#Doctor Samuel Johnson

[pilgrim1975]

Reginald Woolmington, saved from the rope by a ‘Golden Thread.’

When farm labourer and killer Reginald Woolmington entered the dock at Taunton Assizes it was with a heavy heart. The shotgun killing of his estranged wife Violet at her mother’s home on December 10, 1934 looked like an open and shut case. She had left him because of his possessive, controlling and abusive treatment of her. He had stolen a shotgun from his employer, that much had been proved. So…

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#Albert Pierrepoint #Antonio Mancini #capital punishment #death penalty #Doctor Samuel Johnson #Foster&039;s Crown Law #History #Horfield Prison #House of Lords #murder #Pentonville #Pentonville Prison #Reginald Woolmington #reprieve #reprieved #Royal Prerogative #Woolmington Principle

[beekeeperspicnic]

Sneak Peek at the Art Book!

We're approaching the final few days of the Beekeeper's Picnic Kickstarter, so I thought I'd share a few pages of the art book as a sneak peek!

You can get the artbook at the Artist and Scholar tier and above!

Text:

Sherlock Holmes' brother Mycroft only appears in a few stories, but he's one of my favourite characters! His powers of observation surpass his brother's, but he lacks the energy and drive for detective work.

Instead he seems to function as a human computer for the government, using his mind to store and process vast amounts of information.

Sherlock does pop over to see him for advice, however, so I thought he would be the perfect hint system for the game.

Mycroft Holmes, the British Government (retired)

By the way, Sherlock, I expected to see you round last week, to consult me over that Manor House case. I thought you might be a little out of your depth.”

Animals

Hodge (Cat)

Hodge is named after 18th century intellectual Samuel Johnson's beloved pet who he describes as "a very fine cat".

Johnson was a well known popular figure in his day but fame was secured by the work of his friend and biographer James Boswell, who noted down lots of his witticisms.

This relationship between Johnson and Boswell is referenced by Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia, with him putting himself in Johnson's role:

“I think that I had better go, Holmes.”

“Not a bit, Doctor. Stay where you are. I am lost without my Boswell.

Toby the Third (Dog)

In 'The Sign of Four' we find out that Holmes seems to regularly borrow a dog named 'Toby' from the eccentric Mr. Sherman in order to track scents. He says he would "rather have Toby's help than that of the whole detective force in London."

I liked the idea that in his rustic retirement, Holmes would feel able to keep a dog himself. Of course he would name it and its descendants after the original Toby.

At first I was unsure whether we should be able to read Toby's thoughts in the game, or whether that would seem out of place. In the end I decided to embrace a bit of silliness!

#the beekeeper's picnic #art book #concept art #game concept art #indie game #gave dev #artbook

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18th August 1773 saw Samuel Johnson and James Boswell set out on their three month tour of the Highlands and the Inner Hebrides.

Boswell enticed his famous English friend Samuel Johnson to accompany him on a tour through the highlands and western islands of Scotland.

James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck was a Scottish biographer, diarist, and lawyer, born in Edinburgh, like many young men he longed to visit the bright lights of London and in 1760 he deserted the family home to live in the English capital for a few months. It was during his second stay in 1762-63 that he met his literary hero and model, the poet, essayist and dictionary maker Dr. Samuel Johnson. In August 1763 Boswell embarked upon a 2½ year Grand Tour of Europe, during which he met many notable men and women, including Voltaire and Rousseau. On returning to Scotland he practised law as an advocate. During this time he made occasional visits London to spend time with Dr Johnson and others of his circle, including Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Edmund Burke. He was also on familiar terms with David Hume, Adam Smith and other leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Johnston and Boswell set off less than 30 years after the '45 Uprising, when whisky was still distilled illegally, roads were scarce and travel was by foot, bone-jangling carriage, horseback or over very turbulent seas in a rickety boat.

Their extraordinary journey to the Highlands and the Hebrides during an autumnal season of relentless rain and storms, took Johnson - plump, partially deaf and blind and who had rarely travelled outside of London - on a grand Scottish tour which led to two of the earliest travel books and paved the way for centuries of tourists who would also explore the nation’s wild islands and highland

While for the then 32-year-old Boswell there was a chance to witness Johnson up close for nearly three months, providing a wealth of material for his admired biography, Life of Samuel Johnson. The travel journal was a massive hit and a humorous account of their journey.

Boswell was Scots to his roots and is very defensive about the Scots and Scottishness, while Johnson has this very English take on it all. These two things fuel the humour, Johnson is like this English bulldog and Boswell is like a Scottish terrier. Together they are a hoot! Add to that the facts that as you would expect from a Scotsman, Boswell was a heavy drinker and Johnson was teetotal, which leads to all kinds of escapades. It’s like 18th century Laurel and Hardy.

Boswell, quoted their first conversation in the biography, Life of Samuel Johnson, saying: “Mr Johnson, I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it”. To which Johnson replied: “That, Sir, I find, is what a great many of your countrymen cannot help.”

It set the scene for a friendship driven by verbal sparring, with Johnson’s deprecating remarks about Scots robustly foiled by Boswell’s defence of homeland.

Their travels began in mid-August at Boyd’s Inn in Edinburgh, where the cleanliness dismayed Johnson. Boswell wrote: “He asked to have his lemonade made sweeter; upon which the waiter, with his greasy fingers, lifted a lump of sugar, and put it into it. The Doctor, in indignation, threw it out of the window”.

The pair then travelled up the east coast, stopping at St Andrews to indulge their interest in John Knox and Mary, Queen of Scots, Following the coast towards Aberdeenshire, a bit like today’s NC500 tourists plotting their route, they took an anti-clockwise course along the Moray Coast to Inverness and then to the Western Isles.

At times their journey resembled a lengthy pub crawl as they noted the quality of the inns and the food.

In Montrose, Johnson noted: “At our inn we did not find a reception such as we thought proportionate to the commercial importance of the place; but Mr Boswell desired me to observe the innkeeper was an Englishman, and I then defended him as well as I could.” Dundee, it was noted, was “dirty, despicable”. They even recorded their first taste of Arbroath smokies.

Having travelled through Glen Shiel, the pair arrived at the inn at Glenelg. Often praised today, Boswell and Johnson gave it the equivalent of a one-star TripAdvisor review. Having arrived “wearing and peevish”, they discovered “no meat, no milk, no bread, no eggs, no wine. We did not express much satisfaction.”

The Highland terrain posed even greater stress. Dangerous and often impassable except on foot, they were often in remote spots, miles from inns or shelter or ankle deep in a peat bog. Nevertheless, they trudged on through stormy weather and with Johnson often suffering from colds, increasing deafness and seasickness on the journeys between the islands.

The trip from Coll to Skye was undertaken during a vicious storm, with Boswell fretting over whether the boat might sink or explode, and troubled that he couldn’t understand the sailors’ Gaelic! Johnson was no great fan of the language, describing it as “the rude speech of a barbarous people, who had few thoughts to express, and were content, as they conceived grossly, to be grossly understood”.

But in Skye, they were delighted to meet Flora MacDonald, and slept in the same room that Bonnie Prince Charlie had slept in. “Both were over the moon because they were besotted with the story,” he wrote.

Don’t judge Johnson on his dislike of the Gaelic language though, the pair told of finding the Highlands still occupied by military garrisons, cleared by immigration and spoke of the suppression of Highland culture and oppression of the clans.

The isle of Raasay turned out to be a favourite spot, where the pair enjoyed the clan chief’s hospitality and a raucous ceilidh, with Boswell dancing a jig on the flat summit of Dun Caan. Both felt that in Raasay they had come close to authentic old Gaelic culture and way of life.

By October 1773 they were in the Saracen Head Inn in Glasgow’s Gallowgate, revelling in a roaring coal fire and conversation with professors from Glasgow University.

The trip would come to a sorry end, however, at Boswell’s family’s Ayrshire home at Johnson and Boswell’s father had an enormous row; they were total opposites in religious and political beliefs,

Johnson was a kind of father figure to Boswell. He knew Boswell could be a bit out of hand, but he also knew he was a real literary talent.”

Johnson’s A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, was published in 1775, followed a exactly decade later by Boswell’s The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson. Both wrote their own versions of their tour differently. They go to the same places but see things differently.

#scotland #scottish #English #road trip #history #Diarist

[kwebtv]

From the Golden Age of Television

A Bolt of Lightning - CBS - November 12, 1951

A presentation of "Westinghouse Studio One" Season 4 Episode 9

Drama

Running Time: 60 minutes

Stars:

Charlton Heston as James Otis Jr.

Romney Brent as Governor Bernard

Rita Vale as Ruth Otis

Elizabeth Johnson as Mary Otis

Anne Seymour as Mercy Otis Warren 

Harry Townes as Samuel Adams

Frank Overton as John Emory

Rudolph Justice Watson as Peter

Harry M. Cooke as William Wooley

George Ives as Mr. Robinson

Roy Johnson as Mr. Williams

Rita Morley as Emma Emroy

Marvyn Dorkin as Doctor

Lloyd Bochner as Prescott

Shirley Ballard as Elizabeth Otis

Jon Lormer as Mr. Huntington

Robert Baine as Judge

#A Bolt of Lightning #TV #CBS #1951 #1950's #Westinghouse Studio One #Drama #Charlton Heston #Romney Brent #Rita Vale #Elizabeth Johnson #Anne Seymour #Harry Townes #Frank Overton

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Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier, and Richard Widmark in No Way Out (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Mildred Joanne Smith, Harry Bellaver, Stanley Ridges, Dots Johnson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Amanda Randolph, Maude Simmons. Screenplay: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels. Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner. Art direction: George W. Davis, Lyle R. Wheeler. Film editing: Barbara McLean. Music: Alfred Newman.

Although its treatment of race relations in America seems naive today, No Way Out stands up as a solid drama about an issue that in the post-war years was finally receiving the attention from Hollywood filmmakers that it had too long deserved. It also launched the career of Sidney Poitier as well as, in smaller roles, Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. The plot hinges on the novelty of a Black doctor, Luther Brooks (Poitier), serving as an intern in hospital in a large city. When two brothers, Ray (Richard Widmark) and Johnny Biddle (Dick Paxton) are admitted to the prison ward of the hospital after being shot by the police during a robbery, Brooks notices that Johnny's symptoms are not just that of a leg wound; suspecting some sort of mental impairment, Brooks does a spinal tap, during which Johnny dies. Ray Biddle has already demonstrated his racist animosity toward Brooks, and claims that he killed his brother. An autopsy would determine whether Brooks's suspicion that Johnny's death was caused by an undiagnosed brain tumor is correct, but Ray won't allow it, and he's backed up by his brother George (Harry Bellaver) and initially by Johnny's ex-wife, Edie (Linda Darnell). She once had an affair with Ray, but she loathes him and has done what she can to escape the poor-white neighborhood, Beaver Canal, where she grew up and the Biddles still live. Ray spurs the rabble-rousers of Beaver Canal to start a race riot, but they are met with resistance from the Black neighborhoods. The film is a little over-plotted: The crux of the plot, the autopsy, gets resolved in a way that isn't entirely convincing, and the confrontation of Brooks and Ray Biddle arrives in what's almost a coda, as an anti-climax. Widmark is allowed to overact in the role of Ray, and Poitier has yet to acquire the confident presence that made him a star. The best performance in the film comes from a deglamorized Darnell, who gives Edie a real toughness and vulnerability, suggesting that her inclination to do the right thing is at war with her experience growing up in Beaver Canal. The film's portrayal of raw racism still has the power to shock: We rarely hear white actors use the N-word today, even when their roles as bigots might seem to require it, and I flinched when a white woman spat in the face of Poitier's character. It's weaker in the treatment of racial violence: No one on either side seems to have any guns. 

#No Way Out #Joseph L. Mankiewicz #Linda Darnell #Sidney Poitier #Richard Widmark

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

The Bloody Benders: America's First Family of Serial Killers

The Bender family, more well known as the Bloody Benders, were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in Labette County, Kansas, United States, from May 1871 to December 1872. The family consisted of John Bender, his wife Elvira and their son John Jr. and daughter Kate. 

In May 1871, the body of a man named Jones, who had his skull crushed and his throat cut, was discovered in Drum Creek. The owner of the Drum Creek claim was suspected, but no action was taken. In February 1872, the bodies of two men were found who had the same injuries as Jones. By 1873, reports of missing people who had passed through the area had become so common that travelers began to avoid the trail.

The area was already widely known for "horse thieves and villains," and vigilance committees often "arrested" some for the disappearances, only for them to be later released by the authorities. Many innocent men under suspicion were also run out of the county by these committees. In the winter of 1872, George Newton Longcor left Independence, Kansas with his infant daughter Mary Ann to resettle in Iowa; they were never seen again. In the spring of 1873, Longcor's former neighbor, Dr. William Henry York, went looking for them and questioned homesteaders along the trail. Dr. York reached Fort Scott, and on March 9 began the return journey to Independence, but never arrived.

Dr. York had two brothers: Ed York living in Fort Scott, and Colonel Alexander M. York, a Civil War veteran, lawyer, and member of the Kansas State Senate from Independence who, in November 1872, had been instrumental in exposing U.S. Senator Samuel C. Pomeroy's bribery of state legislators in his bid for re-election. Both knew of William's travel plans and, when he failed to return, an all-out search began for the missing doctor. Colonel York, leading a company of some 50 men, questioned every traveler along the trail and visited all the area homesteads.

On March 28, 1873, Colonel York arrived at the Benders' inn with a Mr. Johnson, explaining to them that his brother had gone missing and asked if they had seen him. They admitted Dr. York had stayed with them and suggested the possibility that he had run into trouble with Indians. Colonel York agreed that this was possible and remained for dinner. On April 3, Colonel York returned to the inn with armed men after being informed that a woman had fled from the inn after Elvira Bender had threatened her with knives. Elvira allegedly could not understand English, while the younger Benders denied the claim.

When York repeated the claim, Elvira became enraged, said the woman was a witch who had cursed her coffee, and ordered the men to leave her house, revealing for the first time that "her sense of the English language" was much better than was let on. Before York left, Kate asked him to return alone the following Friday night, and she would use her clairvoyant abilities to help him find his brother. The men with York were convinced the Benders and a neighboring family, the Roaches, were guilty and wanted to hang them all, but York insisted that evidence must be found.

Around the same time, neighboring communities began to make accusations that the Osage community was responsible for the disappearances, and Osage township arranged a meeting in the Harmony Grove schoolhouse. Seventy-five locals attended the meeting, including Colonel York and both John Bender Sr. and John Bender Jr. After discussing the disappearances, including that of William York, they agreed to obtain a warrant to search every homestead between Big Hill Creek and Drum Creek. Despite York's strong suspicions regarding the Benders since his visit several weeks earlier, no one had watched them, and it was not noticed for several days that they had fled.

Three days after the township meeting, Billy Tole was driving cattle past the Bender property when he noticed that the inn was abandoned and the farm animals were unfed. Tole reported the fact to the township trustee, but due to inclement weather, several days lapsed before the abandonment could be investigated. The township trustee called for volunteers, and several hundred turned out to form a search party that included Colonel York. When the party arrived at the inn they found the cabin empty of food, clothing, and personal possessions.

A bad odor was noticed and traced to a trap door underneath a bed, nailed shut. After opening the trap, the party found clotted blood on the floor of the empty room underneath, 6 feet (1.8 m) deep and 7 feet (2.1 m) square at the top by 3 feet (0.9 m) square at the bottom. They broke up the stone slab floor with sledgehammers, but found no bodies, and determined that the smell was from blood that had soaked into the soil. The men then physically lifted the cabin and moved it to the side to dig under it, but no bodies were found.

They then probed the ground around the cabin with a metal rod, especially in the disturbed soil of the vegetable garden and orchard, where Dr. York's body was found later that evening, buried face down with his feet barely below the surface. The probing continued until midnight, with another nine suspected grave sites marked before the men were satisfied they had found them all and retired for the night. The next morning, another eight bodies were found in seven of the nine suspected graves, while one was found in the well, along with a number of body parts. All but one had their heads bashed with a hammer and throats cut, and newspapers reported that all were "indecently mutilated." The body of a young girl was found with no injuries sufficient to cause death. It was speculated that she had been strangled or buried alive.

Word of the murders spread quickly, and more than three thousand people, including reporters from as far away as New York City and Chicago, visited the site. The Bender cabin was destroyed by souvenir hunters who took everything, including the bricks that lined the cellar and the stones lining the well.

It is conjectured that when a guest stayed at the Benders' bed and breakfast inn, the hosts would give the guest a seat of honor at the table that was positioned over a trap door into the cellar. With the victim's back to the curtain, Kate would distract the guest while John Bender or his son came from behind the curtain and struck the guest on the right side of the skull with a hammer. One of the women would cut the victim's throat to ensure death, and the body was then dropped through the trap door. Once in the cellar, the body would be stripped and later buried somewhere on the property, often in the orchard. Although some of the victims were wealthy, others carried little of value on them, and it was surmised that the Benders had killed them simply for the sheer thrill.

Testimony from people who had stayed at the Benders' inn and managed to escape before they could be killed appeared to support the presumed execution method of the Benders. William Pickering said that when he had refused to sit near the wagon cloth because of the stains on it, Kate Bender had threatened him with a knife, whereupon he fled the premises. A Catholic priest claimed to have seen one of the Bender men concealing a large hammer, at which point he became uncomfortable and quickly departed.

Two men who had traveled to the inn to experience Kate Bender's psychic powers stayed for dinner, but had refused to sit at the table next to the cloth, instead preferring to eat their meal at the main shop counter. Kate then became abusive toward them, and shortly afterward the Bender men emerged from behind the cloth. At this point the customers felt uneasy and decided to leave, a move that almost certainly saved their lives.

More than a dozen bullet holes were found in the roof and sides of the cabin. The media speculated that some of the victims had attempted to fight back after being hit with the hammer.

Several groups of vigilantes were formed to search for the Benders. Many stories say that one vigilante group actually caught the Benders and shot all of them but Kate, whom they burned alive. Another group claimed they had caught the Benders and lynched them before throwing their bodies into the Verdigris River. Yet another claimed to have killed the Benders during a gunfight and buried their bodies on the prairie. No one ever claimed the $3,000 reward ($67,858 as of 2022), however.

The story of the Benders' escape spread, and the search continued on and off for the next 50 years. Often two women traveling together were accused of being Kate Bender and her mother.

#bloody benders #true crime #Serial Killers #unsolved #crime

[notasfilosoficas]

“Las cadenas del hábito son generalmente demasiado débiles para que las sintamos, hasta que son demasiado fuertes para que podamos romperlas”

Samuel Johnson

Fue un poeta, ensayista, biógrafo, crítico literario y lexicógrafo inglés nacido en Lichfield Staffordshire en septiembre de 1709. 

Conocido como el Dr. Johnson, es una de las figuras más notables de Inglaterra y conocido como uno de los mejores críticos literarios en el idioma inglés. 

Fue autor del primer diccionario de la lengua inglesa, poseedor de un gran talento y una prosa de estilo inigualable.

Estudió en la universidad de Oxford, la cual abandonó debido a problemas económicos. Trabajó en condiciones difíciles como periodista y traductor en Birmingham y como maestro de escuela en su ciudad natal. 

En 1737 se trasladó a Londres en donde comenzó a escribir para una revista literaria. En 1755 tras nueve años de esfuerzo publicó el primer diccionario de la lengua inglesa. El Diccionario de Johnson fue muy importante en su tiempo y hoy en día es aclamado como “uno de los mayores logros de la erudición”.

Escribió numerosos ensayos y críticas literarias a la obra de William Shakespeare.

De carácter brusco, de estatura alta, de complexión robusta y un tanto desarreglado y afectado de tics y de gesticulaciones nerviosas, a veces desconcertaban a los que lo conocían. A raíz de la publicación de su diccionario, se convirtió en una celebridad y le fue concedido el título de Doctor, por parte del Trinity College de Dublín.

Su personalidad contrastaba con su profunda erudición, su brillante conversación y su aparente conservadurismo.

Jamás hizo fortuna, y vivió la mayor parte de su vida en precarias condiciones, fracasó en su intento de ser director de una escuela y fundó su propia escuela en Edial, a las afueras de Lichfield. El colegio fue un fracaso y le costó buena parte de sus ahorros, dedicándose a la escritura.

Como crítico literario, Johnson tuvo una influencia duradera, aunque no todo el mundo lo veía con buenos ojos. Sentó las bases del debate literario en lo concerniente a las figuras de Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, McPherson y Gray. Durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX la literatura secundaria empezó a ignorar los escritos de Johnson, y no fue que a partir de finales del siglo XIX que su figura como escritor y crítico literario comenzó a revitalizarse.

En el Reino Unido, la figura de Johnson sigue causando profunda admiración, y existen numerosas sociedades formadas en torno a su figura y legado, dedicadas al disfrute de su vida y obra. En 1999, el canal de television BBC Four, puso en marcha el premio Samuel Johnson como galardón de obras de no ficción.

Johnson cuenta con dos museos en el Reino Unido. El principal en su casa natal en Lichfield y alberga numerosos objetos personales, correspondencia y escritos. El segundo museo está en la casa en la que vivió entre 1748 y 1759 en Gough Square en Londres, así también hay un monumento en su honor en la Catedral de San Pablo en Londres.

Fuente: Wikipedia.

#frases #frases de escritores #poetas #citas de la vida #samuel johnson #inglaterra #londres #notas de vida #poesia #ensayista

[omniversalobservations]

Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six (1999)

The Machiavelli Club, mentioned on pages 34-35 of Gathering of the Sinister Six, as well as pages 162-163 of Revenge of the Sinister Six, was founded by Professor James Moriarty, from the Sherlock Holmes stories "The Final Problem," "The Adventure of the Empty House," and the novel The Valley of Fear.  Its members include various rogues from comic books, movies, prose fiction, and so forth:

* The waiter at the Macchiavelli Club is Henry from Asimov's BLACK WIDOWER stories. * Wilson Fisk (The Kingpin) * Obadiah Stane (The Iron Monger) from Iron Man. * Gruber brothers: Anton Gruber first appeared in the prose novel Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp (a sequel to his homosexual murder mystery The Detective).  Anton Gruber was basically a Baader-Meinof/Red Army Faction-style terrorist.  He was renamed Franz Gruber for the film Die Hard, while his brother Simon appeared in Die Hard With a Vengeance. * Doctor Fu Manchu is obviously "the long-lived oriental gentleman" that the Gentleman refers to.  (Although later on it is said that the Gentleman harbors prejudice against the Chinese, he makes no snide remarks about Doctor Fu Manchu.)  The Gentleman believes that Doctor Fu Manchu is dead due to the events of Master of Kung Fu #118, though he showed up alive and well in Marvel Knights I #4.  Marvel currently refers to him as the Ghost, due to licensing issues. * Auric is Auric Goldfinger, from the Ian Fleming novel.  Auric is derived from the Latin word for gold, from which its elemental symbol, Au, is derived. * Lex is Lex Luthor. * Justin Hammer is an Iron Man villain. * "The German Herr Taubman."  An alias used by a recurring villain called "The Deaf Man" in "The 87th Precinct" novels by Ed McBain.  Great novels BTW.  (Taubman is German for deaf man as I recall.)  Here's a clip from a fan site. * The Wrightsville Diedrich Van Horn is from the Ellery Queen novel Ten Day's Wonder, written by Ellery Queen.  (Ellery Queen was a sleuth created by two cousins who adopted his name as their pen name.  He went to a town called Wrightsville for vacations.  In the movies, Ralph Bellamy played Ellery Queen-Bellamy also appeared in two Eddie Murphy movies as one of the Duke brothers.) * Ras is Ra's Al Ghul, from the Distinguished Competition. * Soze is from the film The Usual Suspects. * Hannibal is Hannibal Lecter, from the novel Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, and later Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. * Carmen is Carmen San Diego from the computer game and cartoon show. * Mr. Glass is from the film Unbreakable, as played by Samuel Jackson. * Napier refers to the Jack Napier, the Joker, from the 1989 Batman film. * Ernst is Ernst Blofeld from the Ian Fleming novel Thunderball. * Randolph and Mortimer Duke are from two Eddie Murphy films, Trading Places and Coming to America.  While in both these films Randolph and Mortimer Duke, insider traders, were played by the same actors (Don Ameche and Ralph Bellamy), Eddie Murphy was not playing the same person in these films, which were otherwise unrelated.

Although not mentioned as a member of the Machiavelli Club, Caspar Gutman worked with the Gentleman in the past, per page 166 of Secret of the Sinister Six. Casper Gutman comes from the Dashiell Hammett novel The Maltese Falcon, published in 1929.

Source: Marvel Universe Appendix

Carmen Sandiego is part of the Machiavelli Club, along with Jack Napier, Hannibal Lecter and Mr. Glass. Among others. Moriarty was a founding member, and the Gruber Brothers and a villain from an Ellery Queen novel have been members. The Gentleman briefly converses with two brothers, Randolph and Mortimer, who made their money on the futures exchange, and wonders how they earned a place at the club as they are no more 'evil' than standard stockbrokers.

Though not mentioned by name, Clint Eastwood, Robert Downey Jr. and Sylvester Stallone are all heavily implied to be attending Brick Johnson's funeral.

The cast from Scooby-Doo shows up at the end of the final book.

The 27th Precinct's Detective Briscoe takes statements.

Dr. Christian Szell is an old associate of The Gentleman.

Quentin Beck passes Cassady and Jesse.

In the third book, the Gentleman credits the inspiration for his overall Evil Plan to be a late associate of his named Auric.

One of the police officers in the third book is implied to be the son of Marge Gunderson.

Source: TV Tropes

(image via Amazon)

#books #Spider-Man #Electro #Vulture #Doctor Octopus #Mysterio #Flint Marko #Kraven the Hunter #Sherlock Holmes #Die Hard #Fu Manchu #James Bond #Lex Luthor #The 87th Precinct #Ra's al Ghul #The Usual Suspects #Hannibal #Carmen Sandiego #Unbreakable #Joker #Trading Places

[raybizzle]

"No Way Out" (1950) is a brilliant noir film debuting the acting career of legendary Sidney Poitier and starring an excellent cast that includes Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, and Mildred Joanne Smith. The movie also features Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis in their first film together. By 1950, black actors with significant roles in Hollywood films were still uncommon, particularly in non-stereotypical roles such as medical doctors. Moreover, the Race Era was ending, so the opportunities for black actors mostly faded. However, a year before, James Edwards starred in "Home of the Brave," and Juano Hernadez starred in "Intruders in the Dust," which set a new trend for black male actors in Hollywood. In addition, the presence of Mildred Smith as the supportive and loving wife living in a middle-class family added to this new narrative. These subtle differences were giant leaps for Hollywood as it was risky for them to show black people other than stereotypical servants, field hands, mammies, Uncle Tom's, or slow-talking dimwits. So how does "No Way Out" differ from some of its precessors? "Home of the Brave" is about a black man in a war setting. "Lost Boundaries" and "Pinky" had a 'passing for white' theme with different story premises. "No Way Out" tells the story of a black man in a white man's everyday world as a professional. Darryl F. Zanuck produced the 1949 film "Pinky" and enthusiastically backed "No Way Out" after reading Lesser Samuels' script and soon assigned Joseph L. Mankiewicz to add his expertise in filmmaking. Zanuck wanted both movies made as they dealt with two different subject matters of black life. The search for a suitable actor for the black doctor Luther Brooks was a nationwide search by Zanuck and casting director William Gordon. Several dozen actors auditioned, but eventually, Gordon selected 23-year-old Poitier for the role. Ruby and Ossie Davies starred in the Broadway and American Negro Theatre play, "Anna Lucasta" for the West Coast road company, while Potier played lead in the Eastern show. However, the head of the American Negro Theatre of the New York Actors Guild, Fredrick O'Neal, was among the biggest supporters of the movie. He remarked: "It's the most honest (scripts) I have ever read on the subject. The resemblance between this story and life is strictly truthful." Overall, this movie has many layers, and if you're critical like I am, you'll see many social components addressed on race, class, and patriarchy. It's a beautiful cinematographic film with intense emotion and drama. The film dives into how hate blinds people from the truth, even when their life depends on it. Richard Widmark did a superb job in his challenging role as the hate-filled low-class criminal mourning the death of this brother and the symbolic end to his truths. And Linda Darnell, the bewildered damsel trying to figure out the world around her while struggling with her prejudices, did an excellent job in the movie. I highly recommend this film and all of its glory and energy. You will be satisfied. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels, Philip Yordan (contract writer) Starring Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Mildred Joanne Smith, Dots Johnson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Harry Bellaver, Stanley Ridges, Maude Simmons, Amanda Randolph Storyline When a white patient in a hospital dies under the care of a black intern (Sidney Poitier), the victim's racist brother (Richard Widmark) seeks to destroy the doctor's career. Although the hospital's idealistic Chief Resident (Stephen McNally) tries to diffuse the escalating tension, the victim's ex-wife (Linda Darnell) seems to go along with the vengeance-seeker until she realizes she's on the wrong side. https://www.daarac.ngo https://www.daaracarchive.org/2017/09/no-way-out-1950.html Available on Blu-ray (Region B only). https://www.amazon.com/Way-Blu-Ray-combo.../dp/B07BX6Q789 Available on DVD (Region A), but it's out of print. Also, on streaming services. https://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-Fox-Film-Noir/dp/B000CNE08S

[thexdesk]

TO: SAGE (re: the X-Force)

FROM: Emma Frost

SUBJECT: Guest List & Security

Hello, darling.

It’s that time of the year once more. The Hellfire Gala is upon us and we are elated to welcome humans, mutants and all others to Mykines Island to celebrate the partnership between humans and mutants. This year, we’ll be honoring those who benefit from our medicines and petals. Of course, I’d be remiss if I did not mention the recent bombshell that Cyclops so lovingly blew up in our faces regarding the secrets of mutant resurrections. We expect people to attempt to crash the Gala in an attempt to prove a point, and as a result the Five have been prohibited from attending. They are to stay in the Healing Gardens with a chaperone at all times.

Like last year, I must thank you and X-Force the services you’ll provide to keep the event safe and secure. Unlike last year, however, I request that you do not let anyone get murdered again. What happened with Wanda Maximoff cannot be repeated. Keeping that in mind, please reach out telepathically if there is an EMERGENCY of any sort. Both myself and the Cuckoo’s will be keeping our minds tuned in.

In the meanwhile, I have attached the guest list below. Please do not let ANYONE in who is not on the list. There is one exception: foreign diplomats and politicians were sent over separately for security purposes.

Do note that many guests will be attending masks or other disguises to preserve their secret identity. Verify their identities before they access the Gates.

With Love,

Emma Grace Frost, the White Queen

ASGARDIAN -- for unity and future prosperity: korg. loki. king valkyrie. 

AVENGERS -- for their work saving the universe time and time again: bruce banner. carol danvers. clinton barton. hope van dyne. samuel wilson. scott lang. spider-man. doctor stephen strange. thor odinson. valkyrie.

CELEBRITIES -- for their accomplishments in the social and cultural world: Audra McDonald. Conan O’Brien. Dua Lipa. Eminem. George R.R. Martin. Jimmy Kimmel. Justin Bieber. Lin Manuel Miranda.  Meryl Streep. Patton Oswalt. Rihanna. Saweetie. Saya Ishii. Seol Hee. Snoop Dogg. Taylor Swift. Virginia Potts [ click for more names ].

* Please note Kanye West has been uninvited.

CHAMPIONS -- for their resilience in the face of C.R.A.D.L.E. and the promotion of change: amadeus cho. amka aliyak. joaquin torres. lana baumgartner. ms. marvel. nadia van dyne. nova. red locust. riri williams. spider-man. starling. viv vision.

ETERNALS -- for fostering new relations: druig. eros. makkari. kingo. phastos. sersi. sprite. thena.

FANTASTIC FOUR -- for their heroic acts across the multiverse: ben grimm. johnny storm. susan storm. reed richards.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY -- for their work defending the galaxy: heather douglas. gamora. hercules. nebula. noh-varr. peter quill. phyla-vell. richard rider. rocket raccoon.

HEROES OF TOMORROW -- for those who serve the future: america chavez. ghost-spider. ate bishop. ms. marvel.

HONORED ACHIEVEMENTS -- for accomplishments in their field:  daimon hellstrom. elsa bloodstone. greer nelson. hank pym. janet van dyne. jennifer walters. madame web. marc spector. michael morbius. natasha romanoff. steven rogers. tony stark. wanda maximoff.

HUMAN REPRESENTATIVES -- for fostering ongoing relationships: mary jane watson. matthew murdock. michelle jones. patricia walker. 

INHUMANS -- for unity and future prosperity: blackagar boltagon. crystalia amaquelin. daisy johnson. gorgon. karnak. medusalith amaquelin.

PLUS ONES -- for the association to someone who is more special: brian braddock (meggan puceanu braddock). cassie lang (scott lang). felicia hardy (spider-man). jack russell (elsa bloodstone). katherine bishop (clinton barton). layla el-faouly (marc spector).

SANCTUM SANCTORUM -- for their work on magical defenses: clea strange. wong.

SHI’AR EMPIRE -- for unity and future prosperity: cal’ysee neramano. gladiator. xandra neramani.

WAKANDA --  for unity and future prosperity: nakia. okoye. shuri. t’challa.

STANDY BY -- the following have received an invite during the second round and barely made the cut: barbara morse. james buchanan barnes. monica rambeau. yelena belova.

ERROR: When attempting to invite Spider-man, three invites were sent out and accepted.

MUTANT GUESTS:

alex summers

amara aquilla

angelica jones

anna-marie lebeau

betsy braddock

bobby drake

emma frost

forge

gabby kinney

gwen poole

illyana rasputin

jean grey

jeanne-marie beaubier

jimmy hudson

kate pryde

kurt wagner

kwannon

laura kinney

laynia petrovna

logan howlett

lorna dane

madelyne pryor

max eisenhardt

megan gwynn

meggan puceanu braddock

neena thurman

nikolai krylenko

ororo munroe

rachel summers

raven darkholme

remy lebeau

scott summers

stepford cuckoos

tabitha smith

xi’an coy manh

#event: hellfire gala #hellfire gala: invites

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Doctor Lamont Blackwell

The Grand Alchemist is the leader of the Alchemical Syndicate, and heads up the Council of High Artificers. He is responsible for making the final decisions and shaping the direction of the organization, and presiding over the committee meetings. He is also in charge of overseeing the various departments and ensuring that all projects and experiments are carried out according to his specifications.

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Marcus Smith - Head of Logistics

Doctor Marcus Smith is a scientist who joined the Alchemical Syndicate out of a desire for knowledge and power. He is a dedicated researcher who seeks to push the limits of human capabilities through very safe experiments and care. He is a talented scientist and has risen quickly in the organization's ranks.

Ward Porter - Head of Research

Doctor Ward Porter is a former military doctor working for the Alchemical Syndicate. He was an exceptional doctor who became increasingly obsessed with pushing the boundaries of human capabilities to create a better world for humanity. He was drawn to the Alchemical Syndicates ideas and careful experimentation and became a key member of the organization.

Robert Taylor - Head of Personnel

Doctor Robert Taylor is a doctor who found himself at odds with the revolutionary practices of the Alchemical Syndicate. He is a highly skilled surgeon who was originally hired to perform delicate operations on subjects, but he was quickly promoted to being the Head of Personnel for his skill and dedication.

William Johnson - Head of Finance

Doctor William Johnson is one of the more powerful members in the Alchemical Syndicates. He has risen quickly in the ranks, driven by his ambition and cold, calculated nature, and he sees an opportunity to further elevate his status and help within the organization.

Samuel Martin - Head of Security

Doctor Samuel Martin is an aging veteran of the Alchemical Syndicates security team who has seen many things in his time. He is a hardened and pragmatic individual, known for his harsh and stoic attitude but also for his keen insight and shrewdness.

Anna Lee - Head of Medicine

Doctor Anna Lee is one of the most respected member in the Alchemical Syndicates. She has earned her place in the institution through hard work and strong dedication towards all the volunteers and patients. She is known for her calm and motherly demeanor that makes all the patients feel safe.

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Dr. Amy Thomas - Senior Artificer of Personnel and Training

Dr. Sarah Jones - Senior Artificer of Security and Intelligence

Dr. James Wilson - Senior Artificer of Research and Development

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[scotianostra]

Thomas Blacklock the Scottish poet was born November 10th, 1721.

Yesterday I told you about the deaf artist, Walter Geikle, who against the odds made a success of hi life, today, on a similar vein, it is The Blind Poet Thomas Blacklock.

Blacklock was a Scottish poet and scholar. His father was a bricklayer, and his mother was the daughter of Mr Richard Rae, a cattle dealer, For bricklayer I would probably guess he was more of a stonemason, given the era he was brought up im, but let’s not quibble about the dad, it’s the son we’re here to talk about.

He lost his sight as a result of smallpox when he was just six months old. At the age of 12, he began writing poetry, and due to the influence of some of his friends, he soon gained some reputation in Scotland and abroad as a blind poet with some promise.

By 1759 he had completed his theological studies, and he was licensed as a preacher in Dumfries, where he acquired a considerable reputation as a pulpit orator. He was appointed minister of Kirkcudbright, but was objected to by the parishioners on account of his blindness, and gave up the presentation on receiving an annuity. He later moved to Edinburgh, where he became a tutor, and in 1767 he was made a D.D. (Doctor of Divinity) from Marischal College in Aberdeen.

Blacklock's poems are mostly forgotten today, and his primary claim to fame is saving the life of poet Robert Burns by persuading him not to go to the West Indies, but to stay and publish his poems instead. The ship that Burns was supposed to travel with sank on its subsequent voyage with all lives lost, so yes he most certainly did save our Bard’s life!

According to Corey Andrews in The Genius of Scotland: The Cultural Production of Robert Burns, 1785-1834, "[Burns wrote, in an autobiographical letter to John Moore,] that 'a letter from Dr. Blacklock overthrew all my schemes by rousing by poetic ambition.' He confesses that 'the Doctor belonged to a set a Critics for whose applause I had not even dared to hope'."

Thomas seems to have been a very well liked man, according to Chambers' Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, "It has been said of Dr Blacklock that 'he never lost a friend, nor made a foe;' and perhaps no literary man ever passed through life so perfectly free from envious feeling, and so entirely respected and beloved.

 His conversation was lively and entertaining; his wit was acknowledged, but it had no tinge of malice; his temper was gentle, his feelings warm—intense; his whole character was one to which may be applied the epithet amiable, without any qualification."

I enjoy finding connections between our past “celebs”, like the one with Blaclock and Burns, but oor Blind Port also ties in with the subject of a post at the tail end of last month, James Boswell.

Blacklock visited Boswell for breakfast in August, 1773, during Samuel Johnson's stay in Edinburgh, shortly before Johnson and Boswell set out on their tour of Scotland. According to Boswell, in Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Sir William Forbes "brought with him Dr Blacklock, whom he introduced to Dr Johnson, who received him with a most humane complacency: “Dear Dr Blacklock, I am glad to see you!” Blacklock seemed to be much surprised when Dr Johnson said it was easier to him to write poetry than to compose his Dictionary. [...] Dr Blacklock spoke of scepticism in morals and religion with apparent uneasiness, as if he wished for more certainty."

The building in which he lived (at the corner Chapel Street and West Nicholson) now contains several pubs including The Peartree and The Blind Poet (the walls of which are decorated with a number of Blacklock’s poems). The Peartree has one of the best beer gardens in Edinburgh. 

Thomas Blacklock died at his home, and was buried just round the corner from his house in the churchyard of St Cuthbert’s Chapel of Ease, now called Buccleuch Parish Church it is the oldest ecclesiastical building on the south side of Edinburgh.

#Scotland #scottish #poet #minister #history

[troylambert]

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* original character. ** written as an original character.

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[remixinc]

Real Estate - Paper Cup (Director's Cut) from Nick Roney on Vimeo.

Party time is all the time...

Directed by Nick Roney for Stink Films & Callen

STINK FILMS Executive Producers — Ryland Burns, Katie Lambert, & Martha McGuirk

CALLEN CCO — Craig Allen Creatives — Matt Nall / Kyle Davis Executive Producer — Mike Davidson

NAMESAKE CONTENT Producer — Elisha Gustafson

Director of Photography — Christopher Ripley 1st AC — Jordan Utley & Spencer Goff 2nd AC — Chris Hammock & Brenna Empey Camera PA — Corbin Dallin Gaffer — Brent Rowland & Jared Jaynes Best Boy Electric — Josh Miller Key Grip — AJ Beer Dolly Grip — Elias Jeppeson Grip — Camille Johnson & Christian Spangler

Production Designer — Cortni Wimberley & Meg Cabell Propmaster — Emma Swenson Art PA — Jaimy Lee Special Effects: Roundy SPFX Animatronic Designer: Chris Hanson Graphics: Tiffany Wardle

Wardrobe Stylist — Subrina Mohr & Lianna Hartley Wardrobe Assistant — Ciera Perry HMU — Subrina Mohr SPFX Makeup — Laura Hendricks

1st AD — Tyson Whitney PAs — Gaylen Smith, Austin Farmer, McKenzie Smith, Nathan Smith, Matt Gagnon, Stephen St. Peter, Duncan Biles, Beth Kearsley, April Stromberg Choreographer — Naomi Pacheco

Editor — Dusten Zimmerman Post House — Exile Edit VFX Supervisor — Ryan Game VFX Artists — Alex Budlan, John Bashyam, Geoff Stephenson CGI Artist — Vicki Juhasz Colorist — Chris Ripley Sound Designer — Shaun Yee

CAST Chipper — James Morris Chipper Stand Ins — John Anderson & Renny Wardle Devin — Alex Weyerstall Bully — Jagger Woolstenhulme Employee — Martin Courtney Doctor — Palmer Scott Bus Stop Woman — Robin Wardle Kids — Quinn Gustafson, Jonah Hashimoto, Rhythm Pacheco, Samuel Hashimoto, Reiken Barber, Damon Clement, Owen Clement Birthday Party Dad — Craig Allen

[notasfilosoficas]

“Las grandes obras son hechas no con la fuerza, sino con la perseverancia”

Samuel Johnson 

Fue un poeta, ensayista, biógrafo, crítico literario y lexicógrafo inglés nacido en Lichfield Staffordshire en septiembre de 1709. 

Conocido como el Dr. Johnson, es una de las figuras más notables de Inglaterra y conocido como uno de los mejores críticos literarios en el idioma inglés. 

Fue autor del primer diccionario de la lengua inglesa, poseedor de un gran talento y una prosa de estilo inigualable.

Estudió en la universidad de Oxford la cual abandonó debido a problemas económicos. Trabajó en condiciones difíciles como periodista y traductor en Birmingham y como maestro de escuela en su ciudad natal. 

En 1737 se trasladó a Londres en donde comenzó a escribir para una revista literaria. En 1755 tras nueve años de esfuerzo publicó el primer diccionario de la lengua inglesa. El Diccionario de Johnson fue muy importante en su tiempo y hoy en día es aclamado como “uno de los mayores logros de la erudición”.

Escribió numerosos ensayos y críticas literarias a la obra de William Shakespeare.

De carácter brusco, de estatura alta, de complexión robusta y un tanto desarreglado y afectado de tics y de gesticulaciones nerviosas a veces desconcertaban a los que lo conocían. A raíz de la publicación de su diccionario, se convirtió en una celebridad y le fue concedido el título de Doctor, por parte del Trinity College de Dublín.

Su personalidad contrastaba con su profunda erudición, su brillante conversación y su aparente conservadurismo.

Jamás hizo fortuna y vivió la mayor parte de su vida en precarias condiciones, fracasó en su intento de ser director de una escuela y fundó su propia escuela en Edial, a las afueras de Lichfield. El colegio fue un fracaso y le costó buena parte de sus ahorros, dedicándose a la escritura.

Como crítico literario, Johnson tuvo una influencia duradera, aunque no todo el mundo lo veía con buenos ojos, y sentó las bases del debate literario en lo concerniente a las figuras de Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, McPherson y Gray. Durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX la literatura secundaria empezó a ignorar los escritos de Johnson, y no fue que a partir de finales del siglo XIX que su figura como escritor y crítico literario comenzó a revitalizarse.

En el Reino Unido, la figura de Johnson sigue causando profunda admiración, y existen numerosas sociedades formadas en torno a su figura y legado, dedicadas al disfrute de su vida y obra y en 1999 el canal de television BBC Four, puso en marcha el premio Samuel Johnson como galardón de obras de no ficción.

Johnson cuenta con dos museos en el Reino Unido. El principal en su casa natal en Lichfield y alberga numerosos objetos personales, correspondencia y escritos. El segundo museo está en la casa en la que vivió entre 1748 y 1759 en Gough Square en Londres, asistencia también hay un monumento en su honor en la Catedral de San Pablo en Londres.

Fuente: Wikipedia.

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