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silvereyedowl · 8 months

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What We Know About Series 14

Doctor Who series 14 is coming up next year. This is a roundup of advance information and leaks about the season and the preceding Christmas special. Sources are at the very bottom below the cut.

CAST

Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor. Unlike his predecessors, this Doctor changes his outfit a lot.

Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday. Like her actress, Ruby is a native of Manchester.

Returning characters:

Jemma Redgrave as Kate Stewart, head of UNIT.

Bonnie Langford as former companion Mel Bush.

Villains:

Jinkx Monsoon as a villain favouring piano-themed attire, described as "the Doctor's most powerful enemy yet". Not everyone survives the encounter...

Indira Varma as the Duchess. RTD: "a whole new audience will be hiding behind the settee when the Duchess unleashes her terror." Varma previously played Suzie Costello on 2 episodes of Torchwood.

Other characters:

Aneurin Barnard as Roger ap Gwilliam.

Jonathan Groff as a "mysterious key" character.

Lenny Rush as Morris, in time for the Doctor's "greatest nightmare". RTD: "But what secrets does he hold? What's secreted in the Segway?! And will his terrifying probabilities be proved true..?"

Jack Forsyth-Noble as Will.

Gemma Arrowsmith and Mary Malone will appear in the Christmas special, while Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy and Billy Brayshaw will appear in separate episodes.

Also announced to be appearing: Sophie Ablett, Anita Dobson, Michelle Greenidge, Bhav Joshi, Millie Kent, Eilidh Loan, Pete MacHale, Miles Yekinni, Hemi Yeroham. Dobson previously appeared in the audio play "Blood of the Daleks".

EPISODES

There will be a Christmas special in December 2023, followed by an eight-episode season. (The BBC posted that the season would air in spring, but then removed the information.) Russell T Davies is the showrunner.

A guest star from 2005 returned for the special.

Episode 1's title was coincidentally spoken aloud in a third-season episode of Star Trek: Picard. It includes the words roar, Glastonbury, and conquistador.

Episode 2 contains the words Liverpool, legions, and non-diegetic. Scene 10 begins "INT. CANTEEN. DAY."

RTD thinks episode 4 is one of the best things he's ever written. The line "I once went to the top of the Shard" was cut from it.

The script for episode 7 begins with the line "INT. COFFEE BAR, USA — DAY, 1947".

Episode 8 will contain the words kingdom, gold, and Tigella. Scene 73, featuring the Doctor and Ruby in the TARDIS while "enemies are being fought", was the last scene filmed for the season.

There's a 1960s episode, featuring the Doctor and Ruby in snazzy period outfits.

The episode guest-starring both Varma and Groff will be set in the Regency era. "Dress to impress, and beware the Duchess."

CREATOR RAMBLINGS

According to RTD, we will be "staggered" by the 2023 festive season surprises.

There are monsters which are "impossible to describe" without referencing Fourth and Seventh Doctor adventures.

RTD promises that there are "plans still unfurling" which have yet to be made public.

Production designer Philip Sims said he was excited about "designing a new Dalek".

Davies has hinted that the blue doors Michelle Greenidge and Anita Dobson were photographed with are significant.

Script editor Scott Handcock mentioned filming which required nine babies, as well as Ncuti and Millie.

Monsoon's first day on set "teams her with an unexpected name from the Tom Baker era".

Anita Dobson has said she's playing Ruby's neighbour, whose name is either Mrs. Flood or Blood.

RTD used a potato emoji while commenting on publicity photos from the Regency episode (Sontarans?). Davies was also very coy about the identity of Groff's character.

RTD mentioned one episode having gone through three titles with no decision having yet been made. Another episode had "sixpence" in the title for a while, until the coin was cut.

RTD teased a famous guest star appearing in a scene with a giant statue head in the finale.

While writing about the final days of filming, RTD said that "Yasmin Finney wrapped a few days ago".

OTHER

Filming began on December 7, 2022 and wrapped on July 14, 2023.

Block One was directed by Dylan Holmes Williams. Block Two was directed by Mark Tonderai. It included the Christmas special. Block Three was directed by Julie Anne Robinson. It contains "two wildly different episodes, by two different writers". Block Four was directed by Ben Chessell. Block Five was directed by Jamie Donoghue.

Posters of the Doctor and Ruby.

Fifteen will be getting a brand-new sonic screwdriver.

Leaks and sources below the cut!

LEAKS

Michelle Greenidge appears to be playing Ruby Sunday's mother. Since Greenidge and Millie Gibson are different ethnicities, she is presumably an adoptive, foster, or step mother.

Campaign posters for the "Albion Party", with Roger ap Gwilliam as the "Space Saviour", were spotted on location filming.

Jinkx Monsoon is in the '60s episode.

Millie Kent is playing Valerie, and Sophie Ablett is Marti Bridges.

Mel Bush will be appearing in the season finale.

Reports from finale location filming, albeit second-hand, of someone on set saying, "This is where the Daleks come in".

According to his CV, Majid Mehdizadeh-Valoujerdy will be playing Carson in an episode directed by Julie Anne Robinson.

Davina McCall may be the returning 2005 guest star. She will apparently host a genealogy show on which Ruby appears, and will be crushed by a falling Christmas tree.

RUMOURS

UNIT may be getting its own spinoff. (SOURCE)

The DWM production journal has led some fans to theorize Steven Moffat will be returning as a writer.

SOURCES

Doctor Who filming begins with new director

Doctor Who filming in Penarth as Doctor and companion costumes revealed

Doctor Who filming at Capitol Shopping Center in Cardiff

Doctor Who filming with new monster at Swansea Bay Campus

Doctor Who filming in Newport with UNIT, Space Saviour and companion

Doctor Who filming in Swansea: new monster details

Doctor Who filming with Aneurin Barnard at Cardiff City Stadium

Doctor Who filming with Millie Gibson on a moving train from Cardiff

Doctor Who filming at Loudoun Square flats

Doctor Who Filming in Bristol With Millie Gibson, Michelle Greenidge and Anita Dobson

Doctor Who filming in Pembrokeshire with Millie Gibson

Doctor Who filming: new photos of Millie Gibson in Pembrokeshire

Photos snapped of Millie Gibson filming Doctor Who

Doctor Who filming: Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson in Pembrokeshire

Doctor Who filming in Bristol with Millie Gibson and Anita Dobson

Russell T Davies talks “exciting” Doctor Who scenes as programme films in Bristol

Doctor Who filming with Ncuti Gatwa at two venues in Cardiff

Doctor Who filming: Block Three begins

Doctor Who filming: clue found for secret location filming

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson film 1960s Doctor Who scenes

Doctor Who films in Bristol with Ncuti Gatwa and Jinkx Monsoon

Doctor Who filming in Cardiff with Beatles connection

New Doctor Who photos of Jonathan Groff alongside Nucti Gatwa and Millie Gibson

Doctor Who filming at Margam Park

Doctor Who films more scenes with a Beatles connection

Doctor Who films in Cardiff theatre

Doctor Who films in Cardiff with Ncuti Gatwa and Bonnie Langford

Michelle Greenidge films Doctor Who in Cardiff

Ncuti Gatwa, Millie Gibson and Bonnie Langford film Doctor Who in Cardiff

Millie Gibson and Ncuti Gatwa film Doctor Who at Cardiff City Hall

Doctor Who films scooter stunt on Cardiff streets

Bonnie Langford and Ncuti Gatwa film Doctor Who scenes on a scooter

Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson film Doctor Who in Barry

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big tobacco went on a reunion tour at the 50th annual alec meeting last month.

tldr; if you suddenly start seeing a shift in tobacco policy in your state or local area or heightened advertising, discussion on the local news, etc. then this is probably why.

two lobbyists from the tobacco megacorp Altria bought precious time to speak directly to state lawmakers, including those who serve on their state's health policy committees. this took place behind closed doors in Orlando, where they joined the corporate-funded american legislative exchange council to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights.

if you have never heard of Altria, they are parent company of Philip Morris USA, which was found guilty of racketeering for misleading the public about the health dangers of tobacco products. they're pushing for - surprise - deregulation, claiming that flavored nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, are good and safe alternatives to smoking tobacco and should not be regulated in the manner they are today.

mind you, Altria owns brands like Marlboro and Black & Mild cigars, and in June they paid $2.75 billion to acquire njoy e-cigarettes.

the tobacco industry is under fire right now. they've been aggressively marketing flavored versions of highly addictive nicotine products to get kids and young people hooked. this isn't puritanical chattering, it's a fact. last spring, Juul announced a $462-million settlement with multiple states due to their marketing tactics, and in May, Altria agreed to pay $235 million to resolve more than 6,000 Juul-related lawsuits.

Mark King, Altria's senior director for state government affairs, goes on record to say that "prohibitionist policies" create unintended consequences like illicit markets and burdens on law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

what's happening here is another example of how corporations are using their influence and money to push their agenda. it's not about public health or what's best for the community. it's about profit and control. big corporations influence policy at the expense of our health and well-being and it is regularly auctioned off with less consideration than a cow at the state fair.

the tobacco industry's manipulation isn't just a problem for health advocates or the legal system. it's a sign of how money and power continue to shape the construction of our society no matter who the president is and until you address the underlying decrepit infrastructure (capitalism), the whole building will continue to sink into the earth from neglect.

#text #bork bork thoughts #politics #fuck capitalism #anti capitalist #late stage capitalism #you are not immune to propaganda

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principiumindividuationis777 · 13 days

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Curtains Fall Lightly (Historical Noir)

Chapter I

At a leading manufacturer of aircraft, especially military aircraft, in the Summer and Autumn of 1963, events unfolded as described.

Philip Morris was a dying man, having received a dire prognosis from his physician. A leading contact between the firm and United States government agencies, he attempted to teach the much younger George Blythe to replace him, briefing Blythe on a situation as grim as Morris's own.

"Young man, you must understand that this company is under attack from within. It's not the Soviets primarily, but a woman named Rosalind Kerr, ostensibly a consulting advisor. Even I don't know who she works for, but she uses blackmail of our board and our employees to advance her own position, and what she wants, as far as I can tell, is an escalation of warfare, in any and all parts of the world, to increase sales of our aircraft, receiving a generous percentage in her own accounts of the resulting profits and cash flow."

"The compromising data is seldom obtained by Mrs. Kerr personally, you understand," continued Morris, "But by her mousy little male secretary, Joseph Wheedle, aptly named if ever anyone was. I have never seen anyone so good at a show of false humility, and he gains trust, and thereby ruins lives."

"Why does he share this information with Mrs. Kerr?" asked Blythe.

"Ah, that's the key. I have rumor and conjecture. I believe that Wheedle, some fifty years old and unmarried, may have homosexual tendencies, taboo to many, even illegal, and that most likely Mrs. Kerr knows this and compels him to share in her goals, and to share his ill-gotten gains with her."

Morris added a hint that perhaps Blythe should uncover proof of Wheedle's secret life, to leverage against him, and continued to explain the company's sinister cabal.

"Now, as you can see, Kerr is a woman, and not a young one, and Wheedle is a small man of little physical prowess. When blackmail is not an option, they have a man, Michael Pocius, though I am one of the few who knows Michael's real name. Nearly everyone calls him 'Clawboy'. He was born elsewhere, but by age fourteen, was a student in America, and at that age, did something so gruesome to the Principal of his school that the papers would not describe it, but the nickname Clawboy has been with him since. Do you remember the Cleveland murders of the 1930's? The ones even Eliot Ness couldn't solve? No? Well, such is your youth. I have every reason to believe Pocius was the culprit, though he deflected blame on to some mental hospital patient. Six foot three and never gave man or woman a quick death, he is as dangerous as they come, and he works for Kerr, who pays him well, though he will still hurt most anyone for sport."

"Why isn't he arrested?"

"Because Wheedle has compromising information on policemen and judges too."

"Surely, not all of this company is part of Mrs. Kerr's plot?"

"No, just those three, as far as I know. In this wing you will find Ramon Germanos, as he is legally known. It may be a poor translation of his Spanish name- he's from Mexico- but that is beside the point. He is a bitter bureaucrat who obstructs everyone in his path. His father died in a riot, I hear, and he hates the system for failing him."

"If he hates the system, isn't this company the essence of, well, the system?"

"Exactly, and from this very vantage point he can make life miserable for the people he quietly and, technically, law-abidingly hates, which is all of us."

"A job much like mine is done by the less experienced Leonard Collins. He is loyal, but much too impulsive for such secretive work, I believe. The one other person you'll need to know of is someone I know only as Three Eyes- never knew his real name. He's from India, I think, and every now and then you'll have to meet him at a planned location so he can give you the latest on Soviet aircraft, giving us, and the USA, a great advantage. Three Eyes is a spy, though I don't know who he works for- some say Britain, but I'm unsure, and now, if you'll excuse me, I am rather tired, so I'm going to rest in my office."

Chapter II

Morris had not considered Ramon Germanos's wife, Jayne (maiden name unknown), important enough to mention, and this is understandable. As far as the world knew, she was a bleach blonde imitation of Marilyn Monroe, but without the talent. Relying on Ramon's money, she had a résumé of only a few unprofitable films of the lowest quality, such as "Snake Women of Acapulco"… or so she wished the world to believe.

Morris also failed to mention Trenchcoat, often just called Trench. His existence was considered something of a legend. From the aeronautics firm up to governments around the world, many had heard the legend of Trenchcoat, but most disbelieved in it. The stories went that he was supposed to live in an abandoned building somewhere near this airplane manufacturer, and though some CIA agents initially took the stories seriously enough to search abandoned buildings around the city, no trace of this semi-mythical being was found.

No one had ever seen Trench's face, though some claimed to have heard his voice, either by telephone, or in person, in his pitch black lair, they said, though these supposed witnesses were often less than credible. No one knew Trench's agenda or loyalties, or if he even existed, at least not until Mrs. Kerr's schemes brought matters to a head.

Finally, in my attempts to keep the stranger than fiction nature of this report comprehensive, there is Linda Aeons (real name unknown), the only person in America who could openly assert being a Soviet agent and remain at liberty, because no one believed her. Supposedly a Romanian immigrant, she would hang around important government and corporate buildings, point her fingers like a hypnotist, believing that she was hexing passersby, mainly the employees, go into strange dances, have conversations with spirits (or so she claimed)… aside from several stays in mental hospitals, which generally found her to be harmless, as she never became violent, no institution took Linda seriously.

Having apprised the reader of those involved, the reader can now understand what transpired that fateful year. (Excuse the poetic touch, dear reader.)

Chapter III

George Blythe quickly became acquainted with the ways of Ramon Germanos. Blythe filed a report comparing American and Soviet aircraft, only to have Germanos interfere and claim it was "written unprofessionally". When Blythe asked how he should change it, Germanos replied, "You are supposed to be a professional. You should know." Thus, a report he could have finished in two days took four rewrites and three weeks to meet with Germanos's grudging approval.

Blythe once sneaked into Germanos's office, and found a treatise on anarchism. Confronting Germanos with it, Ramon explained it away as "understanding subversives- to defeat them, we must understand them." With what Morris had told him, however, Blythe doubted this explanation.

This soon became moot, however, as Germanos overplayed his hand attempting such obstructive tactics against Rosalind Kerr. Soon after this, photographs of a most graphic nature, proving what many already knew, became widely available within the firm, and to law enforcement, and to anyone else who wanted the information that they contained.

Ramon Germanos had married Jayne to keep up appearances, but much preferred men. His face was very recognizable in the photographs, but the other man's face could not be seen. Philip Morris, however, though by now like a walking cadaver, and straining to speak, insisted that the other man was Joseph Wheedle, and told Blythe that, to undermine Mrs. Kerr's schemes, Blythe needed to prove this.

"How could I prove it? We can't see his face."

"W-we [here a coughing fit interrupted Morris's speech]… we can see a scar on his ribs, near his left elbow… here. Prove Wheedle has this."

Blythe could think of only two ways of proving this: One would be to find some reason to have Wheedle throughly searched, but no such reason could be found. The other was far more distasteful to the very heterosexual, as some might later say, George Blythe, but he went through with it.

Not an unattractive young man from Wheedle's point of view, Blythe saw enough of Wheedle one night to be certain that yes, Joseph was the other man in the photo.

In the meanwhile, however, Ramon Germanos had done in himself, and Blythe, himself more than a little shaken over how he had to obtain the information on Wheedle, went off drinking at various bars during work hours, rather against regulations, and at one such bar, met with, it seemed, a grieving Jayne, but it was there and then that we would find that the sad-eyed blonde was a myth, and a cold heart and head lived beneath that façade.

Chapter IV

A less than sober Blythe had mentioned to Leonard Collins his encounter with Wheedle, and Collins thought that he might try the same, but with the more drastic aim of ending Wheedle's life, hoping this would put an end to Mrs. Kerr's hold over the corporation. Ransacking Wheedle's place to make it look like a robbery, Collins reported to an abandoned building, an old warehouse, devoid of any lighting, proudly boasting of what he had done.

"I did it Trench. Got that little scoundrel once and for all, and even if Mrs. Kerr has his info, she'll be too scared now to act."

An eerie, quavering voice replied out of the darkness, none too pleased.

"You foolish whelp. Kerr has ten times the physical courage of Wheedle. You should have killed her to frighten him. Employing you was my biggest mistake. This is an easier death than Clawboy would give you."

A dim shadow in the room's darkness flung a knife at Collins, hitting his target, and Collins was never found.

Chapter V

At the bar, Jayne, red eyes and running makeup, seemed to be the most pitiable sight Blythe had ever seen, until his vision began to blur, and over he fell, dead. Jayne looked confused and frightened. The bartender assumed that George had just been drinking too much, and would soon recover.

Jayne kept up her dumb blonde act for about three blocks, then her face set to stone, and she got in a car with an up-to-date telephone, calling the man Collins would refer to as Trench.

"Blythe was drinking on the job. I made the drink his last."

"You always were one for drastic action, but I suppose weak wills have no place in our line," replied the same strange, quavering voice, though distorted a bit by the phone.

"Say, Trench, aren't you concerned someone might bug our phones?"

"No, because the man they send to do that had a car accident, Jayne. They don't make brake lines so reliably in those foreign makes."

Needless to say, even when coroners found the poison, no one suspected the grieving, not overbright widow, as they reckoned her, but authorities were out looking for someone who fit their idea of a dangerous spy or criminal.

"One more thing before you hang up, Jayne: You must act against Mrs. Kerr now. Wheedle swore revenge if anyone got him, and something terrible is coming. Kerr would take full advantage of it. No time to explain. Take care of her. You know how."

Chapter VI

Jayne, seemingly an intoxicated mess, sobbing for "Ramon", went to Kerr's home, as if to seek a maternal figure. Kerr disdained the girl utterly, considering her, as she had once said to Wheedle, "a waste of hair dye", but did not want Jayne to make a scene outside her home, a home always watched by agents of more than one country.

Inviting Jayne, who acted as if she could barely stand, into her home, Mrs. Kerr sent Carlos, her servant, to get coffee for Jayne. By the time Carlos returned, Jayne had already dispatched with Mrs. Kerr, using Dim Mak, I am told. As an unfortunate witness, a petrified Carlos discovered that Jayne, like Trench, was an adept thrower of knives.

Rosalind Kerr being gone, Clawboy had no loyalties, but would continue to be the most physically dangerous criminal on the streets, for profit and sport, beginning with an armored car robbery in early November, 1963, an incident that left two guards dead.

What Trench said about Joseph Wheedle's threats was, according to the best sources, true. He had threatened more than once that if anything happened to him, he had a "Communist cell" that would "remove" the most important man on Wheedle's long list of compromised individuals, and the "cell" did so, on November 22, 1963.

Chapter VII

By the end of November, several more robberies and deaths, some too terrible to describe, marked wherever Clawboy had traveled, hitting several cities so that a pattern would not, by most, be noticed.

Some took notice, however, including Jayne. She was back on the car phone.

"I know Clawboy has no agenda anymore, but in a way, he is off his leash. Enough more of this, especially if he did too much in one city, and it would worsen the crisis in public trust that is already inevitable, after what happened to the President, and given what the new President is."

"You are correct, Jayne," said the by now familiar, quavering voice, "And I intend to act."

"You know better than anyone where he is, Trench. Just tell me and I'll do it."

"Jayne, have you ever read of Clawboy's idea of amusement back in Cleveland? You are a deadly woman, but if you and Clawboy ever met, you would go that way. I must insist. The only person alive better at violence than Clawboy is me, and I must do this one personally."

Chapter VIII

A limping, elderly hobo hobbled down a rural road not far from Baltimore. A blue Bel Air drove up behind him, driven by a grinning Michael Pocius, who thought he would play some games with the old man.

Clawboy drove the car directly at the hobo. There were no witnesses in sight, so it was just the two of them. The old man managed to throw himself to one side, but could not return to his feet. Pocius parked his car on a dime, and got out, strutting triumpantly and chuckling, pulling out a knife in his gloved hands, one with a finely carved handle.

The transient seemed resigned to his fate, smoking one last cigarette, as Clawboy, like Trench and Jayne, was about to practice his knife throwing skills, but suddenly, Pocius fell over, and was obviously no longer living when he hit the ground.

The "cigarette" had been a blowgun, and one assumes, the "elderly hobo" was an elaborate disguise of Trenchcoat.

Philip Morris passed away in 1964, and last I heard, Three Eyes and Linda Aeons had joined a commune in the vicinity of San Francisco, California.

Sincerely,

Trenchcoat

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odk-2 · 2 years

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Swingin' Medallions - Double Shot (of My Baby's Love) (Stereo) (1966) Don Smith / Cyril Vetter from: "Double Shot" (LP) "Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)" / "Here It Comes Again" (Single)

Garage Rock | Frat Rock

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (VBR)

Personnel: John McElrather: Vocals / Keyboards Jim Doares: Guitar / Vocals Perrin Gleaton: Guitar / Vocals Hack Bartley: Saxophone / Backing Vocals Grainger Hines: Saxophone / Backing Vocals Brent Fortson: Saxophone / Flute / Backing Vocals Freddie Pugh: Saxophone / Backing Vocals Carroll Bledsoe: Trumpet / Backing Vocals Jimmy Perkins: Bass / Backing Vocals Joe Morris: Drums / Backing Vocals

Recorded: @ The Arthur Smith Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina USA 1966

Single Released: on May 2, 1966

Smash Records Smash/Mercury Records Philips Records (International)

Swingin' Medallions Out of Greenwood, South Carolina

#Swingin' Medallions #Double Shot (of My Baby's Love)#1966 #Philips Records #Smash Records #Mercury Records #Cyril Vetter #Don Smith #John McElrather #Jim Doares #Perrin Gleaton #Frat Rock #Garage Rock #1960's

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giveawayplan · 18 days

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lboogie1906 · 2 months

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Rajon Pierre Rondo (born February 22, 1986) is a professional basketball player who last played for the Cleveland Cavaliers. A point guard, he played two years of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats before being drafted 21st overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2006 NBA draft and traded to the Celtics in a draft-day trade. He is a two-time NBA champion, a four-time NBA All-Star, has earned four NBA All-Defensive Team honors including two First Team honors, and was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2012.

He helped the Celtics advance to the NBA Finals in 2008 and 2010, winning a championship in 2008 as the team’s starting point guard. He is known to be a versatile facilitator in the NBA, leading the league in assists three times and in steals once; he ranks fourth in Celtics history in assists and third in steals. He has sometimes been described as a “stat-sheet stuffer”, ranking 13th in NBA history for triple-doubles with 32 in the regular season, and fifth in NBA history for triple-doubles with 10 in the playoffs.

He was traded to the Dallas Mavericks in December 2014. Following a five-month stint he turned into a journeyman, joining the Sacramento Kings, Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans, Los Angeles Lakers (two stints), Atlanta Hawks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Cleveland Cavaliers over the next years. With the Lakers, he won a second championship in 2020.

He was born in Louisville. He has three siblings. His mother worked the third shift at Philip Morris USA, a tobacco company. He was first interested in football before his mother steered him towards basketball because she felt that the sport would be less punishing on his skinny frame. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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prelawland · 7 months

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What We Can Learn from Philip Morris USA v. Williams

By Theodros Fekade, University of Miami Class of 2024

September 26, 2023

Cigarette smoking has been marketed, orchestrated, and rendered lucrative since the inception of the 20th century by the titans of the tobacco industry. Big Tobacco is a term cultivated to encapsulate the giants of the tobacco industry, which includes Philip Morris International. The marketing strategies of Big Tobacco, coupled with the popularity of cigarettes, have propelled the industry into achieving a valuation that has surpassed $800 billion. Philip Morris, in particular, has engaged in a multitude of strategic mechanisms that are aimed at securing the prominence of cigarettes and its brand, regardless of the addictive properties inherent in its products. The capacity exhibited by Philip Morris and its counterparts has introduced a formidable menace to society that poses a significant detriment to the health and long-term viability of the general public. In a parallel vein, Big Tobacco and its products have incited destructive health consequences, encompassing ailments including cancer, bronchitis, and death. Specifically, a fatality resulting from cigarette smoking served as the catalyst that inaugurated the case of Philip Morris USA v. Williams, which established a significant precedent in punitive damages and had profound implications for the business operations of Philip Morris and its tobacco industry counterparts. In light of the increasing prevalence of e-cigarettes, society must consider the implications of the Philip Morris USA v. Williams case when considering future regulations and legislation pertaining to the tobacco industry.

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gogmstuff · 7 months

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More 1909 portraits -

Left 1909 Juliana Armour Ferguson by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Smith College Museum of Art - Northampton, Massachusetts, USA). From oceansbridge.com/shop/artists/s/soe-spe/sorolla-joaquin-y-bastida/juliana-armour-ferguson?utm_source=pinterest 654X1280.

Right 1909 Margot Asquith by Philip Alexius de László (Chtistie's - Live auction 8020 15Dec11 Lot 33). From their Web site) 3272X4261.

Left 1909 Mrs. Charles B. Alexander by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (private collection). From joaquin-sorolla.blogspot.com/2015/06/mrs-charles-b-alexander.html 997X1280.

Right 1909 Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris y sus Hijos by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Hispanic Society Museum & Library - New York City, New York, USA). From joaquin-sorolla.blogspot.com/2009/06/mrs-ira-nelson-morris-y-sus-hijos.html 1236X1600.

Left 1909 Mrs. William H. Gratwick, Emilie Victorine Piolet Mitchell Gratwick by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (location ?). From fleurdulys.tumblr.com/post/83297159756/william-h-gratwick-emilie-victorine-piolet 802X1280.

Right 1909 Mrs. Winthrop W. Aldrich (Harriet Alexander) by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York City, New York, USA). From Wikimedia 771X1012.

Left 1909 Patricia of Connaught postcard. From eBay fixed spots with Photoshop and removed mono-color tint 952X1486.

Right 1909 Portrait of Countess Sophia Vladimirovna Panina by Ilya Repin (State Russian Museum). From the discontinued Athenaeum Web site 622X885.

Left 1909 Réjane by Ramon Casas (location ?). From verbinina.wordpress.com/2014/08/27/portraits-of-french-actresses-of-la-belle-epoque/ 2330X3000.

Right 1909 Señora de Urcola llevaba una mantilla de negro by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (auctioned by Christie's). From Wikimedia 1500X3033.

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Big Tobacco

By Theodros Fekade, University of Miami Class of 2024

September 25, 2023

In the early 1900s, the popularity of cigarette smoking saw a significant surge due to the invention of automated cigarette rolling machines and a myriad of tactical marketing campaigns by prominent tobacco corporations. Since the early 20th century, Big Tobacco has consistently maintained an indelible imprint within the psyche of consumers. By the 1940s, the prevalence of smoking within the population had reached a staggering 49%, which is attributable to the glamorization of cigarettes by the silver screen and aggressive marketing that targeted all social classes. (Cheng & Kenkel, 2010) Despite an abundance of unambiguous medical reports linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer, the acclaim for and pervasive consumption of cigarettes persisted at unfathomable proportions. Correspondingly, in 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee published a conclusive report that definitively proclaimed that “the death rate for smokers was 70% higher than the death rate of non-smokers,” with the main causes of death for smokers being “lung cancer, bronchitis/emphysema, larynx cancer,” and a plethora of other life-threatening “circulatory diseases.” (U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964) Although the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee issued a credible warning, there was only a marginal drop in the population of cigarette smokers to 40% as smoking continued in hospitals, school buildings, and aboard airplanes. (Cummings & Proctor, 2015) Since the 1970s, a plethora of states have effectively employed a form of banning smoking, while the federal government has prohibited smoking in all federal buildings through President Clinton’s executive order. In a parallel manner, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) elevated its accreditation standards for hospitals to require the prohibition of smoking by the end of 1993. (Longo, et al., 1998)

Amidst growing public awareness of the pernicious effects of cigarettes, the United States House of Representatives conducted a hearing on the regulation of tobacco products in 1994. During the congressional committee hearing, the CEO of Philip Morris, USA, and other Big Tobacco executives testified under oath that “nicotine is not addictive.” (University of California, San Francisco, n.d.) In 1995, Phillip Morris created Project Sunrise, which had the aim of advancing the promotion of cigarettes while simultaneously invalidating the anti-tobacco movement and challenging the scientific consensus asserting the addictive nature of nicotine. Within the framework of Project Sunrise, Phillip Morris actively supported the “moderate” tobacco control proponents while presenting itself to the public as “responsible” in relation to its counterparts within the tobacco industry. (McDaniel, Smith, & Malone, 2006)

The repercussions of Project Sunrise had a profound influence on the initiation of the U.S. Supreme Court case Philip Morris USA v. Williams, where the estate of Jesse Williams, a man who passed away due to lung cancer, alleged that Philip Morris had orchestrated a deliberate campaign of misinformation regarding the hazards of smoking. In an Oregon trial court, a jury awarded the estate of Williams $821,485 in compensatory damages and an initial $79.5 million in punitive damages, but the trial judge reduced the punitive damages award to $32 million due to the excessive nature of the $79.5 million. Subsequently, the Oregon Court of Appeals reinstated the $79.5 million award, which the Oregon Supreme Court upheld based on the reprehensible actions of Philip Morris. The U.S. Supreme Court vacated the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision and remanded the case back to the Oregon Supreme Court because the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment “forbids” states from utilizing punitive damages as a means of punishing “a defendant for injury that it inflicts upon nonparties.” The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a jury is not allowed to “go further than” using the evidence of injury to nonparties to determine “reprehensibility” of conduct by punishing “a defendant directly on account of harms” that have been inflicted on non-parties. (Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 2007)

Philip Morris USA v. Williams established a pivotal precedent for Big Tobacco and for the jurisprudence of punitive damages. For the jurisprudence of punitive damages, Philip Morris USA v. Williams provided a discernible standard for guiding how punitive damages can be imposed on a defendant. In the context of Big Tobacco, Philip Morris USA v. Williams prompted Philip Morris to cautiously assess the credible threat of similar cases that could emerge across multiple jurisdictions.

Society has since observed the decline of traditional cigarette consumption while witnessing the burgeoning growth of the e-cigarette market. In response to the industry shift, Philip Morris made a strategic purchase of a 35% stake in the biggest e-cigarette company, Juul Labs Inc. Juul Labs Inc. agreed to pay $462 million to settle the accusations that the corporation promoted addictive nicotine products to children through recruiting social media influencers, purchasing ad space across youth-focused websites, and an extensive array of other marketing tactics. (Kaplan, 2021) While state attorney generals and other prosecutors have cultivated significant strides in addressing the harmful consequences of Big Tobacco, the public must acknowledge the proliferation of the e-cigarette market as a threat to society’s viability while advocating for more legislation to prevent avoidable deaths from smoking, similar to Jesse Williams.

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Cheng, K.-W., & Kenkel, D. S. (2010). U.S. Cigarette Demand: 1944–2004. Bethesda: National Library of Medicine.

Cummings, K. M., & Proctor, R. N. (2015). The Changing Public Image of Smoking in the United States: 1964–2014. Bethesda: National Library of Medicine.

Kaplan, S. (2021, May 25). Juul Bought Ads Appearing on Cartoon Network and Other Youth Sites, Suit Claims. Retrieved from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/health/juul-vaping-lawsuit.html

Longo, D. R., Feldman, M. M., Kruse, R. L., Brownson, R. C., Petroski, G. F., & Hewett, J. E. (1998). Implementing smoking bans in American hospitals: results of a national survey. Columbia: University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine.

McDaniel, P. A., Smith, E. A., & Malone, R. E. (2006). Philip Morris's Project Sunrise: weakening tobacco control by working with it. Bethesda : National Library of Medicine .

Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 05-1256 (The Supreme Court of the United States February 20, 2007).

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (1964). Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

University of California, San Francisco. (n.d.). Tobacco CEO's Statement to Congress 1994 News Clip "Nicotine is not addictive.". Retrieved from University of California, San Francisco Academic Senate: https://senate.ucsf.edu/tobacco-ceo-statement-to-congress

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Voters to Decide on California Ban on Flavored Tobacco NBC Bay Area

Two years in the past, California banned flavored tobacco merchandise equivalent to menthol cigarettes and cotton sweet vaping juice, arguing that they principally attracted youngsters and have been particularly harmful amid the coronavirus pandemic when youth deaths spiked from respiratory issues. However the legislation by no means took impact. Tobacco giants, together with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA, spent $20 million on a marketing campaign that gathered sufficient signatures to place the problem to the voters. Californians now will determine on the Nov. 8 statewide poll whether or not to toss out the legislation or hold it. The problem has set off a fierce struggle. The tobacco firms are pushing arduous to maintain from being shut out of a big portion of California’s huge market. In the meantime, supporters of the ban, who embody docs, baby welfare advocates and the state’s dominant Democratic Get together, say the legislation is important to place a cease to the staggering rise in teen smoking. Nevertheless, the California Republican Get together desires to repeal the legislation, saying it might trigger a large loss in tax income. The impartial Legislative Analyst’s Workplace estimates it might price the state tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to round $100 million yearly. If voters approve, California would change into the second state within the nation to enact such a ban after Massachusetts. Quite a few cities, together with Los Angeles and San Diego, have already enacted their very own bans. It’s already unlawful for retailers to promote tobacco to anybody below 21. However advocates of the ban say flavored cigarettes and vaping cartridges are nonetheless too simple for teenagers to acquire. The ban wouldn’t make it a criminal offense to own such merchandise, however retailers who offered them to youngsters may very well be fined as much as $250. The ban, which handed the Legislature with bipartisan assist, would additionally prohibit the sale of pods for vape pens, tank-based programs and chewing tobacco, with exceptions made for hookahs, some cigars and loose-leaf tobacco. The tobacco trade’s marketing campaign has painted the ban as being particularly unhealthy for Black and Latino folks, who use menthol at larger charges than others. “It’s unfair for communities of coloration. Unhealthy legislation. Unhealthy penalties,” stated one on-line banner advert paid for by RAI Companies, a subsidiary of Reynolds American, which is the guardian firm of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. However the advertisements drew a backlash from some Black leaders who name the marketing campaign offensive. “I’m insulted that the tobacco trade would make an effort to make us consider that mentholated cigarettes are a part of African American tradition, and that this can be a discriminatory piece of laws in opposition to Black folks,” then-Assemblywoman Shirley Weber stated earlier than the Legislature voted on the ban. Weber, a San Diego Democrat who chaired the California Legislative Black Caucus, is now California’s secretary of state. Up to now the marketing campaign to permit the legislation to take impact has raised greater than $6 million, almost 4 instances greater than the trouble to cease it, in accordance with state marketing campaign finance data. Some small neighborhood market homeowners favor repealing the legislation, calling it one other blow to their companies as they battle to get well from a drop in gross sales through the pandemic. Supply hyperlink Originally published at SF Newsvine

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