#erny cruz

[englishstrawbie]

NCIS Hawai'i 3x09 & 3x10

I'm trying to judge these episodes as a season finale, instead of a series finale, since that's how they were written. Putting aside my grievances about Sam Hanna being around all season, as a two-parter, I enjoyed it.

It had action, it had intrigue, it had humour and it had heart. All the things that make this show so good.

They had Jane taking centre stage. Yes, Sam was still around but it felt like she was leading this mission. We got her confronting the Russian mob and using her CIA skills to interogate Cruz. We got Lucy/Jesse/Kai banter. We got Ernie being a genius. We got Lucy kicking ass. We got Kate having a contact in the Serbian secret police. We got so much Commander Chase and I especially loved that. I really liked her relationship with Sam when she was trying to keep him alive. Also "oh good, you're awake".

I wish they'd explored Jane's feelings when she learned that Cruz wasn't innocent. She had a lot of empathy for Cruz, whereas Swift was suspicious of her - and it turned out she couldn't be trusted. We usually see Jane's empathy as a strength and her trust in Cruz ended up being disastrous.

That said, I can't say I had a lot of feelings when the Elite team died.

Did anyone notice that when Ernie listed the people who had brought him caffeine, Kate wasn't on the list? I liked that little detail.

I know there was some frustration that, with the few Kacy moments we got, we saw Lucy snapping at Kate, but I appreciated that scene for what it was. Lucy was worried and frustrated, and she took it out on someone she trusts to understand - and Kate did understand. Lucy was also quick to apologise.

I loved the Kate/Lucy torture scene. Kate was so proud of herself, lol. Of course I wish we'd had more from the two of them but then we've all been saying that all season. I've missed their physical affection, their flirting, their domesticity. (Have we even seen their apartment this season?)

There were a few plot holes along the way. The FBI wouldn't have been alerted when Tala Flores changed her name to Analisa Cruz? Lucy didn't recognise the CLA agent dressed as security?

And I'm ignoring the cliffhanger at the end, because my brain can't comprehend what Maggie Shaw has to do with all of this. For me, the show ended at Sam's party, the Ohana celebrating the win together. I'm really glad we got that scene.

I will miss this show a lot. I will miss it for all its potential and the character development we still haven't got to see. I'd love for the petition and all the noise to make a difference and give us another season. I won't get my hopes up, but I will keep all my fingers and toes crossed for a miracle.🤞🏻

[ao3feed-ncishawaii]

I will stand by you I will help you through

by CatDcruz23 Lucy goes on the raid to secure Compound X and gets infected when the mission goes wrong. A 'what if' fic about Lucy getting hit with Compound X and what could have transpired with Kate at her side. Words: 4565, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: NCIS: Hawai'i Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: F/F Characters: Lucy Tara, Kate Whistler, Jane Tennant, Sam Hanna, Ernie Malik, Jesse Boone, Kai Holman, Carla Chase, John Swift (NCIS: Hawai'i), Elite - Character, Analisa Cruz Relationships: Lucy Tara/Kate Whistler, Lucy Tara & Kate Whistler Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Compound X, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff via https://ift.tt/9npFefU

[burtlancster]

LANCASTER: Max Youngstein—who was the third major executive at UA—came down to the [Vera Cruz set] and said to me, "We don’t want to do this Marty." I said, "What do you mean you don’t want to do it?" He said, "Burt, you're gonna pay $250,000 for the picture and you're going to get bombed by the time you pay for prints and advertising—it's going to get up to $600,000. And who wants to see a picture with two ugly people?" That's exactly the phrase he used. So I said, "Look, it only costs $250,000. You know you've got an estimated gross on the current picture [The Kentuckian] at about $6 million. You know that this picture with Cooper and me is going to go through the roof. I think you people have a responsibility to underwrite new talent. If you don't want to do it, fine—let's break up our relationship and you go your way and we'll go ours." I was a big enough macher in those days—I was a gontser macher, as Tony Curtis called it—to have them say, "Okay, Burt, don't get excited, we'll do it." They did it. Now Marty went out and became the most prestigious film of its time. It won the Cannes award, it won the Academy Award. Ernie Borgnine won an award. It won the Berlin award, the Moscow award, and, of course, you couldn't count in terms of dollars and cents what that meant to United Artists.

— Take 22: Moviemakers on Moviemaking, transcript of Judith Crist’s interview with Burt Lancaster during one of her film weekends at the Tarrytown Conference Center, 1975.

[pastelicmelodydreamic]

my kinnie list

this is my kinnie list from each dreamyverse media

note: this is a long list

fan(object extraodinary)

snowflake(object trek)

journal(paper puppets take 2)

microwave(ultimate insanity)

nozomi yumehara/cure dream(yes precure 5)

erika kurumi/cure marine(heartcatch precure)

yayoi kise/cure peace(smile precure)

hikaru hoshina/cure star(star twinkle precure)

sango suzumura/cure coral(tropical rouge precure)

mashiro nijigaoka/cure prism(hirogaru sky precure)

ichigo hoshimiya(aikatsu)

akari oozora(aikatsu)

kirara hanazono(aikatsu stars)

junior asparagus(veggietales)

naru ayase(pretty rhythm rainbow live)

yui yumekawa(pripara)

daia nijinosaki(kiratto prichan)

miruki amauri(waccha primagi)

himari aozora(himitsu no aipri)

tsumugi suzukaze(himitsu no aipri)

tamaki nikaido(himitsu no aipri)

rinrin shinomiya(himitsu no aipri)

sapphie(jewelpet)

adeleine(kirby)

bill(sitting ducks)

aya maruyama(bang dream)

PAREO(bang dream)

muni ohnaruto(d4dj)

michiru kaibara(d4dj)

ruby kurosawa(love live)

rina tenoji(love live)

yume hinata(mewkledreamy)

rainbow(krew)

heartsping(catch teenieping)

charmping(catch teenieping)

timidping(catch teenieping)

handyping(catch teenieping)

fluffyping(catch teenieping)

macaping(catch teenieping)

twinkleping(catch teenieping)

helly(robocar poli)

cleany(robocar poli)

flip(super wings)

sunny(super wings)

golden girl(super wings)

maxie(robot trains)

ari jin(flowering heart)

lani(tayo the little bus)

tony(tayo the little bus)

poco(tayo the little bus)

loco(titipo titipo)

luchia nanami(mermaid melody)

gumi(vocaloid)

momoka aino(magical x heroine maji majo pures)

sarai shihara(police x heroine lovepatrina)

tooty(banjo-kazooie)

elise(fire emblem)

pyra(xenoblade blade)

tsukino(show by rock)

winky(the airport diary)

ben(the airport diary)

miko(the airport diary)

pelico(the airport diary)

botu(the airport diary)

musa(winx club)

iris(lolirock)

popo/gogo(bubble bubble marin)

vivi(bubble bubble marin)

my melody(sanrio and onegai my melody)

dizzy(1998 bob the builder)

roary(roary the racing car)

maxi(roary the racing car)

drifter(roary the racing car)

melody piper(ever after high)

sam(totally spies)

peach(shining star)

snow(shining star)

quizz(batwheels)

snowy(batwheels)

angers(lapis re: lights)

orbit(rob the robot)

gordan(gogobus)

dolce(angel's friends)

jubilee(underground ernie)

miles(auto b good)

isabelle(finley the fire engine)

lucy(vroomiz)

rose cinderella(regal academy)

dj(ricky zoom)

boomer(the adventures of chuck and friends)

soku(the adventures of chuck and friends)

frannie fenderson(go go cory carson)

pickle(blaze and the monster machines)

koko(chuggington)

chatsworth(chuggington)

emery(chuggington)

zephie(chuggington)

cruz ramierez(cars)

ichigo momomiya(tokyo mew mew)

percy(thomas and friends not all engines go)

clara(princess pring)

buddy(dream street citv)

jouju(secret jouju)

lip(rilu rilu fairilu)

bungo(jungle junction)

sammy(busy buses)

doremi harukaze(ojamajo doremi)

michelle lin(balala the fairies)

azure na(balala the fairies)

fiona(heroes of the city)

olly(olly the little white van)

komodo(animal mechanicals)

mouse(animal mechanicals)

ping(go go dino)

meteor(meteor and the mighty trucks)

purple star(rainbow bubblegem)

george(trains animated series)

swifty(elias the rescue boat)

tiny(little robots)

dirty(the stinky and dirty show)

usagi tsukino(sailor moon)

saedee(bolts and blip)

brum

chocola(nekopara)

robotgirl(robotboy)

skid(dive olly dive)

madoka kaname(puella magica madoka)

amby(fire engine ray)

love(love and berry dress up and dance)

lara(komi witch lara)

abby(city of friends)

beaut(the adventures of massey ferguson)

kirari moroboshi(idolmaster)

riamu yumemi(idolmaster)

hari koo(the haunted house anime)

cherry(tea tea cherry)

petty(pororo the little penguin)

buzz(tractor tom)

ruby(sofy ruby)

dan(engie benjy)

ringo yukimori(hime chen lipri)

nagisa motomiya(AKB0048)

rikki chadwick(H2O just add water and mermaid adventures)

sally the ambulance(pelle the police car)

yui hirasawa(K-ON)

petal tear(luminary tears)

hairpin(legends of spark)

zowie pollie(rollie pollie ollie)

pollie pi(rollie pollie ollie)

billy bevel(rollie pollie ollie)

red(firehouse tales)

scooch(jim henson's construction site)

leo saionji(king of prism)

tori himemiya(ensemble stars)

amu hinamori(shugo chara)

kyurun(go go vehicle zoo)

chino(is the order a rabbit?)

riku nanase(idolish7)

draculaura(monster high)

jack(trucktown)

isla(barbie: princess charm school)

theodore(theodore tugboat)

izumi asagi(pastel memories)

avery(rev and roll)

tsukasa hiiragi(lucky star)

dusty crophopper(planes)

sakura kinomoto(cardcaptor sakura)

sunshine(tugs)

ten cents(tugs)

lockette(pop pixies)

hay lin(w.i.t.c.h)

sofia(sofia the first)

yue ying(AK magical girls)

kiki(chi chi land)

[ncisfranchise-source]

The following contains spoilers from the May 6 NCIS: Hawai’i finale.

NCIS: Hawai’i on Monday night aired the Season 3 finale that it wrapped filming on a full three weeks before CBS announced that the island drama was cancelled and would not return in the fall.

How did the episode serve as a very unplanned series finale?

Picking up right where Part 1 of the finale left off last week, Part 2 opened with Sam at the hidden lab in Serbia, trying to bust his way through the steel door that stood between him and the ELITE team members who’d been exposed to the deadly Compound Z bioweapon by the duplicitous Dr. Annalisa Cruz.

Though Jane & Co. strongly advised Sam not to open the door, lest he expose himself and possibly others to the released gas, he was not about to let his team members down. But just as Sam managed to crack the door open, ELITE’s Jesse — with what would be his final breaths — slammed it right back closed, to spare their team leader.

Sam, though, had not been fully spared; rather, as he attempted to chase after Dr. Cruz, it became evident, to us and him, that he’d been exposed to enough of Compound X to compromise his system. Sam slumped to the floor, in front of a morbidly pleased Dr. Cruz, just as Jane and Jesse arrived on the scene.

Gleaning that an easily fleeing Dr. Cruz must have crafted and administered to herself an antidote, Jane called in another favor from local asset Milos, to hook up Dr. Carla Chase with a state-of-the-art infectious disease lab, where she could best treat Sam. Milos came up with… an abandoned kennel (and lots of sausage varieties to snack on), and Carla got to work.

Meanwhile, the team back in Hawaii learned that Annalisa Cruz once went by the name Tala Flores, and that she for a long time has rebelled against “U.S. imperialism” as part of a group called CLA. Ernie in turn got busy trying to determine the whereabouts of Annalisa’s CLA pals, by scouring their social media and mentions.

Back in Serbia, Jesse braved the contaminated site of Cruz’s attack on the ELITE team to track down the rest of the antiserum… which was sloshing around inside a case full of shattered vials. After a brief scare courtesy of Serbian LEOs (which Kate and her always handy connections was able to ward off), Jesse delivered the antiserum to Carla. Carla was able to salvage barely one dose, but the sad truth, for Sam, is that with four canisters of Compound X still floating around out there, she needed to use that small sample to reverse-engineer great quantities of antiserum.

Tennant tracked down Dr. Cruz and got the upper hand on her after a brief skirmish. She then delivered her to Carla’s makeshift lab, where she was determined to extract the whereabouts of the remaining Compound X from their prisoner. Cruz scoffed at Tennant’s threats, until the Special Agent in Charge revealed that Annalisa’s kid sister had been tracked down and taken into NCIS custody.

When it appeared, via Jane’s laptop, that the sister was being tortured with a cattle prod, Cruz eventually divulged that CLA’s target is a Hawaii gathering of military leaders from the U.S. and Philippines. (We at home then learn that Lucy, Kate and a bit of real-time deep-fake tech had been used to fake the kid sister’s torture.)

Sam was given the antidote, and as he started to recover suggested to Jane that Cruz broke too easily. It was then deduced that the VIPs’ families are the true target, at a large, crowded event. The Hawaii team descended upon the venue, knowing that the four CLA members are milling around in disguise. Kai got the drop on one, who was about to release the gas into the air circulation system, only to have two others join in the fight. Kai masterfully took down all three goons, just before Kate and Swift arrived to, um, “help.”

Lucy meanwhile ID’d the fourth CLA member, and after their own brief skirmish, neutralized the final part of the bioweapon threat.

Back in Serbia, though, Dr. Cruz escaped her holding room and held Carla at scalpel-point. Jane engaged Cruz just long enough for a recovered Sam to end the standoff by putting a bullet in the baddie’s bean.

Weeks later, back in Hawaii, Sam was fully recovered and ready to head back to Los Angeles — but not before Jane’s team surprisesdhim with a going away party, during which they toasted the fallen ELITE agents.

That night, Jane returned home, expecting to find daughter Julie waiting, hungry for a dinner Mom had no energy to make. Instead, sitting on the living room couch was… the evasive and elusive Maggie Shaw (returning guest star Julie White).

“No, Janey. Julie isn’t here,” said Maggie, seated in the dim room. “And you’re probably going to need a drink for what’s coming next….”

[smurphyse]

Routine Maintenance OC Faceclaims | Spencer Reid

Smurph's Masterlist | Series Masterlist

As I'm sure you guys have noticed, Routine Maintenance has a LOT of side characters! Below are some of my faceclaims for them. Of course, if you have a different image in your mind, go ahead and still use that!

Rosario "Rose" Delgado - Jon Huertas

Mattie May Delgado - Sanaa Lathan

Ernesto "Ernie" Delgado - Alfred Enoch

Rico De La Cruz - Danny Ramirez

Collette De La Cruz - Gloria Estefan

Augustin De La Cruz - Andy Garcia

Holly Hensen - Garrett Hedlund

Lonnie and Lloyd Evarts - Jake Johnson and Timothy Olyphant

Nell (No last name known. Not sure if he knows it, but nobody in Thunderbird does) - Raymond J Barry

And Bernie! Because you gotta know what she looks like

I'm sure I'll update as more of the characters are met <3

CM Forever Tag:

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[adventuresaga7]

Sports Daily Digest October 24, 2024

The Pacers opened the NBA regular season last night by rallying from 12 points down to knock off the Pistons 115-109 in Detroit. Five Pacers were in double figures, led by Myles Turner who had 20 points. The Reds and the Cincinnati chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced their 2024 award winners yesterday. Elly De La Cruz was named the Ernie Lombardi Team MVP; Nick Martinez is the Johnny Vander Meer Pitcher of the Year, and Luke Maile wins the Joe Nuxhall Good Guy Award.  Bengals wide receiver Charlie Jones is the AFC Special Teams Player of [...]

[worldofwardcraft]

Another GOP tax scam.

August 5, 2024

At a rally in Nevada this past June, convicted felon and rapist Donald Trump — in addition to pushing his usual litany of lies, bloviated self-praise and whiny grievances — floated a proposal to exempt tips from federal income taxes, something he promised to do "right away, first thing in office." Republicans, of course, were quick to embrace their god-emperor's whim, regardless of whether it made sense. Or was even feasible.

Part-time Texas senator and full-time Trump toady Ted Cruz immediately offered up the "No Tax On Tips Act." Which would affect 2.24 million wait staff across the country whose tips make up a large percentage of their income, according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates.

But like so many GOP schemes, this one is merely another con aimed at enriching the rich while not doing much, if anything, to help working people. For a start, it would provide precisely zero tax relief for the more than 95% of low- and moderate-wage workers who are not in tipped occupations. And the fine print of Cruz's bill reveals just how scammy it is, even for the ones it supposedly covers.

For example, under the proposed No Tax On Tips legislation, a single parent with one child, who earns $5,000 in wages and $19,000 in tips per year, would receive no tax cut at all. Nor would a married couple making $28,000, even if the whole amount was tips.

In fact, the bill does nothing at all for a lot of tipped workers. Economist Ernie Tedeschi of the Yale Budget Lab estimates that more than one-third of tipped employees actually don't pay any income taxes because their earnings are so low they're already exempt. These peons wouldn't benefit the tiniest iota from Trump's tip flim-flam.

On the other hand, nothing in Cruz's bill prevents high-income professionals, such as hedge fund managers and lawyers, from declaring their compensation as tips and obtaining a far heftier tax break than low-income workers. For instance, a married couple making $1 million in wages could get a tax cut of $180,000 by shifting half of those wages to tax-free tips.

Clearly, the Trump-inspired No Tax on Tips Act would provide no — or, at best, paltry — benefits to many tipped employees. Moreover, such a law would give these laborers tax cuts that are far less than they would receive if we simply restored the tax credits in President Biden's American Rescue Plan. But Republicans would never allow that. Not when their objective is to fleece the working class.

[agentcable]

Chicago Fire Season 1 Ep. 9 "It Ain't Easy"

Jose Vargas is forced to leave his job as a firefighter after his lungs are damaged in an auto machine shop fire. Chief Boden helps a teenage firebug. Severide receives an invitation from Renee, a woman he saved from a car crash. Cruz tries to save his brother Leon from the gang he is involved with. Casey and Severide try to stop Vargas.

If you want to watch the series for yourself, stop reading! This post contains spoilers to the storyline.

A fire started in a trash can near a building is raging through a machine stop. The scene is dangerous because it's full of cylinders and oxygen tanks. Otis spots Ernie, a young boy from the firehouse, watching the men a few feet away. The team works quickly to control the fire, but while Vargas and Severide try to break through the roof, a new batch of smoke makes Vargas cough. He's taken to the hospital.

When Severide sees Ernie, he asks if he started the fire. Chief Boden stops him, but Severide won't listen. "Two fires, two dumpsters, same kid!" he yells at the Chief.

The next morning, the Chief says that Vargas inhaled magnesium shavings, which caused an infection and burned his lungs. He's out of the hospital, but not out of the water. The Chief warns Severide that if he speaks to him that way again, there'll be a price to pay. Severide self-medicates with painkillers.

Meanwhile, Shay asks Casey to help fix Dawson's kitchen window. Boden stops by Ernie's house to ask about the machine shop fire. Ernie is shaken but agrees to stop by the firehouse by 2 pm with his grandmother.

The team deals with an elevator accident at a bank building. Casey finds an empty elevator with a safe box. The thief, Mark, is on a ledge. Casey gets him to safety. Outside, Cruz calls his brother Leon to bail him out of jail. Dawson makes plans to cook Casey dinner.

At the firehouse, everyone welcomes back Vargas, who takes an inhaler four times a day but is otherwise fine. The Chief tells Casey and Severide that Vargas is on long-term disability. The CFD doctor says Vargas has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which is a slow deterioration of the lungs and skeletal muscle dysfunction. He can't handle the job demands. In the locker room, Casey and Severide tell Vargas it's not all bad. He'll still be getting paid 75% of his salary. Casey asks Severide if he's checked his neck. Severide says it's his shoulder and he's fine.

The squad is called to a small car accident involving a power line, where Severide saves an attractive woman. Meanwhile, Cruz bails his troubled brother out of jail. Cruz wants Leon to move in with him.

At the firehouse, Mills flirts with Dawson, and it doesn't go unnoticed by Shay. As the clock nears 2 pm, Herrmann and the Chief wait for Ernie. Herrmann says the Chief is doing Ernie a favor by waiting for him to do the right thing. The issues don't fix themselves.

Renee Royce, the woman from the car accident, arrives at the firehouse with a box of chocolates for Severide and asks him out for coffee. Severide says it's a well-known phenomenon that people who are rescued become attracted to the men who help them.

In the locker room, as Mills watches Vargas pack up, Vargas offers some essential advice: when an opportunity comes, grab it. As Vargas leaves, the firehouse gives him his firefighter hat and hugs him goodbye. Later, the Chief hands Ernie's files over to the head of the department.

At a convenience store, Cruz tells Flaco, a gang leader, that he wants Leon out. Flaco wants $10,000, but Cruz refuses. Flaco agrees to let Leon go.

At the firehouse, Casey and Dawson flirt while picking out a window. As they pass each other in the hallway, Shay accuses Severide of still taking painkillers. He tells her to stay out of his business. Outside, Renee is waiting for him. She's not taking no for an answer and has made dinner reservations for tomorrow night. Severide is flattered and intrigued.

Vargas goes back to the firehouse, wanting to be with his friends. But something has changed. That night, the Chief arrives at another fire started by a dumpster. He finds Ernie and goes to investigate. He finds Ernie with someone he calls Uncle Ray. They run away before Boden can ask questions. Later, the Chief learns that "Uncle Ray" is Raymond Martin, an arsonist who served eight years in prison. Walking out of the firehouse, Severide notices that Vargas stayed the entire shift. He invites him on his date, and though he apologizes to Renee afterwards, she kisses him and tells Severide he's a good man.

Cruz is smoking a cigar outside his home when an Escalade speeds down the street and throws Leon out, badly beaten. The gang doesn't like family members getting involved in their business.

At Dawson's, Casey has installed the window and they're sharing a few beers. As they get close to take a picture for Dawson's wall of fame, sparks fly and the two almost kiss, but Casey's phone rings. It's an emergency, and Casey runs out of the apartment.

He arrives at the rooftop, where a bewildered Severide is trying to talk Vargas down from a ledge. Casey says that Firehouse 51 will always be made up of the men who walked through its doors, no matter where they are now. The firehouse will always be his home. Vargas makes his way off the ledge and collapses into their arms. Casey and Severide stare at one another, shocked by what they've just witnessed.

[fideliushqs]

what canons could you see working for felix mallard or ruby cruz?

. ✧ . * . upon asking our members, here are some of the spots we came up with!

felix - seamus finnigan, cedric diggory, ernie macmillan, michael corner, theodore nott, luca caruso, grant page, roger davies, and terry boot!! i'd also like to note that a couple people described his vibes as "tired raveclaw"! we’d also like to note that felix could work for a few wanted connections, including romilda’s ex, ant’s unrequited crush, ron’s distraction, ron’s mentor, and graham’s rival captain!

ruby - laura madley, demelza robins, s. fawcett, rose zeller, lisa turpin, emma dobbs, eleanor branstone, alice toilpan, orla quirke, and megan jones!! vibes for her were also described as hufflepuff or gryffindor! wanted connections we could see ruby filling are ant’s ex girlfriend/fling, ant’s unrequited crush, ron’s distraction, ron’s mentor, and graham’s rival captain!

[raybizzle]

"The Substitute" (1996) is an action-thriller and cult classic directed by Robert Mandel and stars Tom Berenger and Ernie Hudson. By 1996, Hollywood established that films about white teachers coming to inner-city schools and turning things around were successful enough at the box office to continue to produce. For example, there was "The Principal" (1987), "Dangerous Minds" (1995), "Sunset Park" (1996), and "The Substitute." It was apparent enough that "High School High" was a spoof of those movies. Regardless, "The Substitute" stepped up the level and brought intense action to the inner-city high school theme. Additional cast members include William Forsythe, Marc Anthony, Glenn Plummer, Diane Venora, and Shar-Ron Corley. Inner-city high school-themed movies usually had primarily multicultural student populations. Mandel filmed "The Substitute" at Miami Sr. High School.

Director: Robert Mandel Writers: Roy Frumkes, Rocco Simonelli, Alan Ormsby

Starring Tom Berenger, Ernie Hudson, Marc Anthony, Glenn Plummer, Diane Venora, Shar-Ron Corley, William Forsythe, Raymond Cruz, William Forsythe, Luis Guzmán, Richard Brooks, Vincent Laresca, Maurice Compte, Beau Weaver, Cliff De Young, Willis Sparks, Noelle Beck, Jody Wilson, Jim Warne, Ian Marioles, María Celedonio, David Spates, David Hayes, Peggy Pope, Rodney A. Grant

Storyline Inner-city Miami schoolteacher Jane Hetzko (Diane Venora) gets her knee broken when she stands up to the gang leader, Juan Lacas (Marc Anthony). Her boyfriend, mercenary combat specialist Jonathan Shale (Tom Berenger), goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the gang but soon discovers that Lacas is merely an underling for the actual criminal mastermind.

Available on DVD and streaming services

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 2.25

Holidays

Big Bang Theory Day

Choiseul Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Colt Revolver Day

Commedia dell’Arte Day

Coronado Day (Mexico)

Cuddle Day

Dag van de Revolutie (Day of Liberation and Innovation; Suriname)

Dance of the Secret Places

Deinonychus Day

DNA Discovery Day

Februaristaking (Netherlands)

George Harrison Day

Gray Day (Scotland)

High Five Day

Imam Ali Day (Iran)

International Cochlear Implant Day

Ireland Reads Day (Ireland)

Meher Baba Day

Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)

National Billy Day

National Day (Kuwait)

National Don't Utter a Word Day

National Jessica Day

National Kathy Day

National Nicholas Day

Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)

People Power Day (Anniversary of EDSA Revolution; Philippines)

Pistol Patent Day

Revolution Day (Suriname)

Russian Warship GFY Day

Quiet Day

Sister Wendy Day

Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)

Time of the Old Woman begins (until March 4)

Tristan da Cunha (a.k.a. Queen’s Day, Saint Helena)

World Bookmark Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

Let's All Eat Right Day

National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day

National Clam Chowder Day

Tastykake Day

4th & Last Saturday in February

Clam Chowder Cook-Off (Santa Cruz, CA) [Last Saturday & Sunday]

International Sword Swallowers Day [Last Saturday]

International Tongue Twister Contest Day [Last Saturday]

National Day of Terere (Paraguay) [Last Saturday]

National Library Open Day (UK) [Last Saturday]

National Pretty Brown Girl Day [4th Saturday]

National TRiO Day [4th Saturday]

Open That Bottle Night [Last Saturday]

Independence Days

Kuwait (from UK, 1961)

Pigeon Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Æthelberht of Kent (1st Christian Anglo-Saxon King) [current date]

Burke Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Caesarius, Physician of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (Positivist; Blessed)

Day of Mut (Mother Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Feast of the Blessed Regina Marriam of Vattalil (India)

Feast of the Stinky Butts

Festival of Ptah (Ancient Egypt)

Gerland of Agrigento (Christian; Saint)

Hare Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Hermie (Muppetism)

John Roberts, writer and missionary (Christian; Saint)

Kitano Baika-sai (Plum Blossom Festival; Kyoto, Japan; Shinto)

Maria Adeodata Pisani (Positivist; Blessed)

Media Hiems (Pagan)

Octopus Enjoyment Day (Pastafarian)

Saturday of Souls, Second (Eastern Orthodox) [57 Days before Easter]

Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Victornius and six companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Virgil (Positivist; Saint)

Walpurga (Christian; Saint; she was canonised on 5.1 c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 4.30) [Crops]

Wendy Beckett (Christian; Sister) [Art]

Wenchang Wang Day (Chinese God of Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [9 of 53]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Belle Epoque (Film; 1994)

Boat Builders (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

The Bourne Ultimatum, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1990)

The Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns (Musical Suite; 1922)

Henry IV, Part 1, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1598)

The Lady Eve (Film; 1941)

Little Earthquakes, by Tori Amos (Album; 1992)

Modern Times (Film; 1936)

Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, by TLC (Album; 1992)

The Passion of the Christ (Film; 2004)

Please Please Me, by The Beatles (US Song; 1963)

Reindeer Games (Film; 2000)

Rubber Duckie, sung by Ernie (Song; 1970)

Slap Shot (Film; 1977)

Songs from the Big Chair, by Tears for Fears (Album; 1985)

Ten Summoner’s Tales, by Sting (Album; 1993)

That’ll Be the Day, recorded by Buddy Holly (Song; 1957)

Yes Minister (UK TV Series; 1980)

Your Show of Shows (TV Series; 1950)

Today’s Name Days

Walburga (Austria)

Berislav, Hrvoje, Nestorije (Croatia)

Liliana (Czech Republic)

Victorinus (Denmark)

Tormi, Tuule, Tuuli, Tuulike (Estonia)

Tuija, Tuire, Vanessa (Finland)

Roméo (France)

Edeltraud, Walburga (Germany)

Riginos, Tarasios, Tarsi (Greece)

Mátyás (Hungary)

Cesario, Costanza, Vittorino (Italy)

Alma, Grants, Zalga (Latvia)

Margiris, Rasa, Regimantas, Viktoras (Lithuania)

Viktor, Viktoria (Norway)

Bolebor, Cezary, Konstancjusz, Maciej, Małgorzata, Modest, Nicefor (Poland)

Tarasie (Romania)

Frederik (Slovakia)

Donato, Valerio (Spain)

Sigvard, Sivert (Sweden)

Artema, Artemis, Welden, Weldon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 56 of 2023; 309 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 8 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 7 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 6 (Jia-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Adar 5783

Islamic: 4 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 26 Xin; Fiveday [26 of 30]

Julian: 12 February 2023

Moon: 34%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 28 Homer (2nd Month) [Virgil]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 67 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 6 of 29)

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Holidays 2.25

Holidays

Big Bang Theory Day

Choiseul Province Day (Solomon Islands)

Colt Revolver Day

Commedia dell’Arte Day

Coronado Day (Mexico)

Cuddle Day

Dag van de Revolutie (Day of Liberation and Innovation; Suriname)

Dance of the Secret Places

Deinonychus Day

DNA Discovery Day

Februaristaking (Netherlands)

George Harrison Day

Gray Day (Scotland)

High Five Day

Imam Ali Day (Iran)

International Cochlear Implant Day

Ireland Reads Day (Ireland)

Meher Baba Day

Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)

National Billy Day

National Day (Kuwait)

National Don't Utter a Word Day

National Jessica Day

National Kathy Day

National Nicholas Day

Peace Memorial Holiday (Taiwan)

People Power Day (Anniversary of EDSA Revolution; Philippines)

Pistol Patent Day

Revolution Day (Suriname)

Russian Warship GFY Day

Quiet Day

Sister Wendy Day

Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)

Time of the Old Woman begins (until March 4)

Tristan da Cunha (a.k.a. Queen’s Day, Saint Helena)

World Bookmark Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day

Let's All Eat Right Day

National Chocolate-Covered Nuts Day

National Clam Chowder Day

Tastykake Day

4th & Last Saturday in February

Clam Chowder Cook-Off (Santa Cruz, CA) [Last Saturday & Sunday]

International Sword Swallowers Day [Last Saturday]

International Tongue Twister Contest Day [Last Saturday]

National Day of Terere (Paraguay) [Last Saturday]

National Library Open Day (UK) [Last Saturday]

National Pretty Brown Girl Day [4th Saturday]

National TRiO Day [4th Saturday]

Open That Bottle Night [Last Saturday]

Independence Days

Kuwait (from UK, 1961)

Pigeon Island (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Æthelberht of Kent (1st Christian Anglo-Saxon King) [current date]

Burke Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Caesarius, Physician of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás (Positivist; Blessed)

Day of Mut (Mother Goddess; Ancient Egypt)

Feast of the Blessed Regina Marriam of Vattalil (India)

Feast of the Stinky Butts

Festival of Ptah (Ancient Egypt)

Gerland of Agrigento (Christian; Saint)

Hare Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Hermie (Muppetism)

John Roberts, writer and missionary (Christian; Saint)

Kitano Baika-sai (Plum Blossom Festival; Kyoto, Japan; Shinto)

Maria Adeodata Pisani (Positivist; Blessed)

Media Hiems (Pagan)

Octopus Enjoyment Day (Pastafarian)

Saturday of Souls, Second (Eastern Orthodox) [57 Days before Easter]

Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Victornius and six companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Virgil (Positivist; Saint)

Walpurga (Christian; Saint; she was canonised on 5.1 c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 4.30) [Crops]

Wendy Beckett (Christian; Sister) [Art]

Wenchang Wang Day (Chinese God of Literature)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [9 of 53]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Belle Epoque (Film; 1994)

Boat Builders (Disney Cartoon; 1938)

The Bourne Ultimatum, by Robert Ludlum (Novel; 1990)

The Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns (Musical Suite; 1922)

Henry IV, Part 1, by William Shakespeare (Play; 1598)

The Lady Eve (Film; 1941)

Little Earthquakes, by Tori Amos (Album; 1992)

Modern Times (Film; 1936)

Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip, by TLC (Album; 1992)

The Passion of the Christ (Film; 2004)

Please Please Me, by The Beatles (US Song; 1963)

Reindeer Games (Film; 2000)

Rubber Duckie, sung by Ernie (Song; 1970)

Slap Shot (Film; 1977)

Songs from the Big Chair, by Tears for Fears (Album; 1985)

Ten Summoner’s Tales, by Sting (Album; 1993)

That’ll Be the Day, recorded by Buddy Holly (Song; 1957)

Yes Minister (UK TV Series; 1980)

Your Show of Shows (TV Series; 1950)

Today’s Name Days

Walburga (Austria)

Berislav, Hrvoje, Nestorije (Croatia)

Liliana (Czech Republic)

Victorinus (Denmark)

Tormi, Tuule, Tuuli, Tuulike (Estonia)

Tuija, Tuire, Vanessa (Finland)

Roméo (France)

Edeltraud, Walburga (Germany)

Riginos, Tarasios, Tarsi (Greece)

Mátyás (Hungary)

Cesario, Costanza, Vittorino (Italy)

Alma, Grants, Zalga (Latvia)

Margiris, Rasa, Regimantas, Viktoras (Lithuania)

Viktor, Viktoria (Norway)

Bolebor, Cezary, Konstancjusz, Maciej, Małgorzata, Modest, Nicefor (Poland)

Tarasie (Romania)

Frederik (Slovakia)

Donato, Valerio (Spain)

Sigvard, Sivert (Sweden)

Artema, Artemis, Welden, Weldon (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 56 of 2023; 309 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 8 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 7 of 28]

Chinese: Month 2 (Yi-Mao), Day 6 (Jia-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 4 Adar 5783

Islamic: 4 Sha’ban 1444

J Cal: 26 Xin; Fiveday [26 of 30]

Julian: 12 February 2023

Moon: 34%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 28 Homer (2nd Month) [Virgil]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 2 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 67 of 90)

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 6 of 29)

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We may have a little Macavity. As a treat. 😌

IDs under the cut.

Corners: Northwest: Ryan Lay, Oasis cast 11 Northeast: Riccardo Sinisi, Vienna 2021 Southwest: Erny Cruz, Mexico 2018 Southeast: Aiden Pressel, US tour 2021 Vertical line: Ahmad Simmons, Broadway 2017 Vasily Lukyanenko, Moscow 2005 Cameron Ball, 2013 UK tour Karl Wahl, Broadway 1996–97 Jaymes Hodges, Hamburg 1990

Horizontal line: John Thornton, London 1981 Kenny Linden, London 2001 (Cameron Ball) Malco Rev, Paris 1989 David Kent, Zurich 1992

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Compound X is no joke, as an entire team learns by the end of the first part of the NCIS: Hawai’i series finale.

Sam’s (LL COOL J) read Jane (Vanessa Lachey) in about the Elite team when he had her interrogate the Chemist. Ernie (Jason Antoon) found out about it when Sam had him look at an encrypted laptop and he found that when Elite accessed it, their system had been compromised. And now, Lucy (Yasmine Al-Bustami) may or may not have dislocated one of the Elite agents’ shoulders when he tells her to get in a van; inside already are Jesse (Noah Mills) and Kai (Alex Tarrant). They’re taken, blindfolded, to Elite’s secret holding facility, where they’re told the Chemist was found murdered that morning.

Swift (Henry Ian Cusick) has been the one interrogating him, but fortunately, he’s fine, though they do confirm it was the tea they’d been drinking that killed the Chemist; he was severely immunocompromised due to the chemicals he’d handled over the years, so a health food supplement added to his tea over time was poison to him. (Whoever killed him knew he had a weak immune system and therefore knew him well.) One person connected to the secure facility is MIA; when Kai and Lucy head to his place, they find his “college friend” “Barry” there … and he throws a knife at them and jumps out the window. He’s with the Bratva, but why would the Russian mob try to break him out of prison only to then kill him? Did they not want anyone else to use him? Whatever the case, it’s bad news because he’s the only one who can help them stop this mysterious Compound X, which is nearly incurable.

After IDing Barry and tracing his movements on the island, the agents discover he and four others from the Russian mob arrived 10 days ago. Both Jane and Sam’s teams hit where they’re staying and take out the five men—and find a hostage. Dr. Annalisa Cruz, who has a PhD in organic chemistry, was the Chemist’s assistant, and though she claims she didn’t know what he was doing at first, the very stressed and sleep-deprived Swift keeps pushing her, to the point that Jane has to intervene and pull him out of the room. But Cruz was the one to tell the Russians about the Chemist’s immune system.

Ernie gets into the laptop the Russians had and finds the full catalog of Elite’s interrogations of the Chemist—they knew he was talking—as well as research notes about Compound X. Cruz confirms that X tricks the immune system into attacking itself; it’s odorless, tasteless, airborne, and a small amount released in enclosed space can kill thousands in minutes. Rewatching Swift’s interrogations of the Chemist as well as tracing his movements do get the team a location: Belgrade.

Sam and the Elite team, as well as Jane, Jesse, Chase (Seana Kofoed), and Cruz head to Belgrade; Cruz can help contain the compound. There are multiple possible locations for the fourth lab where the compound is, however, but it turns out to be a not totally bad thing that Jane’s contact confirms to Federov, the Godfather of the Bratva, that she and the others are there. Jane walks into the restaurant where the Godfather is and, through their conversation, learns he wasn’t responsible for the Chemist’s murder (it’s not good business to kill a profit maker); did have the Chemist make X but wanted nothing to do with it after (he’s a businessman, and you can’t do business with the dead); and the location of the fourth lab (in exchange for Jane owing him a personal favor).

Sam leads the Elite team and Cruz into the lab, and Cruz secures the canisters in a case (Chase is on the plane waiting to secure them for travel)…. but that’s when things take a turn. The Bratva’s Godfather reveals that Cruz was already in Hawai’i and had been for weeks, whereas they thought she’d been kidnapped and brought there. And then Cruz, after Sam leaves her and the others to check the exit out, drops a canister and puts on her gas mask. The rest of the Elite team isn’t so lucky, and Sam, having been warned by Jane and locked outside the room, can only watch as the three die…

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Bustopher's little jig! 😭

Cori grabbing at Alonzo's waist! And Plato just hanging on to Munk's shoulders all the way downstage! And Munk's little tail flick as he turns back!! 😭😭

Alonzo having a little bonding moment with Bustopher and mimicking him!! 😭😭😭

(Carlos Hampshire as Alonzo, Juan Carlos Casasola as Bustopher, Marco Salazar as Munkustrap; plus Erny Cruz as Plato, Hugo Curcumelis as Coricopat, and Ricardo Carrillo as Mistoffelees.)

Alonzo and Munkustrap walking Bustopher downstage

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