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[grimcoves]

‘   how   could   you   ever   believe   that   was   okay   ?   ’

[artaxlivs]

May I please have a Treat? 👀 (plz no daddy/mommy kink, breeding, or omegaverse. Any rating is good!)

I can't ask from the appropriate blog, please go to @griefabyss69!!

Absolutely babycakes!

"If you can make it all night without giving yourself away, I'll let you fuck me until one of us passes out." Steve was probably gonna regret this but Eddie always did better with incentive. "But if not, I'll jerk myself off in the shower for a week and you get nothing."

"Cold, Harrington, but it's a deal. I can do this." Eddie gave a harsh nod like he was going into battle.

Steve pinched the bridge of his nose. Eddie didn't have the best self control in the best of situations but letting him out on Halloween with his fangs and wings on full display? Steve was going to have to keep him on a short leash. At least this was San Francisco and no one was surprised by anything.

"Baby !The fresh air feels so good on my wings," Eddie moaned, a little too loudly and a little too pornographically as they stepped out of their apartment building and into the crowded street.

A passerby gave him a cheeky grin, "Let it all out tonight, freak." It wasn't derogatory like it would have been in Hawkins, it was more like in solidarity. Especially since he was wearing nothing but a mesh shirt and a mini skirt, the bulge of his frankly massive dick causing ridges in the front of the pink vinyl skirt as it stretched too far.

Good lord.

Eddie was wearing the quintessential vampire get up, silky red button up shirt, black pants and too much jewelry. His fangs were out and proud, his ears were pointy and his wingspan stretched as far as his fingertips and could easily hold his weight if he'd wanted to fly. Which he would not be doing tonight, Steve had made him promise.

Steve was, of course, his innocent victim. He wearing virgin white from his ruffly billowy shirt to his tight white jeans and white boots. The only color was the bite mark on his neck and the drips of blood on his shirt. Both were real. As was the blowjob he'd gotten right afterward. Eddie was a giver when he was flush with blood.

Their entire block was out and about. Castro was a predominantly queer neighborhood so there was music and candy fairies - get it, candy fairies - and too much booze, way too much glitter and plenty of skin on display everywhere. Eddie spent a lot of time smiley coyly when people asked about his wings, sing-songing that "a vampire ne-ver tel-lls" like that was a real thing.

After a long night of visiting block parties and dancing in the street, Steve was ready to go home.

"Eddie," Steve whispered close to his ear, pressing his growing erection into Eddie's hip, "You've been very good tonight. I was wondering if you'd like to take me home and fuck me into our bed."

They didn't kiss when his fangs were out because it was way too dangerous so Eddie nuzzled into his neck, licking the healing puncture wounds so they'd start to heal faster.

"Ohhhh shit, are you a real vampire?"

Eddie's head whipped up and Steve blinked open his eyes to see that Eddie's wings had spread out and around them, cradling Steve. Fuck.

"They're mechanical. I'm in special effects. In Hollywood." Eddie slurred around his fangs, grabbing Steve's hand and pulling him away as his wings settled back into their natural position.

They were halfway home when Steve sing-songed, "guess who's not get-ting la-aid."

"Goddamit."

[starrygnome]

A Valentore RECAP!

April 16th 2024 RECAP - Valentore all grown up.

Hello!

After Cohen and Allison had passed away, the Valentore siblings continue with their lives. A lot of birthday's and growing up!

Finn and Logan moved to Oasis Springs where Finn is working in the Entertainment industry - Modeling and Fashion. Logan just start high school with his nephews and nieces - Asher, Elaine, and Tanner.

Reed and Cam decide to move to Brindleton Bay to raise Nathan.

And Maddy and her horse Aries stayed in Chestnut Ridge in a small run down cabin just in the town centre. There she rebuild the cabin as her own and met a young handsome man name Mojav "MoMo" Castro - he is of a Native American family who also lives at their family ranch.

After a few months of knowing one another, they fell in love and moved in together.

Maddy has the Erratic trait and talks to herself alot.. BUT i have a story for her and Mojav of intense moments that made their bond closer and strong which they fell in love as an result. And their soulmates :D

Maddy, has meltdowns every so often where she was scared that Mojav wouldnt want to be around her. Afraid she would hurt him and she wouldnt want that. So Maddy closed off her emotions until Mojav got her to open up about her life and family.

They will be getting married soon!!!

Both are very close to their families and they love that about each other. Mojav is patient, kind and loving towards Maddy.

two years later Mojav and Maddy got engaged. All through the up and downs. Their love for each other was a love that can't be broken.

unless...

Generation Three is now a Child

Livia, Hailee and Nathan are all kids.

Livia is just living life - I still dont know what i want her childhood to be like. Have never enjoyed The Sims kids gameplay.

Hailee - is a star in the making!

Nathan lives his life with his mom and dad with his dog in Brindleton bay. Might do some gameplay with them soon - ish.

Lacie the eldest child of Dylan is almost an Young Adult and dislikes Maddy.... Never liked each other and Lacie was always mean to her. I have something cooking up for her once she is old smile

[rabbitcruiser]

Black Sand Shores, CA (No. 5)

In 1909, an advertisement for the Idlewild Hotel on the Little Sur River stated that the camp would be accessible by auto as soon as the "Cerro Grade", the stretch of road from the coast to the Little Sur River near Cerro Hill, was completed. In 1910, the Monterey Daily Cypress reported that Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Cooper "motored down to Mrs. Martha M. Cooper ranch at Sur, leaving Monterey at 12 midnight and arriving there at 2 a.m." But the road was still very rough, and most goods including cheese produced on the Cooper Ranch was still shipped by boat to Monterey. The Idlewild competed with the Pfeiffer Resort for guests through about 1920, when the Idlewild was forced out of business by Martha Cooper, who acquired the land. In 1904, residents extended the unpaved road from the Pfeiffer Resort to the Post Ranch, and then it was extended another 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south to Castro Canyon, near the present-day location of Deetjen's Big Sur Inn.

As late as the 1920s, only two homes in the entire region had electricity, locally generated by water wheels and windmills. Most of the population lived without power until connections to the California electric grid were established in the early 1950s. The region has always been relatively difficult to access and only the sturdiest and most self-sufficient settlers stayed.

In July 1937, the California Highways and Public Works department described the journey, "There was a narrow, winding, steep road from Carmel south ... approximately 35 miles to the Big Sur River. From that point south to San Simeon, it could only be traveled by horseback or on foot."The southern portion, which was for many years merely a foot and horse trail, became known as the "Coast Ridge Road". It used to begin near the Old Post Ranch. It is currently only accessible on foot from near the Ventana Inn. It passes through private land and connects with the Nacimiento-Fergusson Road. It follows the crest of the coastal ridge south about 34 miles (55 km) to within a couple of miles of Cone Peak.  Both the Old Coast Road and the Coast Ridge Road are often unusable during and after winter storms.

The southern region of Monterey County coast was isolated from the few settlements in the north by the steep terrain. The southern homesteaders were more closely tied to the people in the interior San Antonio Valley including the Jolon and Lockwood areas than to coastal communities to the north. Those who lived in the vicinity of the Big Sur River were connected with Monterey to the north.

A horse trail connected Jolon through present-day Fort Hunter Liggett to Wagon Caves, and from there over the Santa Lucia range, from which two trails split to the coast or to the Los Burros Mining District.

The horse trail across the mountains was widened and improved into a road beginning in 1931, and completed in 1937. The road was constructed by crews composed of men from the Civilian Conservation Corp, U.S. Forest Service, and state and county relief agencies.

Source: Wikipedia

[treeremovalpensacola]

Mariani Premier Group makes first entry into California with acquisition of Liliput

If you're in the Pensacola area, then you have probably already experienced the need for having to remove a tree or stump or getting your tree's trimmed. The cost of tree removal varies depending on a few factors, such as: - The type of tree that needs to be removed - The size of the tree - The location of the tree - The condition of the tree Pensacola Tree Removal offers competitive pricing for our tree removal services. For a full list of services Tree removal services visit Tree removal service in Pensacola for a fast, friendly and reliable quote that you can count on. This will help not only beautify your property but also is the safest way to do it. Mariani Premier Group acquired Liliput, a Los Angeles area landscaping company. Liliput is the 25th company to join the Mariani Premier Group since its inception four years ago. This acquisition marks the Mariani Premier Group’s first entry into California, one of the largest landscaping markets in the United States, in a deal that was finalized in the latter part of 2024. Liliput, founded in 2003 by Erik McMorrow, later expanded when Erik’s brother Brian McMorrow joined in 2007. He focused attention to detail that plays an integral role in Liliput’s installations. They specialize in serving residential clients throughout Los Angeles County, including Beverly Hills, Bel Air and Santa Monica. Like many businesses in the Los Angeles area, Liliput and its clients were impacted by the recent wildfires. Fortunately, the business was unharmed and the company has actively been helping the communities it serves recover from the damage and take steps to prevent future fires. “We are thrilled that the Liliput team has joined forces with Mariani Premier Group and are committed to the long term future of the Los Angeles area,” said Bryan Christiansen, CEO of Mariani Premier Group. “This milestone acquisition strengthens our position as a national leader in the landscaping industry and sets the stage for future growth in California’s major markets.” “Joining the Mariani Premier Group just makes sense at this stage in our growth as a company,” said Liliput’s Erik McMorrow. “This move will position us well for future success. Additionally, we are thrilled to be the first California-based company to join the Mariani Premier Group on their meteoric rise to the top of the green industry.” Liliput offers services including garden management, horticulture, irrigation, water management, integrated pest management, lighting, tree care, general maintenance and installation. The company’s dedication to sustainability and a client-focused approach aligns with the Mariani Premier Group’s values, according to the companies. The full list of Mariani Premier Group companies now include: Back to Nature Home & Garden – Basking Ridge, N.J. Berghoff Design Group/BDG Maintenance – Phoenix, Ariz. Blue Landscape Contracting Group – and Blue Outdoor Solutions – Naples, Fla. Borst Landscape & Design – Bergen County, N.J. Botanica Landscaping and Garden Industries Palm Beach, Fla. Desert Foothills Landscape (DFL)– Phoenix, Ariz. Designs By Sundown – Littleton, Colo. Drost Landscape – Petoskey, Mich. Ed Castro Landscape – Roswell, Ga. Galbraith Grounds Management (GGM) – Atlanta, Ga. Glengate – Wilton, Conn. HMI Commercial Landscape & Benhart Landscaping – Phoenix, Ariz. Hoffman Landscapes – Wilton, Conn. Lifescape Colorado – Denver, Colo. Liliput – Culver City, Calif. Mariani Landscape – Lake Bluff, Ill. NatureWorks Landscape Services – Walpole, Mass. Planted Earth – Sykesville, Md. Rocco Fiore & Sons – Libertyville, Ill. Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes – Denver, Vail, Roaring Fork, Colo. R.P. Marzilli & Company – Medway, Mass. Siciliano Landscape Company – Red Bank, N.J. Southview Design – St. Paul, Minn. TCIROOD – Florida Market Woodlawns Landscape Company – Mundelein, Ill. The post Mariani Premier Group makes first entry into California with acquisition of Liliput first appeared on Landscape Management.

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 11.10 (after 1950)

1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. 1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia. 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. 1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street. 1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. 1970 – Luna 17: uncrewed space mission launched by the Soviet Union. 1971 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft. 1971 – A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board. 1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro. 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board. 1975 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: the United Nations General Assembly passes Resolution 3379, determining that Zionism is a form of racism. 1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario. 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0. 1985 – A Dassault Falcon 50 and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee collide in mid-air over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight. 1989 – Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov. 1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall. 1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces. 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time). 1999 – World Anti-Doping Agency is formed in Lausanne. 2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. 2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo. 2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor. 2008 – Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost. 2009 – Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea. 2019 – President of Bolivia Evo Morales and several of his government resign after 19 days of civil protests and a recommendation from the military. 2020 – Armenia and Azerbaijan sign a ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and prompting protests in Armenia.

[wwwdenise]

The Rings of Power 

The Lord of the Rings: the Rings of Power is an American fantasy television series based on the novels The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien and its appendices, set thousands of years before the novels and depicting the major events of the Second Age of Middle-earth.

I found his description of his work in the description of my favourite concept designer's work: "Concept artwork for a design for Linden. As an art director, I had to design the background for the entire sequence and provide assistance to the integrated team. But my favourite task was the establishing shot of the city. It started as a simple panel and developed into a full cg shot that I animated using Blender. I passed my 3D scene to the Generalist team and they worked their magic to bring it to life. The architectural designs were also interesting, they came from an old sketch (by John Howe) and an arch designed for the set.

I found a guide to the locations in Middle-earth and they say this "The first attraction on our Middle-earth tour was Lindon. Lindon is an Elven kingdom on the west coast of Middle-earth. It is considered in part to be the site of the Grey Harbour, the port city where the elves sailed west to Verinor. Verinor, also known as the Land of the Undying, is home to the powerful creatures known as the Vira as well as elves who chose to leave Middle-earth".

So I will share a scene and map-based concept designer Julien Gauthier. concept designer from France, previously served as art director of Industrial Light and Magic, up to 7 years, involved in the conceptual production of the film, including Aladdin, DC The Sea King, Jurassic World 2 and other scene concept design.

The following set of designs is called Grey Paradise and is known for its good harbours and many ships. Any spirit clan can use these items to leave Middle Earth for Erisia or Verinor. The elves are designed to look vibrant and mysterious in harmony with their natural surroundings, having vertical lines like gothic architecture and more natural forms The buildings are white, as if they are distant, yet in the middle of the jungle. I like this one in the midst of a ridge and waterfall, it looks elegantly crafted with a lot of Art Nouveau lines in the decoration. The soaring arches are easily reminiscent of Whitby Abbey in Yorkshire.

His project work is very complete and allowed me to learn well the sequence of specific productions at work. The details and architectural shapes of his work are very fine, and he presents a camera language that makes the images unique and storytelling, which I like very much. I think I am also more inclined to do film and TV set concepts.

The camera image seems to be talking, so a good concept design can also help to do the work of the screenwriter.hh The original concept design, full of story and atmosphere, expresses the thinking concept of the whole work. It not only shows the final picture effect that you want to present, but also lays down the direction and emotional colour of the story.

I didn't realise that reference pictures could be distinguished so carefully. If it were me, I should only be able to think of one effect ……

Harfoots is also a favourite design of mine, but the concept came from another artist, Roberto F. Castro, who said, "In illustrating these, I wanted to give them the look of Native American settlements and the way they are depicted in art. The design of the caravan is based on the idea of a temporary camp; the Harfoots travelled and set up temporary camps, so they made the caravan their home. This called for the creation of carts that were both vehicles and tents.

The nomadic Hairy Feet are humorous human beings with a unique appearance and ancestors of The Lord of the Rings Hobbits, and we can get to see very much Hobbit-like elements, such as nature-friendly headdresses, a variety of crops and compilations made from plants, and especially the small hill-stacked carts and round tent doors that echo the Hobbits' famous round-door mountain houses.

I'm sure this film, which has been described as the "most expensive American drama", will be a good presentation in terms of visual effects.

References：

renart. renart's ArtStation profile. [Online] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/renart (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

Tolkien Gateway contributors. Grey Havens. In Tolkien Gateway. [Online] Available at: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Grey_Havens (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

[Rings of Power: What went wrong? The Concept Art is so much better!]. [Online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Skz-3LJ-4 (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

GeekTyrant. (2022). The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Concept Artist Explains This Isn't Middle-earth You Remember. [Online] Available at: https://geektyrant.com/news/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-concept-artist-explains-this-isnt-middle-earth-you-remember

Wikipedia contributors. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In Wikipedia. [Online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings:_The_Rings_of_Power (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

Mashable. (2022). Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power character and location guide. [Online] Available at: https://mashable.com/article/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-character-location-guide (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

Mashable. (2022). Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer. [Online] Available at: https://mashable.com/video/lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-trailer (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

robertofc. (2023). robertofc's ArtStation profile. [Online] Available at: https://www.artstation.com/robertofc (Accessed: 23 March 2024).

[cogitoergofun]

When the fast-growing Colony Ridge development outside Houston became a fixation of right-wing media last year, Texas’ Republican leaders called for swift action.

The 33,000-acre development had been painted by conservative influencers, outlets and think tanks as a destination for thousands of immigrants in the country illegally and a hub for drug cartel activity. Gov. Greg Abbott publicly worried it was a “no-go zone” and directed legislators to craft new laws about “public safety, security, environmental quality, and property ownership in areas like the Colony Ridge development.”

Records obtained by Houston Landing and The Texas Tribune, however, show at least three state agencies were warned about other potential problems with the development years earlier. Residents sent state agencies more than five dozen complaints about Colony Ridge and its marketing arm, Terrenos Houston, from 2016 to 2023.

Yet, the state has few, if any, results to show.

Instead, the federal government stepped in with enforcement action, painting a different picture of the development’s problems. In a December lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department alleged the Colony Ridge’s developer duped thousands of Latino buyers with a scheme that violates federal consumer protections and fair housing practices, while ruining their dreams of homeownership.

Thousands of Colony Ridge buyers defaulted on their loans, losing their land and nascent investments, according to the federal government. The company is accused of repeating that process — often exploiting language barriers — by reselling the land to new, unsuspecting customers.

Those findings mirror a Houston Landing investigation that found Colony Ridge had reacquired 45% of the 35,000-plus properties it had sold since 2012. The company’s practices raised concerns of a predatory lending scheme, experts told the Landing, which published the report in December, days before the Justice Department announced its lawsuit.

At least 27 complaints sent to three Texas state agencies since 2019 previously were unreported. They raise new questions about how Texas state leaders last fall failed to publicly identify the residents of the development as potential victims of predatory lending practices instead of villains trying to take over the country.

“Gov. Abbott and the Texas GOP spent months fearmongering about the immigrants living in Colony Ridge,” said U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio. “Their concern should have been with the developers exploiting Latino families trying to achieve the American dream of owning a home.”

Even today, Texas has done little about the development, other than paying to increase the law enforcement presence there. Lawmakers held multiple hearings on the neighborhood last fall. But they struggled to craft any new laws that complied with the directive from Abbott, whose campaigns have received $1.4 million from the community’s developer.

[thefullmolloy]

Daniel feels along the wall, tracing the ridges of the wainscotting- partly for the texture (twenty? no, thirty years on and these things still hold such fascination for him) and partly to guide himself down the hall. Lestat has modernized the castle in some ways; brought in televisions and running water and, at the behest of Benji, the fastest wi-fi France has to offer. But in other ways remains an ancient place. In these unlit interior corridors Daniel feels out of time.

Out of place.

Being here isn't like being on Night Island had been. It's isolated, claustrophobic with the weight of court politics and petty intrigues, and Daniel regrets not taking off with Armand when he'd had the chance. But he'd insisted he'd be fine here, hadn't he? That he was nobody's pet, could take care of himself for a week or so. He's always digging his own grave. Or maybe he just hadn't expected to feel so lost, walking back to his room alone.

Well. Not quite so alone now.

Searching for suitable sleeping arrangements. What a way to put it. Only Louis could pull that off, twisting his language into something awkwardly formal to distance himself from whatever's really going on.

In any other circumstances Daniel would laugh. Without Armand there as a buffer, the idea of sharing sleeping space with Louis just makes his head spin.

"Uh- kind of?" Daniel fumbles with the door, feels for the switch on the lamp. "I mean, I have space for you. If you need it."

No windows in his room, no coffin either. Just a mess of clothes on the floor. A tangled pair of phone charger cables leading over to a carved cabinet that takes up an entire wall, with a small door that swings out to reveal the bed within.

"Marius had one at one of his places and I practically lived in the thing. I think he got me this one as a bribe to stick around court," Daniel says. "Not really sure it's working but it's nice to have anyways. Like a bed and a hiding place all in one."

The blankets are rumpled, left in the same state they were in when he'd woken up. A paperback with a broken spine rests on the spare pillow and Daniel doesn't know if he should tidy up or just strip down and climb in like there's nothing unusual about this.

"So what happened? Lestat toss your coffin over a balcony?" he asks, grinning, desperate to break the tension. "I had an ex do that to me once, threw all my clothes out the window into the filth of the Castro. Probably still have a pair of socks rotting in a gutter somewhere out there."

@thefullmolloy sent: “What are you doing out here?”

He doesn't know where, in particular, he's walking to— only that he's walking away from his bedroom and away from the petulant, self-absorbed, nightmare of a blood spouse that remains in his chambers. It isn't often that they have such fights; on the whole, Louis has learned to smother his frustrations and surrender certain comforts for the peace and wellness of the court.

But Lestat's temper knows no bounds, and neither do his petty, childish revenge plots. With the simplest of efforts, he had locked Louis' doors with nothing more than the power of his mind and so, stranded from his coffin and straining against the fast-approaching dawn, he stalks down the hallways of the east wing with heavy footfall and a cool, seething ire in his veins. Surely there are empty rooms with accommodations throughout the chateau; or perhaps if he can just get to Armand's vacant room, he can find some respite there.

Yes, that would be nice. He misses Armand; misses New York. If he cannot sleep in his own room, surely Armand would happily offer his own chambers (if not for the love of Louis alone, then for the pure satisfaction of slighting Lestat). All he needs is to make it down the hallway, one foot in front of the other, so close and yet so far when suddenly—

"What are you doing out here?"

Louis stops just short of running into Daniel. There's a noise in the back of his throat as he peers at him through the darkness— something crossed between frustration and comfort in finding another blood drinker in the halls, so close to dawn.

"I..." He stiffens under Daniel's gaze, posture straightening as he realizes, suddenly, that they are in fact in front of Daniel's bedroom.

"I'm searching for suitable sleeping arrangements."

A beat, and he takes a breath, swallows what little pride he has left, and asks:

"I don't suppose you have a spare coffin?"

[grimcovesarchive]

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tag dump #6

[reportwire]

Today in History: November 25, Fidel Castro dies at 90

Today in History: November 25, Fidel Castro dies at 90

Today in History Today is Friday, Nov. 25, the 329th day of 2022. There are 36 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 25, 2016, Fidel Castro, who led his rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died at age 90. On this date: In 1783, the British evacuated New…

[mikeblogs]

1650 Hope

Mike Matthews talks about Bill Cosby firing his legal team, Barry Manilow canceling shows, garlic fries bringing people closer together, and the meaning behind the expression “Now That’s Good Radio!” Plus it’s Benita, the Disgruntled Fiddle Player, and the Brewmaster. Next show it’s Madame Rootabega, Valentino, and Bison Bentley.

[doubleattitude]

The Dance Awards, Orlando 2022: RESULTS

Mini Female

Top 22:

Delilah Hewitt Kylie Lawrence Ruby Arnold Anita Rodriguez Kennedy Anderson Brooklyn Ward Ella Dobler Peyton Nowacki Stella Brinkerhoff

Top 13:

Mya Lanigan Zoe Holladay Denise Torres Kensington Dressing Regan Gerena Camila Giraldo Kate Baldwin Lily Hackney Diana Kouznetsova Madelyn Murphy

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($100)

Zoe Flores (Stars Dance Studio)

1st runner-up ($200)

Isabella Kouznetsova (Project 21)

Winner ($300)

Skylar Wong (Woodbury Dance Center)

Mini Male:

Top 7:

Grayson Niemczyk Niles Linson Nathan Laska Rory Ross

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($100)

Josh Lundy (Studio 413)

1st runner-up ($200)

Neo Del Corral (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($300)

Dylan Custodio (Stars Dance Studio)

Junior Female

Top 21:

Bella Rey D’Armas Anya Inger Leila Winker Georgia Beth Peters Elliana Quiner Alyssa Phillips Alexcia Roloff-Hafenbreadl Esme Chou Elie Rabin

Top 12:

Vivienne Mitchell Aaliyah Dixon Bella Rose Penrose Kynadi Crain Braylynn Grizzaffi Caroline McGowan Elizabeth Scott Lanier Allie Plott

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Stella Condie (Center Stage Performing Arts Studio)

2nd runner-up ($125)

Kiera Sun (WESTSIDE Dance Project)

1st runner-up ($250)

Angelina Elliott (Summit Dance Shoppe)

Winner ($500)

Kylee Casares (Stars Dance Studio)

Junior Male

Top 9:

Bosco Wong Blake Metcalf Christopher Feinstein Lucas Pignotti Quentin Santos Sasha Chernous

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($125)

Ethan Ferrante (The NINE Dance Academy)

1st runner-up ($250)

Santiago Sosa (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($500)

Zachary Roy (Dance Town)

Teen Female

Top 23:

Giselle Gandarilla Hayley Marshall Sofia Andrus Miyah Lagrant Ava Burgham Toryn Hester Alexis Adair Sammi Chung Preslie Rosamond Gillian Gordon Ceilidh McSeveney

Top 12:

Ayla Rodriguez Rachel Loiselle Arianna Quant Lola Iglesias Caroline Quiner Alyssa Carpeneto Savannah Manning Ava Raucci

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Gracyn French (Project 21)

2nd runner-up ($250)

Keagan Capps (The Pointe Performing Arts Center)

1st runner-up ($350)

Sophie Garcia (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($750)

Hailey Bills (Center Stage Performing Arts Studio)

Teen Male

Top 21:

Travi Santos Austin Aguilar Gavin Miele Seth Hendley Daniel Howard Alonzo Dock Patricio Hoyo David McCool Lane Wiese

Top 12:

Hugo Silva Cameron Kennedy Trent Grappe Timothy Zvifel Oliver Keane Andres Jimenez Darius Goodson Mekhi Johnson Alejandro Ruiz

Top 3:

2nd runner-up ($250)

Nicholas Bustos (Stars Dance Studio)

1st runner-up ($350)

Colin Bendziewicz (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($750)

Nicholas Moreno (Upstate Caroline Dance Center)

Senior Female

Top 24:

Rylee Arnold Chantal Le Camila Cordero Sophia Cobo Sophie Tosh Amy Shuster Gabriella Garavelo Bortoleto Angel DiMartino Palladino Reagan Himmelwright Samantha Schmaling

Top 14:

Clara Gough Kiara Fina Sarah Moore Ying Lei Pham Madi Autry Zoe Ridge Rachel Quiner Paloma Santos Ally Tyrna Avery Lau

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Destanye Diaz (Stars Dance Studio)

2nd runner-up ($300)

Selena Hamilton (Project 21)

1st runner-up ($500)

Bella Tagle (Stars Dance Studio)

Winner ($1000)

Ruby Castro (Dance Town)

Senior Male:

Top 21:

Tristan Plieth Jalen Scriven Remy Feldbruegge Christian Bottger Sebastian Leroux Joshuah Rivera Eliazar Jimenez Christopher Pismarov Javon Hunter

Top 12:

John Chappell Thomas Perkey Garris Munoz Chance Phelps Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl Joey Vice Jesse Flaherty Charlie Macdonald

Top 4:

3rd runner-up

Caden Hunter (Denise Wall’s Dance Energy)

2nd runner-up ($300)

Sam Fine (Stars Dance Studio)

1st runner-up ($500)

Artem Tikhonenko (Vlad’s Dance Company)

Winner ($1000)

Seth Gibson (Studio 413)

Finals:

High Score by Age:

Cash Prizes:

1st: $200

2nd: $100

3rd: $50

Peewee Solo

1st: Stella Brinkerhoff- ‘When You Believe’

2nd: Mikaela Florez- ‘Lullaby’

3rd: AnnaCameron McGlohorn- ‘Dance Like Yo Daddy’

3rd: Amaya Rodriguez- ‘Holding On’

4th: Mila Simunic- ‘Arctic’

5th: Penelope Pranger- ‘One More Light’

6th: Alyssa Horta- ‘Ave Maria’

6th: Alex Schumann- ‘Watch Me Do’

7th: Ava Piedrahita- ‘Por Amor’

7th: Brinley Evans- ‘Stars’

8th: Victoria Remon- ‘Cha-cha Heels’

8th: Brooklyn Morgan- ‘Itty Bitty Pretty One’

9th: Sloane Hall- ‘Evil Like Me’

10th: Kennedy Thuillier- ‘Loom’

Mini Solo

1st: Kensington Dressing- ‘Tuesday’

2nd: Zoe Flores- ‘Changes’

2nd: Rylie Borden- ‘I Made You A Promise’

3rd: Dylan Custodio- ‘Derive’

3rd: Lainey Hess- ‘In Darkness We Find Light’

3rd: Denise Torres- ‘Without You’

4th: Tabitha Nan- ‘Fly My Soul’

4th: Anita Rodriguez- ‘Meet You In The Maze’

5th: Ella Dobler- ‘Ultralight Beam’

6th: Neo Del Corral- ‘Aaah’

6th: Layla Alvarez- ‘Out of My Head’

6th: Sophia Novo- ‘Red Hope’

6th: Brooklyn Ward- ‘That’s Life’

7th: Zoey Claxton- ‘Swing Break’

7th: Reagan Hess- ‘Solitary Places’

7th: Kendall Brown- ‘Simply Irresistable’

7th: Peyton Robinson- ‘Queen of the Night’

7th: Khloe Douros- ‘Preface’

7th: Anna Holley- ‘Mink Schmink’

7th: Samantha Geller- ‘Elsewhere’

7th: Vivie Strickland- ‘Do It Like This’

7th: Ruby Wilkes Petty- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

7th: Ellerie Cox- ‘Accentuate The Positive’

8th: Blake Wilson- ‘Tiny Dancer’

8th: Ava Alvarez- ‘The Crumbling’

8th: Bianca Rebellato- ‘Silence Of the Room’

8th: Estelle Newsom- ‘OUII’

8th: Amanda Carpenter- ‘Get Free’

8th: Victoria Oliveri- ‘Everything Must Change’

8th: Zurie Griffiths- ‘Business of Love’

8th: Ella Venerio- ‘Alert’

9th: Sofie Wright- ‘I Was Born For This’

9th: Taylor Rivers- ‘Listen’

9th: Collins Glenn- ‘Memory Of a Rainfall’

9th: Emma Bassel- ‘Visnaga’

10th: Baker Barboza- ‘Wanna Be A Rockette’

10th: Emilie Lavoie- ‘The Red Coat Girl’

10th: Brooklyn Bridges- ‘Strut’

10th: Charlotte Brayman- ‘My Way’

10th: Milly Berry- ‘Like a Boss’

10th: Sloan Donahue- ‘For Real’

10th: Allyn Green- ‘Faràndula’

10th: Daisy Castleman- ‘Coming Out’

10th: Reese Braga- ‘A Blessing’

Junior Solo

1st: Kylee Casares- ‘Home With You’

2nd: Braylynn Grizzaffi- ‘Erosion’

3rd: Bella Rose Penrose- ‘De Los Muertos’

3rd: Stella Condie- ‘Heart to You’

3rd: Elizabeth Scott Lanier- ‘Mother Earth’

4th: Desa Jankes- ‘Hollows’

4th: Lexus Natalie- ‘Valis’

5th: Zachary Roy- ‘Giving Up’

5th: Ella Way- ‘Shadows’

6th: Emily Joy Core- ‘Alpha’

6th: Santiago Sosa- ‘Final Ending’

6th: Elie Rabin- ‘Finer Things’

7th: Abbie Metsker- ‘How To Disappear Completely’

7th: Adina Rooney- ‘Poker Face’

7th: Vivienne Mitchell- ‘Shredding Threads’

8th: Rebeka Leon- ‘IF’

9th: Bella Rey D’Armas- ‘Dimensions’

10th: Allie Plott- ‘Bulletproof’

10th: Abigail Carlton- ‘Skate’ 

10th: Ella Barnes- ‘The Story’

Teen Solo

1st: Keagan Capps- ‘Heaven Is Here’

2nd: Colin Bendziewicz- ‘Don’t Worry’

3rd: Giselle Gandarilla- ‘La Vie’

4th: Timothy Zvifel- ‘Give It Back’

4th: Oliver Keane- ‘Human Sounds’

5th: Alyssa Carpento- ‘Bad Romance’

5th: Emma Breaux- ‘Comme Un Fou’

5th: Sophie Garcia- ‘Evermore’

6th: Andres Jimenez- ‘Eye of Jupiter’

6th: Elyse Wingertsahn- ‘The Rabid Dog’

6th: Makhi Johnson- ‘You Know They’re Out There’

7th: Nicholas Bustos- ‘Callomania’

8th: Ellen Grace Olansen- ‘Amor’

8th: Jazmine Raine Werner- ‘Axe’

8th: Hope Grainger- ‘Rango’

8th: Ava Raucci- ‘When Things Fall Apart’

9th: Gillian Gordon- ‘Even Now After Everything’

9th: Calico Reyes- ‘Fly’

9th: Maddyn Miller- ‘Rescue My Heart’

10th: Lola Iglesias- ‘Atmospheric Perspective’

10th: Ava D’Ambrosio- ‘Mind Without Ground’

10th: Savannah Manning- ‘Over’

10th: Kaitlyn Santos- ‘Written In the Sky’

Senior Solo

1st: Avery Lau- ‘Metallic Sonata’

2nd: Artem Tikhonenko- ‘Do You See Me Drowning?’

2nd: Caden Hunter- ‘Our World’

3rd: Melina Dalton- ‘Lift Off’

4th: Destanye Diaz- ‘Unhurt’

5th: Kiara Fina- ‘A Conjured Love’

5th: Jackson Roloff-Hafenbreadl- ‘Prelude’

5th: Isabella Weidmann- ‘We Stand In Silence’

6th: Bella Tagle- ‘Delicate’

6th: Sam Fine- ‘Maria’

6th: Seth Gibson- ‘Mind Bugs’

6th: John Chappell- ‘The Unknown’

7th: Zoe Ridge- ‘He’s A Dream’

7th: Chantal Le- ‘Storm Engine’

8th: Clara Gough- ‘An Hour Lengthwise’

8th: Garris Munoz- ‘Exist Between’

8th: Jalen Scriven- ‘Poinciana’

8th: Edon Hartzy- ‘Solitude’

9th: Sophia Cobo- ‘The Gate’

9th: Makaylee Rogers- ‘Through The Darkness’

9th: Paloma Santos- ‘Whatever Lola Wants’

10th: Sofia Gander- ‘Destruction’

10th: Rachel Leon- ‘End of Love’

10th: Madi Autry- ‘Jasper’

10th: Angel DiMartino Palladino- ‘Poison’

10th: Reagan Himmelwright- ‘The Other Woman’

10th: Sydney Jones- ‘Vacancy’

Peewee Duet/Trio

1st: Dance Unlimited- ‘Minnie the Moocher’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Elephants’

2nd: Dance Town- ‘The Beat’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Grow As You Go’

4th: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘Move It’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Leader of the Pack’

Mini Duet/Trio

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Steam Heat’

2nd: Canadian Dance Company- ‘Danke Scheon’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- “Ms Otis Regrets’

4th: Dance Town- ‘A Blessing’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escapade’

5th: Dance Town- ‘Nothing But a Memory’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘The Love You Save’

5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘The Little Things’

5th: New Level Dance Company- ‘When The Party’s Over’

Junior Duet/Trio

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Flying’

1st: Woodbury Dance Center- ‘Only the Bravest’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Gotcha’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘New World Coming’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Sarajevo’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Adam and Eve’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Comfort and Fear’

5th: Carolina Collective Dance- ‘What the World Needs Now’

Teen Duet/Trio

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Roxanne’

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Song to the Siren’

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Trouble’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘I Am Ready’

2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Undone’

3rd: Legacy Center for the Arts- ‘On The One’

3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Stolen Identity’

4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Cottontail’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Then The Quiet Explosion’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Turning Tables’

5th: L.A. Dance Arizona- ‘I Got You’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Mine’

5th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Roll To Me’

Senior Duet/Trio

1st: Dance Town- ‘Rumba’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Distance Between Us’

3rd: Dance Town- ‘No Weapon Used Against Me Will Prosper’

4th: Dance Town- ‘Katchi’

4th: Studio 413- ‘The Pines’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Europe After The Rain’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Illuminated’

5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Nothing In Common’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Warm Shadow’

Peewee Group

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Tiny Voice’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’

4th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Welcome to Havana’

5th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Fly’

5th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Shake Ya Tail Feather’

Mini Group

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Before the End’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Pump Up the Jam’

5th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’

Junior Group

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘A Sharp Tide’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’

5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Access Denied’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’

Teen Group

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘This Woman’s Work’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’

5th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

5th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’

Senior Group

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

Open Group

1st:

2nd:

Peewee Line

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Do I Have Your Attention?’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Miss You Much’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mr Piano Man’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Music, Music, Music’

5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

Mini Line

1st: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Dreamer’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Drip’

5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Move It, Move It’

Junior Line

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘In the Beginning’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’

3rd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘She Owns the Eyes’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Throwback’

5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Fergalicious’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘How Will I Know’

5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Rage Against the Dying of the Light’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Slow Boat to China’

Teen Line

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Takeoff’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’

3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven Is Here’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Against Me’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’

5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Embrace the World’

5th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘On Broadway’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Wasteland’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘With One Voice’

Senior Line

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

Open Line

1st:

2nd:

Peewee Extended Line

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Bananas’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Turtle Power’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mozartina’

Mini Extended Line

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Pom Poms’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Bachelor’

4th: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Weird Science’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Hollywood’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Raining Men’

Junior Extended Line

1st: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Dance’

5th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Innocence’

Teen Extended Line

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

2nd: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Cupid’

3rd: Studio 413- ‘Extraterrestrial’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Addicted’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’

Senior Extended Line

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

Mini Production

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

2nd: Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’

Junior Production

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake and Pop’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘We Will Rock You’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Sparkling Diamonds’

Teen Production

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

2nd: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Satisfaction’

5th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Por Mi Alma’

Senior Production

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

High Score by Performance Division:

Cash Prizes:

1st: $200

2nd: $100

3rd: $50

Peewee Jazz

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Miss You Much’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Bananas’

3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Welcome to Havana’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Rainbow Brite’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Can I Take Your Order?’

Peewee Ballet

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mozartina’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Clocks’

3rd: Studio 413- ‘Surfin’ Safari’

Peewee Hip Hop

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Turtle Power’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Ghostbusters’

3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Attention’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Rugrats’

Peewee Tap

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mr Piano Man’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Music, Music, Music’

4th: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Shake Ya Tail Feather’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Ding Ding Dong’

Peewee Lyrical

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Tiny Voice’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

3rd: West Florida Dance Company- ‘Fly’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Zombie’

5th: South Texas Fuzion- ‘A Moment Like This’

Peewee Musical Theatre

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Come Ona My House’

Peewee Contemporary

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’

2nd: South Texas Fuzion- ‘Over The Rainbow’

Peewee Ballroom

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Do I Have Your Attention?’

Peewee Acro

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Come Little Children’

Mini Jazz

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

2nd: Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Weird Science’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘The Beat’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Raining Men’

5th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Love Revolution’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’

Mini Ballet

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Waltz of the Dolls’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Wedding March’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Gopack’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Concerto In C Minor’

5th: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘7 Dwarfs’

Mini Hip Hop

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Drip’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Pump Up the Jam’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Bachelor’

4th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Lemonade’

4th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Oh Yes!’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Alien’

Mini Tap

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Move It, Move It’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Dance, Dream, Have Fun’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘In The Mood’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Make It Look Easy’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Here Comes Trouble’

Mini Lyrical

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

2nd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’

3rd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door’

4th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘At The Edge of All Things’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The Chain’

Mini Musical Theatre

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Hollywood’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Never Fully Dressed’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Mama I’m A Big Girl Now’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘We Are Going To Be Friends’

Mini Contemporary

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Dreamer’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Before the End’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven I Know’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Look Out’

Mini Ballroom

1st: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Pom Poms’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Dancing For the World’

Mini Specialty

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’

2nd: New Level Dance Company- ‘Shape Shifting’

3rd: Dance Unlimited- ‘Gold’

4th: New Level Dance Company- ‘Black Ice’

5th: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘La Foule’

Mini Acro

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Trolls’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Somewhere Only We Know’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Baby I’m A Star’

Junior Jazz

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘How Will I Know’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Fergalicious’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘House of Keta’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘How It Ends’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Heaven’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Fergalicious’

Junior Ballet

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Les Sygnets’

2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Melodic Dissonance’

3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Paquita’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Les Sylphides’

Junior Hip Hop

1st: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Throwback’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘The Assignment’

4th: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘We Will Rock You’

5th: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Money’

Junior Tap

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Slow Boat to China’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘So Close’

4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘The Real Thing’

4th: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Happy Feet’

5th: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Rather Be’

Junior Lyrical

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’

2nd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Awakening’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘In Your Likeness’

5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘All We Can See’

Junior Musical Theatre

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Neighbours’

2nd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’

3rd: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘A Night to Remember’

4th: Carolina Collective Dance- ‘They’re Haunting You’

5th: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Duloc’

Junior Contemporary

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

1st: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘In the Beginning’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘A Sharp Tide’

3rd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake and Pop’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Dance’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Access Denied’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘She Owns the Eyes’

Junior Ballroom

1st: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

2nd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Fuerza’

Junior Specialty

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Innocence’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Tomorrow’

4th: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Grains of Sand’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Marathon for Roses’

Junior Acro

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

Teen Groups:

Teen Jazz

1st: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Woah’

2nd: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Do It To It’

3rd: Touch of Class Dance Studio- ‘Lovefool’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Get Into It’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Whip’

5th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Sexy Back’

Teen Ballet

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Epuree’

2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Beyond the Barre’

3rd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Carmen’

Teen Hip Hop

1st: Milele Academy- ‘Party’

2nd: Toronto Dance Company- ‘Dear Miss Nikki’

3rd: Orlando International School of Dance- ‘Mr Lamar’

Teen Tap

1st: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

1st: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Saturday Night’s Alright’

3rd: The Southern Strutt- ‘Crazy Little Thing’

4th: Legacy Center for the Arts- ‘Sunny’

5th: Thomas Dance Studio- ‘Eye of the Storm’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

2nd: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘This Woman’s Work’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘They Cannot Be Replaced’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Answer’

5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Spirit In Decline’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

2nd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’

3rd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’

4th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Veil’

4th: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Too Fly’

5th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Breathing Trouble’

5th: Thomas Dance Studio- ‘Redemption’

Teen Specialty

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Bruised, Not Broken’

2nd: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Strings On Loan’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Campus’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Yea, Alright’

5th: Artflux Dance Lab- ‘Duuuuude’

Teen Acro

1st: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Unravelled’

Teen Lines, Extended Lines, Productions:

Teen Jazz

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’

2nd: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Satisfaction’

3rd: Studio 413- ‘Extraterrestrial’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘On Broadway’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Sing, Sing, Sing’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Not About You’

Teen Ballet

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Serenade for Strings’

2nd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Tea for Two’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Degas Dream’

4th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Raveneous’

Teen Hip Hop

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’

3rd: Milele Academy- ‘Show Off’

3rd: Studio 61 Dance Company- ‘Work Hard, Play Hard’

4th: Studio 413- ‘Savage’

4th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Carnivale’

5th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Like Sugar’

Teen Tap

1st: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’

2nd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Pink and White’

3rd: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Feels Alright’

3rd: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Can’t We Be Friends’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Another One Bites The Dust’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Another Day’

5th: Dance Spectrum- ‘Ob-La-Di’

Teen Lyrical

1st: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘To Be Loved’

2nd: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘She Talks To Angels’

3rd: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Yellow’

4th: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Within Obstructed Reach’

5th: Westchester Dance Academy- ‘With This Love’

5th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Easy On Me’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Flying Without Wings’

Teen Musical Theatre

1st: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

2nd: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

3rd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Cupid’

4th: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’

5th: The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘Rich Man’s World’

5th: The Southern Strutt- ‘Cabaret’

Teen Contemporary

1st: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

1st: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Por Mi Alma’

3rd: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Heaven Is Here’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Wasteland’

4th: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Against Me’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Addicted’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘With One Voice’

4th: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Embrace the World’

5th: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Verge’

Teen Ballroom

1st: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

1st: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

2nd: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Salome’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘So Yo’

Teen Specialty

1st: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’

2nd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘The Reception’

3rd: CCJ Conservatory- ‘Memento Mori’

3rd: Artistic Dance Project- ‘Okkirville River Song’

3rd: Artistic Fusion- ‘Doing It Right’

4th: Artistic Fusion- ‘Kyoto’

5th: ?

Teen Acro

1st: Dance Spectrum- ‘Unisil’

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Open Jazz

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Open Ballet

1st: EDAK & Art of Dance- ‘Blue Danube’

Open Specialty

1st: Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Cadence’

Best Performance:

Age:

Peewee

Winners:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Golden Butterfly’ Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Build It Up’

Mini

Winner: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

1st runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

2nd runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

4th runner-up: The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

Junior

Winner: Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

1st runner-up: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colour Me In’

2nd runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

4th runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’ 

5th runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

6th runner-up: The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

Teen

Group:

Winner: Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

1st runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

2nd runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

3rd runner-up: Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

4th runner-up: Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

5th runner-up: Performing Dance Arts- ‘Doomed’

6th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘We Are All Going to Die’

7th runner-up: Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’

Line, Extended Line, Production:

Winner: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

1st runner-up: Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

2nd runner-up: Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

3rd runner-up: Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

4th runner-up: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’

5th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

6th runner-up: CCJ Conservatory- ‘You’re Invited’

Senior

Winner: Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘State of Evermore’

1st runner-up: Dance Town- ‘I Like It’

2nd runner-up: Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘There Are No Strings’

3rd runner-up: Stars Dance Studio- ‘Out for Blood’

4th runner-up: Artistic Fusion- ‘The Moon Felt Far Away’

5th runner-up: Studio 413- ‘Entertainment’

6th runner-up: South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Only From Now On’

Open

Winner:

Artistic Edge Dance Centre- ‘Cadence’

Style:

Contemporary

Nominees:

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Love Is A Battlefield’

Evolve Dance Complex- ‘The Others’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Through the Trench’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Escape Migration’

Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

Winner:

Artistic Fusion- ‘The Moon Felt Far Away’

Lyrical

Nominees:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Once Upon Another Time’

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Color Me In’

Evolve Dance Complex- ‘To Be Loved’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Evermore’

Winner:

Stars Dance Studio- ‘The Letting Go’

Acro

Nominees:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Unravelled’

Dance Spectrum- ‘Unisil’

Winner:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

Hip Hop

Nominees:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

Milele Academy- ‘Party’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘TAKEOFF’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Wild Side’

Winner:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

Specialty

Nominees:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Where Are You Now’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Bruised, Not Broken’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘Crowds’

Winner:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Risky Business’

Ballet

Nominees:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Waltz of the Dolls’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Les Cygnets’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Serenade for Strings’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Les Sylphides’

Westchester Dance Academy- ‘Transmutation’

Winner:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Epuree’

Tap

Nominees:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Don’t Worry Be Happy’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Stormy Weather’

Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Are You Gonna Be My Girl’

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘The Nearness of You’

Winners (tie):

Dance Spectrum- ‘Change the World’ Fitzsimmons Dance Factory- ‘Pick Up the Pieces’

Jazz

Nominees:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Jenny From the Block’

The Pointe Performing Arts Center- ‘The Woah’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘C U Work’

Winner:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘Me and My Shadow’

Ballroom

Nominees:

Dance Town- ‘Ballroom Babies’

Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’

Winner:

Dance Town- ‘I Like It’

Musical Theatre

Nominees:

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Thankful’

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Neighbours’

West Florida Dance Company- ‘Cell Block Tango’

Winner:

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

Special Awards:

Professionalism

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio

Best Production

Nominees:

The Southern Strutt- ‘Block Party’

The Southern Strutt- ‘Take Flight’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Armed and Dangerous’

Winner:

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Can’t Do It Alone’

Outstanding Achievement:

Mini/Junior Choreography

Nominees:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’ (Megan Caines)

Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’ (Maggie Rosamond & Katrina Colvin)

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Spice Up Your Life’ (Alicia Murillo)

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Shake & Pop’ (Victor Smalley and Angel Armas)

Winner:

Performing Dance Arts- ‘The World Witnessing Itself’ (Eryn Walktom)

Teen/Senior Choreography

Nominees:

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’ (Maggie Rosamond)

Dance Town- ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (Manny & Lory Castro)

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Is That All There Is’ (Stephenie Rutherford)

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Ode to a Lost Love’ (Victor Smalley & Angel Armas)

Winner:

Studio 413- ‘Dreams’ (Maggie Rosamond)

Costume Design

The Southern Strutt- ‘Little Mermaid’

Mini Technical

Nominees:

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘One’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Light’

Evolve Dance Complex- ‘Lullaby’

Studio 413- ‘Three Wishes’

Winner:

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Colors’

Junior Technical

Nominees:

Dance Town- ‘Do You Wanna Dance With Me’

Performing Dance Arts- ‘Skin and Bones’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Beauty’

Stars Dance Studio- ‘Applause’

Winner:

Artistic Dance Project- ‘The Weight Of It All’

Teen Technical

Nominees:

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’

Vlad’s Dance Company- ‘The Anatomy of Grief’

Artistic Fusion- ‘Going Through the Veil’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Shake That’

Winner:

Studio 413- ‘Dreams’

Senior Technical

Nominees:

Dance Town- ‘I Like It’

Studio 413- ‘Prey’

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio- ‘Run From Me’

South Tulsa Dance Co- ‘I Love Movies, The Sequel’

Winner:

Denise Wall’s Dance Energy- ‘There Are No Strings’

Best in Studio ($5000 per style):

Hip-Hop

The Southern Strutt

Jazz

Vlad’s Dance Company

Ballet

Center Stage Performing Arts Studio

Ballroom

Dance Town

Contemporary

Artistic Fusion

Tap

Performing Dance Arts

Musical Theatre

West Florida Dance Company

Lyrical

Stars Dance Studio

People’s Choice ($250):

The Southern Strutt- ‘Carnivale’

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Mariani Premier Group expands with addition of Back to Nature Home & Garden

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Events 7.26 (after 1940)

1941 – World War II: Battle of Grand Harbour, British forces on Malta destroy an attack by the Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS. Fort St Elmo Bridge covering the harbour is demolished in the process. 1941 – World War II: In response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, the United States, Britain and the Netherlands freeze all Japanese assets and cut off oil shipments. 1944 – World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation. 1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power. 1945 – World War II: The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany. 1945 – World War II: The USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with components and enriched uranium for the Little Boy nuclear bomb. 1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport. 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. 1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military of the United States. 1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom. 1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. 1953 – Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement 1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid. 1953 – Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War. 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated. 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched. 1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. 1963 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead. 1963 – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan. 1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Trương Đình Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war. 1971 – Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule. 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government. 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. 1993 – Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into a ridge on Mt. Ungeo on its third attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea. Sixty-eight of the 116 people on board are killed. 2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission: Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003. 2016 – Hillary Clinton becomes the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. 2016 – Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first solar-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the Earth.