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littlequeenies · 3 months

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Dan Dailey (as Tim Collier), Jane Asher (as Yvonne) and Simone Lovell (as Marcia Richmond) in the TV series "The Four Just Men", episode 1x20 "The Man in the Road", originally aired on February 11, 1960.

Mark Richmondd (played by Patrick Barr) is set to become the American Ambassador to an African nation, but his future is in jeopardy when his wife Marcia hits and kills a cyclist when she is travelling from the French Alps to Paris. Tim Collier is on hand to offer his assistance and suspects an attempt to discredit Marcia's husband after she is contacted by blackmailers.

Jane, who plays Yvonne, is Pierre's grieving granddaughter.

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51kas81 · 3 months

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Anthony Head in Accident Ep. 3 The Figures Man (1978)

#accident #the figures man #simon lovell #anthony stewart head #anthony head

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krispyweiss · 2 months

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Fender Celebrates 70 Years of Strat with Multi-guitarist “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”

In commemoration of 70 years of Strat-is-faction, Fender put together a multi-artist, instrumental version of “Voodoo Child (Slight Return).”

It’s all about that axe, after all.

Featuring Tom Morello, Nile Rodgers, Ari O’Neal, Mateus Asato, Rei, Tash Sultana, Jimmie Vaughan, Rebecca Lovell, Tyler Bryant and Simon Neil playing Stratocaster guitars over Craig Young’s bass and Aaron Sterling’s drums, this busy, 60-string celebration works better in theory than practice.

The newest “Voodoo Child” is bombastic in the extreme and just as heavy-handed. But with the accompanying video featuring the guitarists spliced on and off an outdoor bandstand stacked with amps, it makes for a fine Fender advert and reminds listeners of the subtle qualities that made Hendrix so special.

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#Youtube #feder stratocaster #jimi hendrix #voodoo child (slight return)#tom morello #nile rodgers #ari o’neal #mateus asato #rei #tash sultana #rebecca lovell #jimmie vaughan #tyler bryant #simon neil #rage against the machine #chic #larkin poe #craig young #aaron sterling

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bunnybananasims · 7 months

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Meyers family, Roaring Heights - #35

Welcome back to the Meyers household! The family's just about to get bigger.

After many tries, Sandra and Jonathon were finally having a baby!

Since both are not working full time, they're just mostly staying at home to rest and monitor the pregnancy. They're not alone in this, though - the soon-to-be grandparents were just as excited as them and always there helping them with everything.

For Jonathon to keep up with everything Sandra and the baby need, he decided to pause his angler work for a while, and had been getting some "special herbs" that the town PlantSim Portia said would benefit him and Sandra.

And finally, the day of delivery arrived. There was panic at home first, then everybody managed to calm down and successfully helped Sandra to the hospital. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who they named Raphael.

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#The Sims 3 #The Sims #TS3 #Sims 3 #Roaring Heights #Meyers family #Simon Meyers #Lucretia Meyers #Jonathon Meyers #Sandra Lovell #Raphael Meyers #TS3 gameplay #TS3 stories #Sims 3 gameplay #Sims 3 stories #bunnybananasims

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story-of-the-infinite · 2 years

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The Corruption of Earth Main Characters

General Info: the Academy is the name for any of the schools in the secret society called the Agency, and it is primarily for wards of the Agency and children sent away by their parents (often for financial reasons); the main Branch of the Agency referenced in this story is the English Branch

Infinity Weir: a god in a mortal body whose powers fluctuate based on how "human" she feels and how connected she feels to those around her; ran away from the Agency at age 13; her nickname is Finny and that's how I'll usually refer to her; currently works at a bookstore in Massachusetts; married to Sola Vagari; overachiever with a vaguely innocent demeaner; avoids using her powers; values loyalty to a fault

Sola Vagari: works as an Agent and Doctor for the Agency, but lives with wife Infinity in MA; extraverted and eccentric, dichotomy between angry/calculating and cute/friendly; he converted their basement into a laboratory; also escaped the Agency with Infinity at age 13, but he was recruited as an Agent at age 18

Biola Ace: online magazine editor who has known Infinity since age 14; doesn't feel listened to by those around her and tends to be the voice of reason; in a relationship with Abby; tends to be monotone and unimpressed by the world around her; prone to anxiety; ambitious; wants to be an author

Jo Bijou: local coffee shop barista who met Infinity and Biola when they moved to MA for university; struggles with feeling left out and connecting to those around her; lived in France until she was 4-6 years old; grew up with her mother and aunt and inherited their trauma; strongly connects with the color pink but is not particularly feminine

Abby Thomas: lawyer who began dating Biola a few years before the start of the story; grew up with her father and half-sister but is not close with either of them; the closest relative she has is her uncle that she visits once or twice a year; did ballet as a kid/teen; compulsive liar; confident and arrogant but warm and loving; has basically built a persona around herself that even she believes

Kai Redburn: he's Finny and Sola's childhood friend who they abandoned when they ran away and Stuff happened; he was initially in the Training Track at the Academy but was transferred to English at age 15 or 16; dated Sola for a while when they were 18-20 and Sola had just started working for the Agency

Wilbur Lamprey: absolute scum of the Earth, actual main antagonist; Headmaster + English Professor of the Academy and later the leader of the Agency; has an obsession with the color blue; wants to be the most important person ever, terrified of the idea that he does not matter because he was forced to compete for affection as a student at the Academy

Henry Angiel: Philosophy Professor at the Academy; completely devoted to the Agency and its mission; adoptive father of Infinity, also in charge of exploring her abilities when she was a child; Infinity accidentally injuring him (she believed to a fatal extent) is what ultimately caused she and Sola to run away; his color association is either black/white or indigo; partner of Gregor and Rowen

Gregor Thymes: Science Professor at the Academy (yep, all science for all ages, they are comically understaffed); partner of Henry and Rowen; was very close with Sola; genuine sweetheart forest man who wants to protect all of his students; former friends with Wilbur; his color association is yellow

Rowen Delivar: Social Sciences Professor at the Academy and Diplomat of the Agency; partner of Henry and Gregor; one of the most loving and self-loving people to exist; has a relaxing aura; part-goddess, but it's so far down the line that it mostly just means he has a REALLY good immune system; his color association is orange

Altheia Reed: childhood friend of Finny, Sola, and Kai who died during their early teens; control freak, ambitious, and caring; was sort of like a big sister to Finny; worried the most about the Agency and their futures; English Track

Simon Byrd: Mathematics Professor at the Academy; since the story is set a little in the future, he is the only Gen Zer on this list; his family became a part of the Agency through his stepdad when he was 11; he was a maths prodigy who was pulled out of the Academy during his teens to do Math Stuff for the Agency, then given the Professor position without having to do all of the stuff other students/applying teachers had to do; lot of anxiety, caffeine addiction, and fear of birds; has a antagonistic relationship with young Kai but is also the pseudo-parent of young Kai; he passed away shortly after Finny and Sola ran away; his color association is red

Thomas Lovell: Head Training Instructor (aka he teaches PE) at the Academy; it's like PE but with weapons and combat; hates his job for understandable reasons; best friends with Simon; kind of a himbo, major Labrador Retriever energy; he dies shortly after Simon; his color association is violet

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scottwellsmagic · 10 months

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767: Randy Wakeman - I've Been Around for a Long, Long Years

Randy Wakeman has been around for many decades and was often seen lecturing and performing at magic conventions. Nonetheless, I have always seen him as an “underground” magician who appeals to the true sleight-of-hand experts. He is one of those guys who has “been there, done that, has the t-shirt” as he was one of the regular performers about the Chicago Bar Magic Scene before the turn of the last century. He has written several books on magic (card magic mostly) and is still relevant in our community as a performer, teacher and author.

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While at the recent Senior Tour close-up convention in St. Louis, The Magic Word spoke with Randy as part of the convention report content. He was preparing for a workshop, so we didn’t get a chance to go in-depth as I had wanted. But we agreed to get together at the 4F convention in Buffalo a couple months later. True to his word, we sat down to complete our chat which results in this episode. The content of our chat in both places was a little disjunctive, so the editing required us to put the second conversation first then plug in the chat in St. Louis and finish with our talk while in Buffalo. This sounds more confusing that it actually is, but I know you will understand and enjoy our chat.

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#Randy Wakeman #Heba Habe Al #Jon Racherbaumer #Jay Marshall #Ed Marlo #Bill Malone #Penn & Teller #Chicago magic bar #magic exposure #Luis De Matos #Pat Page #Del Ray #Simon Lovell #Jim Ryan #Eddie Fechter #Gary Plants #Mac King

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princesssarisa · 1 month

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Opera on YouTube 5

Nabucco

Teatro alla Scala, 1987 (Renato Bruson, Ghena Dimitrova; conducted by Riccardo Muti; no subtitles)

Teatro di San Carlo, 1997 (Renato Bruson, Lauren Flanigan; conducted by Paolo Carognani; no subtitles)

Ankara State Opera, 2006 (Eralp Kıyıcı, Nilgün Akkerman; conducted by Sunay Muratov; no subtitles)

St. Margarethen Opera Festival, 2007 (Igor Morosow, Gabriella Morigi; conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer; English subtitles)

Rome Opera, 2011 (Leo Nucci, Csilla Boross; conducted by Riccardo Muti; English and German subtitles)

Teatro Comunale di Bologna, 2013 (Vladimir Stoyanov, Anna Pirozzi; conducted by Michele Mariotti; Italian subtitles)

Rome Opera, 2013 (Luca Salsi, Tatiana Serjan; conducted by Riccardo Muti; no subtitles)

Gran Teatro Nacional, Perú, 2015 (Giuseppe Altomare, Rachele Stanisci; conducted by Fernando Valcárcel; Spanish subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 2017 (Plácido Domingo, Liudmyla Monastyrska; conducted by James Levine; Spanish subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2017 (George Gagnidze, Susanna Branchini; conducted by Daniel Oren; English subtitles)

La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1981 (Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Paolo Montarsolo; conducted by Claudio Abbado; English subtitles)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1983 (Kathleen Kuhlmann, Laurence Dale, Claudio Desderi; conducted by Donato Renzetti; no subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 1988 (Ann Murray, Francisco Araiza, Walter Berry; conducted by Riccardo Chailly; English subtitles)

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1991 (Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Toshiro Gorobe, Domenico Trimarchi; conducted by Antonello Allemandi; Japanese subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Houston Grand Opera, 1995 (Cecilia Bartoli, Raúl Giménez, Enzo Dara; conducted by Bruno Campanella; no subtitles)

Rossini Opera Festival, 2000 (Sonia Ganassi, Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno Praticó; conducted by Carlo Rizzi; Italian subtitles)

Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2008 (Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Flórez, Bruno de Simone; conducted by Patrick Summers; German subtitles)

Romeo Opera, 2015 (Serena Malfi, Juan Francisco Gatell, Alessandro Corbelli; conducted by Alejo Pérez; Italian and English subtitles)

Lille Opera, 2016 (Emily Fons, Taylor Stayton, Renato Girolami; conducted by Yves Parmentier; English subtitles)

Boboli Gardens, Florence, 2020 (Svetlina Stoyanova, Josh Lovell, Daniel Miroslaw; conducted by Sándor Károlyi; no subtitles)

Lucia di Lammermoor

Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, 1967 (Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi; conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; English subtitles)

Mario Lanfranchi film, 1971 (Anna Moffo, Lajos Kosma; conducted by Carlo Felice Cillario; English subtitles)

Bregenz Festival, 1982 (Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras; conducted by Lamberto Gardelli; no subtitles) – Part I, Part II

Opera Australia, 1986 (Joan Sutherland, Richard Greager; conducted by Richard Bonynge; English subtitles)

Teatro Carlo Felice, 2003 (Stefania Bonfadelli, Marcelo Álvarez; conducted by Patrick Fournillier; Japanese subtitles)

San Francisco Opera, 2009 (Natalie Dessay, Giuseppe Filianoti; conducted by Jean-Yves Ossonce; English subtitles)

Amarillo Opera, 2013 (Hanan Alattar, Eric Barry; conducted by Michael Ching; English subtitles)

Gran Teatre del Liceu, 2015 (Elena Mosuc, Juan Diego Flórez; conducted by Marco Armiliato; French subtitles)

Teatro Real de Madrid, 2018 (Lisette Oropesa, Javier Camerana; conducted by Daniel Oren; English subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 2022 (Lisette Oropesa, Benjamin Bernheim; conducted by Evelino Pidó; English subtitles)

Il Trovatore

Claudio Fino studio film, 1957 (Mario del Monaco, Leyla Gencer, Fedora Barbieri, Ettore Bastianini; conducted by Fernando Previtali; English subtitles)

Wolfgang Nagel studio film, 1975 (Franco Bonisolli, Raina Kabaivanska, Viorica Cortez, Giorgio Zancanaro; conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; Japanese subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 1978 (Plácido Domingo, Raina Kabaivanska, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; no subtitles)

Opera Australia, 1983 (Kenneth Collins, Joan Sutherland, Lauris Elms, Jonathan Summers; conducted by Richard Bonynge, English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1988 (Luciano Pavarotti, Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes; conducted by James Levine; no subtitles)

Bavarian State Opera, 2013 (Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Elena Manistinta, Alexey Markov; conducted by Paolo Carignani; English subtitles)

Temporada Lirica a Coruña, 2015 (Gregory Kunde, Angela Meade, Marianne Cornetti, Juan Jesús Rodriguez; conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson; no subtitles)

Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liége, 2018 (Fabio Sartori, Yolanda Auyanet, Violeta Urmana, Mario Cassi; conducted by Daniel Oren; French subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2019 (Yusif Eyvazov, Anna Netrebko, Dolora Zajick, Luca Salsi; conducted by Pier Giorgio Morandi; German subtitles)

Teatro Verdi di Pisa, 2021 (Murat Karahan, Carolina López Moreno, Victória Pitts, Cesar Méndez; conducted by Marco Guidarini; no subtitles)

#opera #youtube #complete performances #nabucco #la cenerentola #lucia di lammermoor #il trovatore #giuseppe verdi #gioachino rossini #gaetano donizetti

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unfortunate-arrow · 6 months

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general disclaimer: do not support or agree with jkr’s views or actions, but not here to explicitly discuss my personal or political views

OC x OC Connections: 1870s-1950s • 1960s-2000s

𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐂𝐘 𝐄𝐑𝐀 | 𝐇𝐏𝐇𝐋

general disclaimer: these guys have no connection to the actual hogwarts legacy game. they just happen to be around the same time as the hphl mc.

Orla O’Rourke

Cillian Lynch

Tadhg Lynch

Niamh Kelly

Vincent Fitzroy

Brianna O’Rourke

𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐑𝐀 | 𝐇𝐏𝐇𝐋

Maxwell Pembroke

Georgie Parsons

Edmund Kennedy

Minerva Kennedy

Simon Battersea

William Devlin

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐖𝐀𝐑 𝟏 | 𝐖𝐖𝟏

Ophelia Lovell

Linus Sullivan

Colm O’Shea

Minor OCs

⤷ Eugene Lovell • Ralph Myers

𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐒 | 𝐅𝐁𝐀𝐖𝐓𝐅𝐓

general disclaimer: these ocs only have tangential ties to the movies and are not involved in anything that has to do with the movies.

Rory O’Neill

Aisling Lynch

Minor OCs

⤷ Francesca Ashby

𝐇𝐎𝐆𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐘 | 𝐇𝐏𝐇𝐌

Ruth Lyman

Ryan O’Donnell

Cara O’Donnell

Sara O’Donnell

Conor O’Donnell

Minor OC

⤷ Cian Jacob O’Donnell

𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐒

Camila Valdez

Nicholas Wraxall

𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 | 𝐇𝐏𝐌𝐀

Finn MacKade

Nate MacKade

Jack Whitten

Benedict Whitten

Thea Whitten

Minor OCs

⤷ Paddy MacKade • Owen MacKade

𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐍

Sophie Pembroke

Luke Battersea

Declan O’Donnell-Lee

Quinn Power

Jude Cozens

𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐒

Hogwarts Legacy & Victorian Era | part 1 • part 2

Fantastic Beasts & WW1

Hogwarts Mystery

Magic Awakened & Next Gen | part 1 • part 2

𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒

HP 12 Months of Magic (2023) one-shots

30 Day (2020) OTP Challenge

Valentine’s Day 2022 Challenge

Spring Break 2022 Challenge

Summer Break 2022 Challenge

Back to School 2022

#arrow’s masterlist #*my masterlist #hp victorian era #hphl #hp wwi era #hp ww1 era #fbawtft oc #fbawtft era #hphm #hogwarts mystery #hpma #magic awakened #hp next gen oc #golden era oc #my ocs #obligatory nope to the author #legacy kiddos have no interaction with the actual game… and time period line-ups are coincidental!#fantastic kiddos only have tangential ties to the movies #really only hogwarts mystery kiddos have any relation to the rest of their era

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mostlysignssomeportents · 2 years

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The eye-glazing scam of Medicare drug plans

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article erroneously claimed Simon Lovell had passed away; I misremembered my contribution to a 2015 medical fundraiser for Mr Lovell as a contribution to a funeral expenses fundraiser. My sincere apologies to Mr Lovell (and I’m delighted to learn I was wrong!).

Indie bookstores can change your life. In 2007, I wandered into NYC’s St Marks’ Bookstore (RIP) and picked up a book from the recommended table: “How to Cheat at Everything,” by Simon Lovell, and I learned how to spot a scam. It’s a skill I use every day, especially when analyzing how corporate America works the US government:

https://memex.craphound.com/2007/02/02/how-to-cheat-at-everything/

I grew up in countries — Canada, the UK — with universal health care and now I live in the US. The NHS and OHIP aren’t perfect, but neither set off my scam-meter the way that the American system does. The whole thing is a scam, top to bottom.

Here’s a key lesson from Lovell’s book: “complexity in a proposition bet is only there to make it harder for you to figure out the odds.” In other words, if a grifter at a bar tells you that they’ll pay you 3:1 if you can do X, and 5:1 if you can do Y, and 9:1 if you can do X and Y, all of those different payouts are solely there to confuse you.

If you want to see this in action, just visit any casino and ask a croupier to explain the craps payout lines to you, and try to do the odds in your head while you get that explanation. What’s the least-worst bet on the craps table? (There are no good bets on a craps table). Without a spreadsheet and several hours of analysis, you probably can’t know.

The flamboyant, mind-clouding complexity in US health care starts with health insurance. Insurance, after all, is just a proposition bet: “If you contract this illness, we pay this much; if you need this drug, we pay this much. Pay an extra $20/month, and we’ll reduce your co-pay by this much, but only once you’ve covered your deductible. Pay $3/month more and your deductible goes down by this much. Oh, and here’s your HSA, which will accrue tax-free savings you can use for some of this. What’s a before-tax dollar worth? Sorry, that’s another spreadsheet.”

You’d think that government health insurance — Medicare and Medicaid — would be immune to this kind of gamesmanship, but you’d be wrong. When you become Medicare-eligible, you still need to buy a drug plan. Those drug plans are provided via private-sector companies like Humana. They are a scam.

Twice a year, Medicare has an “open enrollment” period, just like other US insurers. During open enrollment, you are encouraged to use the Medicare Plan Finder to sort through all the different plans. You feed in your prescriptions, it pops out a recommendation. You can even talk it over with a trusted broker before you pick. It feels like a straightforward transaction, but it’s still a scam.

Here’s how the scam works. Remember that you can only change plans twice a year. Given that, you’ve likely assumed that once you choose a plan, its rates remain constant for that duration: if you agree to pay $X for your prescriptions from January to June, then the pharma plan operator is agreeing only to charge you $X over that period, right?

Wrong. As Susan Jaffe writes for Kaiser Health News, even though you guarantee that you will use your pharma plan provider for the next six months, your pharma plan provider makes no guarantees to you about how much that will cost you.

https://khn.org/news/article/medicare-drug-plan-prices-open-enrollment-rise/

Jaffe opens with the story of retired construction accountant Linda Griffith, who signed up for a Humana plan last December that promised her a $70.09 co-pay for her monthly prescription, but when the plan kicked in a month later, Humana cranked the price up to $275.90.

This isn’t an anomaly. As an AARP study found, the pharma plan providers routinely lower their payouts to something close to list-price just before open enrollment, so that the plan-shopping tools show that they’re a good deal, then, as soon as the open enrollment closes and patients are locked in, they crank the prices up.

https://blog.aarp.org/thinking-policy/prices-for-most-top-medicare-part-d-drugs-have-already-increased-in-2022

These companies will tell you that they’re bargaining hard with the pharma companies to get prices down, and they are, but only so that they can shift a larger proportion of the scam’s winnings from pharma, to pharma benefit managers, to insurers. You don’t share in the bounty. You are the bounty.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/11/number-eight/#erisa

For decades, Democrats have been campaigning to repeal the law that prohibits Medicare from directly negotiating with pharma companies, but they’ve failed — thanks to Republicans, and thanks to sellouts in the Democratic caucus, like Cory Booker, who says he’s not going to let his pharma industry donors dictate his votes anymore:

https://www.statnews.com/2019/02/12/cory-booker-presidential-run-pharmaceutical-industry-ties/

Meanwhile, the scammers continue to add complexity to the proposition bet and use the obscuring effect of all those bizarre odds to cloud our ability to calculate the odds. Some drug plans have six tiers of benefits, each with their own co-pay (a flat fee per prescription) and/or co-insurance (a percentage of the drug price). Sometimes it’s cheaper not to use your insurance to buy drugs at all, because the cash price is lower than the co-pay.

There is no amount of plan-tinkering that can substitute for allowing Medicare to directly negotiate with pharma companies and set a price, the way all the other national health-care plans do. There’s a reason Americans pay 200–400% more for their prescriptions than Canadians.

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-21-282

An insurance plan that you can’t change, but the insurer can? That is a scam that’s visible from orbit. Any insurer that does this is permanently disqualified from being trusted with anyone’s health. It doesn’t matter how many tiers are offered, or how many rebates, or what the co-pay is. It doesn’t matter how many price-comparison tools there are. If the insurer can change the payout at will and you can’t change insurers when they do, all of that stuff is just window-dressing, lines on the craps table, there to distract you while you’re ripped off.

Image: Chris Martin (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjmartin/11331819423

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[Image ID: A craps table surrounded by excited gamblers; amid the casino chips are various pharma tablets, some spilling out of a pill bottle.]

#pluralistic

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Hello lovely helpers!! <3 May I please ask for some POC female faceclaims? Between 21-40? Who have those bad bitch vibes, strong and alluring, please? Thank you so much for your kindness <3 :)

under the cut, you can find 165 woc faceclaims who i think fit the vibe! i hope this helps!

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RESULTS Fandom's Favorite HBO War Character (Round 2)

Hey everyone! Thanks so much to everyone who participated in round 2 of our HBO War character bracket! In the past week, we had 62 votes for their favorite characters. A few of my favorite comments:

The characters with the closest vote differential were Doc Bryan and David Webster, with Webster squeaking out ahead 32-30.

The strongest win went, unsurprisingly, to Bill Guarnere who received 59 votes versus Trombley's 3.

Below the cut are the characters moving on to Round 3, which should be up sometime tomorrow (Nov. 13th) or the next day. Thanks again for voting!

Renee Lemaire (50 votes) vs. Nurse Anna (12)

Lester Hashey (43) vs. Jack Foley (19) I get it, but Jack's jawline was *chef's kiss*

Lt. Henry Jones (41) vs. William Evans (21) the first half of the week, Simon Pegg was on top, but unfortunately he couldn't hack it.

Michael Stinetorf (33) vs. Teren "T" Holsey (29) I'm very disappointed that the most beautiful man has lost :(

Dick Winters (44) vs. Ack Ack Haldane (18) So many people were mad at me for this pairing, but you guys, it was always gonna get there eventually. I am sorry, tho.

Lewis Nixon (44) vs. Snafu Shelton (18) While I'm not surprised Nix won (I love him with my whole heart), I was surprised by the margin.

Doc Roe (56) vs. Burgie (6) I'm so sorry, Burgie :(

Don Malarkey (51) vs. Sidney Phillips (11) I'm not sorry. I have an unusually strong reaction against Sidney for which I will not be receiving help.

Carwood Lipton (37) vs. Nate Fick (25) This vote was neck-and-neck until the last two days. So sorry to see my boy go.

Bull Randleman (51) vs. Eric Kocher (11) Maybe if Eric Kocher had played HIMSELF...

Johnny Martin (33) vs. Floyd Talbert (29) I got numerous angry messages about this pairing and I will not apologize. Someone had to go.

George Luz (49) vs. Robert Leckie (13) There are people in this fandom who despise Leckie with a fervor I understand but do not accept. Goodbye, snarky writer boy.

Ray Person (34) vs. Eugene Sledge (28) This was a close one, but I will not deny that I'm happy with the outcome. Sorry Sledge!

Joe Toye (40) vs. Brad Colbert (22) SO many angry comments about this one, but I can't help but notice most came out on the side of Toye...

Joe Liebgott (51) vs. Eddie "Hillbilly" Jones (11) NOOOO

Frank Perconte (42) vs. Chuckler Juergens (20)

Babe Heffron (37) vs. Skip Muck (25) Alexa, play "Taps"

Bill "Hoosier" Smith (43) vs. Poke Espera (19) I'm so sorry, Poke. I'll miss you!

Bill Guarnere (59) vs. James Trombley (3) I need to have a talk with these three...

Antonio Garcia (39) vs. Manuel Rodriguez (23) Sorry Jon Bernthal

David Webster (32) vs. Timothy "Doc" Bryan (30) Doc :(

Walt Hasser (39) vs. Ed Tipper (23) Walt's such a baby, he deserves this. Honestly.

Ron Speirs (48) vs. Rudy Reyes (14) So many people were mad about this, and yet you all betrayed Rudy with your votes, so who's the real villain??

Lena Riggi Basilone (51) vs. Stella (11) I cannot believe there are eleven people who favored Stella over the one, the only, Lena Basilone.

Eugene Jackson (36) vs. Thomas Peacock (26)

Captain America (33) vs. Encino Man (29) CRAIG!!!! NOOOO!

Robert Sink (32) vs. "Chesty" Puller (16) vs. "Shady B" Baptista (14) I mean...really? Col. Sink did it for y'all? Interesting...

John Janovec (53) vs. Herbert Sobel (9) This makes me laugh.

Evan "Q-Tip" Stafford (38) vs. Pappy Patrick (24) I'm so sorry, Pappy, but Q-tip is a MOOD

Patrick O'Keefe (38) vs. John Hamm (24) Aww, I'm gonna miss Noel Fisher.

Thomas Meehan (52) vs. Steven Lovell (10)

See y'all in Round 3!

@lightthewaybackhome @g-luztrash @moonlight511 @vorarephiliax-blog @offbeatpaikea23 @itstheheebiejeebies @softguarnere @hellshee @mccall-muffin @softliebgott @donmalarkeys @thehonourablealgernon @incorrectbandofbrothersquotes @incorrecthbowarquotes @stovetopboys @multifandomlover01 @aerokriegs @t-4georgeluz @hillbillied @contact-right @cody-helix02 @1337wtfomgbbq @lucky-bastards

#hbo war #hbo war poll #hbo war trinity #the pacific #band of brothers #generation kill

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Anthony Head in Accident Ep. 3 The Figures Man (1978)

#accident #the figures man #simon lovell #anthony stewart head #anthony head

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My media this week (30 Jul-5 Aug 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

🥰 Contractual Obligations: A Love Story in Three Traffic Lights (shaenie) - 56K, White Collar threesome, getting together - I loved all the backstory of how Peter & El had been chasing/wooing Neal all along (and the crimes everyone committed along the way)

😍 some sweet violent urge series (voxofthevoid) - 42K, Avengers WS Bucky/modern Steve - roommates to lovers with a D/s vibe - incredibly romantic & tender and also absolutely filthy [reread of pts 1&2, new pt3]

💖💖 +187K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

The Gold of Your Body (azephirin) - The Old Guard: Kaysanova, 11K - sometimes devout Catholicism leads to kink discovery

just to see each other (feel it all) (susiecarter) - Top Gun: Maverick/Iceman, 35K - absolutely loved this Pacific Rim AU

fish in the sky (alby_mangroves, chaosmanor) - MCU: stucky, 37K - incredibly gentle and warm story of Steve going to the Stark Family Farm for a forced vacation and meeting the mysterious Russian caretaker, James. I really don't have the words to describe how wonderful this fic is, except that it will make you laugh and maybe cry and leave you as healed as Steve. And also you will want to eat a lot of cheese. This is one of those forever faves that I have bookmarked AND downloaded and saved on every device [reread]

like a monument to desperation, two floors high (greatunironic) - Stranger Things: steddie, 6K - from the 'the most remarkable thing' universe, showing us the reason rock star Eddie & his boyfriend (World's Sexiest Guidance Counselor) were banned for life from the Getty

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Game Changer - s1, e1-3, 5

Make Some Noise - s1, e1, 9

Um, Actually - s8, e10

Good Omens - s2, e6

Harley Quinn - s4, e1-4

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1994: "Stress" by Organized Konfusion

Re: Dracula - July 30: Last Night

What Next: TBD Plus - America’s Downtown Ghost Towns

⭐ Desert Island Discs - Stanley Tucci, actor

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1997: PaRappa the Rapper

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2000: The Soulquarians

Rivals: Music's Greatest Feuds - Mike Love vs. Brian Wilson: Beach Brawl

The Soundtrack Show - Korngold and Warner Brothers: the Sound of Hollywood Film Scores

The Sporkful - Tommy Pico’s Food History Wasn’t Lost. It Was Stolen.

50 MPH - 8 MPH / Next Action Hero

Food 4 Thot - Like a Virgin

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Bone Vinyl

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Good Omens

Re: Dracula - August 1: That's What it Be

Switched on Pop - Your cursive singing is tearing this family apart!

Into It - #FreeBritney’s Dark Turn

Stuff The British Stole - The Girl Called Pocahontas

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Heating things up in Hatch

⭐ 99% Invisible #547 - Cooking with Gas

Vibe Check - Beam Me Up, Scotty

Re: Dracula - August 2: One More Gone

Ologies with Alie Ward - Neurotechnology (AI + BRAIN TECH) with Nita Farahany

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Dmanisi

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Jacko Steps

Decoder Ring Plus - The Quest for a Homemade Hovercraft

Re: Dracula - August 3: I Know the Secret Now

Song Exploder - Local Natives "Dark Days"

Welcome to Night Vale #231 - The Terminal

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 1989: "Cha Cha Cha" by MC Lyte

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2001: The Rivalry Between Jay-Z and Nas

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2002: "Work It" by Missy Elliott

50 Years of Hip-Hop - 2003: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast

The Waves Plus - Hollywood is On Strike. Let’s Burn it Down.

⭐ Into It - What Is Going On With Lizzo?

Pop Culture Happy Hour - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles And What's Making Us Happy

Re: Dracula - August 4: The Mate was Right

Dear Prudence Plus - My Sister Is Doing Everything She Can to Make Me Suffer at Her Wedding. Help!

⭐ What Next: TBD Plus - Tesla's Big Lie

⭐ Endless Thread - PARKS! Pt. 1: Social media gone 'wild'

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Birth of the Slow Jam

Sweaty EDM Workout

My Mix #5 (Metal)

Paul Simon Radio • 1980s

Leo Moracchioli

Hall and Oates Radio • Upbeat

The Loveliest Time [Carly Rae Jepsen] {2023}

Carly Rae Jepsen

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Meyers family, Roaring Heights - #19

Welcome back to the Meyers household!

By this time, Jonathon and Sandra got engaged and soon to be married, and both were in the middle of planning their wedding and sending out invitations while doing their day jobs as writer and angler.

Meanwhile, Simon’s selling lots of his paintings lately, and Lucretia’s still getting used to her new werewolf form. What she didn’t know at first was that stress can trigger a transformation, and that’s exactly what happened to her while at school.

That didn’t affect her other activities and routine, such as helping out around town (one time, she got asked to help something with the bistro), and attending parties of her relatives and friends.

One evening, she’s able to attend her aunt Juliet’s party at her large mansion called The Cat’s Meow.

#The Sims 3 #The Sims #TS3 #Sims 3 #Roaring Heights #Meyers family #Simon Meyers #Lucretia Meyers #Jonathon Meyers #Sandra Lovell #TS3 gameplay #TS3 stories #Sims 3 gameplay #Sims 3 stories #bunnybananasims

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~ The Corruption of Earth ~

WIP Introduction

GENRE

sci-fi, low fantasy, drama, horror, slice-of-life

SETTING

Salem, Massachusetts (primarily)

TROPES

tragic mistake, you can’t fight fate, childhood friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, kind of dead parents, found family

SUMMARY

Infinity Weir has spent more than a decade perfecting a normal and happy life after a rather unpleasant childhood spent in the Agency, a secret society quietly running the world. When an old friend re-enters her life, begging her for help, she is forced to question whether anything can ever truly stay dead - and whether she wants it to.

CHARACTERS

Infinity Weir Sola Vagari Biola Ace Jo Bijou Abby Thomas Henry Angiel Gregor Thymes Rowen Delivar Kai Redburn Theia Reed Wilbur Lamprey Simon Byrd Thomas Lovell Elijah Arken Helena Wolff

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Banqueting stuff against the Banquet at Elthme*

Item for a brick of marmalade

Item for a marchepayne

Item for dyvers other kynds of banqueting stuff as may appeare by a bill of the parcels

Item more for a boxe of collingale

Item for ijll. of quinces

Item for ij torches when your lordship supped with the Emperoures embassadores*

For iiij torches when your lordship went to my Lord Ambrose in his sicknes

Item delyverid to Empson for torches

Item delyverid unto Archicrag for his expences being sent unto Eltham in your lordship's message

Item paid unto George Lovel's wife of Kewe for such stuff as was occupied of her at the banquet there

Item for the charge of Ph[ilip]e Wattie and Thomas Harlam in the barge coming with your lordship's stuff

Item for my charges at Kewe and divers others of your lordship's men

Item paid for ij pair of black silke [sic] bought at William Holbornes the xxvij of November at liijs. iiijd. the paier

Item one paier of neytherstocks of russet for a paier of velvet breaches pulled oute with clothe of sylver*

*The Queen visited Greenwich and Eltham for a few days in late November, and the banquet appears to have been held on the 27th. Throckmorton's secretary Robert Jones, who had been sent to warm her about a possible marriage to Leicester, reported that he had his first interview at Greenwich in the evening of Wednesday the 27th after she had returned from hunting and dining at Eltham (...) A fragment of a letter from Sir Humphrey Radcliffe to Sussex refers to Leicester's great banquet for the Queen at Eltham being on Wednesday.

*There was no Imperial embassador in England in November 1560 (...) The entry has either been misplaced from November or December 1559 or "Emperoures" is a mistake for Scottish (...)

*Machyn (p.245) recorded "a grett fray" at the Court between Leicester's servants an "Harbard's men" on 30 November, but no record of it can be found in this account.

The Account of Richard Ellis 1559-1561, Household Accounts and Disbursement Books of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Simon Adams

#im cleaning off my drafts and this been sitting for years YEARS in here #and idk why i saved it or for what i was gonna use it #but whatever it's about #robert dudley #and #elizabeth i #and then expending time together i guess lol

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