#tamara fraser

[skipppppy]

CARMEN WEEK DAY 7: ORIGINAL SERIES

2 chiefs..I’ve been binge watching the game show intermittently and Lynne Thigpen was just SO good..her energy was amazing and she stole the whole show…I really hope I did her memory justice

#carmen week #carmen sandiego #where in the world is carmen sandiego #witwics #chief carmen sandiego #cs 2019 #tamara fraser

[comic-based-incorrect-quotes]

Julia: And it's all in here. I can look up anyone on this database. I mean, this is undoubtedly evil. But, you know, the search function is actually kind of impressive.

Chase: You're impressed with their... cataloguing?

Julia: Well, yes. VILE may be a nefarious threat to the planet, but they certainly know their way around a spreadsheet.

Chase: That's hardly surprising. I'm sure there's a direct correlation between ego-driven sadists and those who enjoy meticulously putting things into spreadsheets.

The Chief: I like spreadsheets.

Chase and Julia: 

The Chief: What?

#Marvel Comics #Carmen Sandiego #incorrect carmen sandiego quotes #Hunt for Wolverine: Adamantium Agenda #julia argent #chase devineaux #the chief #the chief carmen sandiego #tamara fraser #incorrect quotes

[peanut-tyrug]

Some more Carmen Sandiego doodles :)

Chief, Player, Zack, Ivy, and Shadowsan :)

I mostly went off of the refs I chose and added aspects of my own style to them, but I like how they came out :)

#carmen sandiego 2019 #tamara fraser #player #zack #ivy #shadowsan

[avatarvyakara]

Might as well work on this one too…

On Age in Carmen Sandiego (2019)

Or, at the very least, in the timeline of Crimson Shades.

First off, Carmen’s mother, Carlotta Valdez (aka “Vera Cruz”), was supposed to have “died” in 1999. Carmen looked around perhaps a year old at that point in time, giving her a possible birth-date in 1996 to 1997. This in turn suggests that the series takes place some time before the actual date of publication—say, 2017/2018 onwards—to maintain Carmen’s rough age.

Rough age ranges of the characters, taking Carmen’s rough birthdate for estimation:

Team Red

Isabela Valdez/Black Sheep/Carmen Sandiego: 16/17 starting at VILE, 18/19 during the Poitiers Caper, 22/23 by the end.

Fairly self-explanatory.

Pierre Bouchard/Player: 12/13 as a White Hat Hacker, 14/15 during the Poitiers Caper, 18/19 by the end.

Not quite old enough for a learner’s permit (Up Here it’s a G1) during the earlier capers.

Ivy Collins: 19 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 23 by the end.

Zack Collins: 18 during the Donuts/Poitiers Capers, 22 by the end.

Zack is supposed to be around a year younger than Ivy.

Nakamura Suhara/Shadowsan: 23 when sent after Dexter Wolfe, 42 during the Poitiers Caper, 46 by the end.

Young but not too young, as it were.

VILE

Eartha McGlynn/Coach Brunt: 39 upon receiving Black Sheep, 58 during the Poitiers Caper, 61 when arrested, 63 by the end.

Gunnar Stromme/Professor Maelstrom: 37 upon receiving Black Sheep, 56 during the Poitiers Caper, 60 when arrested, 62 by the end.

Oluchi Cleopatra Okorie/Countess Cleo: 26 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arrested, 51 by the end.

Saira Dhibar/Doctor Bellum: 33 upon receiving Black Sheep, 54 during the Poitiers Caper, 58 when arrested, 60 by the end.

Sir Nigel Braithwaite/Roundabout: 56 when appointed, 57 when arrested, 59 by the end.

Margherita Picasso/Cookie Booker: 54 when first pelted, 62 when the Hard Drive was stolen, 67 by the end.

Vlad Bobinski: 28 upon receiving Black Sheep, 45 upon letting Black Sheep get away, 50 by the end.

Boris Vladinski: 27 upon receiving Black Sheep, 44 while watching Vlad let Black Sheep get away, 49 by the end.

They may be slightly younger or older, but at least Coach Brunt’s age seems to have been confirmed at 60 by the time of the Fourth Season.

Graham Calloway/Gray/Crackle: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 24 by the end.

Jean-Paul Marignan/Le Chèvre: 19 starting at VILE, 21 during the Poitiers Caper, 25 by the end.

Antonio Sánchez/El Topo: 18/19 starting at VILE, 20/21 during the Poitiers Caper, 24/25 by the end.

Sheena Landry/Tigress: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 24 by the end.

Parker Morris/Mime Bomb: 18 starting at VILE, 20 during the Poitiers Caper, 23 when arrested, 25 by the end.

Sawa Jin/Paper Star: 17 starting at VILE, 18 during the Magna Carta Caper, 22 when arrested at the end.

ACME

Tamara Fraser/Chief: 26 when killing Dexter Wolfe, 45 during the Poitiers Caper, 49 when arresting VILE, 51 by the end.

Inspector/Agent Chase Devineaux: 37 during the Poitiers Caper, 38/39 when arresting VILE, 41 by the end.

Agent Julia Argent: 25 during the Poitiers Caper, 27 when arresting VILE, 29 by the end.

This is going to cause some trouble, I just know it. But the average amount of time it takes to get a university degree in the UK is around three years, and Julia has two of them. She also seems to have jumped right to an associate professorship at Oxford in Season 3, the requirements for which are around 4-6 years of study plus a thesis. Thus Julia would have had to have been in school for at least something like seven to nine years before joining Interpol, with whom she had apparently only been for a fortnight before the Poitiers Caper. The number above assumes that she skipped a year and took a year less to complete her second degree. Or took two years less. Or started two years early. You get my point. Basically, Julia has to be a fair bit older than she looks in order to actually have the qualifications she possesses.

Agent Umaira Zari: 38 during the Poitiers Caper, 40 when arresting VILE, 42 by the end.

Some additional ages:

Nakamura Hideo: 17 when his brother Suhara was born, 36 when his brother disappeared, 63 when his brother returned for good, 65 by the end.

Not an unreasonable age given his looks, I thought.

Carlotta Valdez: 27 when she gave birth to Isabela, 47 when Carmen returned home to her, 49 by the end.

Young but not too long, once again.

Any I missed?

#carmen sandeigo 2019 #carmen sandeigo netflix #carmen sandiego #black sheep #cs player #cs zack #cs ivy #shadowsan #cs shadowsan #coach brunt #professor maelstrom #doctor bellum #saira bellum #roundabout #cookie booker #graham calloway #cs gray #cs crackle #Jean Paul #le chevre #antonio #el topo #sheena #cs tigress #mime bomb #cs paper star #chase devineaux #julia argent #crimson shades #countess cleo

[weclassybouquetfun]

That's a wrap on film awards season. 2022 was a stupendous year for film so I can't be too put out that almost none of the performances/films/artists that I wanted to win didn't.

What could've been.

At least I liked some of the fashions. An effective balm for the pain of the losses of Justin Hurwitz', Austin Butler and ALL QUIET ALONG THE WESTERN FRONT for Best Picture.

My favourite looks of the night

Harry Shum Jr. in Adeam, followed very closely by Donald Glover in his Vanity Fair Oscar party fit.

Halle Berry in Tamara Ralph, followed very closely by my fashion queen Fan BingBing in Tony Ward Couture

Honourable Mentions:

Bad Girl Riri in Alaïa

Ram Charan with the insignia from his RRR character's uniform

N.T Rama Rao Jr in Gaurav Gupta (The tiger emblem to signify his RRR character)

Harvey Guillen in Christian Siriano

Malala Yousafzai in Ralph Lauren *I love it. It invokes Old Hollywood.

Shoreham Aghdashloo in Christian Siriano in a dress honouring Iranian women fighting for their freedom.

The Rest

Team EEAAO: Jamie Lee Curtis in Dolce & Gabbana, Michelle Yeoh in Dior, Stephanie Hsu in Valentino and Ke Huy Quan in Giorgio Armani

Team TOP GUN: MAVERICK: Monica Barbaro in Elie Saab, Jay Ellis in Fendi, Lewis Pullman and Danny Ramirez in Dior Homme.

Team Giambattista Valli (Alison Williams and her baby daddy Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) and Sandra Oh)

Team Versace: Lady Gaga, Ariana DeBose and Kerry Condon

Hunter Schafer at the Vanity Fair party

Danai Gurira in Jason Wu

Jonathan Majors in a Geoffrey B. Small.*The suit is his homage to Frederick Douglass. His ever-present tiny cup is because his mom always told him to never let anyone fill his cup (not literally)

Brendan Fraser (with sons) in Armani

Melissa McCarthy in Christian Siriano *Gorgeous

Halle Bailey in Dolce & Gabbana

Eva Longoria in Zuhair Murad *Tis a mess, I fear. This is more suited for the AVN Awards than the Oscars.

Florence Pugh in Valentino Couture*Too familiar. Too similar to what she wore at Venice.

Olivia Wilde at the Vanity Fair party.

Taika Waititi and wifey Rita Ora at the Vanity Fair party.

Emily Blunt in Valentino, Dwayne Johnson in Dolce & Gabbana

Angela Bassett in Moschino

Paul Mescal (with mum) in Gucci

Cate Blanchett in Louis Vuitton

Colin Farrell and son Henry

#red carpet fashion #fashion #oscars #rihanna #florence pugh #donald glover #eeaao #awards season #colin farrell #angela bassett #harvey guillen #halle berry #top gun maverick #jonathan majors #danai gurira #olivia wilde #hunter schafer

[acmeofficial]

Listen here, TAMARA FRASER.

You have a choice to make. You've been chasing V.I.L.E for 20 years, huh? After you KILLED Dexter Wolfe? I've set up a trap for my criminal organization, the Luminescence to set them both up. I will remain loyal to both V.I.L.E and Carmen Sandiego. It's either Carmen Sandiego or V.I.L.E DEAD.

Make your choice~

WOAH DUDE WE DONT WANT ANYONE DEAD

[sophie-e-b]

Here she is! The brand new video for Hypnotized. Shot in the iconic Barrowland in Glasgow with 100 dancers helping me articulate my feelings through the medium of dance. Ever was it thus. Shot by the ever-brilliant Sophie Muller, make up and hair by lisalaudat1, styling by Tamara Cincik Work and I’m wearing a fabulous latex creation by Atsuko Kudo.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor “Hypnotized” 

Director: Sophie Muller 

DOP: Robbie Ryan 

Production Company: PRETTYBIRD 

Co-Founder / Exec Producer: Juliette Larthe 

Head of Production: Fiona Bamford-Phillips 

Head of Music Videos/ Exec Producer: Chris Murdoch 

Service Company: LS Productions 

Producer: Sam Barber 

Production Manager: Jack Cowhig 

1st AD: Remo Catani 

3rd AD: Luke Keogh 

Runner/Driver: Graeme King 

Runner: Imogen Bristow 

Work Experience Runner: Ralph Owen 

Work Experience Runner: Lily Owen 

Camera Assistant: Florence Gilbertson 

Lighting Desk Op: Gary Edby 

Lighting Tech: Adam Thayers 

Lighting Tech: Alastair Lees 

Lighting Tech: Ricky Smith 

Grip: Davey Logan 

Grip Trainee: Theo Logan 

On-site Rigger: Jim Stinson 

Choreographers: Frankie Mulholland & Kirstin Halliday 

Hair & Makeup Artist: Lisa Laudat 

Photographer: Kevin J Thompson 

Lead Dancers: Mhari Burley, Kieran Burns, Sgaire Wood, Yasmin Singh, Oliza Howieson, Kathryn Fraser, Samatha María, Connor Totten, Peter Clark, Liam McGrath 

Edit & Grade: Sophie Muller 

Artist Management:  Kat Rullach & Derek Mackillop @ Wallace Productions 

Record Label: Cooking Vinyl

[historyhermann]

"Carmen Sandiego": An Enthralling Animated Series [Part 3]

Continued from part 2

Chief looks at a file about Carlotta Valdez, Carmen's long-lost mother

The series goes beyond a fun and low-stress 1990s game show, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?. While there are educational geographical lessons aimed at kids, Carmen is often in mortal danger and "out of reach" of those chasing her. One fan recently counted 71 near-death experiences for Carmen throughout the series. So much for this being solely for kids!

This article was originally meant for The Geekiary. I submitted the article in mid-August 2022, on August 16, and it got sent back for edits, and even after a long conversation with one of the editors, including re-submitting the article a second time, I decided to publish it on my own (see original post for details) It was published on my History Hermann WordPress blog on Jan. 2, 2023.

Carmen does not go on her missions alone. Apart from Player, South Boston siblings Zack (Michael Hawley) and Ivy (Abby Trott), help her as part of Team Red. Zack is often the getaway driver due to his lack of experience with undercover work.

In contrast, Ivy either runs interference using her engineering skills or makes disguises. In this way, she is like Monique in Kim Possible or Tomoyo in Cardcaptor Sakura, who make outfits for eponymous protagonists of those series.

Specifically, for Carmen, the tools that Ivy provides her ensures she is prepared for any situation. This enhanced by her array of outfits, her expert skill at blending in, even she shows her face.

A major plotline throughout Carmen Sandiego is her quest to learn more about herself and her past. In a clever twist, her famous nom de plume comes from a red trenchcoat she steals from VILE's bookkeeper, Cookie Booker. "Carmen Outerwear" is emblazoned on the coat's back. The coat also says it is from San Diego, California.

She gains many other names throughout the series. Player calls her "Red". Her friends Zack and Ivy call her "Carm". Rito Moreno's inclusion as the voice of Cookie in the series is a nod to the fact that she voiced Carmen in the 1990s Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? series.

In the 1990s animated series, Carmen does learn about her past. In the final episodes of that series, she wrestles with the fact that a wealthy industrialist named Malcolm Avalon may be her father. This series explores that more directly.

Carmen carries three Russian nesting dolls with her when she comes to VILE Isle. While this might, at first, suggest some possible Russian ancestry, it is likely a red herring. In any case, her past is very important to her. VILE exploits this, hoping there will be an irreparable rift between Carmen and Shadowsan (Paul Nakauchi).

The latter is a Japanese stealth teacher that Carmen detested in crime school. It is later revealed that he left out certain details from the official report about Carmen's childhood home in Argentina being burned to the ground.

In a nod to the original series, Carmen and ACME (Agency to Classify and Monitor Evildoers) are on opposite sides. While Carmen is often running from ACME agents, in one episode she has Player hack into the ACME mainframe. It confirms that Chief, otherwise known as Tamara Fraser (Dawnn Lewis), killed her birth father, Dexter Wolfe.

Chief serves as an important secondary character. She communicates with her agents through a hologram beamed from a pen. She appears in the interactive special, To Steal or Not To Steal, if you click the "wrong" option, causing Bellum's devices to erase Zack and Ivy's minds.

Later on in the series, Carmen asks ACME to find her mother for her. Carmen Sandiego reveals in season 3 that a woman named Carlotta Valdez is her mother. In the last episode of the show, she enters an orphanage run by her mother, meeting her.

Continued in part 4

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

#family history #genealogy #carmen sandiego #to steal or not steal #spies #dawnn lewis #paul nakauchi #rito moreno #outfits #tomoyo daidouji #cardcaptor sakura #michael hawley #zack and ivy #abby trott #monique kim possible #monique kp #kim possible #argentina #latine #pop culture #reviews

[popculturegenealogy]

Carmen Sandiego and the search for her mom, "Vera Cruz"

In episode 1, "The Luchadora Tango Caper," we learn that Carmen's mother was named "Carlotta Valdez" and lived in Veracruz with her father, Dexter Wolfe, for one year. The whole first episode is her trying to figure out who her mother was, building on what happened in Season 2, saying she doesn't even know if that is her real name and that she could be anywhere in the world. She meets Carlotta Valdez, who has changed her name to "Lupe Peligro," after breaking into her house. In the end, Lupe ends up not being her mother, but she ends up continuing her quest to find out about her identity. She also is able to fight off Coach Brunt and Devineaux. Player then informs her that there is a string of thefts near Mexico City and she decides to look into those, although she says she has to get back to the "good fight."

Reprinted from my Genealogy in Popular Culture WordPress blog. Originally published on October 5, 2020.

In the next episode, "The Day of the Dead Caper," Carm goes to Mexico City, meeting Sonia, and gets captured. However, she does honor her mother, even though she doesn't know her, during a ceremony for Dia de los Muertos, while VILE remains in pursuit. Sonia decides to steal the art back she stole, while the VILE agents get chewed out for losing Carmen and their new recruit. In the episode that follows, "The Haunted Bayou Caper," they help the Crawfish King, a celebrity chef, get back his recipe written by his ancestor after he says it is the most important link to his Creole heritage. In the fourth episode, "The Masks of Venice Caper," Shadowsan laments to Carmen that her quest to find her mother has been sidelined. She says that was her choice and she hopes to meet better people while saying that family comes in "many forms." The last episode of the season, "The Jolly Good Show Caper," does not mention her mother at all. One fan summarized the facts we know about Carmen, from the show, so far:

She is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

She was associated with VILE since she was a baby until her 14s, and is currently 20

Her mom is "Vera Cruz," and her dad is Dexter Wolfe, formerly a member of the VILE faculty who tries to leave but ended up being killed by the Chief, then known as Tamara Fraser

There are also possibilities she may have some Russian heritage due to the fact her treasured possession, when living on VILE Island, was Russian nesting dolls. In any case, much of her parentage is shrouded in mystery. Hopefully, she concludes her quest, either finding her mother, or something else about her past in Season 4, which may be the show's last season!

© 2020-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

#carmen sandiego #genealogy #pop culture #family history #reviews #veracruz #mexico #argentina #latina #latin america #boxes #banks #safe deposit box #buenos aires #vile #russia #heritage

[skipppppy]

CARMEN SANDIEGO CHARACTERS + MOVIES

Boo I felt like making headcanons again bc I spend more time wondering what these assholes do in their free time than I do on my job

CARMEN

Didn’t have access to movies growing up so Player, Zack, and Ivy have been catching her up on the most popular ones

HORRIBLE to watch with. Doesn’t really understand “suspension of disbelief” as a concept and will ask stupid questions the whole time. Player almost ended their friendship because she nitpicked Lord of the Rings for being “unrealistic”

Enjoys low stakes 2000s girl chick flicks like mean girls and legally blonde. She has enough stress in her life man she just wants to relax

HATES heist movies because of how innacurate they are. Team Red has taken to watching them JUST to hear her pick them apart

PLAYER

Sci-fi/fantasy junkie. Anything and everything that has aliens/magic and shitty practical effects from the 80’s/90’s he is all over

Has never said a single kind thing about the Star Wars franchise in his life. They are his favourite movies of all time

ADORES Edgar Wright and has slowly been converting Team Red to his movies. Zack loved Baby Driver. Ivy loved Shaun of the Dead. Shadowsan loved Hot Fuzz. He considers Scott Pilgrim the pinnacle of Canadian cinema

Cannot STAND the amount of remakes happening in Hollywood recently

ZACK

Canon enjoyer of blockbuster action movies. Everyone dreads the nights when he gets to choose a film bc his taste is so generic

Does not know what the Snyder cut is. Thank god

His only redeeming quality is a love of early dreamworks. Will not stop quoting Madnagascar

Has seen every Marvel movie and thinks all of them are good. Player has BEGGED him to watch better movies but he won’t. He’s the type to rag on Scorsese for being “boring”

Has seen Kevin Feige’s extended filmography. Does not know who that man is

IVY

Horror fanatic

Banned from choosing movies for film night after convincing them to watch her “favourite lesbian romcom” with her. That lesbian romcom was Saw

Ellen Ripley was not only her personal hero but also her gay awakening. The Xenomorph queen was her second gay awakening

Also loves period dramas. Enjoys the tiddies and knows she would look SO good in those fancy waistcoats the men wear

Watches old slashers with Carmen and laugh whenever someone dies in a stupid way

SHADOWSAN

Faculty considered movies “low brow” entertainment so he hasn’t seen a movie made before the year 2000

Loves a good mob flick. Got into Scorsese specifically because Zack hated him. Goodfellas is his favourite

Everyone assumes he enjoys samurai movies but he actually HATES them. Hideo would ramble about historical inaccuracies the whole way through and he’s still bored just thinking about it

Used to love Yakuza films back in the day but they were soured for him after actually living as one

Loved Knives Out, found Daniel Craig VERY attractive, and has since fallen down the James Bond rabbit hole

CHASE

The most pretentious film hack you’ve ever met in your life. He is taking you to a back alley screening of some arthouse eastern european gay porn on a first date and it will be the most profound thing you’ve ever seen in your life

Detective noir movies and cheesy black and white romances are his favourites. He likes falling asleep to them

He and Player both appreciate animation as a form of cinema, but while Player is referring to like. the Mario movie, Chase is talking about some 3 minute Russian stopmotion surrealist piece from 1951. He attends Annecy every year and has been banned from the Oscars due to threats of violence

He likes Poirot tho. Transmasc king

JULIA

If she has a few hours to herself she’d rather watch a documentary than go to a movie theatre, but she loves historical dramas

Enjoys biopics but thinks it’s stupid to make them for people who are alive

Likes watching movies for the sake of trash talking them, so she is the only person who can tolerate sitting through one with Carmen

LOVES Wes Anderson though. Chase got her into his stuff and the symmetry scratches an itch in her brain. But don’t tell him that

Also enjoys period dramas for the tiddies

CHIEF

Shitty cop movie enjoyer. The kind of person who insists that Die Hard is her favourite christmas movie

LOVES heist movies because of how inaccurate they are. Will mentally nitpick whatever secret service is going after them and be like “ACME wouldn’t do that lol”

She’s semi aware that she’s the antoagonist in Carmen’s own heist narrative so she’s started having fun with it

Closet lover of b-tier comedy movies. Like the ones with Adam Sandler and Kevin Hart on the cover

Does not enjoy watching movies socially. That is quality time for her and her cat. She does not have to shush Commander

#carmen sandiego #carmen sandiego 2019 #carmen sandiego netflix #player cs #zack and ivy #shadowsan #chase devineaux #julia argent #tamara fraser #chief cs

[motorsportverso]

Extreme E Chile 1

Q1

Corrida 1

Na largada todos usaram o Hyperdrive

E daí teve um toque entre o Kristofersson com o carro da Rosberg x Racing com Taner Foust com o carro da Mclaren.

Momento em que o carro da Aciona teve problemas então nesse momento a penúltima etapa do campeonato estava complicada para as duas equipes que tinham chance ao título.

Momento em que a Rosberg X Racing trocava o pneu furado no toque.

Troca de pilotos: Veloce: Molly Taylor; JBXE: Tamara Molinaro;Mclaren: Hedda Hosas; Rosberg x Racing; Mikaela Ahlin-Kotulisnky.

Momento em que foi dada a punição 10s  a Mclaren pelo toque na largada.

Race 2

Na largada todos usaram o Hyperdrive

A disputa nesse momento estava entre RJ Andersson e Fraser McConnell

Momento em que o RJ Andersson capotou com o carro da Hummer EV Chip Ganassi, complicando as chances de título da equipe. E foi colocada bandeira amarela localizada.

Troca de pilotos: Carl Cox:Lia Block; Andretti: Catie Munnings; X44: Cristina Guttierrez; ABT Cupra: Adrian Tambay.

Depois da saída da zona de troca a diferença entre Lia Block e Catie Munnings era de 1.38s

No fim da bandeira amarela Lia Block deu uma “bobiada” e então a Catie fez a ultrapassagem assumindo a liderança.

Na ultima volta Gutteirrez fez uma ultrapassagem e assumiu a liderança.

A vitória da corrida 2 do Q1 ficou com a X44 com Cristina Guttierrez e Fraser McConnell.

Full Q1

Q2

Race 1

Na largada todos usaram o Hyperdrive

Na 1ª curva teve um toque entre o carro da Mclaren com Hedda Hosas com o carro da ABT Cupra com Klara Andersson que se deu numa capotada chamando uma bandeira vermelha.

E depois teve uma relargada com 4 voltas do zero

Na relargada todos usaram o Hyperdrive

E dai teve uma batida entre o carro da Veloce com Molly Taylor e da Andretti com Catie Munnings , a culpa foi do carro da Veloce !!! que não deu espaço pra ultrapassar já que estava mais lento!!!.

Tudo bem com a Catie Munnings!!!

#extreme e #rally #off road #Instagram #Youtube

[atletasudando]

Sha'Carri Richardson destronó a las jamaiquinas en 100 m

Por EDDIE PELLS /AP La estadounidense Sha’Carri Richardson se adjudicó este lunes 21 de agosto el título mundial de los 100 metros femeninos en Budapest tras surgir victoriosa de un competitivo contingente de rivales, llevándose la medalla de oro dos años después de que un positivo por consumo de marihuana desbarató sus sueños olímpicos. Al correr por el andarivel 9, en el extremo más lejano, Richardson cronometró 10.65 segundos para igualar el mejor registro del año y fijar un récord para el campeonato mundial. Superó a dos jamaicanas: Shericka Jackson por siete centésimas y Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce — cinco veces campeona del mundo — por 12. “Aquí me tiene, se los dije", declaró al borde de la pista del Centro Nacional de Atletismo en Budapest. “No he vuelto, soy mejor". Esta fue la primera gran competición internacional para Richardson y no asomaba como la favorita, pese a que venía con el cartel de campeona de Estados Unidos y haber vencido a Jackson en las anteriores justas atléticas en las que se toparon este año. La final contó con la presencia de cuatro de los ocho mujeres más rápidas de la historia. Una de ellas fue la marfileña Marie-Josée Ta Lou, quien finalizó cuarta. Aunque fue evidente que había superado a todas las que corrieron a su izquierda, la velocista de 23 años reaccionó asombrada. Sopló un beso hacia el cielo de Budapest, fijó la mirada al marcador electrónica y — alucinada por el momento — enfiló hacia la tribuna para recibir una bandera estadounidense, aceptando las felicitaciones de Fraser-Pryce, la británica Dina Asher-Smith y otras rivales. La de Richardson es un sensacional retorno a los primeros planos, justo tiempo para la antesala de los Juegos Olímpicos de París que se escenificarán en menos de 12 meses. Richardson parecía perfilarse a convertirse en la nueva estrella de la velocidad de Estados Unidos al arrasar en el torneo clasificatorio olímpico hace dos años. Pero esa victoria fue anulada tras dar positivo por marihuana, una infracción de dopaje que reconoció de inmediato al explicar que estaba triste por el reciente deceso de su madre. El caso dio rienda suelta a un encendido debate si la marihuana es una sustancia que ayuda a mejorar el rendimiento, si realmente debe estar en la lista de drogas prohibidas (ahí sigue), y si las autoridades del atletismo fueron se pasaron de estrictos con una joven y elocuente mujer de raza negra (argumentaron que las reglas se aplican por igual). Richardson cronometró este lunes 10.65, Jackson la escoltó con 10.72 y Fraser-Pryce completó el podio con 10.77. El cuarto puesto fue para la marfileña Mary-Lou Talou con 10.81, seguida por Julien Alfred (Santa Lucía) coin 10.93, la polaca Ewa Swoboda con 10.97, el mismo registro que la séptima, la estadounidense Britnay Brown. Dina Asher-Smith, británica, fue octava con 11.00y completó la estadounidense Tamara Davis con 11.03. Richardson había ganado ocho de sus nueve competencias de esta temporada, en tanto Fraser-Pryce tenía escasa actividad. Fraser-Pryce obtuvo en cinco oportunidades este título mundial y sólo había cedido una vez los 100 metros en los Mundiales (en Daegu 2011, cuando quedó cuarta). El año pasado había fijado el récord de Campeoanto con 10.67 al triunfar en Oregón, marca que ahora superó Richardson. Read the full article

[atlanticcanada]

Maritimers react to report that calls for greater competition in the grocery industry

There was a full house Tuesday for the free community lunch at Dartmouth non-profit The North Grove — a regular occurrence these days due to the high cost of food.

“Right now the reason is people don't have adequate access to affordable food,” says Wendy Fraser, executive director of the Dartmouth-based non-profit.

Fraser says attendance at its community meals has increased 45 per cent year over year.

As well, North Grove’s food trading program was visited a record 143 times in May, which is an almost 200 per cent increase from December.

“Food prices are not manageable,” Fraser says.

“At the end of the day, I don’t feel like this is a food insecurity problem, it’s a poverty problem, and as long as people are living on an extremely limited income with no increases…. then people are being left further and further behind.”

For Dartmouth resident Troy Pallo, the services at The North Grove, including its community garden, are essential at a time when living on a fixed income means making difficult spending decisions.

“We sort of have to give and take,” says Pallo, who lives on disability.

When asked what he would like to see to make a difference, he says he has a few ideas.

“We need competition so they can bring down (food) prices,” he says, “or either raise the disability to come up above poverty and inflation.”

In a highly-anticipated report released Tuesday the Competition Bureau agrees that Canada’s concentrated grocery industry, dominated by a handful of corporate players, plays a part in the rising cost of food.

“Without changes in the competitive landscape, Canadians will not be able to fully benefit from competitive prices and product choices,” the report reads.

“The report states the obvious, we need more competition, but how do we get there?” asks Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University.

The Bureau’s recommendations for all levels of government include creating a national strategy to support new types of grocery businesses, introducing unit pricing requirements, and limiting a company's ability to shutout potential competitors by buying up neighboring real estate.

“Some companies buy land and leave it empty just to make sure the competition doesn't build another store right across the street,” Charlebois says.

But the report fails to address an even larger issue, he says.

“The food industry in Canada has a price fixing culture,” says Charlebois. “And there are emails out there now that suggest that more verticals than bread have been impacted by price fixing, so that’s the big elephant in the room that is not properly addressed in the report.”

“Instead of relying on companies coming forward with admissions,” he adds, “perhaps it’s time (for the Competition Bureau) to go after criminals…. Consumer trust is being impacted by that.”

The report also calls for more government support for independent grocers.

The co-owner of Dartmouth’s Gateway Meat Market agrees.

Tamara Selig says what her business needs right now is municipal support to expand the business and meet the demand for affordable groceries.

“As far as being able to get building permits pushed through a little bit faster, or just having less hoops to go through would be helpful,” Selig says.

“Something has to happen, the prices of groceries have been going crazy and we’ve seen that demand where people are coming to us now,” she says.

“Competition is necessary…(consumers) might not have access to come to us or go to other options. A lot of times in the communities they live in, (the big grocers are) their only choice, so competition is not a bad thing,” she explains.

The Bureau plans to check back on whether there has been progress made on its recommendations in three years.

In the meantime, shoppers continue to find savings wherever they can.

“Prices are too high and these big companies are just sucking up everything,” says shopper James Kearsley, who came from the Annapolis Valley into Dartmouth to shop at Selig’s store.

“We gotta eat, we gotta buy food,” he says, “we don't have a choice.”

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[aininx]

All of my new campers oc!!

1. Marshall Baros

2. Atalanta Althan

3. Nirmala Devi

4. Derren Blossom

5. Tikki Cheng

6. Joshua Jr (JJ) Markley

7. Tamara Andrade

8. Agnes Booker

9. Nayli Razak

10. Rosabella Yor

11. Putera Intan

12. Jason Gaven

13. Amber Fraser

14. Alya Wilson

15. Beckerson Davidson

16. Hibiki Ito

17. Xene Andeno

18. Brittney Markley

19. Mikaira Taylor

20. Celeste Luna

21. Abeque Ahote

22. Katarina Evens

23. Odelette Abril

24. Juwon Inoue

25. Minenhle Abebe

26. Karl Wood

27. Dayang Ghazali

28. Zaky Amalina

29. Sophia Rivera

30. Asiaq Adjuk

#half blood campers #ocs #half blood!d4

[crosscountryrally]

Cambio total en Xite Energy Racing: Tamara Molinaro y Timo Scheider pasan a ser los pilotos del equipo en el Island X-Prix

El equipo Xite Energy Racing vivirá un importante cambio en su alineación de cara al Island X-Prix de la próxima semana. Dos nuevos pilotos integrarán su equipo en Italia con los ex-pilotos de Campeonato de Extreme E Timo Scheider y Tamara Molinaro saltando a la pista a partir del próximo 6 de julio. 

El piloto titular de Xite Energy Racing, Oliver Bennett se enfocará en sus compromisos de RallyCross tanto en el Mundial de RallyCross FIA y el Nitro RallyCross en tanto que la piloto que había sido anunciada como su compañera de equipo, Klara Andersson, pasará a ser la nueva piloto de campeonato de Extreme E junto al piloto de RallyCross, Fraser McConnell.

Timo Scheider logró sus mayores éxitos en el DTM donde consiguió títulos en 2008 y 2009. Además, logró un podio en las 24 Horas de Le Mans en 2010. Ha ganado en carreras de duración en Spa Francorchamps y Nurburgring, además de haber conseguido podios en el Mundial de RallyCross FIA. Desde el año pasado se había convertido en el piloto de Campeonato de Extreme E, apoyando en el diseño de los circuitos.

“Es un momento especial unirme a la serie como piloto de carreras junto a Tamara” comentó Timo Scheider, ex-campeón de DTM. “Se suponía que iba a hacer la prueba del trazado con el coche de prueba habitual como piloto del Campeonato cuando llegué a Italia, ¡pero ahora viajaré a Cerdeña como piloto de carreras con XITE Energy Racing! Ese es un gran sentimiento. Estoy muy emocionado de salir y mostrar de lo que somos capaces: Tamara y yo encajamos bastante bien en términos de rendimiento y creo que daremos un buen espectáculo en Cerdeña”.

Tamara Molinaro comenzó su carrera deportiva a los 11 años y se ha mostrado como un gran talento italiano en el rally. En 2017 se consagró en el Campeonato Femenino de Europa de Rally como la segunda piloto más joven en la historia en lograrlo después de Catie Munnings. En 2018 se trasladó al WRC2 donde corrió hasta 2019, año en que también se integró al Titans RX RallyCross Championship donde terminó quinta. En 2020, terminó segunda en el Campeonato Italiano de Rally de Tierra y ganó la categoría Femenina. En 2021 se convirtió en piloto de Campeonato de Extreme E reemplazando a Jutta Kleinschmidt. Debido a que Klara Andersson tuvo Covid-19 en la primera fecha en Arabia, Molinaro debutó en la Extreme E como piloto oficial en Xite Energy Racing en el Desert X-Prix, terminando sexta junto a Oliver Bennett.

"Estoy muy feliz de estar de vuelta en Extreme E para Cerdeña y es aún más especial ya que es mi evento local. Será un desafío mayor en comparación con la primera ronda en Arabia Saudita, ya que era una pista nueva para todos: los otros muchachos tienen experiencia del año pasado, ¡pero vamos a darlo todo y ver cómo va!” indicó Tamara Molinaro. "Tengo la esperanza de que podamos tener una buena carrera y que podamos ser competitivos. Tengo una gran relación con Timo, desde que me convertí en un piloto de Campeonato junto a él, pasé mucho tiempo con él y a menudo hablábamos de lo genial que sería estar juntos en un equipo. Ese era nuestro sueño viendo a todos los demás correr, así que definitivamente nos divertiremos mucho ahora que estamos allí".

El Island X-Prix en Cerdeña se disputará entre el 6 y 7 de julio para la primera ronda y ente el 9 y 10 de julio para la segunda ronda.

Imagen: Prensa Extreme E

#Island XPrix #Tamara Molinaro #timo scheider #Xite Energy #Xite Energy Racing #Extreme E #ExtremeE #ExtremeE 2022

[bloominghope]

name: andres ozias fraser-davis birthplace: oxford, england birthdate: 25th of september, 1997 ethnicity: guyanese, english

if there was such thing as the definition of perfect couple in a dictionary, the fraser-davis’ would be it. 

the life of dreams, the unattainable one that society insists on forcing upon all common humans, is, essentially, what tamara and rhodes managed to achieve. tamara was seventeen when she went on to study at oxford university, where she would later graduate from in clinical medicine. she was also seventeen when she stumbled upon rhodes, the ( then ) nineteen year-old who was a teaching-assistant on his way to become one of the best medical geneticists in the country. after months on end, finding all possible excuses to spend time together, it was only natural their friendship would progress into a relationship. 

three years on, said relationship had blossomed into a beautiful marriage proposal in the dreamy beaches of turks and caicos and just two years later, they had permanent smiles attached to their faces when they got married in buckinghamshire surrounded by all their loved ones. within ten years, both tamara and rhodes had established themselves as the crème de la crème of their respective careers, but even with the recognition, the unreal house, the holidays in the most stunning destinations and the happy marriage, there was something missing. 

a little, tiny, something missing.

tamara got pregnant quickly, the excitement and happiness overtaking when shy of three months, they told the whole family and friends... only for the baby not to make it and a miscarriage to happen. the suffering, the pain... unlike everyone predicted, brought them closer and so, with a green light from the doctors, they begun trying again. 

and they tried... and tried... and continued to try. 

a year went on and nothing seemed to work. even when tamara got excited because her period was missing and she felt pregnant, even when they tried IVF and all possible treatments, even if they exhausted all possibilities and tried just about everything. 

rhodes tried to tell her they could be happy without a baby. they could carry on and be fine, but tamara could see the cracks each failed attempt left, the hit their marriage was taking because it just wouldn’t happen. it made no sense how nothing was wrong, how there was no issue whatsoever, and yet, she couldn’t seem to get pregnant. they both turned to work, drowning in all the appointments and extra jobs they took just to avoid each other, pretending like nothing was wrong, like sleeping together, sharing a bed, was still easy and there wasn’t any tension. 

months later, by chance, when tamara was doing a routine checkup, she found out the tiny little something that had been missing all along was now steadily growing inside her.

andres was everything tamara and rhodes could have asked for. the perfect baby, the perfect child. healthy, happy, low-maintenance. the little golden-boy, the sunshine of the family. he went on to continue being the perfect teen with straight A’s, excelling at everything he did, at everything he engaged on. the beautiful boy who didn’t need to anything other than exist to get sighs out of the girls and glares out of the other boys. 

and then, their everything who had never done anything wrong, who was almost too good to be true, was almost robbed from them.

it was a hot summer day, tamara and rhodes came home laughing at something that probably wasn’t even funny, only to stop dead in their tracks when the door swung open and they found andres lying unconscious on the floor, blood painting the white carpet, the floors and the furniture. it was all a blur. the only thing they both retained from it was that appearances were deceiving. that their cheerful child, their golden boy so full of joy, wasn’t actually that happy. it so turned out that andres had taken one pill too many in order to be able to do everything he pursued to keep his parents proud and happy, which ended up leading him to pass out and with the hit to the furniture nearby, break his nose in the process. the specifics weren’t the point though. the point was their boy, this sixteen years-old boy, had spent the vast majority of his life trying to bend back over backwards to do all they threw his way, to exceed all their expectations, to ace all the courses, all the sports, all the extracurricular activities. to be friends with the people he thought they would like, to mold himself into what they projected and in the process lose the chance to find who he truly was.

while his friends went on to spend holidays at the coolest places, andres was in rehab and when school started and everyone’s life continued to move forward? andres was seeing psychiatrists and psychologists. when kids his age were figuring out what uni to apply and what degree to choose? andres was trying to figure out who he was, what he liked and what he didn’t, what was right and what was wrong.

fast-forward to the present, andres is currently a select group 2 football referee — or an EFL championship referee — who resides in london, away from what had been the toxic environment he had when he was surrounded by all the memories he had at home. he’s more of a social butterfly these days, having made his own friendships and having grown into his own persona, and for once in his life, he feels like he knows himself. 

#&. — andres : defined.