#*isabella milton

[divanstrawberry]

с днём рождения,Марисоль!💗

#sims 4 screenshots #miltonlegacy #sims 4 legacy #simblr #*isabella milton #*iris kingston #*marisol milton

[the-joy-of-knowledge]

Becoming an Intelligent Woman

My Dears,

There is no greater goal than being a fine woman who is intelligent, kind, and elegant. As much as we all want to be described with these adjectives, it takes a great amount of discipline to get there. It is very doable only if you are ready to put in the work.

Here are steps you can add to your routine in the next 4 weeks that will make you 1% more intelligent than you were before. This is a process that should become a habit not a goal. It is long term, however, I want you to devote just 4 weeks into doing these steps first and recognize the changes that follow.

Watch documentaries: This is the easiest step, we all have access to Youtube. Youtube has a great number of content on art, history, technology, food, science etc that will increase your knowledge and pique your curiosity. I really did not know much about world history especially from the perspective of World war 1 & 2, the roaring 20s, Age of Enlightenment, Jazz era, monarchies etc but with several channels dedicated to breaking down history into easily digestible forms. I have in the last 4 weeks immersed myself into these documentaries. Here are a few I watched:

The fall of monarchies

The Entire History of United Kingdom

The Eight Ages of Greece

World War 1

World War 2

The Roaring '20s

The Cuisine of the Enlightenment

2. Read Classics: I recommend starting with short classics so that you do not get easily discouraged. Try to make reading easy and interesting especially if you struggle with finishing a book. Why classics? You see, if you never went to an exclusive private school in Europe or America with well crafted syllabus that emphasized philosophy, history, art, and literary classics, you might want to know what is felt like and for me this was a strong reason. Asides that, there is so much wisdom and knowledge available in these books. In these books, you gain insights to the authors mind, the historical context of the era, the ingenuity of the author, the hidden messages, and the cultural impact of these books. Most importantly, you develop your personal philosophy from the stories and lessons you have accumulated from the lives of the characters in the books you read. Here are classics to get you started:

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

Candide by Voltaire

Paradise lost by John Milton

3. Study the lives of people who inspire you: I dedicate one month to each person that fascinates me. I read their biography (date of birth, background, death, influences, work, style, education, personal life) For this month, I decided to study Frank Lloyd Wright because I was fascinated by the Guggenheim Museum in New York. I began to read about his influence in American Architecture (Organic architecture, Prairie School, Usonian style), his tumultuous personal life, his difficult relationship with his mentor (Louis Sullivan), his most iconic works etc. By the end of the year I would have learned the ins and outs of people I am inspired by through books and documentaries. Here are other people I plan to learn more about:

Winston Churchill

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Ada Lovelace

Benjamin Franklin

Helen Keller

John Nash

Isabella Stewart Gardner

Caroline Herrera

Ernest Hemingway

Catherine the Great

Ann Lowe

My dears, I hope you enjoyed this read. I cannot wait to write more on my journey to becoming a fine woman. I urge you to do this for four weeks and see what changes you notice. Make sure to write as well, it is important to document your progress.

Cheers to a very prosperous 2024!

#fine woman #growth #self love #self development #mindfulness #education #classy #beauty #self help #self care #interiors #self discipline #self worth #emotional intelligence #intellectual #intelligent #interesting #booklover #bookworm #booklr #educateyourself #get motivated #self improvement

[burningvelvet]

do you think heathcliffe can be seen as the devil (or at least the manifestation of the archetype) who loses his eden (cathy) to humanity (linton)

I LOVE THIS QUESTION! I've thought about this a lot in recent months and much has been written about this subject as you probably know. I studied a bit of Paradise Lost in a class on the Renaissance era in my last semester this past autumn, which is also when I had my Brontë class. I did an essay focusing on Edenic myth for my Ren class and now I notice it everywhere, & I've really been seeing the Miltonian Hero & themes in the Brontë works, & especially did in my re-read of Wuthering Heights about two months ago. But instead of just regurgitating all that's been written about the subject, I will discuss things simply as I understand them, although I do borrow a bit from professor Rodger Wilkie's lecture which I link below (I'm not affiliated with him in any way, I found his videos on my own when I was researching the Brontë novels).

Edenic Myth from the POVs of Cathy I & II as Eve:

I've been seeing the Edenic theme from Cathy I and Cathy II's lenses. I believe that the plotline of Cathy II being lured by Heathcliff into his "wolf's den" so to speak reminds me not only a lot of Little Red Riding Hood but also of Eve and the apple. I think there is a seductive undertone although I don't think Heathcliff is really attracted to her or vice-versa; he still attracts her using his son Linton Heathcliff. There is an essay I've been meaning to post excerpts from but haven't bc the material is triggering, but it's Juliet McMaster's "The Courtship and Honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Linton Heathcliff: Emily Brontë's Sexual Imagery" and discusses the weird dynamic between Cathy II, Heathcliff, & Linton II.

I find it very interesting that nature is so tied to Heathcliff that it's by disobeying her father's (God's) wishes that Cathy II meets him and ends up ensnared by him. As I see it, Cathy II "takes the apple" like Eve, because it is her overwhelming curiosity that leads her to the Heights, and Heathcliff does play the trickster with her, manipulating her and lying to her more than he does to any other character. He was upfront with his intentions to Isabella and everyone else he ever associated with. But with Cathy II, although he is partly honest about some things, he deceives her by forging Linton Heathcliff's letters to her, causing her to fall in love with "Linton" (Heathcliff pretending to write as him) — I'm glad I found McMaster's essay & that it talks about this point, because I find it to be one of the most fascinating plotlines in the whole story, and think Cathy II is the most underrated character & hate how Linton is often forgotten (I feel McMaster, like most readers, isn't as sympathetic to him as she could be). The description of Cathy I and her hair reminds me of the descriptions of Eve in Milton, and I believe both Catherines are meant to look alike.

I also think young Heathcliff and Cathy could be said to be like Adam and Eve in Eden (the moors) — the "I am Heathcliff" & other soulmate allusions are very much like Eve being made from Adam. I of course hate that aspect of this patriarchal myth perhaps more than any other aspect because it is in direct opposition to actual scientific biology with all males starting with the X chromosome of which females have two of — but I digress from my eternal feminist/atheist/evolutionist rage. When Heathcliff tells Cathy that she's damned them both, killed them both, this is very much like Adam and Eve being killed by Eve's decision (in this case, Cathy's choice to marry Linton). However, in this framework, Heathcliff would be both Adam and Lucifer, and Linton would be both civilization and to some extent a version of Lucifer, with the apple being marriage and normalcy, or maybe you could argue that Cathy also has a bit of the devil in her in that she came up with this decision herself and still wants to rebel much like Lucifer. The Fall is written all over this novel, however one may view the intricacies, which Emily was surely going off of intuitively and not racking her brain with explaining through any one official framework.

Heathcliff as Satan, Cathy as Eden or Heaven:

Yes. The metaphor works best with Heathcliff being the Miltonian Hero aka Satan, and I believe Emily was very influenced by this, especially seen by Heathcliff's exile, and the quest for vengeance which necessitates his return. However, I have never considered Cathy as being Heathcliff's Eden until now, but this works very well — what maybe works even better would be Cathy representing Heaven, which is what Satan is also barred from. However, Cathy's house is certainly like Eden, with Heathcliff having to sneak into it to escape Linton (who again, is sort of like God/a Godly, patriarchal figure). This is exactly like Satan sneaking into Eden — he's caught by the angels sort of like Heathcliff is caught by Nelly and the servants. But Cathy does die, and so she is lost, and Heathcliff can only hope to get her back one day like the promise of Paradise returning with the Second Coming or whatever (I'm not actually well versed in Christian literature). But I have read that apparently in the Bible, "paradise" can refer to both Eden and heaven, so it may be better to say that Cathy represents not only Eve but also paradise in both senses of the term. Note how both Heathcliff and Cathy say that they aren't going to Heaven, and indeed they both become ghosts damned to wander Earth -- yet ironically, that Earth is their paradise on the moors, and so they actually have gone to their own personal Heaven although it is not the Christian one.

On Linton representing humanity:

I wouldn't say that Linton represents humanity as much as he more accurately represents civilization/society as opposed to Heathcliff who represents the wild (and as his name indicates, the Heath/Moors specifically). But this fits with what you're saying as the post-Edenic world is society/civilization/humanity all at once and the distinctions between these heavy concepts are all blurry.

I find in much romance novels featuring love triangle dynamics, there is a Freudian triad of superego/ego/id going on. One love interest will represent the id (natural instincts/subconscious desires) and one the supergo (properness/upholding the status quo) to the main character's ego. To some extent this can be seen in all media ("the human heart in conflict with itself" as GRRM put it) but imo it's a great way to look at things categorically. The id and superego must be reconciled for the sake of the ego.

Example: in Titanic, Cal & her mother are the patriarchal/societally proper superego whereas Jack & the poor immigrants represent Rose's id of wanting to be free from high society women's standards. She ends up with neither Cal & co. nor Jack & co., but on her own with a newly refreshed ego that has learned not to repress the id side so much. Jack's whole role was to teach her (ie the spit practice scene) to unrepress her id, but as she demonstrates in the wild Irish party scene, she will always keep some of her high-bred characteristics (like ballet as a party trick).

Anyway, Cathy has to choose between Heathcliff and Edgar. As we learn from her speech which Heathcliff walks out on, she planned that her marriage to Edgar would benefit Heathcliff by allowing her to financially support him. She thought that by marrying Edgar she could have both men. As Nelly sort of tries to tell her, this isn't possible. In marrying Edgar and being a "proper lady" to him, Cathy has symbolically repressed her id; Heathcliff runs away as soon as he hears she makes the choice. By becoming a housewife and then a mother, she dies inside of that house, when all she wanted was to be free on the fields. It is specifically after Heathcliff comes back that she dies because he reminds her of what she's been missing.

Recommendation:

There's a professor named Rodger Wilkie who has a Brontë lecture series from one of his classes available on Youtube — I've seen them all and they're all amazing, 10/10 recommend every single one. In his second Wuthering Heights lecture he talks about the influence of John Milton's Paradise Lost in reference to Heathcliff: (https://youtu.be/WF3DDu2cH3Q?si=yM3mNXaVgQkOqVS3)

#literature #english literature #ask #asks #wuthering heights #emily brontë #the brontë sisters #books #heathcliff #heathcliff wuthering heights #analysis #john milton #paradise lost #eden #garden of eden #my writing #my analysis #my essays

[callmewrinkles3]

What about 31 💕

We already answered this one but then Alex had an idea and, well…oops.

April 2023

When Dan came in from some of the farm chores he stretched, muscles glad of the exercise. It’s not that he’d gotten lazy since he’d lost his seat - far from it - but throwing bales of hay around and fixing a fence used different muscles than a workout. Yeah he hired people to do it, but while he and Em were there before they went on their honeymoon and he had to do more sim work in Milton Keynes he wanted to get involved.

Michael was standing by one of the bookshelves, looking at the framed photos Em had put on them. They were from when she’d started travelling with them all, photos of the four of them together. The only McLaren one was after the win in Monza, Em in the champagne soaked first place hat while she held the trophy, Dan’s arms wrapped around her as they grinned. There were newer ones too - Em and Charlie when they had a girls night with Chloe the week before the wedding, Charlie and Blake on a double date with Em and Dan. The one he loved the most of Em with Isaac and Isabella, three bright grins from Christmas. He loved every single one of them.

“Charlie sure fit in neatly with the three of you.” His tone was poison and Dan did a double take at it. “I’m surprised she wasn’t Em’s bridesmaid.”

“Em wanted her to be. But Charlie knew that we were only doing one person each, and Blake didn’t want to be a groomsman as well as walk Emmy down the aisle. It was her family’s farm that we had the wedding on.”

“Oh.” Dan took a slow breath, waiting for the next question. “How well do you know her?”

“Pretty well. She’s a good friend, her and Blake are good together. She makes him happy. Speaking of partners, where’s your girlfriend? Is she back up at the hotel?” It was weird for him that Michael chose to stay in Perth rather than on the farm, but his girlfriend didn’t seem to enjoy how rural it was, so it made sense.

“Yeah, she’s sightseeing. Where’s Em?”

“Charlie’s folks with Charlie and Blake. She needed to pick up the decorations and what’s left of our wedding cake. Apparently we need to freeze it and eat it on our first anniversary.”

“That won’t fit in the race diet plan.”

“I’ll make it fit.”

It never used to be this weird between them. Michael was the one person who he trusted since he was a kid and whispered “I’m gonna drive in Formula One one day.” when they had a sleepover. As soon as he’d finished his personal training course it was a no brainer that he wanted to get Michael to England. It was the four of them. Em had been part of his racing life longer than Michael had, really. But now there was a gap that he didn’t know how to bridge for them.

“I’m just gonna ask this out. Why do you trust Charlie? You never trust anyone, but you just let her into your home? Be your friend? Why?”

“Cause she’s Charlie. It’s like…it’s hard to explain but she and Blake are solid. Her family live another couple of miles up the road and are great. Her little brother is racing mad but he treats me like a normal person. Plus she’s normal. She works with kids in foster care, she makes the world better.”

“She sounds too good to be true.”

“You said that about Em once.” Dan still remembered where they were when he said it. Sitting in this same room at Christmas 2017, he’d just sent Em a photo of the setting sun and she’d replied with a bundled up couch selfie. He’d mentioned how he met Em and Michael had said those exact words.

“I just don’t want Blake being taken advantage of.”

“He lives with his girlfriend who has a PhD and won’t let him pay rent because he’s not there all the time. He’s fine. They’re fine. Why are you like this?” The question hung in the air for a moment.

“I don’t trust her. She looks exactly the same as Em, magically appears in your life the same way Em did, and I’m expected to think it’s an accident? Lightning doesn’t strike twice. You got lucky with Em.”

“Got lucky? How?”

“You don’t want me to answer that. But you just said, Charlie has a PhD. What is she expecting Blake to pay off her student loans? I thought he was smarter than that to fall for a gold digger.”

“So my wife is one?” The mood in the room was venomous. Dan was aware this wasn’t going to end well. It couldn’t end well. But he couldn’t stop.

“We know Em. She’s not.”

“I paid off her student loans in 2019. It was her birthday present. So if I paid off her loans when we hadn’t even said I love you, that means my wife is one. Right?”

“I did-“

“And for the record, Charlie’s the one who offered to sign an NDA. To keep mine and Em’s privacy. The same way Em offered to. But you…answer this, ok? One question.”

They were on opposite sides of the room and Dan wanted to move Michael away from the photos. Away from his family. This wasn’t a feeling he’d ever had about his best friend before. It was wrong.

“What is it?”

“When did you start having feelings for my wife?” It was like Michael had been physically hit, stepping back at Dan’s words. “I had an idea from your reaction in China but I ignored it. Because god she picked me. We were together. But the way you’re ignoring the double standards? How you acted after you found her? Even your reaction when we told you we were engaged. When did you fall in love with her?”

“Nothing happened, mate. Nothing. It doesn’t matter.”

“But it does! You’re her brother. She loves you so much as a brother. You’re my brother and I ignored how you acted cause I didn’t want to admit it. And then you point out how Blake and Charlie are moving quickly and say this shit about Charlie and you don’t even recognise that it was exactly the same for me and Em. After my birthday I spent every night I was in London with her unless there was a really good reason. It’s two faced and for once Blake is happy can’t you let him be? Cause right now it’s coming across that you’re jealous and bitter and that’s not you.”

“She’s too good to be true! He doesn’t date and all of a sudden they’re together? He’s gonna get hurt and she’s gonna fleece him and run off. I watched you ignore Em in public and she left. She wasn’t gonna come back until we made her. And now there’s the new woman who looks like Em who claims she’s fallen in love with Blake. You did your fucking wedding at her parents place. She’s using him!”

“Who’s using who?” Dan hadn’t noticed the back door open, Blake walking in. “Em and Charlie are saddling up the horses, Em said they need to be exercised and Charlie hasn’t gone riding in a couple of weeks cause of work. What’s happening?”

“Of course she fucking rides too.”

“Huh?” Blake’s confusion was clear and Dan had to step in.

“Mike was worried, he was saying some stuff. It’s fine.”

“No, I meant what I said. I don’t know what she’s doing but I don’t trust her and I think you’re an idiot if you do. She’s gonna use you and you won’t make it and she’ll break your heart.”

“Get out.” Dan didn’t even realise what he was saying until the words were out. “Get the fuck out of my house. We supported you through everything. All of it. We invited your girlfriend to our wedding. I ignored how you act around Em, how you’ve always acted around her. I put it aside because she adores you. But you met Charlie once. God she…you weren’t here. You didn’t see how Em and I were after Christmas. We were broken. And Charlie was there and she helped us get our shit together. She helped organise our wedding and you called her a gold digger and think she’s gonna hurt Blake? So no. Get out until you can realise how wrong you are.”

“That’s my girlfriend. I’m gonna marry her. It’s ridiculous and insane but how. You didn’t say this to me.” The upset in Blake’s voice was clear.

“You wouldn’t listen. The same way when I was telling Dan he shouldn’t be focusing on Em and should have focused on his career he didn’t.”

“Just go. And for the record, we will make it. I believe in her.”

Dan watched one of his oldest friends leave his home, staring at Michael’s broad back as he walked away. He was gone. And even with the sadness there was still relief.

#call it what you want fic #ciwyw drabble

[marzipanandminutiae]

I have a question about historical house museums in the Boston area! I've been to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum (it was okay) and the Orchard House (the Alcott family house in Concord, in case there's more than one orchard house) and I want to go to more of these! Do you have any suggestions?

(Interestingly, the Gardner isn't a historical house! While Mrs. Gardner did have apartments on the top floor, not on view to the public now, she built it as a museum. It's a fascinating peek into museum organization in the early 1900s, because she left strict instructions not to move or alter anything on display.)

Oh wow, there are tons of great ones. Look into the Nichols House, the Gibson House, the Otis House, the Paul Revere House, the Eustis Estate (a bit further out, in Milton), the Lyman Estate, Gore Place, the Longfellow House, and the Royall House and Slave Quarters (yes, contrary to popular belief, there was slavery in New England- outlawed here in Massachusetts around 1783). Some of those are seasonal, so you may have to wait until spring, but they're well worth it.

And if you should happen to get me as a tour guide...no you didn't.

#ask #chahaa-piun-ja #slavery mention #boston massachusetts #museums #house museums #I work at some Boston-area museums but I am not comfortable publicly revealing which ones #for privacy reasons

[duncankinnie]

hello lgbtd community. everyone has their hcs for the names of every contestant but here are mine. almost every name has a meaning or reason, see if u can figure them all out (under the cut bc long)

Alejandro Burromuerto Amelia "Amy" & Samantha "Sammy" Baines Anne Maria Campana B Thompson James "Beardo" Davis Elizabeth "Beth" Young Mildred "Blaineley" O'Halloran Brick McArthur Bridgette Warren Brody Valiente Cameron Wilkins Carissa "Carrie" Deering Chet Ramsey Cody Anderson Courtney Rosales-Ortiz Rachel "Crimson" Aston Dakota Milton David "Dave" Mishra Dawn Lennox Devin Phan Devon Joseph "DJ" Daniels Jacob Duncan (known by his last name) Dwayne Tate Sr. & Dwayne Tate Jr. (known as Junior) Eleanor "Ella" Yukimura Ellody Joshi Emma & Katherine "Kitty" Guo Rhys "Ennui" Harlan Eva Kovalenko Ezekiel Durand Geoff Whitney Gerald "Gerry" Lister Gwendolyn "Gwen" Sawyer Harold McGrady V Heather Arashi Isabella "Izzy" Barrett Jacques Duchamps Jasmine Irving Jason "Jay" & Michael "Mickey" Kemp Jennifer "Jen" Prescott Joanne "Jo" Farran Josee Gagnon Justin Keawe Katrina "Katie" Ibarra Kelly Cochrane-Frost (maiden name is Cochrane) & Taylor Frost Laurie Everett Leonard Alvey Leshawna Harris Rudolph "Lightning" Jackson Lindsay Pearce Lorenzo Milano Valentina "MacArthur" Escobar Mary Spurling Maximillian "Max" Clemens Michael "Mike" Guerra, Chester Confortola, Svetlana Lebedev, Vito Valentini, Manitoba Smith, & Malatesta "Mal" Scordato Miles Sharpe Noah Mudaliar Owen Foster Diego "Pete" Montero Jonas "Rock" Carlson Rodney Turnbull Ryan Robinson Sarah "Sadie" Im Samuel "Sam" Rosenberg Imani Sanders Scarlett Flannery Scott Yates Shawn Alamilla Sierra Klossner Sky Sun Dustin "Spud" Belcher Staci Mallory Stephanie Jefferson Sugar Boyle Tamara "Tammy" Blythe Tom McConnell Christopher "Topher" Townsend Trent Hedley Tyler Anderson Zoey Hope

#total drama #total drama headcanons #td headcanons #total drama series #total drama hcs #td hcs #one of the og cast's last names has to do with heather #find out which one and i'll write you whatever the fuck you want #slam dunc.exe #i also headcanon don's last name to be alliterative like dodson or donaldson or smth -son

[faintingheroine]

“But if Nelly parallels or comments upon Catherine by representing Eve as Milton’s cook, while Isabella represents Catherine/Eve as a bourgeois literary lady, it may at first be hard to see how or why Heathcliff parallels Catherine at all. Though he is Catherine’s alter ego, he certainly seems to be, in Bersani’s words, “a non-identical double.” Not only is he male while she is female — implying many subtle as well as a few obvious differences, in this gender-obsessed book — but he seems to be a triumphant survivor, an insider, a powerusurper throughout most of the novel’s second half, while Catherine is not only a dead failure but a wailing, outcast ghost. Heathcliff does love her and mourn her — and finally Catherine does in some sense “kill” him — but beyond such melodramatically romantic connections, what bonds unite these one-time lovers?

Perhaps we can best begin to answer this question by examining the passionate words with which Heathcliff closes his first griefstricken speech after Catherine’s death: “Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” (chap. 16). Like the metaphysical paradox embedded in Catherine’s crucial adolescent speech to Nelly about Heathcliff (“He’s more myself than I am”), these words have often been thought to be, on the one hand, emptily rhetorical, and on the other, severely mystical. But suppose we try to imagine what they might mean as descriptions of a psychological fact about the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine’s assertion that Heathcliff was herself quite reasonably summarized, after all, her understanding that she was being transformed into a lady while Heathcliff retained the ferocity of her primordial half-savage self. Similarly, Heathcliff ‘s exclamation that he cannot live without his soul may express, as a corollary of this idea, the “gypsy’s” own deep sense of being Catherine’s whip, and his perception that he has now become merely the soulless body of a vanished passion. But to be merely a body — a whip without a mistress — is to be a sort of monster, a fleshly thing, an object of pure animal materiality like the abortive being Victor Frankenstein created. And such a monster is indeed what Heathcliff becomes.

From the first, Heathcliff has had undeniable monster potential, as many readers have observed. Isabella’s questions to Nelly — “Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not is he a devil?” (chap. 13) — indicate among other things Emily Brontë’s cool awareness of having created an anomalous being, a sort of “Ghoul” or “Afreet,” not (as her sister half hoped) “despite” herself but for good reasons. Uniting human and animal traits, the skills of culture with the energies of nature, Heathcliff’s character tests the boundaries between human and animal, nature and culture, and in doing so proposes a new definition of the demonic. What is more important for our purposes here, however, is the fact that, despite his outward masculinity, Heathcliff is somehow female in his monstrosity. Besides in a general way suggesting a set of questions about humanness, his existence therefore summarizes a number of important points about the relationship between maleness and femaleness as, say, Milton representatively defines it.

To say that Heathcliff is “female” may at first sound mad or absurd. As we noted earlier, his outward masculinity seems to be definitively demonstrated by his athletic build and military carriage, as well as by the Byronic sexual charisma that he has for ladylike Isabella. And though we saw that Edgar is truly patriarchal despite his apparent effeminacy, there is no real reason why Heathcliff should not simply represent an alternative version of masculinity, the maleness of the younger son, that paradigmatic outsider in patriarchy. To some extent, of course, this is true: Heathcliff is clearly just as male in his Satanic outcast way as Edgar in his angelically established way. But at the same time, on a deeper associative level, Heathcliff is “female” — on the level where younger sons and bastards and devils unite with women in rebelling against the tyranny of heaven, the level where orphans are female and heirs are male, where flesh is female and spirit is male, earth female, sky male, monsters female, angels male.

The sons of Urizen were born from heaven, Blake declares, but “his daughters from green herbs and cattle, / From monsters and worms of the pit.” He might be describing Heathcliff, the “little dark thing” whose enigmatic ferocity suggests vegetation spirits, hell, pits, night — all the “female” irrationality of nature. Nameless as a woman, the gypsy orphan old Earnshaw brings back from the mysterious bowels of Liver/pool is clearly as illegitimate as daughters are in a patrilineal culture. He speaks, moreover, a kind of animal-like gibberish which, together with his foreign swarthiness, causes sensible Nelly to refer to him at first as an “it,” implying (despite his apparent maleness) a deep inability to get his gender straight. His “it-ness” or id-ness emphasizes, too, both his snarling animal qualities — his appetites, his brutality — and his thingness. And the fact that he speaks gibberish suggests the profound alienation of the physical/natural/female realm he represents from language, culture’s tool and the glory of “spirits Masculine.” In even the most literal way, then, he is what Elaine Showalter calls “a woman’s man,” a male figure into which a female artist projects in disguised form her own anxieties about her sex and its meaning in her society. Indeed, if Nelly Dean is Milton’s cook, Heathcliff incarnates that unregenerate natural world which must be metaphorically cooked or spiritualized, and therefore a raw kind of femaleness that, Brontë shows, has to be exorcised if it cannot be controlled.”

From Madwoman in the Attic

@longagoitwastuesday

I think this is not an entirely meritless reading and it makes some interesting points, but it is too simplistic and links Heathcliff’s race/ethnicity to femaleness in a weird very 70s way.

#wuthering heights #madwoman in the attic

[typingtess]

NCIS: Los Angeles Season 13 Rewatch:  “Sorry For Your Loss”

The basics:  The son of a mob boss is killed as the team looks for a truck full of stolen guns.  Callen is still on the Katya hunt.

Written by:  Chad Mazero co-wrote “Internal Affairs”, “Revenge Deferred” and “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” and “The Nobel Maidens”.  Wrote “Tidings We Bring”, “Can I Get a Witness”, “All Is Bright”, “Diamond in the Rough”, “High Society”, “Murder of Crows” and “Overdue”.

Directed by:  Eric A. Pot directed “Resurrection”, “Windfall”, “Traitor”, “Internal Affairs”, “Home is Where the Heart Is”, “Forasteira”, “Reentry”, “Hit List”, “The One Who Got Away”, “Kill Beale Vol 1”, “Fortune Favors the Bold”, “A Fait Accopli”, “Imposter Syndrome” and “Indebted”.  

Guest stars of note:  Duncan Campbell returns as Agent Castor, Tyler Poelle is back as Corey the Coroner.  Isabella Hoffman is Miriam Sivac, Yssa Mei Panganiban is Angela Pak, Chad Addison is David Milton and Kevin Stidham is Brian Hudson.

Our heroes:  Go to a funeral in their Sunday best.  

What important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Still looking for Katya. Sam:  Going to Hampton University to speak about a scholarship named after Michelle. Kensi:  Worried about leaving Deeks at the memorial service. Deeks:  Knows how to properly chlorinate a pool after effects of a decaying squirrel. Fatima:  Gets a lovely offer from the Admiral. Rountree:  Knows he’s breaking Hanna Family rules, just doesn’t know which one. Kilbride:  Cited in his first divorce for being a gambling man.

What not so important things did we learn about:

Callen:  Driving the hearse Sam:   On Lombardi Time. Kensi:   Somersaulting her way to safety. Deeks:  Yenta. Fatima:  Apartment hunting. Rountree:   Took a public speaking class. Kilbride:  Apartment finding.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange?  No mention today.

Who's down with OTP:   Kensi and Deeks joke about his interest in their new neighbor to start the episode.  At the memorial service, Kensi is very worried about a missing Deeks as she leaves with Callen in a hearse.  Fortunately, Deeks is in the back of the hearse with the dead victim.

Who's down with BrOTP:  This was more a Sam and Rountree episode.  Rountree wants to learn from Sam, wants to help Sam when he can.  Sam is, well, Sam.  Callen and Kensi work well together.  Fatima and the Admiral are a good pair too.

Fashion review:   Callen is wearing a blue and white plaid button down shirt.  Sam is in his typical work-out gear – a black long-sleeve tee, black shorts, black socks.  Later, he is wearing a different black long-sleeve tee.  Kensi is wearing an olive green tee-shirt while Deeks is wearing a black one when they get to the office.  Fatima is wearing a long-sleeve, dark blue turtleneck top with lighter blue stripes. Rountree starts the episode wearing a charcoal grey workout tank top and then is in a dusty pink tee-shirt.  Dark blue three-piece suit for the Admiral with a blue and white checkered (tiny checkered) shirt and red tie.

At the memorial service, Callen is wearing a dark grey suit with a white dress shirt and a blue-grey tie.  Kensi is wearing a long-sleeve, black dress with some black lace in her hair.  Deeks is wearing a catering outfit – white dress shirt, grey vest and tie, black pants

Music:  Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 (the Linz Symphony) was playing in the teaser.  Josh Rennie-Hynes’s “Day Rage” was playing at the end of the episode.

Any notable cut scene:  The DVD box says yes, the DVD says no but “Fukushu” has a deleted scene that isn’t in the mix.  It looks like shooting these episodes and airing them out of order messed everything up.

Quote:  Miriam:  “I'm not a monster.” Deeks:  “You had your stepson murdered.” Miriam:  “ Well, he was trying to cut Dominic and me out. What was I supposed to do?“ Deeks:  “I don't know, not have him murdered.” Miriam:  “We don't betray each other in my family.” Deeks:  “Then you probably shouldn't kill each other either.”

Anything else:  Callen and Kensi are involved in a shootout/car chase.  They are in a hearse, where Kensi never thought she’d actually die.  The two – and a casket in the back – are boxed in by heavily-armed bad guys who box in the vehicle.  Callen thinks this is why you shouldn’t make plans.

Eight hours earlier, Sam and Rountree are in the boatshed in their workout clothes.  Rountree is confessing that he feels he broke a Hanna House Rule without actually breaking one.  He arrived at 6AM, Sam agrees.  Rountree just wants his life lesson but Sam isn’t giving lessons.  Rountree considers his first day with NCIS a lesson.  It wasn’t to Sam, it was an opportunity.  Rountree talks about Sam giving him not only a copy of “The Things They Carry” but Sam’s personal copy.  That was a lesson.  It was a suggestion, according to Sam.  When Rountree admits he signed up for a survival class with the “Sam Hanna 50” discount code, Sam has had enough – they have to work out.  

The pair running nine-miles today, not the usual 10.  Sam is going to DC with Callen.  Rountree thinks this is a Kilbride assignment but it is not.  Hampton University, a HBCU, created a scholarship in Michelle Hanna’s name.  Sam is giving a speech.  Michelle always believed that Hampton was who she was.  Rountree is impressed.  He offers to help Sam with his speech since he’s closer in age to college students than Sam.  Sam has two words – no way.

In a driveway, a young woman is getting in her car when Callen approaches.  Asking if she’s Angela Pak, the woman runs.  Pak runs behind a big wooden fence along her home, picking up a small flower pot to defender herself.  Callen is right behind her, identifying himself as NCIS and showing his badge.  “And that’s supposed to make me feel better?”  Callen wants to ask a few questions but Pak has to go to work.  Callen says the few questions are about Kate Miller, Pak’s ex.  Pak freezes.

Kensi and Deeks arrive at the office, he’s talking about some sacrifices in a marriage that are work fighting for.  Kensi is not interested in the conversation.  He is since two people in love should be able to overcome all sorts of circumstances.  If Kensi would just listen to him, it wouldn’t be a shock.  Kensi is busy unpacking her bag at her desk.  Kensi asks what is so shocking.  Deeks shocks her with the word “divorce”.  But it isn’t their divorce, it is Raquel’s.  Kensi realizes that Deeks is talking about their new neighbor, Rachel.  Deeks likes to talk to on trash days.  Kensi calls him a Yenta.  He thinks he’s striving for knowledge and a human connection a century before his time.  Kensi tells him that is “Yentl”, the movie.  Deeks is not going to apologize for bonding with people, it is what makes him a great special investigator.  Kensi reminds him he’s an investigator, she’s the special agent.  Deeks demands someone change his title so of course, Kilbride shows up from the coffee area.  Since the Admiral doesn’t run his office like a preschool, Deeks will actually have to do something to get a reward.

Angela Pak calls Kate Miller a “virus” who is hard to get rid of once she’s taken a hold.  She apologizes to Callen for running, she’s paranoid even though she and Kate broke up a long time ago.  Callen explains that Kate is really Katya Miranova from Russia.  Pak thought Katya was from Barstow.  The two didn’t break up when Katya went to prison, they were already finished at that point.  Callen points out that Pak was at Katya’s arraignment.  “It’s cute that you think I had a choice,” Pak tells him.  Both agree Katya gets what she wants.  After Katya broke out of jail, Pak moved, took herself out of social media and has been in hiding.  Callen asks for help but Pak won’t.  She realizes that Callen is looking for Katya because Katya got close to someone involved with Callen.  Callen offers his card.  Saying that Pak double locks her door and runs from strangers, she’s never going to be free until Katya isn’t.

In Ops, Fatima is trying to sweettalk a landlord into renting her an apartment.  It goes poorly.  She grumbles in frustration just as Admiral Kilbride walks in.  As she tries to explain, the Admiral admits he doesn’t want to know.  Fatima tells him anyway.  She’s looking for a new place to live because she wants to move out of her parents’ home.  Inventory is tight and whatever is available is really expensive.  Again, the Admiral is not happy.  He has a case for Fatima.  NCIS is taking over an ATF investigation of stolen/missing weapons.  500 shotguns, rifles and pistols are in the wind.  ATF is still mourning their dead agents so NCIS is helping.  The ATF has a prime suspect but he was murdered three days earlier.  Fatima asks if the dead suspect was a renter.  

In the boatshed, a sore Rountree is talking to Fatima via plasma screen when Sam joins in on the conversation.  Fatima knows Rountree was late because of Lombardi time.  Rountree knows Vince Lombardi but had to be reminded that Lombardi time means if you are five minutes early you are already 10-minutes late.  Sam just wants to work which is exactly what Kilbride wants.  Fatima recaps the case – four-days ago a truck was stolen from a rest stop in Tujunga, en-route from Phoenix to a gun shop south of LA before going to Camp Pendleton.  The suspect in the case, Anders Sivac, was found stabbed to death the morning after the truck was stolen.  He was living in Brentwood but grew up in Malibu and every other expensive neighborhood in LA.  The Admiral tells the three that Anders is the son of Marten Sivac, the well-known LA crime boss. The senior Sivac was accused of a number of crimes but never found guilty.  Like his son, the older Sivac is also dead.  Found at the bottom of Lake Arrowhead three-years ago.  The family has had no legal trouble since the old man’s death.

Sam figures that a privileged kid like Anders could have blown through his family money in a hurry and restarted the family business, a family business he may not have been smart enough to run.  The Admiral thinks finding who killed Anders Sivac is likely the easiest way to find the weapons.  Callen and Kensi are on their way to see the coroner, Deeks is going to interview Miriam Sivac, Anders’s mother.  Sam and Rountree are off to interview the truck driver.

Corey the Coroner from previous episodes is grabbing a soda from a breakroom machine while talking about playing music at his own wedding to two highly disinterested co-workers.  Callen and Kensi arrive with their congratulations.  The future Mrs. Corey the Coroner is Chloe Morris, FBI Agent Zoey Morris’s cousin.  Getting the case, Anders Sivac was found in Griffin Park off Fire Road near the Observatory, stabbed 22-times.  The time of death was 9PM, an hour before the guns were stolen.  So either someone wanted to cut Sivac out of the deal or they found out about the deal and decide to make it their own.  

Deeks pulls up at a well-appointed home.  Before he rings the bell, the door opens.  The woman at the door tells Deeks to hurry on in but keep his shirt on this time.  Deeks thinks there has been a mistake.  The woman agrees – the neighbors wound up taking photos.  But while Deeks is there, she’d also like him to take care of the dead squirrel in the pool.  Deeks explains he’s not there to clean the pool, he’s there to talk about her son Anders.  

The woman, Miriam Sivac, makes it clear that Anders was her stepson.  He was also “a son of a bitch.  Believe me, I knew his mother.”  She and Anders were estranged.  Deeks asks why.  Over her 20-year marriage to his father, Anders never approved of Miriam.  He also didn’t approve of her moving on with her life once Marten died.  And she’s moved on many, many times.  The Sivacs are a complicated family, they’ve seen their share of death.  

Deeks asks if Anders had any enemies.  Miriam doesn’t think he has time to list them all.  Deeks thinks she does, especially since he knows who to properly chlorinate a pool after an unfortunate rodent issue at no cost.  He’s invited in.  

Corey returns with a lot of files and some attitude toward a co-worker.  The coworker isn’t invited to the wedding since he’s allergic to shellfish.  Chloe loves shellfish and other expensive things so Corey is selling vitamins at night for extra money.  Anders Sivac was found wearing an expensive watch with a wallet full of cash.  This wasn’t a robbery gone wrong.   Callen sees some ink on Sivac’s wrist.  It is a stamp from a nightclub.  Fatima is going to check out the stamp to see if they can find where and who Sivac was with before his death.

At the truck depot, Rountree thinks Sam should start with a joke.  Sam only wants to talk to the driver.  Rountree explains it is for the speech.  He took a public speaking course once.  Sam is back to the case.  Knowing that the quickest way from Phoenix to the gun shop was on the 10.  The rest stop was on the 210 over 20-miles away from the 10, something was up with the delivery.  Rountree thinks maybe the driver was padding his mileage for some extra cash or was looking for a place to eat.  Sam wants to ask the driver, who shows signs of being beaten.  When Sam says he’s from NCIS, driver David Milton takes off.

Rountree catches up with Milton after some stopped truck parkour but Milton escapes by taking off his zip-up hoodie.  From a platform, Milton tries to jump Sam but that gets him tossed to the ground quickly.  Milton has a baton and tries to swing at Sam’s feet.  Sam evades Milton’s baton as Rountree arrives.  When Milton takes a second swing at Sam, Sam winds up with the baton and Milton on the ground.

Handcuffed to the truck, Milton tries to explain that he was getting coffee when he was knocked out.  An extra $20,000 in Milton’s bank account right after the guns were stolen. The money was paid out over three-days so the bank never flagged it.  Milton is now officially their top suspect and will likely be charged with aiding terrorism.  Saying he’s not a terrorist, Milton claims to be broke.  He put up an ad on the dark web about the guns and turned a blind eye so they could be stolen.  

Sam shows Milton a photo of Anders Sivac.  Milton confirms that Sivac was his contact for most of the transaction but at the last minute, someone called and changed the drop off point from Griffith park to Tujunga.  Rountree asks if Milton was beaten by the new contact.  No, Milton’s younger brother did the beating with a 10-pound weight.  When Sam wants Milton’s truck, Milton asks if he can be released, he’s learned his lesson.  Sam just walks away while Rountree explains that Sam does not give lessons.

Fatima calls Callen and Kensi with an image from Sivac’s handstamp.  While she was working on the project, she missed out on another apartment.  Kensi asks about the stamp, a “V” with what looks like a snake around it.  Corey the Coroner clears things up, it isn’t a snake but a ball python.  He’s working weekends in the reptile section of his local Petco for extra money as well.

The stamp is from the Vandergrift Hospitality Group which owns a number of bars and clubs in southern California.  Sivac disabled the GPS in his car and phone so she has no ability to figure out where he was.  Callen has a thought about opening times for the bars and clubs.  Since Sivac was killed around 9PM and none of the clubs opened until 10PM, that narrows the search to just the bars and the bars near Griffith Park.   There is just one, Sanctuary Bar.  Fatima starts pulling the security video.

On the phone, the Admiral is speaking about his disdain for “this Botox-ed juice shack of a city” to Sam and wants to speed up the case.  Sam recaps the case in a good piece of exposition.  Rountree arrives with news that the man who picked up the guns from Milton used a burner phone that called an insurance broker.  The insurance broker is likely the buyer.  Agent Castor is getting the insurance broker to the boatshed where Sam and Rountree will interrogate him.

While Fatima waits for a warrant for the security footage, she found security footage for free at a nearby construction site.  There is footage of Anders Sivac walking into the bar alone but leaving with Miriam Sivac.  This after Miriam said she didn’t see Anders in weeks.

As Miriam Sivac returns to her pool area, Deeks confronts her about the footage.  Miriam reminds Deeks that she has a card for her lawyer nearby.  Deeks pushes forward, asking if she killed Anders.  She couldn’t kill a squirrel – she married into the family, not born into it.  Deeks thinks she’s a liar.  Miriam confirms that the family knew what Anders was doing.  He was a terrible mix of “cocky and sloppy” when it came to business.   She tried to talk him out of it.  He didn’t listen and got himself killed.  

Deeks asks if any other family members would kill Anders for the guns.  Miriam is done answering questions.  She’s off to Anders funeral.  Deeks thinks the funeral is a good place to see if anyone associated with the killing looks guilty by not showing up to pay their respects.  When Deeks says he’s joining her at the funeral, Miriam makes it clear that nobody will talk to Deeks.  He knows that so Miriam is going to get him in a different way.

At the memorial service, Deeks is working as a waiter, Kensi is dressed in black mourning.  Deeks doesn’t want a funeral, just wants to be composted.  Kensi doesn’t want him with the weeds in their garden.  She is donating her body to science.  Deeks points out that they don’t have a garden because she can’t even keep a cactus alive.  Kensi asks Callen what sort of funeral he wants, Deeks thinks Callen would want a Viking funeral.  Callen agrees but only if he can use Sam’s boat.  Callen is outside near the hearse.  Deeks’s tray is a camera so he is taking photos of the people at the service.  Kensi is planting microphones at the different tables.  

Sam and Rountree arrive as the boatshed just as Castor sets up the insurance broker in interrogation.  The broker thinks he’s there to set up a deal.  He quickly learns he’s sitting on the wrong side of the table.  The broker tries to leave but it is made clear, he’s not going anywhere until he starts cooperating.  

Kensi comforts one of the mourners using a slogan from the catering truck.  The mourner is a family doctor who is likely just there to pay his respects to a former patient.  Deeks comes across a couple who own several businesses related to the Sivacs.  Neither are suspects since the husband was out of town with his mistress and the wife was in Aspen with her best friend’s husband.  

Callen photographs a man walking into the service while Miriam Sivac approaches him.  She knows he’s NCIS.  When Callen says they shouldn’t be seen together, Miriam is not worried.  “Everyone already knows how fond I am of the help.”  Callen is a little surprised that Miriam isn’t more helpful.  She turns it right back on Callen – the only thing NCIS cares about is the guns, they don’t care who killed Sivac.  Callen disagrees.  Miriam makes it clear, there are people at the service who are very dangerous.  She would be killed for bringing in law enforcement.  She’s helped as much as she can.

Sam returns to interrogation.  The broker’s office is a front.  No computers, no desks, no chair – just rented office space.  Rountree tells the broker that they know he was planning to buy the guns.  The broker is sure planning is not a crime.  Sam assures him, it is.  Since the broker doesn’t have the money for the guns yet, he can’t complete the deal.  NCIS will provide the funds, Rountree wants the deal set up now.  The broker makes the deal, Sam and Rountree are on their way.

Fatima updates the Admiral on Sam and Rountree.   Fatima took Callen’s photo of one of the service’s attendees, Dominic Carson, and traced his long criminal record.  Fatima is tracking his movements before Anders’s death.  Carson is Miriam Sivac’s son from her first marriage.  “I’m guessing she kept that from us for a reason,” the Admiral surmise.  Kensi sees Miriam talk to Carson.  Carson turns to Kensi, who realizes they’ve all been made.

By the catering truck, Deeks is attacked by one of Miriam Sivac’s men.  He’s cut in the forearm by his attacker’s knife but gets away before more damage is done.  Callen sees Carson flee.  He and Kensi get into the hearse but not before Kensi looks around for Deeks.  They have no time so they take off.

The action goes back to how the episode began.  The car/hearse chase with shooting.  Boxed in, Callen and Kensi hear from the Admiral, who wants a sit-rep.  Callen asks about Sam and Rountree but they are in the warehouse trying to recover the stolen weapons.  The window between the driver and the back of the hearse rolls down and Deeks joins the party.  Kensi thought she smelled fish.  

Sam would like things to move along, he and Callen have a plane to catch.  Callen still needs to pack.  The Admiral would like to retire at some point so he’d like the team to spring into action.  Deeks pushes Anders out of the hearse.  For reason only known to the bad guys, they shoot at the casket and not the people inside the hearse.  Kensi does a summersault out of the hearse and shoots Carson’s bodyguard.  Deeks yells “federal agents” so one casket shooter points his weapon at Deeks.  That was a fatal mistake.  The other surrenders.  As Carson tries to drive away, Callen stops him.  Claiming he’s hot and sweaty, Deeks wants to go home.

At the warehouse, Sam and Rountree distract Carson’s men long enough to engage in some slo-mo hand-to-hand combat.  Sam gets to throw another bad guy to the ground and Rountree joins in on the fun.  That gets a little smile from Sam with a “late again” comment.

At the office, Fatima is writing up some reports when the Admiral arrives.  He jokes about her moving into the office.  He recaps the case.  The Admiral sent Fatima a number.  An old colleague owns a number of apartments.  He forwarded her his number.  Fatima doesn’t think something makes sense.  The Admiral thinks she’s talking about the apartment but she’s not.  Instead, it is about where the money NCIS wired to Dominic Carson wound up.

In the boatshed’s second floor interrogation room, Deeks is talking to Miriam Sivac with a rather large bandage on his forearm.  He thinks Miriam got sloppy, she blames the martinis.  Miriam claims not to be a monster, even having her stepson murder.  But it is a family business and Anders was cutting out Miriam and Dominic.  “You to betray each other in this family.”  Deeks doesn’t think they should kill each other either.  

With 20-years in the family, she wasn’t going to let Anders take away her share.  She went to the bar with an ultimatum to Anders.  Miriam lawyers up.  Deeks has one last question – did she kill the squirrel?

Callen is back at Angela Pak’s.  She was surprised Callen never asked about her record.  He didn’t see the relevance.  Pak did.  She stole files from her law office.  She didn’t go to jail but she was disbarred.  The arrest was when she was with Katya.  Callen knew it likely had something to with Katya since Pak was never in trouble before or after.  Pak thinks she can trust Callen.  He assure her she can.  

Admitting she hates who she was with Katya but hates even more that she can’t remember the person she was before Katya, Pak offers a Callen a key Katya left behind.  It opens a safe deposit back.  A horn honks – it is Sam.  Callen thanks Pak as he leaves.  She does not double lock the door behind him.

Outside the house, Callen tells Sam he’ll buy what he needs in DC.  Sam hasn’t written his speech yet.  As Rountree did earlier in the episode, Callen suggests starting with a joke.

What head canon can be formed from here:    This episode, which was the first shot of season 13, had a real season 12 feel with the majority of the characters siloed into their own storylines.  Callen worked with Kensi, Sam was with Rountree, Fatima and the Admiral were a pair while Deeks was solo for most of the episode.  Yes, Kensi and Deeks arrived together, yes, Callen and Sam drove away together but mostly everyone was with their assigned mini-team.

Nice to see highly capable Deeks in most of the episode, the Rachel/Raquel conversation aside.

As for head canon, the Admiral has a first divorce and not just a divorce which means there are likely a few former Mrs. Hollace Kilbrides.  The beginning of the nice Fatima-Kilbride relationship starts here.  Rountree sees Sam as a mentor/teacher.  

Episode number:   This is episode 284 overall, the fourth episode of season 13.

#NCIS: Los Angeles Rewatch #NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la

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Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Manga

"Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost" In this fantastical drama series, set in a picturesque small town surrounded by lush landscapes, we journey into a world where forbidden love, dark secrets, and supernatural entanglements collide. Drawing inspiration from the original Beauty and the Beast myth as well as John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost," this modern-day adaptation intertwines romance, mystery, and a captivating exploration of good versus evil.

Our story follows Isabella Adams, an independent and resilient outsider who escapes her troubled past to find solace in the stunning beauty of Willowbrook. Little does she know that behind its idyllic facade lie centuries-old curses and hidden creatures waiting to be discovered. Unbeknownst to Isabella, she possesses an innate gift: an otherworldly sixth sense that connects her with both celestial beings and sinister forces lurking underneath.

Enter Dante Montague — handsome but aloof — known for his enigmatic aura. This mysterious man weaves in and out of shadows like a creature born out of night itself. Shrouded in secrets about his origins and motivations, Dante guards his heart fiercely while quietly observing Willowbrook's eerie happenings.

As fate would have it, Isabella stumbles upon Dante's secret lair deep within Willowbrook's enchanted forest one fateful night. Inexplicably drawn together by their shared longing for acceptance and understanding, they embark on an extraordinary journey that transcends time-honored boundaries between mortals and magical beings alike.

But their love is far from conventional; piercing through societal norms becomes secondary when unimaginable darkness threatens their burgeoning connection. Struggling against malevolent forces determined to pull them apart at any cost, Isabella must unravel ancient prophecies tied to her essence while Dante confronts his own inner demons rooted in eternal conflicts between Heaven and Hell.

Amidst these tempestuous revelations lies an intricate web spun by ethereal beings, enigmatic creatures of light and darkness who pull strings behind the curtains of fate. Celestial forces find themselves entwined in Willowbrook's destiny, bound by precedents set forth in Milton's "Paradise Lost." In this whirlwind saga, love is tested to its limits while choices made ripple across realms, challenging notions of loyalty and sacrifice.

"Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost" plunges viewers into a captivating world where supernatural allure mingles with profound human emotions. Will Isabella and Dante triumph against all odds? Or will their divergent destinies consume them both in an irreversible dance between passion and perdition? Get ready to be enthralled by this extraordinary tale set amidst secrets buried underneath earthly paradise.

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A Lição Chinesa para o Brasil: Um Estudo sobre o Sucesso Econômico

A China, uma das maiores potências econômicas do mundo, tem uma história de sucesso que pode oferecer lições valiosas para outros países, incluindo o Brasil. O livro "Como a China Escapou da Terapia de Choque", da economista alemã Isabella M. Weber, explora esse fenômeno, destacando aspectos cruciais que contribuíram para o crescimento chinês. Reformas Guiadas pelo Estado A China conseguiu implementar reformas econômicas bem-sucedidas através de um processo sutil de consultas e gradualismo experimental. A famosa frase "A mão invisível foi introduzida sob a orientação da mão visível " resume essa abordagem. Enquanto muitos países falharam ao tentar essa estratégia, a China teve sucesso devido à qualidade de suas decisões, tomadas após consultas cuidadosas. Diálogo entre Diferentes Correntes de Pensamento O sucesso chinês também se deve à abertura ao diálogo entre diferentes correntes de pensamento econômico. Os economistas chineses ouviam desde ex-defensores da ortodoxia stalinista até liberais como Milton Friedman. Essa abertura permitiu uma transformação do modelo maoísta através de um gradualismo experimental, promovendo uma convergência de ideias. Lições do Passado e a Virada Gradual A China aprendeu com seu passado turbulento, incluindo a Revolução Cultural (1966-1976) e a fome que matou milhões. Figuras que haviam sido desterradas ou presas durante a Revolução Cultural surgiram como líderes no renascimento da China. A virada gradual permitiu que o país virasse o modelo maoísta de cabeça para baixo, sem causar choques abruptos na economia. Conexão com o Brasil Em um artigo publicado na Folha de S.Paulo, é mencionado uma entrevista de Weber ao repórter Mario Sergio Conti, que será transmitida na GloboNews, onde serão reveladas conversas de chineses com o então ministro Delfim Netto nos anos 80. Isso pode oferecer mais insights sobre a relação entre a China e o Brasil durante esse período. Conclusão O estudo de Weber sobre a economia chinesa oferece uma análise profunda e erudita que pode servir como uma lição para outros países em busca de crescimento e estabilidade econômica. A abordagem chinesa, caracterizada por consultas cuidadosas, gradualismo experimental e abertura ao diálogo, demonstra a importância de uma estratégia bem pensada e flexível. O Brasil e outros países podem encontrar inspiração nesse modelo, buscando adaptá-lo às suas realidades e desafios específicos. Leia: Impulsionando a Educação Superior no Brasil: Governo Lança Título Educa+ para Facilitar o Acesso ao Ensino Universitário Read the full article

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День для двоих {2/2}

после активностей пошли расслабляться

как же он старается:D

#по секрету #после этого вуху Иса забеременела #но я решила что четвёртый ребёнок им не нужен #sims 4 screenshots #miltonlegacy #sims 4 legacy #simblr #*isabella milton #*sam blue

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Daniel Eric Webber, Sr. of Milton, Georgia went to be with the Lord on December 20, 2021.

Before peacefully transitioning from his earthly body to his heavenly one, he was surrounded by his loving wife, Laura, whom he was married to for 29 years, and his loving children Daniel, Dillon, and Isabella. Dan’s Mom, Ruth LaVonne, and Dad, Jon Keith Webber, Sr. of Alpharetta, Georgia were also present along with Dan’s niece and family.

Dan was born in Olney, IL. on November 29, 1966. And grew up in Normal, IL. While he was a teen, Dan’s parents moved to Lexington KY. There, Dan attended high school at Lexington Christian Academy and graduated in 1984. Afterwards, Dan studied at Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. Later, he received his CPA License.

Even though Dan enjoyed working as a CPA, his real interest was Information Technology. During his IT career, Dan served as Chief Information Officer, Security Officer, and Technology Officer leading, innovating, and advising companies in the healthcare, biotech, manufacturing, and hospitality industries. Dan’s passions were artificial intelligence/machine learning, cybersecurity, innovation, analytics, advanced computing, wireless, and digital services. Most recently, Dan was Vice President of Technology for UST Global, a large Information Technology Services company. Dan also served as CEO of the Election Integrity Foundation, an entity founded to work to ensure the integrity of elections through voting villages with the purpose of teaching election security and cybersecurity.

Even in his professional roles, Dan had a passion for serving others. He designed, implemented, and envisioned the network and system process workflow for the first FDA approved DNA based sequencing system. His pharmacogenomic systems supported drug discovery and research activities in the areas of HIV, HCV, HBV, and multiple areas of cancer.

Dan was a pillar of the Atlanta Community serving as a friend, mentor, connector, and advisor. While his faith and family took center stage, his passion for technology and giving back to the community were on display each and every day as he championed and supported a number of technology, community, and faith-based organizations such as The Atlanta Technology Professionals, Georgia State University, ToolBank USA, Society for Information Management, TechBridge Atlanta, and North Point Community Church. Known in Atlanta for his “Friends of Dan” events which brought together hundreds of people over the years, it was his unmistakable voice as the host for dozens of events over the years that resulted in him gaining the nickname “Voice of God”. Yet with all his professional and community achievements, Dan’s greatest success was the number of people he touched in life and his unwavering focus on his family and faith.

Dan is survived by his wife and children, Dan’s mom and dad, as well as brother Jon Keith Webber, Jr. and sister-in-law Patricia Webber of West Salem, IL. In-laws David and Mary Fogle of Charlotte, NC. In addition to nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles and many cousins.

Dan will always be in the hearts of many. Dan’s unmistakable voice are now joined with God and his voice and his spirit will be forever with us. He will be deeply missed but never forgotten. Until we meet again my love.

A celebration of Dan’s life ceremony will be held on January 14, 2022 starting at 11 am at Northpoint Community Church, 4350 North Point Parkway, Alpharetta, Georgia 30022.

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Gianna Nannini, arriva con l'ultima parte del tour in Teatro

Gianna Nannini, arriva con l'ultima parte del tour in Teatro. GIANNA NANNINI torna sui palchi italiani a novembre con l’ultima imperdibile parte del tour "In Teatro Tour 2022" insieme alla sua Band!   Il 2022 della rocker è cominciato con il tutto esaurito nel tour teatrale in Italia, i concerti ad aprile a Londra, Lussemburgo, Parigi e Bruxelles, poi il successo allo Stadio Artemio Franchi di Firenze, l’emozione del più grande evento musicale di sempre contro la violenza sulle donne UNA.NESSUNA.CENTOMILA alla RCF Arena Reggio Emilia (Campovolo), ben 10 date in Germania davanti a migliaia di spettatori in due settimane e i concerti in Italia nelle più suggestive location open air e nei principali festival estivi.   A novembre riabbraccia i suoi fan accompagnata sul palco dalla sua Band composta da Davide Tagliapietra alla direzione musicale e alle chitarre, Christian Rigano alle tastiere, Milton McDonald alle chitarre, Francis Hylton al basso, Steve Barney alla batteria, Isabella Casucci cori. Quattro imperdibili date con una scaletta carica di energia che comprende le sue hit e tante sorprese, brani recenti entrati nel cuore dei fan come "La Differenza" e “L’aria sta finendo”, e iconici, che hanno segnato la sua carriera, come "I maschi", "America" e “Fotoromanza”.   "Saranno dei concerti a tutto Rock, ho costruito un set di grande impatto con dei musicisti straordinari che mi trasmettono una voglia pazza di continuare a suonare" afferma Gianna Nannini.   Queste le date: 22 novembre al Teatro Rossetti di TRIESTE 25 novembre al Teatro Dis_Play di BRESCIA 26 novembre al Grana Padano Theatre di MANTOVA 28 novembre al Teatro Carlo Felice di GENOVA Il tour proseguirà in Svizzera l’1 dicembre all’Hallenstadion di Zurigo e il 2 dicembre Theatre Du Leman di Ginevra.  I biglietti sono disponibili su Ticketone e sui circuiti di prevendita abituali. Per partecipare agli spettacoli nei teatri di novembre tutti i possessori di un biglietto precedentemente acquistato per il tour nei palasport dovranno confermare la loro partecipazione in anticipo su questa pagina apposita.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Isabella Tiger Moth Pyrrharctia isabella Erebidae Family

“When disturbed, the [Isabella tiger moth caterpillars] defend themselves by playing possum (rolling up into balls and remaining motionless)...” (source).

Photographs taken on October 13, 2019, at Kelso Conservation Area, Milton.

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