#gary mcdonald is the commentator

[dozydawn]

nothing is cuntier to me than 90s dancesport. this commentator’s catty comment about a guy’s backbend while miss thing in the red dress moves perfectly with the music... i could watch this forever

#gary mcdonald is the commentator #‘‘​​i don’t like that backbend from matthew there he almost looks like he’s gonna fall off balance’’ #i wish adult animation was a legitimate media in the west it’s the perfect solution to actors who can’t dance & vice versa #i know ​an animated dancesport period drama is a pipe dream #latin dance #dancesport #1990s

[ya-world-challenge]

YA Books from 🇦🇺 Australia (mostly indigenous)

Continuing the country lists for the YA World Challenge! Firstly, there is no way I can list all the YA books from Australia - there's too many! For that reason, I'm sticking to indigenous books only for the individual books list.

If you want to find more Aussie authors, look for the #LoveOZYA tag, google some lists, browse some goodreads lists, and follow @thereadingchallengechallenge. Also check out the following anthologies to find your new favorite Aussie author:

Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories Hometown Haunts: #LoveOzYA Horror Tales Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology Underdog: #LoveOzYA Short Stories Meet Me at the Intersection

Indigenous YA The Things She's Seen, Amebelin & Ezekiel Kwaymullina (alt. Catching Teller Crow) 💚🦋 The Boy From the Mish, Gary Lonesborough (alt. Ready When You Are) 💚🌈 The Upwelling, Lystra Rose 💚🦋 Tracks of the Missing, Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler 💚🦋 Swallow the Air, Tara June Winch 💚 Ghost Bird, Lisa Fuller 💚🦋 Songs That Sound Like Blood, Jared Thomas 💚🌈 Calypso Summer, Jared Thomas 💚 Sweet Guy, Jared Thomas 💚 My Spare Heart, Jared Thomas 💚 The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, Amebelin Kwaymullina (series) 💚🦋 Secrets from the Dust, George Hamilton ⌛ My Father's Shadow, Jannali Jones 💚 Too Flash, Melissa Lucashenko 💚 Killing Darcy, Melissa Lucashenko 💚 Grace Beside Me, Sue McPherson 💚 Brontide, Sue McPherson 💚 Wraith, Shane Smithers & Alex Smithers 💚🦋 Fog a Dox, Bruce Pascoe 💚 Njunjul The Sun, Meme McDonald Shauna's Great Expectations, Kathleen Loughnan

Middle Grade Bindi, Kirli Saunders 💚 Sister Heart, Sally Morgan 💚 Black Cockatoo, Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler 💚 Ubby's Underdogs, Brenton E. McKenna (GN) 💚 Wombat, mudlark and other stories, Helen Milroy 💚 Wylah the Koorie Warrior, Jordan Gould, Richard Pritchard

Memoir & Nonfiction Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia, Various Authors 💚 Remembered By Heart: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing, Various Authors 💚 Blakwork, Alison Whittaker 💚 Jandamarra & the Bunuba Resistance: A True Australian Hero, Howard Pedersen⌛

Coming of Age Becoming Kirrali Lewis, Jane Harrison 💚⌛

💚 First Nations Author (based on author's bios, may be missing data) 🛩️ Immigrant or diaspora 🏖️ non-native characters in or about the country (ex. vacation/adventure) ⌛ Historical 🦋 Fantasy or Paranormal 🌈 LGBT

If you know of more titles I could add, just leave a comment! (I hope my sources weren't too outdated)

#book list #australia #ya world challenge #reading books #ya books #booklr #bookblr #bookish #book recs #indigenous #loveozya

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Nicholas Britell (b. 1980) Succession (Piano Solo arr. sheet music)

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Nicholas Britell (born 1980)

Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American film and television composer. He has received numerous accolades including a Emmy Award as well as nominations for three Academy Awards, and a Grammy Award. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Barry Jenkins' Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), and Adam McKay's Don't Look Up (2021). He also scored McKay's The Big Short (2015), and Vice (2018). He is also known for scoring Battle of the Sexes (2017), Cruella (2021), and She Said (2022). The HBO original series Succession (2018–2023) marked Britell's entry into television. Britell scored all four seasons, earning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music in 2019. His score for the second and third season in Succession each earned Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series nominations in 2020 and 2022. His score for The Underground Railroad was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special in 2021. His works, as described by Soraya McDonald of Film Comment, "seem to organically straddle accessibility and sophistication in a way that goes beyond the typical programming of a big-city pops orchestra…That might have something to do with the fact that Britell has long had one foot in the world of hip-hop and another in the world of classical music."

Nicholas Britell is a Steinway Artist and a Creative Associate of the Juilliard School. In December 2018, it was announced that Britell would be a part of Esa-Pekka Salonen's newly formed creative collective "brain trust" as Salonen takes the reins as music director of the San Francisco Symphony. Filmography As performer Year Title Director 2008 Eve Natalie Portman As composer Film Year Title Director 2008 New York, I Love You Natalie Portman 2012 Haiti: Where Did the Money Go Michele Mitchell Gimme the Loot Adam Leon 2013 12 Years a Slave (additional music by) Steve McQueen 2015 The Seventh Fire Jack Pettibone Riccobono A Tale of Love and Darkness Natalie Portman The Big Short Adam McKay 2016 Free State of Jones Gary Ross Moonlight Barry Jenkins Tramps Adam Leon 2017 Battle of the Sexes Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins Vice Adam McKay 2019 The King David Michôd 2021 Cruella Craig Gillespie Italian Studies Adam Leon Don't Look Up Adam McKay 2022 Carmen Benjamin Millepied She Said Maria Schrader Television Year Title Notes 2018–2023 Succession 29 episodes 2021 The Underground Railroad 10 episodes Ziwe Theme music by 2022 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty 10 episodes Andor 12 episodes Read the full article

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[grandpeanutchild]

cheese fries restaurant

In France, steak frites, which translates "steak and fries" in English, may be a prolific dish throughout the country's brasseries. cheese fries restaurant While the sort of steak and sauce utilized in the preparation has changed over time and between countries, the quintessential French fry is an everlasting factor.  

BUT WHY THE POPULARITY

So why are french-fried potatoes so popular? Certainly there are other side dishes that might pair well with a protein. While speculative, it's believed that french-fried potatoes first gained a following in Europe, popularized by dishes including the aforementioned steak frites and moules-frites. Subsequently, french-fried potatoes became fashionable American soldiers stationed overseas during war I. once they returned home, they sought their new favorite snack to no avail. At this point , however, America was witnessing the renaissance of the fashionable nutriment restaurant. Inexpensive to organize and with an already established clientele, White Castle began offering french-fried potatoes with their hamburgers. The rest, as they assert , is history.

The French fry's meteoric rise from a humble fish-substitute to the world's quintessential culinary accompaniment has been an extended time within the making. Thus, we encourage you to celebrate (and, of course, eat) the world's greatest and most venerated entremots .The Quora recipe took 3 days but mostly zero effort. The post was short on details, so I invented them as I went by . the primary thing I noticed was that they discolored while drying within the fridge. After frying, they recolored themselves but appeared to be the smallest amount crispy, and thus , most disappointing of the bunch. As I ate more and more of them however, it ended up that that they had the simplest , most potatoey flavor and satisfying crisp (as against the boom-in-your-face crunch of the opposite two). I felt like I could eat endless amounts of those guys, which made them the winner for meKenji’s fries take 2 days and are specified to be shoestring sized, so I followed his recipe to a tee. His came out more intact than Heston’s but still broken, I’m unsure how he managed to avoid the broken ones on a high heat boil, but i think that’s why his lead photo is merely of 12 intact french-fried potatoes . within the end, the recipe was about twice as involved as Heston’s, with vinegar and agitation needed, but looked and tasted better with more intact fries (marginally more intact).

The easiest thanks to make homemade french-fried potatoes - www.iamafoodblog.com Random Quora Dude’s Method

The Quora recipe took 3 days but mostly zero effort. The post was short on details, so I invented them as I went by . the primary thing I noticed was that they discolored while drying within the fridge. After frying, they recolored themselves but appeared to be the smallest amount crispy, and thus , most disappointing of the bunch. As I ate more and more of them however, it ended up that that they had the simplest , most potatoey flavor and satisfying crisp (as against the boom-in-your-face crunch of the opposite two). I felt like I could eat endless amounts of those guys, which made them the winner on behalf of me .

Thinking that I could optimize on this recipe, i attempted condensing the method into one long day. By 10pm that night, I ended up with soggy fries that couldn’t hold a candle to their 3 day brethren. Something magical seems to happen on the third day.

Was this easier than simply throwing some Ore-Ida or McCains fries within the oven? No, but it had been far, much more satisfying, and I’m guessing either (or both) Steph or i will be able to be improving this recipe as time goes by, until at some point we’ll just effortlessly be ready to throw together a simple batch of french-fried potatoes which will rival the simplest french restaurants, or McDonalds.

Do you guys have an honest french fry recipe? I’m all ears.

Potato love -Mike

The easiest thanks to make homemade french-fried potatoes - www.iamafoodblog.com

HOW TO MAKE french-fried potatoes reception 1 POTATO PER PERSONPREP TIME: 3 DAYSCOOK TIME: 3 MINUTESTOTAL TIME: 3 DAYS and three MINUTES Large russet potatoes, dig 1/4″ shoestrings Oil for frying Salt

Soak your potatoes for 30 mins to 1hr. Blot dry with a towel and arrange on rack. Dry in refrigerator overnight.

The next day, heat your oil to 375°F. Ensure your potatoes are completely dry (dry with paper towels if needed). Fry your potatoes for exactly 1 minute. Drain and place back on rack, and dry in fridge overnight.

On the ultimate day, heat your oil copy to 375°F. Blot dry any excess oil on your potatoes with a towel , then fry for exactly two minutes. Drain on a rack, salt immediately, and luxuriate in as soon as possible.

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5 COMMENTS Peppermint Dolly says: June 8, 2017 at 12:44 am I don’t know if it’d be a weekly occurrence with such a lot prep involved, but still, I’m intrigued to offer it a go!!

Rebecca xx http://www.peppermintdolly.com

Reply Rachael @Rachael's Foodie Life says: June 8, 2017 at 1:49 am It seems like you're making my dreams come true. I even have had numerous fakes attempts at french-fried potatoes reception that I had given up hope. But I can’t wait to undertake these!!

Reply irene says: June 8, 2017 at 6:49 am This is very informative. Are the potatoes soaked in warm or cold water for the 30 -1hr period? How are they dried overnight within the refridgerator, in an open plastic container or left open?

Reply Ruby says: June 10, 2017 at 8:30 pm oh no – the very easiest method (and delicious too) is that the America’s Test Kitchen way of putting shoestrings in room temp oil and bringing it up to boil on high heat. It never sputters or spits and you simply stir them once. Hey presto – perfect fries

Reply gary says: June 11, 2017 at 8:34 pm These make me insane they're so good (use peanut oil), we make them once every week probably: https://smittenkitchen.com/2017/03/easiest-french-fries/

In addition to being the simplest fries ever to return out of my kitchen, included triple fried,etc., they're far and away the simplest . I even have been telling everyone i do know to form these!

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Here's Part 2

enjoy

Jacob

October 11, 2040 - 03:12 AM

Hereford, UK

His decision was abrupt, he left so many loose ends without even thinking about what to do with them. He didn't even said goodbye to his Mum.

After the shocking truth, Jacob burst into his room and began packing his important things, his savings and the journal he's supposed to return later that day. He's always been good at stealthily escaping through the window that today felt nothing out of the ordinary, except the fact that he's adopted or he's a child from another father. But he knows his mum is a pure soul, he believed that she'd never do that. But if those words did come out of her mouth then he had no choice but to escape the reality. He hated it.

Dashing across the silent streets of his neighborhood, he ran as fast as he could. Ignoring the cold breeze of the dawn and the idea of running out of breath, he ran to whichever the road took him, as long as his away from the place he's no longer welcome to.

About a few hours later he found himself on a table of a nearby McDonalds, with a cup of joe in front of him. The journal was open and he really invested himself on the adventures of the owner. It was indeed classified, but it was already history. This guy worked for the safety of everyone back when Vladimir Makarov was wreaking havoc across Europe, atleast that's what he assumed, just from the few pages.

It felt like a magazine with a diary of some sort, each page giving away information, map layouts along with snarky comments between his crew.

A shadow stood just beside his table.

"You know it's not good to read on someone else's diary, you know?" Jacob shuffled and closed the journal.

"Ah. Harper. I was just curious. Who isn't at this point?" he scratched his head laughing, sliding it to Harper.

"What about you? Haven't you seen the contents of the Journal?" he asked, waving his eyebrows as if trying to catch a culprit.

"I would never!" Harper quickly grabbed the journal.

"Grandpa told me it's one of his memorable possessions. He's looking for someone who should look at it, but ever since his age messed up his memory, all he could do is hold on to it." Harper explained, mopping the floor while doing so. Jacob recalls that she does work here part time, same time as you before you quit.

"Aren't you supposed to be somewhere else, Jacob?" she grinned mischievously, of course she knows he's late for his own job.

"I'm calling today off. I haven't had much sleep and I'll be looking for a place to stay."

"A place to stay? What happened to your house? Got into another trouble with your Dad again?" a worried look was all she could show.

"Yeah. Something along that thought." Jacob quickly downed his coffee and stood up. He wasn't ready for that kind of talk, so he did what he does best. Escape.

***

The busy streets of the city didn't distract Jacob at all, he was eager to look for some place to stay on, preferably under budget. Taking a quick break, he leans by a nearby pole and lands his eyes on an ad.

Looking for male roommate, along with an address and number. This was his lucky day, he quickly located the apartment and contacted the person he's looking for, swiping away notifications from his mom and not real father. With a glimmer of hope in his eyes, he ventures forth to a new life ahead of him.

Welcoming him in his new apartment was a blonde guy, shorter than him, wearing square glasses with freckles all over his nose and cheeks. Judging from his built, he might've been the same age as him.

"You're the ad guy! Nice to meet you. I'm Garrett." he greeted, extending an arm. Jacob was sure he's British, meaning he must've come here from London or somewhere south.

"Hey Garrett. I'm Jacob." he shook his hand along with the reply, taking a peek at his would be home. He quickly assumes it as his own, it's location is just close by where he works, the rent agreement sounds fair and achievable at his current state and Garrett seems to be a nice guy.

"What's brings you to this beautiful place?" Jacob asks, looking around at all the boxes scattered across the room.

Garrett pauses for a while, flipping over a binder he created for the rent agreement.

"Well, I've lost hope and I took a step on a new life..." he trailed, Jacob raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"My big brother always told me to keep pushing forward no matter what life throws at you, years ago he was assigned on a very special mission. I could still see the excitement in his eyes when he told Mom and Dad about it. Little did we all know it was the last time we'll see im again." He hands over a picture of him and his brother, same blonde, hair, he was taller and wore a military uniform.

"Sargeant Gary Sanderson. His mates call him Roach." he chuckled. "I have no idea why, but it kinda just fits sometimes." Garrett wasn't one for crying, but Jacob could feel the sudden mood drop around the room.

"But hey, I haven't given up hope yet. He probably just forgot where he is. All that gunshots and explosives and all. It's just... maybe, just maybe he's still out here... The best thing I could do is hope eh?" He looks at Jacob with a hopeful smile, masking the sadness trying to reveal underneath hid facade.

#horrayfic #horrayfic wip

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Les moyens de gagner de l’argent rapidement en ligne pour les débutants complets

Comment gagner de l’argent rapidement en ligne pour les débutants ? Cet article va répondre à la question la plus pressante "comment gagner de l’argent rapidement en ligne pour les débutants ? » La plupart des gens pensent que " gagner de l’argent rapidement en ligne" est réservé aux chômeurs et aux personnes qui s'ennuient. Nous avons en quelque sorte tendance à imaginer de jeunes mamans ou des étudiants essayant de gagner un peu d'argent en bloguant ou en posant sur les médias sociaux.

La plupart des gens se lancent sans savoir comment. Gagner de l’argent rapidement à domicile peut être une excellente idée si vous comprenez comment vous y prendre. Imaginez avoir un flux de revenus régulier grâce à une activité en ligne, et les possibilités illimitées que cela peut créer pour vous. Cela ne vaut-il pas la peine d'y consacrer un peu de temps ?

1 - Rédaction en freelance

Il existe plusieurs façons de gagner de l’argent rapidement sur Internet, et l'un des meilleurs est la rédaction en freelance. C'est une bonne option, car il y a toujours une demande de contenu, et cela vous permet de travailler depuis chez vous. Parmi les autres options disponibles pour ceux qui cherchent à gagner de l’argent rapidement sur Internet, citons la rédaction d'articles et le blogging. Vous pouvez gagner entre 5 et 500 euros par article (voir 1000 euros, si vous écrivez pour les meilleurs blogs). Vous n'avez pas besoin d'avoir votre propre site Web ou quoi que ce soit pour commencer, il vous suffit de chercher sur Google des sites Web qui vous paient pour écrire.

2 - Vendez vos vieilles affaires

Une autre façon pour de nombreuses femmes (et pas seulement elles !) de gagner de l’argent rapidement supplémentaire est de vendre des objets d'occasion en ligne. Vous pouvez vendre par l'intermédiaire de différents groupes Facebook (ils ont des places de marché spéciales) ou sur des sites Web comme craigslist.org. Ce qui peut ressembler à un vieux bol en céramique pour vous peut être un objet vintage inestimable pour quelqu'un d'autre. Même le millionnaire Gary Vaynerchuk gagne de l'argent supplémentaire grâce aux ventes de garage !

3 - Coaching

Si vous avez une expertise dans un domaine particulier, vous pouvez utiliser Internet pour créer une entreprise de coaching. Le montant que vous gagnerez dépendra de la niche dans laquelle vous vous trouverez. Si l'on se réfère à des statistiques récentes, les mentors exécutifs facturent 325 euros de l'heure (en moyenne), tandis que les formateurs commerciaux gagnent environ 235 euros de l'heure. D'autre part, les "coachs de vie" peuvent facturer environ 160 euros de l'heure. À moins que vous ne soyez Tony Robbins, bien sûr, et que vous facturiez 1 million d’euros par séance de coaching.

4 - Écrire un livre

Ce n'est peut-être pas pour tout le monde, car nous ne possédons pas tous des talents d'écrivain. Néanmoins, si vous avez une maitrise parfaite de la langue anglaise et que vous élaborez vos pensées de manière cohérente, vous êtes déjà dans le top 20% des écrivains du monde.

5 - Markéting d'affiliation

La beauté du markéting d'affiliation est que vous n'avez pas besoin de posséder un site Web à fort trafic pour vous lancer. Si vous jouez bien vos cartes, vous pouvez proposer des produits à vos amis et à votre famille sur Facebook par le biais de vos liens d'affiliation et générer un petit revenu secondaire à partir de leurs achats. Vous ne voulez évidemment pas spammer qui que ce soit ni les supplier d'utiliser votre lien avant d'acheter. Cependant, vous pouvez promouvoir des produits que vous utilisez déjà et dont vous êtes satisfait. De cette façon, vous finissez par recommander des produits et des services de manière authentique, sans avoir l'air de faire de l'obstruction.

6 - Participez à des enquêtes

Cela peut être ennuyeux et réservé à ceux qui s'ennuient et ont beaucoup de temps libre. Répondre à des enquêtes peut rapporter gros, surtout si vous vivez dans un pays anglophone. Vous pouvez gagner jusqu'à 250 € de revenu supplémentaire facile, simplement en donnant votre avis, ce qui n'est pas si mal.

7 - Devenez assistant virtuel

Sur des sites de microniches comme Fiverr, Zirtual et Upwork, vous pouvez devenir l'assistant virtuel de quelqu'un. Ceux qui ont déjà porté leur activité à un niveau supérieur et qui ont trop de choses à faire engagent souvent un assistant virtuel qui répond aux appels (qui vous sont transmis en ligne) ou gère les e-mails, les demandes, etc. Si cela ne vous dérange pas d'avoir un emploi du temps chargé pour résoudre l'agenda de quelqu'un d'autre, cela peut être une activité secondaire intéressante. Les assistants virtuels haut de gamme gagnent entre 50 et 100 euros de l'heure, mais si vous débutez, 10 euros peuvent être un bon salaire. C'est toujours mieux que d'emballer des hamburgers chez McDonald's !

8 - Tutorat en ligne

Ce travail est plus approprié si vous aimez les enfants, car la plupart de vos clients seront jeunes. Surtout dans la réalité d'aujourd'hui et après la crise du coronavirus, lorsque les gens sont réticents à faire des rencontres sociales, de nombreux enfants ont besoin de cours particuliers supplémentaires pour s'assurer que leur scolarisation à domicile ne se traduira pas par un fiasco éducatif. Vous aurez des horaires de travail flexibles et pourrez généralement facturer à partir de 20 euros de l'heure pour un tutorat de base et augmenter en fonction de votre niveau d'expertise.

9 - Devenez un bêtatesteur

En fonction de vos compétences, je réalise que tout le monde n'est pas à l'aise avec la technologie, mais vous pouvez bêtatester divers programmes, logiciels (même les logiciels de markéting d'affiliation), sites Web ou interfaces utilisateurs. Encore une fois, c'est similaire à la participation à des enquêtes, sauf que cela requiert votre participation active, votre attention et un retour d'information continu.

10 - Rédiger des critiques

Oui, tous les avis auxquels vous vous fiez toujours lorsque vous achetez quelque chose - la plupart d'entre eux sont sponsorisés. Cela ne veut pas dire qu'ils sont faux ou non authentiques ; de simples personnes ont été incitées à essayer le produit et à laisser un commentaire basé sur leur expérience. C'est peut-être une activité qui prend du temps, mais si vous combinez tous les conseils que nous avons réunis aujourd'hui et commencez à gagner de l’argent rapidement en ligne en utilisant au moins 5 d'entre eux, vous pouvez commencer à gagner un revenu supplémentaire décent pour couvrir les factures, et vous n'avez même pas besoin d'avoir un site Web ou de vous plonger dans des stratégies de markéting en ligne.

[mokkemusic]

TAC gang at McDonalds

This was inspired by a tweet and then @pok3n commented and then all I kept thinking of was the TAC gang at McDonalds and I had to tell her so I did.. and it was too good not to share she said. So... I’m sharing it. But just to be clear I own none of this. This fabulous universe was created by @pkmncoordinators and both TACI & TACII are the best stories I have ever read! Thank you so much for them! Anyway.. 

Just a little fun the TAC gang at McDonalds head cannon...

Ash: Wait a minute, I don’t get why they call a kids meal a happy meal? Your eating food .. shouldn’t the word happy already be implied?”

Paul drops his soda cup down deadpan expression looking at Ash Gary chuckles to himself while dangling a French Fry over Leafs face.

Leaf’s aggressively biting her soda straw wondering how in the heck she ended up here glaring at Gary.

Misty would take notice but she’s too busy arguing with the guy behind the counter who got her order wrong. Ash sighs to himself and goes over to try and ease her back to where the group is “happily” enjoying their meal .. cause they just had to listen to Barry who was insistent! So no one would kill him, designated driver Gary pulled into the nearest food joint and that’s how they ended up here.

May’s obvious scarfing down her 20 piece nuggets.. along with her large fry and milkshake. Drew nudgingly slides his unfinished thing of fries over to her and she looks like she’s about to burst into happy tears when he pours the rest of his own shake into her cup. :,)

Now that Misty’s away from the counter Barry goes up to the cashier cause he noticed he didn’t get the right change .. threatening once again to fine someone (that would make 20 times today not counting the 15 in the car ride over) Trip is taking pictures of his soggy burger while Ritchie is feeding his fries to Sparky. Just then something catches Ash’s Pikachu’s eye...

 .. could it be? .. it’s .. it’s .. 

the ketchup packet In Ritchie’s hand!

I hope it was ok this little head cannon just came to me insp by your fantastic fic @pkmncoordinators PS. I can't wait for more TAC hopefully coming soon! 

#head cannon #pkmncoordinators #it was just just something funny after seeing your tweet on twitter that made me somehow come up with this lol #pokeshipping #contestshipping #oldrivalshipping #ash ketchum #misty waterflower #gary oak #leaf #ritchie #paul #trip #drew #may #tac

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday actor Joe McFadden born October 1975 in Glasgow.

Quite a topical post McFadden won the 2017 series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing with dance partner Katya Jones, who has been in the news the past few days......

He was educated at Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow, where a drama teacher recognised his talent and recommended him for a part in Taggart aged just 12. Joe followed this with various Scottish stage, film and television roles including 24 episodes of the old Scottishsoap High Road as Gary McDonald before the leading role Prentice McHoan in the excellent 'The Crow Road"(for which he was nominated for a BAFTA) before moving to London and joining the original London production of the Tony award winning musical Rent as the narrator, Mark Cohen.

He has appeared in notable stage productions for The Royal Court, National Theatre Of Scotland and played the title role of 'Aladdin' at The Old Vic theatre opposite Sir Ian McKellen On television he has played many memorable roles in various hit television shows including the lead policeman, PC Joe Mason in ITV's 'Heartbeat' and also the brilliant trauma surgeon Raffaelo (Raf) Di Lucca in BBC hospital drama 'Holby City'

IMDb have nothing new on Joe since he was killed off after 142 episodes of Holby. Joe recently commented: ‘There haven’t been any job offers. There have been some discussions but nothing solid at all. I don’t know what I’m going to do.’

#Scotland #Scottish #Actor

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I think I got shadowbanned on the Reuter’s feed. Great name for a shitty band by the way. Made two versions of a comment I can’t edit or see that keeps getting flailed by wannabe political pundits calling me “Mr.” Can’t have a politician discussion without a gendered response I guess. The point? Why are we spending money we could have used for disaster relief from COVID to fight somebody else’s war. I know. Real incendiary. It feels really off a comedian president of a foreign nation state is addressing our congress. What is this Saturday night live diplomacy? I’ve been trying to hail them myself like an uber during peak rush. The pandemic isn’t over if you have major for profit drug companies telling us we need a fourth shot. I’ve been out there without a mask myself since the mandate lifted. I barely interact with people at a close distance. I don’t remember the last time I had a real hug. And you know I’ve been through shit if I extend my tax deadline and file for a gun card the same day. Still no credible job offers. I did collaborate on a document on telework on LinkedIn. Those kind of interactions keep my sane. Mostly asking for remote management advice. The one thing that interaction did do was make me think about changing my job title. I dropped the blockchain part of it. I’m now just a management and cybersecurity consultant. Twelve years of management skills on a resume I’m sure I can manage the McDonald’s fryer if push came to shove. If you want a real runway figure? Late august I’m going to start having to eat into the things I invested in. Thank Gary Gensler for that one. If shit isn’t figured out by October I’m going to need to have an exit strategy by then. This entire situation isn’t getting better. At least I don’t feel alone. Abandoned by Reuters and congress notwithstanding. But hey. Wands up for Ukraine lads! Universal LLC and Pete Davidson have your back on that one. Just ask my neighbors. 🚀 🧙‍♀️

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Love and misery in Mike Leigh’s All or Nothing

Written and directed by Mike Leigh, All or Nothing is an ensemble film about three households living on the same London council estate. It begins and ends with the focus on Rachel Bassett (Alison Garland), a stoical yet sensitive young woman who works as a cleaner at a care home for the elderly, who reads in her spare time, and who expresses her immense love very quietly.

This last quality she shares with her father Phil (Timothy Spall), a softly spoken, sometimes lost-for-words minicab driver. With his put-upon, hangdog demeanour, Phil tenderly observes his passengers – who come from all walks of life – and draws philosophical conclusions about the vagaries of existence (“the fickle finger of fate”, as he puts it). Phil’s de facto wife Penny (Lesley Manville) has drifted from him emotionally, and their obese son Rory (James Corden) has inherited his father’s laziness while developing his own obnoxious pugnacity.

Phil is as close to a protagonist as All or Nothing gets, and it is one of his ruminations on the nature of love which lends the film its title. Indeed, love is a key theme here: the love between husband and wife; between parent and child; between friends and between siblings; the appetitive, horny, power-flexing love of a teenager (Sally Hawkins); the creepy, obsessive love of a stalker (Ben Crompton) or of a harasser (Sam Kelly); the abusive, opportunistic love of a “loaded” young man (Daniel Mays) towards his girlfriend (Helen Coker); the fumbling, desperately needy love of an alcoholic (Marion Bailey); and the more delicately sustained habitual love of a long-term couple.

“If you’re not together, you’re alone”, comments Phil to one of his customers, “We’re all born alone, you die alone – nothing you can do about it.” A deep loneliness runs through the Bassetts and the neighbouring families, amplified by a shared fear of mortality.

Leigh’s typical filmmaking methodology – which involves workshopping ideas with his cast through intensive, partly improvised rehearsals, before converting the results into a tightly written screenplay – pays dividends here, as everyone on screen is graced with a real roundedness. Supermarket worker and single mother Maureen (Ruth Sheen), the kind of figure normally overlooked in cinema, radiates generosity and kindness, and even Phil’s minicab manager Neville (Gary McDonald) and his call operator Dinah (Diveen Henry), essentially side characters, are granted a delightful comic moment.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the class divide, the French art dealer Cécile (Kathryn Hunter), whom Phil picks up as a fare on her way to the opera, is not so much demonised as shown to belong to an alien species, a mere passenger in the backseat of Phil’s life. And yet, on their brief journey together, these two will still for a brief connection.

Offsetting occasional high hopes with plenty of bleak moments, the primary mode of All or Nothing is determinedly miserabilist, with Andrew Dickson’s plaintive string-and-woodwind score rather overselling the pathos. This introduces a slightly patronising tone to the proceedings, as though we are being asked to sympathise rather than empathise with these characters’ troubles. But Leigh cuts between and through the potential soapiness of these different family dramas to show a broader mosaic of the human condition, defined by birth, death, and all – or nothing – that happens in between.

All or Nothing is released on Blu-ray, DVD and digital platforms on 15 November via StudioCanal.

The post Love and misery in Mike Leigh’s All or Nothing appeared first on Little White Lies.

source https://lwlies.com/articles/all-or-nothing-mike-leigh/

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https://www.fanbolt.com/115038/the-good-fight-season-5-review-white-privilege-bigoted-theories/

The Good Fight Season Five, created by Phil Aden Robinson, Michelle King, and Robert King, explores the Reddick & Lockhart (R&L) law firm dealing with institutions, truth, and racial justice constantly being under fire. Michelle King and the rest of the writer’s portrayed the COVID-19 pandemic brilliantly.

In the world of The Good Fight, the pandemic was entirely under control by the start of 2021. Mask wearing and social distancing are only highlighted in the first episode, “ Previously On…”.

“Previously On … ” features a series of recaps revealing how the main characters like Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) and Jay DiPersia (Nyambi Nyambi) function during the height of the pandemic. Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) moves to London to work for Black billionaire Bianca Skye (Chasten Harmon). Name partner Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindon) moves to Altana to join the Black Lives Matter movement.  Investigator Jay spends the height of the pandemic hospitalized for COVID. Former firm investigator Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele) enrolls in law school at Chicago-Kent. The chaos ensues from here.

In Episode Seven, “And the Fight had a Detente …” everybody believes name partners Liz Reddick (Audra McDonald) and Diana are in a romantic relationship. The fake relationship is never referenced, and it’s as though it never happened for the remainder of the season. The writers left a lot of great material on the floor.

The other over-the-top storylines in Season Five, like copy store worker Hal Wacker (Mandy Patinkin)  creating a court with no legal training, continued throughout the whole season. It’s too bad since the “fake lesbian” storyline was the funniest aspect of the season, bringing a necessary lightness to a dark time.

It’s hard to keep a straight face when the Tucker Carlson style anchor throws out the insane theory that Diana is a closeted Lesbian. The anchor’s only explanation for his theory is that Diana’s husband, conservative Kurt McVeigh(Gary Cole), remains camera shy. The ridiculous assertions continue when he says that she is dating named partner Liz because they are inseparable.

The Fox anchor’s baseless statements cause the two frenemies to laugh uncontrollably, triggering us to do the same. His theories are even funnier since the two female lawyers can’t get along this season.  Liz wants White Liberal Diana to step down as a name partner so R& L can be a Black-led law firm. Diana thinks that she deserves her power within the firm. The two former friends can’t stand to be in the same room together. They are only partnering up to win a $5 million civil suit against the Chicago Police Department for excessive force.

It gets funnier when the “Liberal” judge Charles Abernathy (Denis O’Hare) buys into the notion that the two women lawyers are girlfriends. Why would an intelligent being who leans politically progressive believe some bigoted journalist from Fox?

One look at Baranski and McDonald’s facial expressions reveals their plan to take advantage of Abernathy’s bigoted liberalism. Without saying a word, we know what they’re thinking. The scene shows their acting chops. This farce goes so far that R& L HR has the two women sign a “love contract.”

Since it’s a serialized story, we are left hanging because this incident is never mentioned again. The friendship chemistry between the two female partners brings magic to the show, sadly only present for this episode.  Chicago’s Justice system’s biased beliefs about the two women enabled them to forget their differences for a little bit and work together.

Institutional racism has always been at the center of The Good Fight, but this season tackles white privilege straight on. R& L usually takes on police violence cases, but this is the first time the writers reveal how the healthcare system is one of the worst culprits of institutional racism.

Episode Five, “And the Firm Had Two Partners…” is all about Drug Kingpin Oscar Rivi’s (Tony Plana) lawsuit against a hospital for racial discrimination. He thought that his twenty-something-year-old daughter died of COVID-19 because she was a person of color. His theory is that while White patients received adequate medical care, doctors ignored his daughter’s needs. It turns out that Rivi’s daughter received the best care because everybody feared him, though Jay almost died of COVID.

The investigator was packed like a sardine with at least forty other Black patients in the pit, a.k.a. hospital waiting room. The doctors declared them all “too far gone.” These Black men and women laid in their hospital beds, gasping for air with little to no medical supervision. While in a coma, Jay overheard nurses making comments revealing they don’t care about Black lives. Jay only survived because White divorce lawyer David Lee (Zach Grenier) called the hospital to check in on him. Nurses brought him to a private room. David helping Jay is an example of White privilege being used for good.

The outlandish behavior by R & L’s clients and the justice system reflects how culturally divided the United States remains even without Trump at the helm. If you love past seasons of The Good Fight or its predecessor, The Good Wife, watch all the new episodes on Paramount Plus!

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The woman who has suspected former top military commander of sexual misconduct believes that retired Gen. Jonathan Vance believes he owns the military police who are investigating him. Maj. Kellie Brennan, the former chief of the defence staff, told a House of Commons committee on Thursday that he believes he is "untouchable."

Brennan revealed that Vance fathered two children with her but has taken no responsibility for them during contentious testimony to the status of the women committee. She has said that she has transferred the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service physical evidence of the intimate relationship with her.

Despite that, she said that she does not think justice will be followed in her case. "I clearly think there will be no responsibility for me," Brennan replied, "but that's OK with me because if my getting out will change everything for other women to come forward and change our rules, that's perfect with me."

In February, Brennan said she was questioned by the military police service about her relationship with Vance for two days, six hours at a time. She told Global News that she had a dreamy relationship with Vance that started in 2001 and continued after he was sold to her superior officer, yet after he was named defence chief in 2015.

Vance has yet to respond to the many requests for comment. He related to seeing Brennan 20 years ago to Global News, but he denied having a passionate relationship with her while she was under his management.

Admiral Art McDonald, who won over as leader of the defence staff from Admiral Vance in February but quickly reached down a few months following, is yet being examined by military police. The details of the allegation have not been created free, and McDonald has given no free observations.

If asked if he had hurt her, she said, "No, Is there really a lot of bodily harm? No, he definitely scared me by terrible consequences if I won't follow his orders."

Brennan stated that she "cannot say no because she lacked the coolness to do so. They were instructions."

Vance has the genuine response, as per Brennan, to deem he is above the edicts. Brennan also assumed that Vance has command over Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.

Sajjan, on extra guidance, has testified that he was never commissioned to Toronto, a budget that was affirmed by a spokesman after the testimony. The disparity between the testimony and Sajjan's was pointed out by the parliamentary partner, Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld, but she did not ask her to defend it.

Since then-military ombudsman Gary Walbourne first familiarized him with a sexual mugging objection toward Vance in March 2018, Sajjan has been spanked for not doing more. As per Sajjan, he rerouted the matter to the Privy Council Office, which denoted unable to transfer a probe because Walbourne refused to confess the signature.

[esprit-de-corps-magazine]

ON TARGET: Military has come Full Circle on Sexual Misconduct

By Scott Taylor

For many casual observers of Canada’s military the recent deluge of media reports alleging sexual misconduct at the highest levels comes as a disturbing shock.

First it was the Feb. 2, 2021 Global News revelations that recently stepped down, but not yet retired from the military, former Chief of Defence Staff, General Jonathan Vance had engaged in some inappropriate sexual behavior.

One of the allegations was that Vance had maintained an extra-marital affair with a junior officer dating back two decades and continuing through his tenure as Canada’s top soldier.

The second allegation involved a 2012 email sent from Vance’s military email address, wherein he invited a junior soldier to join him, then a major-general, on a clothing optional beach vacation.

During the initial media storm, Vance told Global News that he had dated the junior officer in 2000, while he was single. However, according to Vance, that relationship was no longer sexual in nature.

As for the 2012 email, Vance claims to have no recollection of sending such a missive. However, if he indeed did extend a nude beach invitation to a servicewoman, he suggested it would have been intended as a joke.

At that juncture of the developing story, it was Vance’s word against two anonymous accusers.

However, things did not stay that way for long. Global News reporter Mercedes Stephenson conducted an exclusive follow-up interview with Maj. Kellie Lynn Brennan on Feb. 21.

In that conversation Brennan alleged that the affair she had with General Vance was indeed of a sexual nature. She cited locations and timings of their trysts including having sex with Vance at his home on the eve of him delivering his incoming speech as Canada’s CDS in 2015.

What was far more alarming about Brennan’s comments during her interview was her allegation that once this story first broke, Vance had urged her to lie to the media about the sex. Brennan also claimed that after she was allegedly raped at CFB Wainwright, Alberta, Vance said he could take no action as he felt it might reveal their adulterous affair.

For the record, Vance has yet to publicly comment on Brennan’s allegations and he maintains that he has committed no sexual impropriety.

Which brings the bouncing ball back to the 2012 nude beach email. The recipient of that correspondence took her evidence to the Canadian Forces Ombudsman in 2018.

As the complainant did not want any formal action taken and wanted her identity protected, Ombudsman Gary Walbourne sought direction in this matter from Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan.

According to Walbourne’s recent testimony before a commons committee, Sajjan refused to actually look at the evidence in his hand.

In the world that is partisan politics we now find ourselves fixated on opposition parties clamouring to know who-knew-what-when amongst the Liberal government’s senior leadership.

However, the object of their fixation is a 2012 email between Vance and a junior subordinate which even the anonymous complainant did not wish to have formally pursued.

The initial bombshell dropped on Vance by Global’s Stephenson has since set off a chain reaction of explosive revelations among the senior brass.

On Feb. 24, Admiral Art McDonald, Vance’s successor, stepped aside as CDS pending the results of an investigation into a 2010 allegation of sexual impropriety.

Then there was the report that Lt.-Gen. Chris Coates will not be deployed to a NATO posting after it was revealed he had had an affair while on a NORAD posting.

Then last week CBC aired a report about allegations of past impropriety from the 1990s aimed at Vice Admiral Haydn Edmundson, head of Canadian military personnel.

Reeling from these morale-crushing news stories, it is being hinted to the media that DND is about to create a new, more independent investigative service.

Those of us old enough to remember will recall that in May 1998, Macleans magazine ran four weekly cover stories in a row detailing ‘Rape in the Military.’ Public outrage from those revelations led to the creation of an Ombudsman’s office.

In 2013 another series of media reports on sexual misconduct led to the commissioning of a report by former Supreme Court Justice Marie Deschamps.

The damaging findings of Deschamps’s reports were released in 2015 and she categorized the military as a highly masculine sexualized culture. To counter Deschamps’s findings the military appointed Jonathan Vance as CDS and had him spearhead Operation Honour, the full out effort to eliminate sexual misconduct in the ranks.

And that my friends, brings us full circle.

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