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redwineconversation · 10 months

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I can see you (waiting down the hall for me)

I've been complaining about Sonia Bompastor's wretched youth academy for so long now that part of me feels like it's part of my brand, but whatever. I'm going to keep whining about it until it either stops or finishes me off, whichever comes first. Based on Bompastor's comments in the Sangare interview, it's probably going to be the second one.

Anyway, let's chat more about it, because it's either that or Textor vs the Financial Watchdog (and don't worry, I have plenty of thoughts on that, too).

But let's pour ourselves a cup of tea in the middle of an LA heatwave and have a proper chat.

So in theory I'm actually really sympathetic to Bompastor's youth academy experiment and could almost get behind it. You only know what young players are capable of when they actually play in games. You can shine on the youth level with the U-teams and in practice, you can show a lot of promise/potential. The only way to really find the limits of the potential is you have something to actually compare it to.

And all players have to start somewhere. I'm also sympathetic to that as well. If Lyon hadn't taken a chance on Amandine Henry back in 2007 then she (probably?) wouldn't have become the (un)contested best defensive midfielder in the world. Wendie Renard wasn't a household name until Lyon rolled the dice on her. By a series of (un)fortunate events Selma Bacha found herself playing in the pro team at 16. None of those things would have happened if Lyon hadn't said, okay, let's see what these players can actually do if we put them through their paces.

So again I'm sympathetic to the idea. You don't know what the academy players are truly capable of until they are put into a position where they have to come up with answers.

But there's a difference between the Lyon of 2006/2007 and the Lyon of today. Lyon could afford to roll the dice back in 2006 and 2007 because if we're being realistic, they had nothing to lose back then. Lyon was a club with plenty of ambition because Aulas wanted to create the best team in the world, but they hadn't begun their European reign. They didn't really have much to compare themselves to, so might as well roll the dice and see if you can swing the odds in your favor. If you have to roll the dice again, who cares.

Trouble is, Lyon doesn't really have that margin of error anymore. Lyon can't get away with having a series of bad games or inexperienced players or players who internally panic at big games because there are consequences now which didn't happen before. The UWCL has become more competitive, even the D1 Arkema has in its own way shrunk the margin of error.

In order to stay at the top, you need depth. That's true for any competitive team, not just Lyon. Chelsea is buying up players in an effort to become as stacked as possible, for example, because you need options, you need to be able to rotate with little to no consequences in terms of your performance on the field (whether Emma Hayes is actually capable of the second part remains to be seen, but I'm also not a Chelsea fan so am not going to touch on that).

Point is, if something happens, you need to be able to deal with it. And you need to be able to deal with it in such a manner that it seems as though the glitch isn't a big deal, just part of the norm and you get on with business as usual.

If last season showed us anything, it's that Lyon's depth is superficial at best, and that's actually a really big deal. Now I will concede it was an unprecedented injury crisis. [Arsenal will argue no one has been hit as badly they have, and it's debatable (again, Lyon was without 10/25 players at one point in the season, but whatever. Some care about context, others don't).]

Lyon had to present its options, and it turns out, the options they had on hand weren't much to write home about. And a lot of that has to do with Bompastor's decisions, and again, I think it's really fair game to criticize her choices.

Now, I will concede that - for the most - Vicki Becho did step up towards the end of the season. The trouble is, that happened after her costly mistake against Chelsea. Should she have known better than to give Lauren James the perfect excuse to dive for a penalty? Yes. But there's a difference between knowing it's the wrong choice and doing it anyway.

Am I being too harsh on Becho? Yes and no. Yes in that Becho's mistake in the return leg against Chelsea wasn't the only reason Lyon ended up getting eliminated, even though it was one of the more important factors. No in that it's true she's young, and young players fuck up. It's part of the course. Young players will make costly mistakes because they are still learning, but more accurately, they are learning game management.

One of Lyon's strengths is/was they are/were particularly good at game management. Big players show up in big games, and Lyon has played a lot of them. They just know how to handle pressure and expectations accordingly, because they have been there so many times before. Lyon gets exposed when those experienced players are taken out of contention, and you're left with players who don't know how to handle pressure, who don't know game management.

Academy players don't have game management, they just don't. And it's just a question of experience - if you've been in a situation enough times, you just know how to handle it, when you're new to it, you don't. It doesn't matter how talented you are, how much potential you have, big games come down to experience. How you are going to cope with the expectations, with the pressure, with a big of other factors you might not have been exposed to before (hostile crowd, media expectations, opposing players with questionable professional ethics, etc).

You don't know how you will handle all that until you have been in that situation.

And this is the catch - I'm just really, really lukewarm that Lyon is the one having to find that out. Yes, these academy players are talented, they have potential. But we don't know a lot of things about them yet. and that, for me, is a major red flag.

Yes, Alice Marques was impressive against Sam Kerr and Chelsea in the 2022 ICC. But that was a friendly. What happens if we reset and it's not a meaningless ICC but a semifinal play-off, and it's not Sam Kerr she's dealing with, but Guro Reiten's left foot or Lauren James in the penalty box at the 122nd minute, down 2-1. What decision will she make, and what guarantee will we have that it is the right one?

There's a difference between the captain of the U-19s, even playing in the U-19s, and playing for a semi-final spot. Let's go with a different scenario. Lauren James doesn't dive and Lyon finds themselves playing the semi-final against Barcelona in the Camp Nou. How will she handle 70,000 screaming at her every time she breathes near the ball? Don't know. Am mighty uncomfortable with the idea of having to find out.

There is a huge amount of hype around Liana Joseph and Maeline Mendy. It's justified - these are two really, really talented players with an enormous amount of potential. But we don't know how they will handle the situations Lyon finds itself in. It is 0-0 in the 88th minute in the title-deciding match against PSG, Delphine Cascarino just tore her ACL. Can Mendy find the right cross and can Joseph make the right decision with the entire Parc des Princes screaming at them every time they touch the ball?

Big games come down to intuition, too. You have to have the experience to trust yourself - trust that not only you will make the right decision, but that your teammates will make the right choice, too. You need to keep your head down and just do your job, everything else will fall into place. Will these academy players know how to do that? Realistically one of two scenarios will happen: they will be overwhelmed by the occasion, or they will be so desperate to prove themselves they will make the wrong decision at the wrong time.

Now, as I said, you become a big game player through experience. You play enough games and you know how to handle the situations because you've already lived through them, and the metamorphosis isn't as overwhelming as it was the first time people were asking questions of you.

So how do we get there? I really hope most, if not all, of these academy players are set out on loan along with Malard. Let another team have to deal with these growing pains and Lyon can apply the polish in a couple of years. Let someone else find out how Joseph solves the problem of another team parking the bus and let another team find out what happens when Mendy is just having a bad day and can't get in an accurate cross. Let another team find out how Marques copes with a forward continuously diving in the penalty box.

Let another team teach them the rules of poker. Lyon can teach them how to bluff afterwards.

#all good love stories start in the rain

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detoxmonkey · 1 year

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Well, don’t just look at me like that. Oh my God

Let’s fix it. Build it better etc

And don’t steal from me anymore Hayes. Or Selma omg

Get your own. Jesus.

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longstaff · 2 years

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Kansas city jazz club

In 1937, Basie moved to Chicago and then New York, bringing Kansas City jazz to national prominence in the process.īasie carried on the Kansas City jazz style until his death in the 1980s. Count Basie and his bands went on to eclipse Bennie Moten's fame. Most of the musicians in the Bennie Moten Orchestra followed a talented pianist named William "Count" Basie, who himself had been a part of Moten's band. Instead, he died at Wheatley-Provident Hospital during what should have been a routine surgery to remove his tonsils in 1935. Sadly, Bennie Moten did not live to see his broader impact on jazz. By the 1940s, the Kansas City style of jazz had spread throughout America, playing in important role in shaping modern music. Kansas City's golden age of jazz thrived in this environment. They ensured that the police would ignore the illegal alcohol, gambling, and prostitution that permeated the night scene. Riffs referred to the practice of using rhythms to accompany the soloists who became the main focus.įrom the mid-1920s through the Depression years of the 1930s, Kansas City's nightlife thrived under the protection of political boss Tom Pendergast and gangster Johnny Lazia. Their music became known as the "Kansas City style," characterized by complex rhythms, carefully restrained drum beats, and especially riffs. Moten continued aggressively hiring the best performers he could find, and their form of jazz matured into some of the best examples of big band swing. This first recording session would have been unremarkable were it not for the continued evolution of the orchestra's style after 1923. They included "Selma 'Bama Blues," "Chattanooga Blues," "Break o' Day Blues," "Evil Mama Blues," "Elephant's Wobble," "Crawdad Blues," "Waco Texas Blues," and "Ill-Natured Blues." The songs were an early form of jazz that really just added additional beats to blues songs. With the help of Kansas City's Winston Holmes Music Store, which previously concentrated on blues records, the orchestra arranged a recording session in Chicago with the Okeh Recording Company. On September 23, 1923, the Bennie Moten Orchestra became the first Kansas City band to make a phonograph recording of its tunes. The well-known jazz artists who later joined Moten's band included Eddie Barefield, William "Count" Basie, Eddie Durham, Thamon Hayes, Joe Keyes, Harlan Leonard, Ed Lewis, Willie MacWashington, Dan Minor, Hot Lips Page, Walter Page, Jimmy Rushing, Buster Smith, Woodie Walder, Booker Washington, Jack Washington, Ben Webster, and Lester Young. In 1923 the group officially became the name "Bennie Moten Orchestra," Kansas City's first great jazz band. Most notable among them were cornet player Lamar Wright, trombonist Thamon Hayes, clarinet player Woodie Walder, and drummer Willie Hall. Moten shrewdly hired some of the most promising musicians in Kansas City to bring them within one band. and B.," and Moten was serving as its manager. By 1922, the group seems to have changed its name to "B. and D.'s performances became a staple of a thriving jazz scene that was a great source of pride within the black community. got started with a gig at the Labor Temple, an important gathering place for Kansas City's African American community as well as for local labor leaders, both black and white. Photo courtesy LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC Libraryī.

#Kansas city jazz club

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playchoicesconfessions · 4 years

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Sent by @hatescapsicum

‘Idk why but Selma Hayes makes me feel uncomfortable.’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

#choices baby bump #baby bump #choices babu #selma hayes #playchoices #confessions #mod bruffle #queue

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crazy-loca-blog · 3 years

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Personal thoughts on Baby Bump, Book 1

Note: As the title says, these are just personal opinions on Choices books and chapters. Of course, you may agree or disagree with them, I only use this platform to express my thoughts on what I read every week and what I’d like to see in the next chapters, because none of my friends play Choices so I have no one to comment the books with.

So… I’ve been out of Tumblr this week because I focused on replaying Baby Bump. I’m not going to lie: this is not one of my favorite books in the app, and I had actually forgot about a lot of the things that happened in this story, so I basically had to replay it for two reasons: the first one is because Baby Bump 2 was just released today (I haven’t read the first chapter yet, so I have no idea of what happened) and I wanted to remember what happened… and the second one is because I might be working on a post with a summary of 2020 releases, just like the one I did last year.

However, I have to admit that replaying Baby Bump left me with a completely different taste when compared to the first time I read the book. Maybe it’s the fact that I was able to read a story that had been fully released, so I didn’t have to wait a full week for a new chapter and I could easily play 3 or 4 chapters a day… but for some reason, I didn’t find it as boring as the first time I read it!

Even though the plot is not amazing, it’s quite consistent, lightheaded, and easy to read and follow, and I think this might actually explain why there are many people who simply love this story. Another thing that I realized during the replay (and this has probably become my favorite thing about this book) is how the writers managed to balance the pregnancy story with a MC who’s trying to develop a career after graduating. Even though I’m not a mom, I’ve seen my friends with kids struggling with this since forever now, so I really appreciate the fact that the book not only addresses the topic, but also the fact that they do it in a very tactful way, to the point that in most cases it looks natural and it almost gets unnoticed (except when dealing with Anna, she’s like the queen of overreacting!). So kudos to the writers!

Unfortunately, even though the plot is fine (again, not “great”, but “fine”), there are too many specific situations in this story that just feel weird to me, no matter how many times I play the book. And probably at the top of my list are our friends. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against the characters as individuals, I like them (especially Luisa, I think her personality is kind of different to what we’re used to see in a female friend), but when I look at them as a gang, I just don’t feel the chemistry I see in stories such as The Royal Romance, Open Heart or Perfect Match. I mean… the only thing that Luisa, Myles and Clint have in common is the MC… I don’t know what they’d talk about if they were in a room without her. And this feels especially true when you notice that they’ve been living in the same small town since forever, but only became “friends” when the MC appeared.

There is also this thing with the LIs. Again, I have nothing against Clint or Myles, even though Clint behaved like a real freak when he decided to propose our MC just because she was pregnant. I understand that PB needed to have one unique father for our baby, so they went with Clint… but in my mind, dating Myles is just so weird now! Maybe it’s just me, but it is kind of uncomfortable to see Myles dating a pregnant woman who actually got pregnant after a one night stand with the other guy in our gang (or with the only guy in the gang if your Myles is a girl). Yikes!

Then, there is something about the professional side of our MC that just doesn’t feel right to me. Maybe this is just me misunderstanding the story, but even though I consider our MC is very good at her job, but I don’t think it’s OK to hide her pregnancy from Myles. Maybe there is something cultural about it, but in my country, the chances that you get a job while pregnant are minimal because you’re considered a “burden” by most employers (I know, it’s awful!). However, it is not OK to hide this information from your employer either. Telling your employer that you’re pregnant is some basic good education, especially because the employer must figure out what they will do while you’re on maternity leave (if you have access to it).

And last but not least, there are these two characters that I truly can’t stand: the first one is Selma. I don’t know if we’ll get to see her in Book 2 (I don’t know what would be her role in the new book to be honest) but there is something about her that I don’t even know how to describe… the woman was very unpredictable and sometimes I felt like my MC was “forced” to do things she didn’t want to do just to please her, so it was just unpleasant for me to share scenes with her, she made me feel uncomfortable. And the second one is Mariana. I may forgive her for missing one of the babies (because yeah, it happens in real life) but her attitude when the MC took Clint with her to the appointment was so unprofessional (Ethan Ramsey would have had a heart attack by watching this situation) that I just couldn’t stand her since that moment. I’m an awful person, I know!

What do I expect from Book 2? I think everything was pretty much said in the extra scenes in Book 1… our MC is delivering not one, but two babies… we’ll have to recover our job… we’ll also have to deal with Clint’s parents (maybe that will be an opportunity for Cassandra to have her redemption arc)… Craig will make our life a nightmare… Anna and Bao will be planning their wedding… we’ll do a lot of baby shopping… honestly, I don’t think there’s much room for surprises because Book 2 will already have many subplots, so by now, I only expect to have a lightheaded and enjoyable story to read on Fridays.

#playchoices #choices stories you play #choices baby bump #baby bump choices #baby bump #jen cassidy #clint covington #myles dixon #mayor dixon #luisa #mariana castillo #cassandra taylor #craig finch #anna cassidy #selma hayes

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tuseriesdetv · 3 years

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Noticias de series de la semana

Renovaciones

Netflix ha renovado You por una cuarta temporada

Amazon ha renovado Jack Ryan por una cuarta temporada

Starz ha renovado Blindspotting por una segunda temporada

HBO Max ha renovado Doom Patrol por una cuarta temporada

HBO Max ha renovado Titans por una cuarta temporada

Pennyworth se muda de EPIX a HBO Max, que la renueva por una tercera temporada

Noticias cortas

CBS encarga temporada completa de NCIS: Hawaii y FBI: International.

Bosé será desarrollada por Paramount+.

Jennifer Coolidge (Tanya) volverá en la segunda temporada de The White Lotus.

Octavio Pisano (Joe Velasco) será regular en la vigesimotercera temporada de Law & Order: SVU.

Fichajes

Emma Corrin (The Crown) protagonizará Retreat. Será una joven detective.

Common (Never Have I Ever, Hell on Wheels) será Sims, el jefe de la seguridad judicial del silo, en Wool. Tim Robbins (Mystic River, Dead Man Walking), Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation, The Office) y David Oyelowo (Selma, Nightingale) serán Bernard, jefe del departamento de informática; Allison, trabajadora del departamento de informática y esposa de Holston; y Holston, el sheriff del silo.

Harvey Keitel (Bugsy, Reservation Dogs), Laura Harrier (Hollywood, One Life to Live), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks, Big Love), Olunike Adeliyi (Workin' Moms, Flashpoint) y T.J. Atoms (Wu-Tang: An American Saga) se unen a Iron Mike como recurrentes. Serán Cus D'Amato, el primer entrenador de Tyson (Trevante Rhodes); Robin Givens, la actriz y primera esposa de Tyson; Camile D'Amato, la esposa de Cus; Lorna Mae, la madre de Tyson; y Barkim, ladrón y amigo de Tyson.

Michael Peña (Narcos: Mexico, The Shield) se une a la cuarta temporada de Jack Ryan. Se desconocen detalles.

Melanie Lynskey (Castle Rock, Two and a Half Men) será Betty Gore, la amiga de Candy Montgomery (Jessica Biel) en Candy.

Patton Oswalt (The Goldbergs, King of Queens), Nat Faxon (Ben & Kate, The Conners), Carlos Valdes (The Flash, Arrow), Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital, Kevin Can Wait), Patrick Walker, Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time, Murder in the First), Chris Conner (Altered Carbon, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Anne Dudek (Mad Men, House M.D.), Brian Geraghty (Big Sky, Chicago PD), Nelson Franklin (Black-ish, Veep), Reed Diamond (13 Reasons Why, Homicide: Life on the Street), Johnny Berchtold, Adam Ray (American Vandal) y Billy Smith (Homeland) serán Chuck Colson, consejero de Nixon (Danny Winn); Bob Haldeman, jefe de gabinete de la Casa Blanca; Paul Magallanes, agente del FBI; Peggy Ebbitt, amiga de los Mitchell; Frank Willis, guardia de seguridad; Charles N. Shaffer, abogado de John Dean (Dan Stevens); John Ehrlichman, la mano derecha de Nixon; Diana Oweiss, la secretaria de John Mitchell (Sean Penn); Peter, el guardia de seguridad de los Mitchell; Dick Moore, mano derecha de John Dean; Mark Felt, director asociado del FBI; Jay Jennings, hijo de Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts); Ron Ziegler, secretario de prensa de la Casa Blanca; y Ken Ebbitt, amigo de John Mitchell; en Gaslit.

Celia Weston (Modern Family, American Horror Story), Michael O'Neill (Rectify, Scandal) y Gable Swanlund (The Shrink Next Door) se unen como regulares a Echoes. Tyner Rushing (The Terminal List), Hazel y Ginger Mason (The Blacklist, The Post), Alise Willis (Ruthless) y Madie Nichols (The Outsider) serán recurrentes.

Kathleen Robertson (Bates Motel; Beverly Hills, 90210) será Rosenfeld Guoliang, miembro importante del círculo de confianza de Marco Inaros (Keon Alexander),W en la sexta y última temporada de The Expanse.

Natasha O'Keeffe (Peaky Blinders, Misfits), Meera Syal (The Kumars, The Split) y Ceara Coveney se unen a la segunda temporada de The Wheel of Time.

Adam Korson (SurrealEstate, Imposters) será recurrente en Maggie como Daniel, un hombre dulce y autocrítico que ha abandonado el crossfit.

Bryana Salaz (Team Kaylie, Best Friends Whenever), Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Ciara Riley Wilson (L.A.'s Finest) y Shiv Pai (Iron Fist) protagonizarán Freeridge.

Melissa De Sousa (Valley of the Dolls, The Best Man) y McKinley Freeman (Hit the Floor, Queen Sugar) serán recurrentes en Our Kind of People como Alex Rivera, reportera financiera y exmujer de Raymond (Morris Chestnut); y el padre de Nikki (Alana Bright).

Lily Cardone (Bernie the Dolphin) y Lowrey Brown (The Gifted) serán las versiones jóvenes de Irene (Sissy Spacek) y Franklin (J.K. Simmons) en Lightyears.

Djouliet Amara (Guilty Party) será recurrente en la segunda temporada de Superman & Lois. Interpretará a una estudiante de Smallville High con un pasado lleno de secretos.

Kausar Mohammed (What Men Want), Wilder Yari y Theo Germaine (The Politician, Work in Progress) serán recurrentes en 4400 como Soraya, amiga de Jharrel (Joseph David-Jones) que trabaja en el departamento de informática; Jessica, agente de Seguridad Nacional y exnovia de Keisha (Ireon Roach); y Noah, uno de los aparecidos.

Kalyne Coleman será recurrente en Interview With the Vampire como Grace, hermana de Louis (Jacob Anderson).

Pósters

Nuevas series

AMC encarga Tales of The Walking Dead, antología episódica en la que veremos a personajes nuevos y antiguos.

Apple TV+ ha encargado diez episodios de Shrinking, que sigue a un terapeuta en duelo (Jason Segel; How I Met Your Mother, Freaks and Geeks) que comienza a incumplir las normas y decir a sus clientes exactamente lo que piensa, ignorando su formación y la ética, originando así enormes cambios en las vidas de los demás y también en la suya. Escrita y producida por Segel junto a Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Spin City) y Brett Goldstein, guionistas de Ted Lasso.

FX encarga The Bear, comedia sobre un joven chef (Jeremy Allen White; Shameless, Homecoming) que vuelve a Chicago para llevar el restaurante familiar. Con Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Girls, NOS4A2), Ayo Edebiri (Dickinson, Big Mouth), Lionel Boyce (Hap & Leonard), Abby Elliott (Odd Mom Out, How I Met Your Mother), Liza Colón-Zayas (In Treatment, David Makes Man), Edwin Lee Gibson (Fargo) y Matty Matheson (Workin' Moms). Creada y producida por Christopher Storer (Ramy, Dickinson), que dirigió el piloto.

Ryan Murphy y Jamie Lee Curtis quieren producir Outfielder, sobre el hombre que inventó el high five, para Netflix. Se trata de Glenn Burke, de Los Angeles Dodgers, que chocó esos cinco el 2 de octubre de 1977. Burke fue el primer jugador de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol en salir del armario durante su carrera profesional. Escrita por Robert O'Hara (Slave Play, Insurrection), que también la dirigiría.

Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects, Six Feet Under) y Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones, Four Weddings and a Funeral) protagonizarán Gray, thriller de espionaje basado en una idea original del novelista David Baldacci, escrita por John McLaughlin (Black Swan, Carnivàle) y dirigida por Ruba Nadda (Frankie Drake Mysteries). Producen Baldacci y Clarkson, que interpretará a Cornelia Gray, una espía que lleva 20 años huyendo de los agentes del gobierno que sospechan que es una traidora y regresa a su antigua vida justo cuando se descubre que hay un nuevo topo dentro de su vieja red de espionaje poniéndola a ella y a su red en peligro.

Bess Wohl (Grand Horizons) escribirá para televisión la limited series The Children's Hour, adaptación de la obra de Lillian Hellman (1934) que tuvo versión cinematográfica en 1961 y que trata sobre dos mujeres que dirigen un internado de chicas y son acusadas falsamente de mantener una relación sentimental. La serie expandirá la historia para incluir detalles del caso legal en el que está basada la obra y profundizar en la comunidad que rodea a la escuela y en la mente de la joven acusadora. Produce Jon Robin Baitz (Brothers & Sisters, The Slap).

Fechas

La segunda temporada de Temple llega a Sky Max el 28 de octubre

La decimotercera temporada de Doctor Who se estrena en BBC One el 31 de octubre

Head of the Class llega a HBO Max el 4 de noviembre

La segunda temporada de Saved by the Bell se estrena en Peacock el 24 de noviembre

La tercera temporada de Hanna se estrena en Prime Video el 24 de noviembre

La segunda temporada de Alex Rider se estrena en IMDb TV el 3 de diciembre

La sexta y última temporada de The Expanse se estrena en Prime Video el 10 de diciembre

La segunda temporada de Crossing Swords se estrena en Hulu el 10 de diciembre

Stay Close llega a Netflix el 31 de diciembre

Peacemaker se estrena en HBO Max el 13 de enero

La segunda parte de la undécima y última temporada de The Walking Dead se estrena en AMC el 20 de febrero

Tráilers y promos

The Shrink Next Door

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Temple - Temporada 2

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Dickinson - Temporada 3 y última

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La casa de papel - Últimos episodios

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Doctor Who - Temporada 13

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Colin in Black & White

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Gentefied - Temporada 2

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Narcos: Mexico - Temporada 3 y última

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You - Temporada 4

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The Sex Lives of College Girls

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Curb Your Enthusiasm - Temporada 11

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Saved by the Bell - Temporada 2

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The Expanse - Temporada 6 y última

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Hanna - Temporada 3

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Alex Rider - Temporada 2

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Mayor of Kingstown

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Hawkeye

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Swagger

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Big Mouth - Temporada 5

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Peacemaker

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#series tv #television

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tabloidtoc · 3 years

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Us, February 1

You can now buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Brad Pitt’s Baby Drama -- is ex Nicole Poturalski pregnant?

Page 2: Red Carpet -- Kaitlyn Dever

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Lili Reinhart vs. Lily Collins

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Stephen Colletti on his viral reunion with ex-girlfriend and former Laguna Beach costar Kristin Cavallari last year, Kyra Sedgwick on husband Kevin Bacon giving her a bikini wax, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ response when asked how many children she wants with husband Nick Jonas, Jessica Simpson on kids Maxwell and Ace and Birdie whom she shares with Eric Johnson, Rob Lowe on finally spotting his very reclusive new neighbor Prince Harry

Page 8: Contents

Page 10: Hot Pics -- Michael B. Jordan and Lori Harvey enjoyed a romantic getaway together in St. Barts

Page 11: Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt splashed around the ocean with their son Gunner in Carpinteria in California, Miley Cyrus and stylist pal Bradley Kenneth McPeek spent their evening at the beach watching the sunset in Malibu, Selma Blair went on a coffee run in L.A.

Page 12: Josephine Skriver shot a commercial for Maybelline with a pretty bouquet in NYC, Vanessa Lachey wrapped up a Hot Tools Volumizer before gifting to a pal

Page 13: Katie Holmes wore an all-denim ensemble while out and about with beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. in NYC

Page 16: Padma Lakshmi stunned in a white dress at the Gotham Awards in NYC, G-Eazy shared a laugh with a female costar while filming a music video in Pasadena, Brian Austin Green and Sharma Burgess kiss in Hawaii

Page 18: New Year, New Hair -- celebs are already changing up their ‘dos in 2021 -- Demi Lovato ditched her signature dark hair for a pink pixie cut, Tom Hanks called his bald look for the upcoming Elvis Presley biopic horrible, Kate Hudson with rose gold tresses, Taraji P. Henson with short magenta locks, Bella Hadid’s new dyed front strands give off Ginger Spice vibes, Keke Palmer rocking a mullet

Page 20: It’s all relative -- good genes run in these stars’ families -- Gwyneth Paltrow and her mom Blythe Danner and her daughter Apple, Heidi Klum and Erna and daughter Leni, Jada Pinkett Smith and daughter Willow and mom Adrienne Banfield-Norris

Page 21: Chrissy Teigen and mom Vilailuck and daughter Luna, Jessica Alba and Cathy and daughter Honor, Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian West and her kids Saint and Chicago and Psalm and Mary Jo Houghton

Page 22: Stars They’re Just Like Us -- Kelly Bensimon got where she needed to go via Citi Bike in NYC, Helena Christensen stepped out with her beloved dog Kuma in NYC, Meg Ryan filled her gas tank in L.A.

Page 23: During a commercial break Good Morning America coanchor Robin Roberts sipped in a cool beverage in NYC, Rachel Brosnahan partnered with Amazon to support one of her favorite charities Covenant House in NYC

Page 24: Love Lives -- Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are feeling refreshed after a recent trip to Turks and Caicos

Page 25: Jessie James Decker and husband Eric Decker are enjoying a lot more alone time now that they’ve finally put a lock on their bedroom door, Jackson Guthy is Olivia Jade Giannulli’s No. 1 fan

Page 26: Hot Hollywood -- After 10 years of marriage Elizabeth Chambers thought she knew the real Armie Hammer but when graphic messages surfaced of his alleged disturbing sexual fetishes of rape and cannibalism she was horrified and it’s like she’s living in a nightmare and she’s focused on protecting their kids Harper and Ford and she wants to shield them from seeing their dad so unhinged

Page 27: Kim Kardashian West is set to finally file for divorce from husband Kanye West by February 14 -- Kim wanted to hold the marriage together for the sake of their four kids she’s now ready to turn the chapter and move on with her life

* Meghan Markle’s half-sister Samantha Markle isn’t the only one telling all -- her estranged dad Thomas Markle now has a documentary in the works about his life and raising his famous daughter -- Meghan is absolutely repulsed by her father and she was praying that he’d stay out of her business and move on with his life but he won’t leave her alone and as a result Meghan will never let him meet her son Archie

* Keeping Up With Us -- Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have called it quits, Vanessa Bryant opened up about coping with loss just days before the one year anniversary of husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna’s tragic deaths, Jason Sudeikis has returned to work on season 2 of Ted Lasso amid his ex Olivia Wilde’s new romance with Harry Styles, Tom Cruise has splurged on robots to enforce Covid-19 safety protocols on the set of Mission: Impossible 7, Chrishell Stause and Justin Hartley have finalized their divorce, Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with cancer

Page 28: A Day in My Life -- Hunter Hayes

Page 29: Chandler Powell and Bindi Irwin are counting down the days until they meet their baby girl -- Bindi who is in her third trimester cannot wait to be a mother and she’ll be wonderful at it

Page 30: Cover Story -- What Does Brad Pitt Know? Questions arise after Brad’s ex Nicole Poturalski is spotted with what could be a baby bump

Page 33: Inside Angelina Jolie’s new life

Page 34: Erin and Ben Napier -- doing things our way -- the breakout HGTV stars sit down to talk about making it big and putting family first

Page 36: Justin Timberlake turns 40 -- Justin’s highs and lows ahead of his milestone January 31 birthday

Page 40: Beauty -- surprisingly sexy scents -- Ariana Grande’s latest R.E.M.

Page 42: Entertainment -- Genevieve Padalecki on starring in Walker with real-life husband Jared Padalecki

Page 43: James Lafferty and Alexandra Park on Everyone Is Doing Great

Page 46: Fashion Police -- when bad clothes happen to good people -- Cardi B edition

Page 48: 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me -- President Joe Biden

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As we are in the quiet period between a new book release, the next Insider’s email, and now the news of a newsletter or article thing in regards to sequels, I have been working on getting more Transparents from older books and trying to catch up on current books.

And now the following characters have now been added to the Transparents folder;

A Courtesan of Rome

Cingerix

Cornelius

Euthymios

Gnaeus Rufus

Isis

Iuna Pythia

Legate Aquila

Locusta

Lucanus Flavius

Lucius

Marcella

Marcus Brutus

Rufus Glycia

Baby Bump

Bao

Gavin Covington

Lori

Selma Hayes

Bachelorette Party

Frank

Superfanda

Big Sky Country

Bentley Johnson

Blades of Light & Shadow

Grobtar

Grobtar Chief

Solerne

Bloodbound

Iola

Desire & Decorum

Batholemew Chambers

Bishop Monroe

Constance Parsons

Cordelia Parsons

Donna Bowman

Ezra Harper

Felicity Holloway

Gideon Payne

Harry Foredale

Madam Raisa

Mary

Prince Regent George

Queen Charlotte

Rupert Foredale

Thaddeus Parsons

Vincent Foredale

Viscount Westonly

Viscountess Lavinia

Yusuf Konevi

Distant Shores

Ambassador Moreno

Bronte

Dorothea

Governor Smith

Grace

Lady Moreno

Officer Alvarez

Officer Doyle

Pierre Dupre

Tripp

Foreign Affairs

Dean Lundqvist

Professor Masako

Winston Torres

High School Story / Class Act

Alan Park

Greg

Mohit Bhandari

Rita

Samir Bhandari

Shruti Bhandari

Hot Couture

Brandon

Bridgette Gardner

Kimia

Otto Thorndyke

Mother of the Year

Hugo

Tallulah Copeland

My Two First Loves

Dave Price

June Price

Open Heart

Baz Mirani

Bryce Lahela

Elijah Greene

Ethan Ramsey

Jackie Varma

June Hirata

Passport to Romance

Elliot Langdon

Queen B

Thomas Stiles

Red Carpet Diaries

Thomas Hunt

Ride or Die: A Bad Boy Romance

Logan

Sunkissed

Alexis

Bill

Nate

The Elementalists

Kavya Mistry

Ward

The Freshman Series

Claire Pierce

The Nanny Affair

Carter

Jenny

The Royal Masquerade

Emery Beaumont

The Royal Romance / Heir

Bartie Walker

Bradshaw Achillies

Camellia Nevrakis

Constantine Rys

Isaac Achilles

Jackson Walker

Leona Walker

Lionel Nevrakis

Lyra Achilles

Wishful Thinking

Harry

Witness: A Bodyguard Romance

Cassian Keane

Finn McDonough

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Welcome to a weekly collaboration between FiveThirtyEight and ABC News. With 5,000 people seemingly thinking about challenging President Trump in 2020 — Democrats and even some Republicans — we’re keeping tabs on the field as it develops. Each week, we’ll run through what the potential candidates are up to — who’s getting closer to officially jumping in the ring and who’s getting further away.

There are still a number potential candidates whose entrance into the 2020 field could shake up an already crowded race, and it appears many of them are coming close to revealing their plans.

There’s former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, who ruled out a 2020 Senate run this week, but whose celebrity status and fundraising ability could catapult him to the top of the field.

There’s former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is reportedly looking at New York City campaign office space. And his appeal to political moderates and billions of dollars would allow him to run a self-funded campaign, where he would not be beholden to donors and money would never be a concern.

And there’s former Vice President Joe Biden, who said his family is on board, and whose strength in name-recognition and political experience has made him a de facto favorite since the day President Donald Trump won election in 2016.

While other presidential candidates are beginning to settle into their campaign routines, it won’t be long until the decisions of these three players, and several more, refresh the field and force everyone else to recalibrate their strategies.

Here’s the weekly candidate roundup:

Feb. 22-28, 2019

Stacey Abrams (D) In a podcast interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Abrams said that she is “considering” a run for Senate in 2020 against incumbent Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue.

Michael Bennet (D) During a trip to Iowa last weekend, Bennet told the Des Moines Register that he is “leaning toward” entering the presidential race. The newspaper also reported that he spent much of his four stops in the Hawkeye State speaking about education — Bennet was the superintendent of Denver Public Schools for four years.

“I think we need an education president,” Bennet told the Register. “There’s no public good that’s more important than education.”

Joe Biden (D) Biden said Tuesday at a University of Delaware event that his family has signed-off on a presidential run, explaining that after a “family meeting,” there was a “consensus.”

“The most important people in my life want me to run,” the former vice president said.

As for the timeline of his own decision, Biden revealed that he is in the “final stages” of the process and told the New York Times that a potential campaign would begin during the year’s second quarter.

“It’s something that I have to make sure that I could run a first-rate effort to do this and make clear where I think the country should go and how to get there,” he said publicly. “That’s the process going on right now. That’s as straightforward as I can be. I have not made the final decision, but don’t be surprised.”

Michael Bloomberg (D) Bloomberg picked up a preemptive endorsement from fellow billionaire Warren Buffett, who revealed his affinity for the former New York City mayor in an interview with CNBC.

“I think that he knows how to run things, I think that he’s got the right goals for America, he understands people, he understands the market system,” Buffett said.

Politico reported Thursday that representatives of Bloomberg were beginning to look at office space in New York City and interviewing potential staffers.

Bloomberg stopped in Nevada Tuesday to praise the state’s new gun background check law. During a news conference related to the legislation he noted that he was still undecided on a presidential run.

(Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada via AP) Former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg addresses a group of business and government leaders at the Asia Pacific Foundation in Toronto, Jan. 15, 2019.

Cory Booker (D) Booker introduced legislation Thursday that would legalize marijuana at the federal level, and was joined by several 2020 rivals, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., who cosponsored the bill.

In a statement, the New Jersey senator noted that the “war on drugs,” disproportionately affected “people of color and low-income individuals.”

On Tuesday, Booker earned the first endorsement from an Iowa state lawmaker, courtesy of state Rep. Amy Nielsen, who pointed to their shared experiences as mayors and his “message of optimism and unity.”

After making his first visit to Nevada last weekend, Booker travels to South Carolina Friday and Saturday and will speak in Selma, Alabama Sunday in commemoration of the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” march.

Sherrod Brown (D) Brown took his “dignity of work” message to Nevada earlier this week, where he said that if he chooses to run for president, he’ll be “the most pro-union candidate.”

“We will have a government on the side of workers, not a government on the side of big corporations,” the Ohio senator told members of the Culinary Union Saturday in Las Vegas.

Speaking to reporters Wednesday, however, Brown said he has yet to reach a final decision on a presidential run, but would do so by the end of March.

Pete Buttigieg (D) During a visit to California, the South Bend, Indiana mayor told the San Francisco Chronicle that Democrats need to talk more about their values, and ultimately could make the presidential election solely a referendum about Trump.

“We’ve got to have a message that makes sense and that recognizes that this president is going to come and go. So it can’t be all about him,” Buttigieg said.

Buttigieg heads back to Iowa Monday for his second visit since announcing his presidential exploratory committee, with events in Davenport, Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.

Julian Castro (D) Castro described himself as the “antithesis of Donald Trump” in an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune, saying that he was working to end the country’s divisions and demonstrate “honesty and integrity.”

The former Housing and Urban Development secretary further said he was going to visit all 50 states as part of his presidential campaign, adding four to his list in the past week with stops in Utah, Idaho and Nevada after a road trip through Iowa last weekend.

(Mary Schwalm/AP) Julian Castro, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, speaks at Saint Anselm College, Jan. 16, 2019, in Manchester, N.H.

Bill de Blasio (D) The New York City mayor visited Iowa last weekend, where he spoke to a crowd of 40 people at a union hall and met with former Gov. Tom Vilsack.

De Blasio acknowledged that he is “not a candidate at this moment,” but argued that Democrats “have to have a progressive as our nominee.”

“We have to be able to speak to working people across our whole country,” he continued. “We also have to have a nominee who is believable as a leader in such an important position.”

John Delaney (D) Delaney visited Clemson University in South Carolina Wednesday where he shared his idea for a national service program, discussed developing a national artificial intelligence strategy and was complimentary of the Trump administration’s efforts to engage with North Korea — though noted he was concerned the president would make a “terrible deal,” according to The Greenville News.

Kirsten Gillibrand (D) Gillibrand defended a planned fundraiser at a pharmaceutical executive’s home where tickets cost upwards of $1,000 during a Fox News interview on Monday, saying that the executive in question was a long-time friend and that it was the influence of corporate political action committees that was more problematic.

“I think you do need to get money out of politics,” the New York senator said. “The most important thing we have to do is upend the way our democracy functions. Today, the wealthiest most powerful lobbyists and special interests groups get to write bills in the dead of night.”

In the interview, Gillibrand further labelled climate change “the greatest threat to humanity we have” and compared ambitious efforts, such as the Green New Deal, to combat the issue to the challenge of putting a man on the moon in the 1960s.

Kamala Harris (D) The California senator made headlines Tuesday when she told The Root that she believed sex work should be decriminalized, though cautioned that the issue wasn’t “as simple as that.”

“There is an ecosystem around that that includes crimes that harm people, and for those issues, I do not believe that anybody who hurts another human being or profits off of their exploitation should be free of criminal prosecution,” Harris said. “But when you’re talking about consenting adults, we should consider that we can’t criminalize consensual behavior.”

After spending last weekend in Iowa, Harris made her first visit to Nevada as a presidential candidate Thursday to hold a town hall and participate in the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit.

John Hickenlooper (D) The former Colorado governor continues to take steps towards a presidential run, expected to be announced some time in early March. Last weekend, Hickenlooper held meet-and-greet events in Sioux City and Carroll, Iowa, and spoke at the Story County Democrats’ Annual Soup Dinner.

A spokesperson for Hickenlooper told the Associated Press that he has raised over $1 million for his political action committee.

(Brennan Linsley/AP Photo) Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivers his annual State of the State address to lawmakers and guests, inside the state legislature, in Denver, Jan. 14, 2016.

Larry Hogan (R) As speculation grows that the Maryland governor could launch a challenge to Trump, Hogan asked in a Washington Post interview why the Republican National Committee was taking steps to declare its support for the president and potentially shutdown primaries.

“If he has unanimous support and everybody is on board, why shut down the normal process?” Hogan said. “It’s almost like a hostage situation.”

Referring to the governor specifically on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel said that any other potential challengers to Trump “have the right to jump in and lose.”

Jay Inslee (D) The Washington governor is expected to launch a presidential campaign within days, teasing as much during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation” last weekend, and telling NBC that he’s made up his mind.

“I’ve been pleased by what I’ve been hearing across the country, that people do want a president that will act on a real emergency which is climate change,” Inslee said on CBS. “Look, we’re fighting real emergencies. The forest fires that are consuming the western United States. They need a president who will rally the nation to a clean energy economy.”

The governor went on to say that climate change would be his “number one priority.”

Amy Klobuchar (D) Klobuchar faced criticism after a New York Times report last Friday detailed her treatment of her staff, including throwing binders and phones in frustration and forcing an aide to clean a comb she used to eat a salad on a plane when it was brought to her without a fork. The senator’s defenders have characterized the anecdotes as inflated and claimed that as a female politician, Klobuchar was being held to a higher standard of behavior than her male counterparts.

The senator spent last weekend campaigning in South Carolina and New Hampshire, after a visit to Georgia where she met with former President Jimmy Carter.

Beto O’Rourke (D) The former Texas congressman said Thursday that he has reached a decision about his political future, but that it won’t include a challenge of Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who is up for reelection in 2020.

Though O’Rourke did not yet reveal whether that decision includes a presidential campaign, The Dallas Morning News reported that he is likely to enter the race and could make such an announcement in the next few weeks.

Bernie Sanders (D) During a CNN town hall, Sanders shared rare praise for Trump, ahead of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, describing the summit as a “good idea” if it leads to eventual denuclearization. The Vermont senator further outlined his Medicare-for-all plan, pledged higher corporate tax rates and said that the allegations of sexual harassment within his 2016 campaign were “very painful” and “will not happen again.”

Sanders also pledged to support the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nominee, no matter who that person is, because “Trump has got to be defeated.”

Just over one week after launching his campaign, Sanders is holding rallies in Brooklyn and Chicago this weekend, with a stop in between in Selma, Alabama to speak at the Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast, which is honoring his former 2016 rival Hillary Clinton.

(AP) In this Oct. 30, 2018 file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally in Bethesda, Md.

Elizabeth Warren (D) Warren announced Monday that she will not hold private events that are limited to major donors.

“That means no fancy receptions or big money fundraisers only with people who can write the big checks,” she wrote in a post on Medium. “And when I thank the people giving to my campaign, it will not be based on the size of their donation. It means that wealthy donors won’t be able to purchase better seats or one-on-one time with me at our events. And it means I won’t be doing “call time,” which is when candidates take hours to call wealthy donors to ask for their support.”

In the midst of Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen’s testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, the Massachusetts senator said that if she is elected president “there will be no pardons for anyone implicated in these investigations.”

After visiting New Hampshire last weekend, Warren will spend Friday and Saturday in Iowa, with events in Dubuque, Elkader and Waterloo.

Andrew Yang (D) In an interview with WMUR in New Hampshire, Yang said he was concerned about the ages of some of his presidential opponents and potential rivals, citing Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and former Vice President Joe Biden, who are 77 and 76 years old, respectively. He added that Trump’s 72 years are “probably playing into his mental health.”

“I do think that given the importance of the position, it would make sense to have some sort of transparency where if someone is past a certain age, then there should be some sort of physical or some sort of health report,” Yang added.

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"Describe Selma Bacha in One Word" Challenge

Posted on OL Feminin's Twitter account

Delphine Cascarino: *reading the prompt* Describe Selma in one word. Describe Selma in one ...? Crazy.

Perle Morroni: Crazy. *laughs* We said it at the same time.

Ines Benyahia: Tiring.

Damaris: Crazy.

Emma Holmgren: Crazy.

Signe Bruun: Crazy. Crazy, crazy.

Alyssia Paljevic: Grows on you.

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I'll finish - or at least try to - finish translating Ines Jaurena's interview this evening. After that I'll be at the ICC so I guess you'll get the post match analysis; updates on my desperate quest to get either Bruun or Hegerberg to sign my doggy's bandana; and whether being in close proximity to Emma Hayes really will force me to drink cyanide. Fun things all around.

#selma bacha #all good love stories start in the rain

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Human Rights In The News- Immigrant Detention Centers

Selma Watson

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12/4/20

Immigrant detention centers have become the topic of many news stories over the last few years, especially since the election of President Donald Trump, whose administration has taken a very militaristic approach to immigration prevention, with the suggested building of border walls, the extreme funding of government programs such as ICE, and the military patrolling of our country’s southern border and surrounding areas. The militarization of immigration actually began during the Clinton administration and his “Operation Gatekeeper”, which aimed to diminish illegal crossing of the US-Mexico border (The World, 2019). Though this problem did not begin with the Trump administration, the number of people being held in detention centers has risen sharply since his election, in fact, as of September 2019 the US had 52,722 people detained (Kassie, 2019). While there are many biases in the media representation of undocumented immigrants, and immigrant detention centers, the general concensus is that this is a human rights problem that must be righted.

The coverage of immigration and immigrant detention in the news varies greatly based on where one chooses to get their information. There are many varying reports on whether the conditions in the detention centers are humane or not, with some immigrants stating they experienced physical or emotional abuse, overcrowding, and lack of resources such as adequate food or heat (Armus, 2020). Detention workers deny these claims, though few centers actually let outsiders in to see the conditions. Even far right news sources such as Fox have had to concede that the detention centers are “stark holding center[s],” and “not where [immigrants] wanted to end up in their journey north,” (Shaw, 2019). Immigrants in this country face a very specific rhetoric provided by the media and by the President himself, with Trump’s most vulgar language often directed towards immigrants. Donald Trump perpetuates the ideas that immigrants, especially from Mexico, are “animals, rapists, and gang members,” all of which he has said at different points during his campaign and presidency (Collins & Hayes, 2019). Liberal news sources and politicians often call out Trump’s depiction of immigrants, yet the implicit bias that all immigrants are criminals still prevails in this country.

I wanted to examine the biases surrounding immigrant detention centers by looking at different news sources with both far left, far right, and more central views and reputations. I started with more liberal news sources, such as MSNBC, Huffington Post, and The Guardian, looking for information on immigrant detention centers. In one MSNBC segment, reporter Jacob Soboroff, who was able to tour one of the detention centers holding children stated that while they children are not in physical cages, they are “effectively incarcerated.” He made the connection between the children in detention centers, and animals in zoos. There is a large overcrowding crisis (1400 children are housed in this one center), due to the Trump administration taking children from their immigrant parents, effectively making them unaccompanied minors. The children are reportedly allowed outside for two hours a day, with the other twenty-two hours spent inside the converted Walmart that is being used to house them. This is 1 of 100 facilities of the same purpose in this country (MSNBC, 2018). A Huffington Post article had similar information on detention centers, reporting “dangerous overcrowding” that produced serious health risks to those detained. The article reports that people were held for much longer than they were supposed to be, while being denied basic human decencies such as showers and space for sleeping. A quote from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is included in the article, where she states, “According to concentration camp experts, people begin to die due to overcrowding, neglect, and shortage of resources. We saw all three of those signs on our trip yesterday. Another person died yesterday. And those are the deaths we know about” (Karanth, 2019). While both of these news sources are known to be more liberal, the information is hard to look past.

When attempting to find news articles on immigrant detention centers from more right-wing sources I was shocked, but not necessarily surprised, to find that the coverage was much different. Sources like OANN (One American News Network) only had articles on immigration policy, not reports on the conditions or impacts of detention centers. The Wall Street Journal similarly had few articles covering the actual detention of immigrants, with most of the information focusing on the differences between Trump and Biden’s policies, or the ongoing court cases that have been presented on the topic of immigrant detention. This in and of itself is a huge bias that must be recognized. Many people seek their news from one or a few sources, usually sources that align with their political beliefs. If a person only receives their news from more conservative news sites, they are only getting a slight fraction of the information on immigrant detention.

While there are many varying views and reports on immigrant detention, there seem to be several key facts that are almost impossible to ignore. In a study conducted by The American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and the National Immigrant Justice Center, it has been shown that since 2017, privately owned immigrant detention centers have grown in popularity (as of January 2020, 81% of detention centers are owned or operated by private companies), resulting in billions of dollars of revenue for the private operators that run the facilities. The study also found that there have been a multitude of medical issues in said facilities, including at least 39 deaths due to subpar care, and the inability to receive proper medical care (Human Rights Watch, 2020). While the Trump administration is not solely responsible for the immigration policies in this country, under his presidency the policing and detention of immigrant families and children has risen. Trump operates under a Zero Tolerance policy, with a goal of 100% prosecution rate for those crossing the border into this country illegally, regardless of the reasons for their immigration (Human Rights Watch, 2018). It is important to note that there are many reasons for immigration, including but not limited to searching for jobs, reuniting with family, fleeing violence or political unrest, and climate change. There are political, economic, and social reasons for immigration, especially to countries such as the US that provide higher paying jobs, better living conditions, and some assemblance of political protection. Imprisoning people searching for nothing more than seeking the “American Dream” is a human rights violation, especially when the imprisonment involves splitting up families and holding children in separate detention facilities. Many biases are clear in the reporting of immigration, and the coverage of the detention centers, but it is possible to find the facts and truths of the issue.

Bibliography

Armus, T. (2020, October 30). Unaccompanied migrant children suffer ‘inhumane and cruel experience’ in CBP custody, report alleges. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/migrant-children-border-unaccompanied/

Collins, M., & Hayes, C. (2019, September 17). In Trump’s words: 10 controversial things he’s said about the border, immigrants. El Paso Times. https://www.elpasotimes.com/storytelling/timeline/donald-trump-racist-tweet-things-said/

Human Rights Watch. (2018, August 16). Q&A: Trump Administration’s "Zero-Tolerance" Immigration Policy. Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/16/qa-trump-administrations-zero-tolerance-immigration-policy#q1

Human Rights Watch. (2020, April 30). US: New Report Shines Spotlight on Abuses and Growth in Immigrant Detention Under Trump. Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/30/us-new-report-shines-spotlight-abuses-and-growth-immigrant-detention-under-trump

Karanth, S. (2019, July 2). Homeland Security Watchdog Warns Of ‘Severe Overcrowding’ At Migrant Detention Centers. Huffington Post. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeland-security-watchdog-warns-overcrowded-migrant-detention_n_5d1bec04e4b03d611643f13a

Kassie, E. (2019, September 24). Detained: How the US built the world's largest immigrant detention system. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/24/detained-us-largest-immigrant-detention-trump

MSNBC. (2018, June 13). Kids in immigrant detention center 'effectively' incarcerated. MSNBC.com. https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/kids-in-immigrant-detention-center-effectively-incarcerated-1255334979617

Semple, K. (2011, March 17). mmigrant Detentions Draw International Fire. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/us/18detain-1.html?searchResultPosition=3

Shaw, A. (2019, November 27). As Trump administration confronts migrant crisis, detention centers are clearing out. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-migrant-detention-centers

The World. (2019, July 12). Trump's hard-line immigration policies build on the history of former US presidents. The World. https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-07-12/trumps-hard-line-immigration-policies-build-history-former-us-presidents

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Name: Selma Keyes Age: 38 Sexuality: UTP Gender: Female Portrayed By: Ming Na Wen Availability: Closed

“We will put an end to this.”

→ Background

Selma Keyes was born and raised in Baberton. She was an only child and her parents were quite strict on her while she was growing up. Selma’s mother and father put a great deal of importance on her education and being intelligent and passing top of her class, so Selma had a lot of pressure on her shoulders. Regardless, she excelled just like they wanted her to, and she went off to London to study to become a doctor. However, Selma was rather unhappy in London and it wasn’t the place, it was her choice of study. She felt quite forced into medicine, but since she was a kid, all Selma had ever wanted to do was become a police officer. She wanted to fight crime and beat the bad guys. As she grew up obviously her understanding of the police force grew with her, but her interest in it never wavered, if anything it simply got stronger.

Eventually, Selma was just so unhappy, crying every night after school in her little apartment, that she decided to quit. She knew that her parents wouldn’t be very happy with her but she had some hope that eventually she could get them to understand. After all, becoming a police officer was just as important as becoming a doctor, right? Surely they would see that! However, her parents were very unhappy with her. She knew that they’d paid some of her tuition for her but she thought that they’d want her to be happy most of all, and she said she’d eventually pay it all back. Nothing seemed to sway them and they eventually just stopped talking to her at all. This really hurt Selma and she stayed in London, not wanting to come face to face with her parents.

→ Back to Baberton

Over the years, Selma did her absolute best, and she became the police officer she’d always wanted to be, becoming something of a shining star in the police station where she worked. She’s always been an outgoing and confident young woman and Selma was pretty popular, but she was also tough as nails and didn’t put up with anybody’s shit, be it coworkers or people on the street. She wordlessly sent money back to Baberton, to her parents, over the years, adamant that she was giving their money back even if they weren’t speaking to her. She became bitter about them cutting her off completely and decided that she didn’t want to talk to them either if that was how they were going to treat her.

Coming back to town wasn’t something Selma thought she’d do but she heard about all the trouble her hometown was having with serial killers and something in her couldn’t seem to let herself just ignore it. This was home, no matter what. So she requested a temporary transfer to return home to assist the Baberton Police Department, which was eventually granted though her boss was sad to lose her, even if it was temporary. Selma got herself a room at a local hotel and is determined to do everything in her power to help put a stop to all of this insanity. Even if she has to personally chase after the killer herself, she’ll do whatever she has to do to keep this town safe.

→ What’s Her Secret?

Doesn’t really believe that Lauren Hayes, the new police Chief, is right for the job. Selma thinks Lauren’s a bit incompetent and that she could personally do much better at the position. She has a little spark of an idea in her head, of trying to move up and take over Lauren’s position. Wouldn’t that be just the thing to really sock it to her parents? She does want to go back to London but she can’t seem to shake that idea.

Was actually broken up with by her fiance a day before she was set to come to Baberton. He’d been cheating on her with some skinny, blonde whore, and decided that’s the bitch he wanted to spend the rest of his life with instead of Selma. She’s furious and actually is still sort of pretending that she is engaged and in a long distance relationship with him, mostly due to her embarrassment at being broken up with in the manner that he did it. She was cornered by both him and his mistress and was left humiliated. She has hired a private investigator to follow them around and send her pictures, losing herself in her own type of unhealthy obsession instead of just moving on and forgetting about the douche. She can’t stand the idea of her parents finding out either. Just another failure to add to the list.

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