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leftduck9986 · 2 months

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Magic From The Beyond

The Big Jazz Band version of the main theme played at the end of Good Omens 2 episode 4 is my favourite. I'll only remember to be quick enough with the clicker some of the time, to hear all of it, but even less than that would I be paying attention to actually watching the credits.

So occasionally when I wasn't completely in my head enjoying the music, and my eyes were open, the closing credits would arrive on this screen and I would make a mental note to learn about Anthony Owen.

In Season One Episode One of Good Omens, Anthony Owen is listed as 'Magician' in the closing credits at 50m10-12s.

After an attempt to find out more in the usual places - IMDb and Youtube (Full performance of Oil and Water by Anthony Owen) - the best source was this podcast episode by Vanishing Inc Magic dot com, recorded weeks before his death in 2019:

Excerpt from the transcript:

The Insider: Recently, I don't know how recently actually, but you worked on the mini-series of Good Omens. How did that come about and what did you do for the production? Did you love the book before you started doing it? I can't wait to see it because I've loved the book for ages. That was 14 questions in one, pick any of them and answer it.

Anthony Owen: The answer is, yes I worked on Good Omens.

The Insider: Okay.

Anthony Owen: No, I still haven't read the book. What did I do? I taught Michael Sheen sleight of hand magic.

The Insider: How was he?

Anthony Owen: He's a great fan of magic. He loves magic, he loves going to The Magic Castle, he's a good friend of Derren's. He was a brilliant student of magic and sleight of hand and really got into it and loved the idea of it. The character he plays is quite a fun thing because he's playing a sort of bumbling, not very good magician at a children's party. Teaching someone how to be a bad magician actually was well within my comfort zone and abilities. What was interesting for Michael was because he's a Welsh boy from the valleys he was able to tap into the ... Tommy Cooper [ wikipedia | youtube: Ed Sullivan show | youtube: the best of Tommy Cooper, including the "Indian Rope Trick" ] was a sleight inspiration for him in playing that role. Yeah. It'll be interesting to see how it is in the final cut and what they've done with it, I'll look forward to seeing it.

The Insider: Go and read the book, it's great.

Anthony Owen: I have it on my shelf. I read the relevant pieces that I needed to read to do the job that I did.

Sadly, Anthony's untimely death meant that he didn't get to see Good Omens when it was released on the 31st of May, 2019.

He is honoured here in Good Omens 2, in more ways than one.

Firstly, as there doesn't appear to be another 'Magician' in the credits for this episode, approximately four years later, can it be assumed that Anthony Owen taught Michael Sheen enough sleight of hand to be used across the entire three seasons of the series (and Michael Sheen has kept up his skills with regular practice)? That the skills performed in this episode are Anthony Owen's teachings remembered, and credited with a memorial?

Then, there's this:

If you search 'Anthony Owen' on Prime Video, here's what you will find...

... a treasure trove!

Apart from there being a few "Anthony"s and "Owen"s, it's quite a specific selection for a bunch of titles that don't seem to have any connection to Anthony Owen himself. (edit, Sunday 17th March 2024: and here I was, expecting to see some of the titles listed on IMDb, but no.)

17 titles, presented in the same order every single time (Update, Wednesday 20th March, 2024: the order has changed)

- not alphabetical, nor chronological by release date. Might they be readable in some kind of order though? Also, it kind of feels like there should be an 18th title, for a nice neat 3 x 6, right?

(Update, Saturday 23rd March 2024: well well well, an 18th title has been added. Note the title name, Snapped, and the two items shown in the thumbnail image - a Polaroid and a derringer! specific to S2E4, nice!)

Update, Saturday 30th March 2024: a 19th title added this week - Survivor season 43. If at the end of next week, this playlist maxes out at 20 and does not continue to grow in the weeks afterward, might it be that 6,6,8 is happening; that season three will contain 8 episodes after all?

Update, Thursday 4th April 2024: IF this is the end of the campaign, then they've ended early, adding not one, but two more titles - three, if counting "You Can Go Now" twice as it is shown; the correct year of release, 2022, then the second entry for "2023" with a separate thumbnail image and its description including the title in all-caps as if being shouted at and dismissed, ouch.

Still, a brilliant move, to end "unpredictably" (just as a certain group of two 'sides' had been working together all along, but acting predictably, in order to check-mate their real opponent, for a game of Chess lasting for most of their existence).

Hints, clues, themes and references galore - given in the titles of films or episodes, descriptions (sometimes of a particular season), images or symbols seen and/or lines spoken in the trailers (some have two trailers, for example I highly recommend watching the full trailer for You Hurt My Feelings) - even "special spoilers" star Sadie is in here!

You don't even need to watch any of these titles either. Just do what Anthony did :)

Coincidental that Good Omens 2 was released on Anthony Owen's Birthday?

It's lovely to have included Anthony Owen in what feels like a mentalist-style trick from The Beyond.

#Good Omens #In Memory of Anthony Owen #Magician #Mentalist #good omens clues #Good Omens 2 #Good Omens 3 #Prime Video

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brokehorrorfan · 8 months

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Doctor Butcher M.D. / Zombie Holocaust will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on November 28 via Severin Films. The four-disc set includes both the original 1980 Italian cut and the 1982 US re-edit.

Marino Girolami directs from a script by Romano Scandariato (Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals). Ian McCulloch, Alexandra Delli Colli, Sherry Buchanan, Peter O'Neal, and Donald O'Brien star.

Both cuts have been scanned in 4K from original vault elements and are presented with Dolby Vision/HDR. It includes a slipcover (pictured below) and reversible artwork. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Doctor Butcher M.D.

Theatrical trailer

Video trailer

TV spot

Disc 2 - 4K UHD:

Zombie Holocaust

Trailer

Disc 3 - Blu-ray:

Doctor Butcher M.D.

Interview with editor Jim Markovic

Interview with Aquarius Releasing's Terry Levene

Interview with Gore Gazette editor and Butcher Mobile barker Rick Sullivan

The Four Boroughs of Blood – Rue Morgue's Michael Gingold tours New York locations of Italian horror

Down on the Deuce – 42nd street tour with Temple of Shock's Chris Poggiali and filmmaker Roy Frumkes

Tales That Tore Our Heart Out – Filmmakers Frank Farel and Brendan Faulkner discuss unfinished anthology film

Roy Frumkes' segment from unfinished anthology Tales That Tore Our Heart Out with director commentary

Experiments with a Male Caucasian Brain - Visual essay by Gary Hertz

Theatrical trailer

Video trailer

TV spot

Disc 4 - Blu-ray:

Zombie Holocaust

Interview with actor Ian McCulloch

Interview with actress Sherry Buchanan

Interview with special effects artist Rosario Prestopino

Interview with special effects artist Maurizio Trani

Filmmaker Enzo G. Castellari Remembers His Father, Director Marino Girolami

New York Filming Locations: 1980 & 2015

Ian McCulloch Sings "Down By The River"

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A local Hospital in New York is plagued by missing body parts. It turns out that one of the Hospital's male nurses is a member of a Cannibal cult which is also connected to a series of gruesome murders. Dr.Chandler, together with his beautiful anthropologist assistant Lori Ridgeway, are sent for an expedition to the remote island called Kito to investigate the mysterious case further on.

Pre-order Doctor Butcher M.D. / Zombie Holocaust.

#doctor butcher md #zombie holocaust #horror #italian horror #80s horror #1980s horror #severin films #dvd #gift #ian mcculloch #80s movies #1980s movies #zombie #zombies #marino girolami

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lighthouseas · 1 year

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btw i am walking on walls over owens’s character. not in a good way. yk how i said he gives grandpa vibes? well fuck i take that back because. there is literally SO MUCH we don’t know about this guy. im rewatching s2 and he’s just...god i Do Not Trust Him like. he was WAY TOO QUICK to dismiss hopper when he voiced his concerns about the rotting pumpkins. he was WAY TOO CASUAL about the whole “oh yeah haha these pumpkins are rotting so silly” when he sent his men out to perform tests on them.

he was WAY TOO CASUAL about the upside down gate fucking expanding into the overworld. he was quite literally like bob ross with the “happy little accidents” istg. and he was also actively listening to nancy’s call to mrs. holland?? implying that he was listening to all the phone calls??? tf??? idk. there’s just something Up with him.

also in s3??? that shot of him just Staring at the closed soviet gate?? like??? why did he look like that??? why was the shot so short??? why was that literally his only appearance that entire season???

AND IN SEASON FOUR THIS ASSHOLE WAS WORKING WITH MARTIN BRENNER??? and do NOT tell me he didn’t force el to relive her trauma because he literally did. the way he presented the project actively KNOWING her emotional vulnerability at the time. the fact that he had his men forcibly take her. the fact that he allowed her to be drugged and dehumanized and have her head shaved and be thrown into the sensory deprivation tank. “this place is not a prison” my ASS.

“so what? we’re just supposed to trust that you’re the good guys?” oh michael wheeler you get it. you understand.

also be aware that owens quite literally knows everything. he knows about will’s disappearance. he knows about el and the extent of her powers and connection to henry. he knows about the soviets and what they’re capable of. he clearly has connections in the military, which is evidenced when he knew colonel sullivan’s first name. he has obvious connections to the government. he’s fully aware of henry and his time in the lab -- hell, i’d go as far to say that he probably worked in the lab when henry was there.

and yes !!! he presented himself as a good guy. but the things he did were not good. there was always something slightly askew with him. and no, he’s definitely not dead. they used the classic “don’t show the body” trope to indicate that he’s still very much alive.

idk. he Knows Things. he definitely Knows Things and it’s a little. it’s a little weird

#and when it's revealed that owens was actually a bad guy all along???#don't say i didn't warn yall #stranger things #sam owens #st analysis #byler tumblr #< target audience but has nothing to do with byler #st.txt

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ebookporn · 1 year

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The science of fandom

What communities devoted to hero-worship tell us about the psychology of belonging.

by Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Pop culture fans have long been derided. In this magazine in 1964, Paul Johnson wrote that, “Those who flock round the Beatles, who scream themselves into hysteria, are the least fortunate of their generation, the dull, the idle, the failures.”

Of course, the adoring Beatles fans Johnson described were predominantly young women and teenage girls. This cultural sexism isn’t just historical. Writing for GQ in 2013, Jonathan Heaf portrayed the crowd at a One Direction concert as “an ocean of 20,000 wide-open mouths, hundreds of pleading white eyes, 40,000 palms raised skywards, a dark-pink oil slick that howls and moans and undulates with every impish crotch-thrust from their idols’ plinths”. The writer left the gig early, unwilling to further endure “the shrill sonic boom of a whole generation of women coming of age”.

This writing is hugely patronising. It is also, writes Michael Bond, an example of the “common ethnographic error in trying to judge the norms of an in-group by contemplating it from the outside. The first impulse of those who don’t understand a culture has often been to rage against it.”

Fans is Bond’s exploration of why people join fandoms – communities that follow particular sports teams, celebrities, musicians and fictional characters – and what these groups tell us about the human need for connection. The term “fan”, derived from “fanatic”, was coined in 1884 by the baseball executive Ted Sullivan to describe the devoted followers of his sport. In common parlance today you can be a “fan” of almost anything – I am a fan of eating my lunch as soon after midday as possible – but Bond, a former New Scientist journalist whose book The Power of Others won a British Psychological Society Book Award in 2015, focuses his gaze on more traditional communities of enthusiasts. He meets Jane Austen aficionados who dress in Regency-era clothing to visit the red-brick house in Chawton, east of Winchester, where the novelist spent the last eight years of her life. He goes to a “fan studies” conference and listens to a presentation by Atlin Merrick, who has written more than a million words of fan fiction, most of which is about Sherlock Holmes.

He even turns to those who work to promote a “more balanced view” of the much maligned Richard III, whom history remembers as a “ruthless Machiavellian” complicit in the deaths of numerous relatives. Members of the Richard III Society “do not categorise themselves as ‘fans’ of Richard”, Bond writes. “They prefer to see themselves as part of an academic reappraisal of their hero. But their attitude towards him and the dynamic of the group have much in common with other fandoms… They are united by a feeling that a terrible injustice has been done to Richard’s name, and a desire to set the record straight.”

#fandom #hero worship #fan studies #pop culture #librarians

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twittercomfrnklin2001-blog · 7 months

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Five Nights at Freddy's

As film adaptations of video games go, Emma Tammi’s FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S (2023, Peacock) may seem like small change. There are no armies of kung fu fighters or naked Milla Jovoviches, no hyper-athletic Angelina Jolie. But I was surprised, given its tepid reviews, how far from monkey dump it is. Maybe it helps that I never played the game, so I wasn’t disappointed at how little the animatronic villain figures were used. Instead, I enjoyed the way the script — by the game’s creator, Scott Cawthon, Seth Cuddeback and Tammi — sets up elements in the first act that will pay off in the last. I also appreciated that they took the time to establish the main characters and their situation. Josh Hutcherson is trying to raise his emotionally withdrawn sister (Piper Rubio, who’s really quite good) and hold a job while coping with a lifetime of trauma initiated when his brother was kidnapped during a family outing. His career counselor (Matthew Lillard) sets him up as the single night watchman at an abandoned family pizza parlor with animatronic animals that turn out to be possessed. We see how deadly they can be early on when they take out the previous watchman and a group of vandals, but when Hucherson has to take his sister there one night, they become her playmates. There’s a brief utopian moment as the siblings and a friendly police officer (Elizabeth Lail) set up a play space for the group. It can’t stay that way, of course, but the unravelling is more satisfying than I had expected. Hutcherson has a hard job. He has to let us in while playing a character whose trauma makes it difficult for him to open up, yet his ability to connect with his sister and Lail provides just the window needed. Lillard is also quite good in his first scene, and there’s a funny performance by Michael P. Sullivan as the evil aunt’s (Mary Stuart Masterson, wasted) reluctant lawyer. The plot hinges on a rather large coincidence, but if you can swallow that, you should have a lot of fun.

#horror films #josh hutcherson #matthew lillard #elizabeth lail #video game movies

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thelostsullivans · 11 months

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NPCs YOU’LL PROBABLY SEE MENTIONED ‘ROUND THESE PARTS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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davidfarland · 1 year

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David Farland’s Writing Tips—Is it a Good Time to Write?

As the Covid pandemic hit last year, I head a lot of doom-and-gloom from authors about how it would destroy the industry, and even had to stop and speculate about it a bit myself. It sounded bad. Printers closed down, bookstores were put out of commission.

But I kept thinking: the need for entertainment is stronger than ever. What will the new normal be?

Now that sales figures have come in for 2020, here is what we found.

There are two markets, that I pay attention to: the traditional paper book publishing market and the indie e-book market.

The big fear in among authors was that the traditional market would be decimated, but the number of units of books sold actually went up—despite the bookstores being closed. People who buy paper books kept on buying them. Some of us just ordered them from local bookstores. Others bough them in grocery stores or on Amazon.

In any case, the book sales rose by nearly 7% for the year. Much of that was in the form of children’s books purchased by parents who were trying to keep their kids busy with home-schooling, but we also saw big increases in fiction for the younger crowd.

At the same time, in the e-book sales, we saw a 16-20% increase in sales on a month-by-month basis, with a little over 18% increase in the number of sales over the course of the year.

So books did just fine? In spite of the stores closing?

Yep. Here’s what is happening. People are staying in. They are in quarantine, many of them, and they are longing for escape. Since they can’t go out to shows and dinners and sporting events, many people are turning to reading for recreation—especially since Hollywood has closed down and there isn’t much in the way of new releases in the film department.

In short, more people are reading! It’s a great time to be a writer.

This past Friday, I watched a live demo of the Runelords Board Game. As I watched, I was surprised to see just how fun it looked. I wished that I could be playing! It so happened, that the next day I read a nice review of the game from a company that reviews board games. Then I did a little interview with a blogger who is a big fan of the game, someone who also spends time reviewing them. She felt that the game is a bit underpriced, and I suspect that she’s right.

So, if you have a friend who likes to play boardgames, please let them know about the kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/reddjinnproductions/the-runelords-board-game-relaunch

For our Apex Writing Group, we will have Forrest Wolverton talking on Saturday on “Meeting Your Objectives” as a writer.

Forrest is also starting a new “Apex Writers Accelerator Program,” where he will help you set goals and work toward them at an fast-but-comfortable pace.

In the coming weeks, I’m looking forward to hear hearing from such fine bestselling writers as Dakota Kroat, Craig Martelle, Eric Flint, and Michael J. Sullivan, along with the past vide-president of Atari, Roger Arias, who will talk about the connection between videogames and books. To join Apex visit us at www.Apex-writers.com

For more on David Farland's Writing tips, visit https://mystorydoctor.com/writing-blog/

And you can also click here to get your David Farland Daily Meditations.

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 1 year

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“COMMUNIST LEADER HEAVILY GUARDED DURING APPEARANCE FOR COMMITTAL,” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 22, 1933. Page 10. ---- Above are shown several scenes in connection with the preliminary trial of Convict Tim Buck of the Kingston Penitentiary, who was committed for trial on Monday on a charge of rioting at the Institution. At the top left is shown the car in which Convict Buck was taken to and from the Court House, with guards standing on the running-board. At the top right are two other convicts, Paul Demerse and William McCrea, also committed for rioting. McCrea is seen pulling his cap down to hide his face. Behind the prisoners are Deputy Warden George Sullivan and a guard of the institution. At the bottom left, Convict Tim Buck is shown again on his way into the Court House, accompanied by Deputy Warden George Sullivan. In the centre is Colonel William Megloughlin, warden of the institution, and at the bottom right are Michael Garber, of Montreal, counsel for Buck, and Col. Kellier MacKay, Crown Prosecutor. The pictures were taken by the Toronto Mail and Empire staff photographer and are published through the courtesy of the Mail and Empire.

Convict 2524 Smiles After Committal Tim Buck, Communist, convict of the Kingston Penitentiary is shown above on his way from the Court House to the county jail to await removal back to the penitentiary, after being committed for trial on a charge of rioting. Buck's ankles are shackled but the chains are not visible in the picture. On the left is Guard Neddow of the Pentitentiary staff and another guard on the right. The picture was taken by the Toronto Mail and Empire staff photographer and are published through the courtesy of the Mail and Empire.

[Read more about this prison riot here or click on the 1932 kp riot tag.]

#kingston ontario #kingston penitentiary #prison riot #1933 prisoner trials #communism #communists #political prisoner #communist party of canada #prison agitator #prison guards #1932 kp riot #tim buck #great depression in canada #crime and punishment in canada #history of crime and punishment in canada

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wizardyuri · 1 year

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Wintertide by Michael J Sullivan ?

OH no sorry Wintertide by Ruthanna Emrys! It's a book that explores the pov of one of the innsmouth residents after H.P lovercrafte Shadow over Innsmouth story! I've been really enjoying it it's Abt like connecting with a heritage when you don't have access to anyone living of that culture and it's super like, hey the 20th century was really fucked up for a lot of groups(The main character is a survivor of fictional Lovecraft genocide, Her adoptive family are Japanese Americans who got put in the japanese internment camps during WW2 and one of the main characters is a Jewish man who fled Germany during WW2)

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Name: Lincoln 'Link' Riley Age: 31 Occupation: Co-Owner of Two Kings Casino Time living in Tonopah: 1 year Neighborhood: Glenn Estates Gang Affiliation: Enterprise Board Member Face Claim: Michael B. Jordan

Biography: (tw: chronic illness, death, pregnancy, medical complications)

The second son of Jacque and Rosalyn Riley, Lincoln “Link” Omari Riley grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, alongside his older brother, Sullivan. Despite their parents’ best efforts, the Riley boys came up hard, making the most of what little they had. In the beginning, Lincoln wasn’t well attuned to the family's struggle, having spent most of his earlier memories tripping over Sullivan’s heels in a bid to follow in every single footstep his older brother made. But it soon became apparent to the youngest Riley that reality was very far from the daydream he once believed it was. As it turned out, most of his youth was spent in hospital waiting rooms while the matriarch of the family battled several gruesome flare ups of sickle cell anemia. She would spend weeks at a time in the hospital while doctors tossed around terrifying words like acute chest syndrome, breathing tube, and life expectancy– and Lincoln was far too young to understand the half of it. All he understood was that his mother was suffering and there was nothing that he, his brother, or his father could do to stop it.

Basketball was one of the few escapes Link had. He took to the court whenever he could just to keep his mind off everything his family was grappling with. Soon, it became more than a hobby. It became his passion. Basketball was the first thing Link ever remembered being good at, and so he poured everything he had into the game and his teammates. It kept him busy and it kept his mind off of worries at home, but it didn't keep him out of trouble. Staying out late to play basketball ultimately led to staying out late on the streets. As more and more of the older boys who hung around the courts began dabbling in drug dealing to earn money, Link eventually followed, thinking he could somehow help lessen the financial strain at home. Before long, he was as good at slinging dope as he was at shooting hoops.

It didn't take long for both Riley boys to dive into the drug world, but the fall came just as quickly as the rise. They both learned how cutthroat the drug game could be when their mother was gunned down in cold blood. Twelve years old at the time, Link assumed it was due to something either he or Sully had done. Was it about the scuffles they'd gotten into with some of the other corner boys? Was it because Link had been late to turn in his money to the ringleader? Had he noticed that Link had taken a little extra off the top one time? That was only the beginning of the questions that raced through his head. Between the brutality of the murder and the cruel nature of the drug game, what other conclusion was his twelve year old mind supposed to drum up?

It was only later that the brothers finally learned the name, Los Bandoleros, and how it was connected to Rosalyn’s murder. It hadn’t been the consequence of any missteps they’d taken in their amateur drug ring, or the result of their deals gone wrong. It had been their father’s. The brothers found out then that their father belonged to an entity known as The Enterprise. Outwardly, the group looked like a band of ambitious developers, but there were darker undertones that got swept under the rug. Jacque had dealings of his own, one that had apparently caught the eye of a Mexican cartel who’d felt strongly enough about it to try and settle the score with blood.

At first, Lincoln expected to feel relief, like a weight was lifted from his shoulders because it wasn’t their fault– and maybe he did feel it for half a heartbeat. But then that beat passed and all he could think about was avenging an innocent woman, wrongfully targeted by a cartel. Jacque understood, or at least appeared to, but he couldn’t condone his sons getting entangled with it or getting themselves killed. Besides, Jacque had a better idea on how to avenge his wife. Sure, he could do it with blood and bullets, but crippling the cartel from the inside out through sheer wit and determination was the sort of revenge Rosalyn would have wanted. Naturally, the brothers wanted to be part of that, but Jacque made it clear it’d be on his terms, and on his timing. For now, they were to lay low, get an education, and develop the skills they’d need in the future.

Resigned to his father’s ultimatum, Lincoln fell back to basketball shortly after, desperately clinging to any distraction from the rage he felt. He kept his head down, stayed out of trouble, and worked hard. Lincoln leaned on his relationships with his teammates, his brother, and Dominique Green, the beautiful girl in his high school algebra class who’d become his best friend, but much to his disappointment…nothing more. Still, her influence helped him grow both on and off the court. Link’s performance in high school was enough to earn him a full ride scholarship to play basketball at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). His success was short-lived; however, after a devastating knee injury in the championship game his senior year cost him his sports career and his scholarship.

Lincoln thought about giving up then, but he held his father’s words close. Jacque needed him to be educated, to study business, and to use that knowledge to one day thrive within The Enterprise. And so Link did the only thing he could do and turned back to his other skillset– dealing drugs. Using that money, as well as whatever Jacque could spare, Lincoln went off to college. Much to his delight, Dominique attended UNLV with him. She studied law, he studied business. She dated around and Lincoln took that as a sign that he should do the same. Whatever they were would always be platonic, and rather than set himself up for disappointment over and over, Link did his best to do away with his silent pining and cherish her friendship. Old habits tended to die hard, though.

During those four years, Lincoln gained an education both in the classroom and out– Jacque had finally agreed to bring his sons into the fold. Starting out as soldiers for the cause, it was a long, grueling climb for the brothers, but they were both relentless. After graduation, Lincoln went to work with The Enterprise when he was twenty-two, building casinos and other properties, and helping grow an empire alongside his older brother. Dominique was nearby as always, finishing up her studies and becoming an import-export lawyer. For the next few years, Lincoln finally felt like he was thriving, like he was working towards something real.

Tragedy was far from done with Lincoln Riley, though. Dominique had been seeing a man, a man who up and ran the moment she found out she was pregnant. And so Link stepped in as best he could to be a support to the woman who’d always been in his corner, cheering him on. It seemed only right. Towards the latter months of her pregnancy, Dominique’s blood pressure readings and labwork began to trend into an abnormal range, and doctors began using words like preeclampsia and eclampsia. Naturally, Lincoln’s mind drifted back to experiences with his own mother in and out of the hospital with sickle cell exacerbations, and he couldn’t help but worry about what these words might mean. True to her nature, Dominique tried to reassure him. But…she was a realist above all and made him promise to be there for her son, should anything happen, because without him…her son wouldn’t have anyone. Lincoln gave her his word– come hell or highwater, he’d be there.

Not long after, Lincoln’s worst fears came to life and Dominique’s condition rapidly deteriorated, manifesting into full-blown eclampsia. Her son survived, but after suffering multiple complications, Dominique did not. Her son was born premature with his own set of hurdles to overcome, but by some miracle, Devante Green was alive…and Lincoln had a promise to keep to his best friend, to the only woman he’d ever really loved. He’d raise her son as his own and make sure he knew her– he’d make sure Devante knew all there was to know about the strongest, most caring woman Lincoln had ever known.

Lincoln’s adjustment to fatherhood was far from seamless, especially at a ripe twenty-five years old, but with his brother and his own father in his corner, every day got a little easier to manage. He took it one day at a time, but did all he could to ensure Devante had a better upbringing than what he and his brother had experienced.

Fast forward a few years and Lincoln was finally designated for assignment. The two Riley brothers, both promoted to board members with The Enterprise, would move an hour away to the small town of Tonopah Falls, Nevada, where they’d be tasked with building up casinos and other properties, as well as breaking Los Bandoleros and the Sons of Silence apart from the inside. In many ways, it had been a long time coming. And so the pair moved to Tonopah in 2021 and immediately began breaking ground on what would become known as Two Kings Casino.

Since then, Link has been working at the casino and with The Enterprise, while also working to ensure that Devante, now six years old, has an upbringing his mother would be proud of.

Headcannons:

Has a fluffy black cat that Devante originally named Lucifer…but once said cat got older and they realized Lucifer was a lady, they renamed her Lucy– although Lucifer is certainly more fitting at times.

Is fascinated by all things supernatural and is also a sucker for a good conspiracy theory.

Still loves basketball and is actively shaping Devante into a future point guard.

To date, has not been tested to see if he carries the sickle cell trait, and is terrified by the idea of passing it onto any offspring and potentially condemning them to the same suffering his mother endured.

Hopeless romantic at heart, but just hasn’t found anyone to share that with.

Link still has yet to hear a peep from Devante’s birth father and hopes it stays that way.

#lincoln riley.#the enterprise.#male.#tfhq.characters

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Name: Lincoln ‘Link’ Riley Age: 32 Occupation: Co-Owner of Two Kings Casino Time living in Tonopah: 1 year Neighborhood: Glenn Estates Gang Affiliation: Enterprise Board Member Face Claim: Michael B. Jordan

Biography: (tw: chronic illness, death, pregnancy, medical complications)

The second son of Jacque and Rosalyn Riley, Lincoln “Link” Omari Riley grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, alongside his older brother, Sullivan. Despite their parents’ best efforts, the Riley boys came up hard, making the most of what little they had. In the beginning, Lincoln wasn’t well attuned to the family’s struggle, having spent most of his earlier memories tripping over Sullivan’s heels in a bid to follow in every single footstep his older brother made. But it soon became apparent to the youngest Riley that reality was very far from the daydream he once believed it was. As it turned out, most of his youth was spent in hospital waiting rooms while the matriarch of the family battled several gruesome flare ups of sickle cell anemia. She would spend weeks at a time in the hospital while doctors tossed around terrifying words like acute chest syndrome, breathing tube, and life expectancy– and Lincoln was far too young to understand the half of it. All he understood was that his mother was suffering and there was nothing that he, his brother, or his father could do to stop it.

Basketball was one of the few escapes Link had. He took to the court whenever he could just to keep his mind off everything his family was grappling with. Soon, it became more than a hobby. It became his passion. Basketball was the first thing Link ever remembered being good at, and so he poured everything he had into the game and his teammates. It kept him busy and it kept his mind off of worries at home, but it didn’t keep him out of trouble. Staying out late to play basketball ultimately led to staying out late on the streets. As more and more of the older boys who hung around the courts began dabbling in drug dealing to earn money, Link eventually followed, thinking he could somehow help lessen the financial strain at home. Before long, he was as good at slinging dope as he was at shooting hoops.

It didn’t take long for both Riley boys to dive into the drug world, but the fall came just as quickly as the rise. They both learned how cutthroat the drug game could be when their mother was gunned down in cold blood. Twelve years old at the time, Link assumed it was due to something either he or Sully had done. Was it about the scuffles they’d gotten into with some of the other corner boys? Was it because Link had been late to turn in his money to the ringleader? Had he noticed that Link had taken a little extra off the top one time? That was only the beginning of the questions that raced through his head. Between the brutality of the murder and the cruel nature of the drug game, what other conclusion was his twelve year old mind supposed to drum up?

It was only later that the brothers finally learned the name, Los Santos, and how it was connected to Rosalyn’s murder. It hadn’t been the consequence of any missteps they’d taken in their amateur drug ring, or the result of their deals gone wrong. It had been their father’s. The brothers found out then that their father belonged to an entity known as The Enterprise. Outwardly, the group looked like a band of ambitious developers, but there were darker undertones that got swept under the rug. Jacque had dealings of his own, one that had apparently caught the eye of a Mexican cartel who’d felt strongly enough about it to try and settle the score with blood.

Fast forward a few years and Lincoln was finally designated for assignment. The two Riley brothers, both promoted to board members with The Enterprise, would move an hour away to the small town of Tonopah Valley, Nevada, where they’d be tasked with building up casinos and other properties, as well as breaking Los Santos and the Sons of Silence apart from the inside. In many ways, it had been a long time coming. And so the pair moved to Tonopah in 2021 and immediately began breaking ground on what would become known as Two Kings Casino.

Since then, Link has been working at the casino and with The Enterprise, while also working to ensure that Devante, now six years old, has an upbringing his mother would be proud of.

Headcanons:

Is fascinated by all things supernatural and is also a sucker for a good conspiracy theory.

Still loves basketball and is actively shaping Devante into a future point guard.

Hopeless romantic at heart, but just hasn’t found anyone to share that with.

Link still has yet to hear a peep from Devante’s birth father and hopes it stays that way.

#affiliation: the enterprise.#tv character.#gender: man.#status: npc.

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Filmed in Nova Scotia, the 10-episode second season stars Morgan Kohan, Chad Michael Murray, and Scott Patterson, alongside Tom Jackson and Andrea Menard – – From the executive producers of VIRGIN RIVER, and adapted by executive producer and showrunner Roma Roth from the New York Times bestselling novels by Robyn Carr, Season 2 guest stars include Michelle Nolden, Cindy Sampson, Peter MacNeil, Joel Thomas Hynes, Jayne Eastwood, and Meghan Ory – – Season 1 of SULLIVAN’S CROSSING ranks as the most-watched Canadian drama of the 2022-23 broadcast season –

March 11, 2024

Tags: @CTV_PR, @CTV, @TheLede_CA, #SullivansCrossingTORONTO (March 11, 2024) – CTV announced today that Season 2 of hit original drama SULLIVAN’S CROSSING premieres Sunday, April 14 at a special time of 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app. The series then moves into its regular Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT timeslot beginning April 21. From the team behind VIRGIN RIVER, and adapted by executive producer and showrunner Roma Roth from the New York Times bestselling novels by beloved author and Virgin River scribe Robyn Carr, SULLIVAN’S CROSSING stars Morgan Kohan (WHEN HOPE CALLS), alongside Chad Michael Murray (ONE TREE HILL), and Scott Patterson (GILMORE GIRLS).

Filmed in Nova Scotia, Season 2 consists of 10, one-hour episodes. Following the gripping conclusion of the first season, Season 2 of SULLIVAN’S CROSSING opens just hours after Dr. Maggie Sullivan (Kohan) has learned about her father’s stroke, and her life is once again thrown into turmoil. Choosing to delay her return to Boston to care for her father Sully (Patterson), Maggie finds herself back in Sullivan’s Crossing, where she must once again face her conflicted feelings about her father and address her growing attraction to Cal (Murray), as she struggles to come to terms with the realities of her pregnancy and the impact it may have on her career.

Returning for Season 2 alongside Morgan Kohan as Dr. Maggie Sullivan, Chad Michael Murray as Cal Jones, and Scott Patterson as Harry “Sully” Sullivan, are actor, singer and companion of the Order of Canada, Tom Jackson (CARDINAL) as Frank Cranebear; actor, singer, and songwriter, Andrea Menard (VELVET DEVIL) as Edna Cranebear; Amalia Williamson (BRIA MACK GETS A LIFE) as Lola Gunderson; Lindura (GHOSTS) as Sydney Shandon; Dakota Taylor (ZERO CHILL) as Rafe; Lauren Hammersley (VIRGIN RIVER) as Connie Boyle; Lynda Boyd (VIRGIN RIVER) as Phoebe Lancaster; Reid Price (THE SINNER) as Rob Shandon; Peter Outerbridge (DESIGNATED SURVIVOR) as Walter Lancaster; and Allan Hawco (JACK RYAN) as Andrew Mathews.

Joining the ensemble cast this season are Michelle Nolden (HEARTLAND) as salon owner Alysa Mackenzie, and Cindy Sampson (PRIVATE EYES) as Jane, a divorced mom with eyes for Rob. Peter MacNeil (MOONSHINE), Joel Thomas Hynes (LITTLE DOG), and Jayne Eastwood (WORKIN’ MOMS) also guest star in episodes this season, as well as Meghan Ory (CHESAPEAKE SHORES) in the role of Cal’s sister, Sedona.

On the Season 2 premiere of SULLIVAN’S CROSSING, “Guilt Trip” (Sunday, April 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, CTV.ca, and the CTV app), a guilt ridden Maggie Sullivan (Morgan Kohan) returns to the Crossing to find Sully (Scott Patterson) in hospital struggling with the feeling that he’s forgotten something. Cal Jones (Chad Michael Murray) is confused when Maggie gives him the cold shoulder, unaware that Lola (Amalia Williamson) pocketed his goodbye letter. Sully connects with a new patient who is sharing his hospital room; Edna (Andrea Menard) and Frank (Tom Jackson) find themselves at odds for the first time in years; and Sydney (Lindura) and Rafe (Dakota Taylor) struggle to keep things platonic while living as roommates.

Exclusive videos are available throughout the season on @SullivansCrossingCTV’s social channels and on CTV.ca and the CTV app, providing viewers with an extension of the series with bonus digital content. Fans can also catch up on Season 1 of SULLIVAN’S CROSSING available on CTV.ca and the CTV app with no subscription or sign-in required, beginning March 26.

Season 1 of SULLIVAN’S CROSSING ranks as the most-watched Canadian drama of the 2022-23 broadcast season. The series made its U.S. premiere on The CW as part of their 2023 fall broadcast lineup, and also quickly became one of the network’s most-watched shows. Adapted by Showrunner Roma Roth from author Robyn Carr’s bestselling book series of the same name, SULLIVAN’S CROSSING is executive produced by Reel World Management’s Roma Roth and Christopher E. Perry in association with CTV and Fremantle. Author Robyn Carr is also an executive producer.

Directors for Season 2 are Cal Coons (REMEDY), Chris Grismer (QUANTUM LEAP), April Mullen (THE SPENCER SISTERS), Melanie Orr (CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING), and Shamim Sharif (SORT OF). The series is an interprovincial co-production with Nova Scotia based producer Ann Bernier and Ontario based producer Mark Gingras with the participation of Reel World Management, Canadian Media Fund, Bell Media, Nova Scotia Film & Television Production Incentive Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, Bell Fund, and Screen Nova Scotia Content Creator Fund.

SULLIVAN’S CROSSING is distributed internationally by Fremantle. Showrunner Roma Roth executive produces alongside Christopher. E. Perry with Ann Bernier and Mark Gingras producing. For Fremantle, Michela Di Mondo, Executive Vice President, Distribution and Sales, Canada, and Hilary Martin, Executive Producer, Global Drama are executive producing. For Bell Media, Rachel Goldstein-Couto is Head of Development; Rachel Ferguson is Production Executive, Original Programming; Sarah Fowlie is Head of Production, Original Programming; Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming; Pat DiVittorio is Vice-President, CTV and Specialty Programming. Justin Stockman is Vice-President, Content Development & Programming, Bell Media. Karine Moses is Senior Vice-President, Content Development & News, Bell Media and Vice Chair, Québec, Bell.

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congratulations on your acceptance to radcliffe university, sujia sullivan and mateo ames !! orientation begins on the quad at noon and don’t forget to submit your account within 24 hours so student housing can get your accommodations in order. please read over the checklist as you settle in. anna cathcart and michael cimino are now unavailable for applications.

( anna cathcart, cis woman, she/her ) have you met SUJIA SULLIVAN yet? you know, the TWENTY year old UNDERGRADUATE student. i think they’re a SOPHOMORE majoring in BIOLOGY. ring a bell yet? every time i walk past their dorm i hear PINK SKY BY AUSTIN AND THE POWERS blasting through the door. everyone who meets them say they’re KIND but can also be a little INSECURE. guess when you meet them you’ll figure that out yourself. — nandez, 27, she/they, mst, n/a

sports/clubs/wanted connections: mathematics club, lgbt+ club, cooking club

( michael cimino, cis man, he/him ) have you met MATEO AMES yet? you know, the TWENTY-FOUR year old UNDERGRADUATE student. i think they’re a FRESHMAN majoring in FILM & NEW MEDIA. ring a bell yet? every time i walk past their dorm i hear MY ORDINARY LIFE BY THE LIVING TOMBSTONE blasting through the door. everyone who meets them say they’re CREATIVE but can also be a little ALOOF. guess when you meet them you’ll figure that out yourself. — nandez, 27, she/they, mst, n/a

sports/clubs/wanted connections: cinema club, outdoors club, track & field

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Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant lands to make mummies

https://sciencespies.com/humans/ancient-egyptians-used-exotic-oils-from-distant-lands-to-make-mummies/

Ancient Egyptians used exotic oils from distant lands to make mummies

A workshop used for mummification at Saqqara in Egypt contains remnants of the substances used to make mummies, revealing many came from southern Africa or South-East Asia

Humans 1 February 2023

By Michael Marshall

Illustration of the underground embalming workshop in Saqqara in ancient Egypt

Nikola Nevenov

An underground workshop found at an ancient Egyptian burial site contains ceramic vessels with traces of the substances used to make mummies. They include resins obtained from as far away as India and South-East Asia, indicating that ancient Egyptians engaged in long-distance trade.

“We could identify a large diversity of substances which were used by the embalmers,” says Maxime Rageot at the University of Tübingen in Germany. “Few of them were locally available.”

The workshop, dating from around 600 BC, was discovered in 2016 at Saqqara, which was the burial ground of Egyptian royalty and elites for centuries. “It was used as an elite cemetery from the very earliest moment of the Egyptian state,” says Elaine Sullivan at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who wasn’t involved in the study.

Close to the pyramid of Unas, archaeologists led by Ramadan Hussein, also at the University of Tübingen, found two vertical shafts dug into the ground. One was 13 metres deep and led to the embalming workshop, while the other was 30 metres deep and led to burial chambers. Hussein died in 2022.

It is the first Egyptian embalming workshop to be found underground, says team member Susanne Beck at the University of Tübingen. This may have been to keep the process secret, but it also had the advantage of keeping decaying bodies cool.

In the workshop, the team found 121 beakers and bowls. Many were labelled: sometimes with instructions like “to put on his head”, sometimes with names of embalming substances and sometimes with administrator titles.

Vessels from the embalming workshop

The researchers chose the nine beakers and 22 bowls with the most legible labels for analysis. They studied the chemical residues left in the bowls to find out what substances had been used during embalming and mummification.

A host of substances, including plant oils, tars, resins and animal fats, were discovered. Two examples were cedar oil and heated beeswax. Many of the substances were known to be used in mummification, but some were new.

One new substance was dammar, a gum-like resin obtained from trees in India and South-East Asia. The name “dammar” is a Malay word.

The team also found elemi: a pale yellow resin resembling honey that comes from trees in the rainforests of South Asia and southern Africa.

The dammar and elemi show that Egyptian embalming drove early globalisation, says Philipp Stockhammer at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, another member of the team. “You really needed to transport these resins over large distances.” It fits with other evidence of long-distance trade at the time.

The ancient Egyptian elite liked exotic goods as much as modern capitalists, says Sullivan. At times when the state was powerful and organised, “we see a great interest in the outside world and in connections to the outside world and bringing those things from the outside world together”.

Stockhammer and Sullivan both say that the substances were transported by chains of traders. “The Egyptians don’t have to be going to the eastern side of India themselves,” says Sullivan.

The researchers were also able to translate two new words. Many texts on mummification refer to antiu and sefet. The former had been tentatively translated as “myrrh” or “incense”, and the latter as “a sacred oil”. However, because they were written on pieces of pottery with residue inside, it was possible to identify them. It turns out antiu is a mixture of oils or tars from conifers. Meanwhile, sefet is an unguent – an ointment or lubricant – containing plant additives.

Many of the substances had antibacterial and antifungal properties, and were combined into elaborate mixtures. For Stockhammer, the complexity of the substances displays “enormous personal knowledge that was accumulated through these centuries of experience of embalming human individuals”.

That fits with textual evidence that priests tasked with embalming were important people with considerable skill, says Sullivan. “They would have needed to have a lot of ritual knowledge and a lot of material knowledge,” she says. The body had to be preserved physically and rites had to be performed correctly according to the Egyptian religion. It was “both a spiritual and physical practice”.