#arthur meir

[wandalives]

memory is a monster

the mountain goats/waste isolation pilot plant warning/john irving/allison meir/waste isolation pilot plant warning/arthur miller/the mountain goats

[theimperiumchronicles]

Happy STS! Your characters are invited to a Halloween party; costumes required. Tell me what they're dressing up as and how the night goes. 🙃

Happy STS that tripped and fell over into Monday. ;)

I'm going to skip @theimperiumchronicles and go with some of the others cuz they need love <3

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@devil-in-the-details-ay

Astaroth - the grim reaper

Yara - A butterfly (at Asti's insistence)

Their night would go lovely because it would not be spent in Hell. They would be on Earth. Where...you'll find out in the story later. ****

@the-andromeda-effect

Caliban - Scrooge (Adira picked it out, everyone else finds it HILARIOUS)

Adira - Aphrodite (Caliban picked it out)

Theron - Toth

Lars - Agent X from Men in Black

Marcin (2nd Bodyguard) - Agent K from Men in Black

The party will be, of course, at the mansion. Adira will have a blast as those around her relax some knowing that all is safe on the estate grounds. There is lots of laughter and fun, not one drop of worry. (this will be vastly different from the Halloween one shot for this storyline)

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@magical-mistakes-vm

There is a theme here - the whole cast will be dressed up in 1920's attire. Think Magical Mistakes does Peaky Blinders. Of course Vollrath would be Tommy. Balor states that Mahala is NOT Grace (because not dead) or Lizzie (for reasons)...she's some nebulous 3rd female who Tommy doesn't fuck over. *snorts* Balor, being the older brother, is of course Arthur. Baldur grows out his beard to go as Alfie. Elmar does his best to pull a Luca. The party would be hosted by the Coven. No one is going to piss Vollrath or Balor off because...reasons. Mahala would get to meet many of the others from the Coven that she had not already met, which would go very smoothly. The night would be a great success with everyone having a fun time in the 1920's theme.

For funsies, Balor and Elmar both decide once more to try and "steal" Tommy's girl. Now...this goes as expected...but at least this time most of the time they're laughing at the Blinders jokes that go along with it. The only hitch is that afterwards Vollrath and Balor both get teased mercilessly regarding haircuts till they grow out. Definitely season 5...lawd... ****

@princess-of-thieves-id

Diyan/Noar - Capt. Jack Sparrow

Inara/Renisa - Elizabeth Swan

Arik - Will Turner

There will most likely be at some point a sword fight. Someone is going to get slapped, most likely Diyan/Noar. And, just like the movies, Elizabeth Swan will be leaving the party with Will Turner. *laughs*

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Tapperhet

Meeri - Snow White

Einar - Prince Charming

Lorcan - Huntsman

Elio - King

Thieran - the apple

Hilarity. The night will be pure hilarity. Why did Thieran pick the apple? Because he wasn't damn well going to be the Queen, she was a right bitch. So, instead he wanders around looking like a cast member of an underwear commercial and making way too many jokes involving apples, and fruits, and...it's bad, okay. Just try not to think too hard. That being said, the others all agree he would have slayed in a gown!

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@behindthesemasks

Melania - her mother. *dies* Who else would be fitting but to go as Marie LaVeau? Marie, coincidentally finds this hilarious and lends her period garments and does her hair and makeup.

Nic - Papa Legba

Alexander - Hamlet

Ambrose - Baron Samedi

Cade - Gede Nibo

Marie - Manman Brigitte

Gabe - Diable Tonnere

Klaus - Baron Criminel

Erik - Guede L'Orage

Dontanion and Francois don't need to dress up, they scare the shit out of people as is.

If you think ANYONE is stupid enough to disrupt a Meirs-LaVeau party on Halloween, of all nights, you would be wrong. Everything will go perfect, because if not...those Loa mentioned...well, they won't just be costumes....

tagging @raincoffeeandfandoms and @call-sign-shark cuz I think you'll find the one for Magical Mistakes a wee bit humorous even if you don't know the characters from that one. (put pics below so you can try to do an imagine)

Also, Sharkey, I can see Heaven partying it up with LaVeaus...

@blind-the-winds - look what our Magical Mistakes babies are doing!!

@saltysupercomputer - Looook at them all, they's all having funsies!!

@aziz-reads @toribookworm22 @pheita @writingmaidenwarrior

[argyrocratie]

i read that (interesting) article and decided to look on wikipedia (X) at what people was saying of the claim in it that zionist operatives were responsible of the bombing targeting jew in iraq in the fifties

you first got stuff that you would expect:

Contemporary Israeli officials and mainly Mordechai Ben Porat and Shlomo Hillel, prominent figures at the Iraqi Zionist underground, vehemently deny the charges. An internal investigation conducted in Israel in 1960 found no proof of an order to execute such an attack. More possible responsible parties have been suggested, such as the Iraqi CID and the Muslim Brotherhood. Writing in 2002 Jewish studies scholar Philip Mendes thought that, at that time, there was little in the way of completely definitive evidence either way. He suggested that, "It therefore remains an open question as to who was responsible for the bombings," claiming that "memories and interpretations of the events have further been influenced and distorted by the unfortunate discrimination which many Iraqi Jews experienced on their arrival in Israel (Black Panthers 1975:132–133; Shohat 1988; Swirski 1989; Massad 1996)." He does say, however, that Gat argues "convincingly" that there was "little direct connection between the bombings and exodus.".[6] In 2007, the historian Yosef Meir, an Iraqi Zionist underground operative, argued in a rebuttal article that while there was a direct connection, the culprits were the Iraqi government or Arab nationalists. He pointed to the fact that the bombings in question occurred after the Citizenship relinquishment act of 1950 had already expired and therefore no Jews could register for exit. He also noted that the two Zionist operatives hanged were never charged with the Masouda Shem-Tov bombing, but rather three other bombings which occurred later. On the other hand, he lists the motives of the government and the pressure it exerted on "Near-East" (the company performing the airlifts). Meir stated that some circumstantial evidence suggested to him that the Zionist movement had no motive while the Iraqi government and Arab nationalists did, and accused Giladi of withholding this information on purpose, calling it "an obvious attempt to mislead readers."[9]

and then you have

For his 2006 book Occupied Minds, British journalist Arthur Neslen interviewed Yehuda Tajar, a Mossad agent who spent ten years of a 25-year prison sentence in Iraq, after being convicted for the explosions. Tajar insists that, although his undercover cell was prepared to carry out such acts, they did not in fact do so. The actual explosions, he claims, were the work of the Muslim Brotherhood. After several members of the cell were arrested, however, those still at liberty carried out other grenade attacks, in an attempt to show the innocence of those arrested.[13]

now that's what i call cuting the apple in half

So apparently the Israeli Black Panthers originally got their name because they were called that by the Israeli government who were trying to make them seem illegitimate to the Israeli public, and the Israeli Black Panthers were just like "actually, that name sounds cool. We'll start calling ourselves that." lol

[the-colony-roleplay]

Arthur Meir | Fifty Five; Survivor

House: Brink Status:  Uninfected Security Class: 1 Alignment:  New World Radicals

History

As the only child of the head of a prominent cattle ranch in Australia, Arthur Meir was born with great expectations already set for him. He was always told that one day it would be his turn to run the family ranch, a torch passed down from his father and his grandfather before him. Therefore, much of his childhood was spent working the fields with his father and his uncle Henry—and Henry’s gaggle of children. 

But for all the expectations, Arthur had very little interest in filling them. From the time he could walk, he’d been taught the workings of the ranch, the surrounding brush, the cattle drive and the trade. But the only part of it that had ever really interested him was the business side of things. By age twelve he could balance the books nearly as well as his father. The rest of it, however, was too dirty, too noisy, too crude for his tastes. He was envious of the children in the nearby town, who got to go to public school while he was homeschooled, or whose homes weren’t rampant with children and pets.

Not wanting to think about a fated-future he couldn’t escape, Arthur found reprieve in the past. He found himself absorbed in the history channel or historical documentaries, the story and politics of those who came before them engaging him in a way he’d never felt engaged on the farm. He began reading extensively about any timeline he could get his hands on. With the ranch’s spotty Echo connection, he joined forums discussing political strategies and how they might’ve been improved upon. Such discussions inevitably turned to present politics, which Arthur followed eagerly. This was something that excited him, that made him feel something. He continued doing his duties on the ranch as he was told, but they were often done halfheartedly and as quickly as possible, so that he could sooner get back to his studies.

At the age most students would graduate, Arthur’s parents offered him more responsibility on the ranch. A precursor to his taking over completely—the beginning of the end, the way Arthur saw it. It felt like a trap, a burden he wasn’t born for. So he returned to his parents with a counter-offer: university. He was almost surprised when they agreed—but it was on the condition that he come home in the summer to help with the drive. Arthur happily agreed, having expected more of a fight, but the second he set foot on campus he knew he would never properly return to his old life. 

Rather than biology, economics, business, or anything else his parents might’ve seen as practical for taking over the farm, Arthur majored in Political Science with a minor in History. As promised, he came home for the cattle drive every summer, but only at the last minute and he always left as soon as possible. Calls with his parents, especially with his father, became shorter and shorter. 

It came to a head at his graduation. His father had been under the impression that Arthur was furthering his education to take over the ranch; his son’s real major was a complete surprise. Even worse was Arthur’s flat refusal to come home. He had a new life he cared about, with a future that excited him and he wasn’t about to give up on it now, throwing away all his hard work. His father, nervous about the security of his ranch and hurt by the dishonesty, couldn’t see past the sense of betrayal. They argued until they were blue in the face, Arthur’s mother in tears. Desperate to get the final word, Arthur told his father that if his family couldn’t support him for who he was, then maybe he shouldn’t be a part of the family at all. He stormed away, angry. For better or worse, that was the end of big, obnoxious family breakfasts, of milking the cows at dawn, of practicing Shabbat with his parents—of the simple, but hardworking farm life.

Over the course of the next several years, Arthur worked his way up the political ladder until he was elected into the House of Representatives in the Parliament of Australia. But he didn’t stop there. Many terms later, he found himself working in the Department of Foreign Affairs, and eventually, was promoted to Australian High Commissioner to Canada: Arthur’s crowning achievement. And so, for the first time in his life, he made a little room for personal interests: and fell in love. 

At first, he and Rebecca Fitz seemed made for each other. They were both intensely independent and career driven, both having come from unlikely backgrounds and fought tooth and nail to get to where they were. They were married after roughly two years of dating, but as much as they had in common, their crucial mistake was failing to realize that they were both married to their careers first, and thus each other second. Arthur had apparently looked for himself in a woman, but it had been that which had doomed them for failure. 

Nonetheless, he loved her. Despite the nights of endless fighting and the abysmal communication, he loved her, and in a desperate (and stupid) attempt to save his marriage, he convinced her to have a child with him. For a smart man, this was where his naivety showed—his Achilles’ heel. For him, this could be a new beginning. It didn’t occur to him that perhaps this desperation was coming from a place of wanting to fill a hole he’d dug out of himself years ago, when he’d left his family behind. He’d been alone in the world for so long, but he had never allowed himself to look back, much less admit to himself that he was still burdened with regret. 

To his credit, they almost made it work. For a while, things even got better. But it goes without saying that throwing children into a broken marriage is like putting a bandaid over a bullet wound. The internal bleeding had already begun, and no surface treatment was going to stop that. Five years later, they divorced. 

It was when Arthur was making arrangements to transfer overseas to France—having taken up a job opportunity there so that he and Rebecca wouldn’t have to work under the same roof any longer—that he got the news that his father had passed away. A man he’d seen a handful of times over the years, spoken to on high holy days and special occasions—but never made amends with. The last real conversation they’d ever had, had been an argument. A hateful, hurtful one. 

The news unravelled Arthur. The loss of his marriage, his father, his family—years of guilt wrought with rust from neglect, bubbled to the surface and though he flew home for the funeral and more or less made amends with his mother, it was only a few months thereafter that her time came as well. It was a fiercely bitter-sweet relief that he was by her side, holding her hand in the hospital bed when she died. But in the end, for all Arthur’s independence and ambition, he’d not been prepared for the consequences of the choices he’d made when he was young, and it was in yet another fit of desperation that he arranged to leave his daughter, Dylan, in the care of his Uncle Henry. Perhaps it was cowardice, not being able to look Dylan in the face any longer after everything that had happened—or perhaps it was courage. Courage enough to know that he couldn’t give Dylan the life she deserved, especially not in his state of mind. He needed a fresh start. A chance to rebuild himself. And then maybe one day he’d come back for her. One day, he’d be ready. 

Unfortunately, with the apocalypse on the horizon, ‘one day’ never came. 

Arthur Today

When D-day hit, Arthur was a little surprised he didn’t feel somehow more prepared. It was a global crisis after all; that was what he specialized in. But as governments crumbled and the sky fell, he was rendered just as helpless as anyone else, at least in the beginning. By the time the dust had settled, society as they’d known it had been all but obliterated. But what remained... Arthur could work with. Along with several other politicians, leaders, and crisis workers, Arthur helped to establish a base in a chateau in Nantes. It was a place where survivors could get food, water, first aid, and a safe place to sleep. Eventually, this base would become Colony 16, and Arthur, one of the original founding Elites. 

The discovery of the Infections came as a bit of a plot twist, but Arthur was fascinated by it. Immediately, he saw the potential, the promise of a new world, of fresh, thrilling beginnings. This could change everything. If handled correctly, this could prove to be the reason behind the apocalypse. A chance like nothing anyone could have anticipated. Fate. 

And then the NWRF emerged.

Contrary to Arthur’s beliefs, the NWRF believed that Infected were just that—contaminated. They were afraid of the power the Infected wielded, and wanted to control it for themselves—or better yet, eliminate it altogether. It would be such a waste. A foolish, ill-advised waste based on fear and egotism. 

So when he caught wind of a burgeoning opposition calling themselves the New World Radicals, he eagerly made ties with them. From what he could tell, most of the movement’s supporters seemed to be either outside of Colony walls and on the run from the ‘purging of the wastes’, or laying low as registered citizens with their heads bent. They met only in the dead of night, careful about how they spoke of their cause, and with whom. There was a lot of secrecy involved, but to Arthur, it felt like the beginning of something. 

Having been on the side of the law and politics most of his life, this departure actually felt a little surreal—but he believed that the overturn of the Reformist government was not only necessary, but inevitable. So he would do what he could to further the agenda of those he knew would end up on top. He put his skills to use while at Colony 16, collaborating with other voices of the underground Radical movement and coming up with strategies to coordinate globally. 

And then his chance to implement some of those strategies arrived when he found his daughter as a registered citizen at Colony 22. He’d been considering trying to get transferred anyway, in order to secretly start furthering the reach of the NAR, and he’d been aiming for Colony 4, as he’d heard it was higher traffic; more people meant more opportunities for the NAR to grow. But his heart hitched when he saw Dylan’s name and birthdate in the Echo Database. In the years that had passed, he’d mostly been able to convince himself he’d put her and all his troubled, messy regret from his mind. But seeing confirmation that she was not only alive, but also a lot closer than he would have thought, felt like too fated an opportunity to pass up. 

Besides, asking for a transfer in order to reunite with his long-lost daughter was an excellent cover up to any other intentions he had, and would be very unlikely to be turned down. It also prompted very few questions, which definitely worked in Arthur’s favour. And so it was off to Colony 22 and the little island of Belvedere he went. 

Though he is not short of his own personal ambition and purpose for the NAR, Arthur would like to try to find a way into the ranks of the Elite at Colony 22 once he gets settled. He has plenty of political and business experience that he knows he could brandish around to help him achieve this, and he’s Uninfected, which he suspects will also make it easier. But the tricky part will be making good impressions upon his arrival, and fostering the right connections. With the NWRF in (relative) control at Colony 22, he knows he is going to have to play his cards wisely. But to secure a position as an Elite could help him and his political objectives immensely. 

For the moment, he keeps most of his true thoughts under his tongue, as he gets a sense for the political climate here. But he’s always watching, gathering information and calculating his next move; waiting for that other shoe to drop.

RELATED BIOS: DYLAN MEIR 

OPEN

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𝓖𝔀𝓮𝓷 𝓥𝓪𝓷 𝓜𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓐𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓾𝓻 𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲, (( requested by @ninsunshine ))

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[versegm]

May the Moon Shine upon Camlann is OUT!

21st century. Salisbury. It is common knowledge that magic does not exist. King Arthur never roamed those lands. There are no werewolves waiting in the dead of the night. Fairy circles are not to be feared.

Ilana Meir would find it easier to believe in common knowledge if she didn't regularly interact with an immortal whose main hobby involves hunting gods down.

The story of a florist, a knight, and the thing they find in the ruins of Camlann.

If you like Arturiana, Carolingian tales, or knights and/or magic in modern times, you should give it a try!

People seem to like it so far!

You can get it on amazon on ebook or paperback format, or on a bunch of other ebook stores!

[girlactionfigure]

Messenger of Hope

She weighed only 68 pounds

Gerda Weissmann Klein is a Holocaust survivor and advocate for peace, tolerance and gratitude. A popular public speaker and author of a best-selling memoir, Gerda speaks to audiences around the world and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor.

Gerda was born in Poland in 1924 to a middle-class Jewish family. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland, and 15-year-old Gerda hid in the basement with her parents. Her older brother Arthur received a draft notice from the Germans. He went to register with the army and was never seen again.

The Gestapo discovered the Weissmanns’ hiding place and herded them into a ghetto. In 1942, they were sent to concentration camps, where Gerda’s parents both perished. Gerda survived 3 years in a camp alongside a close friend. She later wrote:

“Ilse, a childhood friend of mine, once found a raspberry in the concentration camp and carried it in her pocket all day to present to me that night on a leaf. Imagine a world in which your entire possession is one raspberry and you give it to your friend.”

Gerda and Ilse were forced onto a 350 mile death march to avoid the advancing Allied forces. 4000 women began the death march; Gerda was one of only 120 who survived. Ilse died in her arms.

In May 1945, Gerda was liberated by the US Army in Czechoslovakia. White-haired and weighing only 68 pounds, Gerda had not bathed in three years. She was 20 years old.

A young American lieutenant, Kurt Klein, held a door open for her, and she later said that was the moment she felt like a human being again. Kurt was a German-born Jew who escaped to America in 1937. His parents died at Auschwitz. Gerda and Kurt got engaged and were married in Paris in 1946.

The Kleins moved to New York and had three children. Despite the trauma, Gerda was determined to speak and write about her experiences. She published a memoir, “All But My Life” in 1957, and it became a best-seller. The book is now in its 39th edition.

She volunteered with organizations like United Jewish Appeal, and the United States Holocaust Museum. Charismatic and engaging, Gerda became a popular public speaker. She has shared her dramatic story of survival with audiences around the world.

Gerda’s message of hope and tolerance resonates with people of all ages and backgrounds.

Gerda has met with numerous world leaders, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Golda Meir, and U.S. Presidents Harry Truman, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. She was the keynote speaker at the UN’s first International Holocaust Remembrance Day in 2006.

With her husband, Gerda started the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation to promote education, tolerance, and community service. In 2008, Gerda and her granddaughter Alysa Ullman founded Citizenship Counts, a national organization that educates students on their rights and responsibilities as citizens. Citizenship Counts encourages young people to display their gratitude for living in America by helping others.

In 2011, President Obama presented Gerda Weissman Klein with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. After giving her the medal, the President quoted Gerda’s own words:

“I pray you never stand at any crossroads in your own lives, but if you do, if the darkness seems so total, if you think there is no way out, remember, never ever give up. The darker the night, the brighter the dawn, and when it gets really, really dark, this is when one sees the true brilliance of the stars.”

For being a living testament to the tenacity of the human spirit, and for her tireless efforts to educate others, we honor Gerda Weissmann Klein as this week’s Thursday Hero.

Accidental Talmudist

[tuseriesdetv]

Noticias de series de la semana

Renovaciones

The CW ha renovado Superman & Lois por una segunda temporada

FOX ha renovado The Simpsons por una trigésimo tercera y trigésimo cuarta temporada

ITV ha renovado Finding Alice por una segunda temporada

Cancelaciones

La tercera temporada de Pose (FX) será la última

CBC ha cancelado Frankie Drake Mysteries tras su cuarta temporada

Noticias cortas

Chelsea Harris (Sykes) será regular en la tercera temporada de Snowpiercer.

Fichajes

Sissy Spacek (Castle Rock, Carrie) y Ed O'Neill (Modern Family, Married with Children) protagonizarán Lightyears. Serán Irene y Franklin, una profesora de inglés jubilada y un carpintero que llevan décadas ocultando un portal a un extraño planeta desierto en su patio trasero.

Mandy Patinkin (Homeland, The Princess Bride) se une como regular a la quinta temporada de The Good Fight. Será Hal Wackner, alguien que abre un juzgado en la parte de atrás de una copistería sin tener formación jurídica.

Edie Falco (The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie) será Hillary Clinton en Impeachment, la tercera temporada de American Crime Story.

Ray Liotta (Shades of Blue, Goodfellas) será Big Jim, el padre de Jimmy (Taron Egerton), en In With the Devil.

Indira Varma (Game of Thrones, Luther) se une a Obi-Wan Kenobi. Se desconocen detalles.

Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat, Hustlers), Riley Keough (The Girlfriend Experience, The House That Jack Built) y Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, Criminal Minds) serán Katie Buranek, corresponsal de guerra; Lauren Reece, triatleta de élite y esposa de James (Chris Pratt); y Lorraine Hartley, la primera mujer secretaria de Defensa; en The Terminal List.

Dakota Fanning (The Alienist, I Am Sam) será Susan Ford, la hija de Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer), en The First Lady.

Timothy Spall (Harry Potter, Sweeney Todd) protagonizará Magpie Murders junto a Lesley Manville. Será el detective Atticus Pünd.

Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Casper) se une como recurrente a Chucky, en la que Jennifer Tilly volverá a interpretar a Tiffany Valentine. Zackary Arthur (Transparent, Kidding), Teo Briones (Ratched, Pretty Little Liars), Alyvia Ayn Lind (Daybreak, Masters of Sex) y Björgvin Arnarson serán regulares en los papeles de Jake Webber, un adolescente solitario que busca su sitio tras la muerte de su madre; Junior Webber, el primo de Jake y opuesto a él; Lexy Taylor, la princesita del instituto, novia de Junior y principal acosadora de Jake; y Devon Lopez, el típico vecino fan de los true crime.

Geoff Stults (Enlisted, Little Fires Everywhere), Tiya Sircar (The Good Place), Alanna Ubach (Euphoria, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce), Laurie Davidson (Will, Cats), Andre Hyland y Jules Latimer estarán en Guilty Party junto a Kate Beckinsale. Serán Marco, el marido de Beth (Beckinsale); Fiona, socia de Beth; Tessa, una presentadora de noticias; George, un traficante de armas; y Toni, una joven sentenciada a 92 años de prisión sin libertad condicional por asesinar a su marido.

Alec Mapa (Ugly Betty, Devious Maids) protagonizará junto a Kelsey Grammer y Alec Baldwin la comedia de ABC sobre tres antiguos compañeros de piso que vuelven a reunirse. Será Andre, un hombre gay muy empático que funcionaba como pacificador ante Channing (Baldwin) y London (Grammer) mientras busca el éxito romántico y profesional que hasta ahora no ha conseguido.

Eoin Macken (Merlin, The Night Shift) y Jack Martin protagonizarán La Brea junto a Natalie Zea y Zyra Gorecki sustituyendo a Michael Raymond-James y Caleb Ruminer. Formarán la familia Harris. También se unen a la serie Jon Seda (Chicago PD, Treme) y Veronica St. Clair, que ya participaron en el piloto, y Lily Santiago.

Mary Holland (Homecoming, Veep), Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf, Dollface), Christina Anthony (Mixed-ish), Samsara Yett (The Flight Attendant), Cameron Britton (The Umbrella Academy, Mindhunter) y Benjamin Levy Aguilar (Filthy Rich) se unen a The Woman in the House. Serán Sloane, dueña de una galería de arte y amiga de Anna (Kristen Bell); Lisa, una chica dulce y sexy que puede esconder algo; la detective Lane; Emma, la adorable hija de nueve años de Neil (Tom Riley); Buell, el manitas de Anna; y Rex, alguien no muy brillante pero irresistible.

Dallas Roberts (Insatiable, The Good Wife), Clea Lewis (The Americans, Ellen) y Nicole Chanel Williams (Boomerang) serán recurrentes en American Rust como Jackson Berg, dueño de una farmacia preocupado por la proliferación de cadenas en tiempos de crisis; Jillian, una mujer baptista preocupada por qué pensará su marido de que ella y sus compañeras de la fábrica se quieran sindicar; y Jojo, una mujer que vive en la carretera y acoge a Isaac (David Alvarez).

Andrea Martin (Difficult People, Great News), Robert Ri'chard (One on One, Cousin Skeeter), Juani Feliz, Kate Rockwell y Sullivan Jones (The Looming Tower) se unen como recurrentes a Harlem.

Michael James Shaw (Blood & Treasure, Limitless) se une como regular a la undécima y última temporada de The Walking Dead. Será Mercer, que en los cómics es un marine que se relaciona románticamente con Juanita (Paola Lázaro).

Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy, Luke Cage) se une como regular a True Story. Será Gene, un fan muy entusiasta de The Kid (Kevin Hart).

Catherine Haena Kim (FBI, Ballers) y Craig Parker (Charmed, Reign) serán recurrentes en la tercera temporada de Good Trouble como Nicolette Baptiste, una abogada de la oficina del fiscal del distrito; y Yuri Elwin, un artista de perfil alto que necesita un becario.

Conrad Khan (The Huntsman: Winter's War, County Lines) se une a la sexta y última temporada de Peaky Blinders. Se desconocen detalles.

Sarah Niles (Catastrophe, I May Destroy You) se une como regular a la segunda temporada de Ted Lasso. Será Sharon, psicóloga deportiva que comienza a trabajar para el AFC Richmond.

Matthew Sato (Chicken Girls, Save Me) y Emma Meisel (American Horror Story) se unen como regulares a Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. Serán Kia y Steph, el hermano y la mejor amiga de Lahela (Peyton Elizabeth Lee). Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show, Crazy Rich Asians) será recurrente como un cirujano cardíaco.

Momo Rodríguez (La Chamba) se une como recurrente a la tercera temporada de Mayans MC. No se conocen más detalles.

Thom Scott II (American Soul) será recurrente en la quinta temporada de Saints & Sinners como el doctor Ross, un médico talentoso especializado en procedimientos experimentales pioneros para asegurar tratamientos exitosos por cualquier medio.

Jess Schine se une a Long Slow Exhale como regular. Será Eddie Hagen, ayudante de la entrenadora (Rose Rollins).

Pósters

    Nuevas series

Apple TV+ ha encargado ocho episodios de Roar, antología con historias independientes contadas desde un punto de vista femenino. Protagonizada por Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies, The Hours), Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Genius: Aretha), Merritt Wever (Nurse Jackie, Unbelievable) y Alison Brie (GLOW, Community). Basada en el libro de historias cortas de Cecelia Ahern (2018). Creada, escrita y producida por Liz Flahive (GLOW, Nurse Jackie) y Carly Mensch (GLOW, Weeds). Producen Kidman (Big Little Lies, The Undoing), Bruna Papandrea (Big Little Lies, The Undoing), Steve Hutensky (Queen America, Nine Perfect Strangers) y Allie Goss (The Crown, Daredevil).

Netflix adaptará The Talisman, la novela de Stephen King (1984), en la que un chico de 12 años comienza un viaje de costa a costa para encontrar un cristal que podría salvar a su madre moribunda. Escrita por Curtis Gwinn (Stranger Things, The Walking Dead) y producida por Steven Spielberg (The Goonies, Back to the Future) y los hermanos Duffer (Stranger Things).

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show, Miss Sloane) y David Oyelowo (Selma, Nightingale) protagonizarán The Girl Before en HBO Max y BBC One. Jane (Mbatha-Raw) tiene la oportunidad de vivir en una bonita casa minimalista diseñada por un enigmático arquitecto (Oyelowo) a cambio de seguir unas estrictas normas en toda la calle que no permiten los libros, las fotos o el desorden. Jane cree que la casa la está cambiando y descubre qué le ocurrió a la chica que vivió allí antes que ella. Creada, escrita y producida por J.P. Delaney y basada en su propia novela (2016) y dirigida por Lisa Brühlmann (Killing Eve, Servant). Cuatro episodios.

Netflix encarga diez episodios de una comedia multicámara centrada en Chelsea (Emily Osment; Young & Hungry, Hannah Montana), una altanera e ingeniosa intelectual sin habilidades sociales para vivir en el mundo real que se ve obligada a vivir con su despreocupada y jovial hermana y sus amigos, uno de ellos Grant (Gregg Sulkin; Runaways, Wizards of Waverly Place), un dulce y romántico entrenador personal. Creada, escrita y producida por Jack Dolgen (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Diary of a Future President) y Doug Mand (How I Met Your Mother, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend). Producida por Kourtney Kang (How I Met Your Mother, Fresh Off the Boat) y dirigida por Pamela Fryman (How I Met Your Mother, Frasier).

Shira Haas (Unorthodox, Shtisel) interpretará a Golda Meir, la primera y única primera ministra mujer de Israel, en el drama Lioness. Basada en el libro de Francine Klagsbrun (2017), escrita por Eric Tuchman (The Handmaid's Tale, Kyle XY), dirigida por Mimi Leder (The Morning Show, The Leftovers) y producida por Barbra Streisand (A Star Is Born), Nina Tassler y Denise Di Novi (Ed Wood, Edward Scissorhands).

Amazon encarga The Devil's Hour, thriller británico sobre una mujer que se despierta cada día a las 3:33 de la mañana. Su hijo de ocho años es retraído y falto de emociones, su madre habla con sillas vacías y su casa está encantada. Ahora su nombre está inexplicablemente conectado a una serie de brutales asesinatos en la zona. Escrita por Tom Moran (The Feed, White Rabbit), dirigida por Johnny Allan (The Irregulars) y producida  por Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Doctor Who).

Disney+ adaptará We Begin at the End, la novela de Chis Whitaker (2020) que sigue la relación entre Vincent King, un convicto que sale de prisión treinta años después de haber matado a una niña de siete años; Duchess Ray Radley, la sobrina de trece años de la víctima; y el jefe de policía de un pequeño pueblo de California cuyo testimonio envió a Vincent a prisión aunque era su mejor amigo. Producida por Thomas Kail (Hamilton) y Jennifer Todd (City on a Hill).

Netflix encarga una serie de animación de Asterix & Obelix basada en el libro 'Le combat des chefs'. Dirigida por Alain Chabat (Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra).

Apple TV+ encarga Dr. Brain, adaptación de acción real de la historieta digital coreana que sigue a un científico (Lee Sun-kyun, Parasite) obsesionado con encontrar nuevas tecnologías para acceder a la consciencia y los recuerdos cuya familia sufre un misterioso accidente. Utilizará sus habilidades para acceder a los recuerdos de su esposa para entender qué ocurrió y por qué. Escrita, dirigida y producida por Kim Jee-woon (Mil-jeong).

David Simon (The Wire, Treme) y George Pelecanos (The Wire, Treme) escribirán y producirán We Own This City, limited series de HBO que cuenta la historia real de la unidad de rastreo de armas de la policía de Baltimore. Basada en el libro del periodista Justin Fenton (2021).

Starz prepara un revival de Party Down con el regreso de actores y productores. Seis episodios.

IMDb TV encarga un spin-off de Bosch en el que Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) se embarca en el siguiente capítulo de su carrera y trabaja junto a su antiguo enemigo Honey "Money" Chandler (Mimi Rogers) para encontrar justicia. Volverá también Madison Lintz en el papel de Maddie Bosch.

ITV ha encargado cuatro episodios de The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe, un drama true crime sobre John Darwin, el funcionario de prisiones que fingió su muerte en un accidente con una canoa en 2002 para estafar a compañías de seguros. Anne, su esposa, denunció su desaparición en la costa de Cleveland, Inglaterra, y mintió incluso a sus hijos. Basado en un manuscrito no publicado del periodista David Leigh, que encontró y entrevistó a Anne en Panamá. Escrita y producida por Chris Lang (Unforgotten, Dark Heart) y dirigida por Richard Laxton (Mrs. Wilson, Him & Her).

ABC Signature ha adquirido Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body, las memorias de Rebekah Taussig (2020), para su adaptación televisiva. Trata sobre una chica paralítica que creció en los noventa sin referentes adecuados en la ficción que retratasen su discapacidad como algo complejo y ordinario, incómodo y bello, doloroso y enriquecedor, y que quiere reflejar las complicaciones de la amabilidad y la caridad, vivir de forma dependiente e independiente, experimentar intimidad y cómo la omnipresencia del capacitismo en los medios de comunicación y las redes sociales se traslada directamente a la vida diaria. Escrita y producida por Taussig y dirigida y producida por Randall Einhorn (The Office, Parks and Recreation).

Fechas

Calls se estrena en Apple TV+ el 19 de marzo

La 1ª parte de la sexta y última temporada de Supergirl se estrena en The CW el 30 de marzo

La 4ª temporada de No Activity, que será de animación, se estrena en Paramount+ el 8 de abril

La tercera y última temporada de Pose se estrena en FX el 2 de mayo

La 2ª parte de la primera temporada de Ghostwriter se estrena en Apple TV+ el 2 de mayo

La segunda temporada de Duncanville se estrena en FOX el 23 de mayo

Housebroken se estrena en FOX el 31 de mayo

Tráilers y promos

Made for Love

Queen of the South - Temporada 5

Animal Kingdom - Temporada 5

No Activity - Temporada 4

Lupin - Parte 2

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THE COLONY; a literate original roleplay

THE SURVIVORS

Anaya Dolmen | Telekinesis; Lily Collins FC Ashley “Ash” Bisbee | Deluded; Noah Centineo FC Arthur Meir | Uninfected; Ben Mendelsohn FC August Adelson | Telekinesis; Samira Wiley FC Austin Kelsey | Uninfected; Dev Patel FC Axel Kraus | Praeteria; Skeet Ulrich FC Cody Moon | Uninfected; Nam Joo Hyuk FC Cosima Nasmath | Telekinesis; Amber Riley FC Cressida Jago | Telekinesis; Chloe Bennet FC Espen Filip Lindqvist | Telepathy; Nick Robinson FC Ethan Kerr | Uninfected; Elliot Fletcher FC Fleet Michaels | Increased Hearing & Vision; Hong Jong-Hyun FC Fletcher Dahl | Uninfected; Keiynan Lonsdale FC Issoria Feinberg | Telepathy; Josefine Frida Pettersen FC Jelka Dreher | Praeteria; Caity Lotz FC Jouko Kyung | Telepathy; John Cho FC Kevin Tae | Uninfected; Daniel Henney FC Killian Weaver | Telepathy; Jack Falahee FC Kostya Vladislav | Telepathy; Jeremy Allen White FC Kyra Zabala | Empatheia; Troian Bellisario FC Leif Hjelmstad | Increased Vision & Hearing; Andy Biersack FC Maddox Xiao | Telepathy; Christopher Larkin FC Marcel “Hamlet” Gusterson | Deluded; Aaron Tveit FC “Mink” Peyton Yazbek | Telepathy; Bex Taylor-Claus FC Minka Vane | Telekinesis; Paulina Singer FC Reagan “Emery” Gladstone | Empatheia; Cillian Murphy FC Rhea Zaveri | Uninfected; Carmela Zumbado FC Siobhan “Von” Whitmer | Praeteria; Kristine Froseth FC Stacey Ricks | Uninfected; Zayn Malik FC Tatum Rothchild | Uninfected; Indya Moore FC Thaïs Li | Increased Vision & Hearing; Natasha Liu Bordizzo FC Viola Rain Hackett | Deluded; Ruth Negga FC Xavier Crane | Uninfected; Lakeith Stanfield FC

THE ELITE

Abner Rhodes | Uninfected; JR Bourne FC Cooper Erikson | Telekinesis; Tyler Blackburn FC Curtis Cuthbert | Uninfected; Robert Downey Jr. FC Emmett Briers | Uninfected; Nico Tortorella FC Gaius Fitrei | Uninfected; Idris Elba FC Honor Bradley | Telekinesis; Hannah John-Kamen FC Ireland Krii | Uninfected; Reilly Dolman FC Jackson Rocco | Uninfected; Jon Hamm FC Kyffin Greco | Uninfected; Justin Baldoni FC Perdita Meikle | Increased Vision & Smell; Gillian Anderson FC Rina Jago | Uninfected; Sandra Oh FC Wren Phillips | Uninfected; Sam Claflin FC

NEW WAVE REFORMISTS

Henry Liamson-Turner | Uninfected; Tom Cavanagh FC Narcissa Shor | Telepathy; Tatiana Maslany FC  Nouka Fang | Uninfected; Jamie Clayton FC Perry Griffiths | Praeteria; Matthew Grey Gubler FC Roxanne Palmer | Uninfected; Dianne Guerrero FC Suki Yamaguchi | Uninfected; Hayley Kiyoko FC

       [      we are RADIOACTIVE; 2157 was the end of the world.... ]

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Tel Aviv - Israël

Durant cette période, la ville continue de se développer vers le nord, à proximité de l'embouchure du Yarkon. Au nord du Yarkon est aménagé l'aéroport de Sdé Dov. Au sud, dans un secteur connu sous le nom "péninsule du Yarkon", un centre de foire et de congrès est construit pour accueillir en 1932 la première foire d'Orient. On y trouve un ensemble de pavillons dont certains de style Bauhaus ou international. Au nord-est du centre d'expositions internationales a également été construit le premier Stade Maccabiah en 1932. En 1937, le pont Wauchope est construit sur l'embouchure du Yarkon, nommé d'après Arthur Wauchope qui était le Haut Commissaire pour la Palestine et la Transjordanie.

De nombreux architectes inspirés par le style Bauhaus (qu'ils adapteront au style méditerranéen et oriental) vont faire de Tel Aviv l'un des plus grands centres de l'architecture Bauhaus international. En 1937 et en 1938, les aéroports de Lod (le futur Aéroport international David-Ben-Gourion) et de Sdé Dov (au nord de la ville) furent construits.

Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la ville de Tel Aviv est bombardée par l'aviation italienne. Ces bombardements feront plus d'une centaine de victimes parmi la population civile de la ville. Fin 1947, les États arabes rejettent le plan de partage de la Palestine et provoquent des violences contre la ville. Dans le mois qui suivent des combats violents éclatent entre les villes de Tel Aviv, incluse dans le nouvel État Juif, et les Arabes de la région. Ces combats provoquent la fuite de nombreux civils arabes de la région courant avril 1948.

En 1948, Jaffa est une ville côtière arabe prospère de 70 000 à 80 000 habitants. Elle est située juste au Sud de Tel-Aviv et a été attribuée aux Arabes par le Plan de partage. C’est en conséquence une enclave arabe au milieu de territoires sous le contrôle du Yishouv. Des combattants de l’Armée de libération arabe et des volontaires des Frères musulmans ont renforcé la ville.

En février, les estimations du nombre de fuyards varient entre 15 000 et 25 000. Le comité national local essayera d’arrêter l’exode, notamment en imposant une taxe de départ qui sera collectée au port par les Frères Musulmans. Les milices locales iront jusqu’à menacer les fuyards d’expropriation voire de mort.

À la suite de la victoire de la Haganah à Haïfa, Jaffa est attaquée par l’Irgoun le 27 avril. Les forces de l’Armée de libération arabe résistent aux assaillants. De plus, à la suite des incidents de Haïfa, les Britanniques interviennent et menacent les Juifs de représailles s’ils ne stoppent pas leur offensive. À la suite de rumeurs de renforcement de l’Armée de libération et d’intervention de la Légion arabe, Yigal Yadin lance l’opération Hametz visant à encercler la ville. Les Britanniques réagissent en bombardant les positions de l’Irgoun14 ce qui met un terme à l’offensive. La ville ne tombera que le 13 mai à la suite du départ des Britanniques mais dans la foulée, entre 50 000 et 60 000 arabes supplémentaires se seront enfuits.

Après la guerre, les réfugiés palestiniens seront interdits de retour à Jaffa et la ville est annexée. Tel-Aviv absorbe de nouveaux quartiers à l'est et au nord de la ville ce qui aura pour effet de porter sa population totale à 210 000 habitants fin 1948. En 1950, Tel Aviv et Jaffa sont fusionnées, donnant à la ville ses limites municipales actuelles. Dans la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, l'architecture de la ville se développe par son dynamisme économique et culturel, notamment par la construction de tours (la tour Shalom Meir en 1965) et de gratte-ciels.

Le patrimoine architectural Bauhaus de la ville (il existe un musée dédié), tombant jusque-là dans un relatif oubli, est revitalisé à partir des années 1990 grâce au diplomate et collectionneur d'art Ronald Lauder, qui rénove la maison Shlomo Yafe, amenant ensuite des artistes menés par le sculpteur Dani Karavan à solliciter la municipalité pour sauver cette architecture peu entretenue. Une liste de 1 600 bâtiments est dressée, dont 180 font l'objet d'une protection. En 2003, l'UNESCO classe plus d'un millier d'édifices Bauhaus de Tel Aviv au patrimoine mondial et 500 parmi eux sont restaurés (cf. « Ville blanche de Tel Aviv »). Une loi oblige par ailleurs les promoteurs immobiliers à consacrer 1,72 % de leur budget à la rénovation du bâti classé.

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Historische Wertpapiere auf Briefmarken (4)

Nachdem der letzte Artikel dieser Serie das finnische Schatzamt behandelte, hat diese israelische Briefmarke wiederum mit Staatsfinanzierung zu tun. Sie wurde 1961 herausgegeben und erinnert an ein Jahrzehnt der sogenannten Israel Bonds (Anleihen des Staates Israel). 

Von Premierminister David Ben-Gurion im Jahr 1950 konzipiert und von Finanzminister Elieser Kaplan und Arbeitsministerin Golda Meir gebilligt, wurde  die erste Auslandsanleihe 1951 von Ben-Gurion in den Vereinigten Staaten ausgegeben. Nach einer Massenkundgebung im New Yorker Madison Square Garden und darauffolgenden Veranstaltungen in anderen US-Städten, generierte die sogenannte Unabhängigkeits-Anleihe im ersten Jahr mehr als $ 52 Mio. (Schätzungen waren von $ 25 Mio. ausgegangen).

Specimen einer Unabhängigkeits-Anleihe über $ 10.000 (Laufzeit 15 Jahre, Zinssatz 3,5%) mit Faksimileunterschriften von Ministerpräsident David Ben-Gurion und Finanzminister Elieser Kaplan (Bildquelle: Archives International Auctions)

Die obige Abbildung zeigt Albert Einstein als prominenten Käufer der Unabhängigkeits-Anleihe. In der Ausgabe vom 9. November 1951 des Nachrichtenmagazins The American Jewish World findet sich unter dem Foto die folgende Bildunterschrift: 

„Professor Albert Einstein erhält in seinem Haus in Princeton die 200.000ste Anleihe des Staates Israel, die in diesem Land verkauft wurde, seit die Anleihen zum ersten Mal der amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit angeboten wurden. Der Verkauf der $ 500 Anleihe an Professor Einstein erfolgt durch Vael Sharett, der Tochter des israelischen Außenministers Moshe Sharett. Aus diesem Anlass überreichte Rudolf G . Sonneborn (rechts), Präsident der israelischen Bond-Kampagne, Professor Einstein die letzte handilluminierte Schriftrolle des verstorbenen weltberühmten Künstlers Arthur Szyk. Die Schriftrolle zu Ehren des Kaufs von Albert Einstein ist von Präsident Chaim Weizmann, Premierminister David Ben-Gurion und Finanzminister Elieser Kaplan von Israel unterzeichnet. Die von Professor Einstein gekaufte Anleihe ist Teil der $ 500 Mio. Anleihe des Staates Israel, die die Finanzmittel für Israels Programm der groß angelegten industriellen und landwirtschaftlichen Expansion und der Aufnahme von Einwanderern bereitstellen muss. Beim Kauf der Anleihe sagte Professor Einstein, Israel werde seine wirtschaftlichen Probleme erfolgreich bewältigen, „wenn Juden außerhalb Israels alle in ihrer Macht stehende finanzielle Hilfe leisten“.”

Arthur Szyks aufwendiges Zertifikat, das Albert Einstein zusammen mit seinem Israel Bond überreicht wurde, ist im nachfolgenden als Blankette dargestellt. Für weitere Informationen zu diesem renommierten polnisch-jüdischen Politkünstler und Buchillustrator siehe szyk.com.

(Bildquelle: Historicana, Burlingame, CA, www.szyk.com)

In den folgenden Jahren halfen die Israel Bonds Landwirtschafts-, Infrastruktur- und Industrieentwicklungsprojekte zu finanzieren, darunter den National Water Carrier (Bewässerung von fast 0,5 Mio. Hektar für die landwirtschaftliche Unabhängigkeit) und die Dead Sea Works (Soda- und Chemiefabrik an der Küste des Toten Meeres). 1957 generierten die Anleihen 35 % des israelischen Sonderentwicklungsbudgets. Die jährlichen Anleiheverkäufe stiegen in den folgenden Jahrzehnten kontinuierlich an und überstiegen 1967 während des Sechstagekriegs $ 250 Mio., 1973 während des Jom-Kippur-Krieges $ 500 Mio. und 1991 während des Persischen Golfkriegs $ 1 Mrd. Im Jahr 2020 wurden die Israel Bonds 70 Jahre alt. Die Anleiheverkäufe seit 1951 beliefen sich zu diesem Zeitpunkt in Summe auf mehr als $ 45 Mrd. 

Heute werden Israel Bonds in den USA, Kanada und Europa über drei separate Broker-Dealer-Organisationen verkauft. 2011 wurde eine E-Commerce-Site für Online-Käufe ins Leben gerufen. Dort findet sich auch ein Online-Museum zur Geschichte der Israel Bonds.

15-jährige Spar-Anleihe über $ 1.000 (keine jährlichen Zinszahlungen sondern Auszahlung von $ 1.800 bei Fälligkeit), ausgegeben 1974 mit Faksimileunterschrift von Ministerpräsidentin Golda Meir (Bildquelle: HWPH Historisches Wertpapierhaus) 

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Dylan Meir | Twenty Two;  Survivor

House: Torren Security Class: 2 Status: Infected - Praeteria Alignment: New Wave Reformists

History

Dylan was an average middle child in a less-than-average household. Her parents weren’t “family people”; her mother didn’t want anything to do with children and her father’s work made him travel too often to take care of himself, much less Dylan. They also hated each other, which tends to throw a wrench into the foundation of a loving family. 

Dylan’s parents got divorced, and at the age of five, she was foisted onto the farm of her extended family in the outback of Queensland. It was on acres and acres of land—more than large enough for all the people who lived there: two great uncles, seven uncles, five aunts, nine cousins, and two second cousins. In the space of a few weeks Dylan went from being an only child in the city to a middle child in what could generously be described as the middle of nowhere. She flourished.

Most of her relatives worked on the farm herding and tending cattle. However, her great uncle Henry worked as a ranger at the nearby wildlife park. He often took Dylan out riding with him through the outback. On those trips she developed a deep appreciation for nature; she learned to read tracks, how to be quiet and patient, how to survive. When she was older, she and her cousins would often take the horses and go camping out in those wilds— never far from the ranch, of course, but far enough that they felt alone out on the empty plains. She also sometimes accompanied her older relatives on cattle drives. They’d spend weeks out in the open, sleeping under the stars with no one but each other for company.

The family was close knit, but being one of the middle children meant it was all too easy to get lost. Dylan constantly competed with her cousins for attention, for recognition, for the last drumstick at the dinner table. She lost count of the number of times she’d been called by the wrong name; sometimes the other person wouldn’t even realize they had made a mistake. Sometimes she wouldn’t bother correcting them. It didn’t help either that the ranch was so far from any sort of town. Trips into civilization were rare, and even rarer were the times Dylan tagged along. The flatbed could only fit so many people, and it was a race each time to get a spot. She and her cousins didn’t have a formal school; they were taught by their older kin when they had the time. The ranch was her classroom, and her aunts and uncles and cousins were her teachers. 

Of course her place on the ranch, and the invisibility that came with it, was better than living with her parents. Dylan visited her mother only twice, and both times she wanted the visit to be over as fast as possible. Her father came around more often, but it was like talking to a complete stranger. He knew nothing about her life; sometimes he didn’t even know how old she was. He stopped coming in her teens. No, compared to the life she could’ve had, she was more than grateful. She loved the cattle and the horses, and all her ever-growing family, and her home.

That home was destroyed when she was 16. Some of the smaller meteors destroyed one of the paddocks and part of the house. Other bits of debris landed out in the dry scrubland. Fires were a part of life, but this time there was no stopping them. The Meirs fled before the flames, taking everything— their cattle, their horses, as many belongings as they could carry. The last time Dylan saw her home, it was backed by an orange glow on the horizon. They arrived weeks later in a camp outside of Brisbane. The fires there had been less severe, countered by fierce flooding. The city itself had been evacuated; almost everyone in the camps had come in from the west. It was there that Dylan and her family learned where the meteors had come from and exactly what damage they’d wrought. With nowhere else to go, the Meirs decided to rejoin what was left of civilization. The family went to work rebuilding structures and redistributing supplies. Dylan lost herself to the work and the crowd of survivors trying to remake their lives.

Looters had been a problem almost since D-day, especially bands of Infected that roamed the wastes. And as they came again and again, the camp rallied to throw them back. But when Dylan was eighteen, the looters banded together for a massive assault. With their combined numbers and weapons, the small defence the camp could muster was no match for them. Chaos swept through the base. Everyone was running, shouting, screaming. Dylan found herself pressed into a corner, holding her second cousin tightly as he cried against her shoulder for his mother. The looters were coming; she could hear the guns, the wild cries of delight. There was nothing she could do except pray. There would be no running, no hiding from them. She held her breath as the looters charged, hooting and hollering. Some of them looked right at her, eyes passing over like she was a shadow. And then they continued on, reigning devastation.

The camp in ruins, Dylan and her family had no choice but to move South. There were rumours of a larger camp there, one with defendable walls and connections to the outside world. Before they left, they helped to bury the lost members of the camp, including Dylan’s Great-Uncle Henry. In the days and weeks following the attack, she felt sick. Dirty. The Infected had destroyed her camp and killed her family, and she was just like them. She didn’t even try to control her power. It didn’t take long for the rest of her family to notice, and although they assured her that she was still a Meir, still part of the clan, it wasn’t hard to notice the way they distanced themselves from her, whether purposefully, or not.

Dylan Today

The Meirs were welcomed with open arms at Colony 30, near Penrith. They were given food, a place to stay, jobs and chores to perform. Dylan became a scout, spending days wandering the decimated city and further into the outback, looking for survivors. She became an expert at it; using her abilities to spy on larger camps, slowly bringing in stragglers to the safety of the Colony. She spent days, sometimes as long as two weeks alone. It was better than being at the increasingly crowded base, invisible even when she didn’t use her powers. She withdrew more and more from her family and they withdrew from her until, years later, when the Colony offered free relocation for anyone who wanted it, she eagerly volunteered. Colony 30 was one of only two in all of Australia, and so over population was a constant and increasing issue, especially after the purging of the wastelands. Pockets of clans and communities had been popular in the country, and when the NWRF rose, soon there were too many people to house comfortably in their Colonies... but so far, not enough resources to open a third just yet. But Dylan didn’t care where she went, as long as it was far away from Penrith.

Dylan arrived at Colony 22 less than a week ago, just after the storm had finally tapered, but she quickly secured a job working in the stables and the grounds—if only for something familiar to keep her busy and distracted. The walls of this colony were more confining than she was used to, but since she spent most of her time outside anyway, it was an acceptable tradeoff for safety. She also quickly found a home with the NWRF. In her eyes, the Infected were just a bomb waiting to go off. The powers they were given were too dangerous for any one person to have; just like any other weapon, they should be regulated with extreme care or better yet, taken away completely. For the time being, she did her best to use her ability as little as possible.

Outside of her hesitancy to use her Praeteria, Dylan is fairly friendly and outgoing. Coming from a large family, she’s at home in crowds and wide open spaces. She spends most of her free time in the lounge or the gaming grounds, although she also enjoys browsing the Hub and trading for the occasional contraband. She has more mixed feelings about training and the Games; she excels at athletics like running and wrestling, but she’s apprehensive about anything to do with her powers— even training. When she can get away with it, she plays hooky on her infection training in favour of doing literally anything else. She avoids associating with most Infected too; although she doesn’t snub them entirely, the pride many of them take in their powers makes her more than a little uncomfortable.

RELATED BIOS: ARTHUR MEIR

TAKEN; ORIGINAL CHARACTER

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My Original 100 Baby Challenge

started 4/3/16, finished 2/8/20

Generation 1: Alix Grace

Flirty, Great Kisser, Irresistible, Hopeless Romantic, Nurturing

1. Efren Grace 🚹- Tucker Fernandez

Excitable, Light Sleeper, Genius, Proper, Unlucky

2. Emmaline Grace 🚺- Pawel Gallardo

Good, Clumsy, Animal Lover, Hopeless Romantic, Easily Impressed

3. Gabriella Grace 🚺 - Pawel Gallardo

Loves the Outdoors, Disciplined, Supernatural Fan, Loves To Swim, Born Saleswoman

4. Naomi Grace 🚺 - Doug Rodel

Brave, Artistic, Good Sense of Humor, Computer Whiz, Friendly

5. Lucas Grace 🚹 - Doug Rodel

Disciplined, Clumsy, Perceptive, Cat Person, Unlucky

6. Thalia Grace 🚺 🐾- Alfonso Alto

Adventurous, Perceptive, Perfectionist, Family-Oriented

7. Aurora Grace 🚺- Alfonso Alto

Adventurous, Friendly, Lucky, Cat Person

8. Farrah Grace 🚺 - Joel Vidal

Eccentric, Friendly, Party Animal, Handy, Family-Oriented

9. Victoria Grace 🚺 ✨ - Joel Vidal

Loves the Outdoors, Excitable, Computer Whiz, Disciplined, Absent-Minded

10. Logan Grace 🚹 - Joel Vidal

Absent-Minded, Easily Impressed, Inappropriate, Neurotic, Brave

11. Sophia Grace 🚺 - Sean Vidal

Loves the Outdoors, Good, Rebellious, Genius, Adventurous

12. Aster Grace 🚹 - Sean Vidal

Couch Potato, Genius, Over-Emotional, Irresistible, Artistic

Generation 2: Sophia Grace

13. Natalia Grace 🚺- Robin Banks

Good, Brave, Frugal, Hot Headed, diva

14. Anastasia Grace 🚺 - Robin Banks

Brave, Heavy Sleeper, Mooch, diva,

15. Evanna Grace 🚺 - Matteo Torres

Adventurous, Brave, Vegetarian, Eco-Friendly

16. Sebastian Grace 🚹🌺 - Matteo Torres

Adventurous, Heavy Sleeper, Rebellious

17. Stella Grace 🚺🐠 - Isaac Ponder

Loves the Outdoors, Friendly, rebellious, neurotic, perfectionist

18. Marina Grace🚺🐠 - Isaac Ponder

Loner, Clumsy, dog person, mean spirited

❌ Death of Emmaline Grace

❌ Death of Efren Grace

❌ Death of Naomi Grace

19. Cassandra Grace 🚺🧛🏻‍♀️ - Abram London

Loves the Outdoors, Evil, shy, perceptive, dramatic

20. Amelia Grace 🚺 - Abram London

Loves the outdoors, genius, dog person, inappropriate, loner

❌ Death of Gabriella Grace

21. Angelica Grace 🚺🌺 - Teodor Medina

Good, absent minded, loves the outdoors, savvy sculptor, mean spirited

22. Eliza Grace 🚺🌺 - Teodor Medina

Genius, Athletic, absent-minded, disciplined, shy

❌ Death of Lucas Grace

23. Rowan Grace 🚹 - Lenny Shutter

Loves the Heat, Eccentric, perfectionist, inappropriate, athletic

24. Oliver Grace 🚹 - Richie Striker

Evil, Friendly, diva, photographers eye, heavy sleeper

Generation 3: Eliza Grace

25.  Dakota Grace 🚹 - Alexy Fresco

Good, Loner, Hopeless Romantic,

26. Jade Grace 🚺 - Alexy Fresco

Brave, Loves the Outdoors

(Alexy Fresco died as Eliza was bringing the twins home)

27. Evan Grace 🚹 - Jupiter Belle

Hydrophobic, Loves the Heat

28. Austin Grace 🚹 - Harry Marks

Loves the Outdoors, Clumsy

29. Rosaline Grace 🚺- Daniel Laurence

Virtuoso, Loves the Outdoors

30. Brendon Grace 🚹- Daniel Laurence

Evil, Loves the Cold

31. Brooklyn Grace 🚺 - Dominique Kennedy

Adventurous, Good, Daredevil, Photographers Eye

32. Sage Grace🚹 - Dominique Kennedy

Adventurous, Loner, Loves the Cold, Nurturing

33. Alexander Grace 🚹 - Damian Braswell

Adventurous, Light Sleeper, Loser

34. Zinnia Grace 🚺 - Shea Quinones

Loves To Swim, Excitable, Perceptive

35. Carter Grace 🚹 - Shea Quinones

Excitable, Easily Impressed, Dog Person

35.1. Riley Grace 🚺💤 - IF

Daredevil, Never Nude, Friendly

35.2. Storm Grace 🚺💤 - IF

Daredevil, Inappropriate, Equestrian

35.3. Ruby Grace 🚹💤 - IF

Absent-minded, Brooding, Night Owl, Diva

Generation 4: Zinnia Grace

36. Collin Grace 🚹 - Goodwin Goode

Absent minded, hates the outdoors, unflirty, frugal

37. Mary Rose Grace🚺 - Goodwin Goode

Good, eccentric

38. Hunter Grace 🚹 - Goodwin Goode

Athletic, artistic

39. Matthew Grace 🚹 - Justin Kayes

Heavy sleeper, disciplined

40. Alissa Grace 🚺 -  Dennis Racket

Loner, Light sleeper, frugal, friendly, ambitious

41. Nora Grace 🚺 - Dennis Racket

Grumpy, couch potato, avant garde, friendly, inappropriate

42. Elizabeth Grace 🚺- Dennis Racket

Disciplined, eccentric, party animal, workaholic, neurotic

43. Arthur Grace 🚹 - Shamus Drudge

Couch potato, clumsy, good sense of humor, vegetarian

Vanessa Grace 🚺 - Marc Brandt

Excitable, virtuoso, loves the cold, childish, savvy sculptor

Daniel Grace 🚹 - Marc Brandt

Brave, genius, rebellious, shy, hopeless romantic

Jackson Grace 🚹 - Marc Brandt

Heavy sleeper, artistic, over emotional, excitable, commitment issues

46.5. Dawson Grace 🚹💤- IF

Loved the outdoors, party animal, perceptive, computer whiz

Leah Grace 🚺- Rickie Godwin

Athletic, loves the cold, animal lover, inappropriate

Carson Grace 🚹- Rickie Godwin

Clumsy, athletic, cat person, shy

Christopher Grace 🚹✨- Griffin Alto

Good, easily impressed, athletic, loser

Tyler Grace 🚹🐾- Gilberto Gonzalo

Friendly, heavy sleeper, adventurous

50.1. Bree Grace 🚺💤 - IF

Hates the outdoors; grumpy, ambitious, kleptomaniac

50.2. Adam Grace 🚹💤- IF

Night owl, perfectionist, kleptomaniac, mooch

Generation 5: Leah Grace

Charlie Grace 🚹 - Richter Steele

Neurotic, Friendly

Hannah Grace 🚺 - Javed Meir

Friendly, virtuoso

Thomas Grace 🚹 - Javed Meir

Easily impressed, insane

Rachel Grace 🚺- Jamar Whitfield

Excitable, Virtuoso

Trevor Grace 🚹🌺- Jamar Whitfield

Loves the cold, artistic  

Cameron Grace🚹 - Girbits Worthington

Athletic, insane

Artemis Grace 🚺🐾- Seth Monroe

Disciplined, excitable

Athena Grace🚺🐾 - Seth Monroe

Brave, grumpy

Ryann Grace 🚺✨- Willard Wright

Excitable, athletic

Max Grace 🚺 - Willard Wright

Excitable, athletic

Savannah Grace 🚺 - Rich Richmond

Loves the outdoors, good, brave, irresistible, couch potato

Dustin Grace 🚹✨- Rich Richmond

Evil, excitable

Generation 6: Savannah Grace

Anne Grace 🚺 - Cecil Walker

Hates the outdoors, evil, mean spirited

Yasmin Grace 🚺- Ronald Clifton

Hydrophobic, insane

Sadie Grace 🚺- Gendry Cabrera

Heavy sleeper, loves the outdoors

Teren Grace 🚹- Gendry Cabrera

Disciplined, loves the heat

Reid Grace 🚹- Gendry Cabrera

Light sleeper, hates the outdoors

Abby Grace 🚺 - Gendry Cabrera

Virtuoso, light sleeper

8/8/18 Save file was corrupted, RIP

Generation 6.5: Flashpoint - Savannah Grace 2.0

Naya Grace 🚺- Hates the outdoors, disciplined, mooch, bookworm, absent minded

Quinn Grace 🚹 - eccentric, insane, neat, adventurous, schmoozer

Renee Grace 🚺 - Chester Swain

Brave, Grumpy, diva, heavy sleeper, vegetarian

Liam Grace 🚹 - Pip Goodfellow

Heavy sleeper, virtuoso, loves the heat, technophobe, bookworm

Aria Grace 🚺 - Pip Goodfellow

Clumsy, brave, neurotic, perfectionist, dislikes children

Nico Grace 🚹🧛🏻‍♂️ - Tristan Van Gould

Photographers eye, irresistible, great kisser, loner, ambitious, evil

Bianca Grace 🚺 - Tristan Van Gould

Virtuoso, party animal, clumsy, slob, disciplined

Shane Grace 🚹 - Jules MacDuff

Absent minded, light sleeper, athletic, excitable, party animal

Stacy Grace 🚺 - Jeff Laughlin

Artistic, heavy sleeper, easily impressed, technophobe

Jane Grace 🚺 - Jeff Laughlin

Loves the outdoors, eccentric, daredevil, great kisser, can’t stand art

Iris Grace 🚺 - Alfred Hoppcraft

Loner, heavy sleeper, angler, excitable

Vincent Grace 🚹 - Alfred Hoppcraft

Heavy sleeper, genius, slob, childish, Star quality

Adrien Grace 🚹 - David Pok

Athletic, artistic, inappropriate, disciplined, vehicle enthusiast

Generation 7: Iris Grace

Lillie Grace 🚺🌺 - Cassian Stronghold

Virtuoso, loves the outdoors, ambitious, family-oriented

Lacey Grace 🚺 🌺- Everett Lark

Good, heavy sleeper, ambitious, slob, family oriented

Laurie Grace 🚺 - Tom Yates

Excitable, light sleeper, lucky, loser, great kisser

Lucy Grace 🚺- Craig Covington

Slob, disciplined, virtuoso, diva, excitable

Layla Grace 🚺- Craig Covington

Insane, easily impressed, light sleeper, coward

Luna Grace 🚺🌺- Craig Covington

Clumsy, Loves the cold, loser, over-emotional, neurotic

Lydia Grace 🚺 🌺- Lewis Layton

Brave, loves the outdoors, avant-garde, slob

(Hidden Mascot skill, what?)

Levi Grace 🚹 🌺- Lewis Layton

Loner, hates the outdoors, grumpy, snob

Leo Grace 🚹🧛🏻‍♀️- Ayden Van Gould

Loves the cold, artistic, star quality, light sleeper, computer whiz

(Ayden died RIGHT AFTER she got pregnant)

Generation 8: Lydia Grace

Justin Grace 🚹 - Victor Sharpe

Genius, loves the heat, evil  (Bieber)

Nicholas Grace 🚹- Victor Sharpe

Loves the outdoors, neurotic, perfectionist  (Jonas)

(Are these my first twin boys of the challenge?)

Scarlett Grace🚺 - Rafael Striker

Friendly, absent minded (Johansson)

Marcus Grace 🚹 - Rafael Striker

Genius, loner (Ruffalo)

Timothy Grace 🚹 - Michael Sleep

Brave, Athletic (eé Chalamet)

Julie Grace 🚺 - Victor Sharpe

Excitable, Easily Impressed (Andrews)

Peyton Grace 🚺 - Victor Sharpe

Good, loves the outdoors (Elizabeth Lee)

Jordan Grace 🚹 - Ritchie Striker

Grumpy, light sleeper (Fischer)

Keenan Grace 🚹 - Barry Tenderlove

Good, light sleeper, mean spirited (Thompson?)

100! Carrie Grace 🚺 - Antwon Bigelow

Loner, couch potato (Fischer)

Daisy Grace 🚺 - Antwon Bigelow

Clumsy, disciplined (Ridley)

Finished 2/8/20

Aurora was the only child to die (as a young adult, in a fire, resurrected with ambrosia)

Got married:

Alix

Aurora

Aster

Hannah

Favorites:

Victoria (Gen 1)

Aster (Gen 1)

Cassandra (Gen 2)

Alexander (Gen 2)

Zinnia (Gen 2)

For some reason it’s weird to me that Z and Cass are sisters

Christopher (Gen 3)

Hannah (Gen 4)

Nico (Gen 6)

[vikandermanips]

Hey, girl! I would like to ask you a manip of Gwen Van Meir & Arthur Benedetti. Thank you

There doesn’t seem to be a lot a of images of them but I will certainly try my best for you, angel

[reginaldodpg]

Cúmplices de Um Resgate: Resumo Dos capítulos de 23 a 27/11/2020,

capítulo 485, segunda, 23 de novembro,

Dinho e Meire vão na mansão herdada pelo tio do advogado, Dinho fala que a mansão parece ser mal-assombrada. Regina fala com Maurício e reclama de ter levado Isabela para ela no passado. Geraldo revela que Maurício ficará na mansão por pelo menos um mês. A família de Matheus e Dórios despedem-se da casa e se mudam de uma vez por todas para o haras. Arthur, Safira e Priscila jantam em um restaurante: Os três aproveitam para fazer uma apresentação musical no local. Paola vai na casa de Regina e fala que os dois estão felizes juntos e que Regina não vá atrás de Otávio.

Fiorina se desculpa com Giuseppe e dois fazem as pazes. Geraldo e Maurício decidem que irão roubar a On-Enterpise afim de conseguirem dinheiro e prejudicar Otávio. Sandro fala que não participará. Rebeca conta para Frederico que os figurinos das bandas sumiram, o estilista se preocupa. Rebeca garante que irá refazer todos os figurinos. Flora escuta a preocupação de Frederico e se dispõe a ajudar. Alicia sai de casa junto aos filhos até que Vicente deixe tudo certo com o agiota. Meire oferece que Alicia fique no cargo de sindica e fique no seu apartamento, enquanto ela estiver na mansão com Dinho.

capítulo 486, terça, 24 de novembro,

Meire e Dinho ficam assustados ao ver o mordomo Euclides que aparece na mansão, dizendo que está no local para servi-los, assim como já faz aos parentes da família por toda sua vida. Frederico vai na confecção e leva Flora para poder ajudar na costura. Isabela fala que recebeu os figurinos em casa. A C1R consegue patrocínio e instrumentos novos para poder apresenta-se no concurso de bandas. Meire pensa que Euclides cozinhou o gato Bartolomeu e fica assustada. Isabela liga para Otávio e fala que faz questão da presença dele no concurso de bandas, ele diz que estará lá. Vargas e Navarro articulam todo o roubo na On-Enterprise. Rebeca vê o figurino e fala que essas não são as roupas feitas pela confecção. Manuela não quer apresenta-se no concurso. Todos se arrumam para não se atrasar. Haverá uma nova eleição para prefeito no Vilarejo dos Sonhos e Giuseppe fala que sabe quem pode ser candidato.

capítulo 487, quarta, 25 de novembro,

Frederico enlouquece quando descobre que Tomás e Taísa foram responsáveis por roubar seus desenhos e figurinos para entregarem as peças com ideias copiadas na segunda fase do concurso. Manuela diz aos amigos que decidiu que irá apresentar-se no show de bandas ao lado deles. Navarro, Sandro e Vargas invadem a On-Enterprise vestidos com máscaras. Lurdinha e Laura ficam assustadas e acabam sendo amarradas na empresa. Laura consegue se soltar e Lurdinha também, a secretária vai acionar o alarme. Fiorina se torna candidata a prefeita no vilarejo, porém acaba descobrindo que Giuseppe também é candidato. Na igreja evangélica, os fiéis debatem se concordam ou não com o casamento de Augusto. C1R e Manuela e Seus Amigos acabam se atrasando para o concurso de bandas e são desclassificados, mas por sorte a produção decide regravar o programa e todos recebem uma nova oportunidade. Vargas e Navarro decidem assaltar a mansão de Meire. Julia chora por estar com o pulso machucado logo antes da apresentação no concurso. Priscila acaba caindo durante a apresentação.

capítulo 488, quinta, 26 de novembro,

Manuela e Seus Amigos apresentam-se. Priscila está preocupada de sua queda ser exibida em rede nacional. C1R apresenta a canção “Oi, Psiu” Julia está na bateria, mesmo estando com dor no pulso. André Vasco apresenta o concurso e fala quem ser��o as bandas que irão a reta final: Manuela e Seus Amigos, C1R e Insanos. Segundo o médico, Julia torceu o pulso e precisará ficar um tempo sem tocar bateria. Matheus se torna arrogante após a mudança para o haras e deixa os amigos preocupados, que tentam falar com ele. Nina também se torna candidata a prefeita do Vilarejo. Os capangas de Geraldo se disfarçam de fantasmas para invadir a mansão. Arthur questiona a Priscila se ela está de acordo com o fato dele pedir Safira em casamento. Meire não fica assustada e acaba se apaixonando por Navarro disfarçado. Dóris chora no jantar em família e fala que sente que a família está mais distante agora que possui mais dinheiro. Meire fica assustada ao ver Vargas, os bandidos não encontram nada de valor na mansão.

capítulo 489, sexta, 27 de novembro,

Arthur pede Safira em casamento na frente da família dela. A mulher se emociona e aceita o convite. Os dois se beijam. Os capangas se assustam com o mordomo Euclides (Ariel Moshe). Na igreja evangélica, todos fazem um discurso para pedir votos. Os capangas são presos. Neuza descobre um envelope com dinheiro. Omar comemora, pois com a quantia ela poderá se tratar. Mateus pede desculpa aos amigos do vilarejo pelo seu comportamento arrogante. Julia fica sabendo que a gravadora procura uma baterista em caso de emergência para substituir Julia. Uma garota chamada Ana Julia aparece e consegue destaque no teste. Joaquim vai até a gravadora de Paola e diz que está pensando em mudar para lá. Otávio sai da gravadora a pedido de uma ligação de Manuela. Joaquim recebe mensagem de Manuela e deixa Paola sozinha. Rebeca vai até a On-Enterprise falar com Otávio. Dinho e Meire pensam que Euclides é um fantasma.