#cassius thatcher

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Podcast Rec - Syntax

So, having gone through the podcasts of dubious quality that are Tanis and The Last Movie, I found myself something new and actually good to listen to. It is, of course, about a snarky academic who is in way over his head.

I know. It's a pattern in my listening. Jon Sims, from the Magnus Archives. Andrew Moss, in Out of Place. Even - god help me - Nic Silver in the PRA podcasts. (NOTE: Fuck you, Terry Miles. You need to learn how to write a fucking ending instead of dicking around with your audience's expectations.)

The main difference here is that the academic in question, one Silas Caldwell, and the people around him communicate and support each other.

It begins with Silas being recruited by an organization called VINCULA to translate a book. He ends up as part of a scientific team put together to explore the alternate dimensions (or possibly other planets) that became accessible when he opened a breach in reality using the information in the book he was translating.

I'm nearly all the way through the first season, and I like the adventure parts of it, as well as the question of just what VINCULA's motives are, but my favorite part is the relationship between Silas and the team's leader, Cassius.

TBH, I have been actively shipping these two since the second episode, where Cassius was introduced. There's been a low-key running plot about how there is apparently a couple amongst the team. Cassius and Silas are both dying of curiosity to know just who they are, and everyone else is just standing back and waiting for them to figure it out.

This is basically the same thing I did with Midnight Burger after I started listening to that. I am grabbing you by the shirt, shaking you until your teeth rattle, and yelling, "You HAVE to listen to this."

If nothing else, the first thing I did after I realized I was hooked was come on here to Tumblr to see what kind of fan discourse was going on.

There was basically nothing. Two fanart pieces and a lot of stuff from the creators, and that was it.

Honestly, I want someone to listen to this with me. This is a good podcast, and it would be nice to have someone to freak out with when something big happens in it.

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Oh my gOD

I

I love them so much

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This is SO accurate to exactly how Cassius 'waved' at Vaux in this episode! Thank you SO MUCH for this art! IT'S SO GOOD!

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this song is about cassius thatcher btw

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We have an incentive for our crowdfunding, everyone 👀

If Syntax's S2 Crowdfunding is able to reach 50% by the end (that's 3 DAYS!), then we'll release our SECOND prologue, titled 'VINCULA's Biologist' on our feed -- we bet you can tell who that's about 👀 We so want to reach at least 50% of our crowdfunding, and any little bit helps! Plus, this is some more ~lore~ content for you to enter Season 2 with!

Find our IGG campaign here, or share the word by sharing this post, or our IGG link directly! Thank you so much to everyone who has backed us so far!

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movies/TV/documentaries you should watch:

MOVIES:

•Pride (about the miners’ strike in England during the Thatcher era and the group of gay londoners who raised money in solidarity for them. it’s a feel good movie) Amazon Prime (sorry I know, you could probably buy it on YouTube)

•Sorry to Bother You (about a black telemarketer named Cassius who learns that to succeed in his new job he has to use his “white voice”, and when he ultimately becomes successful, must decide between his own success and standing in solidarity with his coworkers who are striking. dark comedy, easily one of my favorite movies) Hulu

TV SHOWS:

•Sex Education (English Netflix series about a teenager who becomes his school’s unofficial sex therapist, it’s super funny and has a ton of LGBTQ representation) Netflix only

•Mrs. America (biographical, about the women’s liberation movement in the 70s and the fight for the equal rights amendment, follows people like Phyllis Schlafley and Gloria Steinem) Hulu only

•Pose (based on the documentary Paris is Burning, about the Harlem ballroom scene in the 80s, follows a house mother and her house who compete in balls, most of the characters are black or latinx and have actually competed in ballroom in their real lives. drama, super good) Netflix only

•Never Have I Ever (a comedy written by Mindy Kahling about an Indian American girl named Devi who navigates grief and her everyday life. it’s super funny and it’s definitely more of a teen comedy but really anyone could like it) Netflix only

•Derry Girls (set in Derry, Ireland during the Troubles and follows a group of catholic school girls [plus one English guy], it is so funny and their accents are the cherry on top. it would help to have a decent history of Irish culture but even if you don’t it’s still super funny [you might just miss some of the jokes]) Netflix only

DOCUMENTARIES:

•The True Cost (about the fast fashion industry and it’s impacts on the environment, workers, and consumers. super interesting and a doc I think everyone should watch) Amazon prime

•Betting on Zero (about MLM companies but more specifically Herbalife and it’s impact on its sellers. follows this c*pitalist that bets on it sinking in stocks) Netflix

•Stink! (about chemicals in our everyday products’ fragrances, how dangerous they are and the ways the government avoids telling consumers about them) Netflix

•Rotten (series about the dark side of major industries such as sugar, avacados, and water. super in-depth about how each impacts us and it’s impact on the environment and workers) Netflix

•13th (about the way the prison industrial complex targets black Americans and the way that prisons manipulate the 13th amendment to institute modern day slavery) Netflix

•Paris is Burning (classic documentary that everyone [especially in the LGBTQ community] should watch. it is about the Harlem ballroom scene and why it’s so important for queer youth) Netflix and YouTube

•Crip Camp (about Camp Janed, a summer camp for disabled youth and its affects on the disablitly rights movement that fought for the Americans with Disablities Act, mainly follows Judy Heumann and how she organized sit ins and road blockages to pressure the government into making public accommodations accessible) Netflix

Feel free to add any

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Hunger Games OC Masterlist (A-K)

[ L - Z ]

Name: Aimee Rose Baird

Story: Ghost Of You

District: Covey

Face Claim: Isabela Moner

Name: Alton Cresta

Story: Safe & Sound

District: 4

Face Claim: Walker Scobell

Name: Amor

Story: The Price Of Love

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Sofia Carson

Love Interest: Cinna; Apollo Crane

Name: Angeline Hayes

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12 / Covey

Face Claim: Anna Cathcart

Name: Apollo Crane

Story: The Price Of Love; Citizen Of Glass

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Nicholas Galitzine

Love Interest: Amor; Iridia Vindex

Name: Ares Crane

Story: Citizen Of Glass

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Dominic Sherwood

Love Interest: Elysia Trinket

Name: Aster Hawthorne 

Story: Untitled

District: 12

Face Claim: Sophie Nélisse

Name: Athena Crane

Story: Citizen Of Glass

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Dove Cameron

Love Interest: Regulus Cyrillus

Name: Avis Faraday

Story: Untitled

District: 5

Face Claim: Emily Browning

Name: Babs Shefford

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12 / Covey

Face Claim: Hailee Steinfeld

Love Interest: Jude Abernathy

Name: Bastion Plinth

Story: For The Ages

District: 2

Face Claim: Matthew Daddario

Name: Bellona Plinth

Story: For The Ages

District: 2

Face Claim: Conor Leslie

Love Interest: Jude Abernathy

Bellona Plinth knew why she was reaped. She knew that her last name was a death sentence, and she knew whose fault that was. Raised by her grandmother, on stories about her Great Uncle Sejanus, she knew exactly what the President really was. Her great-grandparents might have believed in poor, sweet Coriolanus, enough for him to inherit half of their fortune and to arrange a failed betrothal to their only daughter. But Livia had always seen through him, running back to district 2 and getting pregnant to avoid her parents’ choice of fate.

But President Snow had never forgotten Livia’s slight, nor her claims that he was someone connected to Sejanus’ death, and so sixty years later, Bellona paid the price. She wasn’t meant to survive the games, that much was for certain, but she was a survivor at heart, and soon earned herself the title of Victor.

But President Snow did not give up so easily, and when the Third Quarter Quell is announced, Bellona knows that only one name will be put to the reaping. President Snow might see it at his second chance to end the Plinth legacy, but if Bellona is going to lose, then she will make absolutely certain to take him down with her.

After all, Snow always falls eventually.

Name: Bo Lockwood

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12 / Covey

Face Claim: Jack Wolfe

Name: Cadmus Ariston

Story: Valley Of The Dolls

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Ben Barnes

Love Interest: Honoria Adrasteia

Name: Callisto Plinth

Story: Secrets & Lies

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Sabrina Carpenter

Love Interest: Jude Abernathy

Name: Camden Abraham

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12

Face Claim: Theo James

Name: Camellia Atchison

Story: Scars Of Love

District: 12

Face Caim: Lindsay Morgan

Love Interest: Finnick Odair

Name: Cassius Nero

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 2

Face Claim: Will Poulter

Name: Clover Abernathy

Story: Untitled

District: 12

Face Claim: Sophie Thatcher

Name: Colin Broider

Story: The Tradition

District: 8

Face Claim: Dylan O’Brien

Name: Concordia Snow

Story: Pure As Driven Snow*

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Emilia Clarke

Love Interest: Raymond Abraham ( @the-witching-ash​ )

*a variation of Concordia who exists in crossovers with @the-witching-ash​’s Raymond Abraham

Name: Concordia Snow

Story: Revelation

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Emilia Clarke

Love Interest: Varian Aristides

Concordia Snow: the Capitol’s Princess, the beautiful and charming granddaughter of President Snow. To Panem at large, Concordia was the perfect little Capitolite. Always in fashion, polite and obedient but clever and never missing a party, completely devoted to her grandfather. Only a very small handful of people knew better, knew that her pretty smile hid sharp teeth and a calculating brain. The Capitol’s best kept secret, really, that Concordia Snow was a rebel in disguise. But when the 74th Hunger Games come around, everything changes. Not because of the volunteer from 12, nor because of the star crossed lovers, but because the night before the Games, Concordia is told of her impending marriage to Seneca Crane. With no intention of becoming the Chief Gamemaker’s bride, it seems that the time has come for Concordia to play her hand – a hand that will set off a chain of events no one could have ever seen coming.

Name: Cyra Snow

Story: Burn Me Once

Series: The Fire You Founded

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Ariana Grande

Love Interest: Lucy Gray Baird; unnamed OC

Name: Danny Colbeck

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12 / Covey

Face Claim: Jack Mulhern

Love Interest: Suze Hatley

Name: Davey Brown Collins

Story: You Can’t Catch Me Now

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: Covey

Face Claim: Tom Glynn-Carney

Love Interest: Lucy Gray Baird; unnamed OC

Name: Delta Moreau

Story: Avoid The Slaughter

District: 3

Face Claim: Naomi Scott

Name: Dove Abernathy

Story: Midnight Dreary

Series: The Fire You Founded

District: 12

Face Claim: McKenna Grace

Name: Elissa Morningstar

Story: Yellow Flicker Beat

District: 1

Face Claim: Ana De Armas

Love Interest: Finnick Odair

Name: Elysia Trinket

Story: Citizen Of Glass

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Lily Rose Depp

Love Interest: Ares Crane

Name: Erevan Ravinstill

Story: Untitled

District: Capitol

Face Claim: Freddy Carter

Love Interest: Tigris Snow

Name: Ginny Cresta

Story: Safe & Sound

District: 4

Face Claim: Kat McNamara

Love Interest: Finnick Odair

Victor of the 73rd Hunger Games, Ginny Cresta truly believed that the Games had taken everything from her.  Her sister’s sanity, her brother’s life, her ability to sleep without nightmares, her innocence, and whatever farce of a childhood she’d had left, all lost to the arenas; there was nothing left for her to lose.  Or so she’d thought, until the Quarter Quell was announced, and Annie’s name was drawn.  Even as she volunteered, as she boarded the train back to hell, all that was running through her mind was the very first thing that Finnick had said to her when she left the arena.

No one wins the games, Gin, not until Snow is done with us.  Once you’re reaped, you play until you die.

Name: Hadrian Demos

Story: Gem Of Panem

District: 2 / Capitol

Face Claim: Timothee Chalamet

Love Interest: Titania Snow

Name: Hollis Everdeen

Story: The Hanging Tree

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12 / Covey

Face Claim: Zoey Deutch

Love Interest: Finnick Odair

Hollis Everdeen thought that her life had ended with the 73rd Hunger Games.  Her heart stopped when Prim’s name was called, and broke when Katniss volunteered to take her place.  But somehow, against all odds, Katniss came home, and Hollis let herself breathe again.  At least, until the next reaping, for the 74th Games.  Haymitch had warned them that Snow would want to see Katniss punished for her trick with the berries, but still, Hollis had never expected to hear her own name called out.

Name: Honoria Adrasteia

Story: Valley Of The Dolls

District: 1 / Capitol

Face Claim: Anya Taylor Joy

Love Interest: Cadmus Ariston

Honoria Adresteia’s life ended the day her name was called as the female tribute for district two.  It was a strange year, so many peacekeepers in place to prevent any volunteers, and so thirteen year old Honoria held her head high and walked into her certain doom. Honoria Adresteia was not supposed to survive the arena.  Not only was she thirteen and facing the best that the careers had to offer, but every facet of the games felt designed to put her at a disadvantage.  But she was smart, and managed to hide herself in a tree from the final five until the final two.  She should have died, then.  Her district partner climbing the tree to kill her, Honoria afraid and unarmed and starving.  But she didn’t.  A sponsor saved her, sending a gift to her would-be-killer and knocking him from the tree to his death.  She barely had time to read the note before she was being brought back to the Capitol, a victor now and forever, but she could see a drawing of a heart and the letter T.  And then she’s gone, and she’s being crowned the victor of the games, and somehow, Honoria got to live. But the life of a victor isn’t all glory, and Honoria will soon find that dying in the arena would have been a kinder fate. Rather than returning home to her district, Honoria would live full time in the Capitol, away from anything she ever knew.  She’s given a manager, almost a friend, in the form of Cadmus Ariston.  He took care of her, helped her adjust, made life bearable.  And for the first few months, everything was almost okay.  Until the day that Cadmus sits her down and tells her exactly what President Snow has planned for her.

Name: Iridia Vindex

Story: Citizen Of Glass; multi

District: 1

Face Claim: Adelaide Kane

Love Interest: Apollo Crane

Name: Jonas Cresta

Story: Safe & Sound

District: 4

Face Claim: Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Name: Jude Abernathy

Story: The Hanging Tree; Multi

Series: The Old Therebefore

District: 12 / Covey

Face Claim: Brenton Thwaites

Love Interest: Babs Sheffeld / Bellona Plinth / Callisto Plinth / Madge Undersee / Lyda Undersee & Gale Hawthorn / Misty Hawthorne / Ness Duffy

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Finding the perfect name for your newborn baby may take some time and careful consideration, but it can also be very interesting.

In fact, it's one of the first and biggest decisions you have to make as a new parent. Are you looking for a son to speak of a family tradition or celebrate a cultural tradition? Whatever your approach, you'll find lots of great options on the following list of the 1,000 most popular boys, according to Social Security Administration (SSA). Take a look to help you narrow down your favorites list (or inspire new ones) and enjoy the experience of finding your favorite name for your new son.

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1. Top 1,000 Baby Boy Names

Liam

Noah

William

James

Oliver

Benjamin

Elijah

Lucas

Mason

Logan

Alexander

Ethan

Jacob

Michael

Daniel

Henry

Jackson

Sebastian

Aiden

Matthew

Samuel

David

Joseph

Carter

Owen

Wyatt

John

Jack

Luke

Jayden

Dylan

Grayson

Levi

Isaac

Gabriel

Julian

Mateo

Anthony

Jaxon

Lincoln

Joshua

Christopher

Andrew

Theodore

Caleb

Ryan

Asher

Nathan

Thomas

Leo

Isaiah

Charles

Josiah

Hudson

Christian

Hunter

Connor

Eli

Ezra

Aaron

Landon

Adrian

Jonathan

Nolan

Jeremiah

Easton

Elias

Colton

Cameron

Carson

Robert

Angel

Maverick

Nicholas

Dominic

Jaxson

Greyson

Adam

Ian

Austin

Santiago

Jordan

Cooper

Brayden

Roman

Evan

Ezekiel

Xavier

Jose

Jace

Jameson

Leonardo

Bryson

Axel

Everett

Parker

Kayden

Miles

Sawyer

Jason

Declan

Weston

Micah

Ayden

Wesley

Luca

Vincent

Damian

Zachary

Silas

Gavin

Chase

Kai

Emmett

Harrison

Nathaniel

Kingston

Cole

Tyler

Bennett

Bentley

Ryker

Tristan

Brandon

Kevin

Luis

George

Ashton

Rowan

Braxton

Ryder

Gael

Ivan

Diego

Maxwell

Max

Carlos

Kaiden

Juan

Maddox

Justin

Waylon

Calvin

Giovanni

Jonah

Abel

Jayce

Jesus

Amir

King

Beau

Camden

Alex

Jasper

Malachi

Brody

Jude

Blake

Emmanuel

Eric

Brooks

Elliot

Antonio

Abraham

Timothy

Finn

Rhett

Elliott

Edward

August

Xander

Alan

Dean

Lorenzo

Bryce

Karter

Victor

Milo

Miguel

Hayden

Graham

Grant

Zion

Tucker

Jesse

Zayden

Joel

Richard

Patrick

Emiliano

Avery

Nicolas

Brantley

Dawson

Myles

Matteo

River

Steven

Thiago

Zane

Matias

Judah

Messiah

Jeremy

Preston

Oscar

Kaleb

Alejandro

Marcus

Mark

Peter

Maximus

Barrett

Jax

Andres

Holden

Legend

Charlie

Knox

Kaden

Paxton

Kyrie

Kyle

Griffin

Josue

Kenneth

Beckett

Enzo

Adriel

Arthur

Felix

Bryan

Lukas

Paul

Brian

Colt

Caden

Leon

Archer

Omar

Israel

Aidan

Theo

Javier

Remington

Jaden

Bradley

Emilio

Colin

Riley

Cayden

Phoenix

Clayton

Simon

Ace

Nash

Derek

Rafael

Zander

Brady

Jorge

Jake

Louis

Damien

Karson

Walker

Maximiliano

Amari

Sean

Chance

Walter

Martin

Finley

Andre

Tobias

Cash

Corbin

Arlo

Iker

Erick

Emerson

Gunner

Cody

Stephen

Francisco

Killian

Dallas

Reid

Manuel

Lane

Atlas

Rylan

Jensen

Ronan

Beckham

Daxton

Anderson

Kameron

Raymond

Orion

Cristian

Tanner

Kyler

Jett

Cohen

Ricardo

Spencer

Gideon

Ali

Fernando

Jaiden

Titus

Travis

Bodhi

Eduardo

Dante

Ellis

Prince

Kane

Luka

Kash

Hendrix

Desmond

Donovan

Mario

Atticus

Cruz

Garrett

Hector

Angelo

Jeffrey

Edwin

Cesar

Zayn

Devin

Conor

Warren

Odin

Jayceon

Romeo

Julius

Jaylen

Hayes

Kayson

Muhammad

Jaxton

Joaquin

Caiden

Dakota

Major

Keegan

Sergio

Marshall

Johnny

Kade

Edgar

Leonel

Ismael

Marco

Tyson

Wade

Collin

Troy

Nasir

Conner

Adonis

Jared

Rory

Andy

Jase

Lennox

Shane

Malik

Ari

Reed

Seth

Clark

Erik

Lawson

Trevor

Gage

Nico

Malakai

Quinn

Cade

Johnathan

Sullivan

Solomon

Cyrus

Fabian

Pedro

Frank

Shawn

Malcolm

Khalil

Nehemiah

Dalton

Mathias

Jay

Ibrahim

Peyton

Winston

Kason

Zayne

Noel

Princeton

Matthias

Gregory

Sterling

Dominick

Elian

Grady

Russell

Finnegan

Ruben

Gianni

Porter

Kendrick

Leland

Pablo

Allen

Hugo

Raiden

Kolton

Remy

Ezequiel

Damon

Emanuel

Zaiden

Otto

Bowen

Marcos

Abram

Kasen

Franklin

Royce

Jonas

Sage

Philip

Esteban

Drake

Kashton

Roberto

Harvey

Alexis

Kian

Jamison

Maximilian

Adan

Milan

Phillip

Albert

Dax

Mohamed

Ronin

Kamden

Hank

Memphis

Oakley

Augustus

Drew

Moises

Armani

Rhys

Benson

Jayson

Kyson

Braylen

Corey

Gunnar

Omari

Alonzo

Landen

Armando

Derrick

Dexter

Enrique

Bruce

Nikolai

Francis

Rocco

Kairo

Royal

Zachariah

Arjun

Deacon

Skyler

Eden

Alijah

Rowen

Pierce

Uriel

Ronald

Luciano

Tate

Frederick

Kieran

Lawrence

Moses

Rodrigo

Brycen

Leonidas

Nixon

Keith

Chandler

Case

Davis

Asa

Darius

Isaias

Aden

Jaime

Landyn

Raul

Niko

Trenton

Apollo

Cairo

Izaiah

Scott

Dorian

Julio

Wilder

Santino

Dustin

Donald

Raphael

Saul

Taylor

Ayaan

Duke

Ryland

Tatum

Ahmed

Moshe

Edison

Emmitt

Cannon

Alec

Danny

Keaton

Roy

Conrad

Roland

Quentin

Lewis

Samson

Brock

Kylan

Cason

Ahmad

Jalen

Nikolas

Braylon

Kamari

Dennis

Callum

Justice

Soren

Rayan

Aarav

Gerardo

Ares

Brendan

Jamari

Kaison

Yusuf

Issac

Jasiah

Callen

Forrest

Makai

Crew

Kobe

Bo

Julien

Mathew

Braden

Johan

Marvin

Zaid

Stetson

Casey

Ty

Ariel

Tony

Zain

Callan

Cullen

Sincere

Uriah

Dillon

Kannon

Colby

Axton

Cassius

Quinton

Mekhi

Reece

Alessandro

Jerry

Mauricio

Sam

Trey

Mohammad

Alberto

Gustavo

Arturo

Fletcher

Marcelo

Abdiel

Hamza

Alfredo

Chris

Finnley

Curtis

Kellan

Quincy

Kase

Harry

Kyree

Wilson

Cayson

Hezekiah

Kohen

Neil

Mohammed

Raylan

Kaysen

Lucca

Sylas

Mack

Leonard

Lionel

Ford

Roger

Rex

Alden

Boston

Colson

Briggs

Zeke

Dariel

Kingsley

Valentino

Jamir

Salvador

Vihaan

Mitchell

Lance

Lucian

Darren

Jimmy

Alvin

Amos

Tripp

Zaire

Layton

Reese

Casen

Colten

Brennan

Korbin

Sonny

Bruno

Orlando

Devon

Huxley

Boone

Maurice

Nelson

Douglas

Randy

Gary

Lennon

Titan

Denver

Jaziel

Noe

Jefferson

Ricky

Lochlan

Rayden

Bryant

Langston

Lachlan

Clay

Abdullah

Lee

Baylor

Leandro

Ben

Kareem

Layne

Joe

Crosby

Deandre

Demetrius

Kellen

Carl

Jakob

Ridge

Bronson

Jedidiah

Rohan

Larry

Stanley

Tomas

Shiloh

Thaddeus

Watson

Baker

Vicente

Koda

Jagger

Nathanael

Carmelo

Shepherd

Graysen

Melvin

Ernesto

Jamie

Yosef

Clyde

Eddie

Tristen

Grey

Ray

Tommy

Samir

Ramon

Santana

Kristian

Marcel

Wells

Zyaire

Brecken

Byron

Otis

Reyansh

Axl

Joey

Trace

Morgan

Musa

Harlan

Enoch

Henrik

Kristopher

Talon

Rey

Guillermo

Houston

Jon

Vincenzo

Dane

Terry

Azariah

Castiel

Kye

Augustine

Zechariah

Joziah

Kamryn

Hassan

Jamal

Chaim

Bodie

Emery

Branson

Jaxtyn

Kole

Wayne

Aryan

Alonso

Brixton

Madden

Allan

Flynn

Jaxen

Harley

Magnus

Sutton

Dash

Anders

Westley

Brett

Emory

Felipe

Yousef

Jadiel

Mordechai

Dominik

Junior

Eliseo

Fisher

Harold

Jaxxon

Kamdyn

Maximo

Caspian

Kelvin

Damari

Fox

Trent

Hugh

Briar

Franco

Keanu

Terrance

Yahir

Ameer

Kaiser

Thatcher

Ishaan

Koa

Merrick

Coen

Rodney

Brayan

London

Rudy

Gordon

Bobby

Aron

Marc

Van

Anakin

Canaan

Dario

Reginald

Westin

Darian

Ledger

Leighton

Maxton

Tadeo

Valentin

Aldo

Khalid

Nickolas

Toby

Dayton

Jacoby

Billy

Gatlin

Elisha

Jabari

Jermaine

Alvaro

Marlon

Mayson

Blaze

Jeffery

Kace

Braydon

Achilles

Brysen

Saint

Xzavier

Aydin

Eugene

Adrien

Cain

Kylo

Nova

Onyx

Arian

Bjorn

Jerome

Miller

Alfred

Kenzo

Kyng

Leroy

Maison

Jordy

Stefan

Wallace

Benicio

Kendall

Zayd

Blaine

Tristian

Anson

Gannon

Jeremias

Marley

Ronnie

Dangelo

Kody

Will

Bentlee

Gerald

Salvatore

Turner

Chad

Misael

Mustafa

Konnor

Maxim

Rogelio

Zakai

Cory

Judson

Brentley

Darwin

Louie

Ulises

Dakari

Rocky

Wesson

Alfonso

Payton

Dwayne

Juelz

Duncan

Keagan

Deshawn

Bode

Bridger

Skylar

Brodie

Landry

Avi

Keenan

Reuben

Jaxx

Rene

Yehuda

Imran

Yael

Alexzander

Willie

Cristiano

Heath

Lyric

Davion

Elon

Karsyn

Krew

Jairo

Maddux

Ephraim

Ignacio

Vivaan

Aries

Vance

Boden

Lyle

Ralph

Reign

Camilo

Draven

Terrence

Idris

Ira

Javion

Jericho

Khari

Marcellus

Creed

Shepard

Terrell

Ahmir

Camdyn

Cedric

Howard

Jad

Zahir

Harper

Justus

Forest

Gibson

Zev

Alaric

Decker

Ernest

Jesiah

Torin

Benedict

Bowie

Deangelo

Genesis

Harlem

Kalel

Kylen

Bishop

Immanuel

Lian

Zavier

Archie

Davian

Gus

Kabir

Korbyn

Randall

Benton

Coleman

Markus

2. Top 10 beautiful Middles names for baby Boys

Ace

Abe

Beck

Blake

Dean

Grant

Hugh

James

Charles

George

More ideals for you: Top 1000 baby Girl names

From : https://wikitopx.com/name-meanings/top-1000-baby-boy-names-711929.html

[stiles1978]

Symbolized by the scales, #Libra represents balance, ushering us into our next season, #autumn or #fall This #air sign is ruled by the venerated #Venus and demonstrates a natural talent for ‘organization’. As for our litany or Libras, well, they include… Norm MacDonald 🥸 Olivia Newton-John 🎧 Luke Perry 🎭 Donald Glover 🎬 🎤 R.L. Stine & Oscar Wilde 👻✍🏻 Scottie Pippen 🏀 Serena Williams 🎾 Annie Leibovitz 📸 AOC & Theresa May & Ilhan Omar 💁🏾‍♀️🏛 @aoc @theresamay @ilhanmn Cassius (Marcellus) Clay Beto O’Rourke ⚖️ @betoorourke Kamala Harris 🥈@kamalaharris Caravaggio 🎨 Rob Liefeld ✍🏻 @robliefeld Mahatma Gandhi ☮️ Jesse Jackson AND Al Sharpton 🤯 @real_sharpton Penny Marshall & Guillermo del Toro 😱 @realgdt Paul & Morgan Hamm 🥇 Margaret Thatcher & Benjamin Netanyahu 🇬🇧🇮🇱 Oscar Wilde & Virgil 📝 There’s more, but…space is limited!!! (sorry @vancityreynolds , I still love ya’ man! Unless the internet is wrong, then…disregard) The sign itself is based on the scales of #justice or #Themis the Goddess of divine law and custom, and was actually once a part of the neighboring #constellation of #scorpio called #chalae or claws. In this version, some time in the second century (AD/CE), the Romans hailed the constellation as signifying the important time of year where the day and night were in balance (which also happens during the Vernal #Equinox in Spring which brings us to the next version…) In one source, Libra is associated with the ‘claiming’ of Persephone, by Pluto/Hades. It is said his golden chariot was the symbol of Libra, which basically heralded the turning point in the seasons, or the cycle of nature. Our final origin, is brought in part by theologians, who claim Libra is connected to the same legend as Virgo (see last months post for that one), and the star/virgin Goddess of Justice, #Astraea #Autumnalequinox #mythology #astrology #horoscope #vectorart #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #design #stilesofart @adobe @photoshop @_adobeillustrator_ @procreate https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci216opJmzQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[uncommon-etc]

I almost skipped over this with a ‘good for them’ but it points to a wider problem with racial history in the United States. brown and black characters in American TV shows usually have white-sounding names because those were the names given to their great-grandparents by their white slave-masters. Hence Malcolm X refusing to use the last name he inherited from his father because it wasn’t his true name but  the name of the white slave-owner who gave it to his ancestors and Cassius Clay changing his name to Muhammad Ali because it better reflected his roots than the slave-name he was born with. There are plenty of ‘Freeman’s and ‘Freedman’s in the Northern US because who on earth upon buying their freedom or having it given to them would want to keep a name their parents or grandparents had been given by a slave-owner.   

Chidi Anagonye had a proper African name because he was born in Senegal while the other main black character on the show Simone Garnett had a relatively anglocized one because she was Australian and Australians, like Americans and Brits are (historically) big fans of erasing other cultures in favour of those brought in by white colonists. 

The Al-Jamil family (judging by their wealth and status) were probable descended from East-African Indians who were held up as models of cultural integration when they arrived in Britain in the 70s and 80s (compared to the actual Indians and Pakistanis who had already lived there for a generation having arrived after the partition of India and who were often the victims of racism and poor employment prospects) because they’d essentially been groomed by the British in India to become a sort of purpose-made ruling class for the African states that the British also held onto before the empire was dissolved. So while these particular Indian migrants kept their names they usually swapped their traditional clothing for smart suits, their languages for English and their religion for Thatcherism. 

So yes, it’s admirable and more shows should do it but the characters names reflect their cultural heritage and highlight a world in which rich nations have been multi-racial for far longer than most assume, if the writers didn’t understand this perfectly they wouldn’t have named the main Asian character Jason Mendoza.    

[bringinbackpod]

Interview with Royal Blood

We had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Thatcher of Royal Blood over Zoom video!

Royal Blood release their long-awaited third album Typhoons today via Warner Records. The four album singles and videos ("Trouble’s Coming,""Typhoons," "Limbo," and "Boilermaker") leading up to the album have created an overwhelming global impact calling Typhoons the duo’s best record to date. Upon the album’s release, Royal Blood have already accrued over 50 million streams and the biggest US airplay of their career crashing into the Rock and ALT charts last fall and consistently raising for the past 30 weeks to the #1 position.

When Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher sat down to talk about making a new album, they knew what they wanted to achieve. It involved a conscious return to their roots, back when they had made music that was influenced by Daft Punk, Justice, and Philippe Zdar of Cassius. It also called for a similar back-to-basics approach to what had made their self-titled debut album so thrilling, visceral and original.

The album bursts into breathless attack when the fierce metallic grooves of “Who Needs Friends” hits an early visceral peak. Royal Blood further reference their fresh array of influences by deploying vocoder-effected vocals on “Million & One” and evoking the sound of a hyper aggressive, Prince influence on “Mad Visions.” It ends with a final surprise in the shape of the stark piano ballad “All We Have Is Now,” a vulnerable and revealing reminder to live in the moment.

That new approach manifested itself in the duo’s decision to produce the majority of Typhoons themselves. Already established as a fan favourite during their 2019 UK live shows, the studio version of “Boilermaker” was produced by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, the two bands having first connected when Royal Blood supported them on a massive North American tour. Meanwhile, the multiple Grammy Award-winner Paul Epworth produced “Who Needs Friends” and contributed additional production to “Trouble’s Coming.”

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[skayafair]

Episode 42

Under the "keep reading" because spoilers?

So the picture is starting to come together. I'm getting lost on which timeline is when but after reading the transcript (thanks for uploading them!) it's straightened up: there was just one line from the present one, the rest is still the "past" tense.

So in present, Cass, Lizzy, Alyx (?), June snd Evelyn were taken under the Thatcher's wing. What's up with Yanus and the research? Are the Breaches still open or did the followers of those who came from the Breaches take care of it? Sure Cassius' father is trying to research the new worlds mysteries further (or so it seemed, I need to relisten), but I didn't catch anything about any new expeditions. And apparently Silas is still with the followers. When did Cass get their amnesia? When they went with Theta this time?..

Back to the past present tense.

FINALLY Lizzy is getting the appreciation she deserves! A HUGE YAY! 💜 (and the support in the time of self-doubt, she's finally allowed herself to let some control go, double yay)

Evelyn's case is getting more clear. Those really are magic mushrooms huh. It would have been a blast if they were also somewhat intelligent. Like, we know our mushrooms are something. Not thoroughly researched yet but they are already interesting. Wonder what the otherworldly ones could be like!

Why is Beckett being all cautious all of a sudden? Cass' father steps into the picture? Or for some other reason?

I'm on the fence regarding this followers organization - so far, just like Silis rightfully noticed, those organizations were getting them nothing but trouble. These ones seem to be the "good guys" caring for everyone's collective good, but eh. We'll see. I like Finley tho. Despite the whole situation feeling a lot like the "good cop, bad cop" one with Nico and Lief being the bad ones, they don't seem to be playing mind games, which is much appreciated. And the team really needed someone optimistic and upbeat for a long time, now that even the ones who were excited the most like Alyx or Lizzy turned rather morbid. Lizzy lost her right to yap about Silas dampening the mood, not with the way she "cheered up" Evelyn, sorry! Same with J - he used to be pretty lighthearted but turned pessimistic and got lost for good in the end. Finley sounds helpful in this department and overall.

What secrets does June keep?

[twinstrangersp]

Valentine's Cards to you all from our crew at VINCULA! Some of these are especially corny <3 (Made by the wonderful and endearing Renee' Helsel, who plays June Dawson on Syntax!)

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Events 10.29

539 BC – Cyrus the Great (founder of Persian Empire) entered the capital of Babylon and allowed the Jews to return to their land. 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand adventus in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber and beheaded. 437 – Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople unifying the two branches of the House of Theodosius. 969 – Byzantine troops occupy Antioch, Syria. 1268 – Conradin is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily. 1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people. 1467 – Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats Prince-Bishopric of Liège. 1591 – Pope Innocent IX is elected. 1611 – Russian homage to the King of Poland, Sigismund III Vasa. 1618 – English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England. 1658 – Second Northern War: Naval forces of the Dutch Republic defeat the Swedes in the Battle of the Sound. 1665 – Portuguese forces defeat the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitate King António I of Kongo, also known as Nvita a Nkanga. 1675 – Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus. 1787 – Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague. 1792 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who sighted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River. 1863 – Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross. 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee. 1888 – The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace. 1901 – In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine. 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution. 1914 – Ottoman entry into World War I. 1918 – The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19. 1921 – The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed. 1921 – United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts. 1921 – The Harvard University football team loses to Centre College, ending a 25-game winning streak. This is considered one of the biggest upsets in college football. 1922 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy appoints Benito Mussolini as Prime Minister. 1923 – Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. 1929 – The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression. 1941 – The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto, over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action". 1942 – The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews. 1944 – The Dutch city of Breda is liberated by 1st Polish Armoured Division. 1944 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. 1948 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Safsaf massacre: Israeli soldiers capture the Palestinian village of Safsaf in the Galilee; after, between 52 and 64 villagers are massacred by the IDF. 1948 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Israeli army kills at least 70 Palestinian villagers during the Al-Dawayima massacre. 1953 – BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. 1955 – The Soviet battleship Novorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol. 1956 – Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal. 1957 – Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset. 1960 – In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight. 1960 – An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. 1961 – Syria exits from the United Arab Republic. 1964 – The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. 1964 – A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. 1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. 1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. 1971 – In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident. 1972 – The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615. 1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport. 1985 – Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia. 1986 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway. 1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. 1994 – Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House; he is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton. 1998 – In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities. 1998 – Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space. 1998 – ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the United States is inaugurated with the launch of the STS-95 space shuttle mission. 1998 – While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of six and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he is landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel. 1998 – Hurricane Mitch, the second deadliest Atlantic hurricane in history, makes landfall in Honduras. 1998 – The Gothenburg discothèque fire in Sweden kills 63 and injures 200. 1999 – A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India. 2002 – Ho Chi Minh City ITC fire, a fire destroys a luxurious department store where 1500 people are shopping. Over 60 people die and over 100 are unaccounted for. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime. 2004 – The Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera broadcasts an excerpt from a 2004 Osama bin Laden video in which the terrorist leader first admits direct responsibility for the September 11, 2001 attacks and references the 2004 U.S. presidential election. 2005 – Bombings in Delhi, India kill more than 60. 2008 – Delta Air Lines merges with Northwest Airlines, creating the world's largest airline and reducing the number of US legacy carriers to five. 2012 – Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages. 2015 – China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years. 2018 – Lion Air Flight 610 of a Boeing 737 MAX crashes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia killing 189 people on board.

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Libri di Sport da leggere e da regalare

CINQUE CERCHI E UNA STELLA. 

Shaul Ladany, da Bergen-Belsen a Monaco '72

di Andrea Schiavon - Editore: ADD 

5 settembre 1972, ore 4:30, villaggio olimpico di Monaco di Baviera. Un commando di terroristi palestinesi di Settembre nero fa irruzione negli alloggi della squadra israeliana. Comincia così la pagina più tragica della storia delle Olimpiadi e si concluderà solo 20 ore dopo con le cifre di una strage: 17 morti tra cui 11 israeliani, 5 palestinesi e un poliziotto tedesco. In quella squadra c’è anche Shaul Ladany, marciatore, l’unico sportivo israeliano che era sopravvissuto, bambino, a un campo di concentramento: Bergen-Belsen, lo stesso in cui morì Anna Frank. Per la seconda volta Ladany riesce a sopravvivere alla Storia. Ladany è un docente di ingegneria prestato all’atletica, capace di incastrare allenamenti estenuanti tra una lezione e l’altra. La sua vita è stata un’infinita sequenza di chilometri, quasi un Forrest Gump che ha attraversato il XX secolo lasciando un segno a ogni passaggio. Vive il ’68 a New York da studente della Columbia, combatte la Guerra dei Sei Giorni e quella di Yom Kippur, nel 1973, quando per difendere Israele rientra dagli Stati Uniti pagandosi il biglietto dell’aereo. Da Eichmann a Sharon, da Bikila agli All Blacks, da Nixon alla Thatcher: ci sono tutti nella marcia di Ladany. Andrea Schiavon racconta la vita di quest’uomo straordinario e con lui ripercorre le tappe di un intero secolo di eventi. «Uno scherzo. A Stroch piace sorprendere i compagni di squadra con le sue trovate. Ci ha provato ancora una volta, facendo credere che sia in corso un attacco terroristico. Questo pensa Shaul Ladany, quando lo svegliano: è l’alba di martedì 5 settembre 1972, il giorno che ha cambiato la storia dei Giochi Olimpici.»

Jesse e Joe. Gli atleti che sconfissero Adolf Hitler

di Francesco Gallo

editore Ultra Edizioni

Molti sostengono che il declino della potenza nazista ebbe inizio su una pista d’atletica di Berlino, quando un afroamericano semianalfabeta dell’Alabama vinse quattro ori olimpici sotto gli occhi furenti di Adolf Hitler; e che fu poi ancora più evidente quando un ex operaio della Ford, figlio di schiavi affrancati, fece partire il suo famigerato gancio sinistro sul ring dello Yankee Stadium a New York. Tra il 1936 e il 1938, Jesse Owens e Joe Louis – due dei più grandi atleti della storia – sono stati protagonisti non solo di eroiche imprese sportive, ma anche del più grande scontro politico e ideologico di sempre: la democrazia americana contro il nazismo tedesco. Le Olimpiadi di Berlino del 1936 e l’incontro di boxe tra Joe Louis e Max Schmeling del 1938 hanno perciò rappresentato gli eventi mediatici più decisivi degli anni Trenta. Da una parte i Giochi più controversi di tutti i tempi, dall’altra due appassionanti e straordinari incontri di boxe rimasti per sempre nella storia del pugilato. Imprese indimenticabili che hanno trasceso lo sport e infuocato i mesi che precedettero lo scoppio del secondo conflitto mondiale. Una guerra annunciata, e sotto certi aspetti inevitabile, che ebbe inizio su due inediti campi di battaglia: un ring e una pista di atletica. Attraverso le straordinarie biografie di Jesse Owens e Joe Louis – per molti aspetti vicine e coincidenti – in questo libro si sfogliano alcune delle pagine più drammatiche del Novecento. Per prendere nota che non molto distante da qui, e non troppo lontano nel tempo, “si era creato un buco nella storia, ma noi non ce n’eravamo accorti”.

E D'IMPROVVISO SUCCESSE UN SESSANTOTTO

di Giorgio Cimbrico  

Editore: Absolutely Free

Gli otto giorni che sconvolsero l'atletica, che continuano a sconvolgerla: ai Mondiali di Londra di pochi mesi or sono i campioni di mezzo secolo fa avrebbero messo le mani su dieci medaglie: sei sarebbero state d'oro. Quarantanove anni dopo! In un mondo mutato, in uno sport sottoposto a stucchevoli cambiamenti, ad adeguamenti alle mode, i giorni di Messico - come tutti giorni di quel '68 di sangue, tormenti, aspirazioni, voglia di libertà, fantasia che voleva arrivare al potere - rimangono meraviglie del possibile, una catena di racconti di fantascienza che seppero calarsi in uno stordente reale. Chi li ha vissuti da protagonista, da testimone diretto, da spettatore che guardava estasiato quelle immagini in bianco e nero, non ha dimenticato, non ha rimosso. Come il 1453, quando cadde Costantinopoli, come il 1789, quei giorni si trasformarono in un confine storico, in una nascita del moderno, in un respiro mai interrotto di contemporaneo. Riviverli è stato un piacere e un esercizio di ardore.

Oro, argento e Tania. Le parole della mia vita

di Cagnotto Tania e Vegliani Stefano  

editore Mondadori Electa

C'è come un filo che guida la nostra vita! È il nostro destino. Ci credo assolutamente, e la mia storia sportiva ne è la conferma. Qualcuno scrive la sceneggiatura della nostra esistenza... ». Una carriera di trionfi e successi, di sacrifici, lavoro e determinazione. Nel corso degli anni, con le sue prodezze dal trampolino, Tania Cagnotto è riuscita ad appassionare milioni di tifosi e si è imposta come una delle atlete italiane più apprezzate, anche a livello internazionale. In questo libro Tania ripercorre i momenti più significativi del suo importante percorso sportivo, ma non solo: attraverso un racconto che procede per temi e parole chiave, ci accompagna alla scoperta della sua adolescenza, del rapporto con gli amici e con i genitori, della sua quotidianità e della sua famiglia. E ci parla delle paure, dei sogni, dei rimpianti e dell'universo di una ragazza straordinaria e semplice al tempo stesso.

Sonny Liston. Il campione che doveva perdere contro Ali.

Maurizio Ruggeri

Minerva Edizioni

Riuscito a scappare da una situazione terribile, con un padre che lo brutalizzava tra i campi di cotone dell'Arkansas, Sonny Liston fece in tempo a raggiungere sua madre a Saint Louis, a tredici anni, prima di finire nel penitenziario di Jefferson City. Capace di reagire al branco che voleva sottometterlo, fu notato dai cappellani della prigione che ne riconobbero l'immenso talento. Dopo aver sbaragliato il campo tra i dilettanti Liston portò a termine una delle più rapide e devastanti scalate al titolo mondiale dei pesi massimi, culminata nei due incontri fulminei con Floyd Patterson. Finito in mano alla mala che lo aveva tolto di galera e che controllava la boxe, fu costretto a eseguire gli ordini del boss Frankie Carbo fino alla fine dei suoi giorni, quando fu trovato senza vita a causa di un'iniezione di eroina pur avendo il terrore degli aghi. Considerato dai più grandi esperti ed interpreti della noble art, compresi George Foreman e Mike Tyson, il pugile più potente e spaventoso che sia mai salito sul ring, Liston deve gran parte della sua fama ai due incontri con Cassius Clay e Muhammad Ali. Sia il match mondiale di Miami, che la rivincita di Lewinston, sono avvolti dal "mistero", tanto che dopo cinquant'anni l'FBI ha deciso di riaprire il caso sul primo incontro, considerandolo truccato. Ed è proprio sulla prima sfida di Miami, nel 1964, che si raccoglie questo libro, dando per scontata la messinscena del secondo atto, quello del "pugno fantasma". Come ha potuto un campione del mondo in carica restare seduto sul suo sgabello dopo sei round, in una situazione di perfetta parità, per un improbabile dolore alla spalla? Non era forse dato favorito 7 contro 1 nei confronti di Clay? E la mafia dei Carbo, dei Palermo, dei Vitale, non spalmò forse decine di milioni di dollari puntando contro Liston?

Chi ha ucciso Marco Pantani

di Roberto Manzo

Editore: Mondadori

Un libro per restituire doverosamente al Pirata l'onore perduto e ai suoi tifosi il sogno infranto della bellezza che spunta in testa alla corsa dietro un tornante in salita. 1995-2001, processo per frode sportiva nella classica Milano-Torino del 1995: assolto.  1999-2003, processo per frode sportiva nel Giro d'Italia del 1999: assolto. 14 febbraio 2004, Residence Le Rose di Rimini: deceduto. "La storia giudiziaria di Marco Pantani è una storia triste, un vero dramma umano, che ha trascinato il Pirata nel baratro più profondo." L'ultimo avvocato di Marco Pantani ha deciso di scrivere questo libro perché il Pirata se lo merita. Se lo merita non solo perché è stato il campione che negli anni Novanta ha incendiato l'entusiasmo delle folle, ha "spianato" le salite più celebri del mondo e rinverdito nel cuore dei tifosi il mito di Coppi e Bartali. Ma perché è stato assolto da tutti i procedimenti giudiziari che lo scaraventarono giù dalla bicicletta e dalla sua esistenza. Nel ventennale della doppia vittoria Giro d'Italia - Tour de France, dopo fiumi di inchiostro versato sui giornali e sugli atti dei tribunali, è necessario ricostruire con oggettività la vicenda giudiziaria, sportiva e umana di Pantani. Chi ha ucciso Marco Pantani ripercorre la sua incredibile via crucis processuale e spiega come il ciclista sia stato spazzato via da un'implacabile campagna denigratoria, da una serie di clamorosi errori procedurali ed enormi ingiustizie che hanno pompato sangue amaro nella sua vena autodistruttiva, la stessa che lo faceva andare fortissimo in salita solo "per abbreviare l'agonia". Il libro dimostra che quel Pantani che ha scollinato per primo sull'Alpe d'Huez, che ha vinto la maglia rosa e che ha sfoggiato quella gialla sugli Champs-Élysées era pulito, era il più forte, era talento puro, il fuoriclasse che tutti amavano e che tutti oggi rimpiangono. Il punto di vista dell'autore è quello privilegiato dell'avvocato di fiducia che ha vissuto insieme a lui il suo dramma giudiziario e umano. È stato il suo ultimo difensore e ha avuto modo di consultare i documenti processuali, dormire con loro, odiarli, leggerli e rileggerli, e infine servirsene nei processi. L'avvocato Manzo c'era sempre. C'era per l'assoluzione per i fatti del Giro d'Italia 1999 e c'era durante la pietosa autopsia del 16 febbraio 2004, in una gelida stanza dell'obitorio dell'ospedale di Rimini. E c'è oggi con questo libro per restituire doverosamente al Pirata l'onore perduto e ai suoi tifosi il sogno infranto della bellezza che spunta in testa alla corsa dietro un tornante in salita.

Il codice Federer

di Stefano Semeraro

Editore: Pendragon

Gennaio 2018: Roger Federer vince il suo ventesimo torneo del Grande Slam, ed entra definitivamente nella leggenda, del tennis e dello sport. Questo libro racconta tutti i suoi novantasei tornei conquistati in vent'anni di carriera. Vent'anni che Stefano Semeraro ha trascorso a osservarlo e ammirarlo in azione, a intervistarlo, studiarlo, rincorrendolo per i tornei di tutto il mondo, da Roma a Shanghai, da Wimbledon a New York, e persino a disegnarlo sul taccuino, per cercare di decifrarlo meglio. Il risultato è non solo, o soprattutto, una biografia di Roger Federer ma anche un racconto, quasi un romanzo, delle sue (tante) vittorie e dei suoi (rari) passi falsi, arricchito dai mille aneddoti rubati a chi Federer lo ha incontrato sul campo e ne ha condiviso la vita randagia del tennista professionista. I ritratti dei suoi avversari più pericolosi, da Agassi a Djokovic, da Nadal a Murray, e le statistiche curate dall'esperto Luca Marianantoni, raccolte in coda al volume, completano il quadro della carriera ormai oltre ogni aggettivo del Genio di Basilea.

Camminare. Un gesto sovversivo

Erling Kagge

Editore: Einaudi

Chi cammina sa far tesoro del silenzio e trasformare la piú semplice esperienza in un'avventura indimenticabile. 

«Con un senso di stupore e meraviglia, Kagge vaga piú che narrare, muovendosi tra filosofia, scienza ed esperienza personale...È sempre bene ricordare le antiche verità. E Kagge sa come farlo.» - Los Angeles Review of Books

Camminare è diventato un gesto sovversivo. Non serve essere atleti professionisti, aver scalato l'Everest o raggiunto il Polo Nord, come Erling Kagge. La rivoluzione è alla portata di chiunque. Basta decidere di rinunciare a qualche comodità e spostarsi a piedi ogni volta che è possibile. Anche in città, anche nel quotidiano. Sottrarsi alla tirannia della velocità significa dilatare la meraviglia di ogni istante e restituire intensità alla vita. Chi cammina gode di migliore salute, ha una memoria piú efficiente, è piú creativo. Soprattutto, chi cammina sa far tesoro del silenzio e trasformare la piú semplice esperienza in un'avventura indimenticabile.

Goals. 98 storie + 1 per affrontare le sfide più difficili

Gianluca Vialli

Editore: Mondadori

«Voglio essere di ispirazione agli altri. Voglio che qualcuno mi guardi e mi dica: "È anche per merito tuo se non ho mai mollato"»

Gianluca Vialli, grande campione di Juventus e Sampdoria e poi allenatore di Chelsea e Watford, ha raccolto e raccontato 99 quotes e 99 storie sportive (l’ultima è autobiografica) che lo hanno ispirato e tuttora lo ispirano nella sua progressione di vita quotidiana. Ogni quote è strumento di meditazione e motivazione ed è collegato a ogni storia. Non è un’autobiografia e nemmeno un semplice libro di imprese sportive altrui. Il taglio motivazionale delle storie e l’abbinamento al quote iniziale ne fanno un originale manuale di ispirazione e meditazione. L’obiettivo del libro è quindi quello di condividere la morale e gli spunti che emergono dalle storie, nella speranza che possano essere utili nell’affrontare le proprie grandi e piccole sfide di tutti i giorni. Goals quindi va tradotto con ”obiettivi” e non semplicemente con il suo significato meramente sportivo.

Vincere, ma non solo. Crescere nella vita 

e raggiungere i propri obiettivi

Javier Zanetti

Editore: Mondadori

Un grande campione diventato dirigente ci accompagna lungo il percorso che dai campi da calcio lo ha portato in uno dei business più globali del terzo millennio, e ci mostra come i princìpi appresi nello sport e nella vita siano validi e applicabili in tutte le attività professionali. 

«Questo libro è il racconto schietto e sincero di quello che mi è successo o, meglio, di quello che sono riuscito a capire di me stesso una volta che i riflettori di San Siro si sono spenti per l'ultima volta sulle mie galoppate fino alla linea di fondo.»

Javier Zanetti, già capitano dell'Inter e della Nazionale argentina, è un'icona unanimemente riconosciuta e ammirata, portatore di valori universali che sta trasferendo anche nella sua ultima avventura. E che in queste pagine traduce in suggerimenti semplici e concreti per chiunque si trovi, in qualsiasi ruolo, a operare all'interno di un gruppo di lavoro. Dal rispetto per i ferri del mestiere alla chiarezza degli obiettivi, dalla lealtà verso colleghi e avversari alla capacità di fare autocritica, al coraggio di cercare sempre nuove sfide, Zanetti ci indica in undici capitoli altrettanti punti fermi che lo hanno accompagnato dall'infanzia, vissuta nel Dock Sud, uno dei quartieri più poveri di Buenos Aires, fino all'arrivo in Italia, nella grande famiglia dell'Inter, con cui ha conquistato tutti i trofei più importanti. Nel suo racconto sport e business non sono solo gli strumenti del successo individuale: tutto ha più senso se si ha come stella polare la solidarietà sociale, la vicinanza ai più deboli. Da calciatore ieri e da dirigente oggi, «il Capitano» indica nella sensibilità umana non semplicemente un dovere morale ma una chiave importante di qualunque impresa.

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