

James Proudstar/Warpath (X-Men: Days of Future Past)**

Alex Summers/Havok (X-Men)*

Scott Summers/Cyclops (X-Men)**

Warren Worthington III/Angel (X-Men)**

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler (X-Men)*

Hank McCoy/Beast (X-Men)*

John Proudstar/Thunderbird (The Gifted) ***

Lorna Dane/Polaris (The Gifted)**

 DC

Diana Prince (Justice League)**

Aquaman (Justice League)**

Cyborg (Justice League)**

Cyborg (Teen Titans)***

Beast Boy (Teen Titans)*

Raven (Teen Titans)***

Jefferson Jackson (Legends of Tomorrow)***

Cisco Ramon (The Flash)**

Wally West (The Flash)***

Roy Harper (Arrow)

Digger Harkness (Suicide Squad)**

 Other Superheroes

Warren Peace (Sky High) *

Dave Lizewski (Kick-Ass)**

Mindy McCready (Kick-Ass)

Jason Scott (Power Rangers)

 Cartoon Network

Duncan (Total Drama)

Alejandro (Total Drama)

Gwen (Total Drama)

Ben Tennyson (Ben 10 Alien Force)

Kevin Levin (Ben 10 Alien Force)***

Gwen Tennyson (Ben 10 Alien Force)

 Nickelodeon

Prince Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)*

Danny Fenton (Danny Phantom)

 Netflix

Wolfgang (Sense8)***

Nomi (Sense8)**

Riley (Sense8)

Kala (Sense8)

Will (Sense8)

Lito (Sense8)

Sun (Sense8)

Capheus (Sense8)

Steve Harrington (Stranger Things)***

Nancy Wheeler (Stranger Things)*

Johnathan Byers (Stranger Things)*

 Fantasy

Jack (Jack the Giant Slayer)

Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings)

Legolas (Lord of the Rings)

Kili (The Hobbit)*

Slannen the Elf (Ella Enchanted)**

Benny (Ella Enchanted)

Bran Stark (Game of Thrones)*

Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)

Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones)

Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones)

 Spy Movies

Napoleon Solo (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

Illya Kuryakin (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)*

Eggsy Unwin (Kingsman)**

 Time Travelers

Marty McFly (Back to the Future)***

H. G. Wells (Time After Time)

Wyatt Logan (Timeless)**

  Miscellaneous

Artie Abrams (Glee)***

Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Fiyero (Wicked)

The Nutcracker/Prince Eric (Barbie in the Nutcracker)*

Ahkmenrah (Night at the Museum)*

Jedidiah (Night at the Museum)

Nicky Daley (Night at the Museum)

Jack Frost (Rise of the Guardians)

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➤ SEP 18 - The Death of Rock & Roll Stars on this date in history - NO TIME TO DIE by The Tooners

On September 18, 1979, Greg Arama (bass player for The Amboy Dukes) kicks the bucket at the young age of 29 in a bike mishap.

On September 18, 1992, Earl Van Dyke, keyboardist for Funk Brothers, Motown's in-house band, kicks the bucket at age 62 of prostate malignancy.

On September 18, 1997, Jump blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon bites the dust at age 77 of throat disease in Los Angeles, California.

On September 18,  2005, Songwriter Joel Hirschhorn kicks the bucket at the age of 67. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Song on two occasions. He also wrote songs for a number of musicians, including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison.

On September 18, 2013, Roger Pope, (frequent drummer for Elton John), bites the dust of cancer in Southampton, England, at age 66.  Pope backed Elton John in concert and on several of the singer's most enduring recordings, including "Tiny Dancer'', "Island Girl'' and his first UK chart-topper, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart’’.

Be sure to check out The Tooners, NO TIME TO DIE, their fabulous original theme song inspired by the upcoming JamesBond movie NO TIME TO DIE, starring Daniel Craig.  

See you ROCKERS later!

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Castle of Shikigami: An informal rant nobody asked for about my most obscure obsession to date

STOP i spent like 2 days writing this post and im only posting it on tumblr because it’s the one website i’m a member of that can hold the most text. i wanted to infodump somewhere...... read this to learn something i guess (´･ω･`)

Bad voice acting is the Peak of comedy to me, and while I was looking for something to laugh at one day, I found this game called Castle Shikigami 2 for the PS2. The US version of the game's dialogue is rife with machine translated text that makes no sense, and awkward voice acting to boot. They even have voice actors saying the wrong lines, voice actors speaking implied commands, and a few voice lines are left in Japanese. Apparently, Roger Craig Smith (Sonic the Hedgehog's current voice actor) was in this game but I don't think he's even credited?! I think I know which character he voiced but I’m not exactly sure.

The history behind this game’s localization is REALLY weird. Castle of Shikigami/Shikigami no Shiro was originally an arcade bullet hell shoot em up game. The series was created by Alfa System and it was one of Alfa System’s main IPs. There are three main shmup installments and a text adventure game for the PS2, Nanayozuki Gensoukyoku. Nanayozuki was practically fanservice for whatever number of CoS fans there were back then. Each main game in the series was originally an arcade cabinet, but they were all ported to PC and home consoles. In CoS 2′s case, it came out on the PS2, Gamecube, and Dreamcast, but only the PS2 version got localized. The western publisher, XS Games specializes in publishing quality budget titles such as “Bass Pro Shops: The Strike” for the Wii. I theorize they didn’t care too much about the actual content of CoS 2 and were more focused on selling a game quickly for a low price, so they just machine translated it and adjusted a few things. If you’re wondering if Castle of Shikigami 1 was also translated this badly, the answer is No. XS Games instead removed all the dialogue from the western release of CoS 1, and released it with the title “Mobile Light Force 2″.

“Wait, what do you mean ‘Mobile Light Force TWO’ if Castle of Shikigami 1 is the first game in the series?” If you want to know what Mobile Light Force 1 was, it’s GUNBIRD; another shmup game, but by a completely different developer than Castle of Shikigami. I don’t know why they did that. What really kills me though is that both MLF 1 and 2 use the same boxart, which is COMPLETELY unrelated to the actual contents of either game. AFJQHJFOKLJFDS look at this

There’s more hilarity behind Mobile Light Force that isn’t hard to find so you can search that up if you’re interested. But thankfully, Castle of Shikigami 3's Wii edition got more of a proper localization by Aksys Games.

Now I would bluntly say something like “stan castle of shikigami” but:

1. This series’ lore is insanely convoluted. It’s an essential part of this expansive fictional universe referred to as “Mumei Sekaikan” (I don’t know what this translates to in English) where there’s like, 7 different parallel worlds. There’s more obscure ass games and manga that are tied to this universe, and I think there’s even a tabletop RPG made based off it. Have you heard of “Gunparade March”? Most likely you haven’t; it’s an obscure video game made by Alfa System that also got adapted into an anime, and I feel it can be described as Mechas x Persona. One of the characters in CoS 2 is just one of the GPM characters going undercover to find her senpai who traveled to the CoS world. Or something like that. The 7-world universe isn’t explicitly talked about in the game but they make so many references to it without defining anything that it’s like you Must know about it. There is NO documentation in English about the Mumei Sekaikan I could find on the internet, although there is a wiki in Japanese where I got a ton of knowledge from (GOOGLE TRANSLATE IS MY TRUSTED FRIEND) I feel like I might be THE person in the United States who has the most knowledge on the Mumei Sekaikan, and I could go on another tangent talking about what I know so far (and who this one specific dude Shibamura Yuuri is) but I won’t.

2. The writing isn’t excellent and can be pretty Unwoke ™; the first game came out in 2001 and the third game came out in 2005 if that gives you a sense on what era these writers were in. As far as the games dialogue goes, the characters appear kind of flat. CoS 1 and 2 Kotaro (i refuse to use the official “Kohtaro”) is stupid and driven by JUSTICE to a point where it’s annoying. I can’t tell if Hyuga is trying to be a Ladies Man in CoS 2 and 3. Kim, a religious tae kwon do instructor, spends CoS 2 thinking about how he should atone for his sins, then he turns himself into jail at the end. Sayo’s backstory is that she was a shrine maiden raised as a “human weapon” to have no emotions and her only goal in life was to kill god and then die, something like that. However, after CoS 1, she gets a crush on Kotaro because he actually treats her like a human and Of course that’s what you’d expect from the main teen girl and boy in the series. In CoS 3, Sayo's character is mostly played out to be a major tsundere for Kotaro even though surprisingly HIS character in this game changed a ton compared to 1 and 2 (he had to kill an illusion of his older brother, who he learned actually died earlier, and now he has to kill an illusion of his childhood sweetheart... damb that shit sucks :/). He’s still stupid though

There’s a gag in CoS 2 that I can’t clearly remember where it’s like, Niigi makes Sayo and Fumiko, who are both romantically interested in Kotaro, think that he’s only into little girls? Meanwhile, Fumiko’s magic goes wrong and her appearance turns to that of a child though in response she’s like “hee hee maybe Kotaro will like this”. basically more On-Brand early 2000′s anime unwokeness than average. Speaking of Fumiko, she’s a 400+ year old militaristic witch who constantly teases Kotaro (who’s like 16 or 17) and she wants to marry him for his magical potential since he’s like one of the candidates for becoming God??? From the official CoS 3 character descriptions, “Her hobby is to steal the men from other women. Her second hobby is trampling upon people.” She canonically stole her stepmother’s husband from her stepmother (the 3rd boss of CoS 3). I don’t get how that shit would have worked

3. The game itself is HARD af but to be fair I’m a scrub gamer. I can’t get past stage 3 on easy difficulty without continuing. Yes i bought CoS 1 on Steam, Yes it has a port on steam i feel like i should have mentioned this earlier

4. Besides CoS 1 having a port on Steam, CoS 2 and 3 might be hard to obtain legally. The poorly translated CoS 2 was apparently super cheap back then, but since it’s an old game, its value might’ve increased. When I tried looking up prices for English CoS 3, all the listings were like at least $40 and being broke I wouldn’t want to spend more than $29 for a Wii game in 2019... honestly I just emulated CoS 2. shout out to PCSX2

Last month I was desperate, bored enough, and deep enough in the Shikigami rabbit hole that I tried to find the manga based off of it online. The CoS manga only tells the events of the first two games so I still don’t really get anything about CoS 3, like who Mihee, Batu, and Emilio are supposed to be. However, the plot events also differ. For example, Roger Sasuke exists as a character in CoS 3 but in the manga he literally Dies. There’s 11 total volumes of this; 3 volumes dedicated to CoS 1 and the latter 8 (the “Twisted Castle arc”) dedicated to CoS 2. Only the very first 3 chapters were scanlated to English all the way in 2011. Fortunately, I did find the entire manga uploaded though............... in CHINESE. So you know what I did? I “read” the entire thing using my phone’s Google Translate OCR app to take pictures of each page and comprehend the translations. Of course I still don’t understand CRAP because of the Mumei Sekaikan jargon + machine translation but I understood enough to get emotionally attached to some of the characters. I wish I hadn’t. At least through the manga I learned that the characters DO have some depth and pre-established relationships. For instance, the reason why Roger Sasuke became a ninja is because when he first landed in Japan as a kid, he was getting bullied or something and he didn’t know Japanese then Kotaro saw this and told the bullies to stop. Then after Roy /sorry i mean Roger learned that he was set to home-stay with the Kugas in the first place, he decided to dedicate his life to Japan in order to protect Kotaro back. I think. DO U SEE HOW ABSURD THIS SHIT IS Anyway Nanayozuki takes place between the second and third games and sets things up for CoS 3. There’s a full playthrough of it uploaded to YouTube and I think it contains a lot of juicy lore, but it’s just too much to go over with Shitty Google Translate OCR. There’s also Shikigami no Shiro novels which apparently contain the most backstory, but I have a 0% chance of finding these online for free. Not to mention that these would ALSO be too much effort to Google Translate.

in conclusion: You don’t HAVE to play Castle of Shikigami. Like, I’m not gonna recommend it for the content, but if you love shmups and are looking for a shmup game you haven’t heard of then I will recommend it for the gameplay (old touhou mutuals assemble theres a POWER-UP-BY-GRAZE MECHANIC). I’ve counted like 4 total fans outside of Japan that like this series for the story, and I don’t think that number is going to increase because I doubt CoS 2 will ever get retranslated and ported. I just want you to know that this series exists and that there’s a ton of wacky shit behind it besides the bad Castle Shikigami 2 dub. also if someone knows enough japanese or chinese and has an INKLING of interest in this series umm talk to me and help me decipher stuff

I‘m kinda sad that the series is pretty much Dead though. This is the most recent piece of official Castle of Shikigami art I could find, and this was for the 2018 New Year. The next most recent piece of official CoS art I found was also drawn by the character designer Sonoda Miku all the way in January 2008, commemorating the end of the CoS manga serialization. Alfa System released a spiritual sequel to Castle of Shikigami on the Japanese Switch eShop called Sisters Royale, with character designs I think are still by Sonoda. By “spiritual sequel” I mean that it has some of the EXACT same shot types as CoS and the same mechanic where grazing bullets increases your power and score. This is the closest we’ll get to a Shikigami no Shiro 4. I wonder what the business decision behind that game was but it actually looks like fun and I want to play it so OK Go off i guess

[royatlyfree1923]

ROGER BLOOMER

March 1, 1923

Roger Bloomer is a three-act play by John Howard Lawson (Broadway debut). It was produced by the Equity Players Inc. It opened on March 1, 1923 at the 48th Street Theatre and ran for 50 performances. After Broadway, it transferred to the Greenwich Village Theatre, a production which Lawson considered far superior to the first. This play is considered a prime example of American expressionism.

Roger Bloomer is set in Excelsior, Iowa, and New York City over 30 cinematic scenes. There are 26 characters.

Synopsis ~ The eponymous lead character runs away from his prosperous Iowa home to New York after failing his college examinations. He falls in love with a woman accused of theft at a place where she works—and she commits suicide. He is arrested for murder, and his father hurries to the big city to rescue him. The parallels to Lawson’s own life—moving to New York, suicide, the protective father—are evident.  

The printed script contains a politically-charged forward by novelist John Dos Passos, who at the time was about to publish his third novel. Dos Passos’ legacy is the USA Trilogy published in 1938. Dos Passos was a friend and fan of Lawson and was sure he would turn out to be one of the nation’s greatest playwrights. 

The printed script also contains renderings for each of the three acts (likely influenced by the set design) by Roland Young. 

AUTHOR

John Howard Lawson (1894-1977)  was a writer specializing in plays and screenplays. He was the first president of the Writers Guild of America West. For several years he was head of the Hollywood division of the Communist Party USA.  Lawson was one of the Hollywood Ten, the first group of American film industry professionals to be blacklisted by Congress during the 1950s McCarthy Era. He and his colleagues refused to testify; he was convicted of contempt of Congress and served a year in prison. This was the first of his nine Broadway plays. 

“John Howard Lawson began to write ‘Roger Bloomer’ in France in the fall of 1917, when he was about 23 years old. The play was produced in New York in the spring of 1923, when Lawson was not quite 29. This production brought Lawson to the attention of the New York theatre world. Probably still unrecognized as such, Roger Bloomer is a classic of the modern American theatre-classic in its universality. The first published description of the second act of an early version of Roger Bloomer [was] completed sometime in 1920. The rest of the 1920 version is in general very similar to the 1923 version, but this second act is almost entirely different, and three of its main characters do not appear in Lawson's stage version.” ~ Le Roy Robinson, Nagasaki University

CAST

Henry Hull (1890-1977) as Roger Bloomer. He made his Broadway debut in 1911. On stage, Hull is best known creating the role of Jeeter Lester in the long-running play Tobacco Road (1933). The year before Roger Bloomer, Hull wrote a play titled Manhattan that ran for 86 performances. In Hollywood he played roles in High Sierra (1941) and Lifeboat (1944). He played the title role in Werewolf of London (1935), the first werewolf movie ever made. He was brother-in-law to actress Josephine Hull. 

Louis Calhern (1895-1956) as Eugene Poppin. Calhern made his Broadway debut with Roger Bloomer. His most notable stage role also turned out to earn him an Oscar nomination: Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Magnificent Yankee (1946 stage, 1950 screen). In 1950 he replaced Frank Morgan as Buffalo Bill, when Morgan died of a heart attack while filming Annie Get Your Gun (1950).

48th Street Theatre (157 West 48th Street; 970 seats) was built by producer William A. Brady in 1912. In the 1920s, Actors' Equity leased the space for its Equity Players, producers of Roger Bloomer. Renamed the Windsor in 1937 and leased to Labor Stage (the culture wing of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union). It reverted back to its original name in 1943 to avoid confusion with a similarly named theatre in the Bronx. On August 24, 1955, a water tower collapsed and destroyed the theatre. The owners opted to sell the land rather than repair the damage.

The most successful play in the theatre's history was Harvey (1944) by Mary Chase which ran for 1775 performances, won Chase the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and was adapted into a 1950 film. Another success at the theatre was Stalag 17 (1951), which was also made into a successful 1953 film.

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Surely Masterpost (Part 1)

Chapter 1 (Sprite & Grenadine): ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15)

Chapter 2 (Cherry 7UP): ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37)

Chapter 3 (Roy Rogers): ( 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30)

Part 2 Here

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National Examiner, December 14

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Roy Rogers’ sweet life 

Page 2: Welcome to Graceland -- a look around Elvis Presley’s palace 

Page 4: Still Strutting Their Stuff -- classic supermodels then and now -- Christie Brinkley, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Helena Christensen 

Page 5: Claudia Schiffer, Beverly Johnson, Christy Turlington, Jerry Hall, Brooke Shields 

Page 6: Jennifer Lopez may have fame and fortune not to mention a hot fiance Alex Rodriguez but she suffers bouts of pandemic depression just like the rest of us 

Page 7: Celebs keep bzzzy -- beehives are a honey of a hobby -- Beyonce, Jon Bon Jovi, Jennifer Garner, Scarlett Johansson, Martha Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pope Francis 

Page 8: A thank-you is always appreciated and a kind-hearted 11-year-old is making sure the right people get their share of thanks by painting Flags of Gratitude for veterans, firefighters, healthcare workers and more! 

Page 9: Medicare 2021: what you need to know -- navigating the tricky world of changes in coverage 

Page 10: Things went from bad to worse at Wurstbar, a New Jersey eatery that had to close temporarily while its small staff awaited results of COVID tests -- but then a barbershop down the street combed through its resources and decided to help Wurstbar avoid a close shave by running the place in the meantime 

Page 11: Your Health -- how to foil mask fog 

Page 12: Follow the stars to weight loss -- Drew Barrymore, Jessica Simpson, Vanna White, Jennifer Hudson 

Page 13: Adele, Melissa McCarthy, Kelly Osbourne, Jane Seymour 

Page 14: Dear Tony, America’s top psychic healer -- change is inevitable so we must adjust to secure our future, Tony Predicts country singer Gabby Barrett will launch to superstardom status 

Page 15: A happy gal in Atlanta has finally met the biological brother she’s been searching for with some unexpected help from a retired sheriff’s lieutenant 

Page 16: Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn -- why we never married -- banned wedding band to keep their love alive for 36 years and counting 

Page 18: They fought for us and risked their lives for us and now veterans are going to get a special thank-you from the Department of Veterans Affairs -- from now on U.S. military veterans and gold star families will have lifelong free passes to enjoy the nation’s national parks and wildlife refuges and other great-outdoors spaces 

Page 19: When George Bush Sr. noticed his dog Ranger plumping out a bit too much he sent a presidential memo asking staff not to overfeed the dog 

Page 20: Cover Story -- Roy Rogers: a life of joy and sorrow -- it wasn’t all happy trails for beloved singing cowboy 

Page 22: When a firefighter’s son was inside the hospital battling cancer dozens of his fellow blaze battlers turned up the heat on their support

Page 24: The new buyers of a South Carolina home got more than they bargained for as the previous owner had left behind a forgotten secret stash of coins worth $25,000 -- even though the house and all its contents now legally belonged to them their better angels guided them to do the right thing and return it to the rightful owners 

Page 26: The Good Doctor -- the truth about blood clots 

Page 28: Special Delivery! Celeb mom who chose to have their babies at home -- Gisele Bundchen, Miranda Kerr, Demi Moore

Page 29: Lisa Bonet, Ashley Graham, Pamela Anderson, Jennifer Connelly, Ricki Lake 

Page 40: Melissa Rivers and son Cooper and how they cope -- Joan Rivers is never far from their thoughts 

Page 42: 20 magical facts about Barbara Eden and I Dream of Jeannie 

Page 44: Eyes on the Stars -- ahead of their 73rd wedding anniversary Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip admire the homemade card great-grandchildren Prince George and Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis made for them (picture), Gary Busey picks up a copy of National Examiner at a news stand (picture), devoted dad George Clooney recently revealed he feared he’d never see his kids again after his terrifying motorcycle accident in 2018 and he’s since sworn off motorcycles after wife Amal Clooney said that’s it, pregnant Mandy Moore claims playing a mom of three on This Is Us has prepared her for her upcoming real-life role, Machine Gun Kelly says his relationship with Megan Fox took him out of the fast lane, Hilaria Baldwin recently broke her ankle trying to avoid a car while on a run

Page 45: Jennifer Aniston for a fitness campaign (picture), Tom Cruise tries out a motorcycle before filming a Mission: Impossible 7 scene (picture), Robin Roberts brings her pup Lukas to the Good Morning America set (picture), Matthew Modine claims his military role as Private Joker in Full Metal Jacket has gotten him out of 100 speeding tickets in his lifetime, Today contributor Jill Martin isn’t letting the pandemic take away her social life -- months after splitting with fiance Erik Brooks she says she’s been having online video dates, Wolfgang Van Halen opened up in a recent TV interview following his dad Eddie Van Halen’s death and credits his mom Valerie Bertinelli and his girlfriend for helping him carry on 

Page 46: He trained for it and he worked for it and now Chris Nikic has become the first person with Down syndrome to finish an Ironman triathlon 

Page 47: Jingle All the Way Around the Globe -- Copenhagen, London, Vatican City, Paris, New York, Berlin 

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via Politics – FiveThirtyEight

It’s hard not to compare the 2018 midterms to the 2010 midterms. A controversial president sits in the Oval Office. Resistance to his major policies spurs protests and grassroots activism. Special-election results portend a massive electoral wave that threatens to kneecap his ability to govern. So with the first primaries of 2018 taking place this month, will another 2010 phenomenon, the tea party, reappear? Quite possibly, only this time on the left.

A loosely defined mélange of grassroots conservative activists and hard-right political committees most prominent from 2009 to 2014, the tea party famously demanded ideological purity out of Republican candidates for elected office. In election after election during this period, tea party voters rejected moderate or establishment candidates in Republican primaries in favor of hardcore conservatives — costing the GOP more than one important race and pushing the party to the right in the process.

This Tuesday could mark the first time in 2018 that a moderate incumbent Democrat loses a primary bid to a more extreme challenger. Marie Newman, a progressive running for Illinois’s 3rd Congressional District, has argued there is no longer a place in the Democratic Party for Rep. Dan Lipinski’s anti-abortion, anti-same-sex-marriage views. Lipinski, however, has accused Newman of dismantling the party’s big tent and fomenting a “tea party of the left.”

But how accurate is that comparison really? One person’s “tea party rebellion” is another person’s justified excision of a Democrat or Republican “in name only.” To get a sense for whether Newman’s campaign against Lipinski looks more like part of a movement to pull the party leftward or simply an attempt to bring the district in line with the Democratic mainstream, we decided to look back at the original tea party — or, more accurately, since the term “tea party” is vague and sloppily applied, recent Republican primary challenges.

The following is a list of Republican incumbents in the U.S. Senate and House who have lost a primary election since 2010. To ensure that we’re capturing only Newman-style campaigns — that is, candidates who are challenging incumbents from the extreme wings of the party — we’re not including incumbents who lost to other incumbents as a result of redistricting throwing them together, nor are we counting two incumbents who were explicitly primaried from the center.1

Republican incumbents who were beaten from the right

DW-Nominate ideology scores of incumbent Republicans who lost primary challenges from the right and the scores that the challengers later earned in Congress (if they were elected), in races since 2010

District Defeated Member New Nominee year Name Partisan Lean Name Score Name Score ’10 AK-SEN R+27 Lisa Murkowski 0.208 Joe Miller — ’10 AL-05 R+27 Parker Griffith* 0.385 Mo Brooks 0.600 ’10 SC-04 R+29 Bob Inglis 0.518 Trey Gowdy 0.663 ’10 UT-SEN R+37 Bob Bennett 0.331 Mike Lee 0.919 ’12 FL-03 R+28 Cliff Stearns 0.554 Ted Yoho 0.703 ’12 IN-SEN R+12 Richard Lugar 0.304 Richard Mourdock — ’12 OH-02 R+15 Jean Schmidt 0.467 Brad Wenstrup 0.577 ’12 OK-01 R+36 John Sullivan 0.513 Jim Bridenstine 0.690 ’14 TX-04 R+52 Ralph Hall 0.424 John Ratcliffe 0.746 ’14 VA-07 R+19 Eric Cantor 0.518 David Brat 0.838 ’16 VA-02 R+6 Randy Forbes 0.407 Scott Taylor 0.474 ’17 AL-SEN R+29 Luther Strange 0.560 Roy Moore —

* During his time in the House, Parker Griffith switched parties from Democrat to Republican. The DW-Nominate score listed is for his time as a Republican.

Partisan lean is the average difference between how the constituency voted and how the country voted overall in the two most recent presidential elections, with the more recent election weighted 75 percent and the less recent one weighted 25 percent.

DW-Nominate scores are a measurement of how liberal or conservative members of Congress are on a scale from 1 (most conservative) to -1 (most liberal). Because DW-Nominate is based on congressional voting records, it is unavailable for politicians who never served in Congress.

Source: Greg Giroux, Ballotpedia, Daily Kos Elections, Swing State Project, Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections, Voteview

This isn’t an exhaustive list of tea-party-style challengers — for example, it doesn’t include Republicans shooting for open seats, such as Christine O’Donnell in Delaware in 2010, or hard-liners who won GOP primaries to take on Democratic incumbents, such as Sharron Angle in Nevada (also) in 2010 — but it’s a good cross section. The reason it’s useful to look only at Republican incumbents who went down to defeat is that it allows us to use DW-Nominate, a data set that quantifies how liberal or conservative members of Congress are — on a scale from 1 (most conservative) to -1 (most liberal). Since the score is based on congressional voting records, our focus on races in which incumbents lost means that both the losing candidate and, in most cases, the winning candidate have a DW-Nominate score.2

When you use DW-Nominate to try to quantify this slice of the tea party movement, what you quickly see is that there’s barely a pattern to it at all. “Tea party” candidates primaried plenty of moderate Republicans, such as Sen. Lisa Murkowski (a DW-Nominate score of .208) and party-switching former Rep. Parker Griffith (.385 in his time as a Republican). But they also toppled plenty of solid conservatives, including former Reps. Eric Cantor and Bob Inglis (both .518). Insurgents found success in moderate jurisdictions like Indiana (12 percentage points more Republican than the nation as a whole at the time of the election in question3) as well as dark-red districts like Texas’s 4th (R+52).

If, as this data suggests, the only prerequisite for being called a tea partier is to attack your Republican opponent from the right, then, sure, Newman is waging the mirror image of a tea party challenge. But that’s a fairly lazy conclusion; it lumps together all the primary challenges listed above when the data shows there are clear differences between them. For example, now-Sen. Mike Lee’s 2010 primary challenge to then-Sen. Bob Bennett in Utah made a lot of sense because of Bennett’s moderate DW-Nominate score (.331), the high contrast with Lee’s positions (he went on to earn a score of .919) and the fact that Utah was a very conservative state (37 points more Republican than the nation as a whole). By contrast, now-Rep. Brad Wenstrup’s defeat of then-Rep. Jean Schmidt in Ohio’s 2nd District in 2012 produced only a slightly more conservative representative (.577 to .467), and in a relatively moderate district to boot (R+15).

Lipinski’s DW-Nominate score is -.234, making him the 17th-most-moderate Democrat in the House. Lipinski is also a relatively strong ally of President Trump, at least as far as Democrats go. His Trump score (FiveThirtyEight’s measure of how often each member of Congress votes with the president) is 35.3 percent, 11th-highest among House Democrats. In other words, he is indeed notably more centrist than most members of his party. Going by DW-Nominate, this would place Newman’s challenge of Lipinski in the same ballpark as Joe Miller’s challenge of Murkowski in the Republican primary for Alaska’s 2010 U.S. Senate race. That’s one of the tea party cases in which it’s easier to see the ideological origins.

But the Illinois 3rd District is also only 12 points more Democratic than the nation as a whole. Just 39 Democratic-held districts are more conservative. If you subscribe to the notion that districts toward the center should have more centrist representatives, then Lipinski is still on the moderate side, but he’s not that moderate. For instance, Lipinski’s predicted Trump score is 33.7 percent, meaning that he votes with Trump almost exactly as much as we would expect given the political lean back home. According to DW-Nominate, several other Democratic House members are more moderate than he is4 and represent more liberal districts, including fellow Illinois Reps. Bill Foster and Brad Schneider. Neither of them is facing a primary challenger on Tuesday.

If you consider the district’s partisanship, then maybe Newman’s campaign is more like Richard Mourdock’s Republican primary challenge to incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar in Indiana’s 2012 U.S. Senate race: According to our partisan lean calculations, Indiana was as Republican then as the Illinois 3rd is Democratic now. Lugar was indeed moderate enough (a .304 DW-Nominate score) that a primary challenge made some sense on its own, but Mourdock infamously ended up losing that general election.

All things considered, it’s debatable whether Newman’s challenge of Lipinski is within reason according to these ideological scores or out of line. Lipinski is indeed a Democratic nonconformist who can’t reliably be counted on to vote against the Trump agenda — but he’s not wildly out of sync with his district either. The voters will have to decide how much heterodoxy they can tolerate on Tuesday.

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VA Ken Burns: Country Music: The Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition) 5CD 2019

Five CD set. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.

Disc 1 1 Can the Circle Be Unbroken (78RPM Version) - Carter Family, the - 3:07 2 Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:57 3 Barbara Allen - Kincaid, Bradley - 2:35 4 I'll Fly Away - James and Martha Carson - 2:23 5 If the River Was Whiskey - Poole, Charlie with the North Carolina Ramblers - 3:09 6 Fox Chase - Bailey, Deford - 1:09 7 Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:40 8 Wildwood Flower - Carter Family, the - 3:12 9 In the Jailhouse Now - Rodgers, Jimmie - 3:18 10 Comin' Round the Mountain - Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee - 3:07 11 . Pretty Polly (78RPM Version) - Coon Creek Girls - 2:48 12 T.B. Blues - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:59 13 Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones and His Granchildren - 2:39 14 Home on the Range - Autry, Gene - 2:38 15 I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Montana, Patsy & the Prairie Ramblers - 3:06 16 Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Single Version) - Sons of the Pioneers, the - 3:12 17 Medley: Keep on the Sunny Side / I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Keep on the Sunny Side\ I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - Carter Family, the - 2:06 18 The Great Speckled Bird - Acuff, Roy - 2:46 19 Whoa Babe - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:34 20 New San Antonio Rose (78RPM Version) - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:36 21 Wabash Cannonball (Album Version) - Acuff, Roy - 2:36 22 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:57

Disc 2 1 Honky Tonkin' - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:42 2 It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:49 3 New Mule Skinner Blues - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 3:07 4 I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Arnold, Eddy - 2:39 5 Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Album Version) - Flatt, Lester; Scruggs, Earl; Foggy Mountain Boys, the - 2:39 6 Molly and Tenbrook - Stanley Brothers, the - 2:32 7 Lovesick Blues - Williams, Hank - 2:43 8 I Saw the Light - Williams, Hank - 2:13 9 Hey, Good Lookin' - Williams, Hank - 3:19 10 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Wells, Kitty - 2:27 11 . I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version) - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:46 12 Jambalaya (Single Version) - Little Brenda Lee - 2:07 13 New Step It Up and Go - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 2:24 14 I Walk the Line - Cash, Johnny & the Tennessee Two - 2:44 15 Crazy Arms - Price, Ray - 2:30 16 Bye, Bye Love - Everly Brothers, the - 2:23 17 The Long Black Veil - Frizzell, Lefty - 3:08 18 El Paso - Robbins, Marty - 4:38 19 Night Life (Album Version) - Price, Ray - 4:45 20 Hello Walls - Young, Faron - 2:22 21 I Fall to Pieces (Single Version) - Cline, Patsy - 2:49 22 Ring of Fire - Cash, Johnny - 2:35 23 Crazy - Cline, Patsy - 2:42 24 I Can't Stop Loving You - Charles, Ray - 4:10

Disc 3 1 Dang Me - Miller, Roger - 1:47 2 I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Owens, Buck - 2:10 3 Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (Single Version) - Lynn, Loretta - 2:06 4 Coal Miner's Daughter - Lynn, Loretta - 2:58 5 Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Pride, Charley - 2:02 6 Hungry Eyes - Haggard, Merle & the Strangers - 3:26 7 Mama Tried - Haggard, Merle & the Strangers - 2:11 8 Harper Valley P.T.A. - Riley, Jeannie C. - 3:20 9 Don't Touch Me - Seely, Jeannie - 3:11 10 Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Cash, Johnny - 2:42 11 . Stand By Your Man - Wynette, Tammy - 2:37 12 She Thinks I Still Care - Jones, George - 2:31 13 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds, the - 2:33 14 Me and Bobby McGee - Kristofferson, Kris - 4:20 15 Help Me Make It Through the Night - Smith, Sammi - 2:30 16 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down - Kristofferson, Kris - 4:28 17 Okie from Muskogee - Haggard, Merle - 2:41 18 Man in Black - Cash, Johnny - 2:51 19 Girl from the North Country - Dylan, Bob, with Johnny Cash - 3:41 20 Grand Ole Opry Song - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 3:10 21 Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:50

Disc 4 1 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Jennings, Waylon - 2:55 2 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (Single (2002 Remaster)) - Parton, Dolly - 3:09 3 Jolene - Parton, Dolly - 2:40 4 I Will Always Love You - Parton, Dolly - 2:54 5 We're Gonna Hold on (Album Version) - Jones, George & Tammy Wynette - 2:54 6 Texas Cookin' - Clark, Guy - 3:26 7 If I Needed You - Van Zandt, Townes - 3:43 8 I Can't Stop Loving You - Rodríguez, Johnny - 2:56 9 I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone) (Remastered) - Jennings, Waylon - 2:40 10 Love Hurts (Live) - Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels - 4:44 11 . Boulder to Birmingham - Harris, Emmylou - 3:33 12 Bluebird Wine - Harris, Emmylou - 3:18 13 Whiskey River (Live) - Nelson, Willie - 3:39 14 Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep at the Wheel - 3:04 15 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Nelson, Willie - 2:18 16 A Good Hearted Woman - Jennings, Waylon & Willie Nelson - 2:56 17 Family Tradition - Williams Jr., Hank - 3:58 18 Seven Year Ache (Album Version) - Cash, Rosanne - 3:14 19 Pancho and Lefty - Haggard, Merle and Willie Nelson - 4:47 20 He Stopped Loving Her Today (Album Version) - Jones, George - 3:17

Disc 5 1 Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - Skaggs, Ricky - 3:10 2 On the Road Again (Live) - Nelson, Willie - 2:37 3 Amarillo By Morning - Strait, George - 2:52 4 Somebody Should Leave - McEntire, Reba - 3:33 5 Diggin' Up Bones - Travis, Randy - 2:59 6 Why Not Me - Judds, the - 3:29 7 Honky Tonk Man - Yoakam, Dwight - 2:46 8 Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - 2:48 9 Where've You Been - Mattea, Kathy - 3:44 10 I'm No Stranger to the Rain - Whitley, Keith - 3:32 11 . Go Rest High on That Mountain - Gill, Vince - 5:14 12 Guitar Town - Earle, Steve - 2:33 13 She's in Love with the Boy - Yearwood, Trisha - 4:07 14 Tennessee Flat Top Box (Album Version) - Cash, Rosanne - 3:15 15 Get Up John - Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers - 2:54 16 Uncle Pen (Album Version) - Skaggs, Ricky - 2:24 17 I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Cash, Rosanne - 2:41 18 Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:46

Release Date: 13 Sept 2019

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50 Integrity Quotes on Leading by Example all the Time

Our latest collection of integrity quotes that will inspire you to have a moral compass that doesn’t waver.

Integrity can be described as “the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles, or moral uprightness.”

It is the inner sense of being complete that comes from attributes like honesty and consistency of character. When one has integrity, their actions are in synch with the values, beliefs, and principles they claim to hold.

As these integrity quotes will show, it is one of the most important qualities you can nurture that will enhance every aspect of your life. Without integrity, it’s almost impossible to have a successful and happy life.

Although integrity is a vital aspect of societies and cultures, it is also one of the most misunderstood and misused words. We hear the word “integrity” almost daily but not many people take the time to think about it.

No one is born with integrity – or without it. It’s a behavior-based virtue that anyone can develop over time. You can choose to show more integrity in your life by following your moral or ethical convictions and doing the right thing in all circumstances.

To inspire you to have a moral compass that doesn’t waver, here are some inspirational, wise, and powerful integrity quotes, integrity sayings, and integrity proverbs, collected from a variety of sources over the years. Enjoy!

Integrity quotes on leading by example all the time

1.) The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. – Bob Marley

2.) Integrity is the essence of everything successful. – R. Buckminster Fuller

3.) If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don’t have integrity, nothing else matters. – Harvey Mackay

4.) It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one. – Zig Ziglar

5.) “There is no higher value in our society than integrity.” – Arlen Specter

6.) Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring, and integrity, they think of you.— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

7.) The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.– Junius

8.) “Integrity is the most valuable and respected quality of leadership. Always keep your word.” — Brian Tracy

9.) “Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” ― Ayn Rand

10.) “Everyone makes mistakes, but only a person with integrity owns up to them.” — Nicole Guillaume

Integrity quotes to always do the right thing

11.) “With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.” – Zig Ziglar

12.) Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not. – Oprah Winfrey

13.) “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” – C.S. Lewis

14.) “Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.” – W. Clement Stone

15.) “Honor your commitments with integrity.” – Les Brown

16.) “In the end you should always do the right thing even if it’s hard.” ― Nicholas Sparks

17.) “If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.” ― Marcus Aurelius

18.) “Integrity is doing the right thing when nobody’s watching, and doing as you say you would do.” ― Roy T. Bennett

19.) “A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.” — Baltasar Gracian

20.) “Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” ― Spencer Johnson

Integrity quotes to become the perfect role model

21.) The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

22.) “Integrity is making sure that the things you say and the things you do are in alignment.”- Katrina Mayer

23.) People of integrity and honesty not only practice what they preach, they are what they preach.— David A. Bednar

24.) “If you value your integrity, then be prepared to take a beating from those who have none.” — Lars Lau Thygesen

25.) “The supreme quality for leadership is integrity.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower

26.) “If we believe a thing to be bad, and if we have a right to prevent it, it is our duty to try to prevent it and damn the consequences.”— Lord Milner

27.) “It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.”— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

28.) “Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”— Mark Twain

29.) Develop your character so that you are a person of integrity. – Peter Cain

30.) “Never do anything that you can’t admit doing, because if you are that ashamed of whatever it is, it’s probably wrong.” ― Ashly Lorenzana

Integrity quotes to remind of the importance of this virtue

31.) We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.— Michelle Obama

32.) A life lived with integrity – even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shining star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.— Denis Waitley

33.) Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.— Oliver Cromwell

34.) “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

35.) “Image is what people think we are; integrity is what we really are.” — John C Maxwell

36.) “Sometimes the cost of integrity is the loss of a friend.” — Jack McDevitt

37.) “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.”— Samuel Johnson

38.) Supporting the truth, even when it is unpopular, shows the capacity for honesty and integrity. – Steve Brunkhorst

39.) “Integrity is your destiny-it is the light that guides your way.” – Plato

40.) “There can be no friendship without confidence and no confidence without integrity.” ― Samuel Johnson

Other inspirational integrity quotes

41.) The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. – Confucius

42.) Any nation that does not emphasize integrity will always fail. – Yemi Osinbajo

43.) “If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything.” ― Gordon A. Eadie

44.) One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.— Chinua Achebe

45.) Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. – Dr. William Menninger

46.) “The glue that holds all relationships together … is trust, and trust is based on integrity.” – Brian Tracy

47.) “The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

48.) “Lead your life so you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ” ― Will Rogers

49.) Make living your life with absolute integrity and kindness your first priority. – Richard Carlson

50.) “If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh useless.’ – Moliere

Which are your favorite integrity quotes?

Integrity is one of the most vital qualities we need that can improve every part of our lives. We need integrity if we want to have a successful and fulfilling life.

Having integrity means your words and thoughts are consistent with your actions and deeds. Hopefully, these integrity quotes have inspired you to be totally honest and truthful in every part of your life.

Did you enjoy these integrity quotes? Which of the quotes was your favorite? Tell us in the comment section below. We would love to hear all about it.

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Roy Rogers Names Al Jones Director of Operations

Veteran with More Than 25 Years in QSR Operations Will Lead Efforts to Elevate The Legacy Brand and Build Loyalty Among New Generations of Diners

Frederick, MD  (RestaurantNews.com)  Roy Rogers® Restaurants announced today that it has promoted Al Jones to the position of Director of Operations. Reporting to Executive Vice President Jeremy Biser, he will oversee the development and improvement of companywide operational standards and lead a team of franchise business consultants and district managers in ensuring their consistent implementation. He is based in the company’s Frederick, Md., headquarters.

Jones joined Roy Rogers in 1984 as an Assistant Manager at the Valley Mall restaurant in Hagerstown, Md., after having worked for five years for Marriott Corp., the chain’s parent at the time. In short order he was promoted to General Manager and Training Store Manager, then took on the role of District Manager in 1992. In 2003, he was named Franchise Business Consultant and began working closely with operators to help them build new stores and maximize business results. He has been serving as interim Director of Operations since earlier this year following a corporate restructuring that included bringing Biser on board as Executive Vice President.

“I’m extremely proud to promote Al to the position of Director of Operations,” said Biser. “He has a fantastic history of working with the Roy Rogers brand, and the wealth of experience that he has acquired over nearly four decades is incredibly valuable. I’m excited to have him take on this important leadership role that will give him the opportunity to put that experience to even greater use in our organization.”

In his newly expanded role, Jones will identify and pursue opportunities to improve Roy Rogers’ overall business results, work environment, guest experience and operating standards. He will also work to improve training processes, tools and resources, promote a “food safety first” culture, and have direct profit and loss responsibility for company-operated and franchise units.

“I’m thrilled and honored to be taking on more responsibility here,” said Jones. “In particular, I look forward to having closer connections with our store operations teams, and to making the brand more profitable. As owners of two dozen company-operated restaurants, we have a big stake in making sure our operating standards result in strong sales throughout the system, and I look forward to working with our corporate team and franchisees to maximize performance of every location.”

Describing Jones’ promotion as part of a broader initiative to strengthen Roy Rogers’ performance and growth potential, Biser said, “The ongoing investments we are making this year will provide better support and leadership for the Roy Rogers brand. I’m confident these and other planned upgrades will better position us for system growth and increased sales and profitability for existing units.”

Now celebrating its 50th anniversary with a yearlong campaign featuring baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. and a variety of thematic pricing and product promotions and special events, Roy Rogers has recently announced several major developments revealing its investment in improving both infrastructure and consumer offering. Chief among these have been the appointments of Biser as Executive Vice President and Mark Jenkins as Senior Director of Marketing, the extension of its name-brand-ingredient strategy via the rollout of a new Spicy Chicken sandwich featuring Texas Pete hot sauce, and news that the chain would be returning to New York’s Long Island through a seven-unit franchise development agreement.

Roy Rogers is now seeking qualified franchise investors to bring its beloved brand to select additional markets. Information on the Roy Rogers franchise opportunity can be found at www.royrogersfranchising.com or by contacting the Roy Rogers franchising department at franchise@royrogersrestaurants.com or (301) 695-1534.

About Roy Rogers® Restaurants

Based in Frederick, Md., Roy Rogers® is a chain of western-themed quick-service restaurants offering broad appeal across multiple dayparts and generations. The company is famous for serving up a “Triple Threat” – three popular main dishes including USDA choice top round roast beef, hand-breaded, fresh fried chicken and great-tasting burgers. Roy Rogers is also known for its famous Fixin’s Bar®, where guests can customize their orders with a variety of fresh produce, condiments signature sauces. Information on the company, its menu and current promotions is available at www.royrogersrestaurants.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

Roy Rogers Restaurants was founded in 1968, and currently consists of 24 company-owned restaurants and 29 franchise restaurants in six states. Franchise opportunities are now available in select markets to qualified candidates. Information about existing opportunities can be found at www.royrogersfranchising.com or obtained by contacting the Roy Rogers franchising department at franchise@royrogersrestaurants.com or (301) 695-1534.

Contacts:

Greg Pitkoff GRiP Communications LLC 718-404-9277 greg@gripcommpr.com

Katrina Wyand-Yurish Roy Rogers Restaurants 301-695-5051, Ext. 121 katrinaw@plamondon-cos.com

source http://www.restaurantnews.com/roy-rogers-names-al-jones-director-of-operations-100918/