#julius x mo

[letsbealone-together]

Hab mit meiner Oma Rote Rosen schauen müssen und bin nun leicht interessiert wie es bei Julius & Mo weitergeht.

[cartermagazine]

Today In History

Denzel Washington was born on December 28, 1954, in Mount Vernon, New York. Washington has earned popular and critical acclaim for his roles in an array of feature films, including ‘Glory,’ ‘Malcolm X,’ 'Training Day’ ‘The Great Debaters’ and 'Fences.’

Denzel first studied journalism at Fordham University but then discovered an interest in acting. He made his feature film debut in the comedy A Carbon Copy and was cast on the hit TV medical drama St. Elsewhere. He went on to appear in several hit movies, including Philadelphia, Man on Fire, The Book of Eli, American Gangster, The Equalizer and Flight, and won Oscars for his roles in Glory and Training Day.

Denzel and Spike Lee’s cinematic chemistry has spanned multiple films. Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man.

Other notable films, The Pelican Brief, Philadelphia, Crimson Tide, Courage Under Fire, The Tragedy of MacBeth, American Gangster Antwone Fisher, John Q, Remember The Titans, Devil in A Blue Dress, Ricochet, and The Hurricane, for which he received a Golden Globe for best actor.

Washington Broadway appearances include Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, The Iceman Cometh, Fences, Julius Caesar, and CheckMates.

He continues to build on his legacy and shows no signs of slowing down.

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[sovereign-skyy]

So was the cypher just a 22 shift cypher with + at the end of the alphabet or did you do something special beyond that? Bc while I know what the correct translation should be I can't quite put together why an answer with just the 22-shift would be close if the decoder is just using the regular alphabet but completely off when using a 27 letter alphabet of A through +. I know the paragraph before is supposed to have all the clues but there's definitely something I am missing and I gotta know what. Sorry to just pop up randomly and ask you this but I saw Amity reblog another question about it and just like zeroed on your blog in bc cryptography and flirting is so fucking cool and your rules do say to send you an ask.

First of all, don't apologise for popping up out of nowhere I love this! I have it in my bio for a reason lol

For anyone who didn't see the cipher in question (which I expect to be almost everyone who sees this) here's the link to @k1nky-r0b0t-g1rl's post (I'll also be quoting the relevant stuff but if you wanna try to kinda still solve it for yourself start there, I'll be explaining it in detail here):

I'll make this a more comprehensive explanation for anyone who wants it so it's probably gonna contain quite some stuff you already know, if you want to skip it just scroll until you see 'NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF' in big text!

SO

Here we have the original message:

E sxjp pk ejopxhh x oqynkqpeja ejpk ukqn ouopaio pdxp ixgao ukq osepzd ejpk dknju ik+a sdajaran E oxu "Kd Xiepu gjkso sxuu ikna xykqp pdxp," ok pdxp E zxj ixga ukq atlhxej atpnaiahu zkilhezxpa+ pklezo sdeha ukq'na oq++ajhu qjyaxnxyhu dknju xj+ pnuejc +aolxnxpahu pk de+a ep.

And this is the hint I gave:

There's three important parts to this so I'll go through them in order

Firstly, the hint is about Julius Caesar, hinting at the fact that the later text is encoded by a Caesar cipher. This is a cryptographic method where you move all the letters forward a certain amount (called the shift) of letters in the alphabet. So a caesar cipher with a right shift of 1 shifts all the letters one space forward, eg. A -> B, X -> Y. Generally the right shift is the default so I left it at that. A better hint would have also incorporated the right part but eh I'm not perfect.

Secondly, I talk about 23 people stabbing him, which indicates a shift of 23, giving us the following conversion table:

where the top row is the original letters and the bottom is the shifted letter values. If we left it at this and tried to decode the message we'd get:

H vams sn hmrsakk a rtbqntshmd hmsn xntq rxrsdlr sgas lajdr xnt rvhscg hmsn gnqmx ln+d vgdmdudq H rax "Ng Alhsx jmnvr vaxx lnqd abnts sgas," rn sgas H cam lajd xnt dwokahm dwsqdldkx cnlokhcasd+ snohcr vghkd xnt'qd rt++dmkx tmbdaqabkx gnqmx am+ sqxhmf +droaqasdkx sn gh+d hs.

Which is very much not correct. Now, we can cheat a little and change this to a 22-shift cipher (which is not correct) and get the following:

I wbnt to instbll b sucroutine into your systems thbt mbkes you switdh into horny mo+e whenever I sby "Oh Bmity knows wbyy more bcout thbt," so thbt I dbn mbke you explbin extremely domplidbte+ topids while you're su++enly uncebrbcly horny bn+ trying +espbrbtely to hi+e it.

Then we see something comprehensible, but not quite correct: there's some random B's, C's and D's in there and still some plusses in the middle of words. Regardless, you can make out from this wrong result what the message was supposed to be (an oversight on my part, and something I will take into account if/when I do it again)

And now comes the spicy part!

Thirdly, I say "a little (+) at the end" which (as you correctly identified in your ask) refers to the fact that I didn't use the default 26-letter alphabet, but instead used a slightly modified 27-letter alphabet with a + at the end, so we'd have the following letter order (I'll be referring to this as alphabet+ for brevity)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ+

If we try to decode the message as a 23-rightshift caesar cipher with alphabet+, we get the following conversion table and message:

I want to install a subroutine into your systems that makes you switch into horny mode whenever I say "Oh Amity knows wayy more about that," so that I can make you explain extremely complicated topics while you're suddenly unbearably horny and trying desparately to hide it.

Which is finally correct! Yay, we have the original message!

NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF

But now we finally get to your question: why does the regular 22-shift almost work if it's totally wrong for alphabet+?

For that, we can consider the equivalent left-shift operations of our right-shift decodings:

For any standard alphabet caesar cipher, the 26-shift (left or right) operation is the same as the unencoded version (because A + 26 spaces is once again A), which means that we can also express our right-shift operations as a left-shift operation of shift 26 - R where R is the shift of our right-shift (if this doesn't make sense to anyone I'm happy to try to expand on it btw).

For the alphabet cipher, that means a 23 right-shift is equivalent to a 3 left-shift, and a 22 right-shift is equivalent to a 4 left-shift.

However, for alphabet+, it doesn't take 26 shifts to get back to normal, but 27 (since there's 27 characters in alphabet+). This means that a 23 right-shift alphabet+ operation is equivalent to a 4 left-shift and NOT a 3 left-shift.

Now, since they're not the same set of characters, an alphabet 4 left-shift is not the same as an alphabet+ 4 left-shift. However, it's good to take into account that the solution in alphabet+ is also very similar to our almost-solution in the regular alphabet.

If you'll look at Table 1 and 2 again, you'll see that while A, B and C translate to X, Y and Z for both 23 right-shifts, the + in the middle for alphabet+ messes everything up and leaves us with an icky leftover left-shift of 1 (which is close, but still incomprehensible to humans since it's such a big portion of letters)

However, if we create a conversion table for the 22 right-shift of the alphabet we get the following:

If we compare this to Table 2, we see that A, B, C & D are not the same for both. However, from E on, these two are EXACTLY the same. The part left of the + just has a right-shift of 1 (which is symmetrical to the left-shift of 1 we saw in Table 1).

So, in conclusion: because of the difference in amount of characters, both the 22 and 23 right-shift alphabet decodings are not EXACTLY the same as the 23 right-shift alphabet+ decoding. However, due to the similarity of the lower 4 left-shift, the 22 has more correct characters and is therefore more comprehensible.

I hope that helps a little and I didn't make it more confusing lmao, this is longer (and also took longer) than I thought it would be but it was fun to write, so thanks for asking! If anything is still unclear feel free to reblog with a question or send me an ask (that counts for anyone reading this btw)! Also, since you said you're a fan of flirting + cryptography, how about I unleash the next cipher on you? ;)

[batensan]

i know the point of otomes is dating whoever you want, but do you have any otome love interests in MO that you see as the closest thing to a canon option? obviously it's not enforced since y'know, otome, but the option that you think has the best chance of being 'real' or the romance option that helped shape the story the most

(eye emojis) of course!!!! eeheueheehe... if im isekai'd into MO i hope they dont kill me for for saying they're not the most canon

these arent necessarily my favorite routes/pairings by the way!!! they just feel... the most right lol

Ciel: HONESTLY...??? ais. LOL or yvin and to a slightly lesser degree, anton... i just know florien wouldn't win

Anholly: Seihuo. HD is canon best dog and no one can ever take that away from him

Iris: Rieffe............. if i could choose, februum.... HAHHA I KNOW THAT SOUNDS WEIRD BC IM THE CREATOR BUT. AAARRGH BECOMES MY OWN OBSTRUCTION

Melanie: Shisui. mel x ven is precious and pure and fate BUT (points) shisui

Parilyne: Enmei. Nova would seem like a close contender but he's actually more destined to not be with her

Aster: Virs!!!!! 1000%

Erythr: Julius 2000% nothing else matters in MO except his happiness

Jeanne: Judas. fate fate fate pls never let them be apart again

Finale: well it's gotta be Clavie, right? :')

[lovewins55555]

Liebs, schon jetzt. ❤️‍🔥

[niilue]

✩ ─ MASTERLiST ─ ✩

彡 WELCOME TO MY MASTERLiST... choose the fandom you like and enjoy the content!! —

⌗ ATTACK ON TiTAN

armin levi

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⌗ BLACK CLOVER

julius nacht zora

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⌗ BLEACH

aizen byakuya grimmjow ishida renji ryuken shunsui ukitake urahara yumichika

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⌗ BLUE LOCK

baro gagamaru karasu kuon sae oliver yukimiya

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⌗ BLUE PERiOD

murai yotasuke

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⌗ BUDDY DADDIES

kazuki

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⌗ DEMON SLAYER

yoriichi tsugikuni sanemi

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⌗ ENNEAD

seth

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⌗ HEAVEN OFFiCiAL' S BLESSiNG

hua cheng xie lian jiang cheng

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⌗ HUNTER X HUNTER

feitan illumi

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⌗ JUJUTSU KAISEN

nanami noritoshi kamo geto toji

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⌗ KUROSHiTSUJi

undertaker sebastian michaelis grell vincent phantomhive

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⌗ MO DAO SU ZHI

wei wuxian jiang cheng lan wangji

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⌗ MONSTER

johan tenma

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⌗ ONE PiECE

sanji

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⌗ ORV

kim dokja

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⌗ OWARI NO SERAPH

guren shinya

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⌗ SPY X FAMiLY

loid yor yuri

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⌗ TOKYO REVENGERS

chifuyu hakkai inui izana kazutora mikey mitsuya sanzu shinichiro rindou

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⌗ VANiTAS NO CARTE

noe vanitas

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⌗ VASH STAMPEDE

vash

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彡 OTHER

switch sesshomaru sub howl pendragon

[bowandcurtsey]

I thought up a very cute scenario:

Can I please have an Asta x Reader where the reader is the king's child and they're both worried that he'll disapprove so they keep it a secret, but once he finds out he's already calling up the royal wedding planner, picking out embarrassing grandkid presents, and being all around surprisingly supportive.

Idk m8 I just love unexpectedly supportive parents, and Asta.

Mostly Asta.

Hello my bby! Thanks for sending this one in hehe! Ahhh the nerves wrecking feeling of the meet-the-parents sessions. hehe.

Also, the king's child? KING AUGUSTUS' CHILD?! I'm sorry but I'm going to go with the wizard kind instead LMAO

Asta x F! reader ft. Julius Novachrono

TW: For the story's sake, let's just imagine that Julius has a daughter, y/n. And also he's in his adult form.

Although you both knew that Asta had a lot of contributions to the nation and was thought of by the people as a hero, being an item with the king's daughter was another level altogether.

On one hand, you were really proud of the man you're dating, but you were still nervous to tell your protective dad that you were dating someone.

"Are you sure, y/n?!" Asta asked in his usual loud voice

"I mean, we've been dating for more than a year now! If all else fails, I'm going to ask Uncle Yami to talk some sense into my dad!"

"We're getting Yami Danjou involved too?!" Asta was almost seeing stars at this point, the thought of having to face the wizard king and his captain sent shivers up his spine.

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"Do you think Maho Tei would get angry?" Asta asked on the way to your place.

"Well, I already kinda prepped him, I told him I was going to introduce him to someone special in my life,"

"So what did he say?"

"He was being all dramatic as usual, saying that his baby has grown up, and mom was just chuckling and shaking her head,"

The usually boisterous boy went silent, causing you to look up at him.

"And.. what if he disapproves?" he looked at you, seeking some solace in your eyes.

You gave him a firm squeeze to his hand, "Well, I'd still be with you."

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You both finally reached the doors to the common room, the room where your parents were waiting for you and your "special someone".

You were not that nervous before but now as you reached the moment, your heart couldn't help but palpitate wildly.

With one last assuring look to Asta, you deep a deep breath and turned the door knobs.

"Oh welcome home honey," your mom cooed at the sight of you.

Your dad, Julius, looked up from his book, his eye glanced to you and then immediately darted next to you, onto Asta.

Although it happened in a flash, you felt like it unfolded in slow-mo in front of your eyes; his expression went from shocked to pleasantly surprised and then it looked like a boulder was raised off his shoulders as he smiled at Asta in relief.

The trademark starry eyes was plastered on his face and in that moment, you knew that everything was going to be okay.

"ASTA-KUN!" The wizard king jumped from his seat and the next thing you knew he was right in front of the both of you.

"Er.. Dad, I-"

"MAHO TEI!" Asta saluted all of a sudden, "I just wanted to let you know that I am dating your daughter and I'll take good care of her!!!"

You smiled at your boyfriend, he had so much determination in his eyes while he held onto your hand proudly and tightly.

"Why didn't you tell me you were dating Asta sooner, honey!" Your dad gently chided you.

"Okay now, let's leave the talking to the dinner table, shall we?" your mother ushered all of you to the dining room.

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"So so so, how long are you guys together?"

"how did you two meet? How did you guys get together? I didn't know you two were that close!!"

"Darling," your mom placed a gentle hand on Julius' biceps, "one question at a time please, don't scare the poor kid."

You gave your mom a thankful expression, at times like this, you strongly understood that mom's the best.

Asta slowly answered all the questions honestly as the dinner progressed. He excitedly told your parents of the fun and exciting times you had together with the usual shine in his eyes.

"so... you're okay with us dating, dad? You asked carefully, after he was pretty much done with his 101 questions.

"There's really nothing bad to pick from Asta, is there?" he fondly looked at the young bull, "He's been nothing but heroic to the clover kingdom the past year, plus he's Yami's kid, I have no qualms about any of his members."

Asta felt his heart swell in pride, "Yessir! Yami Danjou is the best and our bull family are filled with quirky but good people!!"

"I know son, Yami and his bulls are indeed magnificent," he beamed at the thought of young Yami and how far he has come.

Asta and you exchanged glanced when Julius called him son. You both couldn't help my smile at each other, more than happy with this outcome. It was like all the worries you had were for naught.

"so... When are you two planning on getting married?" He grinned.

Both of your faced flushed a bright red and went into this flustered and stuttering mess, "DAD!" you exclaimed embarrassingly.

"Darling..." your mother shot her husband "the look" and he immediately pursed his lip.

"I'm just kidding" he sheepishly smiled, quickly retracting his joke and changing the subject before he got into trouble with his wife, "now, who's ready for desserts?!"

-end-

[unknown-songs]

BLACK LIVES MATTER

A list with black artists who have a song in the Unknown Songs That Should Be Known-playlist (Can be a black artist in a band or just solo-artist) (no specific genre)

Bull’s Eye - Blacknuss, Prince Prime - Funk Aftershow - Joe Fox - Alternative Hip-hop Strangers in the Night - Ben L’Oncle Soul - Soul Explore - Mack Wilds - R&B Something To Do - IGBO - Funk

Down With The Trumpets - Rizzle Kicks - Pop Dans ta ville - Dub Inc. - Reggae Dance or Die - Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Funk FACELESS - The PLAYlist, Glenn Lewis - R&B Tell Me Father - Jeangu Macrooy - Soul

Southern Boy - John The Conquerer - Blues Hard Rock Savannah Grass - Kes - Dancehall Dr. Funk - The Main Squeeze - Funk Seems I’m Never Tired of Loving You - Lizz Wright - Jazz Out of My Hands - TheColorGrey, Oddisee - Hip-Hop/Pop

Raised Up in Arkansas - Michael Burks - Blues Black Times - Sean Kuti, Egypt 80, Carlos Santana - Afrobeat Cornerstone - Benjamin Clementine - Indie Shine On - R.I.O., Madcon - Electronic Pop Bass On The Line - Bernie Worrell - Funk

When We Love - Jhené Aiko - R&B Need Your Love - Curtis Harding - Soul Too Dry to Cry - Willis Earl Beal - Folk Your House - Steel Pulse - Reggae Power - Moon Boots, Black Gatsby - Deep House

Vinyl Is My Bible - Brother Strut - Funk Diamond - Izzy Biu - R&B Elusive - blackwave., David Ngyah - Hip-hop Don’t Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Heritage Blues Orchestra - Blues Sastanàqqàm - Tinariwen - Psychedelic Rock

Disco To Go - Brides of Funkenstein - Funk/Soul Circles - Durand Jones & The Indications - Retro Pop Cheesin’ - Cautious Clay, Remi Wolf, sophie meiers - R&B Changes - Charles Bradley - Soul The Sweetest Sin - RAEVE - House

Gyae Su - Pat Thomas, Kwashibu Area Band - Funk What Am I to Do - Ezra Collective, Loyle Carner - Hip-hop Get Your Groove On - Cedric Burnside - Blues Old Enough To Know Better - Steffen Morrisson - Soul Wassiye - Habib Koité - Khassonke musique

Dance Floor - Zapp - Funk Wake Up - Brass Against, Sophia Urista - Brass Hard-Rock BIG LOVE - Black Eyed Peas - Pop The Greatest - Raleigh Ritchie - R&B DYSFUNCTIONAL - KAYTRANADA, VanJess - Soul

See You Leave - RJD2, STS, Khari Mateen - Hip-hop Sing A Simple Song - Maceo Parker - Jazz/Funk Have Mercy - Eryn Allen Kane - Soul Homenage - Brownout - Latin Funk Can’t Sleep - Gary Clark Jr. - Blues Rock

Toast - Koffee - Dancehall Freedom - Ester Dean - R&B Iskaba - Wande Coal, DJ Tunez - Afropop High Road - Anthony Riley - Alternative Christian Sunny Days - Sabrina Starke - Soul

The Talking Fish - Ibibio Sound Machine - Funk Paralyzed - KWAYE - Indie Purple Heart Blvd - Sebastian Kole - Pop WORSHIP - The Knocks, MNEK - Deep House BMO - Ari Lennox - R&B

Promises - Myles Sanko - Soul .img - Brother Theodore - Funk Singing the Blues - Ruthie Foster, Meshell Ndegeocello - Blues Nobody Like You - Amartey, SBMG, The Livingtons - Hip-hop Starship - Afriquoi, Shabaka Hutchings, Moussa Dembele - Deep House

Lay My Troubles Down - Aaron Taylor - Funk  Bloodstream - Tokio Myers - Classic Sticky - Ravyn Lenae - R&B Why I Try - Jalen N’Gonda - Soul Motivation - Benjamin Booker - Folk

quand c’est - Stromae - Pop Let Me Down (Shy FX Remix) - Jorja Smith, Stormzy, SHY FX - Reggae Funny - Gerald Levert - R&B Salt in my Wounds - Shemekia Copeland - Blues Our Love - Samm Henshaw - Soul

Make You Feel That Way - Blackalicious - Jazz Hip-hop Knock Me Out - Vintage Trouble - Funk Take the Time - Ronald Bruner, Jr., Thundercat - Alternative Thru The Night - Phonte, Eric Roberson - R&B Keep Marchin’ - Raphael Saadiq - Soul

Shake Me In Your Arms - Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’ - Blues Meet Me In The Middle - Jodie Abascus - Pop Raise Hell - Sir the Baptist, ChurchPpl - Gospel Pop Mogoya - Oumou Sangaré - Wassoulou Where’s Yesterday - Slakah The Beatchild - Hip-hop

Lose My Cool - Amber Mark - R&B New Funk - Big Sam’s Funky Nation - Funk I Got Love - Nate Dogg - Hip-hop Nothing’s Real But Love - Rebecca Ferguson - Soul Crazy Race - The RH Factor - Jazz

Spies Are Watching Me - Voilaaa, Sir Jean - Funk The Leaders - Boka de Banjul - Afrobeat Fast Lane - Rationale - House Conundrum - Hak Baker - Folk Don’t Make It Harder On Me - Chloe x Halle - R&B

Plastic Hamburgers - Fantastic Negrito - Hardrock Beyond - Leon Bridges - Pop God Knows - Dornik - Soul Soleil de volt - Baloji - Afrofunk Do You Remember - Darryl Williams, Michael Lington - Jazz Get Back - McClenney - Alternative Three Words - Aaron Marcellus - Soul

Spotify playlist 

In memory of:

Aaron Bailey Adam Addie Mae Collins Ahmaud Arbery Aiyana Stanley Jones Akai Gurley Alberta Odell Jones Alexia Christian Alfonso Ferguson Alteria Woods Alton Sterling Amadou Diallo Amos Miller Anarcha Westcott Anton de Kom Anthony Hill Antonio Martin Antronie Scott Antwon Rose Jr. Arthur St. Clair Atatiana Jefferson Aubrey Pollard Aura Rosser Bennie Simons Berry Washington Bert Dennis Bettie Jones Betsey Billy Ray Davis Bobby Russ Botham Jean Brandon Jones Breffu Brendon Glenn Breonna Taylor Bud Johnson Bussa

Calin Roquemore Calvin McDowell Calvin Mike and his family Carl Cooper Carlos Carson Carlotta Lucumi Carol Denise McNair Carol Jenkins Carole Robertson Charles Curry Charles Ferguson Charles Lewis Charles Wright Charly Leundeu Keunang Chime Riley Christian Taylor Christopher Sheels Claude Neal Clementa Pickney Clifford Glover Clifton Walker Clinton Briggs Clinton R. Allen Cordella Stevenson Corey Carter Corey Jones Cynthia Marie Graham Hurd Cynthia Wesley

Daniel L. Simmons Danny Bryant Darius Randell Robinson Darius Tarver Darrien Hunt Darrius Stewart David Felix David Joseph David McAtee David Walker and his family Deandre Brunston Deborah Danner Delano Herman Middleton Demarcus Semer Demetrius DuBose Depayne Middleton-Doctor Dion Johnson Dominique Clayton Dontre Hamilton Dred Scott

Edmund Scott Ejaz Choudry Elbert Williams Eleanor Bumpurs Elias Clayton Elijah McClain Eliza Woods Elizabeth Lawrence Elliot Brooks Ellis Hudson Elmer Jackson Elmore Bolling Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. Emmett Till Eric Garner Eric Harris Eric Reason Ernest Lacy Ernest Thomas Ervin Jones Eugene Rice Eugene Williams Ethel Lee Lance Ezell Ford

Felix Kumi Frank Livingston Frank Morris Frank Smart Frazier B. Baker Fred Hampton Fred Rochelle Fred Temple Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.

George Floyd George Grant George Junius Stinney Jr. George Meadows George Waddell George Washington Lee Gregory Gunn

Harriette Vyda Simms Moore Harry Tyson Moore Hazel “Hayes” Turner Henry Ezekial Smith Henry Lowery Henry Ruffin Henry Scott Hosea W. Allen

India Kager Isaac McGhie Isadore Banks Italia Marie Kelly

Jack Turner Jamar Clark Jamel Floyd James Byrd Jr. James Craig Anderson James Earl Chaney James Powell James Ramseur James Tolliver James T. Scott Janet Wilson Jason Harrison Javier Ambler J.C. Farmer Jemel Roberson Jerame Reid Jesse Thornton Jessie Jefferson Jim Eastman Joe Nathan Roberts John Cecil Jones John Crawford III John J. Gilbert John Ruffin John Taylor Johnny Robinson Jonathan Ferrell Jonathan Sanders Jordan Edwards Joseph Mann Julia Baker Julius Jones July Perry Junior Prosper

Kalief Browder Karvas Gamble Jr. Keith Childress, Jr. Kelly Gist Kelso Benjamin Cochrane Kendrick Johnson Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. Kenny Long Kevin Hicks Kevin Matthews Kiwane Albert Carrington

Lacy Mitchell Lamar Smith Laquan McDonald Laura Nelson Laura Wood L.B. Reed L.D. Nelson Lemuel Penn Lemuel Walters Leonard Deadwyler Leroy Foley Levi Harrington Lila Bella Carter Lloyd Clay Louis Allen Lucy

M.A. Santa Cruz Maceo Snipes Malcom X Malice Green Malissa Williams Manuel Ellis Marcus Deon Smith Marcus Foster Marielle Franco Mark Clark Maria Martin Lee Anderson Martin Luther King Jr. Matthew Avery Mary Dennis Mary Turner Matthew Ajibade May Noyes Mckenzie Adams Medgar Wiley Evers Michael Brown Michael Donald Michael Griffith Michael Lee Marshall Michael Lorenzo Dean Michael Noel Michael Sabbie Michael Stewart Michelle Cusseaux Miles Hall Moses Green Mya Hall Myra Thompson

Nathaniel Harris Pickett Jr. Natasha McKenna Nicey Brown Nicholas Heyward Jr.

O’Day Short family Orion Anderson Oscar Grant III Otis Newsom

Pamela Turner Paterson Brown Jr. Patrick Dorismond Philando Castile Phillip Pannell Phillip White Phinizee Summerour

Quaco

Ramarley Graham Randy Nelson Raymond Couser Raymond Gunn Regis Korchinski-Paquet Rekia Boyd Renisha McBride Riah Milton Robert Hicks Robert Mallard Robert Truett Rodney King Roe Nathan Roberts Roger Malcolm and his wife Roger Owensby Jr. Ronell Foster Roy Cyril Brooks Rumain Brisbon Ryan Matthew Smith

Sam Carter Sam McFadden Samuel DuBose Samuel Ephesians Hammond Jr. Samuel Hammond Jr. Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. Sandra Bland Sean Bell Shali Tilson Sharonda Coleman-Singleton Shukri Abdi Simon Schuman Slab Pitts Stella Young Stephon Clark Susie Jackson

T.A. Allen Tamir Rice Tamla Horsford Tanisha Anderson Timothy Caughman Timothy Hood Timothy Russell Timothy Stansbury Jr. Timothy Thomas Terrence Crutcher Terrill Thomas Tom Jones Tom Moss Tony McDade Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. Trayvon Martin Troy Hodge Troy Robinson Tula Tyler Gerth Tyre King Tywanza Sanders

Victor Duffy Jr. Victor White III

Walter Lamar Scott Wayne Arnold Jones Wesley Thomas Wilbert Cohen Wilbur Bundley Will Brown Will Head Will Stanley Will Stewart Will Thompson Willie James Howard Willie Johnson Willie McCoy Willie Palmer Willie Turks William Brooks William Butler William Daniels William Fambro William Green William L. Chapman II William Miller William Pittman Wyatt Outlaw

Yusef Kirriem Hawkins

The victims of LaLaurie (1830s) The black victims of the Opelousas massacre (1868) The black victims of the Thibodaux massacre (1887) The black victims of the Wilmington insurrection (1898) The black victims of the Johnson-Jeffries riots (1910) The black victims of the Red summer (1919) The black victims of the Elaine massacre (1919) The black victims of the Ocoee massacre (1920) The victims of the MOVE bombing (1985)

All the people who died during the Atlantic slave trade, be it due to abuse or disease.

All the unnamed victims of mass-incarceration, who were put into jail without the committing of a crime and died while in jail or died after due to mental illness. 

All the unnamed victims of racial violence and discrimination. 

...

My apologies for all the people missing on this list. Feel free to add more names and stories. 

Listen, learn and read about discrimination, racism and black history: (feel free to add more)  Documentaries: 13th (Netflix) The Innocence Files (Netflix) Who Killed Malcolm X? (Netflix) Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Netflix) I Am Not Your Negro

YouTube videos: We Cannot Stay Silent about George Floyd Waarom ook Nederlanders de straat op gaan tegen racisme (Dutch) Wit is ook een kleur (Dutch) (documentaire)

Books: Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery White Fragility by Robin Deangelo Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge Woman, Race and Class by Angela Davis

Websites: https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/ https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/ https://archive.org/details/thirtyyearsoflyn00nati/page/n11/mode/2up https://lab.nos.nl/projects/slavernij/index-english.html https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://www.zinnedproject.org/

[jgmail]

Julius Evola – El Águila

Símbolo de poder

“…el águila es como rey y señor de todas las otras aves, y todas tienen miedo de ella, y ella no le teme a ninguna.”

(Alfonso X, “Libros del saber de astronomía”)

“Entre todos los pájaros, el águila es vista como el más noble y el más destacado por su fuerza.”

(Plinio, “Historia natural”, X)

“Jamás el águila necesita agua ni suspira por un lugar polvoriento sino que se sobrepone a la sed y no espera un remedio a su flaqueza que provenga del exterior, antes bien menospreciando el agua y el descanso, surca el aire y tiende su mirada penetrante desde la vasta y elevada región celeste. Y el más intrépido de todos los animales, la serpiente, con sólo oír el rumor de sus alas, se introduce al instante en su cubil deseosa de hacerse invisible.”

(Eliano, “Historia de los animales”, II, 26)

EL AGUILA

(Julius Evola, 30 de noviembre de 1941)

El simbolismo del Águila tiene un carácter eminentemente tradicional. Inspirándose en precisas analogías, entre los símbolos y los mitos de todas las civilizaciones de tipo tradicional, es uno de los que mejor atestiguan una impronta invariable e inmutable fuera de las diferentes formulaciones de que fue objeto según las razas. Precisemos a continuación que en la tradición aria, el simbolismo del Águila siempre ha tenido un carácter olímpico y heroico. Tal es lo que vamos a intentar demostrar mediante referencias y aproximaciones.

El carácter olímpico del simbolismo del Águila está directamente relacionado con la consagración de este animal al dios olímpico por excelencia, Zeus quién entre los ario-helenos (al igual que Júpiter entre los ario-romanos) es la representación de la divinidad de la luz y de la realeza, venerado con otro símbolo, el del rayo, elemento que no puede olvidarse pues, como veremos, este atributo complementará muy frecuentemente el simbolismo del Águila. Recordemos también que, según la antigua visión aria del mundo, el elemento olímpico se definía por su antítesis con el elemento titánico, telúrico y prometeico. Además es con el rayo que Zeus, en el mito abate a los titanes. Entre los Arios que vivían toda lucha como un reflejo de la lucha metafísica entre las potencias olímpicas y las fuerzas titánicas, considerándose como la milicia de los primeros, vemos el Águila, el rayo como símbolos y enseñanzas cuyo profundo significado se olvida generalmente.

Según la antigua visión aria de la vida, la inmortalidad es un privilegio: no significa simplemente supervivencia tras la muerte, sino participación heroica y real en el estado de conciencia que define a la divinidad olímpica. Establezcamos alguna s correspondencias. La concepción de la inmortalidad se reencuentra en la antigua tradición egipcia. Solo una parte de] ser humano está destinado a una existencia eterna y celeste en estado de gloria -BA- que está representada por un águila o halcón (en función de las condiciones ambientales, el halcón es aquí el sucedáneo del águila, el soporte más próximo ofrecido por el mundo físico para expresar la misma idea. Es bajo la forma de halcón que, en el ritual contenido en el LIBRO DE LOS MUERTOS el alma transfigurada del muerto asusta a los dioses pronunciando estas soberbias palabras: “Soy coronado como Halcón Divino a fin de que yo pueda penetrar en la Región de los Muertos y tomar posesión del dominio de Osiris…” Esta herencia ultra-terrestre corresponde exactamente al elemento olímpico. En efecto, en el mito egipcio, Osiris es una figura divina que, tras haber sufrido alteración y corrupción (muerte y descuartizamiento de Osiris), es resucitado por Horus. El muerto, participando en la fuerza resurrectora de Horus, obtiene pues la inmortalidad que lleva Osiris y que provoca el “renacimiento” o la “recomposición”.

Es pues fácil constatar las múltiples correspondencias de las tradiciones y los símbolos. En el mito helénico, se comprende que seres como Ganímedes sean llevados por ”águilas” y conducidos al Olimpo. Es gracias a un águila que, en la antigua tradición persa, el rey, Kei-Kaus intenta, a la manera de Prometeo, subir al cielo. En la tradición indo-aria, es el Águila quien lleva a Indra la bebida mágica que lo volverá dueño de los dioses. la tradición clásica añade aquí un detalle sugestivo: para ella, aunque sea inexacto, el Aguila era el único animal que podía mirar el sol sin bajar los ojos.

Esto aclara el papel del Águila en algunas versiones de la leyenda de Prometeo. Prometeo aparecía no como aquel que está realmente cualificado para hacer suyo el fuego olímpico, sino como aquel que, permaneciendo con la naturaleza titánica, quiere usurpar y hacer no una cosa de los dioses sino de los hombres. Como expiación, en estas versiones de la leyenda, Prometeo encadenado, tiene el hígado continuamente devorado por un Águila. El Águila, el animal sagrado del Dios Olímpico, asociado al rayo que abate a los titanes, se nos presenta como una representación equivalente al mismo fuego, este fuego del que Prometeo deseaba apropiarse. Se trata pues de una especie de castigo inmanente. Prometeo no tiene la naturaleza del Águila que debe mirar “olímpicamente” a la luz absoluta. Esta fuerza que quiere hacer suya se convierte en el principio de su tormento y de su castigo. Esto podría ayudarnos a comprender la tragedia interior de los diferentes representantes modernos de la doctrina del “superhombre” titánico. Obsesiona la romanidad y el ideal olímpico. En este rito, el vuelo de un Águila por encima de la pira funeraria simbolizaba el tránsito del alma del emperador muerto al estado de “Dios”. Recordemos los detalles de este rito que fue codificado sobre el modelo del ritual original celebrado a la muerte de Augusto.

El cuerpo del emperador difunto era depositado en un féretro recubierto de púrpura, llevado sobre una litera de oro y marfil, luego situado sobre la pira rodeada de sacerdotes que se levantaba en el Campo de Marte. Entonces tenía lugar la DECURSIO. Tras haber encendido la pira, un Águila se elevaba entre las llamas y se pensaba que, en ese instante, el alma del muerto se elevaba simbólicamente hacia las regiones celestes, para ser acogido en el seno de los Olímpicos.

La DECURSIO era una ceremonia de soldados, caballeros y jefes en torno a la pira imperial en la cual lanzaban las recompensas que hablan recibido por sus acciones. Hay en este rito un significado profundo Arios y romanos creían que sus jefes poseían en si mismos la verdadera fuerza de la victoria, no en tanto que individuos sino como portadores de un elemento sobrenatural, olímpico, que les era atribuido. Es por, esto que, en la ceremonia romana del triunfo, el general vencedor se atribuía los símbolos del dios olímpico, Júpiter, y que era en su templo donde depositaba su corona de laurel, honrando as! al verdadero autor de la victoria, bien distinto de la partida simplemente humana. En el curso de la DECURSIO, se producía una REMISSIO del mismo orden: los soldados y los jefes restituían sus condecoraciones, pruebas de su valor y de su fuerza victoriosa, al emperador como a aquel que, en su potencialidad olímpica, en el momento de liberarse y de trascenderse sobre el plano divino, era el verdadero agente.

Esto nos lleva a examinar el segundo testimonio del espíritu olímpico de la romanidad, marcado también por el simbolismo del Águila. Era tradicionalmente admitido que aquel sobre el cual se posaba un Águila estaba predestinado por Zeus a un alto destino o a la realeza, signo de la legitimidad olímpica o de una u otra. Pero era igualmente admitido por la tradición clásica y más específicamente aún por la tradici6n romana, que el Águila era un presagio de victoria, es decir, la idea que, a través de la victoria de la “raza” aria y romana, son las fuerzas de la divinidad olímpica, del dios de la luz, quienes son victoriosas. La victoria de los hombres refleja la victoria de Zeus sobre las fuerzas anti-olímpicas y bárbaras, era pronosticada por la aparición del animal de Zeus, el Águila.

Esto permite comprender bien en relación con el significado profundo de origen tradicional y sagrado y no como una alegoría cualquiera, el papel que tenía el Águila en las enseñas romanas entre los SIGNA y los VEXILIA de los orígenes. Ya en la época republicana, en Roma, el Águila era la enseña de las legiones, se decía: “un Águila por legión y ninguna legión sin Águila”.

En general la enseña se componía de un Águila con las alas desplegadas que mantenía un rayo entre las garras. Así se encuentra confirmado el simbolismo olímpico: el signo de la fuerza de Júpiter se une con el animal que le es consagrado, pues es con el rayo que el dios combate y extermina a los titanes.

Detalle que merece ser subrayado, las enseñas de las tropas bárbaras no tenían Águila: en los SIGNA AUXILIARIUM encontramos por el contrario animales sagrados o totémicos referidos a otras influencias, como el toro o el carnero. No fue sino más tarde cuan do estos signos se infiltraron en la romanidad, asociándose al Águila y dando lugar frecuentemente a un doble simbolismo: el segundo animal añadido al Águila en las enseñas de una legión representaba su característica, mientras que el Águila permanecía como símbolo general de Roma. En la época imperial, la en seña militar se convirtió a menudo en el símbolo mismo del IMPERIUM.

Sabemos el papel que juega el Águila en la historia sucesiva de los pueblos nórdicos y germánicos. Este símbolo parece haber abandonado por un largo periódo el suelo romano y transportado a las razas germánicas, hasta el punto de aparecer como un simboli mo genuinamente nórdico. Esto no es exacto. Se ha olvidado el origen del Águila que figura aun hoy como emblema de Alemania, como lo fue también del Imperio Austríaco, último heredero del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico. El Águila germánica es simplemente el águila romana. Fue Carlomagno quien, en el año 800, en el instante de declarar la RENOVATION ROMANII IMPERII recuperó el símbolo fundamental, el Águila y lo declaró emblema de su Imperio. Históricamente, es el águila romana quien se ha conservado hasta hoy como símbolo del Reich. Sin embargo esto no impide que desde un punto de vista más profundo, supra-histórico, pueda pensarse en algo más que en una simple importación. En efecto, el Águila figuraba ya en la mitología nórdica, como uno de los animales sagrados consagrados a Odin-Wotan y este animal fue añadido a las enseñas romanas de las legiones, incluso figuraba sobre las cimeras de los antiguos jefes germánicos. Puede pues concebirse que Carlomagno, tomando el Águila como símbolo del Imperio resucitado, tuviera presente a la Roma antigua y, simultáneamente de forma inconsciente, recuperaba también un símbolo de la antigua tradición ario-nórdica, conservado solo bajo la forma fragmentaria y crepuscular por diferentes pueblos del período de las invasiones. Fuera como fuese, posteriormente el Águila terminó por no tener más que un valor exclusivamente heráldico y se olvidó su significado originario y profundo.

Como muchos otros se convirtió en un símbolo que se sobreviviría y en consecuencia se convertirla en susceptible de servir de soporte a ideas y formas diferentes. Sería pues absurdo suponer la presencia “funambulesca” de concepciones como las que acabamos de recordar, por todas partes donde hoy se ven Águilas sobre estandartes de emblemas europeos. Para nosotros, herederos de la antigua romanidad, podría ser diferente, igual que para el pueblo, hoy a nuestro lado, que es el heredero del Sacro Imperio Germánico. El conocimiento del significado original de simbolismo ario del Águila, emblema resucitado de nuestros pueblos, podría incluso marcar el sentido más alto de nuestra lucha y relacionarse con esta tarea que repite en esto, en cierta medida, la aventura idéntica en la cual el antiguo pueblo ario, bajo el signo olímpico y evocador de la fuerza olímpica exterminadora de las entidades oscuras y titánicas, podría sentirse como la milicia de las fuerzas de lo alto, afirmar un derecho y una función superiores de potencia y orden.

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A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists. Ancient Rome was an imposing city even by modern standards, a sprawling imperial metropolis of more than a million inhabitants, a 'mixture of luxury and filth, liberty and exploitation, civic pride and murderous civil war' that served as the seat of power for an empire that spanned from Spain to Syria. Yet how did all this emerge from what was once an insignificant village in central Italy? In S.P.Q.R., world-renowned classicist Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even two thousand years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power, citizenship, responsibility, political violence, empire, luxury, and beauty. From the foundational myth of Romulus and Remus to 212 cenearly a thousand years laterwhen the emperor Caracalla gave Roman citizenship to every free inhabitant of the empire, S.P.Q.R. (the abbreviation of 'The Senate and People of Rome') examines not just how we think of ancient Rome but challenges the comfortable historical perspectives that have existed for centuries by exploring how the Romans thought of themselves: how they challenged the idea of imperial rule, how they responded to terrorism and revolution, and how they invented a new idea of citizenship and nation. Opening the book in 63 bce with the famous clash between the populist aristocrat Catiline and Cicero, the renowned politician and orator, Beard animates this 'terrorist conspiracy,' which was aimed at the very heart of the Republic, demonstrating how this singular event would presage the struggle between democracy and autocracy that would come to define much of Rome's subsequent history. Illustrating how a classical democracy yielded to a self-confident and self-critical empire, S.P.Q.R. reintroduces us, though in a wholly different way, to famous and familiar charactersHannibal, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Augustus, and Nero, among otherswhile expanding the historical aperture to include those overlooked in traditional histories: the women, the slaves and ex-slaves, conspirators, and those on the losing side of Rome's glorious conquests. Like the best detectives, Beard sifts fact from fiction, myth and propaganda from historical record, refusing either simple admiration or blanket condemnation. Far from being frozen in marble, Roman history, she shows, is constantly being revised and rewritten as our knowledge expands. Indeed, our perceptions of ancient Rome have changed dramatically over the last fifty years, and S.P.Q.R., with its nuanced attention to class inequality, democratic struggles, and the lives of entire groups of people omitted from the historical narrative for centuries, promises to shape our view of Roman history for decades to come.

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Antonio Gates’ NFL legacy is as a trailblazer for athletes who never played college football

Antonio Gates went from college basketball star to NFL record-setting tight end.

Antonio Gates stepped off the basketball court and started his journey to the Hall of Fame.

Antonio Gates didn’t have a single reception as a college football player. He had 955 as a pro.

The former Kent State basketball star ended his NFL career after sitting out the 2019 season. He hung up his cleats after 16 seasons with the Chargers, the club that took a chance on an inexperienced athletic dynamo back in 2003.

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— Antonio Gates (@AntonioGates85) January 14, 2020

Gates’ legacy has a few different shapes. As a star player who failed to make it to even the AFC title game, he embodies the Chargers’ eternally cursed fate. As a tight end, he made more touchdown catches than anyone else at the position in league history. But his truest value may be the example he set for other hardworking hardwood stars looking to reinvent themselves as receivers instead of rebounders.

Gates went from college basketball star to NFL All-Pro in shockingly little time

Antonio Gates was supposed to be a two-sport athlete at Michigan State, but then-coach Nick Saban’s demand he give up basketball and focus on football full time changed his career trajectory. He left East Lansing to start a winding path that detoured through Eastern Michigan University and the College of the Sequoias before landing on the Kent State basketball team. By that point, football was an afterthought.

As a junior, Gates led the Golden Flashes to the Elite Eight as a short but effective power forward. As a senior, he finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference in scoring (20.6 points per game), seventh in rebounding (7.7), and sixth in assists (4.1) while leading Kent State to a division title and an NIT berth. There was a problem, however; he was only 6’4. While that may have led to some offers to play overseas, the NBA wasn’t an option for him.

The NFL was.

Gates bet on himself by setting up workouts with NFL teams in the summer of 2003. His first meeting was with San Diego, who didn’t let him leave without a signed contract. An 0-4 Chargers team threw him into the starting lineup in Week 5 of his rookie season and never looked back. Less than a year after leaving basketball behind, he’d torch unassuming NFL defense for 16.2 yards per catch as Drew Brees’ x-factor.

His next three seasons were one of the best stretches any NFL tight end has ever recorded. Gates caught 241 passes for 2,989 yards and a league-best 32 touchdowns. No other tight end had more than 20 in that span. Three straight first-team All-Pro nods followed, and the undersized power forward became an integral cog in the Chargers’ offense alongside Philip Rivers and LaDainian Tomlinson.

This was the peak of his career, but he was still extremely good in the aftermath. He’d average 900 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in his age 27-34 seasons, churning along as other tight ends wore down. While he flirted with retirement in his late 30s, he kept showing up once it became clear the Chargers — and old friend Rivers — needed him to box out defensive backs in the end zone.

That ended after he sat out the 2019 season, but Gates still finished his career with five All-Pro honors, eight Pro Bowl selections, nearly 12,000 receiving yards, and an almost certain spot in the Hall of Fame. His influence will be felt in the NFL long after he’s retired.

Gates was the bellwether for a long list of 2000s basketball stars who wanted to roast cornerbacks instead of forwards

Gates wasn’t the first player to go from college basketball player to modern NFL star. Tony Gonzalez — who’d battle with Gates for All-Pro nods and tight end receiving records through an equally amazing career — and Julius Peppers were each two-sport college stars who made the transition with aplomb. But the learning curve was much steeper for Gates to come out of nowhere and turn linebackers into turf scorch marks as a pro. Like Cowboys star Cornell Green before him, he had to do so without playing a snap of college football.

Even though he enrolled at three different Division I schools that could have used his services on the gridiron, his focus didn’t leave the hardwood until he was told his NBA career wasn’t going to work. Then he gave the NFL proof a burly, undersized power forward can be the league’s perfect tight end prototype.

In the years since, scouts have been more receptive to a transition like Gates’. Jimmy Graham is the most famous example.

He joined the University of Miami football team as a senior in the midst of four solid but unspectacular years of Hurricane basketball. He showed enough potential to be selected in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft despite just 17 NCAA receptions and would go on to become a five-time Pro Bowler — explicitly citing Gates as “paving the way” for his place in the NFL.

Graham isn’t alone. Julius Thomas made a similar career decision as Graham, lacing up his cleats at tight end his senior season at Portland State while playing four years with the school’s basketball team. When it became clear his 6’5 frame wasn’t enough to make it in the NBA, he’d go on to make a pair of Pro Bowls and play in a Super Bowl with the Broncos. He cited Gates as the player he tried to emulate the most on the field.

Darren Fells didn’t play a snap of football at UC-Irvine and spent five years playing in different international basketball leagues before giving football a try in 2013. After bouncing around a few different rosters, he’s since settled in as Deshaun Watson’s top tight end target in the red zone with the Texans.

Rico Gathers went from All-Big 12 basketball honors as a rebound-swallowing center to a spot in the Cowboys’ tight end rotation despite playing zero snaps at Baylor. Demetrius Harris and Mo Alie-Cox each made the leap to the NFL despite attending colleges that didn’t even have varsity football programs (Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Virginia Commonwealth, respectively).

More players will follow, because Gates didn’t just shift from power forward to tight end, he kicked a whole lot of ass in the process. The Chargers legend wasn’t worse off for ditching Saban in East Lansing two decades ago — in fact, that lack of college football mileage may have just cleared the path for an epic 16-year career.

Now he’ll transition into the next part of his life. Fortunately for Gates, he’ll get the chance to relive his amazing journey every time a punishing power forward turns into a steady red zone target in the NFL.

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ᯥ blue lock: gagamaru - kuon - baro - yukimiya - sae - karasu - oliver

ᯥblue period: yatora - ryuji - yotasuke - hakura - yakumo

ᯥ bungou stray dogs: fukuzawa - dazai - ranpo - mori - chuya - akutagawa - oda - ango - edgar - nikolai

ᯥ fruits basket: shigure - ayame - hatori - akito - kazuma - kureno

ᯥ hunter x hunter: kurapika - feitan - chrollo - illumi

ᯥ jujutsu kaisen: gojo - geto - toji - nanami - noritoshi - choso

ᯥ kimetsu no yaiba: uzui - obanai - giyuu - rengoku - sanemi - enmu - shinjuro - haganezuka - yoriichi - michikatsu

ᯥ kuroshitsuji: sebastian - undertaker - grell - vincent

ᯥ kusuriya no hitorigoto: jinshi

ᯥ monster: johan - tenma

ᯥ moriarty the patriot: william - albert - louis - sebastian - sherlock - james - von herder

ᯥ naruto: sasuke - itachi - kakashi - naruto - minato - madara - sai - gaara - orochimaru -

ᯥ one piece: sanji - zoro - ace

ᯥ owari no seraph: guren - shinya - ferid - crowley - narumi

ᯥ record of ragnarok: hades- poseidon- jack the ripper - thor - loki - qin shi huang

ᯥ spy x family: loid - yor - yuri

ᯥ tokyo ghoul: kaneki - suzuya - arima - yomo - ayato - uta

ᯥ tokyo revengers: mikey - mitsuya - inui - koko - kazutora - chifuyu - rindou - draken - sanzu - wakasa - shinichiro - hakkai - taiju - takemichi - takuya

ᯥ vanitas no carte: noe - vanitas - roland - ruthven

ᯥ violet evergarden: claudia - gilbert - benedict - dietfried

⎯ manhua! manhwa

ᯥ ennead: seth, anubis, thoth

ᯥ heaven official's blessing xie lian - hua cheng - mu quing - feng xin - pei ming

ᯥ mo dao zu shi: wei ying - lan zhan - jiang cheng - lan xichen - nie mingjue

⎯ others

ᯥ castlevania - alucard - orlox - richter -

ᯥ studio ghilbi: howl - fujimoto

will probably continue to add more ...

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THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 03JUL 2020

This week’s Long Live House Radio Show features Roberta Flack, Michael Gray, Soul Central & Kathy Brown, Lil’ Mo’ Yin Yang, Matei & Omich, Raw Silk, Eric Prydz, Marshall Jefferson, Bizarre Inc., Xpansions, Armand Van Helden, Diana Ross, The Brand New Heavies and more.

To hear an extended and uninterrupted mix of the first hour of the show with extra tracks from Francis Overcast, John "Julius" Knight & Roland Clark, Oscar G and more, subscribe to my Mixcloud Select profile and check out the weekly Long Live House DJ Mix every Monday.

THIS IS GRAEME PARK: LONG LIVE HOUSE RADIO SHOW 03JUL 2020

Title (Mix), Artist

Uh Uh, Ooh Ooh, Look Out (Here It Comes) (Steve Hurley's House Mix), Roberta Flack

Freak Like Me (Original Mix), T.Markakis

Together We Stand (Original Mix), Myd

That Moment (Original), Larse feat. Charlie Sputnik

The Weekend (Sultra Club Mix), Michael Gray

House Nation (Original), Soul Central & Kathy Brown

Reach (Wh0's Thumping Remix), Lil' Mo' Yin Yang

Plastic Dreams, Whyt Noyz

Blackbird (Foremost Poets Adventure), Lady Blackbird

Meppel West (Extended Mix), Mattei & Omich

Do It To The Music, Raw Silk

Pjanoo, Eric Prydz

Move Your Body, Marshall Jefferson x Solardo

Playing With Knives, Bizarre Inc.

Something About U (Deerstalker Dub), Mr Roy

We Like To Salsa, Xpansions

Anyway, Armand Van Helden & A-Trak present Duck Sauce

From The Mind, Christian Vila

Always, Waze & Odyssey vs Tommy Theo

Love Hangover (Eric Kupper Remix), Diana Ross

Hallelujah (Sebb Junior Extended Remix), Kevin McKay & David Penn

Back To Love (Graeme Park Remix Edit), The Brand New Heavies

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KRD Media Roundup No. 21

After more than a year of providing sports programming to a whole new level, 5Plus has revamped and relaunched as One Sports, which is previously known as Cignal TV's 24/7 sports-oriented channel on March 8 alongside its move from Channel 15 to Channel 6 on Cignal TV (One PH relocated to Channel 1 replacing Cignal’s community channel) whilst the former One Sports channel space becomes One Sports+ as the complimentary channel of the main Free-TV version featuring top-tier sports. 5Plus has became a home to X-Games, Glory Kickboxing, eGG's E-Sports programming and others, aside from its local sports coverages such as the PBA D-League, Philippine Superliga, and more. 

The relaunching was part of the newly-appointed TV5 Network and Cignal TV President & CEO Robert P. Galang, who is the former execuitive of Cignal TV and GV Broadcasting System, and replaced by his predecessor Jane Basas who now heads the Marketing division of Smart Communications as Chief Marketing Officer. Galang's gameplan is to re-strategize TV5 Network and Cignal in its programming and content, including the re-established Entertainment division in which Basas already laid out plans for the network. All of One channels (One News, One Sports, and One PH) have relaunched their respective logos, while its 5 sports division is now transformed as One Sports, replacing ESPN5. Next month, the main 5 channel will finally retire after 10 years with a upcoming rebranding on April 13. Full details will happen in a seperate post this month on KRD.

Meanwhile, PBS' FM Radio division has successfully completed its reprogramming strategy. Both FM1 (87.5) and Capital FM2 (104.3) are now broadcasting 24/7 online, although the terrestrial operations are still intact from 5am-12mn on Mondays-Saturdays and 5am-9pm on Sundays. These stations are now heard via fm1.ph and fm2.ph as well as on pbsradio.ph website and PBS rAPPS platforms. In February alone, FM2 has renamed into Capital FM2 in line with the station's 3rd anniversary on the airwaves.

DZBR Bible Radio has resumed terrestrial broadcasts after its transmission site in Tanauan has declared safe from the ashfall due to the Taal Volcano eruption. It had to clear up the transmission base from all debris, dust, and ashfall. the Angel One antenna and all of its equipments weren't harmed, including the satellite dish that beams the programming from the COP Main Campus in Manila, as well as computers for generating playback for their programming, songs, and interstitials, as well as plugs and prayers.

ABS-CBN's AM Station DZMM and its counterpart DZMM Teleradyo has undergone facelifts and splitting up of its programming during certain hours of the day. These were: the 2-3pm slot every weekday afternoons in which the radio feed airs MMK sa DZMM (drama series) and Wow Trending (Trends and News) while Teleradyo offers a catch-up replay nof its weekly shows such as Rated K (Mondays), Matanglawin (Tuesdays), Ipaglaban Mo! (Wednesdays), S.O.C.O. (Thursdays), and Kuha Mo! (Fridays). On the other hand, the 9-10:30pm slot from Monday to Thursday and on Fridays at 10pm splits the latter half of Usapang Decampanilla and reruns of DZMM shows through a condensed version such as Good Vibes (Mondays & Fridays), Good Job (Tuesdays), Dra. Bless @ Ur Serbis (Wednesdays) and Radyo Negosyo (Thursdays) on the radio feed, while for Teleradyo, it airs MMK Klasik (replays of past MMK episodes in 3-parts) and early editions of NCA programs- Mission: Possible (Mondays), My Puhunan (Tuesdays), #NOFILTER (Wednesdays), Sports U Ikaw Ang Panalo! (Thursdays) and Local Legends (Fridays). On Fridays, both the Radio and Teleradyo feed airs Labor of Love with Arnell Ignacio (DOLE Spokesman) and Rica Lazo) from 9-10pm before the split for only half-an-hour. Lastly, the 1-2:30am slot is devoted to the replays of NCA programs previously-aired on the previous day before Moonlight Serenade with DJ Richard Enriquez airs at 2:30am on Teleradyo since the program begins at 1am on DZMM.

Recently, headline Pilipinad now expands to weekends. The weekday edition is hosted by Julius Babao, Tony Velasquez, Ahwell Paz (Showbuzz segment), Arci Dalaguit (Visayas news, from ABS-CBN Cebu studios) and Melanie Severino (Mindanao news, from ABS-CBN Davao studios); while the Saturday edition is anchored by Ricky Rosales and Radyo Patrol 51 Joyce Balancio; and on Sundays, Adrain Ayalin and Radyo Patrol 50 Raya Capulong tackles the 30-minute edition which is lesser than the 1-hour broadcast from Monday to Saturday.

(Next month, KRD Media Roundup will have a yearly Holy Week media forecast and programming from April 5-12 in order to guide the readers on what to expect in the Holy Week 2020 as KRD will go on a traditional 6-day Holy Week break from April 6-11. Expect to be published on April 3.)