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[rightnewshindi]

हिमाचल में केंद्र सरकार बनाएगी 15 अत्याधुनिक जेलें, सुक्खू सरकार को भेजने होंगे प्रोपोजल

Himachal News: पहाड़ी राज्य हिमाचल प्रदेश में केंद्र सरकार की ओर से 15 नई अत्याधुनिक जेलें निर्मित की जाएंगी। पुराने ढर्ऱे में चल रही जेलों की बजाय अब सुधार गृह की तर्ज पर 150 कनाल भूमि में एक-एक जेल निर्मित की जाएगी। सुप्रीम कोर्ट की ओर से जारी किए गए दिशा-निर्देशों के तहत केंद्र सरकार की ओर से आगामी 15 वर्षों को ध्यान में र��ते हुए जेलों का निर्माण किया जाएगा। इसके लिए हिमाचल प्रदेश सरकार को…

[modernelites-if]

Modern Elites is a 18+ raunchy slice-of-life IF that follows you, a young royal, navigating the world of the obscenely rich and immensely famous while trying to keep your elite, royal family together in the midst of drama and tabloids.

Setting: modern times, fictional tiny country of Selusa, New York, Paris and more.

Genre: slice-of-life, drama, romance

Celebrity. Pop Culture Icon. Heir.

Royal.

As the heir to the Selusan throne, you're known by many names. Growing under the spotlight hasn't been easy, especially since it seems the vultures all want a piece of your elusive family. Country clubs, yachts, parties, private jets, elite schools, you've had it all.

But is there something missing?

Customize your heir from appearance to gender identity to personality. Dictate what kind of person they are: rebellious, dutiful. Do they care about the royal line or are parties more on their mind? Will you keep a squeaky clean rep or ruin the family name?

Customize Salusa and cater the country to your taste.

Dictate what kind of leader you want to be, and how others percieve you.

Experience the life of the hidden .01% and the drama of the ultra wealthy.

Engage in fiery, dramatic romances that could either uplift or ruin you and your family.

and more to come.

THE ADVISOR

Imogen/Ian Lancaster [f/m]- your family's advisor and publicist. I has cleaned up every mess, every leak, every scandal and at this point, there are no secrets between your family and them. Coming from a well-off family themselves, they know exactly how this world works...and they navigate it with a steel will and a cold, detached demeanor. I has you handled like an adult with a child, trying (and probably failing) to keep you in line. Anything you do will go through them, so it's better to think twice.

THE BETROTHED

Everett/Eva St. Clare [m/f] - the eldest of one of the most influential businessmen on your side of the world, black sheep, and a source of gossip in polite society, there have been talks of a betrothal between you two since the partnership started. Because of that, you two are forced into a fake romance for the cameras. E is an arrogant and brash casanova, sex-obsessed, and is proudly noncommital with string of rumors that follow them like their own entourage. Unfortunately for you, E's exploits can damage the carefully constructed facade you two have built. Of course, E doesn't give a damn.

THE REBEL

Vince/Vivian De Grasso [m/f] - (secretly) fresh out of jail and newly reformed (not) V's politician of a mother has asked in a favor from your family: to reform them and stifle their rebellious ways by adding them to your security detail. Your father having a soft spot for the kid, brings them in as one of your guards. Hopefully V keeps in line...or not.

THE COMMONER

Cordelia/Corden Bowen [f/m]- an employee at the country club you frequent, someone less polite would call them a 'nobody.' C has a bit of an attitude, but that's expected from someone who is used to getting berated by rich people all day. There's not much else to say about them...or maybe there is?

THE JOURNALIST

Romi Marshall [m/f]- a famed journalist with contempt for royalty and elitism. Their newsletters frequently slam you and your family's every move, and they don't like you one bit. You can confidently say they're your biggest hater.

THE ROYAL BEST FRIEND

Oliver/Olivia Ames-Astor [m/f]- a fellow prince/princess from another country and your best friend, who is still hung up on their ex. Forced to betroth someone else, O has so many problems you can hardly sort through them. Still, they're kind and as polite as you'd expect from a person who has had etiquette lessons drilled into them since childhood. They're also your best friend, so there's that.

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"I Am My Beloved's..."-chele20035 (ao3) Summary: What happens when you run into your ex-boyfriend's bakery on a too wet Christmas Eve? 1968-annieoakley1 (ao3) Summary: This would have happened anyway. But it is always their choice, never just destiny. A series of snapshots as Peeta and Katniss find each other at certain points throughout history. Part 2- Katniss and Peeta in New York, 1968. 3rd Down-Court81981 (ff.net) Summary: Modern AU. She swore she didn't date athletes. Then she met Peeta Mellark. A Brief Madness-ashyblondwaves (ao3) Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Mellark fought for hours that night. It was a screaming match that Peeta was sure the entire town could hear. “Seam Brat” and “trash” were shouted countless times, causing Peeta to cringe every time his mother’s shrill voice uttered those awful words, and by the end of the night, only one thing was clear — Gale Hawthorne was coming to work at the Mellark’s Bakery. In Panem AU. A Clockwork Orange-Abagail_Snow (ao3) Summary: Being the adventures of a young man … who couldn’t resist pretty girls … or a bit of the old ultra-violence … went to jail, was re-conditioned … and came out a different young man … or was he? The early hijacking of Peeta Mellark. A Dense Mask-Dispatchesfromdistrict7 (ao3) Summary: When the rug is ripped out from under Katniss’ Capitol life due to a horrible misunderstanding, she decides to go back home again to District 12, where she has fond memories including the boy she left behind, Peeta Mellark. An Everlark interpretation of the English fairy tale, “Cap O’ Rushes.” Aeternum-Abagail_Snow (ao3) Summary: Peeta isn’t the only part of Katniss that is rescued from the Capitol. Set during Catching Fire through Mockingjay A Favorable Wind-Court81981 (ao3) Summary: Historical AU; in 1832, sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen boards The Mockingjay, a ship bound for her family home in America. What awaits her is a perilous journey, one that finds her caught in a rebellion, accused of murder and falling in love with sailor Peeta Mellark. Affairs of Court-burkygirl (ao3) Summary: The heir to Panem's throne is about to come of age. Each district has sent a representative to be considered as her potential spouse. But Princess Katniss Everdeen has made up her mind already. If she is to be Queen, she will choose no King. A Journey North-DustWriter (ff.net) Summary: An AU set in a true time of war. Struggling to find her way in a new life and a new land, frontline nurse Katniss meets a stranger as lost as her, and her life will never be the same again.

[mapachiii]

not to drag this out but don't you think you and everyone that agrees with you are trying a little too hard to make abo (a plot device to make fluff and smut fics) too politically correct?

wasn't the whole purpose of abo to make omegas dependent and soft and sweet? i mean in one of my fav nomin abo jm pretends to be an alpha but you just can't deny that his body and his strength compared to the other alphas and even betas are built the way girls develop once puberty start (softer, curvier – you know? childbearing hips)? some authors completely write out the possibility of a boy omega and a girl alpha having opposite reproductive functions because it's just unfathomable to them to start to write. there's too many loopholes, not enough strong set rules unlike other au like harry potter or marvel or anime where a rule is only ever broken by authors who are brave enough to come up with different worlds/lore

the most common omega conflict in angsty abo has to do with omegas not obeying their wolf to submit and be soft and be taken care of and be provided for sulk when alpha leaves the bedroom to get water— like cmon work with me here! the textbook omega is literally a 1950s housewife mapachi

so why wouldn't omega boys have a bit of femininity? and (and people are gonna hate me for this) have female genitalia. you can go around in circles on this and make your omega boy beefy and smell musky and be strong and, you know, a boy? but before the fic ends he'll be leaking slick everywhere the way - don't get mad at the truth - only a biological woman can.

if we're mad at het standards then take away the leaking omegas! make them use lube the way modern universe boys do. "but that would ruin the purpose of making them an omeg—" EXACTLY!

why do we give the title of mother to our fav kpop boys that look softer, caretaker-y, and more femme fetale than a boy might look whether that's just styling or their personality. call them babygirl anytime they display a bit more aegyo, shyness. and isn't that INTRINSICALLY a feminine thing? not that men can't have that but is it common or even ever thought of as a manly thing? no. why do we not have any issues with lesbian couples having the designated butch/masc plus her babygirl but we shiver and shake when male omegas dare to fill their roles? why is it only heteronormative and wrong in abo?

i just think you lose anytime you try and add logic or politics to something like abo. heats are based on the concept of ovulation whether we're ready to come to terms with that or not as a society. thats a thing girls do. there is simply no logic to abo mapachi. it's utter trash made to indulge the illogical need to read nesting (a biologically feminine trait deviced to kick women into preparing for their babies), and fluff, and smut of all kinds. trust me i could go on but you cannot look at abo and especially omegas through an ultra progressive lens. you immediately fail because you're basing it on an illogical and imaginary foundation. it's all VERY unserious. that's why everyone can and will make their own rules about who in their eyes takes the knot according to what they want. we can't take them to progressive jail for it

I can't speak for the rest that share my pov but I'm not /trying/ to be woke or something, its my sincere thoughts regarding the topic. Idk dear, maybe for some thats the attractive thing about aboverse but not for some of us. I was never a fan of that take of making omegas cute lil weak sub things. Like yes, I do personally like them not being able to overpower most alphas, but never where they're a cliche of a bottom, you've never seen that monster high meme of "deuce you're hurting me~" ? well, that. "some authors write-" yeah dear, aboverse is a fan made thing, we can all make our own rules, for example I like the opposite that you mentioned. I know dear! And I personally am not a fan of it jsjsjs like kinda?? I've written myself about omegas "fighting" their omega because they don't want to be what society expects them to be, that sub lil sweet omega. Also, you just described omegas as trad wifes, thats my whole point jsjsjs. Oh boi, dear I'm 100% on the side of omegas having a vagina, and female alphas a dick, anything other than that doesn't make sense to me actually jsjsjs so as an author I can't, as a reader its easier for me to ignore but when writing it drives me insane, because their whole thing is being able to reproduce??? You're mentioning biological aspects, which I've never been against, what I hate is the character itself being reduced to a trad wife or poor lil princess that needs rescuing. unless its like idk medieval, then I excuse the sexism. At the end of the day, abovese is an excuse to drive misogenistic/sexist ideas/culture and force it into a same sex relationship. the first aboverse anime did something like that and it drove me crazy I was so annoyed and I was not even watching it. tbf, I do not partake in calling irl men wife/babygirl jsjsjs I only do that to one (1) male character in an otome game haha. Dear my biggest issue is how, just because a boy has "femenine" traits, they get labeled an omega AND people taking issue with others not agreeing orz like i like nomin as omega/alpha, alpha/alpha or omega/omega jsjsj Its just, I've seen people be so /mean/ and downright disgusting (by saying theyre disgusted themselves) when someone calls, for example, jaem an alpha, or jen an omega. Like thats my whooole point, its so icky, they get this, well, headcanon, and when they defend their take they get sooo nasty, and their misogeny/homophobia comes thru so boldly, and they end up being soo heteromative with abovese because of it. Like how an omega MUST be called a mother, even tho he's a man?? like what, and saying omegas are more /mother/ when, dude theyre just parents?? abovese just lets a man give birth but that does not take away his father label and turn into a mother…

btw it is very entertaining/fun for me to talk about these thigns jsjsjs I've gone late into the night discussing it with friends before.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Super-sleuth Traces Crime With Science," Kingston Whig-Standard. May 10, 1934. Page 13. ---- Vancouver's "Sherlock Holmes" Solves Seemingly Unsolvable Crimes. ---- VANCOUVER - Broken glass, paint, or a footprint mean little to the lay man but under the searching eye of Vancouver's criminologist, Inspector John Fleming Cullen Brown Varice, of the police bureau of science, such trifling clues are unravelled to reveal the story of a criminal and his crime.

In fact so successful has the inspector been in securing convictions against criminals that three attempts have been made on his life and were thwarted only through his keen powers of observation and the vigilance of police officers who guard him night and day.

For months he received threatening letters by the score, warning him to lay off certain cases. Only his keen analytical and inquiring mind saved him and a score of others from certain death when a parcel was delivered at his laboratory. It was found to contain an ingeniously constructed bomb.

Another Attempt Nipped Another attempt was nipped in the bud when a guard, tracing a smell of burning powder, discovered a bomb with a burning fuse beneath a corner of the house in time to prevent it exploding and possibly killing the inspector's wife and two children.

From a pair of footprints on a stone ledge and a bit of rubbed paint on the wall above it, the inspector reconstructed the description of a burglar who fled from a crime unseen. His deductions enabled police to arrest the man who subsequently was convicted.

Pieces of glass from a broken window and particles of paint scraped from a wall, found on the clothing of two prisoners sent the pair to jail for a daring robbery. They had pleaded not guilty but when Inspector Vance completed his testimony at the trial they refused to take the stand in their own defence.

A footprint on a carton of tobaccos convicted a man arrested near a ware- house which had been burglarised of a quantity of cigarettes and tobacco. Sudden death holding the elements of a mystery thriller and to all appearances murder, was unfolded to reveal an accident.

Police Puzzled For two weeks police of two cities in British Columbia puzzled over the death of a woman whose body was found, fully clothed and with a small suitcase strapped to the wrist, in an abandoned well which had a loose plank covering on top. Purplish stains, similar to cyanide, about the mouth led to suspicions she had been murdered and thrown into the well.

Inspector Vance, through chemical analysis of the woman's stomach, dis proved the poison theory and found the stains were caused by dye from the woman's clothing. When the inspector's finding was made public the farmer who made the gruesome find probed his memory and remembered he had placed the planks over the well to eliminate just such an accident in this case too late.

One the top floor at police headquarters Inspector Vance, already famous throughout Canada and the United States for his solving of baf- fling crimes, works with two assist ants. Here, the criminologist, looking more like a college professor preparing a class lecture than a detective, delves into crime clues in a laboratory only equalled, by the famous scientific bureaus of London and Paris.

All the instruments known to science for detecting crime are here. The microscope, one of the pioneer Instruments of scientific police work the magniscope which reveals in matter of seconds a forged signature: cameras used in finger-print work ultra-violet ray machines which will prove a handkerchief found at the scene of a crime came from the pocket of the prisoner. And in this modern laboratory a myriad of seemingly unsolvable problems occupy the smiling inspector as he continues his work of aiding the forces of the law

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Just Finished Class of '09 the Re-Up

I never played the original, I just watched some playthroughs on Bijuu Mike's channel. I liked the black humor and the characters. There's just something so great about a female character who is unapologetically shitty. I like having a vessel to enact my worst tendencies.

Honestly, I didn't like the Re-Up's endings as much as I liked the original's, but I understand why they're like that since this is only taking place in the senior year. Although it does make me wonder why it costs more than the original.

I still liked the game, though.

The first ending I got was the one where I busted the teacher. That was an interesting one. I particularly liked the part where Nicole was just like "Yeah, there's no real difference between sex work and retail work." Of course, she's not a leftist or a Zoomer, so she doesn't flat-out say "We all sell our bodies under capitalism," but I know what my commie queen meant. Stuff like that is fun, though. As someone who was 4 during the time this game takes place, it's always fun to see parallels between how teens supposedly acted in the 2000s vs now.

I believe the second ending I got was the one where Nicole went to jail. I wanted to slap the shit out of her when she was giving that speech to Jecka. Bitch is so aware of her privilege...Until she's not. I do like that the ending made her reflect on her actions as well as gave some commentary on how prison systems make shitty people worse.

The third ending I got was the one where Nicole stole that Catholic girl's man. It's just like, damn, all that 'cause he wasn't getting his dick sucked. Like yeah, the Catholic girl was controlling, but he left her for a girl who fake-offered him sex, but hey, just plays into this game's series' hard-hitting and compelling theme. That all men are trash.

The fourth ending I got was the one where Nicole used Ari. I feel like in terms of impact, this one was the jail ending but better. The steps it took to get there were painfully realistic, with Ari staying in a terrible relationship because she had nowhere else to go, and then was forced back into the closet. I didn't expect Nicole to actually feel bad. It's interesting that Ari is the only partner she feels any remorse for. Nicole is probably gay and she's the embodiment of that one twitter post. I can't find it but it said something like "Don't leave your shitty male ex for me, I will literally treat you the exact same way." I just feel bad for Ari...Or at least I did, until...

The fifth ending I got was the one where Ari's house got caught on fire because of a hate crime. During this ending, it's revealed that Ari is a fucking femcel, SO FUCK HER! Alright, alright, Ari's not that bad. She's certainly got nothing on some of these dudes in the game but this ending really made me have soured feelings towards her, and her being okay with a supposedly racist Nicole in another route did not make me feel better.

The sixth ending I got is probably one of my favorites just because of the path to get there. This game had me shipping Nicole and Emily so hard. It was great to see someone who could actually out-do Nicole and match her personality. They would've been such a fun couple if uh.. You know...Didn't happen.

Last ending I got was the one with the racist teacher. That's probably the closest this game has to a "good" ending. I had my suspicions about the teacher when she said that 2pac was a fantastic and thought-provoking rapper, but that Kanye, 2008 Kanye, had nothing but music about bitches and hos. I had to turn my computer's volume down when she started reading Nicole's essay. Not only is she racist, she's just ultra-fake and bad at her job? First, she dismissed the nuance of modern rap and then she couldn't even recognize plagiarism from a book that was being read IN THE SCHOOL? ALSO, SHE WROTE A PAPER ON HOW INTERRACIAL DATING WAS MISOGYNISTIC TO WHITE WOMEN? Is it weird that I kind of want to know how she went about that? Did she argue that black men were fetishizing white women or that white women were left behind because she couldn't get a black boyfriend? It's probably the former but the latter is way funnier.

[narayanprophetnet]

European Royals own the world as hybrids of the fallen angels. They are modern nephilim behind international banking system together with Roman Church Vatican and almost all politicians from left to right are their puppets stealing our money by the taxes instead printing their own debt free money for all needs! They are behind human slave trade, ritual murders of children and pedophile rings doing all kind of perverted and sick things. This system is about to be annihilated by asteroid that’s gonna hit Earth in 2032 unless I take over all the Central banks World Bank and IMF. This is well known fact by European Royals who have recorded Angels from heaven that showed up to me in June 2017 in Wrocław in Poland warning about the coming threat 15 years ahead. Instead of cooperating with me for greater good of entire humankind they decided to kill me remotely by psychotronic weapon so I should be already dead in June 2017 but Angels who arrived to Earth are shielding me from certain death and showed spaceships from heaven made of light and interdimensional which they offer to humankind among many other technologies that would allow us to make ultra HIGH evolutionary jump and unite entire humanity in New Era but European Royals with Vatican & USA don’t want debt free nations and taxation abolishment don’t want technologies on terms by the Most HIGH and don’t want me to rule the world as God appointed me to do. Politicians who guide secret services ordered to kill me as European Royals want instead of to sacrifice Rothschilds banking dynasty in Rome for entire humankind to see live on CNN & BBC. God also wants Obama Rutte Soros & BIBI in jail for killing of children for 25 years til they die and will go to hell. Global elite covers them instead of working with me and recieving amazing technologies they have recorded. There is only 8 and a half years left til IMPACT! God also wants in jail in Poland for 25 years Tusk Sikorski Komorowski Kopacz Rostowski. It all has to be done so humanity will avoid IMPACT coming in 2032. As I’m not dying the elite should realize I am the only saviour of humankind from coming threat annointed ONE! I should recieve 20 INFINITY CARDS and gifts to Monopol hotel in Katowice with MI6 and SS guards and polish special forces protection as CHOSEN by GOD Apex Imperator of Universe.

[icpa]

Unraveling the world of toothbrushes: From ancient origins to modern must-haves | ICPA Health Products Ltd.

We all know and love our toothbrushes. They help us get rid of that yucky stuff on our teeth, prevent cavities (with the help of toothpaste), and make our breath smell fresh. But did you know there’s more to learn about them? Let’s explore some interesting facts about toothbrushes.

When you’re picking a toothbrush, buy a standard toothbrush from a reputed company that follows the guidelines published by the American Dental Association. The toothbrush range from ICPA Health Products follows the ADA guidelines.

Toothbrushes have been around for a very long time, like 5,000 years! They didn’t look like today’s toothbrushes, though. In ancient times, people used things like small sticks with frayed ends to clean their teeth. Over time, toothbrushes changed and were made from bones, wood, or ivory handles with tough bristles from animals. The toothbrush we use today with nylon bristles was invented in 1938.

Surprisingly, the first mass-produced toothbrush was created by a man in jail. In 1770, a guy named William Addis got locked up for causing trouble. While in prison, he saw other inmates using rags covered in soot or salt to clean their teeth. So, he saved a bone from his dinner, got some bristles from a guard, and made a toothbrush by poking holes in the bone and sticking the bristles in with glue. After he got out of jail, he improved his idea and started a company, and that company, Wisdom Toothbrushes, still exists in the United Kingdom today.

When it comes to choosing between a regular and an electric toothbrush, it doesn’t make a big difference for your teeth. What’s really important is to brush twice a day for two minutes with fluoride-containing toothpaste. Both types of brushes can clean your teeth well, so it’s up to you to choose the one you like. If using a regular brush is hard for you, you might find an electric one more comfortable. Ask your dentist which one is right for you.

There’s no strict rule about whether you should brush or floss first. Your teeth don’t mind which order you do it in, as long as you do both.

When you finish brushing, it’s essential to clean your toothbrush. Just rinse it with water to get rid of toothpaste and bits of food. Keep it standing up so it can air dry. If you store your toothbrush with others, make sure they don’t touch it to avoid spreading germs. And don’t put it in a closed container because that can make it a cozy home for unwanted bacteria.

Remember to change your toothbrush every three to four months, or sooner if the bristles look worn out. An old toothbrush won’t do a good job of cleaning your teeth.

Whether you use a regular or electric toothbrush, go for one with soft bristles. Brushes with hard or medium bristles can hurt your gums and enamel. When you brush your teeth, be gentle. You don’t need to scrub hard; just brush enough to remove the stuff on your teeth. The fluoride in your toothpaste will do the rest of the work.

ICPA toothbrushes come in three groups, based on the bristle diameter. Bristles are those tiny, thin, hair-like structures that clean your tooth surfaces.

0.007” diameter bristle, known as a soft toothbrush, is ideal for daily use.

0.006” diameter bristle, known as an ultra-soft toothbrush is ideal for sensitive teeth, post-surgical care, and in cancer patients where brushing can be painful.

0.008” diameter bristle, known as a smart toothbrush, is ideal for those patients, who want a little robust and harder bristles.

And don’t forget: Brush for two minutes, twice a day. Four minutes every day can keep your smile healthy.

Sharing is usually a good thing, but not when it comes to toothbrushes. When you share a toothbrush, you might share germs and bacteria too. This could be a problem if you’re sick or have a weak immune system. So, it’s best to stick to your own toothbrush.

[random-conspiracy]

opinion on minimalist/modern designs?personally they confuse me and i dont know if categorised that right

First than nothing, they're different things. Minimalism is a design style/movement/life style/philosophy/religion/cult, modern design is another hell of a box to be open.

I adore minimalism as a concept: Low consumism, 100% usefulness in design and use. Value for the things that actually matter. YES, YES! Because think about it, how many dishes do you have to wash? If you only had 1 set of them everything would be easier, right?

HOWEVER that's an ideal abstract minimalism. In practice, more often than nothing we find that we don't live under the specific set of rules of the minimalism core. AND WORSE, the whitewashed version of it.

[Sarcasm] OH YES! GIVE IT TO ME! Furniture and objects that have no fucking ornaments or color or ANYTHING!

Like, the literal whitewashed version. Just because something is simple/empty and white doesn't make it minimalist. Well, it is minimal but by pure technicism. If your design is white just for the sake of it, over any other more accesible and useful possibility, then it's not minimalist. Easy as that.

Those ultra minimalistic houses that are obviously inhabitable make me want to kms (keep myself suuuuuuuper away ahshah). In principle, a high quality product minimize the need of consumerism but a high quality product is (surprise surprise) almost inaccesible for the common peasant. And a lot of the white washed minimalism is straight up making things as abstract ans simple as posible.

Look, I enjoy a minimalistic chair as the next fool but if it uncomfortable I'm breaking your legs, sorry not sorry.

The piece of shit of Adolf Loos had a point that was more or less: What is the point of having super ornamented shoes if they have holes?

Well, now my point is: What is the point of having super simple and no ornamented shoes if the have holes?

Minimalism is too a lot of an easy wasy in desing. Good minimalism is hard as fuck because it looks obvious but cuts with the sharpness of an Ockham's razor. In the other hand... look the quiky stupid designs of Apple. Clean, pure, "minimal". BUT ABSOLUTE UNUSABLE. NO PORTS, NO CHARGERS, NO ANYTHING. IT'S A FUCKING MACHINE IT'S FUCKING SAND THAT WE TEACH HOW TO THINK AND NOW YOU CANNOT REAPAIR OR DO MODIFICATION, I FUCKING HATE THIS SHIT SHOW.

Give me minimalism with thought and soul or give me death.

And that bring us to the next point: Modern design.

Again, this is another hellscape because what in the swee-at-sour-fuck is modern design at all? I imagine you're talking about the Le Corbusier+Mies Van der Rohe+Friends movement.

Well, I actually don't have a lot to say about them: I like their design WHEN compared with how unusable and rancid were previous pieces. I don't love (talking about Architecture) Ville Savoye, but undestanding how unhealthy and obsolet was the house of the times, it becomes heaven on Earth.

It was a design made to be practical, easy to produce, easy to use, complex to be thought of. And it worked, GOD, IF IT WORKED.

It was powered by the innovation and development of new technologies and standarization from them. I can rant all what I want about how boring and plain the designs were in time but the pure reality that my grandma in the middle of Nowhere, Mexico has access to a fucking spoon made to last her and probably me and mu whole family is an example of an EXCELLENT design.

However, the "modern style" was trappped within its own aesthetic over its core: Functionality. Sometimes the solution for a fucking house is NOT ALWAYS steel, concrete and glass but fuck me if they didn't try it. A Barcelona chair (designed to be accesible) is a fucking luxury and so on.

Again, using modern and minimalist designs as an excuse for cheap and easy to make poor quality stuff is a sin and goes straight to jail (do not collect $200, do not pass Go).

Some examples of modern and minimalist designs for which ones I have feelings:

Wassily chair, designes by Marcel Breuer y Marcel Bouvier. I fucking hate this chair for irrational reasons ahshashas.

Love House 1 and 2 of Takeshi Hosaka. I'M INSANE ABOUT THESE HOUSES AHSHAHSHAHAHAHSA SAJFMDNGF,ISAFVMMSAKMSdvsadviadsjvmsasvsacdjJMHJAJSDIMSQFIASIVFJADSV GONNA EAT THEM.

Pringles new logo. I actually like it. I know it is souless and simple, but what better to represent consumism. Also, it looks low-key like a soviet poster hashashahsa.

1000 YEARS OF DEATH AND TORTURE, I HATE WITH ALL MY SOUL THIS THING AND EVERYTHING REMOTELY SIMILAR.

The Needle, a masterpiece of design. No more to add.

Btw, I love minimalism when done right and I love maximalism too. I'd not call myself in one side or the other.

I get the appeal in the calm and peace that minimalism can transmit but it also acts as a force-jacket. I want design to express my reality in a constructive way. I want color and peace and chaos and order as fucking life is. I don't want to pass the rest of my life dusting the stupid ornaments of a drawer, but I also want to look at it every morning and feel good, not worse.

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I was right about british pakistan the university of California is with london so thats why without hospitality for pound your head worse then bitch customs beggers there may be only war in San Diego British colonialism won't leave....

Helicopters like black hawks drone ing sound bombs all the time and scary witchy fuckers everywhere

Its just to kill people here to afford European lifestyles.....

Londons cannot have a conscience to anyone here they have to pay their emigrationist

She was sitting and cutting her little black malteses hair with a children's sizzors down to turning him into a poodle..........and asked me if I had ever had animals....

So I said most animals around white people have to be understood as indigenous if you don't allow most of it a lot of country for a lot of activity it hurts itself and I cry when it's not taken care of....

They tried sometimes in cities to give us little black dogs and it's oh how perfect this little dog little compact dog for the city and they run and run and run and run and you have to watch them all the time or they run into things and

So we gave the little black dog to whites that wanted to be poor and country and then the little black dog went to charming circumstance

So then the golden retriever arrived big big golden retriever and that dog to us was just so calm and so good always there to hold your hand and just be a presence if upset just so calm to well babies and that was way better

My birth father mother was a little wife all sons much taller and bigger then herself....thats my grandmother's big it has to get big or

She asked me how I was doing this morning......so I said very very bad and apologized for the crowds they aren't city people and bring their rural manners here....

I was open minded about the largely pale populations in southern California at first....sure yea they are cosmetic areas and wealth and now I'm pretty sure it's the pale or tan that makes no acclimative or assimilative sense here

They kept attacking rural areas prostitutes like them do not practice in cities those are military base types

Their habits in cities are too masochistic in doesn't at all make sense here to be wearing Brazilian bikinis

They kept calling whites evil and rural areas asylums and people who call life dominance and submission and make the mother God are run from because of crop dusting killing fields....

I met a gay in Alaska who was suspiciously obeisant about sex work for admitting her orientation was actually gay and she was Connecticut also and it's not wanted to be stalked to be obeisant to a Jew conscription without serial killer charm their military serial killers and they don't want to practice necessary evils without the charm though

Its very boring ordinary here and without charm and it's not wanted

The golden retriever his spleen finally couldn't take that city and he passed away of old age and now we know about not being too separated from negro resistance activists

The Mississippi River they use to be bohemian's......and barge workers....and queens like melanctha so it's sense of segregated marriage only doesn't make any historical health sense....

The religion yes has always been modern but it's health science is not no....

Anyway I told her with the holiday they stalked the area with a multiplied population of girls and the prison over crowding problem is too suspicious of trying to kill the police so they just let the serial killers out proportionate to the amount of prostitutes around they called the board walk a Rowe

So all morning long after very hyper and excessive sex stimulation along the beach all morning the serial killers have then tortured us with tools...I've thought about if my migrantcy attracts the serial killers and it's the girl prostitutes I attract dike fuckers with a few cops from the jails but it's the girls that attract the ultra violent

It is just what to do with their people to reduce harm...carissa one girl a psychiatric serial killer was trying to murder in a ward....I tried to let her out so something else would populate her psychiatrists life and stop it from killing her and I've found out this constant torture with tools and machines happens if state terrorism may not have their people in captivity

Sort of like the aids boys you cannot take persians away from their doctoring

That's why i am still homeless my daddy character is a cop punisher and they would hit team me in somebodies house and bring their teams of queer dikes to rape me at the jail....my owner is scary as a county he is too scary to be in somebodies house

The girls it maybe is like gymnastics uhm they can't be taken away from their schools and their ultra violents have to be apart of their reform or betterment....or their owner tries to kill everyone if their not with them

That's why Winona la duke about homelessness I have to have indigenous settlements for male health from the military or in a house I don't have enough to combatants to keep jail militias away....

I cannot go to housing or counties.....they wouldn't let us into rural areas.....

Thats me with punisher counties.....I have tried to go to food justice and idle no more and have found out i was called white and if I do the British theories and care about them against invasion he can stop hurting me so badly

Uhm yes my transexual ally with the military just said she chose to be a woman and she obviously understands about apache that she should identify as Canadian and strictly say her people is dine now....and so I've been told very strictly to be Canadian about it and say I was white.....which doesn't really make civil sense these gov contracts were from Cubans and they don't w but if I do these very strict binaries that don't talk too much then he can better give my breeding and uniform needs and he doesn't have to call me a rude bitch and beat me so badly

The anti social YouTube....about no emotions....yea that also if she is called black and sent to feelings or french indigenous rights like growing power she would have to have feelings.......and anti social as a diagnosis could be very violent very anti repression so that also I have had to be very strictly beat up about taking care of black people are about Africa not indigenous European wars and they need africans for their physical care or their progressivisms aren't managed well......

I would call black latin and so inherently European but that will not be okay if it's European as an American empire of Africans they can have that but just giving them french stuff will not be okay for him and he will beat me up

It is the girls the conflict with sound and light and constant disturbance does sometimes stop if girls are around prostituting constant torture with tools

Herodotus the persians ever taken out of their confinement and he tries to kill everyone about their rape....

Its a really disgusting bulimic conflict too just sound rapes till you puke so someone used children for sex work over the holiday when it's you can all die of bulimia they used children over the holiday for sex work

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What particularly about Louis turns Lestat on? Personally and physically & vice versa. Do they have any preferences with love making? I just want to know what’s got them eternally obsessed. Carnally lmao 🤗

do you have more nsfw headcanons to share....... asking for a friend

I got both of these on the same day plus a req for Vamptember PWP, you're all going to horny jail (affectionate)

Since my opinions have been solicited, I've decided to offer my definitive (unless I think of something else later) list of the most important Loustat kinks and turn-ons. My word is law, obviously

NSFW under the cut as usual

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Louis

Edging/orgasm denial

I think this stems from so much Catholic repression, probably some kind of subconscious enjoyment from subverting the idea of forced, shameful abstinence. Plus he seems like the type to enjoy being taken care of, to have someone who cares enough to take their time and help him really enjoy it. It would be good for him to reframe that kind of frustration to be a precursor to and part of the experience of pleasure.

Humiliation/degradation

I see this one as being another sort of catharsis, a way to reclaim that negative self-talk into something playful and pleasurable. I don't think he'd like anything super intense (especially given their history), but when in the correct mood, some teasing and name-calling definitely works for him. This can definitely go hand in hand with the aforementioned edging/denial at times.

Crossdressing/lingerie

I don't have a ton of rationale for this one, but I think he'd enjoy Lestat wearing lingerie (his favorites are a classic garter/stockings/bustier combo, those see-through babydolls, and the slutty French maid outfit). Maybe it has something to do with how the feminine clothing highlights masculine features (something he didnt let himself appreciate for so long) and maybe just the indulgent taboo.

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Lestat

Choking/restraint

Actual bondage feels more like an Armand/Daniel thing, but I think Lestat would enjoy being pinned down, manhandled, choked etc in bed. He has so many issues around his post-Akasha body that being physically dominated by Louis, even if he could break free, would be pleasurable for him. There's also the element of desire, of being wanted and taken like that by the person he loves.

Spanking

Honestly, look me in the eyes and tell me Lestat wouldn't want to be called a slut and have his ass smacked. That's mostly canon tbh. We know he loves Louis' severity (and his sexy riding crop), so I definitely thinks he acts up just so can be taken over a knee like a ~naughty boy when they're alone. He's 70% of the way to a teacher kink.

Exhibitionism & voyeurism

Lestat is a professional attention whore and for sure wants someone to show off for, maybe even to get caught bedding the hottest vampire north of the equator. Every undressing is a striptease and there's nothing he'd love more than for a cop to knock on their car window. On the flip side, he is an appreciator of beauty, so he definitely asks Louis to touch himself/play with toys in front of him or to even likes to watch him shower/get dressed etc.

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As far as general turn-ons

Louis is tall, but the kind that's all leg. They are also very nice legs and Lestat was devastated when tight breeches went out of fashion in favor of trousers. Louis is canonically a big shirt-tight pants gay, so Lestat is a big fan of those high waisted skinny jeans in the modern day (Louis likes them or those ultra-slim fit slacks with a tucked in poet top or turtleneck because it reminds him of the 18th century silhouette). If Louis' feeling generous (or horny), he'll wear yoga pants or very short lounge shorts around the house for Lestat. As a treat.

Lestat also REALLY likes to watch Louis feed. At this point hunting together is basically foreplay. Getting to watch is extremely intimate because of how private Louis is about feeding, but the erotic aspect means it fills a similar niche to sexual voyeurism. Bonus points because Louis has so little ability to control himself with blood, it becomes even more exciting and alluring to Lestat to witness.

He doesn't like to admit it, but Louis is very turned on by Lestat's rock star getup. The leather pants, the mesh shirts, eyeliner, all the sparkly, slutty nonsense and goth boots that make his ass look amazing. Though his career was short lived, Lestat keeps up the rocker look in his streetwear pretty consistently, but he definitely pulls out his old stage outfits once in a while as a birthday or anniversary gift to his favorite groupie.

Louis has a big thing for Lestat’s hair too. It was the first thing that caught his eye as a mortal and he still loves to brush it, pet it, and definitely pull on it. It gets lots of twirling and nuzzling in day-to-day life, but Lestat can always tell when Louis wants to take things to the bedroom if he starts raking through and tugging on his hair. A pretty eye-watering twist and pull is also the early warning sign that he's about to come during a blowjob.

They both (sometimes secretly, sometimes not so secretly) enjoy when the other is jealous. Sometimes Lestat will flirt with other interested parties or "seduce" pretty mortals to get Louis possessive and worked up for some PDA or rough sex. In turn, Louis will let his admirers chat him up and flatter him in earshot of Lestat when he wants some attention (or a good ravishing in the powder room).

[zerothejackal]

lets try this again, but more organized

Metallic counterparts

Metal Sonic (OVA+games+IDW)

Neo Metal (games+IDW)

Silver Sonic (games)

Mecha MK I (games)

Mecha MK II (games+IDW)

Shard the Metal Sonic (Archie)

Normal Sonic

Sonic the hedgehog (modern)

Sonic the hedgehog (classic)

Sonic the hedgehog (STC)

Sonic the hedgehog (boom)

Sonic the hedgehog (archie)

Sonic the hedgehog (AoSTH)

Sonic the hedgehog (SatAM)

Sonic the hedgehog (Underground)

Sonic the hedgehog (sonic X)

Sonic the hedgehog (OVA)

Sonic the hedgehog (Dash & Spin manga)

Sonic Wachowski (paramount)

Nicky the hedgehog (shogakukan manga)

Sonic.exe (official sonic tumblr)

Zonic the Zonecop (archie)

Scourge the anti-Sonic (archie)

Zone Cop Jail Werehog (archie)

Ugly Sonic (paramount)

Ugly Sonic (Chip n' Dale: Rescue Rangers)

Blaze the cat (games+IDW)

[no idea how she is in archie, pspsps fleetwood help me out you have read archie]

Blaze the cat (stco)

Sonic-Adjacent characters

Neutral/Run Chao

Sonic Man

Silver the hedgehog

Shadow the hedgehog

Surge the tenrec

Ashura the glitch

Super forms or different forms

Super Sonic (games+IDW+archie)

Super Sonic (stc)

Super Scourge (archie)

Dark Sonic (sonic x)

Dark Super Sonic (sonic x)

Zombot Sonic (IDW)

The Werehog (archie+games+IDW)

Darkspine Sonic (games)

Excalibur Sonic (games)

Ultra Sonic (archie)

Hyper Sonic (games)

Burning blaze (games+IDW)

[again, is she in archie, does she go burning, is burning blaze in stco?]

Cybercorruption Sonic [listen he counts okay?]

[robertreich]

The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It 

The coronavirus has starkly revealed what most of us already knew: The concentration of wealth in America has created a a health care system in which the wealthy can buy care others can't. 

It’s also created an education system in which the super-rich can buy admission to college for their children, a political system in which they can buy Congress and the presidency,  and a justice system in which they can buy their way out of jail. 

Almost everyone else has been hurled into a dystopia of bureaucratic arbitrariness, corporate indifference, and the legal and financial sinkholes that have become hallmarks of modern American life. The system is rigged. But we can fix it. Today, the great divide in American politics isn’t between right and left. The underlying contest is between a small minority who have gained power over the system, and the vast majority who have little or none. 

Forget politics as you’ve come to see it -- as contests between Democrats and Republicans. The real divide is between democracy and oligarchy.

The market has been organized to serve the wealthy. Since 1980, the percentage of the nation’s wealth owned by the richest four hundred Americans has quadrupled (from less than 1 percent to 3.5 percent) while the share owned by the entire bottom half of America has dropped to 1.3 percent.

The three wealthiest Americans own as much as the entire bottom half of the population. Big corporations, CEOs, and a handful of extremely rich people have vastly more influence on public policy than the average American. Wealth and power have become one and the same. As the oligarchs tighten their hold over our system, they have lambasted efforts to rein in their greed as “socialism”, which, to them, means getting something for doing nothing.

But “getting something for doing nothing” seems to better describe the handouts being given to large corporations and their CEOs. 

General Motors, for example, has received $600 million in federal contracts and $500 million in tax breaks since Donald Trump took office. Much of this “corporate welfare” has gone to executives, including CEO Mary Barra, who raked in almost $22 million in compensation in 2018 alone. GM employees, on the other hand, have faced over 14,000 layoffs and the closing of three assembly plants and two component factories.

And now, in the midst of a pandemic, big corporations are getting $500 billion from taxpayers. 

Our system, it turns out, does practice one form of socialism -- socialism for the rich. Everyone else is subject to harsh capitalism.

Socialism for the rich means people at the top are not held accountable. Harsh capitalism for the many, means most Americans are at risk for events over which they have no control, and have no safety nets to catch them if they fall.

Among those who are particularly complicit in rigging the system are the CEOs of America’s corporate behemoths. 

Take Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, whose net worth is $1.4 billion. He comes as close as anyone to embodying the American system as it functions today.

Dimon describes himself as “a patriot before I’m the CEO of JPMorgan.” He brags about the corporate philanthropy of his bank, but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to his company’s net income, which in 2018 was $30.7 billion -- roughly one hundred times the size of his company's investment program for America’s poor cities. 

Much of JP Morgan’s income gain in 2018 came from savings from the giant Republican tax cut enacted at the end of 2017 -- a tax cut that Dimon intensively lobbied Congress for.

Dimon doesn’t acknowledge the inconsistencies between his self-image as “patriot first” and his role as CEO of America’s largest bank. He doesn’t understand how he has hijacked the system.

Perhaps he should read my new book.

To understand how the system has been hijacked, we must understand how it went from being accountable to all stakeholders -- not just stockholders but also workers, consumers, and citizens in the communities where companies are headquartered and do business -- to intensely shareholder-focused capitalism.

In the post-WWII era, American capitalism assumed that large corporations had responsibilities to all their stakeholders. CEOs of that era saw themselves as “corporate statesmen” responsible for the common good.

But by the 1980s, shareholder capitalism (which focuses on maximizing profits) replaced stakeholder capitalism. That was largely due to the corporate raiders -- ultra-rich investors who hollowed-out once-thriving companies and left workers to fend for themselves.

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, for example, targeted major companies like Texaco and Nabisco by acquiring enough shares of their stock to force major changes that increased their stock value -- such as suppressing wages, fighting unions, laying off workers, abandoning communities for cheaper labor elsewhere, and taking on debt -- and then selling his shares for a fat profit. In 1985, after winning control of Trans World Airlines, he loaded the airline with more than $500 million in debt, stripped it of its assets, and pocketed nearly $500 million in profits.

As a result of the hostile takeovers mounted by Icahn and other raiders, a wholly different understanding about the purpose of the corporation emerged.

Even the threat of hostile takeovers forced CEOs to fall in line by maximizing shareholder profits over all else. The corporate statesmen of previous decades became the corporate butchers of the 1980s and 1990s, whose nearly exclusive focus was to “cut out the fat” and make their companies “lean and mean.”

As power increased for the wealthy and large corporations at the top, it shifted in exactly the opposite direction for workers. In the mid-1950s, 35 percent of all private-sector workers in the United States were unionized. Today, 6.4 percent of them are.

The wave of hostile takeovers pushed employers to raise profits and share prices by cutting payroll costs and crushing unions, which led to a redistribution of income and wealth from workers to the richest 1 percent. Corporations have fired workers who try to organize and have mounted campaigns against union votes. All the while, corporations have been relocating to states with few labor protections and so-called “right-to-work” laws that weaken workers’ ability to join unions.

Power is a zero-sum game. People gain it only when others lose it. The connection between the economy and power is critical. As power has concentrated in the hands of a few, those few have grabbed nearly all the economic gains for themselves.

The oligarchy has triumphed because no one has paid attention to the system as a whole – to the shifts from stakeholder to shareholder capitalism, from strong unions to giant corporations with few labor protections, and from regulated to unchecked finance.

As power has shifted to large corporations, workers have been left to fend for themselves. Most Americans developed 3 key coping mechanisms to keep afloat.

The first mechanism was women entering the paid workforce. Starting in the late 1970s, women went into paid work in record numbers, in large part to prop up family incomes, as the wages of male workers stagnated or declined. 

Then, by the late 1990s, even two incomes wasn’t enough to keep many families above water, causing them to turn to the next coping mechanism: working longer hours. By the mid-2000s a growing number of people took on two or three jobs, often demanding 50 hours or more per week.

Once the second coping mechanism was exhausted, workers turned to their last option: drawing down savings and borrowing to the hilt. The only way Americans could keep consuming was to go deeper into debt. By 2007, household debt had exploded, with the typical American household owing 138 percent of its after-tax income. Home mortgage debt soared as housing values continued to rise. Consumers refinanced their homes with even larger mortgages and used their homes as collateral for additional loans.

This last coping mechanism came to an abrupt end in 2008 when the debt bubbles burst, causing the financial crisis. Only then did Americans begin to realize what had happened to them, and to the system as a whole. That’s when our politics began to turn ugly.  

So what do we do about it? The answer is found in politics and rooted in power.

The way to overcome oligarchy is for the rest of us to join together and form a multiracial, multiethnic coalition of working-class, poor and middle-class Americans fighting for democracy.

This agenda is neither “right” nor “left.” It is the bedrock for everything America must do.

The oligarchy understands that a “divide-and-conquer” strategy gives them more room to get what they want without opposition. Lucky for them, Trump is a pro at pitting native-born Americans against immigrants, the working class against the poor, white people against people of color. His goal is cynicism, disruption, and division. Trump and the oligarchy behind him have been able to rig the system and then whip around to complain loudly that the system is rigged.

But history shows that oligarchies cannot hold on to power forever. They are inherently unstable. When a vast majority of people come to view an oligarchy as illegitimate and an obstacle to their wellbeing, oligarchies become vulnerable.

As bad as it looks right now, the great strength of this country is our resilience. We bounce back. We have before. We will again.

In order for real change to occur -- in order to reverse the vicious cycle in which we now find ourselves -- the locus of power in the system will have to change.

The challenge we face is large and complex, but we are well suited for the fight ahead. Together, we will dismantle the oligarchy. Together, we will fix the system.

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Best Movies Of The Year 1980 - Top 20 Films Of 1980

What Are The Best Movies Of The Year 1980?

From New York to Los Angeles this is a question that will get a different answer from every person you ask. There were some great films in the 1980s, and 1980 started the decade off with a bang as a year full of innovation in every way throughout all of society, and it was the start of some exciting new techniques, technologies, and ideas in the film industry in particular with many movies from the year 1980 introducing revolutionary and pioneering cinematic visions. Many people think that some of the best 80s movies of the decade came out in 1980. In this article post, we will go through our top picks for the 20 best movies of 1980, you might be surprised to find out which movies made it on the list! 1) Kramer vs. Kramer In 1980, "Kramer vs. Kramer" was released and became a huge success at the box office. The movie starred Meryl Streep as Joanna Kramer, Dustin Hoffman as Ted Kramer, Jane Alexander as Marylin Jaffe-Jenson, and Justin Henry as Billy Kramer. This film won five Academy Awards in 1981 including Best Picture of 1979 or 1980. It also received nominations for best director (Robert Benton), best actor (Dustin Hoffman), and best-adapted screenplay based on another work (Erica Mann). It is now considered one of the most significant Hollywood films ever made about divorce because it provides nuance to both sides of an argument. 2) The Shining This iconic horror classic film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall was released in 1980. It is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name. The film has been ranked a number of times as one of the best horror movies ever made and is now considered to be one of Kubrick's best films. It was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Actor in Leading Role--Jack Nicholson) and won none at the time. The Shining also received nominations for Best Director - Stanley Kubrick), Best Adapted Screenplay--Steven Spielberg/Stanley Kubrick). Its reputation grew over time, eventually earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. 3) Being There Hal Ashby himself had been nominated for an Academy Award in 1971 with directing The Last Detail. It is a film that could be classified as both comedy and drama, but the emphasis on this 1980 release lies more on its comedic aspects. While it was not one of the most acclaimed films when it came out, many now consider Being There to be a classic film about society's relationship with television at the time. It offers commentary on economic inequality and how people are often reduced to simple archetypes who can easily fit into neat narratives for consumption purposes. 4) Time Bandits Time Bandits, a 1980 British fantasy film about adventure, was co-written by Terry Gilliam. It stars Sean Connery and John Cleese as well as Shelley Duvall and Ralph Richardson. Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm. Peter Vaughan and David Warner are also featured. It is a whimsical kids' movie with the fantasy adventure of time travel that has been ranked as one of the best movies ever made by many critics. Gilliam has referred to time bandits as first in his "Trilogy of Imagination", which includes Brazil (1985), and then The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (88). They all revolve around the "craziness and incoherence of our society, and the desire for escape through every means. These films all focus on the struggles and attempts to escape through imagination. Brazil is seen through the eyes of a young man, Time Bandits through a child's eyes, and Munchausen through an old man's eyes. Time Bandits, in particular, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. 5) Pennies from Heaven Quite a departure from his previous work, this film is much more lighthearted and comedic than the serious dramas of The Miracle Worker or Bonnie and Clyde. The plot revolves around Arthur Parker (Steve Martin), whose life becomes increasingly chaotic as he tries to juggle two jobs, an impending child custody battle for his daughter, and a demanding girlfriend who wants him to give up one job so that they can have some time together. 6) Airplane! This Leslie Nielsen instant comedy classic was one of the highest-grossing movies of 1980. The movie is about an airplane crew that must find a way to land their plane after food poisoning breaks out on board and the pilots become incapacitated, with only two inexperienced passengers who happen to be a doctor (Robert Hays) and a flight attendant (Julie Hagerty) qualified to land the plane. Airplane! was one of the most successful films at theaters in 1980 It had more than $83 million worth of ticket sales by year's end - it became one of Leslie Nielsen's most popular roles ever The film also helped launch Robert Hays' career as a leading man, though he later found greater success playing comedic supporting characters before retiring from acting. 7) The Empire Strikes Back One of the most famous of the 1980s movies, The Empire Strikes Back is remembered for its numerous plot twists and turns as well as introducing fan-favorite Yoda The film features Mark Hamill reprising his role as Luke Skywalker in this second installment of George Lucas' Star Wars series and it was the first star wars to be released on VHS. Featuring a mixture of live-action footage with high-quality animation from Japanese company Toho, it became one of the best critically acclaimed movies ever. In 1997, it won an American Film Institute award for being among the top 100 films since 1941. 8) Raging Bull 1980 was a strong year for movies, and Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is one of the most acclaimed action films to be released that year. It stars Robert De Niro in an Academy Award-winning performance as new york boxer Jake La Motta, who has a turbulent affair with Kim Basinger's Vickie. The film depicts how new york boxing served as both his escape from domestic abuse but also led him on a self-destruction path. In addition to being nominated for ten Oscars (including best picture), it won two including best actor for Robert de Niro and best director awards respectively. Released by United Artists, the movie has ranked among the top 100 American Films ever made according to AFI rankings. This release is considered one of the best films of the 80s by many critics. 9) Kagemusha One of the most interesting and well-made movies that 1980 has to offer, Kagemusha tells the story of a warlord who is critically injured and after being buried alive. The movie was directed by Akira Kurosawa and stars Tatsuya Nakadai in one of his best performances ever as both warrior leader Katsuyori Shibata and an imposter named Shingen Yashida. Released in Japan on April 20th, 1980, it became the second-highest-grossing film at the Japanese box office just behind The Return of Godzilla (1984). Kagemusha made its international debut at Cannes Film Festival's Directors Fortnight where it won two major awards: Special Jury Prize for Best Direction and Grand Prix du Festival International du Film - Art. 10) The Gods Must Be Crazy Part comedy, part drama, The Gods Must Be Crazy is a timeless classic. Released in 1980, the film follows Xi (N!xau), an out-of-touch bushman who lives happily with his family until he encounters Coca Cola for the first time and it changes their world forever. The premise of this movie makes us laugh because we can relate to how much more comfortable life was before modern society became so intricate that things like Coke began infiltrating every aspect of our lives. We're drawn into Xi's story as he goes from living peacefully with his tribe to being thrust into a completely different reality when they start hunting down any remaining cases of coca-cola at stores all over town! It also touches on some deeper themes such as the cultural modern world where his customs and rituals mean nothing. Xi's journey is our own as we watch the culture clash of modern society, with all its good intentions and never-ending thirst for new things to consume, come into contact with a simpler time that has long since passed by. The humorous film release was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but lost out to Italy’s Cinema Paradiso (1988). 11) Caddyshack Released in 1980 this classic comedy film by Harold Ramis is widely considered one of the funniest movies ever made by fans and critics alike. It features an amazing comedic all-star ensemble cast, including Chevy Chase as a rich playboy who turns caddie in order to get girls; Ted Knight as Judge Smails, who wants to keep his country club memberships exclusive and prestigious; Rodney Dangerfield as Ty Webb, a millionaire golfer-cum-caddy who has been banned from all other golf courses for being too good. Also featuring Bill Murray as Carl Spackler, the groundskeeper at Bushwood Country Club whose only goal seems to be killing off gophers with any weapon he can devise (including explosives); Michael O'Keefe as Danny Noonan, a young man hired by Judge Smails's daughter (Castle) to caddy for him; and Brian Doyle-Murray as Lou Loomis, the club's ultra-snobby head professional. 12) The Blues Brothers Another instant classic 1980 movie, The Blues Brothers are best known for its 1980 car chases. Starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake & Elwood Blues respectively, the two brothers who perform a blues show before being arrested by police. They break out of jail with their friends to save an orphanage from foreclosure through satanic cult leader sheik Abdul Khadaffi's "Elvis-Is-King" rally in Chicago Illinois on Mothers Day 1980 at noon. The film has been praised by audiences and critics alike for its music, screenplay, and performances but criticized for its lack of character development (most likely due to budget constraints). This was even acknowledged during production when director John Landis told cast members not to act too much because "no one is going to see this movie." The 1980 car chases are iconic and highly regarded by film critics. One of the most memorable moments in 1980 was when Elwood Blues while driving his 1980 Chevy Malibu, spots a cat on the front fender as he's being chased by police officers from Illinois State Troopers who try to arrest him for not wearing seat belts (the law at that time). The chase ends with Jake & Elwood crashing into an old man sitting atop a 1980 Chevy Monte Carlo. After striking them, the cops then swerve quickly around their fallen comrade before continuing after our heroes. 13) 9 To 5 9 to 5 (listed in the opening credits as Nine to Five) is a 1980 American comedy film directed by Colin Higgins, who wrote the screenplay with Patricia Resnick. It stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as three working women who live out their fantasies of getting even with and overthrowing the company's autocratic, "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss, played by Dabney Coleman. The film grossed over $103.9 million and is the 20th-highest-grossing comedy film. As a star vehicle for Parton—already established as a successful singer, musician, and songwriter—it launched her permanently into mainstream popular culture. A television series of the same name based on the film ran for five seasons, and a musical version of the film (also titled 9 to 5), with new songs written by Parton, opened on Broadway on April 30, 2009. 9 to 5 is number 74 on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies" and has an 83% approval rating on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. 14) Smokey And The Bandit 2 Smokey and the Bandit 2 Is a 1980 American action comedy film directed by Hal Needham, starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Jackie Gleason, And Dom DeLuise. This film is a sequel to 1977's film Smokey and the Bandit. The original release of the film was in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia. Bo "Bandit", Darville (Burt Reynolds), and Cledus "Snowman," Snow (Jerry Reed) transport an elephant to the GOP National Convention. Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Jackie Gleason (Jackie Gleason), is once more in hot pursuit. 15) Superman 2 Superman II, a 1980 superhero movie directed by Richard Lester, is written by Mario Puzo, David, and Leslie Newman and is based on a story by Puzo about the DC Comics character Superman. It features Gene Hackman and Terence Stamp, Terence Stamp, Ned Beatty, and Sarah Douglas. The film was first released in Australia and Europe on December 4, 1980. It was also released in other countries during 1981. Megasound is a high-impact surround sound system that's similar to Sensurround and was used for select premiere Superman II engagements. The Salkinds decided in 1977 that they would simultaneously film Superman and its sequel. Principal photography began in March 1977 and ended in October 1978. There were tensions between Richard Donner, the original director, and the producers. It was decided to stop filming the sequel (of which 75 percent was already completed) and instead finish the first film. After the December 1978 release of Superman, Donner was fired from his post as director and was replaced by Lester. Many cast members and crew members declined to return following Donner's firing. Lester was officially acknowledged as the director. Principal photography resumed in September 1979 and ended in March 1980. Film critics gave the film positive reviews, praising the performances of Reeve, Stamp, and Hackman as well as the visual effects and humor. The film grossed $190million against a $54 million production budget. 16) Friday The 13th Friday the 13th, 1980 American slasher movie, is directed and produced by Sean S. Cunningham. Written by Victor Miller, it stars Betsy Palmer and Adrienne King. The plot centers on a group of teenager camp counselors, who are each murdered by an unknown killer as they attempt to reopen an abandoned summer camp. Cunningham, inspired by John Carpenter's Halloween (1978) success, put out an advertisement in Variety to sell the film. Miller was still writing the screenplay. Filming began in New York City after casting the film. It was shot in New Jersey during summer 1979 on an estimated budget of $550,000. The finished film was the subject of a bidding war. Paramount Pictures won domestic distribution rights while Warner Bros. Pictures took European rights. Friday the 13th, which was released on May 9, 1980, was a huge box office hit, earning $59.8 million globally. The film received mixed reviews, some praised its cinematography, score, and performances while others criticized it for depicting graphic violence. It was the first independent film of its type to be distributed in the U.S. by major studios. The film's box office success led it to many sequels, a crossover film with A Nightmare on Elm Street, and a reboot of the series in 2009. 17) Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is a 1980 space opera film directed and produced by Mike Hodges. It was based on Alex Raymond's King Features comic strip. The film stars Sam J. Jones and Melody Anderson as well as Max von Sydow, Max von Sydow, Max von Sydow, and Topol. Topol is supported by Timothy Dalton and Mariangela Melato. Peter Wyngarde plays the role of Peter Wyngarde. The film features Flash Gordon (Jones), a star quarterback, and his friends Dale Arden and Hans Zarkov (Topol), as they unify the warring factions on the planet Mongo to resist the oppression by Ming the Merciless (von Sydow), a man who wants to destroy Earth. Producer Dino De Laurentiis had been involved in two comic book adaptations: Danger: Diabolik and Barbarella (both 1968). He had also previously worked on Danger. De Laurentiis declined a George Lucas directorial offer, a Star Wars version directed by Federico Fellini was also rejected. De Laurentiis hired Nicolas Roeg as director and Enter the Dragon writer Michael Allin as the lead developer on the film. They were replaced in 1977 by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and Hodges, who had written De Laurentiis’ remake of King Kong, this was due to Roeg's dissatisfaction. Flash Gordon was mostly shot in England, with several soundstages at Elstree Studios and Shepperton Studios. It uses a camp style that is similar to the 1960s TV series Batman, which Semple created. Jones quit the film before principal photography was overdue to a dispute between De Laurentiis and Jones. Much of Jones's dialogue was dubbed by Peter Marinker. The documentary Life After Flash examines the main subjects of Jones' departure and his career after it was released. It is known for its Queen-inspired musical score, which features orchestral sections by Howard Blake. Flash Gordon was a box-office success in Italy and the United Kingdom, but it did poorly in other markets. The film received generally positive reviews upon its initial release and has since developed a large cult following. There have been many attempts at sequels or reboots, but none of them have ever made it to production. 18) Cheech & Chong's Next Movie Cheech and Chong's Next Movie, a 1980 comedy film by Tommy Chong, is the second feature-length Cheech & Chong project, after Up in Smoke. It was released by Universal Pictures. Cheech and Chong go on a mission: siphon gasoline to their neighbor's car. They then continue their day. Cheech works at a movie theater, while Chong looks for something to smoke (a roach). Then Chong revs up his indoor motorcycle and plays loud rock music that disrupts the neighborhood. Cheech is fired and the couple goes to Donna, Cheech's girlfriend, and welfare officer. Cheech seduces Donna over her objections and gets her in trouble with her boss. 19) Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter, a 1980 American musical biographical film, was directed by Michael Apted and based on a screenplay by Tom Rickman. The film follows Loretta Lynn's rise to stardom as a country singer, starting in her teen years with a poor family. The film is based on Lynn's 1976 biography by George Vecsey. Read the full article

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An 18th-Century British Jail Was Transformed into a Luxury Hotel

A six-year, $71 million makeover converted Bodmin Jail in Cornwall into a modern 70-room hotel.

Forget Hotel California; in some hotels’ former lives, they truly were places you checked in, and couldn’t leave—because they were prisons.

The footprint of a jail, of course, is ideal for a hotel, but it was only in the 1990s when this trend kickstarted, arguably via the Four Seasons in Istanbul. It commandeered the elaborate, neoclassical Sultanahmet Prison which had closed in 1969, and cheekily converting it into an ultra-luxury hotel. More followed, like the aptly named Liberty in Boston, which opened in 2001, and the Oxford site for British boutique chain Malmaison five years later. Its building dates back to the 11th century, and was converted into a prison three hundred years ago. The newest option is also in Britain: the just-opened Bodmin Jail, which  shared images of the extraordinary conversion.

The four-story, 70-room luxury property was initially built in 1779 during the reign of George III, made famous by the movie about his long term mental illness. The site was a cutting-edge design statement back then, with hot water, and well-ventilated living quarters for the inmates, who ranged from petty criminals to a special section reserved for sailors convicted of crimes. It wasn’t a soft option, though: 55 hangings took place on the gibbets here.

This £50 million (around $71 million), six-year makeover was a mammoth undertaking by London-based firm Twelve Architects, as the property had fallen into ruin after the jail closed in the 1920s. Attempts to demolish it with dynamite had failed, so thick were the walls, but the roof had collapsed and interior features had fallen away. It was up to Matt Cartwright, the lead architect, to reimagine the rubble-strewn site as a luxury hotel. For each suite-style room, he combined three cells; even cutting through the interior walls was difficult.

“They’re 60cm [around 24”] thick, and filled with loose rubble, so as soon as you cut a hole in one, the rubble falls out,” he explains, “And there were so many bats, which you couldn’t remove without a permit for certain months of the year, otherwise they might have been mating.”  Cartwright deliberately retained much of the rough-hewn textures of these walls and other historic details during the luxury fit out, keen to evoke their past for voluntary overnighters. Rates for each of these suites start at £200 (around $283) including breakfast; the property is also available on a full buyout basis (POA).

Cartwright turned the onsite chapel into the main bar-restaurant—the upper level, where there’s now a grand piano—was where the wardens and staff used to sit for worship, looking down over their inmates. As for the condemned cell, where those 50 plus prisoners would have spent the last night before their execution and received their last rites? It’s located in the prison’s former office wing, the sole part of the site that had remained in use and so was in superior condition. “It’s the only cell that hasn’t been converted into a bedroom,” he says, mutedly.

Bodmin Jail hotel is located in one of the most appealing parts of the UK—Cornwall, which defies the maxims about dreary British weather with its reliably sunny days. It’s tony, too, as the Duchy of Cornwall is the official name for the estate from which Prince Charles draws his private income, and is worth around £1 billion (around $1.4 billion). No wonder, then, that Boris Johnson decided to showcase this corner of the UK when his country hosts the G7 summit next month. Perhaps he’ll decide to send a coded message to any world leaders he’d like to chide by booking them a suite here. President Putin, check your itinerary.

Bt Mark Ellwood.