#( connection. / && robert sullivan. )

[icarusbetide]

connection between wartime administration & federalist-lean?

There's an argument that wartime service and experiencing Congress' failures firsthand as Washington's aide de camp pushed Hamilton further into the ideals that would later be seen as Federalist: a national instead of state outlook, a permanent military power, and a strong, efficient government.

I was wondering if that argument can be applied on a broader scale: is there an overall connection between revolutionary wartime administration and federalist-leaning political beliefs?

I'm by no means qualified but for my own curiosity's sake, I tried to find the political inclinations of former leaders in the war as well as members of Washington's family, who arguably should have seen the same inefficiencies as Hamilton.

Major Generals:

Washington: Tried very hard to be nonpartisan, but pretty federalist when all's said and done. Especially in 2nd term as president and in last years of life Horatio Gates: Supported Jefferson's presidency, so assuming he was leaning Democratic-Republican? Henry Knox: Federalist Philip Schuyler: Federalist William Alexander, Lord Stirling: Not sure John Sullivan: Federalist, led drive in New Hampshire for Constitution's ratification Thomas Mifflin: Federalist according to Wikipedia (was also aide to GW from June to August 1775) Arthur St. Clair: Federalist. Governor of Northwest Territory, removed by Jefferson in 1802 due to political party differences. Benjamin Lincoln: Federalist, strong policies and presence in Massachusetts Thomas Conway: Unreliable source says Federalist William Moultrie: Some sites say Federalist but he had falling out with Washington because of his pro-French actions towards Genet. Possibly nonpartisan.

Washington's family (Aides, Culper, Life Guard. If they died before we can quantify as "Federalist", then not included):

Note: I tried to include length of service and timeline, arguably important (there during Valley Forge or good period?), but it's difficult in consideration of leave and such. Used Wikipedia's dates.

Edmund Randolph (August - November 75): Wiki says Federalist but I know enough about him that he was often the swinging vote in Washington's cabinet, and that he didn't sign the Constitution because he thought it too strong. Tench Tilghman (August 76 - June 80 | June 80 - Nov 83): Died in 1786. I shouldn't include him but raise a glass for our hardworking Tilghman. Robert Harrison (Nov 75 - May 76 | Military Sec May 76 - 81): Died in 1790. Wikipedia says Federalist. John Fitzgerald (Nov 76 - July 78): Couldn't find John Walker (Feb - March 77): Unreliable source says Federalist Samuel Blachley Webb (June 76 - Jan 77): Couldn't find William Grayson (Assistant Sec. July - August 76 | Aide August 76 - Jan 77): Leader of Anti-Federalist faction with Mason, Monroe, etc. died in 1790 Alexander Contee Hanson Sr. (Assistant Sec. June - Sep 76): Federalist according to Wiki Alexander Hamilton (March 77 - April 81): Is this even a question? Stephen Moylan (March 76 - June 76 | Sept. 76 - Jan 77): "Firm Federalist" according to Founders Online James McHenry (May 78 - August 80): Federalist, GW's Secretary of War in 2nd term when cabinet members were much more partisan. Richard Kidder Meade (March 77 - November 80): Couldn't find. I know that he was very close with Hamilton, which makes me think it possible that their politics had some similarities? But entirely speculation. Hodijah Baylies (May 82 - Dec 83): Federalist. According to Founders Online, Gallatin was advised against Baylies because he was a "decided and we believe a sentimental federalist”. David Cobb (June 81 - Jan 83 | June 83 - Dec 83): Wiki says Federalist Peregrine Fitzhugh (July 81 - Oct 81): Not sure if same Peregrine Fitzhugh, but in a letter to Jefferson in 1807, said: "It is true I have been called a Federalist, and feel a pride in being so: but my Federalism is firmed in those principles which dictated the correct and memorable declaration that we were all Federalists all republicans" William Stephens Smith (July 81 - June 82): Federalist (member of Congress as Federalist in 1812) David Humphreys (June 80 - Dec 83): Federalist. He was part of the Hartford Wits and wrote the poem The Anarchiad. "In 1802, Thomas Jefferson...decided to replace Humphreys...Historians speculate that Humphreys's closeness to the Federalist Party motivated Jefferson’s decisions." from Mt. Vernon Richard Varick (Aide & Priv Sec May 81 - Dec 83): Apparently Federalist and later mayor of New York Benjamin Walker (Jan 82 - Dec 83): Federalist, elected to Congress as Federalist

Caleb Gibbs (May 76 - Dec 80): Couldn't find Nathaniel Sackett: Couldn't find Benjamin Tallmadge (1778 - 1783): Federalist, part of minority in Congress during Jefferson & Madison administrations

Other aides who might've had administrative work, although I'm not sure:

Aaron Burr: Very short run with Washington, and Israel Putnam's aide. Technically Democratic-Republican, but some historians have noted his politics did not always align with a party.

James Monroe: Aide to Stirling, Republican-Democratic

Concerns:

First concern: I'm not sure if the other major generals' aides would see as much administrative work directly with Congress as Washington's aides. I'm under the impression that other generals would report to Washington, than Congress, but I'm not sure.

Second concern: I also want to add that other factors would have most definitely played a role, such as familial and economic interests, which may or may not have been influenced by the war. Still, I thought it would be an interesting exercise.

Third concern: A lot of this is very shallow research as I did not have the time or energy to really dig into all of them. Please let me know if there is any inaccurate information (even Federalist or Democratic Republican is a very broad term and I'm sure their beliefs varied).

Please let me know if you see any inaccurate information, or anyone/some branch I did not consider!

[burningexeter]

Here's a fairly solid amount of all the different kinds of media that I think both can fit well in and could share the same universe as Sam Raimi's gloriously bonkers and beautifully insane Evil Dead Trilogy, as well as its sequel television series Ash Vs. Evil Dead, which you can both read and see below for yourself:

• Paramount Pictures' Friday The 13th Series (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 & Freddy Vs. Jason)

• New Line Cinema's A Nightmare On Elm Street Series (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & Freddy Vs. Jason)

• Wes Craven's The People Under The Stairs

• John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China

• Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her

• John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps

— Brett Sullivan's Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

• Joel Schumacher's Flatliners (1990)

• Remedy Entertainment's Connected Universe

• Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn

• Julius Avery's Overlord (2018)

• Joe Cornish's Attack The Block (2011)

• Michael Dougherty's Trick r Treat & Krampus

• Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man (2020)

• Bernard Rose's Candyman (1992)

— Bill Condon's Candyman: Farewell To The Flesh

— Nia DaCosta's Candyman (2021)

• David Yarovesky's Nightbooks (2021)

• Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed

• Dean Parisot's Galaxy Quest

• Chuck Russell's The Mask (1994)

• Gore Verbinski's Rango (2011)

• Don Bluth's The Secret Of NIMH (1982)

• David Lowery's Pete's Dragon (2016)

• Stephen Sommers' The Jungle Book (1994)

• Lloyd Goldfine's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 — the first five seasons)

• Stephen Hopkins' Judgment Night

and

• Andrew Davis' Under Siege (because why not)

[vampireassistant]

me and jack met because of saw, and we became close because of saw/insidious/repo/firefly trilogy/2001 maniacs/tcm -> saw was created by leigh whannell and james wan -> they also created insidious -> the director of insidious the last key (my favorite insidious movie) is the guy who plays lester buckman in 2001 maniacs -> lin shaye stars in both insidious and 2001 maniacs -> 2001 maniacs sequel stars her, bill moseley, and nivek ogre -> bill and nivek star in repo! the genetic opera which is also directed by darren lynn bousman, the director of several saw films -> bill moseley stars in the firefly trilogy -> rob cast bill moseley in house of 1000 corpses because of his role as chop top sawyer -> without his connection to tcm he never would have gotten his role in corpses which lead to his roles in maniacs and repo -> tcm was inspired by the ORIGINAL 1964 maniacs film -> corpses was inspired by tcm -> ed neal stars in tcm -> ed neal also appeared as nubbins in a revco music video -> nivek ogre was a member of revco for some time -> rob zombie is the reason bill moseley was cast as mayor buckman in 2001 maniacs because he knew tim sullivan -> eli roth is good friends with rob zombie, they made grindhouse together, eli roth produced 2001 maniacs and was visiting the set of the devils rejects during maniacs filming since it was simultaneous to rejects -> kane hodder had a cameo in 2001 maniacs (as a callback to him being jason and robert being freddy) -> kane hodder was also one of the cops in the tear gas shoot out scene in rejects as well as the stunt coordinator -> he ALSO did the mocap for bubba in the new tcm game as well as the stunts in tcm 3 -> lin shaye also got her debut in a nightmare on elm street film -> 2001 maniacs was written specifically for robert englund -> everything is connected

[sunskate]

#11-22

Morozov/Chen: Star Wars - kinda glad they went with a more unusual choice. they do that same upside down lift that Zingas/Kolesnik are doing this season - a team at Next Gen are doing it too - idk what it is about the hive mind, but there are about 4 teams doing CPom’s spin position, too. but back to them - yes they’re gelling pretty quickly, but when you’re new the little places you’re not quite used to each other tend to show under pressure, and it felt like that happened in a couple places tonight

Robinson/Portz: Dance Me to the End of Time- they’re good at sustaining a mood and building emotion - some teams project out, they seem like they draw you in - she seems shy or a little guarded, but like being part of a team together still makes the performance personal

Pham/Spiridonov: cello tango (Nicholas Britell and Caitlin Sullivan - Cello Impromptu in f minor, Waltz Tango) another really good vehicle for them. beautiful assisted jumps. this makes me wonder what if he’d gone to IAM with Lorraine

Fournier/Zhu: Rocketman - their skating has progressed, and they’ve gelled further since last we saw them. have to give it to IAM - with as many teams as they have, i’m trying to think of a program that doesn’t look carefully considered and tailored to the team. they look like they love skating this

Dozzi/Papetti: Asaf Avidan - Between These Hands, Reckoning Song. kind of haunting - i felt like there’s a story i wasn’t quite understanding. want to see this again. he has such lovely carriage, and she has a soft quality which i can’t articulate properly but is part of why i like them so much - they do CPom’s spin too.

Hensen/Lickers: Firebird - i can’t tell you how excited i am - this is such an ambitious program. the opening is stunning and then big lift after big lift, ending with her perched on his shoulder as they spin 😮 they were running a little low on energy towards the end tonight, and the twizzles are very late in the program, but omg i can’t wait to watch them grow this - it’s choreographed beautifully to the music, and they picked the best parts

Ichilov/Kravchenko: Zorro - she’s another with a strong ballet/dance background. after Olivia and Adrian’s though, you notice the program isn’t as effective

Ritter/Brykalov: Francis Lai- Mayerling, Nicole Croiselle and Francis Lai - Where Did Our Summers Go. this is beautiful- they have a good connection, and i love how they’ve grown in assurance

Katarina DelCamp-Alalin/Bert Akalin: Dawn of Faith - Eternal Eclipse, Newborn- Elephant Music (OA soundtrack). i’m trying to picture her skating with Ian Somerville, who was her previous partner, when she comes across as a dancer who naturally relates to a partner and Ian really doesn’t

Shilling/Baeten: Celine - It’s All Coming Back to Me - what good timing when Celine’s having a moment- they’ve only been together since 2022, but i would have guessed it’s been longer from the way they fit

Roberts/Alis: CLANN - Her and the Sea, I Monster- Who is She - atmospheric sea shanty - they look like a different team than last season - they can’t have been training in Komoka more than 6 or 7 months, but seems like a good match

Palomeque/White: a new team representing Ecuador - expanding skating to new places is exciting 💕

[libertariantaoist]

News Roundup 11/13/2023 | The Libertarian Institute

Here is your daily roundup of today's news:

News Roundup 11/13/2023

by Kyle Anzalone

US News

A bipartisan group of 16 members of Congress has called on President Biden to drop the case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, warning of the grave threats to press freedom if he is convicted. AWC

Ukraine

Slovakia’s new government under Prime Minister Robert Fico has rejected a plan to provide Ukraine with a military aid package that was approved by the previous government. AWC

Ukrainian officials say their pilots have begun “in the air flight training” on F-16s. X

The Washington Post published a report on Saturday that alleged a senior Ukrainian military officer directed the sabotage attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany, which blew up on September 26, 2022. AWC

Israel

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has expressed concern that Israel’s killing of Palestinian civilians will help Hamas recruit more militants and cautioned against a long war in Gaza. AWC

Israeli President Isaac Herzog claimed in an interview with BBC on Sunday that Israeli forces found a copy of Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” in a child’s bedroom in northern Gaza in his latest attempt to justify the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. AWC

A group of special operations soldiers died during training operations off the coast of Cyprus when their helicopter crashed on Saturday. The New York Times reports unnamed US officials say the White House has sent several teams of special operators to the region in the wake of increased tensions caused by the brutal Israeli military operations in Gaza. The Institute

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that Israel should follow the “rules of war” in Gaza but would not say if he believed the Israeli military is doing so. AWC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said several times in recent days that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is the only force that can control Gaza after the war, signaling plans for a long-term military occupation. AWC

CNN reports that American diplomats in the Middle East sent a diplomatic cable to the White House raising the alarm that the Israeli military operations in Gaza are causing severe damage to the US reputation in the region. Washington is Tel Aviv’s most dedicated backer, sending billions of dollars in weapons to Israel every year. AWC

Middle East

US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked by rockets or drones four times since the US launched another round of airstrikes in eastern Syria on Wednesday, the Pentagon said on Thursday. AWC

US officials told Voice of America that bombing militia groups in Iraq and Syria has failed to prevent attacks on American soldiers. Over the past month, US troops in Iraq and Syria have been attacked dozens of times, resulting in over 50 injuries to American forces. Washington has responded to the drone and rocket strikes by bombing the groups that the Department of Defense believes are responsible. The Institute 

The Pentagon announced on Sunday night that it launched another round of airstrikes in eastern Syria, targeting facilities “used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Iran-affiliated groups,” referring to the Shia militias that operate in the region. AWC

Some members of the Biden administration are concerned that Israel is looking to provoke Hezbollah as a pretext for a wider war in Lebanon that could draw in the US, Axios reported on Sunday. AWC

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[kwebtv]

The Legend of Lizzie Borden - ABC - February 10, 1975

Historical Drama

Running Time: 96 minutes

Stars:

Elizabeth Montgomery as Lizzie Borden

Fionnula Flanagan as Bridget Sullivan

Ed Flanders as Hosea M. Knowlton

Katherine Helmond as Emma Borden

Don Porter as George D. Robinson

Fritz Weaver as Andrew Borden

Bonnie Bartlett as Sylvia Knowlton

John Beal as Dr. Bowen

Helen Craig as Abby Borden

Alan Hewitt as Mayor Coughlin

Gail Kobe as Alice Russell

Hayden Rorke as Julien Ralph

Amzie Strickland as Adelaide Churchill

Robert Symonds as Andrew Jennings

Elizabeth Montgomery and Lizzie Borden were sixth cousins once removed, both descending from 17th-century Massachusetts resident, John Luther. Rhonda McClure, the genealogist who documented the Montgomery-Borden Connection, said, "I wonder How Elizabeth would have felt if she knew she was playing her own cousin." (Wikipedia)

[thelostsullivans]

NPCs YOU’LL PROBABLY SEE MENTIONED ‘ROUND THESE PARTS

ROBERT “POPS” SULLIVAN. Luke, Bullet, Frankie, and Reggie's grandfather. City councilman in NYC; connections with mob members while he touts that he’s ‘tough on crime’; adopted Frankie and Bullet in their later teens; didn’t approve of his son Kelly’s marriage to Bullet's mother Florence, so he doesn’t approve of Bullet. Just used her for sympathy. Favors Frankie over Bullet ( most of the time ) and doesn't know about Luke and Reggie ( yet ).

JOHN SULLIVAN. Frankie's father and uncle to Bullet, Reggie, and Luke. Eldest son of Robert. Fuck up, but not as big as Kelly. Currently incarcerated in New York.

KELLY SULLIVAN. Father of Luke, Bullet, and Reggie. Only knows for certain about Bullet. General criminal, currently incarcerated in New York, but getting released soon. Asshole.

FLORENCE ( nee DARCY ) SULLIVAN. Mother of Bullet and estranged wife of Kelly. Con artist and thief. Currently incarcerated in New Mexico. Turned Kelly in to get immunity in an unrelated case.

RIVA DARCY. Maternal aunt of Bullet. Looks out for her when she's in town. Personal hero of the younger redhead. Hates the Sullivans. Tried to adopt Bullet when her sister was thrown in the clink until Robert got in her way.

MICHAEL “MIKEY” SULLIVAN. Younger brother of Frankie. Perished in an auto accident. Honestly was Frankie’s heart; they loved that kid. It’s difficult for Frankie to speak of Mikey now, but if they do, it’s all glowing.

DONNY WILSON. Grown ass married man with kids / Ranch hand. Had no business messing around with Bullet at the age she was when they did. Ran out of town when people began to suspect things. Bullet calls him her first love, but that ain't it.

LILAH BECKWITH. Bullet considers her her first girlfriend, though she was Frankie's at the time. Broke Bullet's heart and really just pissed Frankie off.

SARA JAKOB. The one who got away for Frankie. They have a tattoo of her name in a heart on their chest and they refuse to get it removed. Very, very sore subject.

------------------ ...to be continued...

[philleegirl]

Lovetober22 Fics - COMPLETED!

The Stats:

Fics: 31

Words: 48100

Fandoms: 13 

Pairings: 21

The Fandoms:

Death in Paradise

Shetland

The Brokenwood Mysteries

Midsomer Murders

Murder in Provence

MASH

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators

New Bloods

Ghosts

Our Flag Means Death

Queens of Mystery

Father Brown

Lewis

Prompts and Fics:

Full moon - the lovely moon is playing just for you - Death in Paradise - Neville Parker/Colin Babcock

Ghosts - Of Reed Warblers, Cloud Gazing, and Butterflies -  Ghosts - Patrick Butcher/The Captain

Cozy - Warm and Safe and Loved - Shetland - Alan Killick/Donnie/Alison McIntosh

Carnivals - The Carnival at Badger's Drift - Midsomer Murders - John Barnaby/Sarah Barnaby, Cully Barnaby/Gavin Troy

Sweater - Suited Hearts - Shetland - Jimmy Perez/Duncan Hunter

Harvest - Your Love of Grapes - The Brokenwood Mysteries - Jared Morehu/Mike Shepard

Storm - some people can find peace in the middle of a hurricane - Death in Paradise -  Neville Parker/Colin Babcock

Leaves - Fall Foliage - MASH - BJ Hunnicutt/“Hawkeye” Pierce 

Blood - A Blue Ford Tourneo Connect and the Aftermath - New Blood - Rash Sayyad/Stefan Kowolski

Soup - Refines the Appetite  - The Brokenwood Mysteries - Kristin Sims/Dr. Carlton

Costume - Of Codpieces and Corduroy -  Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Sebastian Brudenell/Rory Harrison

Scary movies -  Small Handed Hearts -  Shetland - Jimmy Perez/Duncan Hunter

Spooky -  Love, Murder and Disembodied Voices -  Ghosts and  Shetland  - Patrick Butcher/The Captain, Jimmy Perez/Duncan Hunter

Candy -  Commercial Street Confection -  Shetland - Cassie Perez/Alex Grant

Warm -  Bébè -  Murder in Provence - Hélène Paulik/Sylvie

Bat -  A Peerie Nathusius’ Pipistrelle -  Shetland - Billy McCabe/OMC Felix Davie

Fog -  The Young Perez-Hunter's Buy the Lodberries -  Shetland - Jimmy Perez/Duncan Hunter

Vines -  In Vines Veritas - Lewis - James Hathaway/Robert Lewis's Son

Stargazing -  Stargazing with Old Friends -  Patrick Butcher/The Captain, Patrick Butcher & The Captain & Kitty

Nightmare -  Succubus Hearts -  Shetland - Jimmy Perez/Duncan Hunter

Pie -  Provençale Quiche -  Murder in Provence - Hélène Paulik/Sylvie

Candle -  The Light Remains - Father Brown - Sidney Carter/Inspector Sullivan

Mysterious call -  It's an Enigma to Some - The Brokenwood Mysteries - Kristin Sims/Dr. Carlton, Daniel Chalmers & Kristin Sims

Warm -  Tropical Heat -  Shetland and Death in Paradise - Jimmy Perez/Duncan Hunter

Mask -  Don't Hide Your Love Behind a Hardened Mask -  Our Flag Means Death - Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet

Scream -  Cat and Wolfe Games - Queens of Mystery - Cat Stone/Isabella Wolfe

Spider -  Hero's Reward - New Blood - Rash Sayyad/Stefan Kowolski

Latte -  Tabloid Truths and Lies -  Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Sebastian Brudenell/Rory Harrison

Fire -  Als een feniks uit as gerezen -  Shetland - Billy McCabe/OMC Felix Davie

Cold -  The Cold, Dark Winter Won't Last Forever -  Lewis - James Hathaway/Robert Lewis's Son, Laura Hobson/Robbie Lewis

Halloween -  Just a Literary Device -  New Blood - Rash Sayyad/Stefan Kowolski

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"SERIOUS CLASH WHEN CONVICTS ATTACK GUARDS," Ottawa Journal. July 28, 1933. Page 1. --- Trouble Occurs for Several Nights at Kingston Penitentiary. ---- TRIAL OF INMATE REVEALS OUTBREAK ---- Canadian Press by Direct Wire. KINGSTON, Ont., July 28. - That the convicts in the female prison at Kingston Penitentiary had become out of hand and had been attacking the guards, came to light at the trial of Convict Michael McDonald today when Judge E. Madden said that there had been serious trouble during the last few nights.

Frank Regan, defense counsel, asked why Convict Roberts had not been produced as a witness at court today and Judge Madden then spoke of serious trouble, and said Roberts had been connected with it.

Were Beating Guards. Judge Madden intimated the men in the female prison had become out of hand and were beating the guards.

Mr. Regan stated that Roberts had been given 20 lashes for his part in the trouble and objected to such treatment being accorded a man who was to appear as witness.

Deputy Warden Sullivan told the court Roberts had received only five strokes of the lash.

Regrets Punishment. Judge Madden said it was unfortunate the witness should have been punished and issued instructions to Col. Keiller McKay, Crown counsel, that the man was not to receive further punishment until after he had given evidence. He expressed the opinion, however, that "reasonable force" had to be exercised at the prison if the men were getting out of hand and assaulting the guards.

Details of the disturbance had not been told him. Judge Madden said. and stated that explanations were due.

Denies Any Rioting. Absolute denial that Portsmouth Penitentiary convicts are rioting, was made this afternoon by Warden W. B. Megloughlin. A fight Tuesday night in which five or six prisoners man- handled Convict Powell was all the trouble experienced, the warden said, denying statement by Judge E. Mad- den and Col. Keiller McKay.

[ofviolentdeathmuses]

name: Ajax Sullivan

what: Witch

age: Appears mid 30s

birthday: June 12

occupation: None currently

location: New York

faceclaim: Tim Rozon

status: Selectively multiverse

relationship: Single

parents: Charlotte and Joel Daniels

siblings: Muirenn and Orpheus

kids: Dante and Myra, Brynnlie, and Pete (verse specific to Pete)

The youngest of Charlotte Daniels’s kids, Ajax was always in some sort of trouble. He thought the coven laws were ridiculous and thrived on breaking as many of them as he possibly could. So much so that the day he turned 18, he had his last name legally changed to his father’s maiden name (since Joel had taken Charlotte’s last name due to the legacy of Daniels name).

He knew when Ren had gotten involved with Robert that it wasn’t a smart choice. He had known right away that the man was a demon, but he had been intrigued. Enough so that he kept his mouth shut and followed his sister down the proverbial rabbit hole.

This is how he met Viola initially. They dated off and on for a few years and during their last split, he had met Brynn’s mother (another witch playing around with dark magic). He knew about Brynn, but he never found out about the twins or even Pete, who had been the product of a one night stand with a fae woman he had met in a bar.

By the time Brynnlie had been left on his doorstep at 2 years old, his mother had gotten wind of exactly what was going on and what he and Ren had been up to. The counsel had decided to strip his and Ren’s powers, rendering them practically human. The process had practically shattered his mind and he had been in a care facility for years after that.

After Charlotte was killed, Colette tracked Ajax down and began the slow and tedious process of rebuilding his magic piece by piece following a series of rituals she had come across in one of Cord’s books.

Once his magic was rebuilt, his mind began to piece itself back together, letting him slowly come back into himself. Colette’s done her best to catch him up on everything but there’s still a lot of gaps and he’s not sure how to approach the world currently, but he does want to see his kids.

Abilities Electrokinesis (electricity manipulation) Can use the ley lines with enough focus, strongly prefers not to and has never told anyone he has even the faintest connection to the lines. It makes him feel sick to his stomach and dizzy.

Other Info Threads Face Drabble

[ofviolentdeath]

Who: Ajax Sullivan FC:  Tim Rozon What: Witch Where: New York Parents: Charlotte and Joel Daniels Kids: Dante and Myra (twins) and Brynnlie. Pete (v: let me see you stripped down to the bone)

Abilities Electrokinesis (electricity manipulation) Can use the ley lines with enough focus, strongly prefers not to and has never told anyone he has even the faintest connection to the lines. It makes him feel sick to his stomach and dizzy.

Personality Charming and outgoing on the surface but it's not very genuine. Sure, he can be sweet, but most of the time he's more on the manipulative side. A lot of this was learned from his mother. His association with Robert when he was in his teens did not help with this at all.

Other Info The youngest of Charlotte Daniels's kids, Ajax was always in some sort of trouble. He thought the coven laws were ridiculous and thrived on breaking as many of them as he possibly could. So much so that the day he turned 18, he had his last name legally changed to his father's maiden name (since Joel had taken Charlotte's last name due to the legacy of Daniels name).

He knew when Ren had gotten involved with Robert that it wasn't a smart choice. He had known right away that the man was a demon, but he had been intrigued. Enough so that he kept his mouth shut and followed his sister down the proverbial rabbit hole.

This is how he met Viola initially. They dated off and on for a few years and during their last split, he had met Brynn's mother (another witch playing around with dark magic). He knew about Brynn, but he never found out about the twins or even Pete, who had been the product of a one night stand with a fae woman he had met in a bar.

By the time Brynnlie had been left on his doorstep at 2 years old, his mother had gotten wind of exactly what was going on and what he and Ren had been up to. The counsel had decided to strip his and Ren's powers, rendering them practically human. The process had practically shattered his mind and he had been in a care facility for years after that.

After Charlotte was killed, Colette tracked Ajax down and began the slow and tedious process of rebuilding his magic piece by piece following a series of rituals she had come across in one of Cord's books.

Once his magic was rebuilt, his mind began to piece itself back together, letting him slowly come back into himself. Colette's done her best to catch him up on everything but there's still a lot of gaps and he's not sure how to approach the world currently, but he does want to see his kids.

[ricardotomasz]

Such is life! Behold, a new Post published on Greater And Grander about Danny Glover’s Producing Partner, Carolyn McDonald; S2 E18

See into my soul, as a new Post has been published on https://greaterandgrander.com/danny-glovers-producing-partner-carolyn-mcdonald-s2-e18

Danny Glover’s Producing Partner, Carolyn McDonald; S2 E18

With a diverse career in the film industry, Carolyn McDonald continues to expand her creative disciplines. Some of her recent endeavors include, executive producing, co-writing and directing P.N.O.K., a short film featuring Irma P. Hall, Danny Glover, Robert Ri'chard and Elle Fanning, executive producing Country artist Big Kenny Alphin's (Big & Rich) documentary "Bearing Light" which aired on National Geographic Channel, directing the Shannon Sanders music video "Run" and co-writing the comedy "Return of the Sweetbirds" from her story for 20th Century Fox.    As partner of Danny Glover at Carrie Productions, she executive produced the Emmy & Image Award nominated TNT civil rights saga, "Freedom Song". Written and directed by Oscar® nominee Phil Alden Robinson ("Field of Dreams"), the film features Vondi Curtis-Hall, David Strathairn and Loretta Devine. Carolyn also co-produced the critically acclaimed Western "Buffalo Soldiers". Earlier at Carrie, she executive produced the prestigious HBO trilogy "America's Dream". Comprised of powerful short stories by celebrated African-American authors, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright & Dr. John Henrik Clarke, the film featured Wesley Snipes, Danny Glover & Jasmine Guy, with segments directed by Bill Duke, Kevin Sullivan & Emmy-winner Paris Barclay. The program won 4 Cable Aces and an NAACP Image Award for Best Made-for-TV Movie.    Prior to joining Carrie, Carolyn served as a Creative Executive at Cinecom Entertainment Group, where she was involved in various stages of development & production on such films as "The Handmaid's Tale", "Once Around", "Mississippi Masala" and "Tune in Tomorrow".    Fresh out of NYU's Dramatic Writing Program, Carolyn joined the East Coast advertising/publicity division of Warner Bros. Television in New York. There she ran buyer screenings and developed network publicity campaigns for such films as "The Road Warrior, "Chariots of Fire" and "Blade Runner", and conceived marketing campaigns for the Warner Bros. cartoon catalogue.    Committed to giving back to youth and community, Carolyn produced and directed the documentary and short film "Who's Real" for Nashville Film Festival's Youth Outreach Film Program. She continues to produce the program, comprised of inner city teens generating short films based on their own lives. In 2011, she produced and directed the documentary "Design Your Neighborhood" for the Nashville Civic Design Center, a program also supporting youth education.    Carolyn was a consultant for the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab, a mentor for FilmIndependent's Project: Involve, studied acting with Uta Hagen and Geraldine Page, and is an alumni of Judith Weston's Actor/Director Lab.

You can also check out Carolyn in Film Festival Radio about her new book “Light Needs Night” which she will be shooting a short film adaptation for in April. 

Connect with her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/createdbycarolyn/ 

Credits Include...

Buffalo Soldiers starring Danny Glover

America’s Dream starring Wesley Snipes

Freedom Song starring David Strathairn

Fly starring Bruce Boxleitner

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[theinternetmoviedataband]

My 100 best movies of all time

As a start, this is a top 100 I made back in 2018.

To make things tasty, the first rule I followed was "no more than one movie per director". The second one was "don't get mad trying to order that top 100, just write it down".

I told myself a lot of lies about the fact that this top could change any day but I'm too lazy to make a new one every day. So here I am, stuck with this one :)

BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME ACCORDING TO ME (with no particular order)

Kiss Me Deadly (1955, Robert Aldrich)

The Professionals (1966, Richard Brooks)

Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970, Elio Petri)

Queimada (1969, Gillo Pontecorvo)

C'eravamo tanto amati (1974, Ettore Scola)

Reservoir dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino)

The Killing (1956, Stanley Kubrick)

Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950, John Huston)

Les enfants du paradis (1946, Marcel Carné)

Kiss Me Stupid (1964, Billy Wilder)

Sullivan's Travels (1941, Preston Sturges)

The Shop Around The Corner (1940, Ernst Lubitsch)

Rio Bravo (1959, Howard Hawks)

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962, John Ford)

The Conversation (1974, Francis Ford Coppola)

Le trou (1960, Jacques Becker)

Dead Poets Society (1989, Peter Weir)

Le salaire de la peur (1953, Henri-Georges Clouzot)

Judex (1963, Georges Franju)

The Departed (2006, Martin Scorsese)

The Prestige (2006, Christopher Nolan)

Unbreakable (M. Night Shyamalan)

Le cercle rouge (1970, Jean-Pierre Melville)

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966, Sergio Leone)

Curse of the Demon (1957, Jacques Tourneur)

Singin' In The Rain (1952, Stanley Donnen - Gene Kelly)

Hero (1992, Stephen Frears)

It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Frank Capra)

All About Eve (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

Das indische Grabmal (1959, Fritz Lang)

Le voleur (1967, Louis Malle)

Born Yesterday (1950, George Cukor)

Ben-Hur (1959, William Wyler)

Seven Samurai (1954, Akira Kurosawa)

Ginger e Fred (1986, Federico Fellini)

Small Time Crooks (2000, Woody Allen)

Barton Fink (1991, Joel and Ethan Coen)

Batman returns (1992, Tim Burton)

I due superpiedi quasi piatti (1977, Enzo Barboni)

The Goonies (1985, Richard Donner)

Carlito's Way (1993, Brian De Palma)

French Connection (1971, William Friedkin)

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Jack Arnold)

Gremlins 2 (1990, Joe Dante)

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952, Vincente Minnelli)

Warlock (1959, Edward Dmytryk)

The Unknown (1927, Tod Browning)

Johnny Got His Gun (1971, Dalton Trumbo)

El ángel exterminador (1962, Luis Buñuel)

Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire (1972, Yves Robert)

Down by Law (1986, Jim Jarmusch)

Jurassic Park (1993, Steven Spielberg)

Ladri di biciclette (1948, Vittorio De Sica)

Man without a Star (1955, King Vidor)

Peter Ibbetson (1935, Henry Hathaway)

City Lights (1931, Charlie Chaplin)

Il mio nome è Nessuno (1973, Tonino Valerii)

Excalibur (1981, John Boorman)

Dance of the Vampires (1967, Roman Polanski)

Au hasard Balthazar (1966, Robert Bresson)

Be Kind Rewind (2008, Michel Gondry)

The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg)

Mononoke hime (1997, Hayao Miyazaki)

Les Douze Travaux d'Asterix (1976, René Goscinny - Albert Uderzo)

Touch Of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)

Star Wars (1977, George Lucas)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980, Irvin Kershner)

Groundhog Day (1993, Harold Ramis)

The Front (1976, Martin Ritt)

Big (1988, Penny Marshall)

El secreto de sus ojos (2009, Juan José Campanella)

Amores perros (2000, Alejandro González Iñárritu)

El espinazo del diablo (2001, Guillermo del Toro)

The Man in the White Suit (1951, Alexander Mackendrick)

Village of the Damned (1960, Wolf Rilla)

The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)

Ms. 45 (1981, Abel Ferrara)

The Gunfighter (1951, Henry King)

Copland (1997, James Mangold)

Terminator 2 (1991, James Cameron)

Starship Troopers (1997, Paul Verhoeven)

Le Schpountz (1938, Marcel Pagnol)

12 Monkeys (1995, Terry Gilliam)

Man on the Moon (1999, Milos Forman)

Imitation of Life (1959, Douglas Sirk)

The Most Dangerous Game (1932, Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel)

A Perfect World (1993, Clint Eastwood)

Dances with Wolves (1990, Kevin Costner)

Gentleman Jim (1942, Raoul Walsh)

Good Will Hunting (1997, Gus Van Sant)

Elephant Man (1980, David Lynch)

Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz)

The Man with the Golden Arm (1955, Otto Preminger)

The Killers (1946, Robert Siodmak)

Punch-Drunk Love (2002, Paul Thomas Anderson)

L'Atalante (1934, Jean Vigo)

La classe américaine (1993, Michel Hazanavicius and Dominique Mézerette)

Back to the Future (1985, Robert Zemeckis)

Un singe en hiver (1962, Henri Verneuil)

[thegoodthebadthebrutal]

Whanganui Regional Museum back extension

This back extension to Robert Talboys’ 1920s Free Classical style museum building was done in 1968, designed by architects Don Wilson, Eddie Belchambers and Roger Low. While this project had multiple aspects, including adding the Davis Lecture Theatre and a classroom, the main focus of this extension was to house Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi, or the Māori Court, which was designed inside as a wharepuni (meeting house).

The exterior of this extension could be said to toe the line between Brutalism and more general modernism, taking elements from both. The heavy looking exposed concrete panels are in line with Brutalism, as is the use of unusual shapes — often used in Brutalism to differentiate parts of the building for an eye-catching dramatic effect — such as the convex outcropping wall on the Watt St side. This outcropping and the sections of wall not covered by the concrete panels are painted a cream colour, which is often used for modernist building facades, with the addition of red brick also adding more colour to prevent the concrete monochrome criticised by many. Brutalist buildings often make use of interesting textural elements as a form of ‘ornamentation’, as we see on this building with the simple textural pattern of the curved facade, which brings to mind harakeke (flax weaving). This also reflects the building’s function as a house for taonga Māori, as does the wheku (carved face) ornamenting the facade.

Through following architect Louis Sullivan’s ‘form follows function’ principle and designing from the inside outwards, the interior of this extension connects smoothly to the rest of the building interior; however, the exterior is less seamless. While the cream colour of parts of the extension match the original 1920s Museum building, the two parts don’t mesh together particularly well, with the Brutalist/modernist look of the extension clashing with the Free Classical style of the old building.

[byneddiedingo]

The Hucksters (Jack Conway, 1947) Cast: Clark Gable, Deborah Kerr, Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold, Aubrey Mather, Richard Gaines. Screenplay: Luther Davis, Edward Chodorov, George Wells, based on a novel by Frederic Wakeman. Cinematography: Harold Rosson. Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary. Film editing: Frank Sullivan. Music: Lennie Hayton. The Hucksters was made in the era depicted in Mad Men, when men who had served in World War II were returning to their civilian jobs. In the advertising business, that included men like Don Draper in the TV series and Victor Norman  in the movie, men whose wartime experience had toughened them and given them a fresh angle on the business of selling to the postwar clientele. If Mad Men seems to us to have a more reliable point of view than The Hucksters on that business, it's partly because hindsight is keener than the contemporary view, but also because popular entertainment is less tight-assed now. Frederic Wakeman's novel was a bestseller in part because it was frank about the sex lives of its characters, which movies in the Production Code era couldn't be. So Clark Gable's Victor Norman is turned into a more buttoned-up character than Jon Hamm's Don Draper, but censorship especially worked to a disadvantage for Deborah Kerr, in her first American film. Kerr is forced to be chaste and prim -- characteristics that would type her in the movies until 1953, when Fred Zinnemann finally allowed her to have a sex life in From Here to Eternity. Kerr's character may agree to go away for a weekend with Vic, but only after she's assured that they will have separate rooms at opposite ends of the hotel. And when she discovers that they instead have adjoining rooms with a connecting door, she bolts. The effect on the movie is to sap any chemistry that MGM might have hoped Gable and Kerr would have. In contrast, Gable and Ava Gardner, as one of Vic's old girlfriends, strike fire immediately, which makes the ending of the movie, in which Gable's and Kerr's characters wind up together, feel phony. The Hucksters, coming a year after her breakthrough performance in Robert Siodmak's The Killers, helped make Gardner a star. Kerr had to muddle through in costume parts in movies like Quo Vadis (Mervyn LeRoy, 1951) and The Prisoner of Zenda (Richard Thorpe, 1952) before finally getting a chance to be sexy. There is some zippy dialogue in the movie, and the hits on the advertising business are often funny, but the only real reason to see The Hucksters today is to watch some skillful old character actors like Adolphe Menjou and Sydney Greenstreet do their thing. Greenstreet plays an imperious soap manufacturer sponsor with non-negotiable ideas about what his commercials should be, and likes to intimidate his advertising clients by doing things like hocking a loogie on the conference table to get their attention. If the film had stuck with the ad biz and not strayed off into tiresomely predictable romance, it might have been a classic, or at least a lot better.

[mayasdeluca]

#get them maya