#john alden sharp

[sassysophiabush]

Inside Sophia Bush’s Renovated Mid-century Hollywood Hills Home

[viviienne]

     (  sophia bush  .  cis female  .  she / her  .  )    that’s  vivienne george - alden walking  in  to  the lookout  -  you  know  ,  the  thirty - eight  year  old  veterinarian  known  for the short-lived and ill-fated advice column she ran when she was in college   ?  having  lived  here  for  two weeks ( previously thirty - one years )  ,  their  neighbors  know  them  to  be  percipient  &  convival  ,  but  their  brittle  &  obstinate  tendencies  shine  through  when  there  are  no  buses  in  to  the  city  .   ———   @30extra​ .

𝐨𝐨𝐜.

i tried making this short, i really did, but... whoops. anyways, hi, i’m red ! twenty4, she / her, eastern timezone, and i’m so grateful for this group because? i can’t write young, hip, twenty-something muses any longer? this is my lil’ ghostin’ girl, viv, back in town for all kinds of drama and shenanigans. i can’t wait to start writing with all of you. x

𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨.

full name: vivienne daphne george - alden. 

age & birthdate: 38 , april 29th, 1984.

zodiac: taurus sun, aries moon, sagittarius rising her whole chart is a disaster.

gender & pronouns: cis female, she / her / hers.

orientation: bisexual biromantic.

relationship status: it’s real complicated.

𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭.

trigger warnings : mentions of teenage pregnancy, seizure, cancer, death, miscarriage . 

vivienne was born in new orleans to a woman named julia taylor, a seventeen year old in high school who believed the promises of a boy who vanished shortly after learning of the pregnancy. scared, barely staying afloat, and not ready for a child, julia made the choice to give her daughter up for adoption. she did so unaware of the couple that would be taking her daughter and ensuring that they had no way to contact her — she wanted a second chance at her life, and after giving birth, vivienne made her way into the arms of john and tallulah george, a couple who were suffering infertility issues as they expanded their family, and thankful for the blessing someone else had bestowed upon them in the form of their daughter.

vivienne grew up comfortably in lakeview with her parents, two older brothers ( and later a little sister, the “ rainbow ” baby to her parents ) and the family dog, norman. tallulah taught fifth grade at the local elementary school, and john worked a corporate job in new orleans. they were your quintessential all - american family, the kind you’d see attending every friday night football game decked out in the home team’s gear because a neighbor’s kid or a friend of someone’s child was out on the field, in the stands, on the sidelines — they enjoyed being in the presence of others, supporting and uplifting, getting out of the house and experiencing their little corner of the world to its fullest.

the third in line of the george kids, viv was set to make her own way — sharp as a whip, talented on the soccer field, and a bubbly personality to boot, it wasn’t hard for friends to be made, boys to try to catch the attention of, her own path taking a shape seen dozens of times before. 

and then, without fanfare or warning of any kind, the road seemingly fell off a cliff : one random wednesday night, tallulah experienced a seizure right before she went to bed, panicking the entire family. vivienne’s response was to lock her door from the ensuing chaos outside in the hallway as 911 was called and paramedics arrived. it shook the entire family, for someone who seemed a perfect photo of health as tallulah to fall into a coma after experiencing yet another seizure in the hospital, experiencing kidney failure as caused by a silent spread of multiple myeloma. vivienne missed the first three weeks of her junior year of high school sleeping in hospital chairs, waiting for her mother to pass away at any given moment per the doctor’s bleak prognosis. miracles seemed to be on their side, as tallulah woke up and, despite the newfound knowledge of her kidney failure and a cancer that promised to take her within the year, was in good spirits. they would have another few years together before she passed away. 

vivienne had known keith her entire life, it seemed, and although no one claimed it would be a surprise should they end up together, it came out of nowhere for viv. one day, he was there, a thorn in her side from all the pestering from her parents, and the next, he just was. he was her rock throughout the ordeal with her mother, and she was next to him every step of the way when his career - ending injury kept him from the nfl. married young — vivienne didn’t want to waste the time she knew they weren’t promised, and wanted her mother to be able to attend the wedding — and vivienne making plans to use her degree in biology to teach high school, they were nestling in to eventually start a family. 

vivienne’s spark grew dull as the next few years of her life droned by, the flame of her marriage to keith beginning to dim as well. the positive pregnancy test seemed to be a good omen, finally, a nod from her late mother that she was where she was meant to be. it was only a few weeks in when, one afternoon at work, the pain in her abdomen began and blood was present when she was finally able to make it to the bathroom. she took an emergency half-day and drove herself to the doctor, where they confirmed she had suffered a miscarriage. the news devastated vivienne, hollowing her out and leaving her awake that night while keith slept next to her with nothing but her thoughts to aggravate her further. she stared at the ceiling fan, tears in her eyes, and felt something in her break. she was done. she had to be. if this was life, she could no longer live like this.

against better judgment and acting fully on impulse, vivienne quit her job the following day, booked a one-way plane ticket to a city she’d always wanted to visit but never had, and, after keith had gone to bed, called a car to take her to msy with nothing but a letter left on their kitchen table profusely apologizing. guilt gnawed at her for not telling him in person, not asking him to go with her, but she needed to find herself again — who was vivienne, without the trauma and complacency and grief and the role she had slipped into so easily that it had consumed her entire being? 

viv found herself in seattle, then new york, then chicago, and then portland. she went back to school and got a doctorate in veterinary medicine; she went to therapy and wrote close to 100 letters to keith that she’d never send ( but she would send one — petition for divorce ), she danced on bar tops and stopped calling her siblings, she realized that the world was bigger than her small town and that she was inconsequentially small, so small that the universe and her demons began overlooking her. she came to terms with herself in her seven years away and felt like she was more than just a copied and pasted sentiment someone had had about her once. she felt real, the kind of real she’d only felt in her adolescence prior to her mother’s health left-field turn. 

but all good things must come to an end : she’s back in lakeview, a father to visit now that he’s found a companion he’d like her to Officially Meet, and a husband that she has to have a lifetime’s worth of conversations. or not. i’m taking creative liberties here, saying that the the former vet in town has stepped down for retirement, and thanks to those good ol’ family connections, vivienne was able to slip ‘n slide right into the position. yeehaw, everyone !

𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬.

roommate — viv doesn’t necessarily feel comfortable returning to her home that she once shared with her estranged husband, nor does she have any preconceived notions she’d be welcome there, so it’d be nice for her to have a roomie as she gets re - adjusted.

former coworkers / friends — viv has lived in lakeview her whole life, plus taught biology on the high school level before she just... up and quit, so gimme people who have speculated in the teacher’s lounge about her houdini act, people she fell out of touch with after disappearing who are hurt by what she did, high school acquaintances that are like “ oh, so you’re back now ” ; it’s a small town, so everyone best be up in her business !

best friend — this is the one person that vivienne talked to while she was away. inseparable. will call her on her shit as they get wine drunk, but the well-needed voice of reason in vivienne’s life.

[didanawisgi]

The Question Of Psalm 104

Written by Alden Bacuzmo

“This story begins in ancient Egypt with Amenhotep IV. (l350-1334 BC). He has been identified as uniquely the first "monotheist" worshipping his single god "Aten", the Sun. Aten, similar to the ancient Egyptian god "Ra", was represented by the sun-disk, was the creator of all life, and was a god of goodness and divine benevolence. Amenhotep was so sincere that he changed his name to Akenaten [also spelled Iknaten].

In each of the three divisions of the Egyptian empire Egypt, Kush, and Syria, he built a temple consecrated to Aten. He took up residence in a city he had built called Akhetaten, known today as the Tell el-Armarna in the southeastern part of Egypt. Aten represented a universal power that paralleled the Pharaoh's growing power over the known world. Akenaten actually paid individuals to proselytize his cult of Aten. However, the faith never became popular.

During Akenaten's reign, Egypt's power significantly declined. When Akenaten died, his temples were destroyed. Among the few remains of his cult were hymns found written in the tombs of the proselytes at Amarna. The longest of these hymns to Aten is noted to be similar to the Psalm 104, written for the Bible hundreds of years later. There are a few possibilities for how this might have come about. It is fairly certain that, even previous to the time of Moses, fleeing slaves in groups of various sizes, had wondered into the Sinai Peninsula. As the emigrants walked, they sang to keep up their spirits. One of the songs they sang may have been Akenaten's hymn to the Sun. Oral tradition could have perpetuated the elements of his hymn for 600 years. For those who are unconvinced about the similarity of these two documents, Jacob's descent into Egypt, described in the Bible, recalls the Hyksos dynasties, where the Iron age Canaanites conquered Egypt and ruled for several generations as Pharaohs. When the descendants of the original rulers regrouped and repelled the Hyksos, both the conquerors and the large Semitic population that had entered as migrant workers before and during the foreign dynasty were either driven out or placed in bondage. This was the beginning of the 400 years of slavery. Through those who were driven out, Hymns to the Sun were introduced into Canaan. Probably due to this, worship of the Sun is forbidden in the Bible.

Another possibility stems from the evidence of Persian names in residence at Amarna. These were literate people who may have transcribed Akenaten's poems. This would have placed the essence of this poem in Babylon, a world center for literature, by 600BC when the Jews were in exile, and the early Hebrew bible was assembled. Dr. H. Brugsch collected quite a few epithets and quotes from Egyptian scripture around fifty years ago and published them in his work, 'Religion and Mythology'. Much of Psalm 104 is vaguely similar to Egyptian Hymns, such as the following hymn to Ra from the Papyrus of Hu-nefer:

O thou who art crowned king amongst the gods...

[Here is expressed the polytheistic point of view]

Thou art the lord of heaven, Thou art the lord of the earth; Thou art the creator of those who dwell in the heights, and Those who dwell in the depths. Thou art the One God who came into being at the beginning of time.

[monotheism was beginning throughout the world with the idea of the "God of Gods", and is consistent with the concept of G-d in the Pentateuch]

Thou didst create the earth, Thou dist fashion the man, Thou didst make the watery abyss of the sky... Thou dost travel across the sky with thy heart swelling in joy; The great deep of heaven is content thereat..."

"the watery abyss of the sky" is similar to the Sumerian creation story, of 1500 years previous, where gods parted the water to create the world with a third god [see History begins at Sumer, by Noah Kramer]. This idea is repeated in Genesis with the actions of one God. The idea of water being above and below solves the enigma of where rain comes from. The Veda, Hindu scripture, considered this Sumerian story but concluded: "who cares" and left the process of creation unanswered.

Attributing the Lord with the characteristics of the sun. The Psalm 104 starts out attributing the Lord with the characteristics of the Sun. This is found nowhere else in the Scriptures.

[2. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment; Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain. 3. Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters. Who maketh the clouds his chariot; Who walketh on the wings of the wind; Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers.]

A search for references in the Bible to the sun is within our grasp. You may skim over the following scripture of the types of references to the Sun:

* The sun as a symbol of permanency and endurance: Psalms 72:5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. Psalms 72:17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and [men] shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. Psalms 89:36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.

* The Sun must not become an object of worship: Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the Lord your God has apportioned to [even] all the host of heaven. Ezekiel 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, [were] about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. 8:17 Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here?

* The sun was darkened at the time of Jesus' crucifixion, and will be darkened again at the time of his return to judge the world: Matthew 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. Mark 13:24 (But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,) Mark 13:25 (And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.) Mark 13:26 (And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.) Mark 13:27 (And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.)

* Sunlight as splendor: "Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, And array yourself with glory and beauty." [Job 40:10] "Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear." [Matthew 13:43]

* Speaking of Jesus when He was with Moses and Elijah in the mount with His disciples: "And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light." [Matthew 17:2]

* Paul in talking about what he saw on the road to Damascus, and learned that He was seeing Jesus at the right hand of the 'Majesty' of God: "...at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me." [Acts 26:13]

* In describing the One like the Son of Man, John in Revelation says this: "He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength." [this is similar to a typical Egyptian sun poem] [Revelation 1:16] "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof." [Revelation 21:23] "And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever." [Revelation 22:5]

Only in Psalm 104 could the chosen description of the Lord be construed as that of the sun..

The eight points of comparison: Psalm 104 and the Hymn to Aten The following text in [parenthesis] is from Psalm 104 while the remainder is quoted translation by J.H.Breasted, from Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. II, Chapters 5 & 6.. and "The Rock Tombs of Tell el Armarna", Archeological Survey, Egyptian Exploration Society (6vol, 1903) N. de G. Davis.

The tradition of Egyptian, Hindu, and Hebrew cultures starts the day at sunset. Today the day normally starts at sunrise.

Akenhaten's Hymn to the Sun When thou settest in the western horizon of the sky, [1st comparison, verse 20] The earth is in darkness like the dead. They sleep in their chambers Their heads are wrapped up. Their nostrils are stopped And none see the other. While all their things are stolen Which are under their heads And they know it not Every Lion cometh forth from his den [2nd comparison, verse 21] All Serpents they sting Darkness The world is in silence. He that made them resteth in his horizon.

[22. The Sun riseth, they get them away, and lay them down in their dens.] [23. Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.]

Bright is the earth when thou riseth in the horizon. [3rd comparison, verse 22] When thou shinest as Aten by day Thou drivest away the darkness. When thou sendest forth thy rays The two lands (Egypt) are in daily festivity. Awake and standing upon their feet When thou has raised them up. Their limbs bathed they take their clothing Their arms uplifted in adoration to thy dawning Then in all the world they do their work.. [4th comparison, verse 23] All cattle rest upon their pasturage The trees and the plants flourish

[12. By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation. They sing among the branches.]

The birds flutter in their marshes, [5th comparison, verse 12] Their wings uplifted in adoration to thee. All sheep dance on their feet. All winged things fly, They live when thou hast shone upon them.

[25. Yonder is the sea great and wide. Wherein are things creeping innumerable. Both small and great beasts.] [26. There go the ships.]

The barges sail upstream and downstream alike. [6th comparison, verse 26] Every highway is open because thou dawnest. The fish in the river leap before thee. Thy rays are in the midst of the great green sea. Creator of the germ in woman Maker of the seed in man Giving life to the son in the body of his mother Soothing him that he may not weep. Nurse (even) in the womb.

[29. Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled. Thou takest away their breath and they die. And return to their dust.]

Giver of breath to animals, every one that he maketh When he cometh forth from the womb [7th comparison, verse 29] On the day of their birth Thou openest his mouth in speech

[27. These wait all for thee. That thou may give them food in due season.]

Thou suppliest his necessities. [8th comparison, verse 27] When the fledgling in the egg chirps in the shell Thou givest him breath there-in to preserve him alive. When thou hast brought him together to (the point of) bursting it in the egg To chirp with all his might, He goeth about on his two feet When he hath come forth therefrom.

How manifold are thy works, They are hidden from before (us) O Sole God, whose powers no other possesseth. Thou didst create the earth according to thy heart While thou wast alone Man, all cattle, large and small All that are upon the earth That go about on their feet (All) That are on high That fly with their wings The foreign countries, Syria and Kush, The land of Egypt Thou settest every man into his place Thou suppliest their necessities Everyone has his possessions And his days are reckoned The tongues are divers in speech Their forms likewise and their skins are distinguished (For) thou makest different the strangers.

There is no doubt that the evolution of ideas throughout the history of human endeavors is a combination of past knowledge and original thinking. However, as short as sixty years ago, there is little doubt that the archaeologists who discovered the similarities in ancient texts were astounded since they had been raised to believe in the Bible as the "only word of God". The importance that The Measure of Truth assigns to this study is not to denigrate any of these early beliefs, but to examine why the Biblical scripture has lasted to be arguably the most read and influential literature in the history of mankind.” - Alden Bacuzmo

[dragonstoravens]

For the writing ask game, 3 and 16?

Thanks so much for sending these! Sorry the post got kind of long, I wanted to answer for all of them.

3: which 3+ songs would make up a playlist for the novel?

La Mer: the pirates of the Caribbean theme, Hit and Run by LOLO, Life Will Change from Persona 5. (Also, here’s a playlist! It’s specifically for Joan, but includes a lot of overall vibes.)

Rebel Blue: Favorite Color Is Blue by Robert DeLong, Bolt in the Blue by LPX, and You by Greta Isaac (that’s the villain song. The rest I did choose partially because they have blue in the title don’t @ me...)

Darkhouses: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot inspired the whole setting and story. Other songs would be What the Water Gave Me by Florence + The Machine and Bones in the Ocean by The Longest Johns.

I don’t have much music for The Matron and the Martyr yet! For now I’d say It Will Come Back by Hozier, but I can’t think of what else. I’ll add to this later today after I do some playlist planning!

16: do any characters have distinctive birthmarks/scars?

La Mer: Alden has a port birthmark covering the lower half of his face. He usually wears a veil over it so he can’t be as quickly and easily identified by enemies. Joan is very vain of her complexion, so even though she fights a lot she’s very careful to minimize scarring.

Rebel Blue: Periwinkle has a scar through his lower lip, one through an eyebrow, and a large abrasion scar under their chin and around their throat. Her arms are also pretty scarred up, but she hides most of it with makeup or specially made sleeves that act and look like skin. Jet is mostly covered in scarring due to an explosion she was caught in as a child. She wears a full black bodysuit nearly all the time. Cadet has scarring around the stump of her arm.

Darkhouses: Leo has slight vitiligo patterns around his eyes, though his skin is light brown already so it’s a little hard to see. Frances has a scar across one cheek from an ill-advised fight near a shipwreck— she fell and some of the metal from the ship’s skeleton cut her open.

Tm+tm: Lenora doesn’t seem to scar. Or maybe she just has REALLY nice skin. Antigone has a bullet wound scar on her thigh that she doesn’t show anyone. Joey’s hands are all scratched up mostly from him being stupid and playing with sharp objects.

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More books should have bibliographies written this way

An Opinionated, Annoted Bibliography from The Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning. This is an ASTOUNDINGLY comprehensive book, easily readable with a healthy dose of snark throughout.  Choice opinions and annotations on various entries in the bibliography:

Common fare in 1910, but stark amazement for today’s custom-fitted, computer-driven, cellular dweeb.

Accept the facts as such, but take along some salt for the opinions.

This is boring.

Working instructions, but look out for the metric jitters.

Reads like a docent’s lesson plan. You know, the one they give to Wednesday afternoon groups touring the Richpigge Estate.

Good illustrations (not just because I’m in some of them, ahem) and some off-beat material.

Mr. Fannin uses four words where one is enough: you will become aware of that as you read this.

Book is too heavy, sharp, and fragile to read in bed.

If you keep reading matter in the john (a lot of spinners do), be careful with this one. Guaranteed to put your buns to sleep.

Material is dated, but then so are spinning wheels, right?

The editor is a well-known spinner, weaver, publisher, and spaghetti cook who allows itinerant authors to repair old trucks and vans right there in her driveway.

Gets downright bullmoose-ish toward the end.

Blows your mind, along with a $100-dollar bill.

A product of the editorial trash can. Trouble is, it has some textual merit.

A disappointment.  Lots of information here, sort of.

Material is parochial: Colonials must suffer.

Gives you an idea of where some of the old fogeys were coming from.

Written back when they were not afraid to tell you to hit things with a hammer, for fear of liability lawsuits.

If you can disregard the air of condescension, this is fun to read.

And finally, the author’s comment on HIS OWN previous book:

Short and pompous.

[vicemirrored-a]

THE GOLDEN AGE

the year is 1885. the world is becoming a new place: everywhere, new railroads, factories, and technological innovations are thrusting their way into the centre stage of grand cities, and with them, they bring the stirrings of societal change. old traditions and rules are being challenged, new avenues of opportunity are opening up, and change is around every corner. some cling to the old ways; others are eager to blaze new trails. 

the path you take in this new era is yours to choose.

WHAT IS THIS GROUP?

this will be a discord-based rp server taking place in victorian era london. you don’t need to have a blog for your character in order to join the server — all roleplaying will be done through discord itself. all sorts of characters are welcome, from canon characters to original creations — the only characters not accepted are real-life historical figures (like jack the ripper, queen victoria, etc). you may join with a character from any class level: we want a healthy mix of characters who are upper class, middle class, working class, or in poverty. you don’t need to be an expert on victorian era society, but please do at least a little research into what jobs your characters might have, to keep things realistic and varied. 

HOW CAN I JOIN?

mutuals and non-mutuals alike can join. just send me an ask with the form below filled out for your character, and if you’re accepted, i will send you the link to the discord server. 

once you’ve been accepted into the group, please reblog the post to spread this around! we want to make this into a fun, thriving verse with lots of interactions going. 

if you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact me!

APPLICATION FORM & CHARACTER LIST BELOW THE CUT

APPLICATION FORM, TO BE SENT TO VICEMIRRORED

character name / canon or oc? / source material (if canon) / age / gender / occupation / faceclaim 

CHARACTER LIST

MEN > dr. henry jekyll / canon / strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde / 51 / cis male / physician / fc: david morrissey > dr. john watson / canon / the adventures of sherlock holmes / 28 / cis male / retired army surgeon and part time biographer / fc: ben whishaw > gabriel john utterson / canon / strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde / 52 / cis man / lawyer / fc: buster keaton > sherlock holmes / canon / the adventures of sherlock holmes / mid 30s / cis male / consulting detective / fc: currently undetermined > t. e. blackwell / oc / 53 / trans male / surgeon (formerly army) / fc: basil rathbone > herbert west / canon / h.p. lovecraft; "herbert west - reanimator" / 23 / cis male / medical student / fc: jeremy dufour > erik (the phantom of the opera) / canon / the phantom of the opera / 48 / cis male / musician, opera ghost / fc: ben lewis & ramin karimloo > anthony howard / oc / 30 / male / earl & gentry / fc: richard madden > count dracula / canon / dracula / approx. 500 yrs / male / count (as of the present) / fc: tony thornburg > thomas sharpe / canon / crimson peak  / 30 / cis male / baronet, inventor / fc: tom hiddleston > alden webster / oc  / early forties / cis male / tailor & toymaker / fc: undetermined > zebediah "zeb" hawke / oc / 45 / former cowboy + current stagehand and writer / fc: jake "buck angel" miller > hannibal lecter / canon / hannibal NBC / 45 / male / psychiatrist / fc: mads mikkelsen > charles curtis / oc / 23 / male / tailor / fc: undecided > will graham / canon / hannibal NBC / 34 / male / detective for the pinkerton agency / fc: hugh dancy > count dracula / canon / dracula / approx. 500 yrs / male / count (as of the present) / fc: tony thornburg

WOMEN > cecelia holmes / oc / sherlock holmes based / 35 / female / writer + socialite / fc: keira knightley > irene norton née adler / canon / a scandal of bohemia / 30 / cis female / ex opera singer, composer, mus.d. / fc: rosamund pike > tilly jackson / canon / red dead redemption 2 / late 20s / cis female / secretary / fc: currently undetermined > claire parker / oc / 30 / female / socialite && philanthropist / fc: emily blunt > adelaide jewel danson / oc / 35 / female, but presents masculine in society when impersonating dead husband / baker / fc: currently undetermined > caelestis herminia alba / oc / 20 / cis female / owner of a shop of oddities, medium and séance host / fc: jessica parker kennedy > victoria lockehart / oc / 32 / female / midwife and aspiring writer / fc: betsy wolfe > clarice starling / canon / the hannibal book seeries / 32 / cis female / secretary / fc: sarah gadon > bathsheba "bessie" swanson / oc / 28 / cis woman / investigative journalist & monster hunter (mostly an investigative journalist) / fc: michaela petro

[sassysophiabush]

[kdshomesandrealty]

Colorado investor group antes $10 million toward community effort to buy The Denver Post

A group of Pikes Peak-area investors say they have gathered $10 million in pledges to potentially purchase The Denver Post and are urging others across the state to join them.

“If the terms are right, we can contribute at least $10 million to the purchase. We are in the process of hiring an investment banking firm to advise us,” said John Weiss, chair of Together for Colorado Springs and owner of the Colorado Publishing House.

The group, known as the Resurrect the Denver Post Exploratory Committee, is reaching out to other Colorado investors following recent staff reductions in the paper’s newsroom. The cuts will leave approximately 70 journalists to cover a metro area of 2.8 million people and a state with 5.6 million.

Although The Post isn’t the group’s hometown paper, Weiss said its members realize the importance of a statewide daily centered in Denver. They believe that The Post would require millions more in working capital to restore its former depth of local coverage.

“For me, the real question is not how much The Post will cost, but how much it will cost to turn it around and bring it back,” Weiss said. “The Post needs TLC not only in editorial but in all departments — circulation, marketing, sales.”

Colorado Publishing House publishes seven newsweeklies plus a dozen specialty publications and digital offerings, including the Colorado Springs Independent and the Colorado Springs Business Journal. The Independent counts about 36,000 subscribers.

The exploratory committee includes environmental attorney Perry Sanders and Florida attorney John Goede, who co-own the Antlers and Mining Exchange hotels in Colorado Springs.

Other members include Alan Gottlieb, former Post reporter and co-founder of Chalkbeat, a nonprofit digital news organization covering education; former state insurance commissioner and Manitou Springs Mayor Marcy Morrison; entrepreneur and retired U.S. Air Force Col. Jim Stewart and Chuck Murphy, president of Murphy Constructors, who also was a member of the Colorado Economic Development Commission.

New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital acquired MediaNews Group, the owner of The Denver Post, in early 2011 after buying up private shares from creditors. Staff levels in the Denver newsroom under Alden’s ownership have fallen significantly, and the latest reduction sparked an editorial and a package of columns in The Post’s Perspectives section on Sunday that critiqued Alden and pushed for a sale of the paper.

Alden Global’s managers have cited the sharp drop in advertising revenues that has plagued the larger newspaper industry as driving the cuts. The Post is not alone among regional newspapers in making repeated staff reductions in recent years. But media critics such as Ken Doctor argue the hedge fund is cutting more sharply than other owners..

“The good news is that there are a lot of conversations happening at the moment among a bunch of different folks who are concerned about keeping a scaled newsroom going in Colorado,” said JB Holston, dean of Daniel F. Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science at Denver University.

“There is a shared concern that Alden won’t do the right thing ever and that the community needs to step up,” Holston said. “They seem to have no sense on how to optimize or protect the value of an asset.”

One model that Denver-based philanthropic strategist Bruce DeBoskey, who writes a syndicated column for The Post, is researching is the establishment of a community foundation, similar to one used to preserve the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News.

Alden Global and another hedge fund, Angelo Gordon & Co., sold the publishing group at a loss in 2012 for $55 million to a group of wealthy Philadelphia residents from across the political spectrum. They and other donors created an endowment to oversee the paper, which has since hired new staff and boosted coverage.

Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, who owns the Colorado Springs Gazette, has reportedly offered to buy The Post in the past but was rebuffed.

Weiss said his group is looking at all options, including a for-profit model and a nonprofit one, as well as launching a rival paper, although he emphasized he would prefer to avoid a newspaper war. They also want to ensure that any future owner of The Post supports the inclusion of all perspectives in its coverage and will not operate with an ideological bent.

“The Denver Post is the largest news organization in the state. There would be a huge vacuum if the Post evaporated,” he said.

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CoBank

Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut

National Cooperative Bank

Eco Serendib Villa & Spa St. John, USVI

Anna-Maria & Stephen Kellen Foundation

The Catholic Communication Campaign

Capital Impact Partners Citi Foundation

H.J. Promise Foundation

PNC Bank

Ruth Alden Doan

Cooperative Development Foundation

Trayser Family Trust

The Goodnow Fund

The Suzanne M. and Robert L. LaBoiteaux Family Foundation

Virgin Island Lottery

Carol Furneaux

And for the 20th Season of Visionaries:

Nick Candy and Holly Vallance

Conrad Clauson

Jeff & Mary Madura

International Raw Materials

Wilma Harris, In memory of her parents, August Uebel and Martha Moebus Uebel Howard and Maxine Lewis

Foundation for the New York United Hospital Medical Center, In memory of Ryan Mahoney

First Metro Bank

Valagro

San Antonio Friends

Mr. William Inglee and Ms. Jane Madden

Bank of America

Fertilizer Industry Roundtable

The A.J. Sackett & Sons Company

Dr. Sherif Zafraan and Mrs. Tara Turk-Zafraan

Mr. Chris Townsend

Coptic Community of San Antonio, TX

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Dr. Randi Rubovits-Seitz

Drs. Samia and Kamal Khalil

Mr. and Mrs. Art Spanjer

Mr. John Rakolta, Jr

Mrs. Terry Rakolta

The Beneficial Foundation

Nelson Talbott Foundation

CDPAPC

Dr. Bonnie Sampsell

Mr. Bernardo Brasil

Mrs. Stephanie Denkowicz

Vision Hospitality Properties

Dr. and Mrs. John OâÄôBrien

Mr. Thomas O'Keefe & Ms. Norma Comer

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Mr. Dennis O'Connor and Mr. William McCluskey

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Dr. & Ms. Craig Boyer

Dr. Michael Lovellette & Ms. June Doezema

Drs. Samir & Chahira Gabriel

Mr. Robert Wilson

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Dr. L. Donald Pearlstein and Mrs. Helen Pearlstein

Dr. Melissa Barden Dowling

Critical Fluid Management

Dr. Flora Anthony and Mr. Clay Anthony

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Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School

And for the 19th Season of Visionaries:

Frank & Barbara Manley

Tom Hormel

The Parker Family Foundation

Additional support provided by

BRAILSFORD & DUNLAVEY, Inc.

Building Hope

Peter and Laura Olle

Studley, Inc.âÄôs Education Practice Group

Gloria and Wilson Aboudi

Myron & Elaine Adler Private Foundation

Ronald Aroesty Trust U/W Herbert Seid

George Bean Investments

Berit and Martin Bernstein

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Rampart Agency, Inc.

Myrna and Yale Block

Janet and Bernard R. Bober

Marvin Eiseman

Carl Epstein

Eleanor and Edward Epstein

Feldman Charitable Foundation

Judy and Ary Freilich

Steven Morey Greenberg, Esq,

Joan and Robert M. Hess

The Kaplen Foundation

Wendy Feldstein King

The Proctor Foundation, Inc.

Judy and Joseph Klyde

William J. Lippman

Cynthia and Stanley Low

Perlman Family Foundation, Inc

Daniel Rubin

Donna and David Schweid

The Barbara & Norman Seiden Foundation

Nancy and David Sharp

Sylvia & Stanley Shirvan Foundation

Carole and Alan Silberstein

Michael Sternlieb, Esq.

Harley and Eli Ungar

Inge and Paul Wolff

The 18th Season of Visionaries is provided in part by:

The David & Carol Myers Foundation

The Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

Monsanto Company

United Church of Christ

Additional Visionaries Season 18 underwriting was provided by

Week of Compassion

The Sandy River Charitable Foundation

Women's Division/General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church

Dole Fresh Fruit

PREMEX S.A. 

Latin American Agribusiness Development Corp. (LADD)

Ms. Vivian Nolte

Murphy-Brown LLC

The MORF Foundation

Cargill of Honduras

Season 18 of the Visionaries is also brought to you by

American Baptist Churches, USA

Bangor Savings Bank

CEI Capital Management LLC

Horace Hildreth

Gordon Hall

Judy & Richard Guggenhime

The Episcopal Church

The Lyme Forest Fund

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Hospice Care of South Carolina

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Renieri Nunez

Ramon Roadas

Jose Monroly

Reynero Barahona

Roy Rivera

Agusto Mendoza

Marco Castro

Emerson Villeda

Jose Blacio

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PetSmart Charities

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And by the generous support of the following:

Mr. & Mrs. James Dankenbring

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Flaa

Joseph S. Allerhand, Esq.

Paul G. Levy, Esq.

Mr. & Mrs. Ed Clement

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Schmidt

Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Egland

The Johnson Family

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Maurice

The Kansas District of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Rev. and Mrs. Dennis Bauer

Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Walrath

Mr. & Mrs. Winston Wilson

Rev. & Mrs. Ricky Jacob

Mrs. Marilyn Dahl

Mr. & Mrs. Norman Rose

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Schoenbeck

Rev. & Mrs. Robert Gebel

Dr. & Mrs. Lee Griffin

Mr. & Mrs. Carl Christensen

Redeemer Lutheran Church, Lawrence, Kansas

Rev. & Mrs. Paul Biegner

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Pantazon

Mrs. Lorraine Stege

Rev. & Mrs. Layton Lemke

Rev. Dr. & Mrs. Warren Schumacher

Mr. & Mrs. James Timm

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Halloran Philanthropies

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Crossroads Facility Services, Inc

Law Offices of Kessel & Associates

Cihigoyenetche, Gossberg & Clouse

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, LLP

Vogl & Meredith, LLP

Brack & Mason Attorneys at Law

Archer Norris Charitable Fund

Roger W. and Jocelyn A. Gilbert

Mary K Stroube

Suzanne K. Cross

Chapman & Associates Foundation

Johnson Lambert & Co, LLP

Suhr Risk Services

First Insurance Co of Hawaii, Ltd.

Safetrak Inc

E. C. and Susie Stark

James Eggert

SwissRe

Law Offices of Matheny, Sears, Linkert & Jaime, LLP

Cooley & Darling Insurance Agency

BancorpSouth

Alfred L Williams or Elaine Eubank

For the 13th and 14th Seasons of Visionaries:

The Anne M. and Philip H Glatfelter III Foundation

Hershey Trust Company

The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation

For the 12th Season of Visionaries:

The Campion Fund

International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Seafarers Trust

Bighorn Toyota

Margaret and W. George Greig

The Helmerich Foundation

David and Inez Black

Hale Family Foundation Fund of Tulsa Community Foundation

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Noticias de series de la semana: Cierra un canal, abre otro

Seeso cierra

El servicio bajo demanda de NBCUniversal anunciaba en Facebook que cerrará antes de finalizar el año. Su comedia de animación The Cyanide & Happiness Show y otros programas y realities se marchan a VRV Select. There's... Johnny!, que debía estrenarse este mes, no llegará a hacerlo en la plataforma y ahora mismo le están buscando otro alojamiento. Se espera también encontrar un hogar para la cuarta temporada de Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ y la segunda de Take My Wife. Al parecer, la comedia Shrink queda cancelada.

Disney VOD

En 2012, Disney firmó con Netflix la distribución de sus novedades -de las que antes se encargaba Starz- a partir de 2016. Ahora, Disney anuncia la compra de la mayoría de las acciones de BAMTech y que, comenzando con los estrenos de 2019, distribuirá su contenido en su propio servicio bajo demanda. Aunque las acciones de Netflix -que pierde Frozen 2, Toy Story 4 o la nueva versión de The Lion King, entre otras- cayeron un 5% tras la noticia, no debería suponer una gran pérdida para ellos, que ahora dispondrán de más presupuesto para sus propias producciones, como, por ejemplo, las adaptaciones de los cómics de Kick-Ass o Kingsman, ahora que ha adquirido la editorial Millarworld. Netflix mantendrá su catálogo Disney en España o Latinoamérica, donde no llegará el nuevo servicio. Desde Disney afirman que no hay mala relación con Netflix, que seguirá distribuyendo algunos de sus contenidos también en Estados Unidos. Todavía queda por determinar qué pasará con las películas de Marvel o Lucasfilm. [Fuente]

Renovaciones de series

HBO ha renovado Ballers por una cuarta temporada

HBO ha renovado Insecure por una tercera temporada

OWN ha renovado Greenleaf por una tercera temporada

FX ha renovado Snowfall por una segunda temporada

BET ha renovado Tales  por una segunda temporada

USA Network ha renovado Queen of the South por una tercera temporada

Netflix ha renovado GLOW por una segunda temporada

Cancelaciones de series

BBC One ha cancelado Count Arthur Strong tras su tercera temporada

Seeso ha cancelado Shrink tras su primera temporada

Netflix ha cancelado Gypsy tras su primera temporada

Incorporaciones y fichajes de series

Ana Ortiz (Devious Maids, Ugly Betty) participará en varios episodios de la sexta y última temporada de The Mindy Project interpretando a la doctora Mary Hernandez, que trabaja en una clínica que compite con Shulman & Associates.

Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight, Sully) protagonizará otro episodio de la antología The Romanoffs, la antología de Matthew Weiner (Mad Men).

Brianna Brown (Devious Maids) retomará su papel del piloto de Dynasty y volverá como recurrente interpretando a Claudia.

Marika Dominczyk (Eliza Minnick) no volverá en la decimocuarta temporada de Grey's Anatomy.

Sam Lerner (Geoff Schwartz) ha sido ascendido a regular en la quinta temporada de The Goldbergs.

Phillip Winchester se une a Law & Order: SVU retomando el papel de Peter Stone en Chicago Justice. Brooke Shields (Suddenly Susan, The Blue Lagoon) será recurrente.

Rex Linn (Better Call Saul, CSI: Miami) interpretará al padre de Riggs (Clayne Crawford) en varios episodios de la segunda temporada de Lethal Weapon.

Tim Meadows (Son of Zorn, Saturday Night Live) y Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire, The Ranch) interpretarán a criminales en varios episodios de la quinta temporada de Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story, American Crime Story) protagonizará una nueva versión de American Crime Story: Katrina, esta vez basada en el libro 'Five Days at Memorial' de Sheri Fink. Interpretará a la doctora Anna Pou, que atendió a los afectados por el huracán en un hospital sin electricidad y más tarde fue acusada de asesinar a varios de sus pacientes. Se espera poder contar todavía con Dennis Quaid, Annette Bening y Matthew Broderick, que se han quedado sin papeles.

Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights, Jane the Virgin) interpretará a Kara Clayton, una asesina y heredera de la fortuna de su marido, en la segunda temporada de Bull.

Brenda Strong (Desperate Housewives, Supergirl), Jake Weber (Medium, Hell on Wheels), Meredith Monroe (Dawson's Creek, Criminal Minds), R.J. Brown (The Carrie Diaries), Anne Winters (Tyrant, The Fosters), Bryce Cass (Battle Los Angeles), Chelsea Alden (American Horror Story, Get Spy), Samantha Logan (666 Park Avenue, The Fosters), Kelli O'Hara (Masters of Sex), Ben Lawson (Doubt, Neighbours) y Allison Miller (Incorporated, Go On) se unen como recurrentes a la segunda temporada de 13 Reasons Why. Interpretarán a Nora y Barry Walker, los padres de Bryce (Justin Prentice); Carolyn, la madre de Alex (Miles Heizer), Caleb, el entrenador de Tony (Christian Navarro); los estudiantes Chloe, Cyrus, Mackenzie, Nina y Jackie, el entrenador de béisbol del instituto y una abogada litigante.

Sugar Lyn Beard (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates) será Rebecca Sharp AKA Hazard en un episodio de The Flash.

Stefania Spampinato (Satisfaction) será Carina, la hermana de Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti), en varios episodios de la decimocuarta temporada de Grey's Anatomy.

Graham Phillips (The Good Wife) será Nick St. Clair, el ex de Veronica (Camila Mendes), en dos episodios de la segunda temporada de Riverdale.

Chris Elliott (Schitt's Creek, How I Met Your Mother) interpretará a Glenn, un náufrago que vive en una isla desierta, en varios episodios de la cuarta temporada de The Last Man on Earth.

Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) protagonizará el musical en directo A Christmas Story. Será la madre de Ralphie.

Peter Krause (Six Feet Under, Parenthood, The Catch) protagonizará 9-1-1 junto a Angela Bassett.

Josh Stamberg (The Affair, Parenthood) y Rya Kihlstedt (Heroes Reborn, Dexter) serán el periodista Robert Rand y la investigadora Cindy Erdlyi en Law & Order: True Crime - The Menendez Murders.

David Barrera (The Bridge) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Chance. Será el detective Sid Velerio.

Daniel Sharman (Fear The Walking Dead, Teen Wolf) y Bradley James (Merlin, Damien) protagonizarán la segunda temporada de Medici: Masters of Florence junto a Sean Bean. Serán Lorenzo el Magnífico y su hermano Giuliano. Julian Sands (Gotham, Leaving Las Vegas), Sarah Parish (Broadchurch, Atlantis), Sebastian De Souza (Skins, The Borgias), Raoul Bova (Under the Tuscan Sun, Alien vs. Predator) y Alessandra Mastronardi (I Cesaroni, Master of None) serán Piero y Lucrecia, los padres de Lorenzo y Giuliano; Sandro Boticelli, el Papa Sixto IV y la amante de Piero.

Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted, Desperate Housewives) será recurrente en la séptima temporada de Suits como Mark Meadows, el exnovio de Donna (Sarah Rafferty).

Jefferson White (How to Get Away with Murder, Blindspot) será regular en Yellowstone como Jimmy, un ladrón profesional. Gretchen Mol (Boardwalk Empire, Chance) y Golden Brooks (Girlfriends, Blunt Talk) serán recurrentes como Evelyn Dutton, esposa de John (Kevin Costner) y madre de sus hijos, y Geraldine Rainwater, esposa del líder nativo americano Thomas (Gil Birmingham).

Zosia Mamet (Girls) y Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) serán recurrentes en la cuarta temporada de You're the Worst.

Ruffin Prentiss (Power) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de The Arrangement como el músico de jazz Xavier Hughes.

Aasif Mandvi (The Brink) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Shut Eye como Pazhani "Paz" Kapoor, un sanador espiritual con seguidores en todo el mundo.

Alexander Calvert (Jack) ha sido ascendido a regular para la decimotercera temporada de Supernatural.

Elena Satine (Revenge, Twin Peaks) será Dreamer, una mutante que puede implantar o eliminar recuerdos en otras personas, en The Gifted.

Marwan Salama será recurrente en Here, Now, la nueva serie de Alan Ball (True Blood, Six Feet Under) en HBO, como Navid. Se desconocen detalles.

Tamberla Perry (Boss) será recurrente en la cuarta temporada de Bosch como Gabriella Lincoln, detective de Asuntos Internos.

John Hans Tester (Royal Pains) se une como recurrente a la tercera temporada de The Man in the High Castle. Será el doctor Mengele, el famoso médico nazi.

Gustaf Skarsgard (Vikings) y Fares Fares (Tyrant) se unen como regulares a la segunda temporada de Westworld. Betty Gabriel (Get Out) se une como recurrente.

Jane Lynch (Glee) participará como invitada en The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel interpretando a la famosa comediante Sophie Lennon.

Luke James (The New Edition Story), Evan Ross (The Hunger Games) y Mike Epps (Survivor's Remorse, The Hangover) participarán en la segunda temporada de Star.

Pósters de series

    Nuevas series

Luz verde en Netflix a seis episodios de The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, antología western sobre la frontera americana escrito, dirigido y producido por los hermanos Coen. Tim Blake Nelson (Lincoln; O Brother, Where Art Thou?) protagoniza como Buster.

Hulu ha adquirido la serie de J.J. Abrams sobre el ascenso a la fama de RuPaul. Se titulará Queen.

Luz verde directa en Netflix a un drama sobre terrorismo, aún sin título, protagonizado por Lior Raz (Fauda). Creado y producido por Raz y Avi Issacharoff (Fauda), está inspirado en hechos reales. Trata sobre una operación de la CIA y el Mossad a nivel global para encontrar y matar a uno de los terroristas más buscados.

Netflix desarrolla el thriller Hit and Run, también de Lior Raz y Avi Issacharoff (Fauda), sobre un hombre felizmente casado cuya vida da un vuelco cuando atropellan y matan a su mujer y el conductor se da a la fuga.

Luz verde directa en Netflix a ocho episodios de Best Worst Weekend Ever, sobre cuatro amigos que pasan juntos el último fin de semana antes del instituto.

Luz verde directa en Lifetime a American Princess, sobre una joven famosa que descubre pocas horas antes de su boda que su prometido la engaña y acaba en una feria medieval revaluando su vida.

Fechas de series

Quacks llega a BBC Two el 15 de agosto

The State llega a Channel 4 el 20 de agosto

Strike - The Cuckoo's Calling llega a BBC One el 27 de agosto

White Famous llega a Showtime el 15 de octubre

La sexta temporada de Major Crimes se estrena en TNT el 31 de octubre

La octava temporada de Shameless se estrena en Showtime el 5 de noviembre

SMILF llega a Showtime el 5 de noviembre

La segunda temporada de The Crown se estrena en Netflix el 8 de diciembre

Tráilers de series

Shameless - Temporada 8

StartUp - Temporada 2

The Crown - Temporada 2

Disjointed

The Deuce

White Famous

SMILF

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April 21

Philip Henry Delamotte was born on  April 21, 1821 in Sandhurst, Kent, England.

Julius Ebner was born on April 21,  1823 in Augsburg, Germany.

John Lawrence Gihon was born on  April 21, 1839 in Milford, NJ, USA.

Frank Arthur Simonds was born on  April 21, 1859 in Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

Isaac DeVos was born on April 21,  1860 in Pella, IA, USA.

Cory Penn Montross was born on  April 21, 1867 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA.

Daniel Conrad Miller was born on  April 21, 1870 in Hay Township, ON, Canada.

Ackland Eddy was born on April 21,  1875 in Alburg, VT, USA.

Charles Lavern Colton was born on  April 21, 1876 in MI, USA.

Miss Pearl Emma Whitney was born on  April 21, 1880 in Newaygo County, MI, USA.

Edward Jump died on April 21, 1883  in Chicago, IL, USA.

Kenneth Rowe Eddy was born on April  21, 1885 in Sault Sainte Marie, MI, USA.

Robert W. Essery died on April 21,  1886 in Saint Paul, MN, USA.

Lester Whyland Sharp was born on  April 21, 1887 in Saratoga Springs, NY, USA.

Charles Potuzak was born on April  21, 1889 in Stoborice, Bohemia, Austria.

Alden Jaquith died on April 21,  1890 in Andover, VT, USA.

Claus A. Sandstedt was born on  April 21, 1891 in Manistee Township, MI, USA.

Jeremiah Gurney died on April 21,  1895 in New Baltimore, NY, USA.

Joe Edison Litterst was born on  April 21, 1896 in Rochester, NY, USA.

Sebastian S. Peckinpaugh died on  April 21, 1900 in Green Bay, WI, USA.

Eve Arnold was born on April 21,  1912 in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Willoughby Wallace Hooper died on  April 21, 1912 in Kilmington, Devon, England.

William Beatty [Sigourney, IA] died  on April 21, 1913 in Sigourney, IA, USA.

Henry Jowett Schofield was born on  April 21, 1919 in TN, USA.

Alphonso M. Sharpsteen died on  April 21, 1919.

Ferd Kaufman was born on April 21,  1926 in Sapulpa, OK, USA.

Zephaniah Swift Moore died on April  21, 1926 in Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

Joan Wakelin was born on April 21,  1928 in Lancashire, England.

Dieter Roth was born on April 21,  1930 in Hannover, Germany.

George Reid died on April 21, 1939  in Muskegon, MI, USA.

João Aristeu Urban was born on  April 21, 1943 in Curitiba, Brazil.

Elbridge Ayer Burbank died on April  21, 1949 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Sarah Leen was born on April 21,  1952 in Sparta, WI, USA.

Willard G. Bailey died on April 21,  1954 in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Edward Burnet Johnson died on April  21, 1955 in New Dorp, NY, USA.

Herman Henry Mende died on April  21, 1956 in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Harry K. Shigeta died on April 21,  1963 in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Helmer Bäckström died on April 21,  1964 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Veronika Šleivyte died on April 21,  1998.

Philip L. Condax died on April 21,  2014 in Rochester, NY, USA.